Chapter 29: 29

The actual battle of the Devil's Forest

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Today is the day to carry out the first rescue operation.

 

After contacting Donovan-san and the chairman last night, I returned to the boarding house without training in the middle of the night and slept early in preparation for today.

 

Thanks to that, I feel refreshed and my body feels full of strength.

 

When I left the room to wash my face in the well behind the boarding house, Meisa-chan stood in the hallway with her arms outstretched.

 

"Good morning, Meisa-chan, what's wrong?"

 

"Well, it's no good, Kent is off limits from here onwards!"

 

"Huh? I'm off limits?"

 

"Absolutely, absolutely off limits! See, hurry up and go!"

 

"No ..."

 

I wonder what that whole thing was about, I don't have any reason to go to Meisa-chan's room ...

 

Before going down the stairs to the well, I greeted Amanda-san.

 

"Good morning, Amanda-san."

 

"Ah, good morning Kent, breakfast will be ready soon, so wash your face."

 

"Yes, oh yeah, what's wrong with Meisa-chan? This way is off limits ..."

 

"Oh, that's right, she doesn't want you to see the futon that she drew a map on in the middle of the night."(TN: Apparently a term for bedwetting)

 

As soon as Amanda-san answered in a loud voice, Meisa-chan's face changed colors and she ran down the stairs.

 

"Mom, why did you tell Kent! I told you to keep it a secret!"

 

"Hmm, at that age, my daughter who is bedwetting should feel embarrased and reflect upon it."

 

"Kii ... Okaa-san you meanie ..."

 

"Amanda-san, Meisa-chan should be banned from jibura for the time being."

 

"Oh, that's right, let's do that."

 

"No, it's absolutely no good to ban jibura! Kii ... Kent is always so cheeky!"

 

"Well ... that's because, bedwetting is a bad thing ..."

 

"Kii ... hate, hate, I really hate Kent!"

 

"Look, I'm going to go eat breakfast, if you make such a loud noise, Meisa-chan will be the topic of rumors in the neighborhood."

 

"Nyaaaa ... No, no, absolutely no! If Kent talks outside, I'll kick you out."

 

With her face bright red, swinging her hands around, Meisa-chan is doing fine this morning.

 

"It's okay, Meisa-chan, don't worry, I won't tell anyone."

 

"Really? Really really? Absolutely don't do it."

 

"Yeah, it's okay, because ... I can't tell anyone such an embarrasing thing."

 

"Ukiii ... stupid, stupid, stupid Keeent!"

 

I was beaten by Meisa-chan, but for the me of now who has been training since I came to Volzard ...

 

"Look, eat up quickly, don't you have to dispose of it, hey!

 

"Hmm, remember, I'll definitely get back at you someday ..."

 

"Wow ... no, haven't you had enough revenge?"

 

"Snort ..."

 

I ate her left and right hooks with my stomach ... Oh, it would have been dangerous after a meal, I was about to hurl.

 

She was frustrated, so I watched Meisa-chan's pouting face and enjoyed breakfast while grinning.

 

Now that I'm not hungry, let's regain our spirit and start the rescue operation.

 

"Amanda-san, I won't be back for a couple of days since I have to help Donovan-san, but don't worry."

 

"Oh, I see, then you'll be back on soil day?"

 

"Maybe around that, but until then, food is prepared."

 

"Yes, well, we will have something, so don't hesitate when you come back."

 

"Yes, thank you, then I'm going."

 

"Yes, be careful."

 

After leaving the boarding house, I sink into the shadows of the alley on the way to the guild and move to the Lastock garrison.

 

My classmates were lined up at the training ground at the garrison listening to Camilla's instructions.

 

"We seem to have some idiots who still don't understand what they're doing, even though we've been doing a meritorious deed and rigorously training them to the point they won't die."

 

From a platform about 1 meter high, Camilla folds her arms and looks down at my classmates.

 

Outrageous, she's totally outrageous.

 

"If you don't get into training, you must be really confident, so I'll let you go to an actual battle instead of training as you wish."

 

When Camilla says that, everyone takes a sharp breath and some girls start crying.

 

"Quiet! Don't disturb the line! Get out in front when I call your name! Kazuki Nitta, Tatsuya Furuta, Yusuke Yagi, Tomoko Kobayashi, Akemi Sakurai."

 

Five people, Nitta Kazuki, Furuta Tatsuya, Yagi Yusuke, Kobayashi Tomoko, and Sakurai Akemi, were selected for today's actual battle.

