CH 30

Old and new, dekoboko sisters, fake glasses

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I was a little surprised to find that the orcs were hunting by surrounding their prey, but when I thought about it, when I was eaten by goblins, I was caught by being pincered from both sides.

It's no wonder that the orcs have encircled them, because even the goblins attack the enemy from both sides.

Surrounded by a flock of orcs, the five seem to have decided to open the vital path.

Kobayashi-san and Yagi have begun preparing to cast magic towards the orcs that are blocking the road leading to the outside of the forest.

"I'm ready, fake glasses!"

"Anytime, is it!"

"Mana, oh mana, oh mana that governs the world, gather, gather, gather in my hands and become the wind, dance, dance, dance oh wind, dance, and become a blade!"

"Mana, oh mana, oh mana that governs the world, gather, gather, gather in my hands and become water, dance, dance, dance oh water, and become a lance!"

"One, two ... Uryaaaaaaa!"

Kobayashi-san activated wind attribute attack magic and Yagi activated water attribute attack magic.

The blade of wind is invisible to the eye, but the water-based attack magic, which is a little unreliable to call a lance, was easily blown off by the orc swinging a club.

However, at the next moment, Kobayashi-san's wind attribute magic hit the orc.

"Bufu ...?"

Fresh blood splattered from the shoulder of the orc.

"Did we do it ...?"

"Hey, don't set a weird flag!"

As if it was cut by a kamaitachi, blood oozed out and then gushed out all at once, and an expression of anger floated onto the orc's face.(TN: A Kamaitachi is a mythical weasel that rides a whirlwind and inflicts sharp painless wounds.)

"Bumoooo!"

"Bumoooo! Bumoooo!"

When the orc hit by the magic roared, other orcs started roaring, narrowing the circle of the siege at once.

The power of the roars made the five people tremble as they stood.

"No, it didn't work at all."

"Hey, what should we do, what should we do, huh!"

"No ... help me, someone help me!"

Sakurai-san in a panicked state cried.

I'm sure I was like this when I was eaten by goblins.

Three evil skeletons emerged slowly from the shadows to protect the five who stood helplessly.

Oh, they look like heroes, these guys!

"Oh ... what are these guys ..."

"Don't joke around, a new monster ..."

Leaving five surprised people, the three skeletons greeted the flock of orcs.

Reinhardt, who stepped in with a tremendous force, swung his beloved sword Gram, and in a blink of an eye, the heads of five orcs were blown away.

When Basten, who was standing still, wielded his beloved spear Gaebolg with a flash, five orcs had their eyebrows pierced and collapsed.

When Fred's jet-black body disappeared in a shimmering manner, the necks of four orcs rolled down, and the bodies that had lost hteir heads ran five or six steps and then collapsed.

"What's this ... we were saved ...?

Even if Kobayashi-san asks a question, the other four people forget to answer and look around.

Then, let's answer, this me.

"Everyone, please wait, I'm here to help!"

When I went out of the shadow of Reinhardt and called out, the eyes of the five people were turned to me all at once.

Wow, I'm a little scared, but I feel a little better.

"Hey, you, you're Kokubu?"

"I think there are a lot of things you want to ask, but for now, give priority to getting away from here. First, I'll remove the slave bracelets, so change into the clothes I've prepared."

"Didn't you die?"

"Questions come later, if you don't move quickly, the smell of blood will cause monsters to gather."

"Wow, really ..."

Well, at the place where the monsters gathered, Reinhardt and the others just slaughtered them.

The best way to hurry is to take advantage of the horror of the monsters you just tasted.

When I remove the slave bracelets, everyone is happy with a guts pose.

They must have felt oppressed by the bracelet.

"Why can you remove the bracelet?"

"Because I can use darkness attribute magic, now, change clothes in a hurry and move, focus on size, do not worry about color or pattern, hurry up, monsters will come."

The boys were asked to change clothes on the spot, and the girls were asked to change clothes in a simple changing room made by Fred and Basten by supporting a cloth as a tent.

"These three are skeletons that I have summoned and strengthened with darkness magic, and they usually work for me. From now on, I will escort everyone to the fortified city of Volzard, across the forest."

"I introduced Reinhardt, Basten, and Fred to the five people who finished changing their clothes.

When they found out that they were allies and that they were knights who were active in the past, the facial expressions of the five people changed completely.

"It's amazing ... you killed that orc instantly."

"I couldn't see the spear handling at all."

"Fred-san? Let alone his spear, I couldn't even see when he moved."

The old and new duo and Kobayashi-san seemed to be curious about the three, but let's start moving first.

"Let's talk while we move, Sakurai-san, are you okay?"

"Eh, uh, yeah, I'm okay, I'm okay."

