Magicraft Meister Part 1

Rock wolves are characterized by their quickness and their ability to form a pack.

Against such an opponent, <> was not very effective.

They fear fire!　Who can use fire magic?

Yes, I can.

I can do it.

I'm on it.

One of the female knights, Bernardo, the captain of the Egelea survey team, and another member of the Egelea survey team raised their hands.

"Okay, you three, shoot a fireball in the same direction at the same time. Right, aim at the one with the dark fur."

"Yes, sir."

The captains decide that it is wise to leave this to Fritz, who seems to have experience in such battles.

"Fire!"

Three fireballs fly out. Just before they hit, the rock wolf ducks. At that moment, an opening is created.

"<>!

Aiming for that opening, Fritz unleashes a mid-level wind magic, wounding all three Rockewolves.

"Not enough!　Again!"

A similar two-stage attack was made, wounding three more. This makes the herd a little more cautious.

"Calm down!　Each rock wolf is not that big a deal. If we can keep them from working together, we can win!

Fritz loudly urged them on. The rest of the team, who had been cowed by the situation, regained their composure.

Yes. The rock wolf is a little over a meter tall, about the size of a large dog. Its weapons are fangs.

Their pelts are not very tough, and they can be slashed with ordinary swords.

The dangerous thing is that they form a pack and attack in a coordinated manner.

"The black one you saw earlier is probably the leader."

The rock wolf was cut in the back by Fritz's < and fell backwards.

"If they leap at you in pieces, stay calm and swing your sword. Especially when they are in the air, they can't change direction, that's where you should aim!"

Fritz said loudly so that everyone could hear him, "If you can withstand the fear and slash them while they are in the air, you can win.

It was not something anyone could do, but he thought it was important to calm them down a little.

We're not going to get anywhere this way. Let's get them in check. Listen ......<!"

Invisible wind-bullets hit the rock wolves. 5 of them are on the move and coming towards Fritz.

"Hmph!"

But they are all scattered, and Fritz calmly deals with them.

He takes a big step forward and splits the head of the first one in half. With his returning blade, he slices off the legs of the two following behind.

The two following horses slow down slightly to avoid the two that have lost their front legs and are pinned down.

He aimed at them with a flash of his side cleave.

The two animals, their noses sliced open, let out a yelp and turned over. A second cleave aimed at their unprotected throats.

"Oh ......!"

The team members let out an exclamation as they watched Fritz disable the five animals in an instant.

Fritz immediately retreats and returns to his original position.

Fritz has slaughtered three and incapacitated two, but he is not yet ready to let his guard down.

"We have to be careful from now on. When they lose cohesion, they will either run away or attack us in pieces, one of two things.

True to their word, the rock wolves, who have lost their friends one after another, seem to have decided to attack, following their instincts.

"Here they come!　Don't turn your back!"

Fritz shouted, and cut down both of the oncoming Rockewolf.

"Okay!"

Gloria had just cut down a Rockefeller that was coming toward her.

And then there was a melee.

The two female knights and Jade were in the middle of the circle, but there was a break in the circle.

"No!" screamed an inexperienced female knight.

one of the inexperienced female knights screamed. Gloria turns around to see one of the rock wolves charging at her, fangs ready to dig into her throat.

"No!"

Without hesitation, Gloria throws the shortsword in her hand. It misses and pierces through the torso of the rock wolf that was about to attack the female knight.

"......"

However, Gloria is left with no weapon in her hand.

Four rock wolves leapt at her.

"Thud!"

Gloria thought it was over, but it was Fritz who saved her. He stood in the way with his huge frame and cut down three of the wolves, but the remaining one bit him on the left arm.

But Fritz was not intimidated, and with the sword in his right hand he severed the head of the rock wolf.

"Mister Fritz!

Gloria, are you okay?

Oh, yeah, I'm sorry.

You can thank me later. Use my sword.

Fritz is now wielding a longsword for riding. Therefore he handed Gloria the shortsword at his waist.

"I'm sorry!"

With a short thank you, Gloria drew her shortsword and slashed down a rock wolf that came at her. Then another.

Meanwhile, Fritz had hunted two more.

With two-thirds of the pack gone, the rock wolves must have seen that they were no match for him, and finally retreated.

"......"

"......Saved......"

Fritz killed 13 rock wolves. Gloria had 7. The other knights had killed a total of 15.

After putting the finishing touches on the four that were still breathing, we all finally caught our breath.

But then...

If we don't get rid of them, the smell of their blood will bring another attack.

At Fritz's words, the group wipes the blood from their swords and washes the blood from their bodies.

Fritz then uses to throw the carcass of the rock wolf into the hole that had not yet been backfilled.

The meat of the rock wolf is too stinky to eat. The pelt is also of low value. In this case, we had no choice but to discard them.

Some of the carcasses were sucked into the center of the container, the hole where the contents of the container had been discarded.

They melted in a flash and there was no trace of them left.

"Wow, this is amazing."

Jade Nephroy, who was watching from the side, looked at the scene with interest.

Fritz finally relaxed after taking care of all 39 carcasses. Gloria ran up to him.

"Mister Fritz, I give you back your shortsword. Thanks for saving my life."

Fritz smiled and took it.

"Oh, thank God you're all right."

But Fritz's left arm is bleeding. It was a fang wound from a rock wolf.

"Mister Fritz, help him!"

"Yes, I'll take care of it."

Tiffany, who was in charge of healing, took care of the other wounded men.

"Thank you."

Tiffany's cheeks flushed red as Fritz smiled at her,

"No, ......," she said.

and quickly withdrew from the room.

After finally settling down, the group disposed of some leftover food and garbage into the hole. They covered the hole with soil and backfilled it.

did most of the work, so it took less than an hour.

"Well, now we can leave without any regrets.

From here, the Egelea survey team heads north. And the survey team from the Kingdom of Klein will head south.

"Thanks to you, it will be easier from here on. I thank you."

Bruno, the captain of the survey team of the Kingdom of Egelea, expressed his gratitude with a salute.

"Of course, we owe it to the of the Shoro Empire."

Bernardo, the captain of the survey team of the Klein Kingdom, replied with a salute.

The female knights looked sad as they said goodbye to Fritz.

But then something happened that made them turn pale.

The soil in the hole they had backfilled suddenly blew up.