Chapter 6 (1/2)
Chapter 6 – Bandits and Adventurer Girl
My name is Elrain.
My friends call me El.
My appearances are that of a human, but I’m a quarter with one-fourth of elven blood. Because you wouldn’t know unless you take a close look at my ears, there aren’t many people who notice.
I left my home because of certain circ.u.mstances and began my activities as an adventurer in the town of Notos in the Sameiya Kingdom.
I have been receiving simple requests such as odd jobs and gathering of medicinal plants.
But, the income disappears from day to day, so I could get by just barely.
At that time, I was greeted in the Adventurer’s Guild and got invited to a party by three men.
The men invited me to hunt monsters that appear from within the outer edge of the Forest of Abyss with them.
Forest of Abyss is a first-cla.s.s danger zone inhabited by powerful monsters uncomparable with any other place, it’s known that the monsters become more powerful the more you go towards the heart of the forest.
By myself, I wouldn’t stand a chance even on the outer edge, but if I’m with a party, a single animal at a time might be possible.
If we hunt at least one monster from the outer edge of the Forest of Abyss, I will be able to stay at a little better inn.
I think I was impatient. I jumped out from home, didn’t get any results and lost my sight of surroundings because I couldn’t continue like that.
The bill quickly came back.
As soon as we arrived at the outer edge of the Forest of Abyss, we got surrounded by ten bandits. The three men who invited me to the party were their accomplices.
「…… You guys, the guild won’t stay silent knowing what you do!」
「There’s no need to worry because we will play with you to our heart’s content and sell you to the Gondwana Empire」
The man from the party who invited Elrain grins.
Doga!
Elrain gets attacked from behind by one of the bandits and picks up her short sword.
Dosa! Tsu!
Elrain gets thrown to the ground.
The ten bandits and three adventurers are surrounding me and grinning as if they were licking my body.
Ahh, I’m done for.
Gasa gasagasa
When I was about to bite off my tongue in despair, one boy appeared from within the Forest of Abyss.
A boy about the same age as me with silver hair, green eyes, and beautiful androgyne-like facial features.
That boy looks at us,
「Ah, umm, h.e.l.lo」
「「「「「…………」」」」」
He said h.e.l.lo and was about to leave.
「Well then, I will excuse myself first」
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「Hey! Wait a moment!」
Ah, it’s trouble after all.
「A girl is being a.s.saulted, so help out!」
Un, that’s right, isn’t it? She’s being a.s.saulted by bandits, isn’t she? Un, it’s a template, isn’t it?
「Ora! Brat, if you don’t want to die, leave all your money behind」
The bandit-like, dirty man shouts at me while grinning.
Master Dolfares was telling me this so much it was troublesome.
『Kaito, what I’m teaching you are techniques for killing people. There will be cases where monsters are your opponent, but if you want to live in this world, you must not avoid it. Don’t hesitate at that time. A momentary opening leads to death. Etch this into your hearth』
「What are you silent for!」
The man in front of me is shouting, but I’m aware of the attack from behind. He wanted to distract me, but they got found out.
Shun!
A slash of sword suddenly came from behind.
Doga!
I dodged the swor
d without looking back and reflexively used a backfist. The man I hit flew over twenty meters away.
「Ah!」
The man lies down on the ground without moving.
Did he die?
Because you have tried to kill me, you reap what you sow?
「「「「You b.a.s.t.a.r.d–!」」」」
The bandits charged at me all at once.
However, they don’t seem strong at all. There’s really was no need to use the appraisal to check the levels of the bandits.
At any rate, these fellows are using rusty swords and axes as their weapons.
Just in case, I avoid the cooperative attack of the bandits and knock them down with a single blow.
Although a group of 13 bandits attacked me, it didn’t take more than five seconds to take them down.