Jobless Reincarnation: Sword, Magic Hat and Romance System

Chapter 66 Fate Takes a Turn, the Monster Tide Will Inevitably Arrive Ahead of Schedule [4637]

"A monster tide??"

Allen looked to his side in surprise. Hilfi had tucked her head into her fur collar and was sitting on the stool with her legs dangling in the air, swaying slightly. Her gaze met Allen's, who was staring straight at her. Her eyelashes trembled slightly and her pointed ears twitched.

This winter, Hilfi has been "studying" at the Grerat family's house. During the day, she is brought there by Roltz or her mother, and then picked up in the evening.

In front of her was a book titled "The Monster Ecology of the Fituia Territory: Weaknesses," with many parts annotated in small print and numerous extended stories added to the side.

That was a collection of anecdotes from "Traveling Across the Continent" that Loki had kept over a week after obtaining Senis's consent in advance. The original intention was to mark them in advance so that she wouldn't suddenly get stuck at night and lose her authority as a teacher.

Mother Blue is very serious about teaching.

Now, Hilfi has been reading this book over and over again as extracurricular reading for magic lessons, and she likes it very much.

"That's what my father said a few days ago. I didn't ask for details, but he didn't look too good."

Allen noticed that some of her shoulder-length emerald green hair was bunched up by the fur collar, so he casually tucked it in for her, then rested his chin on his hand and frowned in thought.

"There seems to be a mention of this scene in the original work, but that should be during Rudy's time as a tutor after he left Buena Village. I remember the specific reason that caused the monsters to become too active was..."

Upon thinking of this, Allen's face darkened for a moment.

"The summoning magic of the Great Transfer caused excessive magical fluctuations throughout the entire Fituia territory, which is why the monsters have become active. But I remember the monster unrest should have occurred during my tutoring period, not now. What's the logic behind this?"

Hilfi's gaze followed Allen's hand as he reached out and then took it away. She rested her chin on her hand and looked calmly at Allen's face. A gentle expression, which seemed out of place for her age, appeared on her childlike face.

As Rudy wrote in her letter, she had become much "quieter" over the past year. The main reason was that Allen was not a talkative person. During the formative years of childhood, when children are most easily influenced by others, Sylphie naturally began to imitate Allen subconsciously after spending a long time with him.

Children in their developmental stage often like to imitate the people they admire and aspire to be.

As for whether Allen is the former or the latter in her heart.

Who could possibly know?

At this moment, Rudy, who was looking at the magic book, looked up at Allen's expression and revealed a look of reminiscence.

"When Uncle Roltz came to ask for help before, I overheard their conversation. They said that because of the accident that happened to Uncle Roltz last year, the villagers had developed a psychological fear of monster eradication. Father and Allen, who rescued people, were unable to participate in the monster hunt during the winter, and they didn't even dare to go too deep into the forest. As a result, even though they pushed the nets very deep last year, they didn't manage to hunt down many monsters."

Upon hearing this, Allen exchanged a glance with Rudy, who was blinking.

"The aftermath of the affair and pregnancy scandal resulted in Paul staying home for the entire winter to care for two pregnant women. It seems this so-called 'Warcraft craze' is another unintentional butterfly effect caused by my actions. But this time, it shouldn't have too much of an impact, right?"

Senis, who was soothing her child nearby, looked somewhat embarrassed and said with a guilty expression.

"If I had known, I shouldn't have let him stay home and take care of us as promised last year. It delayed our monster-hunting efforts, and that's the real problem."

Upon hearing this, Allen raised an eyebrow, his gaze sweeping past the bangs on his forehead, and gave Rudy a meaningful look.

The latter had also grown quite a bit taller, but his face hadn't changed much. He had just gone from a cute boy's face to a slightly more mature young man's face. After spending more than a year together, he had long since figured out what Allen was trying to say with those expressions. He subtly waved his hand, indicating that he would take action even if Allen didn't urge him.

He stood up from the table, walked to Senis, made a face at Noren, and said casually.

"Luai~ Exterminating monsters is a major event for the village, and taking care of pregnant women is a major event for the Greirat family, isn't it?"

Senis paused for a moment, then chuckled, reached out and affectionately patted Rudy's head, pulling him into her arms.

Allen adjusted his glasses and, out of Senis's sight, gave Rudy a thumbs-up from the side of the table. Rudy gave Allen a dismissive look and winked at Allen.

This scene was reflected in Silphie's reddish-brown pupils. She blinked, first glancing at Senis, who was looking down and touching Rudy's hair, and then looking up at Lilia not far away.

The latter, however, did not look at Rudy, but instead teased Aisha in the cradle while gazing tenderly at Allen.

Seeing this, Hilfi blinked rapidly, revealing a very restrained smile of satisfaction, and lowered her head to continue looking at the book on the table.

Just then.

Boom boom boom!

There was a rather urgent knocking on the door.

