Chapter 13 (1/2)
In the town of Aranda
「You can do anything, huh」
Maria, who saw my work, is looking at me with a big smile.
As she promised yesterday, Maria brought the swords, the alchemy set, and the item bags.
We are in one of the inn’s rooms at the moment.
I’m playing with the alchemy set Maria brought… It was difficult in the beginning, but after using the set once, I learned the alchemy skill.
After I acquired the alchemy skill, I put the materials in the item box and I press the Alchemy b.u.t.ton. It’s completed instantly. Furthermore, after doing this process several times, the skill became lv100, so I can now make anything as long as I have the required materials.
I made the following items.
– Detoxification potion rank6
Quickly cures powerful poisons.
– Detoxification potion rank1
Can cure weak poisons.
I made 7 rank 1 Detoxification potions and 3 rank 6 potions.
As I had expected, I was able to make detox potions from the poison gra.s.s and antidote potions.
However, it was unexpected that the rank of the detox potion is determined by the rank of the antidote potion.
Maria told me that n.o.bility and royalty will pay a lot of money for a rank 6 Detoxification potion, but I decided to save it for the girls.
However, I decided to give half of the rank 1 potions to Maria.
It’s my way of thanks for the katanas. Speaking of which, these katanas are really poor quality.
Craftsmen are typically able to make better quality swords than this, but I had really wanted katanas.
「So, about the troll」
「That’s right. Looks like the meat isn’t usable, but the skin is. However, there are no craftsmen that can process it」
After all, the skin can’t be processed, huh. Maria still wanted to buy the skin, so I forced the meat on her too.
「I don’t need the meat though」
「It’s troublesome to peel the skin away」
Maria received the skin, with the included meat, while looking unpleasant.
The purchase amount is 310,000 Gill. I’ve made so much, that a normal person could live comfortably for a year off of this. After the journey ends, I’d like to possess more money than this state’s budget.
After Maria had left, I went into the middle of the forest alone.
The 4 girls are doing a request commissioned by the guild. At first I had wanted to go with them, but I want them to fight without having to rely on me, so, because the monsters in the vicinity of the town aren’t that strong, I decided that it’s alright to let them go alone. However, I’m worried about one thing. I used [Detection] to its fullest while in the town, and found about 200 goblins in the middle of the forest. I came here to expel them.
Honestly, I wouldn’t mind if the goblins attacked the town, but if they do, the girls will be sad. Besides, I’d be forced to fight them anyway if they did attack the town.
Is this an event influenced by the [Hero] skill as well?
When I reach the middle of the forest, I confirm the location of the goblin settlement, and use [Coercion].
Just like when a frog sees a snake, the goblins froze in their tracks.
When exterminating small fry, intimidation skills are very useful.
I didn’t use it that much though.
This is an easy task. I’m just snapping their necks one by one while they’re frozen.
In less than a few minutes I finished exterminating the horde of goblins.
「He-Help me please」
There was a man, surrounded by goblins, in the middle of the village.
He grimaced in fear and had tears in his eyes and a runny nose after seeing me.
A man surrounded by goblins. Frightened for his life.
That he did not die from my [Coercion] skill, means that he is no ordinary man. An ordinary person can’t survive my [Coercion].
Adventurer? Goblin? His face looks goblin-like.
「I, I was attacked by the goblins…」
Well, it doesn’t matter. The [Detection] skill identifies him as an enemy.
The man was yelling something, but I didn’t pay it any mind and wanted to cut his head off, but I soon gave up on the idea.
I have yet to fight with adventurers of this world.
I may be able to experience the might of the adventurers of this world for the first time.
I don’t know what level this man is, but to be able to withstand my maximum [Coercion], he should be fairly high level.
「If you win, I will overlook this」
「… Eh?」
The man doesn’t have a weapon, so I take Sara’s old sword from the item box and toss it to the man.
The man looks confused. He looks back and forth between me and the sword, and as I urge him to take the sword with my eyes, he finally takes the weapon and enters a fighting stance.
However, his body is trembling. It looks like he will collapse at any moment.
「I’ll only use my left arm, and I won’t move from this spot」
「u, uooooo!!」
It won’t be a battle unless I do something, so I might as well give him a handicap. While giving a courageous shout, the man finally decides to attack, so the man raised the sword and waved it around.
A little faster than the girls?
I raise my fist and punch the approaching man’s chest lightly.
I had hit lightly, because I thought he would be sent flying otherwise, but my fist sinks into the left side of his chest. I hear his bones crack, and the man is sent flying. After that, he did not get back on his feet.
「So weak…」
I thought it would be good fight with the handicap, but it looks like I had expected too much. I’m disappointed.
I approach the dead body of the man, and look through his clothes to find his guild card.
The guild card was rank 5. If his rank was 5, then the adventurers of this world are really weak. However, I heard that the adventurers rank 8 and above are in another world compared to the lower ranked adventurers. Let’s fight them next time.
For now, let’s do something about this mountain of corpses.
First of all…
「Alright, I will impose on Maria」
Maria is handy in times like these. Even though there is a lot of material, I don’t know what the goblins can be used for.
Maria came to the forest about 10 minutes after I had contacted her.
「You’re slow」
「Even though I rushed here」
Maria looks around, and at the bottom of the mountain of corpses, she sees a man’s body.