An Old Country Bumpkin Has an Encounter

“Porta!!”

I shouted and dashed forward.

I’d only caught a glimpse, but no matter how you looked at it, that mass couldn’t possibly belong to a small species. It was incredibly fast, too. I could only hope Porta was all right, but...

“You two, stay inside the cave!”

Surena, who had witnessed the same thing, ordered Nidly and Salikatz to stay put, then ran alongside me.

The exit was right there. We’d be outside in no time if we ran.

The two rookies seemed unsure what had happened, their reactions split between shock and blank bewilderment.

I hadn’t expected anything like this either! But expecting rookie adventurers to deal with such an enormous irregularity was too much.

Normally, this would be when Salikatz’s Magic Tool should have reacted.

But he must have let his guard down after reaching the deepest part of the cave. Understandable—though he outranked Porta and Nidly, he was still Silver Rank...