The four people inside turned their heads at the same time to look at the door. Lilia got up and opened the door.

The person who came through the wind and snow was a golden-haired elf.

Hilfi's father—Rolz.

A thick layer of snow had accumulated on the shoulders of his coat. He first nodded apologetically to Lilia, then waved to Senis in greeting. Under Lilia's surprised gaze, he slightly closed the door, leaving only a crack the size of a human face to shield himself from the wind and snow.

They showed no intention of stepping inside.

"Father."

Hilfi thought they were taking her home. She quickly glanced at Allen and Rudy behind her, closed the Monster Compendium in her hand, jumped off the stool, and jogged to the door, whispering something.

"Father, it's only just past noon. Should we go back early today?"

Roltz looked at Hilfi's long, emerald-green hair and sighed. Just over a year ago, Hilfi would often ask his wife to cut her hair short. Since Allen came, such requests have never occurred again, and Hilfi always has a smile on her face.

Aside from his smiling face resembling Allen's, there's nothing else wrong with him.

Roltz nodded, glancing at Allen who was about to come over and wave to him, and smiled.

"Alan is young, but he's really reliable in every way."

"Rufi, I'm not here to see you, I'm here to see Allen. We're a bit short-handed in the forest, and Lord Paul asked me to ask Allen to help out. So, could you lend him to me for the next few days? I'll return him to you later."

Sylphie's expression remained gentle as she listened to her father's first few sentences, but upon hearing the last one, her eyes suddenly widened. She hurriedly stood on tiptoe and frantically waved her hands in front of Rolz, as if trying to block his view. Rolz grabbed Sylphie's hand, and exchanged a rather amused glance with her, who had suddenly reverted to her panicked state from the previous year.

Allen had already walked to the doorway, sword in hand, followed by Rudy.

"I'll have to trouble you, Allen."

Allen smiled nonchalantly.

"Of course."

Roltz nodded, squatted down and hugged Sylphie, whose little hands were frozen in mid-air as she realized that Allen had come to her side.

"Rudy, please take you home tonight. We'll probably be spending the night in the forest."

"It's alright, it's good to have Sylphie and Rudy come along too. When it comes to dealing with monster hordes, a magician's AOE, well, large-scale magic should be much faster than us killing them one by one with swords and bows, right?"

As Allen spoke, he casually patted Hilfi's head and glanced at Rudy behind him, who looked apprehensive.

"It doesn't make sense to not include PvE in dungeon runs, right? Besides, Sylphie is clearly very interested in new things; she's always engrossed in monster books. She must be quite interested in monsters. So, taking this opportunity to broaden their horizons wouldn't be bad. One of them is a high-level magician, and the other is a saint-level magician. Now that they have experience, they should be safer after the Great Transfer, especially considering the scene where Sylphie landed—it was quite thrilling."

Upon hearing this, Hilfi snapped out of her daze. She glanced down at the storybook in her arms, then looked up at Allen, only to find that he winked at her.

Rudy scratched his head.

"Um, is it really okay for Sylphie and me to go? It's a monster tide, you know. It's okay from what the teacher says, but is it a bit reckless to actually face it? And we'll have to spend the night outside. Although I think it would be nice to stay with you guys at night, it feels like those days when the teacher comes back, but it might not be very convenient, right? Hey! Sylphie, why are you stepping on me?"

"Sorry, Rudy, my leg was numb and I wanted to stretch it out, but I accidentally stepped on you."

"Huh? But I'm far away from your legs! How could you possibly step on my foot when you stomp your foot? Ouch!"

"Look, you can step on it."

"??"

Surprised, Roltz didn't notice the two little ones' actions. He looked at Allen, who was only half a head shorter than him and whose expression was anything but joking. He suddenly realized that this "reliable person" he should have come to ask for help from was also a "child" who was only four years older than Sylphie and Rudy, and also had a reckless and willful side.

"Rudy and Sylphy are indeed magicians, and Rudy's magical talent has been proven in many ways, but are they really capable of handling this kind of situation at their age? Even if I let them go, wouldn't Mrs. Senis be worried?"

Just as he was about to instinctively refuse Allen's rash suggestion, he heard Allen continue.

"Sylphie and Rudy are probably more of a threat to monsters than many of the adults in the village now. One of them is a high-level magician, and Rudy is already a Saint-level. Some magicians in adventurer teams aren't necessarily better than them. Wouldn't it be good to take them over to see the world? A fledgling that's always stayed in a greenhouse won't grow, right? Uncle Roltz?"

Roltz pursed his lips twice, looking past Allen at Senis inside the room. Senis was a former adventurer, and her words would likely be more convincing than his own.

To everyone's surprise, although Senis also showed a surprised expression, based on her agreement with Allen's words about "the growth of a fledgling" and her understanding of his strength, and recalling her experience of being deceived after running away from home, she hesitated for a moment and then nodded in agreement without much hesitation.

