"Honestly, all I can suspect is that it was done by an SS-ranked adventurer. There were no other beings near. And which devil would destroy his own altar? I don't recall dungeons ever being able to explode either." The adventurer said as he finished his story.

"So that was just a random occurrence that you somehow just happened to be nearby to witness? And you were unable to confirm what it was?" Chad asked him when he heard the story.

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"Well, after that I of course had to tell the guild master what had happened. I mean the earthquake was felt from very far after all. They thought there was going to be a devastating earthquake that would wipe out their entire town." He replied as he shrugged his shoulders.

"However, since they destroyed something that was infested with so many monsters and creatures. Something that was most likely a dungeon or a demonic altar. They were probably an SS-ranked adventurer." He said once more.

"S-ranked adventurers may be able to split a mountain in half. However, they aren't able to completely pulverize the mountain into nothing. Even causing the earth to split apart just from the aftermath." He added after that.

"For example, the upcoming star S-ranked adventurer Shiro. And her mentor, S-ranked Kias. Kias has split multiple mountains in half with his sword and Shiro who has created many holes in mountains. They were unable to completely erase it. This shows the huge gap between the two ranks." The adventurer finally said as he used the two adventurers who have been in fame recently.

"I didn't realize there was such a huge disparity in ranks... Wait, doesn't that mean we're already strong enough to be S-ranked adventurers?" Chad said the first part out loud and muttered the last part to himself.

'I mean sure we are young... But, we can already harm the mountain! Therefore, we have the strength of S-ranked adventurers! Albeit not as strong as Shiro and Kias, excluding Sylvie. We could be low tier S-ranked adventurers for sure!' He thought to himself as he used destroying mountains as a reference to their power levels.

"Anyway, it looks like storytime is over for me. The night is about to come. How about we rest here? We should be done with this trip in two more days. Everyone can share their own stories I suppose." The adventurer said as he looked at everyone.

"Agreed, I wouldn't mind sharing some stories. I did bring some fine alcohol along if you all want to drink some. Who knows if we'll be in danger in the passing days. We might as well indulge ourselves all we can before something happens." The party leader of one of the escort groups said.

"We're fine with it as well." Other adventurer teams said as they also took out the alcohol they had sneakily brought with them.

"Wait! How come you all brought alcohol with you!? Wait a minute... Isn't that the wine I had kept safely hidden two months ago!? Why do you have it!?" An adventurer said as he pointed at his party member.

"Ehh? Come on, we're all gonna drink it together. it'll taste better anyway!" The party member who robbed him of his alcohol said.

"Fine! You better give me a reason for stealing my alcohol later!" The adventurer said as he sat down and started to take out food.

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Author : zzz

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