The crisis of monsters has passed, her deep blue complexion has returned to normal, and it seems that her usual tone is returning.

She's smaller than me, so it's cute that I don't have to change clothes to match her size.

"You can walk without being forced by the bracelet."

"Noisy fake glasses, you're almost useless, aren't you?"

"What's that, Mini Macho ..."

"Yes, yes, let's move, we'll be attacked if we don't leave soon."

"Well, wait, that's no good ..."

"Kokubu, you're so cold ..."

"Fred, please use everyone's clothes and bracelets as camouflage, Basten dispose of the corpses of the orcs."

I asked Fred and Basten for post-processing and started moving with Reinhardt's escort.

"Then, I'll explain what's to come. I'm talking about going through the forest to get everyone accepted in the fortified city of the Republic of Landshelt, Volzard, which is different from the Kingdom of Resenburg with peace of mind.

"We won't be enslaved again?"

"It's natrual to worry about that Yagi, but since I talked to the lord and Reinhardt and the others are a valuable force to protect the city, everyone shouldn't be enslaved in the first place. Slavery has been abolished in the Republic of Landshelt."

The five people who heard the explanation are relieved and stroke their chests.

After all, the treatment at the garrison was endured.

"Once you get to Volzard, you'll have an ID card made at the guild."

"Oh, does that mean we're active as adventurers?"

"At first, I thought the same thing as Nitta, but the guild of Volzard is a place that deals with general work, so it's like Hello Work."(TN: Hello Work is a place that helps people find jobs in Japan.)

"Is that something like a normal part-time job?"

"Yeah, that's right, it feels like everything from the apprenticeship that Kobayashi-san thinks to the subjugation of monsters."

"Can we also get a job such as exterminating monsters?"

"Unfortunately, it's probably impossible, no matter how strong your magical power is, it starts from E rank, usually F rank, so in order to be able to receive the work that Furuta wants, it is necessary to raise the rank."

"Wow ... somehow, isn't it finally becoming a different world!"

"Isn't there a beautiful onee-san in the guild?"

"Isn't there something delicious that is unique to this world?"

"Yeah, I'm really looking forward to it."

Seeing Yagi pumping his fist and rejoicing, everyone expressed their consent.

If you can escape from that treatment of the garrison, it's no wonder that your tension rises.

But I have to warn them before they get into trouble.

"It's okay for everyone to be happy, but just listen to me. I've talked about getting Volzard to accept us, but after that I'll still rescue about 200 classmates and get them accepted in the same way. You have to behave. If everyone causes trouble in Volzard, the talk of acceptance may be ruined, if so then we will have no place to go."

"I mean, those guys summoned us on their own, so it's natural to accept us with good treatment, right?"

I'm glad I thought to warn them, I knew the muscle-brain wouldn't listen.

"Furuta's stupid! You weren't listening to Kokubu, right?"

"What the hell, what's wrong with what I said?"

"He said that the city we're going to go to is a different country from this one."

"Ah ... that's right ..."

It seems that the dekoboko sisters and the fake glasses understand, so I will focus on the old and new duo.

"This time, I took everyone out because you are thought to be dead, but after I resuce everyone, I have to negotiate to return to Japan, and until the negotiations are finalized, we have to live in Volzard. You'll die in the Devil's Forest."

"Uh ... that's a big problem ..."

"Don't do anything excessive, Tatsuya."

"I know, I'll be obedient isn't that OK? Tsk, here we are in another world, but it's not interesting ..."

Indeed, the muscle-brains need a place to relieve stress.

"Ah, if you want to subdue monsters, why don't you take a combat technique training class in the guild?"

"A combat technique training class? Seriously ... Is it possible to hit each other with a wooden sword?"

"That's right, it's not like Lastock, it's a proper match format."

"Is that so? I wonder if I'll take it ..."

"If you clear all the courses from fire day to star day, you will get permission to dive alone in the dungeon."

Everyone bit on the words that were leaked.

"Seriously? Is there a dungeon?"

"Wow ... go to the dungeon ..."

"Does the dungeon have treasures sleeping in it?"

"Kokubu-kun have you ever dived?"

"What kind of monsters will come out?"

"Stop, stop, wait a minute, I can't answer when everyone asks at once."

For the time being, silence everyone once and warn them again.

"If everyone causes trouble, you can no longer explore the dungeon. Besides, the dungeon is as dangerous as the Devil's Forest, and you can't enter alone unless you clear the course, and the person who lived in my boarding house before me went to the dungeon. I was told he didn't come back after diving."

When they heard that it was as dangerous as the Devil's Forest, it seemed to calm them down.

"But ... We've been walking quite a bit from the previous place, but no monsters have come out."

