Magical girl? She got tricked into this!

"Indeed, the Demon King's castle is the origin of magic. I believe the secret of summoning heroes must be hidden there. Maybe I can figure out a way to let you return."

"Demon Tribe? I will go, but now is not the time. I just came to this world and want more information. I also want to think about any important promises I have forgotten."

Volume 7: A Strange Journey to Another World: Chapter 15: White Bronze-Level Commission

During the journey, Beth was told the truth that Ando Meiko was in a state of semi-amnesia, and there were many memories of her own world in her mind.

The schools I attended, the content I studied, the games I played, the magical abilities I acquired after becoming a magical girl, and my extraordinary fighting power.

But she couldn't remember how she became a magical girl, nor could she remember the origin of the blood contract in her consciousness, let alone any important promises she had made with important people since she came to this world.

Leaving this world is necessary, but just like regaining the missing parts of her memory, it is not something that can be accomplished in a short period of time. Before that, she plans to let nature take its course.

Forcing yourself to think blindly will only cause anxiety. Once you start to feel anxious, it will affect your thinking and even lead you into a dead end. This is an absolute vicious circle.

After becoming a magical girl, Ando Meiko has experienced many ups and downs, and she has a relatively thorough understanding of these things.

The two of them fell into a deep sleep and rested for the whole night. When they woke up the next day, they accepted a new request to find medicinal herbs.

Medicinal herbs, like slime cores, are also materials for making low-level healing potions. After going through a set of processes, the guild can easily obtain all the materials for low-level healing potions, and then sell them at another price after making them.

This practice is undoubtedly a typical example of buying low and selling high. Although many insiders can see it clearly, no one will criticize this behavior because the Adventurer's Guild does provide many conveniences for newcomers.

Meiko Ando and Beth embarked on a journey to find herbs all day... However, the journey only lasted two hours, and they returned with a large bag of herbs and hundreds of slime magic cores.

I have to say that Ando Meiko's detection magic is really useful. She only needs to look at the appearance of the herbs and then guide the "fishing radar" with additional conditions, so that other interfering substances can be removed and the location of the herbs can be directly located.

Looking at the bags on the table, the receptionist was speechless for a moment.

"I'm telling you guys...you've picked all the herbs around here. Do you still want to leave any chance for other Black Iron adventurers to survive?" The receptionist in charge of their business said in a low voice, covering her face with her hands.

She deliberately lowered her voice, her purpose was just to let Ando Meiko and the others know not to take away all the resources at once, but to leave some for adventurers with less strength.

After all, not many people intend to make progress. The real purpose of many people who are struggling at the Black Iron level is not to stand out, but to take on some simple tasks to make a living and support their families.

Meiko Ando naturally knows this, but she also has her own pursuits and reasons.

The Adventurer's Guild is an authoritative organization recognized by the entire human race. The higher the level of the adventurer, the more he is the signboard and symbol of his status.

She wanted to use her identity as a senior adventurer in the Adventurer's Guild to have unimpeded access to the human server and to collect more relevant intelligence.

The same reason why we didn't go to the Demon Tribe right away was also the reason. Beth said that there was a way to send the heroes back in the Demon King's Castle, but this was just a legend, and no one had ever seen it with their own eyes.

Instead of pinning your hopes on such a slim probability as legend, it is better to take each step down to earth and accumulate seriously.

"It's okay, not today." She pointed to her ID card and continued, "We both received a gold coin share of the income. Do we have the option to upgrade now?"

The two of them formed a team and belonged to an adventure group. If one person in an adventure group was not at a high enough level, they could not take on missions at higher levels. Therefore, only when both of them were promoted from Black Iron to White Bronze level could they actually take on White Bronze level missions.

"Yes, of course." The girl at the front desk nodded repeatedly and immediately went to handle the relevant procedures for them.

She also hoped that the two lawn mowers would quickly sprint to a higher adventure level. This way, not only would the town guild have more high-level adventurer talents to use, but low-level tasks would not be arbitrarily disrupted.

