The greater the boss, the less likely it is to appear alone. Most of the time, you can only approach him after breaking through the labyrinthlike dungeons where monsters pour out.

And controlling those monsters was actually the boss, that’s usually how it goes.

‘A duke who controls monsters…….’

“Is the Duke of Curan in the fortress too?”

Kite answered as she asked, thinking that the final boss might be hiding in a difficult place to access.

“Yes. He’s residing in the innermost part of the place now called the fortress of the Curan family.”

‘So the dungeon is the fortress.’

The fortress would be harder to conquer than an ordinary dungeon. A rough future was anticipated.

Luella drooped her shoulders and spoke. Anyway, she had no choice.

“Let’s go. That’s the only quest I can do right now.”

There was a quest to find a designated person, but it was currently impossible to perform, as she couldn’t wander outside freely.

“Right. Don’t we need to prepare anything else?”

“I have nothing, so…”

“Ah, yes. I meant to ask, where did the can pulls go while we were coming?”

“They’re in the bag that the bookshaped soul guardian has.”

“You said you took out the potion earlier from the bag that the soul guardian had?”

“Yes.”

“I see.”

Seeing Kite nod as if he understood, a smile naturally came to her face. Rafael’s very appropriate expression made it much easier to explain.

Luella picked up the cape she had thrown aside and followed Gilmare outside.

Once outside, they rode a carriage to the outskirts. The Kingdom of Curan had originally been the territory of the Duke of Curan, so it was small.

As soon as they got off the carriage, they looked up at the sky, feeling strange, and noticed that the sky’s color was different over the monster habitat and where Luella was standing, as if it had been neatly split in two.

The ground also had a dark color, like entering a slum, with an unpleasant smell to boot.

Luella glanced at the writhing shadows of the monsters beyond the boundary and retreated, calling out to Kite.

“Shall we start? Attack!”

She forcefully shouted the initiation of the attack as if nothing was wrong. But Kite, standing still after getting off the carriage, asked in astonishment.

“Why do I have to catch it? Isn’t catching the monster your task?”

Luella, appalled by the hideous appearance and eerie cries of the monsters, bowed her head.

“Me? How can I kill those horrible monsters? I don’t even have a weapon.”

If there was a moment when the difference between the game and reality was felt most, it was now. They were at the border with Hellane.

As she had heard, monsters were swarming on the border line, and the sky and earth had all turned black, giving the feeling of standing at the entrance of hell.

“Didn’t you say you needed to train? It’ll be useless if I kill it.”

“We can form a party.”

“A party?”
“Teaming up with the guild master to fight. When a monster is caught, experience points and items are fairly distributed.”

Of course, as Luella was playing in solo game mode, there would be no occasion for rewards to be divided among her if she hunted.

With the best friendly smile, she urged him on, but the one to be king was sharp as well. He immediately identified the problem and protested.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about, but it doesn’t seem fair at all? I’m fighting alone, but the reward is shared.”

If kind words won’t do, she had no choice but to insist. Luella crossed her arms and went with a stubborn tactic.

“Usually warriors fight in the front, and healers heal from the back.”

“You’re not even a healer yet.”

“But I have the body to become a healer. Now, go and fight.”