DAY 18 EVENING - OMUI GUILD INTERLUDE: GUILD MASTER’S ROOM

FINALLY, I called Haruka-kun back to confirm the story.

"To be crystal clear, you defeated all the Greenwolves, including the

Dire Greenwolf, correct?"

It was preposterous, but everyone's story was the same. Furthermore,

Ofter never stretched the truth or told jokes about important matters.

"Can you explain how you defeated them alone?" I asked.

It shouldn't have been possible. Only S-rank adventurers could defeat

that many beasts alone, seasoned warriors well over level 100. Haruka-kun

was level 9, not even a high enough level to become an adventurer in the

first place. He should have had difficulty fighting the weakest of monsters.

"It was really more like an accident. I crashed into them, and they all

exploded. It was like a big highway collision, I guess? Yeah, it was that

dangerous."

Nothing he said made an ounce of sense. But no one refuted it either,

so it must have been the truth.

A big highway collision? Did that sort of thing happen often?

All I was certain of was that the pack led by the Dire Greenwolf had

been eliminated, while Ofter's party was unharmed. Haruka had apparently

rescued them. That was good enough for me—more than good enough.

I needed to get in touch with headquarters about these "highway

collisions." I had never heard of them before.