 

[ Wow ... the old and new duo, the fake glasses, and the dekoboko sisters ... I'm surprised that the selection of people is so accurate. ](TN: Not sure how to translate this dekoboko, there's no real translation in English. It can mean bumpy, rough, uneven, etc., but it doesn't really translate properly. Literal meaning is Convex/Concave. I'll leave it as dekoboko for now.)

 

[ Kent-sama, are they well known faces? ]

 

[ Yeah, not as much as Funayama, but he's infamous in his grade due to his trait. ]

 

Nitta Kazuki is in the baseball club, and Furuta Tatsuya is in the soccer club, but both of them are hot-blooded muscle-brains, Nitta means new rice field, and Furuta means old rice field, so they're the old and new duo.

 

Yagi Yusuke is a newpaper member who can deal with the other party by talking them down, and since the articles he writes are only gossip and fake information, his nickname is fake glasses.(TN: It's not that his glasses are fake, but he's a glasses guy who deals in fake info.)

 

Kobayashi Tomoko is a member of the volleyball club and is nearly 180 cm tall.

 

Sakurai belongs to the tennis club and is only about 150 cm tall, but she has a muscular body and is called a mini macho.

 

Kobayashi-san and Sakurai-san are best friends, and they are called the dekoboko sisters, who are the girls' allies who lash out at that Funayama, and they are feared by the boys.

 

However, it seems that even the five of them understand what it means to be called here, and no one is willing to draw Camilla's ire.

 

After looking down at the five, Camilla grinned and then opened her mouth.

 

"Rejoice, you are the first to have the honor of going into battle. Enjoy the Devil's Forest to your heart's content and struggle to live."

 

"N, no, but, if we're missing from here ..."

 

"Objection is not permitted, get ready and go! The rest of you should start training as usual!"

 

Fake glasses started to try his favorite far-fetched argument, but was easily shot down by Camilla.

 

Camilla is infuriating, but she's on a whole different level.

 

The five are put on a covered wagon as in Fred's information and are sent off to the Devil's Forest like calves to slaughter.

 

Some of the girls who see them off are crying raggedly.

 

That alone is a big difference from my time.

 

The wagon with a thick cover is dimly lit, and if I try hiding in the shadows, I can move with it without walking.

 

Yeah, the darkness attribute is convenient.

 

The five people on the wagon are silent without words, with an expression of it being the end of the world.

 

The knight guarding them who was the situation spoke with a grinning smile.

 

"What happened to your usual vigor? It's too late to be scared by this time."

 

"Shut up will you, we just have to kill monsters and achieve the quota, I'll do it!"

 

"Hmm, with your magic right now, I'd hope that you could kill one goblin at least ... well, do your best to struggle."

 

"Tsk ... I'm seriously angry ..."

 

Kobayashi-san replied, but Sakurai-san of the duo is trembling with her face pale.

 

Sakurai-san usually lashes out at the boys, but she seems to be completely afraid in the case of a monster.

 

The old and new duo have their arms crossed and their eyes closed, but their legs continue to shake.

 

Yagi kept looking around, touching the stems of his glasses with his right hand.

 

It is no exaggeration to say that once you leave the garrison, the drawbridge is just a stone's throw away, and once you cross the bridge, it is an area occupied by monsters.

 

After climbing the barely maintained rugged slope, we are at the place where we were summoned.

 

From there, we went down steadily, but the road was bad and the wagon shook violently, and Yagi was about to bite his tongue.

 

Still, it's easier than when I was walking in my slippers.

 

The wagon stopped in front of the Devil's Forest.

 

"OK, get off everyone!"

 

"No, I hate ... please, I'll train properly, so take me home ..."

 

The frightened words of Sakura-san seem to be the shared opinion of the five.

 

The knight guarding them said with an angry smile of amusement.

 

"Don't disobey, everyone, immediately, get off, the wagon!"

 

As the knight spat out his words, he said one word at a time, and Sakurai-san stood up with a jerky movement like a puppet and got off the wagon.

 

[ Kent-sama, just now is the effect of the slave bracelet. ]

 

[ Yeah, I don't feel like they're moving of their own volition. ]

 

When the five were lined up near the carriage, they were given a slender sword and knife.

 

After hading out the swords and knives, the wagon really went back quickly.

 

The remaining knight began to teach while straddling his horse.

 

"Well, we're about to enter the Devil's Forest, and you should think about a formation. I'll be watching from behind."

 

"Ehh, why are we going first?"

 

Yagi complained, but the knight leading them didn't listen.

 

"Obviously, it's because it's a real battle from here. The quota is to bring back three goblin magic stones per person, that's fifteen magic stones in total for everyone. Let's get started!"

 

"No, I hate it ... I can't do this ..."

