Their Respective Interludes

Time rewinds a little.

While Kazuto and Ichinose were laid up from exhaustion and the backlash of their Skills, Fujita and the others were busy working to complete the quest.

Even after defeating the two Named Monsters, they hadn’t fulfilled all the conditions.

In addition to defeating those two, they needed to secure a hundred residents and a hundred magic stones to meet City Hall’s requirements.

It was the final day of the time limit.

They mobilized everyone they could spare and set about securing the required number of residents.

“Phew. Looks like we’ve managed to make some headway...”

Fujita sat on top of the barricade along the outskirts of City Hall, smoking a cigarette.

It was dusk.

They had finally finished gathering residents...