After we left the town, it was peaceful for three days, but for two days after that, we were attacked by thieves three times.Since they were just small-scale thieves with 7-8 people, we had Kagari do a preemptive attack with Shock Wave, and the beast girls to defeat the thieves.At the first battle, Mia attacked with Acid Mist, but it was too gruesome so I made her use Blind Mist and Mustard Mist the next time instead.If I fought right away, I could make short work of them, but since it looked sufficient with just the beast girls fighting, I was just standing by while watching them and being ready to cover them anytime if needed. And since the beast girls had the advantage of level and fighting experience compared to the thieves, my turn never came up.We didn't bring the thieves to where people live after we learned the lesson from the last time. We made them sleep with Kagari's magic, stripped them of all their equipment besides their clothes, and left them tied with ivy rope. If
We've just entered the territory of Baron Muno, so I perform [All Map Exploration] like usual.It seems that there's a soldier garrison on the pass slightly ahead. There are 20 soldiers around with levels ranging from 3 to 7. Coming out of that place is a flat terrain with sporadically situated small mountains and forests. The area is wider than Kuhanou's earldom. However, the whole population is only around 40000, about 1/3th of Seryuu city.There is only one big city in the baron's territory, while the rest are just small villages with less than 1,000 people each. The town where the baron lives is populated with 20,000 people and seems to be called Muno City.In that Muno city, there's a demon. Level 30. Hiding in the city means it's probably doing something fishy. Since it looks troublesome, I would stay as far away as possible from it.But, didn't Kagari say that demons that had crossed worlds are executive class? I don't think that it's an executive with this level. I wonder if d
I don't know if the fake hero really exists, but when I regularly check the baron castle's map, I've narrowed down the most suspicious candidate.The fake hero's name is Hauto--one character difference with the hero, Hayato Masaki--he's a level 7 young man with one-handed sword and shield skills.There are also other people who seem to be his companions which are a level 10 swordsman, a level 8 magician, and a level 9 priest. It's a party with good balance, they would've been successful if they earned their shares from labyrinths.The demon is most likely involved. It's often near the fake hero, Hauto.However, this demon slips out of the castle at night and goes to the neighboring forest where the thieves are."Master, the replenishment is complete."Damn, I've wasted this blissful morning time thinking unnecessary things.Nana who has refilled her magic fixed her clothes.Rin, you'll get another chance on the next break....I convinced myself so.Today I'm making wooden swords on th
"Master, there's someone ahead.""There~."Pochi who's occupying my lap finds traces of someone ahead. I've confirmed it on the map, but I can't see it yet."Ah, it went inside the forest."It seems Scout-kun had gone to call its friends.They're thieves, but this time it's a bit different. They're children ranging from 9 to 14 years old. There are three boys and six girls. Their Reward and Punishments are just [Contract Breach]. Since their titles are [Runaway Slave], they're probably children who have run away from villages. Their stamina is all less than half.Indeed, it'd be pitiful to beat them up right?"What's on there?""Group of boys thieves.""What's that, I'm burning up!"I consulted with Kagari and Liza about their reward and punishment."Runaway slaves is it? Then, our reward and punishment won't change even if we kill them, so I think there's no need to worry."No, Liza-san, I don't have such worry."How about ignoring and going through them? Or do you want to get more l
"Gramps, we got some food.""It's not weeds today~."The children whom we meet in the afternoon come storming in when we're eating cereals, vegetables, and wolf meat together with the old people. I've heard about these children from the old people, but since they don't know when they'll come back, we've started our meal ahead of them."Ah, it's the people from earlier.""Did they come to get the food back?""They're waiting for us."The children hide anxiously behind the leader's back.Do these children not see the peaceful atmosphere of this meal?"We have lots of porridge, why don't you eat with us?""That's right, you children eat too.""Hey now, quickly sit down kids."The children are cautious with my invitation, but since the gramps are also calling them, and above all, they're captivated with the presented porridge, before long they've joined the meal with us."T, tasty.""It's not weeds?""Uwah, something is smelling nice.""There are boiled meat here.""You're lying?""It's t
"U, umm, thank you for the delicious meal.""You don't have to mind it, everyone has thanked me earlier too.""Also umm, I'm sorry for the afternoon."It's the red-haired girl from the afternoon. She's called Totono if I'm not mistaken. She's personally coming to our camping ground to meet me, does she have some business?The girl is looking downcast, but after she glances a bit at Lulu, her face becomes determined.She grasps her skirt with trembling hands and seemingly decides something.It can't be another, "Please buy me.", the situation right?To be frank, I'm fed up with that.However, the girl's action is a bit different.She takes her skirt off. I've said skirt, but her clothes a one piece, so I could see her ribs----or I should be, but Lulu covers her with an apron in a hurry from behind, so I couldn't see it. Let's leave this as it is.It doesn't seem like she'd wear her clothes back, but she also doesn't brush off the apron."T, this is an apology and thanks. We can't do a
"Liza, I'm counting on you for the recovery of the magic core. You can leave everything beside the magic core as it is.""Yes, master."First thing first, I hand a dagger to Liza who holds nothing but her spear, and asks for the recovery."Wait a minute, you went alone to do some dangerous things weren't you.""Since I wasn't able to sleep, I went to gather some herbs and got attacked.""Didn't I tell you not to go alone? Even though you've got shield skill, you could still easily die if you're careless!"After apologizing to Kagari who has teary eyes, I face toward the old people who are looking at us from afar."I'm sorry for the disturbance in the middle of the night.""We don't mind it, but is that monster a spider bear?""Yes, it's a spider bear you mentioned in the afternoon, it might be a stray who's lost its way.""Your luck was bad, it usually only gets to human habitation once in every few decades. This is the first time, I've seen one in my life.""Is that how it is, it cou
Seems that the thieves toppled the knights with ropes and casting nets, and attacked them. When the knights come into our view, they're desperately struggling to fight back from inside the net. The net looks easy to cut with a sword, are they amateurs?The thieves are also frantically attacking them, but since the knights are wearing full body armor, the attacks aren't quite getting through.Since there are only three archers of the thieves, Pochi and I split up to take them down from the trees. I wonder why they're always on the tree. It's a mystery.The thieves who have noticed us are coming toward us, but they've already been reduced by half when they're around 200 meters before us. Mia attacked with Mustard Mist, and the thieves who were coughing in fit got quickly incapacitated by the beast girls. Nobody seems to have died for the time being.I leave the wagon to Lulu and ask Nana whom I've cast with Shield to protect her.I also use Shield on myself and head toward the battlefie