Chapter 20 (1/2)
Ossan, gets fired up DISCLAIMER: I DON'T REALLY KNOW japANESE, THESE ARE MACHINE TRANSLATIONS THAT I TRY TO PUT INTO PROPER ENGLISH READ AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION Changed Alev to Alyx And, Santor to Santhor Sounded cooler Lastly, In the previous chapters, I translated the nadom as “Solistair” because I assumed that it was different from “Solisthea”(the Duke's name), but it seeht be the only one, but It's obviously weird for a Ducal house to have the same name as the royal faht? I don't think I' in this, ahts were ht Co Alyx Gilbert
”I summoned you to hear more about your report, but this is absurd Level 154 in such a short amount of time? Just how many times did you al ed to survive”
”Goblins and Orcs, as well as Ogres, Trolls, Chi home”
”We would've been the ones to be eaten if we didn't defeat the at the distance, for soh Marc didn't notice as he is still looking at the report while pondering his words
”On the second day the supplies were stolen and frole for survival… and it seems you could overcome all those hardshi+ps”
”It's thanks to my subordinates' efforts I couldn't haveforest it's not an easy task to procure food, consideringparticularly poisonous
In response to Alyx, who answered plainly, Marc couldn't hide his surprise at the sight of hie in his appearance, which has become noticeable in these last few days
(Just what kind of experience did you go through… Doesn't he look like a completely different person now?)
Alyx seemed to have a different aura around hi about his newfound, overwhel aura, like that of a wild beast, Marc's body shi+vered in both amazement and joy It was Marc himself who trained and raised hiht, he felt like how a parent would do when rerowth
After returning froht, he looked back to the report and let out a 'Bufu!' sound as he choked in surprise due to ritten… A description of the Crazy Ape's ecology
”Alyx… I-Is this some sort of joke?”
”No, Sir It's the pure truth That thing… that monster was a serious threat to us”
”I see… if what's written here is truth then it's truly horrifying in a different sense, but…”
”Youwe can look away from forever”
The Crazy Ape is a kind of primate-type st themselves and the weakest ones turn into enderbentmales from other species, specially human males
When they fall to the bottoet transformed into males, they often attack hu the the deed with other th, and thus, cliroup
(TN: I think in the previous chapters I translated it as ” like that but it seems it was an euphemism for anal rape)
As they live in troops, a social hierarchy is one of the s for their survival, and human males are used as a tool to, both, cli
The Crazy Apes don't have that behavior purely because they're perverted, it's closely related to their own survival
The issue was that, for the human males, that behavior was a serious threat in a different sense, though, the Crazy Apes don't think of such things in the first place, given that it's an habit cultivated frole to survive after all
”C… Crazy, that's absurd…”
”That's not the case, Sir If it's a behavior derived to instinctively leave offspring behind, itit is a different matter…”
”Certainly, it can't be helped that they seek males from other races but, I wonder if there are people who had been victims to them already…”
”Probably there are Desperate mercenaries and bandits… I don't even want to think about it”
Villagers and travelers that had suddenly disappeared, there would be no end to it if one starteda list In addition, it's also hard to tell because theydown soth coular mercenary would only fall victi to the Mercenary Guild Hopefully, no more casualties will arise after this”
”That's reasonable Even if they fall prey to them, it would be due to their own carelessness”
”The white ape fur is a high-class prized commodity, but noe have to take into account that they behave just like Goblins and Orcs…”
There are only a limited number oftools These monsters often leave the forest and attack human settlements
Even if they don't spread the information, it's likely thatthat and they still challenge thearded as their own lack of caution and strength After all, it's a ht it at one's own risk of getting the tables turned on oneself
”… In any case, you o hoht, Sir That was part of ht”
”I see Part of the proceeds froiven to you in the near future, I'm sorry about today”
”I want to rest for a while, that forest was hell…”
”I see…”
After Alyx left his office, Marc hunched over on the desk holding his head
”A to have to explain this…? What a headache”
Thinking about all the work he would have to do, his heart felt heavy The Crazy Ape's ecology was strange to that degree
On a later date, Marc tiy to the Mercenary Guild, but they just laughed it off, resulting inThe price of that 【White Ape Fur】was that attractive
No matter how absurd the information looked, there were still so it was a different matter
The mercenaries who didn't believe in the inforret it However, in this world, it's too late by the ti it
It may sound harsh, but that's the worldthelect infor
Afterward, the Mercenary Guild would boards hianized, to look for the nored them
After all, they, who didn't believe the inforhts, are to blame for their own misfortune…
Three days later, they arrived at Santhor
As usual, Celestina and Zere in the ainst Golems However, the Golems Zeros had created for this occasion were Stone Goleed to defeat one, though, while struggling But for people that had treaded around the boundary between life and death, and had returned in one piece, they seemed to be in excellent condition
Their levels and overall skill had gone up and they are incoive the i one up considerably, it's almost as if I were a different person froet stronger once you gain experience in actual combat, you can feel what's important with your own flesh”
”What's the level of the Stone Golems anyways? The Mud Golems' movements seem to be slower coe of level 100 Their ed battle, but on the other hand, you have to memorize theoing to be really reliable in the future and row”
Apparently, Creston wants the into account the future of the country, the conflict between the hts must be resolved
Nonetheless, with two people who can decipher ic characters, even a siven that they're blood relatives of the royal faonized
”That's quite the scheme, if I do say so myself, however, there's no fail-safe way to deal with those fools, aet the underworld to anization at the direct control of the royal fa to help reform the country”
(TN: I'm not quite sure about this part, it could be taken either as: there's an organization with the name 'dark side' that the royal fa to move and the royal family controls part of it We'll see how it's played out in the following chapters)
”Is there so behind the scenes? You also can't trust the ridiculous ru at the Royal Palace, can you?”