 

"At-chan, I'm here, I won't go anywhere."

 

"Tomo-chan ... I'm scared ..."

 

Sakurai-san is panicking and Kobayashi-san is quiet, but her face is pale and she's trembling and shivering.

 

"Tsk, this is no time to be scared ... Ora, don't disobey, everyone, go along the path of the Devil's Forest!"

 

The five were also deprived of their physical freedom and began to walk into the Devil's Forest with jerky movements.

 

Yagi holds the handle of his sword and looks around with a jerk.

 

The old and new duo look more calm than Yagi, but they still look nervous.

 

"OK! Kazuki and I will line up in the front, and the three of you guys follow with Sakurai in the middle."

 

Furuta seems to have settled down in the formation of front right, Nitta on the left, Yagi on the back right, Sakurai in the center, and Kobayashi on the back left.

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[ By the way, are Reinhardt and the goblins here? ]

 

[ No, they're not nearby yet. ]

 

I didn't know it clearly because I just looked around from the shadow, but there is no sign of a monster nearby yet.

 

"Be careful! Don't let your guard down!"

 

"Don't overlook the unnatural shaking of the bushes!"

 

The old and new duo who move forward proceed while calling out to the three people behind.

 

Perhaps they were threatened at the garrison, and all five of them swallow hard many times, sweat cold sweat, and continue to be vigilant about their surroundings.

 

Yeah, it's so tense that just looking at them mkaes me feel tired.

 

The knight, who is the leader, is about 20 meters behind the five people and is watching the surroundings while riding his horse.

 

Since we have already set foot in the Devil's Forest, there is a sense of tension in the knight's face, but it is not an excessive tension like the five people, and I feel that there is no carelessness in his vigilance.

 

I think this is the difference in experience.

 

With their backs bent timidly, the five of them went down the road in the woods for about 200 meters.

 

It's about time for goblins or kobolds will come out.

 

The knight leading them is unknowingly at a distance of about 40 meters, twice the first time.

 

"Hey, stop!"

 

It was Nitta who raised his voice.

 

"Can you see over there ...?"

 

There was a goblin 70 or 80 meters away, where Nitta pointed.

 

It seems that it is injured, keeping an eye on its surroundings.

 

"It looks like only one, it's just right, let's do it."

 

"Well, let's do it, you guys should be on the lookout here."

 

Furuta told Yagi and the other two to wait.

 

"Are you chanting?"

 

"That's right ..."

 

"Mana, oh mana, oh mana that governs the world, gather, gather, gather in my body, return, return, return and become my power, strengthen!"

 

Apparently, the old and new duo are going to kill it.

 

[ It might be a bad move ... ]

 

[ Eh? But there is only one goblin. It's okay, isn't it? ]

 

[ Kent-sama, if you see one goblin, always think that there are twenty. ]

 

Yeah ... isn't that a different G?(TN: G = Gokiburi = Cockroach)

 

[ Well, this is the edge of the Devil's Forest, so it's probably less than that, but it won't be alone. ]

 

[ That means it has friends nearby? ]

 

[ That's fine, but I'm worried about why the goblin is injured. ]

 

[ Ah ... do you mean that it was attacked by another monster? ]

 

[ It's highly possible. ]

 

With Reinhardt's worries aside, the old and new duo stealthily approached the goblin, and eventually the goblin also noticed the old and new duo.

 

The goblin was very concerned about its back, and compared with the old and new duo approaching from the front, it turned its fangs and threatened them.

 

"Gyii ... Gyagya!"

 

Even thought it is a one-on-one situation, it seems that it is heading for the old and new duo instead of running away.

 

"Okay, Kazuki, I'll draw its attention, so when you see a chance slash it, I'll follow up as soon as you hit."

 

"Okay Tatsuya, isn't it the usual feeling?"

 

"Ah, can I get beaten by one of these small fries?"

 

"Obviously, this is just fine."

 

"Oh, I'll do it ..."

 

The old and new duo seems to be using a strategy in which the goblin is attacked from both sides, Furuta draws attention, and Nitta slashes first.

 

Both of them had already pulled out their swords and were ready to slash at any time.

 

"Gyigyi ... Gya ... Gya Gya!"

 

As expected, the goblin is repeatedly intimidating by showing its fangs towards Furuta, who is approaching half a step forward.

 

Nitta, who is in the baseball club, held his sword like a bat and narrowed the distance.

 

Furuta turns the tip of his sword around to draw attention and make Nitta disappear from the goblin's field of vision.

 

"Gya ... Gyagya ..."

 

"Daaaaaaa!"

