The other three adventurers exchanged a helpless look, shrugging at each other with a wry smile.
The "sludge monster" is just an ordinary gregarious magical beast, wild and capable of spraying a stench-filled "sludge missile"; generally speaking, adventurers avoid provoking such a detestable creature, not out of fear of its attack power, but because the stench from fighting it can linger for months.
However, since their straightforward companion had already gone after it, the rest couldn't just stand by idly.
In the short time they had spent together, everyone had grown fond of this bull-headed man; he was brave, honest, and strong, always charging forward in every battle, and never complaining about receiving a smaller share of the loot.
