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nChapter 25

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n『Buhiiiiiii~』

nAfter the unexpected break, a group consisting of six Orcs and one High Orc has appeared after we resumed the survey .

nKnights in pairs take on the Orcs, while the『Dragon Breath』party engages the High Orc .

nAnd I’m also responsible for taking care of one Orc .

nAlthough Allen and Elena are here, I confront the Orc alone .

nSeeing that, Rudolph-san and Gilm-san offered help, but I of course declined .

nThere’s only one opponent, after all . There are no problems .

n「《Wind Cutter》」

nI quickly cut its head off, case closed!

nOrc has a large body with great power, but its movements are slow so it’s easy to defeat . All you have to do is aim and shoot . A big body means big target .

nEasy peasy!

n「Haa~!」

nAs for the Knights, one person attracts the Orc’s attention and the other person strikes at it .

nThey keep repeating it wounding it little by little and then give it a fatal wound . It’s a very steady way of fighting .

nI just quietly watch, ready for a follow-up anytime .

nHowever…… They way of fighting is completely opposite of me who can only fight with brute strength .

nIt’s a way of fighting that I, who lived 20 years without a single fight can’t do .

nIn the first place, I didn’t do any other exercises back on Earth than running (I wasn’t fast by any means) . I was not athletic at all .

nUn, I was a klutz . What a sad thing……

nIn ball games, I was catching the balls with my face~ It’s all old memories now .

nHowever, I can now run fast because of the present body, my physical ability can’t be compared to my previous one!

nIya~ moving freely is splendid! I could avoid any ball now!

nHowever, even if my physical ability increased, my martial experience is zero, so I may not be able to provide much support……

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nAllen’ and Elena’s fighting style is strong, should I learn a bit from them? Dojo… is there a place like that somewhere~

nThere should be a place that teaches basics . Let’s look for one next time .

n「Oriyaa~!」

n「Buhiiii~」

nAh, looks like Wald-sama and others defeat all of the Orcs . There don’t seem to be any injuries .

n「Haaa!」

n「Buhiiiiiii~!」

nOh, Rudolph-san’s halberd beheaded the High Orc .

nWith the High Orc’s cry of agony, Rudolph-san shouts not losing to the Orc .

n「Uwa!」

nWhen all Orcs are defeated, Rudolph-san looks at me with a stern expression . Then he suddenly asks while grabbing my hand .

n「Takumi!!」

n「Yes!?」

n「To instakill an Orc… just who are you!」

nEven if you asks me that .

nI understand that an experienced Knight will have troubles against Orc in a one on one fight, but I think that anyone with some skill in magic can behead such slow monster easily?

nMoreover, the others also didn’t take that much time to deal with their opponents .

nWhy are you grabbing my head?

n「「Uu~」」

n「Allen, Elena . It’s all right . Wald-sama how about releasing your hand? The two are wary of you」

nI’m being bullied? The two probably thought so and let out cute growling noises .

nHearing my words, Wald-sama notices Allen and Elena clinging to my sides while glaring at him . He awkwardly releases his hand .

n「Allen, Elena . Look, I’m okay, calm down please~」

nFor now, I pat the two U~ u~ growling kids’ heads .

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n「To have that done to him and be alright!」

n「Perhaps captain wasn’t serious enough?」

n「No, that was serious . I can tell . That was a considerable amount of power」

n「… Inhuman」

n「Right . He’s not normal」

nBecause I was held with all his strength, I felt pain . However, I have a physical attack resistance . Moreover, it’s MAX’ed!

nTherefore, although I felt only a little pain, an average person would be finished . The Knight start whispering among themselves after witnessing me not showing any reaction to Wald-sama’s attack .

nHey, you guys…… I can hear you .

nThey are certainly not wrong . I’m a God’s retainer “Human?” . You are not wrong, but…… that’s somewhat rude .

n「Wald-sama and others also didn’t take much time to deal with their opponents」

n「We were in pairs! Moreover, we can’t do something like instakilling it! You are an F-Rank fraud!」

n「No, I have raised by one rank, so I’m an E-Rank now」

nAdventurers normally start at F-Rank, right? Then, they steadily improve they rank .

nI’m not a fraud!

n「Doesn’t change the fact it’s stra~nge!」

nSo cruel……

n「Rudolph-dono! I will contact Guild Master too, but once we return, please tell Guild Master to raise this fellow’s rank immediately!」

n「Right . I will definitely talk with him」

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nOya?

n「With a high ranker’s recommendation, the Guild Master can raise one rank to some extent」

nRudolph-san who saw my bewilderment explains .

nSomething like skipping grades? I see, so there was such a system .

nAs expected, I didn’t know such information .

nProbably, even though Syl knows basic information, he isn’t aware of small details like this . It’s not necessary for him, after all .

nIt wouldn’t be bad to raise my rank, right? The extent of requests I could take will increase .

nWhat procedures should be taken after returning to the town?

nMaa~ Rudolph-san said he would talk to the guild’s top so I should probably just wait since they will be contacting me?

n「First of all, let’s clean up . Fuse, Cain . Rudolph-dono and others dismantle the High Orc . Collect as much meat as you need . Others take the Orcs」

nPeople start dismantling on Wald-sama’s orders .

nI also collect the Orc’s materials .

nFirst, the magic stone .

nNext, the testicles…… it’s apparently an ingredient used for male-oriented stimulants . I will absolutely never drink it, but…… this seems to be quite high in demand .

nHigh Orc’s materials are same as Orc’s, magic stone and testicles . Also, it’s skin is used for protective gear .

nAlso, both have an enormous amount of meat .

nThis is a problem . Several of 3~4 meters tall Orcs leave behind quite a lot of meat .

nIt’s food . It would be normally brought back, but today is the first day of the expedition . If we secure it now, it will spoil before we could get back to the town .

nUnfortunately, in a case like this, we can only secure enough for us to consume .

n「Yosh, we are done . Then―――」

nAnd, the rest is burned, so they don’t turn undead .

n―――Normally, they would be burned, but……

n「Wald-sama」

n「Takumi, what’s up?」

n「Have you forgotten? With me, we can collect everything」

nIn my《Infinite Storage》the meat won’t spoil .

n『Ah!』

nHe seemed to forget because he’s not familiar with it yet, but the time stops in space-time magic . It should be known that time stops inside the《Infinite Storage》 .

nThus, we have decided to collect the rest of the Orc meat .

nBecause it would take a time to dismantle, I just stored everything inside《Infinite Storage》 just like that .

n「Nevertheless…… to think there would be a group so close to the town」

n「This is unusual」

n「What do you think, Rudolph-dono?」

nIt seems to be rare to encounter a group half a day distance of the town .

nThey are mostly seen alone .

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nWald-sama and Risner-sama confirm the situation with Rudolph-san .

n「Umu . I have a feeling that the atmosphere in the forest has been quieter than before……」

nRudolph-san’s meaning isn’t “it’s calm”, but “it’s quiet before the storm” .

n「Captain, it might be better to investigate this carefully」

n「Yea, I agree . Let’s move with more care from now on」

nWe advance further to the forest while cautious .

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