On this night, in the woods on the outskirts of an unknown city, an ominous atmosphere is emanating......

Unlike the town in front of it, which was lit by people, it was a barren mountain that was inaccessible even during the daytime, and there was no sound in the barren forest where the chirping of insects and small animals should be heard during such a season.

———————— there was only a dead silence————————

Silence.

The sky was shrouded in gray gauze, and the barrier was open...... Even though the stars in the sky could not be seen even in a place far from the light pollution, in such an atmosphere, there was a rustling sound from time to time, and a black behemoth burst out of the grass, crossed the road, and jumped into the dense woods.

A black object was jumping through the woods, moving rapidly, leaving only a ghostly afterimage, with a large row of eyes on it, and a streamlined appearance like a hound.

The beast's eyes were flashing with a strange glow of blood-red pupils, and it was turning sharply, and its eyes were fixed on the pursuers behind it!

"......Shh I don't have any skills, but I'm quite good at escaping!? "Chasing after was a woman with orange hair, who was following at a very fast pace, grumbling as she chased.

【…… It's over here, how are you going over there, Elph? What came to my mind was the inquiring words of a young girl without emotional ups and downs.

[Excuse me, Fett...... It seemed too careless just now, but I didn't expect this guy to move so fast...... It's okay, it's solved soon!! 】

Having let it slip out of the way because it had underestimated the other party's results, the young woman named Elph replied to the owner of the remark in a somewhat embarrassed tone.

【…… That's right...... Then I'll join you too...... This will be more efficient ......]

[Huh!? No, no, I'm pretty good enough for this kind of role! Fett, you can rest too, keep fighting like this, and your body will ......]

[Hurry up...... I can't make my mother wait too long, I have to collect it quickly......]

What sounded in my heart was that I didn't have emotional ups and downs, but I showed a little excitement when I said one of the above specific titles......

“…… Fett! ”

I thought it would be good to just take out the target and bring it over to let her seal it!

The young woman bit her thumb and thought indignantly!

In order to capture their target...... The Ancient Heritage of the Otherworld, known as the Seed of the Sacred Stone, is said to be a magic stone that can fulfill the wishes of its owner, and it is said that it is also an important material for the person's research......

After discovering that the twenty-one sacred stone seeds had fallen in Japan, the Far East region of the outer world managed by the Mead 97 known as the earth, the two came to this strange place to investigate and collect, and these days they have been running around, although she has a strong body and superhuman endurance as a demon, but her companion, as the master, Fett, even if she is a good magician, is only a nine-year-old child after all......

The Sacred Stone Seed has a powerful but unstable power, and if it is not used correctly, it is easy to go berserk and lose control, and if it is discovered that it is not used in the right way, whether it is a human or an animal, it may merge with the stone and the living body, and lose your mind......

And this big black ball was apparently created by merging with the animal that found it on Earth and mutating!

"I could have lightened the burden on that kid a little bit...... You bastard!! "As an envoy, Elph does not have the ability to seal it alone...... But at least if you subdue this monster by yourself and drag it in front of the child, you must be able to reduce her load somewhat, right?

After all, it's not an easy job to use wide-area search magic to search these days, and now that she encounters the reaction of two holy stone seeds at the same time, with this in mind, Elph volunteered to ask her to capture it by herself...... The proposal to let the girl wait in place is just to reduce the tired little wishes she has to rush, but because of this, the timing of the shot is wrong, giving it a chance to escape......

From this point of view, the predecessor of this furball was also the appearance of a rather agile creature!

…… But even so, it is still not as good as Elph's, and the distance between the two is constantly shortening.

"Don't try to escape!! Come on! "Finally caught up in the attack range! The orange-haired woman's heavy kick slammed into its sideways, just like the impact of a high-speed pickup truck!!

"Quack!!" The monster let out a terrible, high-pitched scream and flew out...... But before falling to the ground, he turned over and fled in the opposite direction?

"Ahh~~! What an undying guy!! One hand scratched his head and said, full of helplessness, there is still no way to make her easier if she goes on like this...... However, it is absolutely impossible to escape with this speed alone...... It's only a matter of time before we catch up.

The chase began again, but the monster may have been hit by the blow, and its speed became sluggish......

Boom Boom!!

At this time, directly in front of a distance, a faint green light emitted...... It was a cylindrical pillar of dark green light, which rushed straight into the sky from the empty ground, and the clouds that were originally dense like a cover were scattered in all directions......

What appeared in the sky was a vision that had been rendered green by this ominous light, and the storm that swept around that place was a storm of magical power...... That's a phenomenon that occurs when a dimension shifts.

"It's ...... The brilliance of magic? ”

【…… Are there any other magicians nearby? 】

"It's so close...... Could it be that it is also the idea of the seed of the holy stone!? Looking in the direction of the burst of magic, Elph muttered to herself, though she shouldn't have done anything too conspicuous just yet...... But if it's a sorcerer of the Authority, it's going to be a problem!!

"Roar roar!!" And the monster fleeing in front of it also shifted its route and made rapid progress towards the place where the light was shining!

"How could I let you escape!!" The woman who chased after her, with a lot of anger! Let's talk about the rest when the time comes, as a hunter's self-esteem, how can I not let my prey run away in vain!

How can there be any reason to let a boiled duck fly off!?