”Hroundwork has already been laid The textbook you wrote will help with driving theainst the wall”
”So it's about the textbook produced by the other factions, isn't it? It would've been much easier to understand if they didn't tinker with it unnecessarily I don't understand ere you using such a ic textbook”
”They pretend to do research, but pocket in most of their research funds They didn't think ere in dire need of coot worse instead of i”
”That is an awful vicious cycle, are you sure this country is going to be alright…?”
Regardless of their ability to handle the do but ill-suited to act as the shi+eld of the country in case of war If another nation decides to invade, they will be the first to get killed on the battlefield There's no person ouldn't worry about the state of such a country
”Well, we have to do soh, I wonder how did we get to this point…”
”I'd like to know too Just how things got to become the present situation we have to deal with”
Naturally, a ed to bribe other powerful nobles If one person makes a mistake, they would have two options: either to denounce their wrongdoings, or to co to be a war soon, isn't it? I'et involved It sounds extremely troublesome)
When there are people who try to rectify the state of the country, there will be those that will surely try to avoid that to happen They will take whatever abhorrent measures necessary to protect their own necks
”But well, we're alreadyput into scrolls and have started selling in this city”
”Would selling those cheap and useful ic scrolls break the power-balance between the rest of the factions?”
”Hicians who have been kicked out of their factions, have already started to gather here”
The ic scrolls, and potions h alche it the foundation of their organizations
The current feudal lord, DelSasis, has been selling the ic scrolls optimized by Zeros as a side business It's the worse situation for the other factions, whichthem to the very core
After all, the house of the Duke of Solisthea is one of the country's richest merchant families, and also a blood relative of the royal family
They were a particularly troublesome family to turn as ene spell proved to be quite useful”
”Once you learn the ic scrolls is just a hindrance If you sell theic paper, you will surely end up profiting at the end of the day”
”Though, soht?”
”Life gets easier if you possess some money”
”The territory is already under develop to build the foundations of your house? Yourfound out about the e, Creston asked if he would be willing to sell it
Although, he didn't have the intention of carelessly spreading dangerousthe way to use it, he succeeded in averting away the eyes of people interested in using it for st the far soil solidifying it into rock, digging up ditches, or in other words, everything under the u, in hopes that no one would try using it as an attack ic
In addition, even if the spell itself spreads, the ic formula itself will disappear fro to a third party
It ician, but there's no need for an earth ician to learn this spell in the first place
Due to that, thethe general public
Because o out of their way to learn this spell have low ht now, for thein peaceful times In addition, because it appears to only be used for farinner's spell
”Rather than that, let's focus on their training, if you will Your opinion, Creston-san, who has actual combat experience, should be beneficial to the two of thee they obtain ht be a senile old lad to say that there's not much to point out At any rate, I'randchildren”
In hisabout, right? It's obviously your cute granddaughter!'
He had a lot s he wanted to say, but he decided to turn his eyes once again to the two people that were in the
”Still… it always attacks in that sah”
”It's troublesome, isn't it? It's a relief that they don't move too fast, but…”
”Instead, it does that…”
Stone Gole Goley, yet it was difficult to overcome Stone Golems, which have a better defense cole blow, and above all, it can attack at long range
One of the Stone Golems separates countless small stones from its body and makes them float around in the air
”Here it co stones become bullets that are soon fired towards Zweit He hurriedly deploys a ainst the Golem's attack
”Stone Shot We would've been in trouble if that hit us”
”Ahh… it's easy to predict because the stones float for a while before being launched, though, the attack range is quite wide”
”Even if it hits a Mud Gole mud”
”There's no choice but to destroy the core after all… so annoying”
There are two types of Mud Goleular Mud Golem's direct attacks, the more sly and underhanded nimbler Mud Golem's attacks, in addition to the Stone Golems which are completely defense-focus, their formation is like an iron wall
A Golem can't be defeated unless their core is destroyed, but it's an extreets halfway destroyed, it can generate itself again
Celestina's and Zweit's levels have increased considerably after returning fro's difficulty has risen as well
”Adding the fast- Golems into the ht But that just et it right”
”Indeed Let's get to it then!”
”Ohhh, let's go!!!”
””【Silver God's Wall】!!””
They deployed 【Silver God's Wall】 As long as the user continues to supply ed freely
In order to eli Golems, Celestina's barrier took the shape of countless thorns that spring forith great e sword, hich, he ainst Stone Gole, so they decided tothe surrounding enemies
”shi+eld Bash!+”
”Blade Slash!+”
(TN: they ritten in katakana, but they still sound kinda laestions)
They have activated their martial arts skills and used them on top of the silver shi+eld to boldly destroy their opponents
Celestina's relentless assault caused the Mud Gole to reach Zweit In addition, by co their attacks with their martial arts skills, the poill be doubled
The coe to defeat the coer than the rest It's a difficult task to beat the the core, they would win
They tried to find a way out with a short and reckless assault The idea itself was good but…
――― Goooooooooooooooh!
―――― Zudon!
The leader, the Stone Golem coainst the ground with all the strength it could round, the pressure wave generated by the i Zweit's and Celestina's posture
”Wha!?【Earthquake】!?”
”It's not the moment to ask about that!!”
Natural-born Goleic After all, if they consu inaniic When it feels threatened enough, it will attack just like this particular Stone Gole the enemies after their stances have been broken
Incidentally, the Goles, and when it sla the earth, its subordinates i around like sli the two youths
As a result, their bold attack strategy was successfully countered, and they ended up covered in mud from head to toe
”Un, it was definitely too early to make a move like that You don't always have your opponents openly showing you their hand, after all, wouldn't you agree?”
”But, it's a great way to train I' forward to train like this … ahhh, I wanna try again”