"I think it's a good idea. Paul has said similar things to me before, but I never agreed. Now that I think about it, Rudy is a kid, but he is indeed more capable than many magicians in adventurer teams. He just lacks some experience. This opportunity is really good. Although Rudy is smart, he is still somewhat lacking in interpersonal skills compared to Allen."

Allen: ? ? ?

Rudy: ? ? ? ? ?

"this"

"Besides, I don't need to worry about their safety with Allen by my side. Hmm, Allen's abilities are more than enough to make him the main swordsman in an S-class adventurer team. Let me think, he almost combines Paul's adaptability with Kyrie Irvine's sharpness."

Rudy: ? ? ? ? ?

Allen shook his head, recovering from the strange praise of this jobless version of "other people's children." He glanced at Senis's face, which was resting on her chin and lost in thought, then turned to look at the stunned Roltz, and waved the hilt of his knife at the crack in the door in front of him.

As the scabbard slowly swept through the air, the snowflakes that had rushed into the room seemed to be swept up and danced by the wind from his blade, then returned along the same path through the gaps in Roltz's body and merged back into the wind and snow outside.

This action subconsciously reminded Roltz of the scene last winter.

At that moment, it was the glint of light from the blade that the boy shot out of the air that saved him from the brink of death.

He hesitated for a moment, glanced at the eager-to-try Hilfi, and although he still felt it was somewhat inappropriate, he nodded.

"That works too."

Finally, with Senis and Lilia watching them go, Allen, Rudy, and Hilfi, carrying the extra bread their family had made over the past few days, followed Roltz into the snowstorm.

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"Sir Knight! Monsters are attacking the protective barrier!"

A rugged-looking villager, through the sturdy vine netting, repeatedly stabbed his knife through the gaps in the mesh, while on the other side of the netting were swarms of monsters.

The blade is inserted, then pulled out.

Then, gushing hot blood gushed out like a bursting faucet, scattering monster flesh and fur all over the ground, while the surrounding snow was stained red by the blood.

At the other end of the net, countless forest snakes and giant gnawing rats leaped and bounced down from the sea of ​​blood, making a soft, pattering sound as they fell onto the snow. But if you looked closely, you could see that many of the snakes and rats were already tearing at each other the moment they jumped out, with only a small portion realizing that there was even more delicious 'food' nearby and attempting to attack the villagers.

Most of the fighting was just the monsters biting and wrestling with each other, but the battle between the monsters just happened to affect the protective net.

Even so, the rattan net still made a teeth-grinding creaking sound, as if it were about to shatter at any moment.

There are too many monsters.

At first glance, the lump in front of this villager looks like more than ten monsters mixed together.

Seeing that the net seemed about to collapse, the villager threw down his knife and grabbed a pitchfork from the snow to brace it up.

But then, the snowdrift in front of him suddenly undulated and then exploded in front of him!

A rabbit-shaped monster, almost half the size of a human, covered in iron spikes, darted out of the snow! It seemed to have spotted the villager about to throw a knife and was taking the opportunity to jump over the net and attack the human it had been eyeing for so long.

In the panic, the villagers instinctively tried to use their forks to defend themselves.

The next instant, a violent wind howled through the snow, and a figure darted into his field of vision, tearing the monster in front of him and the snowdrift apart, carving a deep trench in the ground.

The wind lashed at the monster's mangled limbs and entrails, drenching the villagers like rain. Seeing Paul arrive just in time, his legs gave way and he collapsed to the ground.

Paul brandished his knife, tossing his severed limbs aside, and stared grimly at the plowed-out, bare ground beneath the snow.

The broken head of the saw-toothed rabbit fell into the ravine, while on both sides of the ravine, countless dark monster holes were exposed to the air.

Several giant gnawing rats cautiously poked their heads out of the hole, trying to tear at the rabbit's head, but Paul quickly sliced ​​them into pieces with his sword.

"Damn it! Why are there so many this year? The ground is full of holes dug by monsters."

Paul reached out and helped the villager up, then looked around.

Almost half of the adult male villagers were here, and each of them looked at Paul with a very tired expression.

Seeing that no one was injured, the latter breathed a sigh of relief and sat down in the exposed trench that had been split open by the sword energy. The snow on both sides was very deep, reaching up to his face after he sat down.

He was about to signal everyone to take a break when he heard a rustling sound nearby.

It looked like some kind of hard object was rubbing and squeezing the snow until it hardened.

Paul's expression changed, and he turned to look at the section of snow beside him.

On the cross-section of the snow, countless holes were punched by magical beasts, and one after another, scarlet eyes lit up.

The monsters have been thirsting for food for a long time.

Human flesh must taste even better.

Why is the monster tide coming earlier than expected? There is a very clear logic/cause and effect relationship supporting this, and the foreshadowing will be buried until the end of Katekyo Hitman Reborn!, when it will be fully revealed, creating a major climax.

Well, that's all I have to say; any more and I'll miss something.

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(End of this chapter)