A Highest Rank in Another World!

"Are you ready to go? Where's your sword?" It was already afternoon, so we were going to the forest, my mother decided to go to the forest today because she had nothing to do for the rest of the day.

I still think that a person who takes care of a village has work all day, but I won't say anything.

"I only have a wooden sword, my father hasn't given me one yet." I replied to my mother, leaving her confused: "Shouldn't your father have given you a sword by now? I remember seeing you using one."

"That sword was also my father's, I used it only for training." I wish I could have won a sword, I could have taken it to the forest yesterday, it sure would have been more fun.

"I see, wait a minute here." My mother left me waiting in the entrance of the forest and ran into the house, and after I waited for a while, she left the house holding a sword.

It was a small sword that seemed to have been made to measure for a child, it seemed to have never been used, wait, it was certainly never used. When I held it, I could see that it was in perfect condition, it didn't have a single scratch on its blade.

"This is a sword that I had made for you, I was waiting for your father's permission to deliver you, but since he is not here ... I thought it best to deliver you soon since we are going to the forest."

"So ... can I really keep this?"

"Yes, I thought your father had already given you a sword and was waiting for him to authorize me to give you this one, but since you have none, I thought it best to give it to you now."

I looked at my mom for a while, and then I went towards her, making her crouch and open her arms: "Thank you, mom." It looks like she was expecting this: "I didn't need to thank you." Shortly after our long hug, she got up and started walking towards the forest.

"Let's get going?"

"For sure." So I followed her close behind, now with my little sword sheathed at my waist.

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"So, how far are we going to walk? It's past the place where I killed the goblins yesterday." We had been walking in the forest for a long time, but my mom kept going.

"If we don't go any further, we won't find many monsters here, usually they only approach the village at night, when it's not night they usually hide in some places."

"Do you mean goblins?"

"Yes, but also some other monsters usually go out only at night." So here is different, because in my old world, didn't have the right time to hunt monsters, you could find them easily.

Well, I will believe her.

After walking for some time, passing by small lakes and open spaces in the middle of the forest, the forest started to become less dense, the number of trees was decreasing, and what started to appear were huge stones.

"Caves?" I asked my mom as she continued to watch those rocks, but had no entry in them, so it is impossible for this to be a cave.

"Most are just rocks, but there are also a few caves around here, and that's what we're after." She replied looking very happy, she was really excited about it, is it all the effect of the feeling of nostalgia?

"Are you thinking about going inside a cave? You know it's a closed place, don't you? If we get in trouble it can be a little dangerous."

"Don't worry, we're both here, and weren't you the one who told me you were strong and wouldn't get hurt? We won't be in trouble." She is right, but I still think it is a little dangerous to enter an unknown cave, there are certainly not just goblins around here.

"What if you don't have just goblins and there are more dangerous monsters?" I asked my mother to see what she would say, but she continued to act as she did before, she didn't seem concerned: "You really think I never explored this place? Our village is close by, no? There are no such dangerous monsters in these surroundings."

She seemed to be sure of what she was talking about, so I decided not to question her and just kept following her.

We continued to walk around that place, and more and more trees were being replaced by huge stones, it was a not very nice landscape, a pile of stones on a soil made of earth.

I would even understand if it was some kind of rocky plain, but this is really weird. But I shouldn't pay attention to something that stupid, it doesn't make any difference.

"So, you still haven't found anything?" My mother continued to walk around looking for some entrance, and even saying that she had explored here before, she was not finding anything, I think she should tell the truth.

"Sorry, I came to this place a long time ago, there are many more rocks here than before." She did tell the truth, I didn't expect that one.

But wait for a second, there's something wrong: "Mom, how long ago you been visiting this place?" I asked her, I'm worried about that.

"I think the last time was two years before you were born, Lisandra was still quite young." She didn't stop her steps, she kept walking and looking for some cave.

As for me, I started to think about how these rocks stopped there because so many rocks of this size can't form in this place in a few years, that is not possible, no matter what world I am in.

"Mom, aren't you seeing anything wrong in this place?" I asked her, preoccupied with this situation.

"Hmm, I don't think so, did you see anything?"

"That's not what I'm talking about, but you didn't realize how many rocks there are in this place? When you came here last, it wasn't like that, was it?" With my question, my mother was a little thoughtful.

"Yes, it is strange, the last time I came to this place there were few rocks, and most were small, not giant like that." We were next to one of the rocks, they were so big that they seemed to be bigger than our house.

"Do you know what could have caused this? I don't think these rocks were formed here naturally, this is really strange."

"Let me think of something." She stood in the forest looking at those rocks that were everywhere, she seemed really committed to thinking about something, until I could see her expression changing.

From her expression, she seemed terrified, so I decided to approach her to ask what was wrong, but I could only hear "It can't be" coming out of her mouth and her expression returning to normal.

"Is everything okay? I'm sure you thought of something."

"It's nothing, I thought of a possibility, but that is impossible, if there were something like that here, it would have been hunted already, and these rocks are very big, that couldn't be one..."

"One? Are you talking about a monster?"

"Yes, it's some kind of dragon made of stone, but it doesn't have the same strength as one, but it's still a very strong monster."

"But if there was one of those here, wouldn't the guild be sent over since it is next to a village full of residents?"

"Yes, they would do that, but it may be that this monster hasn't been detected by anyone yet. And yet, I don't think it's one."

"Why do you say that? If so, we have to take the case to the guild."

"You know, these monsters usually change skin, or we can say, change the rocks in your body and end up leaving several rocks behind like this, but they are usually 1/4 the size of these, they are small."

"So you mean ..."

"If this is really one of those monsters, I think we are going to have serious problems. But since it hasn't been detected yet, I don't think there's anything here."

"I understand."

As my mother said, if this is really just a piece of skin from one of these monsters, it is giant, and it would certainly have been detected because of its size.. But I still have a bad feeling about that.