How did you bunch of silly group members also time travel?

The doctor was ashamed.

It's not that he's being modest; it's just that he's really not suited to participate in this kind of discussion right now.

It's not that I don't understand, since I still have the knowledge. But something just feels off. These two Meryl-chans are acting strangely, and if we keep talking, I feel like we'll come to some terrible conclusion.

The doctor suggested changing the subject.

Newbie just there to make up the numbers: So

Newbie here to fill in the numbers: Where's today's dose of erotic pictures?

My favorite is Magical Merry: ? ? ?

Newbie commenter: Look, even the doctor is getting anxious! (There's a suggestive image here!)

My absolute favorite is Magical Merry!

Newbie here just filling in the blanks: Doctor, he's panicking! He's panicking! He's panicking! Quick, give me some lewd pictures!!

My favorite magical Merry: No, I'm not, I didn't!

Paid newbie: Not here, loved you, save my mom, no money, get lost!

Grocery store owner: Hehe

Grocery store owner: New guy, you'll have to get used to this.

Newbie just there to make up the numbers: Ah!

Paid newbie: You've finally been exposed?

Newbie just there to make up the numbers: I've arrived in the city!

Unbeknownst to her, amidst the water, Miss Fox realized that she and the Big Hamster had followed Enferea's car back to Ye Lantier!

The escort mission is over!

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Chapter Seventy-One: The Forgotten Nail Clippers

It's finally over.

The incident in Kahn Village caused her employer, Enferea, and the few surviving villagers to become completely withdrawn. On the way back, no one spoke, and the atmosphere was extremely oppressive. Since she was not good at comforting others, Miss Fox and the big hamster felt very uncomfortable.

It's finally over. We've arrived in the city and returned to the starting village where Miss Fox was born, Ye-Lantir.

After completing the quest and receiving payment at the Adventurers' Guild, Enferea's employment relationship with her ended. During this time, unless absolutely necessary, the two did not exchange a single word.

"Well, I hope she doesn't become completely withdrawn." Watching Enferea leave with the Anri sisters, Miss Fox spoke without a care in the world.

We weren't familiar with each other after all.

"What do we do next?" asked the hamster that had already registered its information.

"Shall we go back to Carne Village and check on the necromancer?"

Miss Fox was taken aback. She still remembered this.

Before what happened last night, they did make plans to go to the necromancer's territory in the forest today, but now everyone has returned to Ye Lantier.

"Forget it, I have other things to do." The more unrestrained I was in the group chat, the more uneasy I felt inside.

Miss Fox felt she needed a DIO.

No, she's not some great villain. DIO and all that can't fill the void in her heart, and besides, she doesn't like being someone else's bread.

"As expected, only I can fill myself up!"

So Miss Fox ran to the front desk, subtly minimizing her presence to make herself noticed by the waitress, and then asked, "Could the Adventurers' Guild provide me with a machete made to the highest specifications for weapon forging?"

She should go to the capital to find that person and fill the void in her heart!

"Huh?" The waitress was taken aback, but when she looked up and saw it was Miss Fox, her previously melancholy expression instantly brightened with excitement.

"Lord Fox, you're back! That's wonderful! Something terrible happened while you were gone! We need you!"

"???" Only after the waitress mentioned this did Miss Fox realize that there were significantly fewer members of the Adventurers' Guild today. It seemed that one of the adventurer teams had failed in their quest and been wiped out.

It shouldn't be

"I think I cleared out all the monsters around Ye Lantier that adventurers usually can't handle, right? This generation of adventurers is really weak, isn't it?"

The only mission that failed was against the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

However, the Tyrannosaurus Rex was captured by Ainz Ooal Gown as a mount and no longer appears in Ye Lantier. This place has completely become a beginner village within a beginner village. As long as they don't do anything reckless, those adventurers should not be in any life-threatening danger.

Or perhaps, during the few days she was away in Carne Village, something strange happened to Ye Lantier again?

Did Ainz Ooal Gown do it?

"Fox, fox, let's take this mission! I also want to join you in defeating powerful monsters!" said the giant hamster.

