Zongman, Rebirth of the Heaven-Defying Kirito

Huihui looked away, as if it were none of her business.

Darkness also fell silent, shutting her mouth and saying nothing more.

Only Aqua.

"What? It's just a small matter?" Akya waved her hand with a smile. "At worst, I'll invite you to my banquet and let you drink as much rum as you want!"

"Who needs that kind of stuff? Can't you think about anything other than drinking all day long?"

Then Kazuma put the whole bag of rewards into his pocket.

This action startled the remaining three people so much that they sat up abruptly.

Akya accused, "Are you trying to hog it all by yourself?"

Kazuma remained calm and composed: "What do you mean by 'keeping it all for myself'? I'm just temporarily holding it for you. Who knows if this money will even survive until tomorrow?"

Huihui also complained, "Does entrusting it to you for safekeeping guarantee it will be perfectly intact?"

He Zhenqi said calmly, "It's hard to say if it's completely intact, but even if it's preserved to a certain extent, it's still better than any of you."

Seeing that they couldn't out-argue each other, the two then encouraged a third party.

"Darkness, say something quickly! If this keeps up, Kazuma will pocket all the rewards!"

Darkness replied, "But what's there to say, and I don't really have a reason to need that money."

"The reasons don't matter, the most important thing now is to keep that reward!"

"Seriously, can't you show some backbone? If you don't want the money, give me your share!"

Amidst the commotion, Kazuma had already reached the guild entrance: "You guys talk first, I'll have to excuse myself."

"Damn it, you'll regret this!"

"Hmph, even if you beg me next time, I won't help you again!"

Just kidding, why would Master Zhen and I need your help?

Besides, wasn't I the one who contributed the most in the last mission?

If that's the case, what's wrong with me spending my own money?

With this mindset and without any burden, I walked out of the Adventurers' Guild, and the gentle breeze blowing in my face made me feel even more cheerful.

Then, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up sharply, and he even leaped into the air.

"Great! Now all the rewards are mine!"

Kazuma hummed a little tune as he planned, "What should we do with this money?"

First, I need to have a big meal by myself, then I need to find a better place to stay, and then...

He had no regard for his teammates; all he could think about was himself.

Rather than letting those guys squander this money, I'd rather use it to enjoy myself.

Since I put in the most effort and deserve the most credit, isn't it only right that this money belongs to me?

Hmph, it's decided then.

Just as he was about to leave with cheerful steps, a receptionist from the Adventurers' Guild approached him: "Excuse me, are you Mr. Kazuma?"

Kazuma was excited, but not in a hurry to enjoy himself: "That's right, what's the matter?"

The receptionist explained, "It's like this: the guild has issued a new quest. It seems that an even more powerful giant toad has appeared on the grasslands east of the city."

"Another giant toad? Well, you've come to the right person." Kazuma said with a relaxed expression, "We just recently defeated a large number of the same monsters, so we're quite experienced."

The receptionist blushed with embarrassment: "Well, then I've really come to the right person. I wonder if Mr. Kazuma can depart immediately?"

"Leaving immediately? Is it that urgent?"

Kazuma was somewhat surprised, after all, he hadn't even had a chance to properly enjoy the reward he had just received, and it would be inhumane to ask him to set off now.

The receptionist then explained, "Because many adventurers have been injured, the guild has classified this mission as an emergency, and the reward is as high as one million Eris."

“One million Eris?!” Kazuma exclaimed in surprise.

They had cleared out a large number of giant toads on the grasslands to earn 300,000 Eris, but now they were being told that one toad could earn them a million?

How are we supposed to choose? Is there even a need to choose?

"But seeing that Mr. Kazuma seemed to have something to do just now, it wouldn't hurt for me to ask someone else for help, so I won't bother him."

Just as the receptionist turned to leave, Kazuma suddenly called out to her.

Then she saw Kazuma's self-proclaimed cool expression: "Since an adventurer has already been injured, I, as an expert in eliminating giant toads, can no longer stand by and watch."

"I'll take on this mission. The guild can just wait for good news."

Without waiting for the receptionist's reaction, he turned and left, leaving her with what he considered a cool back view.

The receptionist was left muttering to herself, "Although the other party has experience in hunting giant toads, seeing it in person still feels a bit far-fetched. Is it really okay to entrust this task to him?"

Kazuma, who had already left in style, stopped somewhere.

"Wait, I'm all alone now. Should I go back and call the other three?"

But this thought only lasted for a moment.

Why call them along? If I complete the task by myself, wouldn't I have gained a total of 1.3 million Eris?

By then, not only will changing residences be no problem, but even buying a small villa will be no issue at all.

What's more, they just said they 'absolutely won't help.'

Then what else is there to consider? I'll just go it alone.

Now that we've made up our minds, let's set off!

Leaving the city of Axel, we drove east through a forest, and emerged to find a vast grassland.

The journey wasn't too far, and Kazuma arrived here without much trouble.

For some reason, a large amount of fog rose from this grassland, making it impossible to see any further.

"I see. It's possible that the giant toad used the fog to attack the adventurers, which is why it was rumored to be so powerful."

He continued forward, but behind the fog that Kazuma hadn't noticed, he had already stepped into a dimensional barrier that had appeared there.

【Wetland Grassland】

Because of the abundant temperature and moisture, the grasslands here grow exceptionally well, and the so-called fog is actually formed by the accumulation of large amounts of water vapor.

Frequent rainfall creates puddles of varying sizes here, some as small as three or four meters in diameter, and others as large as an entire lake.

Therefore, when you are deep in this area, you must always watch your step, because you never know how deep the next puddle will be.

Sure enough, Kazuma was immediately infected.

"Oh, that's dangerous!" He jerked his leg out of the puddle.

Fortunately, he was lucky; otherwise, it wouldn't have been just one leg that got wet, but his entire body.

Kazuma looked around and muttered to himself, "Was this originally a grassland?"

Never mind, let's finish the task as soon as possible and get the money to enjoy ourselves.

So Kazuma began exploring the wetland grasslands alone.