"Oh ... that's right, here comes the bad habit of fake glasses."

"Shut it, unlike you muscle-brains, I never neglect to observe."

After being attacked by the orcs, it seems that the five people have relaxed because no monsters have appeared.

"I'll tell you, the reason why monsters don't appear is that Reinhardt isn't hiding his presence, so weak monsters just run away and don't attack. Normally, this area is a place where goblins, kobolds, etc., are wandering around."

"Seriously ...?"

"How should I put it Yagi, when you entered the forest earlier and were attacked by orcs, have you already forgotten?"

"No, I didn't forget it ..."

"Then, why don't the five of you just walk to Volzard from here? If you hurry, you may arrive in two days."

"Two days, is it really so far? I mean, where are we going to sleep, what about food?"

Ah, it's totally annoying fake glasses ... Should I squeeze him a little?

"We have a tent and food, but you can go on alone."

"Impossible, impossible, or rather, Kokubu you can't go alone, right?"

"Well, I can move in the shadows, so I can go to Volzard right now."

"What's that, well then, eh, or rather, bring us with you, that's right, I'm smart!"

"You can't enter the world of shadows unless you have the aptitude for the darkness attribute. What if I try opening the entrance?"

I tried to open the gate to the shadow world by putting out the shield of darkness, but not only Yagi but also the other four people could not enter.

"Hey, I can't use the darkness attribute ..."

"Yeah, let's throw away Yagi ..."

"No, wait, wait, that doesn't mean ..."

"Yes, I have a slave bracelet that came from Lastock's garrison, so why don't you put it on and I'll send you back?"

"Lies, lies, stop joking, stop joking ..."

"Because neither the tent nor the food can be taken out without using darkness magic, there is no part for Yagi ..."

"I'm sorry, really, I'm really sorry, I got carried away."

"Yup, yup, as long as you understand, you understand right ..."

He threw aside shame and reputation and did a dogeza, let's forgive him.

Kobayashi-san pointed out while I was nodding with my arms folded in front of the fake glasses prostrated on the ground.

"Somehow ... Kokubu has changed."

"What? Is that so?"

"Yeah, what can I say, you used to be more sickly and weak, but now you don't feel that way."

"Ah ... maybe because I've been doing physical labor at the farm or doing special training with Reinhardt ... and maybe because I have more opportunities to interact with adults ..."

"Somehow, Kokubu-kun seems to be having a hard time."

Oh, Mini Macho, you know pretty well, if anything, I'll introduce you guys to Donovan-san.

Let's handle the old and new duo of muscle-brains as much as possible so as not to cause unnecessary troubles.

Fred and Basten, who finished the camouflage work, also joined, and the guard system was perfect.

Perhaps because they were released from the slave bracelets, the five people completely seemed to feel like they were on a picnic, and this time there are only five people, so it's easy to keep an eye on them, but when this number reaches fifty or one hundred, it seems that guarding will be difficult.

From the pretense of fighting five orcs, at present they can fight with goblins, but if it becomes a monster more than that, it is unlikely to become a force.

"Hey, how are you give people in terms of strength compared to everyone else?"

"Tatsuya and I are the strongest of the knight types."

"I think At-chan and I are also at a higher level among the mages ... Takayama is a different dimension."

"Yes ... after all ..."

"What is Kokubu, what are you after all?"

"Yeah, actually ..."

I answered Yagi's question and talked about the future rescue plan.

In order to escape to Volzard, if you have to traverse the Devil's Forest like today, or if there is a chase from Resenburg, Fred and Basten will have to respond, and the guard may be weakened. I talked about the fact that if that happens, for that reason, I would like my classmates to acquire some ability in Resenburg.

"I understand Kokubu's idea, but do you think we can beat that orc?"

At Yagi's words, the other four immediately shook their heads.

Sakurai-san's face paled again.

In that fight, you think it's a little impossible.

[ Kent-sama, you don't always have to fight one-on-one. ]

[ Yes, Kent-sama, there were more orcs this time, but what about the opposite? ]

[ The important thing is ... cooperation and tactics ... ]

"Oh, that's right! Yeah, that's right."

"Oh, what is it, Kokubu, what is it?"

"Well, ah, I'm sorry, I just received telepathic advice from Reinhardt and the others."

"Telepathy, lie, can you do that?"

That's right, I've come to take using it for granted, but if I were in Yagi's position, I would be envious of it.

"Well, Reinhardt and the others say, it doesn't have to be one-on-one, just do multiple people vs one instead."

"Well, like when Kazuki and I defeated the goblin."

"Oh yeah, what it if wasn't just two people, but five or ten people?"

"If that's the case, can't you defeat it? First, the magician attacks with magic ..."

"Does it feel like the knight type stabs to finish them? Isn't it possible?"

