Chapter 41
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Author: Ash Original Source: Syosetu Word Count: 3882 characters Translator: Musubii English Source: Re:Library Word Count: 1247 words
After transforming the ox monster into a dreadful state, I returned back to the village and a banquet was held .
Stop! Leave me alone! Unfortunately, my wishes weren’t heard and I was caught up in the banquet .
They kept insisting that there would be nothing to talk about if the person with the leading role wasn’t there . But I was sure that they would’ve been fine, regardless . Well, the food was good .
The adventurers from the village kept shooting glances at me, but I ignored them with all my might . If Norn wasn’t there, I probably would have been surrounded already . She’s definitely my goddess . I really love her .
Roberto and the adventurers were telling the villagers of how the ox monster was defeated . But every time the cheers rose, gazes would concentrate upon me so I couldn’t really relax . At least let me enjoy the food in peace…… .
I managed to escape back to the inn when the opportunity presented itself, and after a while, a guild staff brought over a letter . The contents were regarding what had happened this time, and when I return back to Harula, I was suppose to show it to the guild master .
It seems it was written so that I wouldn’t get punished . So I was really thankful for that .
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Anyways, the next day I decided to return to Harula .
Since it had become quite uncomfortable due to yesterday’s incident . After I finished buying the remainder seafood at the market in the morning, I decided to sneak out of the village .
Villager A spotted me on the way, but I ignored the attempts of conversation and promptly ran away . However, after I exited the village and had been walking for a while, Roberto caught up to me and gave me a ride on his carriage .
There was a fork on the road to Harula which led to the fief capital, so it seems he wanted to take me up to there as thanks for yesterday . Well, it made things easier so I was grateful for that……
After parting with Roberto at the fork, I slowly continued on foot to Harula . I think I should arrive in 3-4 days on foot?
As expected, spending three weeks inside the forest when the trip only took about three day was a bit much . But it couldn’t be helped . Yep, it couldn’t be helped . I had to do my daily routine .
Thus, I continued on like that and I finally saw the southern forest of Halura to my left .
I felt nostalgic . I was out for more than a month after all .
As I was thinking over how long it has been since I was last here, two adventurer-looking people came scrambling out of the forest a little ahead .
They looked rather flustered, and distressed? But before I could give it any more thought, an ogre came crashing through the trees .
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Eh, an ogre? Why? Isn’t this quite bad? Should I help them? Ahh, but this wouldn’t be an emergency situation like helping merchants or ordinary people, it would be considered stealing the prey of other adventurers . Since it’s not something I should interfere with, should I just ignore it?
I didn’t want to attract attention for no reason, so I guess I should go with ignoring? But as I was making up my mind, my eyes met with an adventurer that had fallen to the ground .
“H-Help!”
Roger . Aim knife, activate rifling barrel, 400 speed . And fire .
It landed right on the head . And penetrated handle-deep . But it didn’t fall .
Huh? Was it not strong enough?
The ogre stopped and slowly looked over, then our eyes met . But just as I was thinking this was bad, the ogre suddenly collapsed . I was a little surprised that I managed to beat it .
When I was fighting the ox monster the other day, I forgot and just used 800 speed without activating rifling barrel . So I thought I would test it out now . I thought I had failed, but I guess using 400 speed was okay?
Rather, with a knife that size penetrating the head, it would be impossible to stay alive anyways .
I walked towards the people I had just saved .
“You all alright?”
“Y-Yeah, you saved us . ”
“Um, can I keep this ogre?”
“……Yeah, no problem . I wasn’t able to do anything . ”
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“Hey, but we also fought it too, right? Don’t we also get our share too?”
“If that’s what you think, you can try to negotiate for it . I’m not going to complain . She just saved us . So I’m not going to ask for something so shameless . ”
“…… . Well, I guess you have a point . I’m also fine then, take my share too . ”
Hmmm, if you can rub it, it’s fine to divide it separately … Well, let’s get it if you can get everything .
After storing away the ogre I started questioning them .
“What was an ogre doing in such a place?”
“Huh? Oh, you don’t know?
About a week ago there were sightings of ogres . Then, soon after, several casualties occurred . But no one died . ”
“That’s why a guild-ordered subjugation party was formed .
According to the scouting done beforehand, there was only about 20 ogres, so two C rank parties and five D rank parties were formed . There might have been a few injuries, but the combat force should’ve been more than enough . It was supposed to be fairly manageable . ”
“Right, that’s how it should have been . But when we actually entered the forest, it wasn’t just a group of ogres . It was a group led by an ogre lord . ”
Ogre lord…… .
So aside from ogres, the group was being led by a ruler class so their strength would have jumped quite a bit . Like how the goblin king was for goblins and ogre lord was for ogres . Or like any other higher-ranking individual that would correspond to the type . It seems that a group with such advanced commanding individuals is given a support effect by their skills to the subordinate individuals, and each ability value is corrected .
“Grrrr…… . . ”
Hm? I wasn’t sure why, but Norn had been acting up since a while ago . What’s wrong?
“So what happened?”
“…… . We were fine for a while when we entered the forest . We only encountered one or two ogres, so we could beat them normally when we surrounded them . But after defeating about five of them . We encountered a group led by the lord . And we were overwhelmed . The C ranks fought hard but the D ranks were quickly scattered and had to escape . Us too . ”
“The rest are probably still fighting in the woods . They’re surrounded so they likely can’t escape…… . ”
“I see……but where did the ogre lord suddenly appear from?”
“Apparently, it came from the forest towards the west . Some villages along the way have been attacked . ”
From the forest towards the west… . . wait, the forest towards the west? So the forest where I was living in? There was such an opponent in that forest……hm? I feel like I’ve thought the same thing before in the past . And for some reason Norn seems agitated, something was off .
…………Ah, maybe .
“Norn, when we first met, weren’t you injured? Was it perhaps because of?”
“Grrrrrr!”
Bingo, looks like I was right .
The thing that injured Norn at that time was probably the ogre lord that was in the forest right now . Upon hearing that, I now feel like getting revenge for Norn……