The next day, at dawn, the campfire in the camp at the foot of the hill was extinguished.

While Sheen was still asleep, Vivien entered his tent and dragged him up.

"Now is the time for nocturnal monsters to return to their nests, and most of the diurnal monsters will not appear until after dawn, so it's the best time for us to enter the mountains."

Vivien used this reason to gather everyone together.

It's just that the girls seem to have been prepared for this for a long time, or they have long been accustomed to this kind of life, so they all seem to be in good spirits, and they don't look sleepy at all.

Only Sheehan, who was constantly yawning in the midst of a crowd of energetic girls, looked like he was going to fall at any moment.

"It's really, it's so inappropriate, hurry up and wash your face and be in good spirits."

Vivien rushes Sheen to wash up like a worried older sister, making Sheen smile wryly.

"I thought I was used to getting up early after coming to this world, but I still can't compare with orthodox adventurers?"

As an adventurer, not only do you have to keep watch for hours in the middle of the night, but you also have to get up early to go into the mountains to complete the commission, which is really hard.

However, after entering the mountain, you have to encounter all kinds of dangerous monsters, so you can't be sloppy, so even if you don't get enough sleep, you have to be strong and spirited, and you can't relax, which is also harsh.

"Aren't they thinking about sleeping or something?"

Sheehan was washing up in a sluggish mood, and he was thinking about things so whimsically, until he poured cold water on his face and rubbed his face a few times, that he was in good spirits.

Immediately, Sheehan returned to the side of the girls, and together with the girls who were ready to go, they prepared to enter the Mangar Mountain Belt.

"Everybody, come here."

Vivien beckoned everyone and took a map out of her luggage and spread it out in front of everyone.

That, of course, is a map of the Mangar Mountains.

On the map, there are not only detailed path markings, but also several special signs.

There are red "×" signs, there are also icons that look like pools, and some other miscellaneous signs, this map seems to be quite thoughtful.

"First of all, let's confirm the goal of our trip."

Vivien's gaze swept over everyone.

"Now that we've cleared the vampire vines, the remaining two missions are to collect water from a medium-sized source of mana and retrieve the salamander's skin."

Vivien confirmed first, and then said so.

"There are a total of seventeen mana sources in the Mangar Mountain Belt, one is large, three are medium-sized, and the remaining thirteen are all small, so let's eliminate all the small mana sources first."

As she spoke, Vivien took out her quill and marked the thirteen pools on the map with the "×" icons.

Sheehan realized that those pool icons were where all the sources of magic in the Mangal Mountains were located.

"And then, the big source of mana, we're not going to go either." Vivien said: "Although the client will be ecstatic to announce that we have completed this commission and even pay us extra if we bring back the spring water from the large mana source, but the large mana source is generally home to the highest level of dangerous monsters in the area, and the large mana source in the Mangar Mountain Belt is said to be inhabited by powerful monsters of level eighty, so for safety, we can't approach there." ”

Vivien drew a brilliant golden pool of water on the map, as well as a nearby pool icon.

Because that mana source was too close to a large mana source, Vivien just crossed it out, right?

"In this way, there are two remaining sources of mana, one of which is relatively close to us, and the other is in the other direction of the mountain range, and it is already clear which side we should go."

Vivien simply crossed out the other pool icon, leaving only one pool icon.

Vivien then traced the path from the map with a quill following the path between where the group was and the remaining pool icon.

"This is the closest road to the source of the target's mana, and we'll go through here." Vivien pointed at the road with the tip of her pen and said, "Follow this path, if it goes well, when we arrive at our destination, it should be just the time when the monsters start to be active, we will try to collect the spring water before then, and the rest is to stay near the source of the magic power, and once we find a group of salamanders, we will immediately hunt." ”

In this way, the task can be successfully completed.

"That's the way the battle plan is, what's the problem, you can put it up now."

Vivien questioned the group.

Thier, Lumia, and Merica didn't speak, and it was no problem to think about it.

But...

"I have a question."

Sheehan raised his hand with a serious face and asked.

"What the hell is a source of magic?"

That's right, this is a question that Sheehan has wanted to ask for a long time.

Until now, Sheen didn't know what the so-called source of magic was.

However, hearing Sheen's question, Lumia and Merica couldn't help but tilt their bodies, and almost didn't fall to the ground, and even Tielle was speechless, making Vivien dumbfounded.

"Looks like you're seriously lacking in common sense, Sheehan."

Vivien said helplessly.

However, Vivien no longer gave Sheen the same suspicious look as she had before.

"You should know that there is magic in everyone's body, right?"

“...... Sorry, I don't know. ”

"It's... That's it..."

Vivien began to cast sympathetic and even pitying glances at Sheen.

Even the rest of the girls felt more or less helpless, making Thière silent, Lumia at a loss, and Merika's expression was subtle, making Sheen laugh as if she was being treated as a bad student by an elementary school teacher.

"Then I'll start from the beginning."

Vivien chuckled, then began to explain patiently.

"Everything in the world has the potential to carry magical power, especially life itself, which will hold magic power from birth, because the essence of magic is life force."

"After the life force is transformed, it can generate magic power, so even civilians will have magic power in their bodies, but it is only very weak, and only by raising themselves to a certain level can they hold a relatively considerable amount of magic power and use it to use magic and skills."

"And the world, as the existence that gives birth to all life and things, has an extremely large vitality operating in itself."

"Therefore, whether it is the atmosphere or the earth, there will be magic that belongs to the world, and when these magic forces are gathered in large numbers and materialized, they will form a source."

"That's where the magic comes from."

Vivien's explanation was quite easy to understand, allowing Sheen to instantly understand the nature of the source of the mana.

However, there is one thing that Sheen has actually wanted to ask for a long time.

"Magic is transformed from life force, right?"

Sheehan said this in a tone that looked like he was about to complain.

"This setting is indeed very common, but I have always wanted to say, in this way, a lot of mana is consumed, life force is consumed, and people really don't die?"

It's a question Sheehan has been struggling with for a long time.