The legend of the Crimson Demon clan started from Suqing

The journey from Alcanretia to Axel would take about two days. To be honest, the carriage wasn't comfortable at all, jostling him so much his butt hurt. It was nowhere near as comfortable as the planes and cars of his previous life.

However, he didn't find the journey boring at all.

“Hey, Megumin, it's time to switch places with me, right? It's been almost an hour.”

“But I only feel like ten minutes have passed.”

The two were arguing about the window seat, teasing each other and seeming to have a good relationship. In the end, Megumin prevailed. But before she could gloat, the rustling of pages turning reached her ears.

Turning her head, she saw Yunyun reading a book.

Yunyun's playing around made her feel at ease, but Yunyun's studying made her feel like she was sitting on pins and needles.

She considered herself one of the best explosion mages in the Crimson Demon Clan, but since leaving the village, she had never read a book, nor had she hunted monsters to improve her strength, only thinking about eating, drinking, having fun, and dreaming of a bright future.

Megumin felt ashamed of her laziness.

It felt like ants were crawling all over her body!

Yunyun was also stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked, “Yunyun, what book are you reading?”

Yunyun held up the book so that the two could see the cover: “《How to Make Superior Magic Tools》, and I'm reading about how to make magic stones.”

“Magic stones?” Megumin blinked.

Yunyun, on the other hand, was a little more knowledgeable and said, “Is that the crystal that can be used to indirectly cast magic?”

“That's right.”

Yunyun nodded: “Magic stones are very powerful, and can even be used to cast explosion magic.”

“Explosion magic!? Doesn't that mean that with this, you can use explosion magic as many times as you want?”

Megumin's eyes lit up.

Her biggest weakness right now was that she would collapse after casting a single explosion spell. With magic stones, wouldn't she have unlimited firing rights?

“Theoretically, yes. But Megumin should know that all power comes at a price, right?”

Magic stones extract magic power from within, circulate it through one's own body, and then release the magic. Once or twice is fine, but if done too many times, it will put a strain on the body, especially for a small bean sprout like Megumin, who uses the most powerful explosion magic.

Megumin excitedly said, “Putting that aside, Yunyun, have you already learned how to make magic stones?”

“I've learned. To be precise, it's not learning how to make them, but learning how to mine them. Magic stones are mined from magic stone mines.”

Yunyun saw her expression and said, “And even the lowest quality magic stone costs as much as 100,000 Eris. If you want one with the same effect as explosion magic, you'll need the highest quality magic stone, which can even buy a house in the royal capital.”

“A house in the royal capital…”

Megumin twitched her lips. She didn't know how high the house prices were in the royal capital, but since it was the royal capital, it must be expensive. And since a top-quality magic stone was the same price as a house in the royal capital, she knew she would never be able to afford it in her life.

And it was a one-time consumable!

Megumin lowered her head in disappointment, then switched seats with Yunyun, giving her the window seat.

Yunyun wasn't happy about this. Seeing her good friend dejected, she felt a little flustered. She wanted to comfort her but didn't know how, so she could only helplessly look at Yunyun.

Yunyun didn't see Yunyun's plea for help, but he knew what was going on when Megumin suddenly fell silent.

He flipped through the pages to the next chapter, 《How to Make Superior Energy Potions》, and said, “Megumin, you don't have to be so disappointed. Change your way of thinking. Your explosion magic is worth a house in the royal capital, and you can use it once a day. Just imagine how amazing you are.”

Megumin was stunned for a moment, then suddenly puffed out her chest and shouted: “That's right! My explosion magic is unmatched, so it's only natural that it's worth a house in the royal capital, right? My name is Megumin! The foremost explosion mage of the Crimson Demon Clan! Next, I'll let you taste the power of a house in the royal capital!”

…Although the destructive effect she caused far exceeded a house.

Then, Megumin turned to Yunyun and said, “It's been an hour, right? It's time to switch with me.”

“Eh? W-wait! Only ten minutes have passed!”

“Just like me, it's just your subjective time, and I was depressed for an hour just now. Come on, hurry up and switch places with me!”

“That's your subjective time, you were only depressed for ten minutes!”

Yunyun shouted, and then the two happily wrestled together again.

Yunyun shook his head with amusement.

…

Between Alcanretia and Axel lies a vast plain, with endless plains on all sides, where any disturbance can be noticed.

This merchant caravan has a total of ten carriages. While doing business between various towns, they also take advantage of the empty passenger seats to transport passengers and collect fares.

Normally, monsters would usually not attack such a large-scale caravan.

After all, it wasn't the breeding season for Running Lizards, and there were no perverted female knights in the car whose bodies were as hard as adamantite ore.

It was just past noon.

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A gentle breeze caressed the face, making people feel refreshed.

The other passengers in the carriage besides them were also scattered around the grass, sitting and eating lunch or napping, resting in their own way.

Yunyun, sitting on the grass, murmured contentedly, “It's so leisurely… Looking at this scenery, it really makes you feel like the news you heard before about the Demon King's army causing trouble in the royal capital is fake…”

No, it should be real.

The Demon King's army should be planning to harass the royal capital, so that the royal capital cannot prepare the kingdom's army to attack them, which is a quite strategic battle plan.

Yunyun handed the two the lunch boxes he had prepared in advance.

Megumin began to gobble it down after receiving the lunch box. This guy was the most active when it came to eating.

She said while eating, “Yunyun, if you say such things, be careful that some ignorant monsters will really come and attack us, but for me, who wants to use magic, it can be considered a wish come true. At that time, let them taste the power of a house in the royal capital!”

“…I'd better be more vigilant.”

“If we can just go all the way safely like this, we should be able to reach the town by evening if everything goes smoothly.”

“Shut up! Don't say things that will raise flags, okay? Didn't we learn this at school? These words are all written in the collection of lines that can't be said, right!”

Yunyun grabbed Megumin's shoulders and shook her hard.

Yunyun also felt that no monsters would attack, after all, the biggest hidden danger, Eris, should be far away from them at the moment. Without her secretly making small moves, they would definitely not be in danger.

Heh heh, you can kill me in seconds?

Seven days of travel, you can kill me in seconds? If you can kill me in seconds today, Yunyun, I will—

“Curse Lightning!”

At this moment, a sharp female shout rang out, and a flash of light came rushing over.

At the critical moment, Yunyun grabbed one in each hand and lunged forward. The flash of light from the sky smashed behind the three of them, and the overturned dust buried them.

Pulling his head out of the dirt, he looked up.

In the sky were Eris, with her wings spread open and floating in the air, and Host, with his demon-like appearance, flapping his wings.

Damn demons, they're still chasing me!