You should know that although the geographical location of this town in this country is close to the imperial city, it is also remote. The highest-ranking person is only five Mithril-level people. Many major tasks are still posted on the wall, and the papers have been patinated but still no one is interested.

"I wonder what good mission Bai Tong can take on?" The two of them took back their ID cards at the same time, and then walked to the bulletin board to check.

However, because most of the people in this town are at the Iron and White Bronze levels, there are not many relatively simple tasks at the White Bronze level.

However, this also saves Beth the effort of screening, and she can directly tear it apart to complete the most difficult task in the white bronze level.

"Are you really going to take on this task?" the receptionist asked, looking at the commission in her hand.

"Oh? Is there something wrong with this commission? Or are there any restrictions on accepting it?" Meiko Ando asked puzzledly.

"There aren't any conditions... but the actual danger level of this mission has never been fully ascertained, so it has been shelved."

The commission was to subdue a giant black bear, originally named the Mighty Bear. It was a magical beast that dominated one area. It had fur with extremely strong defense and special magic that enhanced its own defensive power.

Even ordinary Mithril-level creatures couldn't do anything to him, but there was no actual evidence that this bear posed a threat to Mithril or White Copper, so its danger level was temporarily set at a commissioned mission second only to Mithril.

Moreover, because there is too little information about the powerful bear, even Mithril-level adventurers dare not take on this mission easily.

"It's fine as long as there are no specific conditions. That's it." Meiko Ando knocked on the table without any doubt.

The receptionist could only nod at them, then took the corresponding sign from the counter and handed it to the two girls: "I wish you can successfully complete this commission."

After thanking the receptionist, the two turned and left the Adventurer's Guild.

"Do you think they can do it? I remember that Strong Bear has another nickname called Killer Bear."

"It's a pity that these two delicate beauties are about to die tragically at the claws of a bear. If only I could have some fun before that..." The man licked his lips and started to imagine.

"Although I saw the girl named Ruby defeat Xiong Er with my own eyes, I don't know the exact strength of the two. Maybe she just happened to succeed when Xiong Er underestimated her and was caught off guard."

After the two of them left, the Adventurer's Guild began to discuss again, but no one, big or small, was optimistic about them.

Volume 7: A Strange Journey to Another World: Chapter 16: Did I win the lottery?

"The place where the powerful bear appears is in the middle area of ​​the forest south of Linhai Town. Because it occupies too much space, adventurers cannot go deep into the forest, so this subjugation commission was issued." This is the content of the Beth reader's commission letter.

The country they were in was one of the four superpowers called Lance, and this town was called Linhai Town. The reason why it was remote was because it was surrounded by forests on all sides and could not be developed due to the rampant monsters and the scarcity of high-level adventurers.

After walking out of the south city gate, there is a large plain before entering the forest. In the plain, you can see several large human villages.

They did not join the towns, but used the resources of the plains to farm and raise livestock. While being self-sufficient, they also sold the surplus to the cities, circulating food and making some profits at the same time. It was a win-win situation.

It's not that there is no planting and animal husbandry in the town, but because of the limited land in the city, the resources ultimately harvested from these two industries can only barely fill the stomachs of the city residents, and it is basically impossible to have any stock.

Therefore, the mayor of Linhai Town not only did not drive them away or ask them to join him, but instead had a heart of support for them.

Once these villages are attacked by monsters, they will immediately issue an emergency commission to ask adventurers to go for support, or directly send guards over.

After all, these villages are granaries and convenience stores for Linhai Town. No one wants the convenience store next to their home to go bankrupt because of robbery. In this way, if they want to obtain the corresponding resources, they have to go farther and spend more money.

Of course, distant water cannot quench a nearby fire. Monsters like the powerful bear don't care who you are with. They will rush out of the forest and rob all the village resources. They will also cunningly retreat before the arrival of reinforcements, leaving the city lord helpless.

If it happened once or twice, it would be fine, but the three or four robberies in this year have affected the entire town, which forced the city lord to issue this crusade mission.

However, due to insufficient intelligence and the news that several bronze-level adventure teams that had taken on the mission had been wiped out, no one dared to accept this commission even though the reward was quite generous.

