The slaughter proceeded in an orderly fashion, and the number of monsters in the valley visibly dwindled.
No one showed any intention of stopping, because the battle was going far too smoothly.
Although Paul had already begun to tire, Allen was still full of energy.
"An hour's up!"
Rolls, immersed in the joy of wiping out monsters, remained remarkably calm and dutiful. The moment the time was up, he immediately spoke up to remind them.
Rudy sensed the abundant mana within him, then called down to Allen beneath the tree.
"Should we keep going?!"
Allen slashed apart the noticeably thinned-out monsters before him and glanced over the valley.
By rough estimate, the number of monsters had likely been reduced by half from the start. No, it looked like there were even fewer than that.
Did most of them die to Rudy's magic? AOE really is the fastest for clearing mobs.
He blinked, unable to help marveling that they had killed so many in just one hour. It was a little beyond his expectations.
Things had gone really smoothly.
Allen smiled at Paul beside him, whose face was already full of exhaustion despite his efforts to endure, then spoke after a brief moment of thought.
"Alright, let's call it a day. The number of monsters has dropped quite a bit. Rudy, have you been counting? About how many did we kill?"
Rudy grinned.
"Half! No, maybe even more! These D-rank monsters are really too easy to kill. Some only got grazed by magic, fell into the pile of monster corpses, and never got back up. Were they playing dead?"
"Playing dead? Probably not."
Allen chuckled as he looked at Paul, who had let out a long breath and was smiling.
"Then let's go home, Uncle? Our progress should be enough for