After the hamster, carrying a health potion, overpowered Clementine in the fight, it got a bit cocky. Relying on its ability to constantly regenerate health and mana, it became extremely arrogant. Without even asking about the specifics, it wanted to accept the quest, and didn't consider whether half a pound of health potions would be enough.

Really.

"No, I have things to do. Right now, I just want to buy a wood-chopping knife and go to the capital. It's just a monster, right? I can just let those top-tier adventurer teams handle it."

“No, Lady Fox, this time it wasn’t monsters that were bothering us.” The waitress seemed not to have heard the fox’s words and explained the details of the mission. “No, I have no interest in this mission…” Lady Fox emphasized.

"This incident is because a large group of adventurers has taken over a mountain and become bandits, specifically attacking passing caravans and adventurers." But the waitress wouldn't listen.

"Upon receiving this news, we issued a quest to subdue him. A team of adventurers led by a top-tier adventurer went to subdue him, but they failed. The adventurer who managed to escape said that Brian Anglaus, who could rival the kingdom's strongest warrior, Captain Gerjev Storonov, had appeared in the bandits' stronghold and was helping those bandits."

"The adventurers of Ye-Lantir are no match for Brian Anglaus, so we can only place our hopes on you, Lord Fox."

“Brian Anglaus?” Who’s that? Miss Fox couldn’t remember who he was for a moment.

She only watched the first and second seasons of Overlord, and then couldn't continue, especially the novels. Reading the later parts of the story was like eating a ton of junk food, so she had a pretty strong memory of Overlord. As for the others, she didn't remember much.

So is Brian a very important character? Was there such an incident in the original book?

I remember the plot of the first season was just a few things: after the necromancer and Clementine, there was the Shalltear rebellion. I remember hearing that clearly, because it was quite satisfying to watch the equipment crushing the enemy.

I've never heard of Brian before!

So, "Not interested, find someone else, goodbye. Oh, I need to buy a machete, so I'll stay for now."

"Lord Fox, it will take time to forge a wood-chopping knife as you requested..."

"Stop talking nonsense. It'll only take about half a day anyway. If it really doesn't work, I can lower my standards. As long as you can puncture the internal organs, that's fine!"

"Lord Fox, do you remember Lord Momonga, who registered as an adventurer here before? He once sold an extremely high-quality weapon at the market. Although it couldn't be enchanted, it was incredibly hard and sharp, and the Adventurers' Guild bought it..."

"I want this thing..." Miss Fox was stunned for a moment, then suddenly remembered that Ainz Ooal Gown had sprinkled some powder on an ordinary painting, which she had taken to decompose and produce small crystals.

She had never received any small crystals when breaking down items before, but breaking down Ainz Ooal Gown's items did...

"If Lady Fox is interested, our Adventurers' Guild can add this weapon to the reward and waive the cost of forging the woodcutter's axe, how about that?" The waiter pressed his advantage as soon as he saw that Miss Fox was interested.

After all, this Steel-rank adventurer is very capricious; if he doesn't want to, he simply doesn't, and there's almost no possibility of bargaining. Now that this possibility has arisen, for the sake of the Adventurers' Guild's future development, we definitely need to try and win him over.

"This is merely to give you time to complete a subjugation quest while you wait for the woodcutter's axe to be forged. I believe that as a steel-class adventurer, you are capable of standing up to Brian Angraus."

"Of course, our Adventurers' Guild can also hire another team of adventurers to help you fend off the other bandits."

"Now start calling people to forge woodcutting knives," Miss Fox said seriously as she pulled up a chair and sat down.

Regardless, she still wanted to try this possibility of producing small crystals. After all, her alchemy secondary profession relied entirely on herbs, and she would probably have to search the entire world for herbs and experiment with them one by one to grind out all the potion recipes.

The waiter's expression immediately brightened: "No problem, Lord Fox, we will provide you with the rest of the information as much as possible!"

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Chapter 72 A Little Lack of Sense of Direction

"So this is the bandits' hideout..."

Hidden on the hilltop, with a lot of trees blocking the view, you might not notice the entrance to the cave unless you have a very sharp eye.

Unfortunately, these bandits were a bit stupid. They guarded their own gates openly without any attempt at concealment, and their uniforms were not uniform, with brightly colored clothes that were very conspicuous.