"Let's go. Maybe with a bit of luck we can find it halfway, saving us the trouble of going into the middle of the forest to look for it."

The maximum effective range of Anten Meizi's detection magic is two kilometers. The forest surrounding Linhai Town is extremely vast, and the widest part is even dozens of kilometers away.

What's more, they were looking for a living creature that could move. If they were not careful and it moved to the area they had searched, they would be completely disappointed.

The two of them took a truck that was leaving the city and heading back to the village. They stopped the truck before reaching the fork in the road in the forest and let Meiko Anten and the others get off.

"My two little girls, if you keep going along this road, you will reach the outskirts of the southern forest. The road back to the village is on the other side, so I won't see you off any longer."

"Thank you, grandpa. Be careful on the road."

"Okay." The old man transporting the truck shouted and pulled the reins. The two-legged dragon pulling the cart let out a roar and walked away with heavy steps towards the other end of the fork in the road.

"Okay, let's go too." An Teng Meizi gestured, and at the same time took a step forward, she directly deployed the detection magic "Slacking Radar".

The coverage area expanded greatly, and soon a three-dimensional image was formed in Anten Meizi's mind, and everything within a radius of two kilometers could be seen.

"There aren't any monsters around here right now. Let's go a little deeper and take a look."

"Okay." Beth put away the commission in her hand, took out another piece of paper and unfolded it to look at it. On this piece of paper was a map of the forest.

In order to make it easier to complete the task, An Teng Meizi spent a silver coin to buy it from the Adventurer's Guild. It marked the territories of various monsters and the possible locations of different types of resources.

There are four large circles on the map, representing the outer, middle, inner and core areas of the forest. The territory of the strong bear is marked in the middle area with ambiguous lines.

"It seems that the Adventurer's Guild has very little information about the powerful bear. They don't even know about other people's territories."

This really couldn't be blamed on the Adventurer's Guild. After all, two bronze-level adventurers had already been lost in the period since this commission was issued. Even if someone was sent to check, the scout wouldn't dare to get close easily.

"Although it's a white bronze mission, I don't even dare to accept the Mithril level. Is the strong bear so scary?" An Teng Meizi couldn't help but think about it.

The magical power she brought from another world is very strong, but it does not mean that she is truly invincible. So far, she has only encountered ordinary beasts and ordinary humans. She has never encountered any magical beasts except slimes.

So she didn't dare to guarantee that she could really defeat the strong bear she had never met, but even if she couldn't beat it and wanted to escape, it wouldn't be a problem as long as she took advantage of the air advantage.

The first time I went there was just to test the waters, and whether I could find it on the first day was another matter.

Thinking of this, Meiko Anten felt relieved, but when she concentrated on looking at the contents of the three-dimensional figure, a sudden loud noise made her come back to her senses and focus her attention on the rising light smoke.

"Could it be that she won the prize?" Beth asked, knowing that Meiko Anten was using detection magic.

"No, it was the old man who was attacked by a group of monsters just now."

The road was wide and they each went their separate ways. An Teng Meizi could have pretended not to see it and continued on her own way, but the rickshaw driver was an ordinary person and had helped her walk a distance for free, so she absolutely could not stand by and watch him die.

"Beth, let's go get him."

Beth frowned when she heard this. She was absolutely unwilling to save humanity, but since it was Meiko Anten who asked her to do so, she naturally would not refuse.

The two of them quickened their pace and shuttled through the forest, but when they were halfway there, An Teng Meizi stopped and sighed with regret.

Beth, who was following closely behind her, noticed her movements and knew what had happened. She didn't say any words of comfort, but just followed her quietly without saying a word.

The place where the coachman was attacked was still within the range of the detection magic, so Anten Meiko knew very well that this kind old man had been eaten up by the wolves.

Since this is the case, there is no need for them to rush over.

Survival of the fittest. It is not surprising that an old man would be attacked by a group of monsters while passing through the forest. After all, people's survival always encounters various risks.