 

At the moment when the goblin's attention was completely directed at Furuta, Nitta slammed his sword at its neck with a full swing.

 

There was a dull noise, and the goblin fell down, sprinkling fresh blood from its neck.

 

Perhaps the sword hit the bones of the neck straight, with the neck torn in half, the goblin repeatedly twitched and convulsed.

 

Furuta stabbed the goblin's chest with his sword held in reverse grip and finished it off.

 

"Oh! I did it!"

 

"Wow! I did it, I killed one!"

 

When the old and new duo screamed, the remaining three people rushed in with a smile.

 

"Oh, so this is a goblin ... Gross."

 

The goblin's corpse feels gross and unpleasant because it has a shape similar to that of a human.

 

Yagi's words seem to represent everyone's thoughts, and everyone nods uniformly with the same expression.

 

"Hey, who will take out the magic stone?"

 

At the words of Nitta, everyone looked at each other, then the eyes of the four people focused on Yagi.

 

"Wait a minute, why is it me?"

 

"Nitta and I killed this goblin."

 

"Akemi and I are girls, have some consideration."

 

"The old and new duo are fine, but the dekoboko sisters haven't done anything yet, have they?"

 

"So, we're girls, so be considerate."

 

"Is calling yourself a girl apropriate ..."

 

"What? Why are you complaining?"

 

"Of course I would, someone so threatening tells me they're a girl, I'm amazed."

 

"Then, are you saying I'm not a woman?"

 

Kobayashi-san proudly shows her bulges.

 

"I was told a lot during training that if I discriminate against a man or woman, I can't survive."

 

"That's not our values, we live with Japanese values."

 

"Hey, I'm telling you that you can't survive, if you go to another town, you have to do as the locals do."

 

Reindhardt called me while I was watching Yagi and Kobayashi-san fighting over the dismantling of the goblin.

 

[ Kent-sama, it's bad, they're surrounded. ]

 

[ Eh? What ... it's not an ogre is it? ]

 

[ Yes, it looks like they're surrounded by a flock of orcs. ]

 

An orc is not as big as an ogre, but it is still more than 2 meters tall and weighs about 200 kg.

 

The bipedal pig looks even bigger than sumo wrestlers and looks surprisingly muscular.

 

[ Kent-sama ... 14 in all ... ]

 

[ Ahhh ... They can't deal with that with five people. Reinhardt and the others prepare to defeat them. ]

 

Looking at the five, it seems that they are still fighting over the dismantling of the goblin and are unaware of the approach of the orcs.

 

If you look at the knight leading them ... he's already gone.

 

You escape fast, oy!

 

[ The knight ... escaped as soon as he found the orc ... ]

 

[ He really didn't want to protect them, did he? ]

 

[ I mean .. it's not unreasonable with this number of orcs ... ]

 

If you are a good adventurer, you can compete with orcs even if it is one to three, but if you have one to four or more, you will have a hard time.

 

It seems that it is only a suicide act to be the opponent of ten or more orcs with five people who are almost useless and oneself.

 

The judgment of the knight who ran off on his horse at a glance and escaped seems to be a very correct judgment if he emphasizes his survival.

 

"Hey, what's that ..."

 

"That's bad, run away ... They're here too!"

 

It seems that the five people who had been fighting over the dismantling of the goblin finally noticed the existence of the orcs, but they are already approaching within a distance of about 50 meters.

 

"What are you doing, we're surrounded ..."

 

"What should we do ... we have no choice but to defeat the guy at the exit of the forest and run away from them."

 

"Defeat ... can you defeat that?"

 

"No ... I don't want to die, At-chan, I don't want to die ..."

 

The orcs who have already completed the siege shorten the distance and narrow the circle of the siege.

 

"Yagi, Kobayashi, shoot that one with magic and kill him, Nitta and I will guard the back, so we can run to the outside of the forest at once."

 

"Okay, Yagi, adjust the timing."

 

"Okay, I'll do it."

 

Apparently, he intends to defeat the one on the road to the outside of the forest and escape from the siege.

 

[ Kent-sama, what are you going to do? ]

 

[ Yeah, I want to see everyone's skills, so wait until the last minute, but intervene at a timing that they won't get hurt. ]

 

[ Buhahaha that's a tall order. ]

 

[ Sorry, I'll be waiting here, so protect them with the three of you. ]

 

[ Buhahaha leave it to me. ]

 

[ No problem, Kent-sama. ]

 

[ Rather affordable ... ]

 

The orcs licking their tongues, aimed at the five trembling people, the three skeletons looking at them with joy, and the climax of the rescue operation is about to unfold.

 

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