"I'm not entirely sure either, but the Adventurers' Guild staff were right about this place," said the hamster holding the map beside him.

Well, Miss Fox's sense of direction isn't the best, after all...

"Speaking of which, the current situation seems somewhat familiar," Miss Fox said, puffing out her chest, tilting her head back, and stroking her chin.

"I feel like I've wandered into some weird movie set, with blatant bandits and a giant female elf adventurer who's been sent on a mission to hunt them down."

"Isn't this just a common setting used by Gusha!?"

Hmm, Miss Fox doesn't know what "Gu Sha" is either (turns her head away).

However, in recent years, elves have started to take the lead. They used to be the victims, the targets of exploitation, but now it seems like elves are the ones draining their customers dry? Stealing business from succubi, and so on...

Even if we lose, we might still be able to wipe out the bandits?

This seems feasible, after all, Miss Fox has a resurrection passive skill. However, death is meaningless if you don't force your brain to calm down with your hands!

"Another problem is that I'm the only female lead right now!" This immediately made things even more... boring!

"What did you say, fox?" the big hamster asked, looking puzzled.

"No, it's nothing." Miss Fox said seriously, as always.

"Speaking of which, the Adventurers' Guild said they would commission an adventurer team to assist us, but I don't think I've seen that team."

Upon hearing this, the large hamster twitched its nose a few times; "There's no other human scent nearby, no one has been here and no one is coming. Should we wait a bit?"

Is Akakura really that good?!

Miss Fox was surprised and uncertain. Discovering that the hamster could read maps before setting off was already a huge surprise, but she never expected that the hamster could also use its nose to detect things!

We've snagged a gem!

"No need to wait, this mission doesn't need to wait. We'll sneak around here, and when we encounter that Brian, we'll take him down!"

Despite the adventurer team's talk, Miss Fox didn't care at all whether they came or not, or whether they could help.

In traditional storylines, these hastily assembled teams are almost always the ones vying for credit but actually hindering the fight. If they are defeated, they might even join forces with the bandits to increase the team's damage output.

The statement is anything but exciting. It was Miss Fox's statement.

"Come on, A-Cang, let me row the stealthy oars and become the best Assassin!" Miss Fox does know a little about assassination.

"Oh!!" the big hamster exclaimed in unison!

"Hurrah!!" Miss Fox roared!

"Hurrah!!!" the big hamster roared along!

"Alright, stop shouting, or someone will find out, A-Cang."

"But we've already been discovered."

"Who's over there?! Come out here!" With a flash of light, the bushes where Miss Fox and the giant hamster were hiding were cut open.

Several bandits armed with cold weapons quickly surrounded the giant hamster.

Why would monsters appear in a place like this?

"I thought there was a woman's voice just now, so why is there only one monster?"

"Watch out, everyone! There are still enemies lurking around!?" The bandit had barely finished speaking when he felt something pressed against his neck, startling him so much that he shrank back—only to find that a hand had grabbed his head!

"You know too much~" A gentle voice whispered in the bandit's ear, but the bandit felt no warmth at all; he only wanted to shout in his rough voice:

"Enemy, ah—"

Cut in two with one stroke, like...

"Come on, Akane, let's start our stealth!" Having already used the bandit's head three times, Miss Fox still felt uneasy after dropping it. Even though she had managed to avoid getting soaked by the stench of the liquid as she chopped down the corpse, her eyelids were still twitching! She needed more!

"I need more Shark King experience! Bandits, give me some experience points!"

It will be a massacre!

Yes, a literal massacre.

From the hamster's perspective, the bandits surrounding it were in a state of panic, suddenly splitting up one by one, as if something unseen was taking their heads off one by one. If it weren't broad daylight, the atmosphere of terror would have been tens of thousands more intense.

"This isn't stealth at all..." the big hamster wondered.

Although it couldn't see Miss Fox's actions, it could tell from the high heel marks on the ground that Miss Fox would take care of one person and then walk straight to the nearest one, and then take care of the next one. There was no such thing as taking detours, hiding, or assassinating one by one. She was just cutting melons and vegetables, cutting one after another.

Is this considered stealth?