It would be fine if you don’t come. Once the risk occurs, you have to find a way to get through it. It is normal to fail halfway if you can’t.

Meiko Anten shook her head and could only sigh silently for the coachman whom she had only met once.

Volume 7: A Strange Journey to Another World: Chapter 17: Giant Rock King Kong Bear

"When did I become so cold-blooded?" Meiko Ando asked herself in her heart and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

In her memory, she should not be such a person, but whether it was the first time she saw the mercenaries abandoning their employers, the wind wolves killing, or this time when she saw the old coachman being devoured by the wolves, her heart did not produce a ripple.

It was as if nothing had happened, and as if he was the one who didn't care.

Has the eclipse form affected me to this extent?

She wondered in her mind, but couldn't recall many key clues, such as what her transformation tool was and where it went.

The power of the Eclipse form comes from the magic ether, and its nature is the same as that of the Magical Girl Duo, both of which are powers brought about by emotions.

This form is so special that Ando Meiko's consciousness can wander between the two. Although it cannot be retracted freely, there is a possibility of changing back.

But it is magic ether after all. Once used too much, the user's emotions and personality will be affected and changed. Ando Meiko also noticed this but could not give it up easily.

Because she encountered too many dangers, and this power was too strong and easy to use.

Shaking their heads to get rid of the thoughts, Ando Meiko and the other girl changed their route and went deeper into the forest. Along the way, they tried their best to conceal their breath and bodies. Soon, they passed the magical beasts in the outer area of ​​the forest and directly reached the middle area.

In the middle area, powerful monsters form their own lords and occupy land. Lords of the same level will not invade other lords' land at will, let alone those monsters in the outer layer.

Therefore, after arriving at the middle area, even though they were exposed to the public, the beasts on the outer layer only dared to roar at them from a distance and refused to get close to them no matter what.

These little guys on the outer layer were naturally no match for Ando Meiko and the others. The reason they were so cautious was because they were afraid that the noise of the battle would alert their targets and make them wary.

In order to find the powerful bear and defeat it as soon as possible, Ando Meiko cannot accept this unexpected incident.

After spending a lot of time searching the area on the map that seemed to be the site of the powerful bear, I finally found an extremely large cave under a rock wall.

The entrance to the cave is five meters wide and seven meters high. If this is really the lair of the strong bear, then even if the bear crawls in, it must be at least five meters tall.

This result was analyzed by Beth because she was originally a demon and knew more about demon beasts than Ando Meiko and other humans in this world.

She had never heard of the existence of a powerful bear in Warcraft. She thought that humans probably just gave it a random name because they didn't understand this kind of Warcraft.

Based on the known clues, it can be inferred that the powerful bear is most likely a magical beast called the Giant Rock King Kong Bear, which has both earth and gold attributes.

This kind of magical beast is very rare even in the territory of the demon clan. Beth has only seen one giant rock diamond bear, and that is the demon general known as the Golden Bear King in the demon king's army.

While Beth was telling what she knew, she and Ando Meiko walked into the cave. The cave was facing south so it received sunlight, making it seem cold inside.

As they walked deeper, a faint smell of blood wafted out. Meiko Ando's sense of smell is not very sensitive, but Beth frowned deeply.

"Light." Meiko Ando snapped her fingers, and a magic ball of light emerged from the top of her head, hanging above her head and emitting dazzling white light, illuminating everything around her clearly.

The area they were in at the moment was a corridor that led straight down at an angle. Deep in the corridor was an extremely huge cave, and a giant black bear was lying on a clean stone platform and snoring.

It was surrounded by bones and flesh scraps, some from livestock, some from wild beasts, and some from magical beasts, but there seemed to be no humans.

When lying down, it was more than five meters tall, and lying on the stone platform it looked like a small black hill. Just looking at it made people feel like their gigantic fear was about to strike.

Perhaps because she had fought too many Void Beasts in her own world, Meiko Ando felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity with this giant creature.

"Take care of yourself during the battle later." Meiko Ando turned around and patted Beth's shoulder, then turned around and jumped out of the corridor, landing heavily on the ground.