Act 1: Chapter 46: 《Monster Parade》

Act 1: Chapter 46: 《Monster Parade》

I remembered the man who was leading the flocks of goblins towards us. We’d passed by each other when Pomera and I were leaving the guild building.

「Hihihi... curse your own stupidity for picking a fight with Octavio-san. You wouldn’t have died a tragic death like this if you’d given us your magic pouch back then.」

The small man hid his lips that were twisted into a sinister grin behind his hand as he laughed at us.

This guy... was Octavio’s henchman.

It seems like the goblin horde was baited by that pipsqueak.

Upon seeing that the goblin horse was strangely more excited than usual, I realized that their abnormal condition might be because of the effects of the strange horn in that pipsqueak’s hand.

Nevertheless, his plan was too perfect.

He might’ve been waiting all this time while we were making our preparations. In short, he had personal connections with the guild’s personnel that told him about our whereabouts and preparations.

In fact, his actions were indicating that he was used to doing this kind of thing.

「This is the best method to deal with future troublemakers. The idiots were killed while taking a simple commission. Even if there’s suspicion placed on me, I just have to play dumb. On top of that, you choose to go with that half-Elf girl. Even though everything could’ve been okay as long as a small fry like you acted like a good child and just gave us your magic pouch. But you dared to talk back to us, your seniors. Octavio-san hates cocky small fry like you the most, you know.」

The small man put the horn back in his bag and pulled out a dumpling-like yellow ball and launched it towards Pomera.

「That’s my handmade 《Stench Dumpling》made from rotten meat and fermented fruit. Quite useful, right?」

The goblins started gathering around us due to the smell of the stench ball.

Maybe it was an item used to distract the monsters and pull away their attention.

Maybe that dumpling could also be used to switch the target for the monsters to us while he could take the time to escape to a safe place.

「KYAAA!」

「Pomera-san, get down!」

I leaped in front of Pomera and caught the dumpling that was tossed towards us by that pipsqueak.

The pipsqueak turned around to the goblin’s horde after reaching quite close to us and was about to pass by our side.

These kinds of goblins weren’t that scary even if I was surrounded by hundreds of them.

How should I say it... I could insta-kill all of them at once with my magic.

「K-Kanata-san, what in the world is....」

Pomera barely managed to squeeze out some words at the current sight before her.

It was natural. I’d tricked her after all.

Though, she won’t know the extent of it as long as I don’t tell her about my four-digit level.

「P-P-PLEASE SPARE MY LIFE!!! YOU MISUNDERSTAND IT... I-I WAS FORCED BY OCTAVIO-SAN!」

The pipsqueak was sweating bullets as he begged for mercy.

I stopped over him and took the horn from where it was kept in his pouch. Tossing it up, I struck it with one swift motion, causing the horn to shatter into small pieces.

I then glared at the pipsqueak. His eyes opened wide while being at a complete loss for words.

「I-I-I’ll LEAVE THIS CITY AT ONCE AND NEVER INVOLVE MYSELF WITH YOU GUYS ANYMORE! T-THAT’S WHY... THAT’S WHY!」

I shut my eyes, silently pondering over this matter for a bit.

This pipsqueak had come to kill me... and Pomera.

From the way he’d talked, this was clearly not the first time he’d done something like this. But, nonetheless, I had no intention of killing someone begging for their life.

「... Tell Octavio. There’s no next time for him.」

「Y-Y-YESH SIR! I-I’LL LET OCTAVIO-SAN HEAR YOUR MESSAGE!」

The pipsqueak scrambled up from his spot on the ground, heaving as if short on breath, and returned towards the city while dragging along his feet.

... With this, Octavio won’t dare to mess with us.

Though Octavio’s strength was nothing compared to mine, he had the advantage of being on home ground. Though, he was hated in his home ground.

I just really hope that he stops meddling with us after he hears about this from that pipsqueak... yes, I hope he will.