Since there are only five people this time, it's easy to guard, so it's also a small force.

If this number becomes 50 or 100, it will be 10 or 20 times more powerful, so even if you are attacked by a group of orcs of the same size as today, if Reinhardt and the others cut a part of them, it will be manageable. I feel like I can do it if I tell them that and have them protect themselves.

"I see, it's a party play in the game ... but you didn't do that kind of training, right?"

"That's right ... Knight-type training was all about using a wooden sword to defeat the opponent."

"The mage was just shooting magic at them."

The story of Furuta-san and Kobayashi-san is the same as the situation at the time of reconnaissance.

"I wonder if they will do training for cooperation properly in the future?"

"What's the matter? Maybe they'll be thrown away without doing it."

"I mean, aren't we in that disposable situation right now?"

The other four people nodded to the words of Yagi-san and Sakurai-san, but I feel that it is not possible to proceed with the reclaimation of the Devil's Forest.

I asked the five people if they were told about the opponent or purpose of fighting, but it seems that they were only informed that they will fight monsters.

So, I told them that Camilla's purpose seems to be to open up the Devil's Forest as a countermeasure against desertification in western Resenburg.

"You were searching for such a thing? Somehow that's amazing ..."

"We couldn't afford to think about that ..."

"What are you saying, the two muscle-brains don't even think about it even if they can afford it?"

"I guess I didn't think it was uneven."

"Well ... I don't think I can afford to find out why in that environment ... So what do you think?"

When we talked about the fact that the yield of agricultural products fell due to desertification and that there were malnourished children, all five began to have complicated facial expressions.

"I understand the purpose, but ... I don't like the way it is done."

"Well, I'm thinking if they can treat us more properly, but I don't think I want to cooperate if I'm treated like this."

"All the girls are crying every night."

"Well ... only Takayama and some of them are motivated, right?"

"Is it Celia-chan? Damn, I really envy him, that."

The old and new duo strongly agreed with Yagi's words, and the dekoboko sisters are a little skeptical.

"About Celia ..."

When I talked about Camilla's younger sister, whose low-ranking mother was being held hostage, and was forced to be Takayama's partner, all five of them began to curse Camilla.

"She's really the worst, that shitty princess."

"She's so crazy, Kokubu, don't let her live."

"That's right, you can't keep her alive."

"I don't think I can forgive only that woman ..."

"But if you don't humiliate before you kill, I will be disappointed."

"Wow, it came out, erotic glasses, the true nature was revealed ..."

"Wait, Furuta thinks so too, right?"

"No, no ... I don't think so ..."

"You're really a subordinate ..."

The story has begun to derail, so let's stop for a moment.

"Yes, everyone, wait a minute, haven't you forgotten what's important?"

"What's important?"

"Yagi, don't you want to go back to Japan?"

"Uh ... yes, yeah, that shitty woman has the way back."

In Yagi's words, it seems that he remembered what the other four had forgotten.

"Camilla is irritating, definitely, but she's holding the magic of repatriation to return to Japan. Of course, I'm going to work with Fred and the others to explore, but at the same time, negotiate with Camilla to return to Japan. I think it's useless without it."

"But, even if they're hungry, do you think that a woman who lets her sister do that will accept the negotiations?"

"Yeah, as Kobayashi-san says, I don't think she will accept negotiations now."

"Well, that strong skeleton should kill all the soldiers in the garrison."

After all, this fake glasses is too simple to think about it.

If that were the solution, I would've already done it.

"Yagi ... So what if she refuses to let you return to Japan? How do you return to Japan?"

"Uh ... that, threaten that princess ..."

"Does it seem like she would succumb to threats? That wicked princess."

"I can't see it ..."

Fake glasses shrunk back at the cold gaze.

"I think we have to be the one that Camilla looks to. To that end, we absolutely need the backing of Volzard, and I think everyone's growth is essential."

"Is that a war with Resenburg?"

After listening to Kobayashi-san's question, everyone's facial expressions became stiff.

"No, I don't want to kill each other, so that's the last option. If you think it's better to return us to Japan than to leave us in this world, I think it's more likely we can go home.

"Hmm ... I don't know, but should I get stronger?"

"Well, don't forget to get along with the people of Volzard."

"Well, get along and get stronger, that is, friendship power."

"Yeah ... well, Furuta and Nitta should be like that ..."

Despite some anxiety, the party goes along the road of the Devil's Forest at a fast pace.

As expected, the old and new duo and the dekoboko sisters are part of the athletic faction.

Ah ... fake glasses was whining and complaining, but I'll leave him ... A brief comment was all it took to suppress him and make him walk.

At this pace, we might be able to reach Volzard tomorrow night.