Elementarions

We wrapped up our hunt and headed to the Adventurers' Guild in Wantos.

When three beautiful girls entered the guild, naturally we drew attention — I could feel the stares landing on us.

Man, in VR mode you really notice when people are ogling you. After all, our eyes meet directly. Huh? Why are you looking away? Am I not a beautiful girl to you?

Oh wait! Maybe they're just embarrassed because we're beautiful girls, duh!

"Ooh, this feels pretty fresh yo."

"VR mode is weird but amazing, right? Still weird though."

Anyway, let's turn in the leftover Great Boars first.

… Oh! Ms. Receptionist here is also an elf. Thank you for your service!

"Y-yes!? A C-rank adventurer, p-party, correct!?"

"Hm? Nervous? Are you new here?"

"Y-yes! That's right! P-please be gentle with me!!"

I see, if she's a newbie then it can't be helped.

"She's cute, like Penpen-chan."

"Hm yo? I'm not like Penpen yo?"

"Ah, Alto. She's like this when she's in auto-mode."

"Oh, the character yo. I haven't met her yet yo."

"Then I'll switch. Auto-mode on and… Ah, um, h-hello…"

Penpen suddenly became timid, bowing repeatedly with a servile smile.

"Oh! So this is Penpen yo… Isn't she kinda erotic?"

"Eek!? Um, I, I belong to Spirit-sama…"

"Yo? So that means you belong to me yo?"

"I-I, I belong to my Spirit-sama…!"

"Okay okay, Alto. Stop teasing her, would you?"

I lightly stopped Alto from teasing her any further.

"Ah, sorry about that, Ms. Receptionist. Do you have any Great Boar delivery requests?"

"Y-yes! We do, but, um, do you have some to deliver?"

"Yes, about three of them. The dismantling warehouse would be best, right?"

"!! Y-yes! Th-thank you so much!"

We successfully completed the delivery and fulfilled the request.

Great Boar meat is apparently in high demand, so including the request fee, each one netted us 20 silver coins. We delivered three and split it three ways, so each person got 20 silver coins.

By the way, besides these three, Penpen had dismantled ten more for materials — meat, hides, bones, fangs, and such. Those were for Penpen's personal use; these three were set aside specifically for delivery requests.

"Penpen-chan was so cute yo. Show her again yo!"

"No way. You scared Pen-chan."

"Hey you two? We're splitting the reward. 20 silver coins each, got it?"

"Oh! … Tch! My stomach's still stuffed from that steak earlier! I wanted to spend this money showering Penpen-chan with gifts and adoration…!"

"Nope. Touching is strictly prohibited."

"Would you accept cash yo!? One silver coin for one minute!?"

"Not that kind of touching!"

… Yeah, walking off this meal with a request or something sounds nice. (distant stare)

Ah, wait. Come to think of it, I had business with the Great Turtle in this area.

Let me ask Ms. Receptionist if she has any information about the Great Turtle.

"The Great Turtle?"

"Yeah. There should be a Great Turtle around here. I was wondering if you had any info on its official name or weaknesses."

"Hmm, I don't know…"

Hmm. Apparently the Guild hasn't confirmed the Great Turtle's existence… Oh, I know.

"Just in case, I have a Baby Turtle corpse here."

"Huh? …!?"

Oops, I just casually pulled it out of my inventory. Ms. Receptionist's face stiffened when she saw it.

"Eh, ah… An E-Elementarion!?"

"Elementarion? Oho, so this turtle has a name like that."

"Turtle — ah, yes, it does look like a turtle, but that's a calamity-class monster, a type of Elementarion. It's relatively small, and that is its adult form."

"Hm?"

Adult? When there was such a huge Great Turtle?

"Um. What's above an adult form?"

"Y-yes. Elementarions are considered a type of spirit… Ah, sorry, let me explain. They're conceptual monsters that embody some kind of phenomenon. They're almost always disasters — causing natural calamities or manipulating the environment."

"I see. So it's not just a regular turtle."

"This Elementarion appears to manipulate water-related phenomena. If you need a name for it, perhaps… Water Elementarion? … But you actually defeated one!? Thank you so much!! As expected of a Spirit-Possessed! Normal weapons and magic barely work on Elementarions!"

"Ah, yeah."

But I beat them just by punching normally though??? Oh, Tria-chan's limbs. Maybe they count as SP weapons? That must be it.

… Hm? Then does that mean the equipment made from this turtle is actually something amazing? No wonder Penpen's production class levels were going up so fast.

"… What do you mean by 'manipulates water-related phenomena'?"

"For example, it can stop rain from falling, or conversely cause heavy rainfall. It can also change the flow of rivers and underground water… We thought it was just drought or abnormal weather, but it was the work of an Elementarion."

Come to think of it, the scenario mentioned it hadn't rained for two months.

So it was the Great Turtle's doing all along.

"… Um? Tria-sama, you were the one who defeated it, right? It did rain afterward…"

"Well, yes. There were a lot of them, and I've hunted over a dozen. But there are still more left, and there seems to be a parent turtle."

"Huh?"

"What's above an adult?"

Elf-san's face went pale as her eyes rolled back into her head. Hello, anyone there?

What's that even mean? Like, a Perfect form or an Ultimate form or something?