(Knight Perspective)"Oy oy, dividing the forest like that, what the heck are they.""Captain.""I know. Oy, you guys, follow the ladies before the forest closes."""" Understood."""My subordinates answer with good spirit to my words.I've heard a rumor before that says elves are able to freely make paths on forests. I thought that it was just some stupid drunken talks, but looked like it was true. This is just right, I'll make use of it to slip through that crowd.Still, what's happening to Baron Muno's territory? Looking at the appearance of those crowds, there's no mistake that they're people from Muno City.Do hordes of monsters attack from the forest?If it's that then they should have barricaded themselves inside the city, what actually happen anyway.By the order of the duke, I've thought that this would be an easy job of just meeting his nephew couple, but feels like this has become an unthinkable military outing.(Tama Perspective)Path springs out of the forest~?It looks l
(Liza Perspective)There's no end to this.I probably have defeated dozens of zombies already. Even though I could defeat many with just a swing of my spear, their number is beyond expectation.We've reached the place where I can see the city's gate after some struggle, but there are still more than 100 zombies infesting the area until the gate. It's easy to deal with goblins or thieves zombies, but it's a hard fight against bears or other monster zombies that sometimes get mixed in.On top of that, there's even such a thing!The multi-headed snakes that appear from behind the zombies, it's most likely not just big. It spits out fireball as if a dragon.Thanks to Mia's magic, we're narrowly saved, but it's probably not something that could be defended many times. I have no choice but to make the first move and take care of it quickly. For that to happen, I have to cut the distance to the multi-headed snake."Mia, the road!"Mia should understand that. Mia uses the magic that she has u
"Where are those girls now?""They're right outside the city's wall. Looks like they're surrounded by zombies.""Really? We have to help them!""Ah, we won't make it even if we run. I'll support them with Remote Arrow."I tell Kagari so, get out to the balcony that faces the city and use the magic. I change into a silver mask costume as a precaution if there are any witnesses."Uwah, transform? Transform skill?""It's just a skill for changing clothes fast."I wonder if quick clothes-changing skill is rare.While feeling slightly weirded out by Kagari's bizarre tension, I set up a short cane. I'm fine even without using one, but I'd probably look more like a magician with one.I fire 3 successive shots with 50 arrows for each shoot.For some reason, my head is tapped from behind."What's wrong Kagari.""Magic isn't something that you can rapidly fire. When you're in front of people, keep around 10 10-second gaps for each shoot."I see, I've learned new things from Kagari-sensei.For n
Well, now that the demon has been dealt with, let's meet up with Liza and the others.Lulu and Nana are remaining in the village, so they're probably fine. Neither of their HPs haven't decreased, and also Nana's MP and Lulu's stamina are at no-problem level."Now then, Kagari, Pochi, let's get out of here.""Yes, nano desu.""Okay."What's wrong Kagari, you look awfully tired."Are you tired?""Yeah, I really am.""I'll piggyback you nodesu~."It looks like she's not pleased with the instant kill of the demon with the holy bolt earlier. I should have not taken Kagari's turn to shine after all.Since Pochi seems to want to carry Kagari on her back, I leave it to her. When Pochi is running down the the stairs, Kagari shouts, "N, No, I'd rather master carry me instead~". Looks like she's unexpectedly energetic.Before I knew it, she had started to call me, "Master" again, instead of "you". Since I don't particularly care, I let her call me whatever she likes, but Kagari obstinately calls
"You're Sister's master huh?""It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Rin, a merchant."The young knight with three scars on his face talked to me. He's the captain of the 17th knight squadron of the dukedom that has followed Liza. Even though they're knight of the dukedom, the captain doesn't hide his social status, the vice-captain introduces themselves. Both of them are commoners. Maybe because of that, they feel more like mercenaries than knights. I've thought that a knight would be a ranked noble, but it doesn't appear to be so.The vice-captain beside him is wearing a helmet, so his face can't be seen, but his tribe is the rare panther-headed clan. Of course, I'm not going to deliberately touch upon it."Hoo, she wasn't the guard of a noble but a merchant. At any rate, you've hired someone really capable, she can even use a magic blade. You're probably an heir to a very large merchant family right.""No, far from being large, I'm a merchant who doesn't even have a store on his own. T
"Are you leaving no matter what?"Viscount Nina who has come to see us off tries to detain me.Behind her, more than 20 servants and maids have also come.Of course, the mastermind is Kagari. Somehow the budget for it hasn't come from the baron but from my pocket instead, but if this is the result then I can consent.However, even though I've heard that it would be completed in spring, it's done already. It might have touched the heartstrings of the tailor. Cute is justice they say.By the way, it's early morning right now, the sun has just risen on the horizon.To be honest, I didn't expect that they would come for a farewell like this.I could see Pochi and Tama receiving something from Lady Soruna at the edge of my view. Looks like the things that entered their small purses are sweets.As for the other, men like the Baron, Hauto, and Zotol have also come.Lady Karina isn't here.I've asked the maid who's attending her room not to wake her up. Since she's always attacking me every d
Dwarves are typically said to live in caves, but from the information I've collected with All Map Exploration, about half of them live normally in the fortress. The other halves are exactly like that typical impression, they're living in the caves next to the city.This self-governing dominion of the dwarves isn't that wide. It's a valley of around 20 kilometers wide in radius. Inside the dominion, there's a city called Bollhart, and two villages. The city has a population of 30 thousand people, there are 20 thousand dwarves with levels averaging at 5-6, four thousand men, two thousand rabbits, two thousand humans, one thousand weasels, and the other 1000 are other demi-humans. There is no elf. I wonder if they're on bad terms?There are a lot of workers and human merchants from what I see in their occupations and skills.There are about 10 people who are higher than level 40 among the dwarves. The highest-leveled one is a dwarf called Dohar. If I'm not mistaken, he's the dwarf that m
"Then let me see you forge a sword. We'll talk after that."Jojori-san?I look at her, but she averts her eyes.We came to elder Dohar's workplace after passing through less-than-one-and-a-half meter high tunnel. There are also numerous high-level dwarves forging swords inside the room.They're all good. Every sword's offense, sharpness, endurance, and other parameters are 50% higher than the ones available in the city.The word earlier was addressed to me after I introduced myself to him."Father, Rin-dono is an acquaintance of Viscount Rottol, and--""Umu, I'm indebted to Nina, but this and that are different stories. I can understand people's nature from how they forge swords. Zajir, heat up a mithril ingot.""Uss, Shishou."Driar interceded, but elder Dohar quickly proceeded with the trial.The dwarf with a gray beard, Zajir, offers me the seat before the prepared ingot and tools.Well, since I've tried blacksmithing once in Muno City, I mostly understand the procedures, I'll try