Under the dark sky filled with stars, our adventurer slowly sneaked towards the toad fields.

He had both lurk and enemy detection on, but he was still paranoid.

With lurk, he was invisible, and with a few skill points in enemy detection, he can detect enemies based on their intent.

These were the few skills he had picked up from his guild mates.

When the axe said he would get extra skill points, he didn't pay it much attention, but when he saw his skill points after adding Megumin to the squad, he was blown away.

He was at lvl 3 and he had 17 skill points, 5 from the start and 4 for each level.

Which he knew was way above others.

Hell, he can learn explosion with this many skill points, not that he would.

One explosion maniac is enough for their team.

He had gotten snipe for 4 skill points.

Enemy detection for 1.

Lurk for 1.

Heal for 5.

And had then dumped all the remaining points in enemy detection because he is paranoid.

You might be wondering, why waste skill points on heal when he has Aqua? Well, the answer is simple, he doesn't trust her one bit.

Also, he had not told her about it either 'cause it's just a can of worms he doesn't want to open.

So after asking Megumin about the sleeping cycle of toads, he came up with a plan to kill them during the night when they would be asleep and defenseless.

Why hasn't anybody else thought about this before?

Well, nobody in this town likes to have the adventurer job, as it was the lowest. That meant they didn't have the ability to learn lurk, so going outside the town walls during night when they can't conceal themselves was a big no no.

Also low intelligence stats.

So he slowly creeped his way over to one of the toads, raised the axe and brought it down.

The toad opened its eyes the moment the axe connected with its back.

Kazuma knew what he did wrong.

He should have gone for the head.

His only saving grace was that he had cut deep enough that the toad would die of blood loss in about 15 minutes.

Bad thing was, 14 minutes and 59 seconds were still remaining, and his lurk skill has deactivated.

He just now realized how deep in this shit he was.

So he left the axe embedded inside the toad and ran.

Ran like a man possessed.

Of course, it didn't do him any good.

This time, Aqua wasn't there to be an enticing target, so the toad soon cornered him.

The toad moved towards him slowly and menacingly.

'This is the end, I guess.' He thought as the toad closed in, and on basic instinct, he put his hands in front of him.

Something flew into his hand. There was a loud thud and something hit his clothes.

He opened his eyes and saw his axe in his right hand, glistening in the moonlight, covered in blood.

The toad had a large hole in his chest, just at the opposite side of where he had hit him.

Then it clicked in his mind.

He had summoned the axe to him through the toad, killing it in the process.

He had somehow forgotten that important fact about it.

He would have felt like a badass.

Covered in the blood of his enemy, with his weapon shining in the moonlight.

If not for the warm yellow liquid soaking his pants.

Soon enough, his enemy detection lit up like a Christmas tree.

Due to this whole commotion, other toads and creatures woke up.

Knowing his limits, Kazuma activated lurk and bolted towards the city walls.

- The Next Day -

"Here is your reward, minus the debt you owe the guild." Luna said as she handed me 90,000 eris.

Splitting it three ways, I was left with 30,000 which I ended up paying to the people who taught me the skills.

Megumin did look shocked at getting a part, saying how she just joined and only took out one of the toads.

For which I just reminded her how Aqua didn't even get a single one but still got a part.

I sat down to have my lunch with Megumin. I had skipped breakfast 'cause I slept till noon.

I ordered a toad steak with the money I had left 'cause fuck it, this is the first time I earned some money and I intended to treat myself.

The dish was served and I took a whiff of it, finding its aroma delightful. I started to delicately cut a piece from the corner and slowly brought it to my lips-

"Emergency quest! Emergency quest!" Luna's voice suddenly rang out through the speakers. "All adventurers, please gather outside the front gate! I repeat, all adventurers, please gather outside the front gate!"

Oh for fucks sake! I am trying to eat lunch here!

After abandoning my lunch, I was now standing outside the front gate on an empty stomach.

It was actually super crowded. Was every adventurer in town actually here? Something super serious must be going on to warrant this many people showing up.

I tightened my hold on my axe as I waited in anticipation of whatever horrible monster was about to be unleashed on this city.

"Get ready, here they come!" an adventurer next to me said.

Here what comes? I looked over the hill. An absolutely MASSIVE swarm of green balls were flying towards us! Was this an attack by the Demon King? Were those destructive projectiles that exploded on impact?

They were cabbages.

Normal, plain old cabbages.

Apart from the fact that they were flying.

What the fuck is going on?!

I turned towards Aqua, who was carrying a giant basket for some reason.

"Aqua, why are cabbages flying towards us?" I questioned her.

"Oh, Kazuma, you didn't hear?" She answered back. "It's harvest season!"

"Harvest season?"

"Yes, Kazuma. In this world, cabbages can fly. And so, when they start ripening and their flavor develops completely, they spring out of the ground and come together in a massive swarm. They trample across towns and cities to reach their destination, and those who don't get eaten end up dying in a place untainted by men." She finished explaining.

In other words, even the fucking CABBAGES in this world were complete fucking weirdos.

I swear, I can't take this anymore.

"Everyone!" It was Luna. "This year's cabbages were predicted to be especially tasty! As such, the town is offering 10,000 eris as a reward for every head of cabbage that you bring back!" She shouted out through a megaphone.

10,000 eris! That's twice as much as a giant toad! Finally! A stupid game balance problem that worked in my favor!

"You hear that everyone?" The same adventurer from before shouted out. "10,000 per head! CHARGE!" He said before running towards the swarm.

The crowd released a mighty scream before they started charging in as well.

Oh well, I now know why the average intelligence was so low around here.

Hundreds of projectiles the size of footballs are flying your way and you have to capture them.

What do you do?

A. Get a net and work together to catch them.

B. Use some over the top magic and collect them.

C. Charge ahead into the projectile like a moron and then personally find out how hard these cabbages hit.

I didn't leave my lunch break to deal with this.

I came out of my musings only to hear the very end of a familiar chant.

"Strike forth!"

Wait! Wait! Wait! Wai-

"Explosion!"

The weapon of mass destruction being dropped so close to the city caught everybody's attention.

They were sending her a mix of looks of awe to downright cold glares.

Why cold glares you may ask?

Well, those people were closest to the explosion, and I know from experience that their very soul was rattled by it.

I walked towards Megumin and gave her a good chop on the head, then proceeded to carry her back to the wall, because being hit by these cabbages was similar to being caught up in a massive hailstorm with ice shards the size of golf balls.

These things were dropping people like flies! I saw an adventurer on my left collapse after being struck straight in the chest by a cabbage, and then a party of four to my right suffered a similar fate.

Suddenly, when it looked like another cabbage was about to finish someone off on the party to my right, a female crusader dropped her sword and rushed over.

She stood in front of them, holding her arms up in an X, taking in that cabbage's blow.

"Go! Save yourself!" She said to the people behind her. "I'll hold them off!"

The cabbages were really starting to come in now. Another one struck her shoulder, knocking off the armor there. Pretty soon, all of her armor was knocked off and laid by her side. The party behind her had retreated to safety, leaving her alone in the field. Another cabbage was coming straight for her, and this time it would hit bare skin.

"Wow, I didn't know there were people like her in this town." I said in awe at her selfless nature.

"Now come! Hit me all you want, you cabbages!" She said, blushing as she threw her arms wide open and jutting her chest out towards them.

Wait what?

The crusader let out a moan after being hit by a cabbage on her breast.

Oh my god, she is one of those.

My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

I turned around and saw another wave of green coming towards the city.

So I activated lurk and tightened my grip on the axe.

'Well, time to earn some bread I guess' I thought as I started hacking them down to pieces.