v2c10 (1/2)
Arche: Volume 2 Chapter 10
Note: It’s suain, I won’t be continuing the translations of this novel, it oal is to translate at least one volume, maybe two, this summer
This tireater effort to translate less literally An inexperienced translator is immediately obvious by how literal and stiff their translation is An experienced editor understands the intent behind the text, and rewords it as needed Within reason, of course ;D My goal is to bring you a fluid, immersive experience that still conveys the author’s intent, even if that e a feords and structures here and there I’onna try my best!
Also, I’ll be collaborating with Yeagdrasil for chapters 11 and 12, since they’ve already been translated with great accuracy My role will be to check the translation and make sure it flows smoothly
Please thank Masa for his continued support and expert editing!
Lastly, I’ve been asked to deliver a feords regarding our nanihly likely that she becai’s Grandson and Duke’s Daughter are undeterrace us with her presence once more
Onwards!
Lei
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Translated by Lei, edited by Masadeer
Catching a Demon
”Stop right there, boar!”
Squeaal! Squeaaaal! Thu-thu-thump! Thu-thu-thu-thu-thump!
So this is what it felt like to become a master On Earth, I suffered for half a day on top of a boulder, but noas chasing a huge boar instead Although I hadn’t even cast Haste athered mana in my feet, my body flew like an arrow
Then careat chase I went into the led for 30 or so s out of the ground while sunbathing, I quickly gave chase
‘Why a like this just so I can test Aura Blade?!’
It had already been over a e In thatand hard about how to survive in this world like a tenacious rubber band, and return to Earth Froers, I was able to detersters they called nobles, power and force were favored over the law
Thanks to h di, I was left with only ic Since I’d only be possible to Earth and pursue er, I immediately understood the need for me to develop my skills
So I dove into learning 4th Circlethe sword like my life depended on it All with a full-on nosebleed For the first tiic and sword skills with blood pouring fro, I filled the 4th Circle with so ained the ability to double cast 4th Circle ic
In particular, I concentrated on training my sword skills; the Swift Sword Style I had trained in for a whole 8 years after, starting eleh I invested considerable ti period of time, I was only able to reach the 3rd dan But on the day I left the dojo while at the 3rd dan, the top grandarb and patted enius had been born into the field of kumdo– such was my talent in the sword
‘Aura Blade, so that was Aura Blade, you say! Kukuku’
The naant It took a considerable effort at first The knowledge I’d gained froic, so it was a real headache to learn the sword I’d heard that I couldtechnique Master created, but figuring out thestep, my mana could flood or collapse, so I had to be extremely careful
And then, not too long ago, at the edge of a cliff during a lightning stor, streaks of blue lightning ra a wanton wife– seeing that, I was struck by an idea
TN: In the olden ages,around It’s a bad joke EN: They still do that
‘Aura Blade… huhuhu’
Even now, just thinking about itwhen I circulated the mana in the circle and slowly injected thethe sword in, the blade started ey– that’s what it was called in martial arts– went fro my father must have felt when he took me into his arms at the maternity ward, runny with tears and snot
‘Ahh! Even now, I’m touched’
The feeling of the energy that e creature and made my hand vibrate every time I injected mana… My baby, Aura Blade, cahthouse in the dark night, when I gathered all the h me and I did a sword dance like a creature possessed as the cliff winds buffeted me
‘Aura Blade is the best way to attack in close quarters Huhu’
It wasn’t sharp enough to cut through rocks as if they were tofu, like you saw in e in a sturdy boulder
‘What I need is an actual battle! Boar! I’m sorry but you’ll have to die for my sake’
Because I’ve already had a bad experience with boars, the sight of rapidly fleeing boar, laying waste to the forest as it ran with cheekily quievering tushy buttocks, otten proper nutrition for a , so the boar was bound to an untimely end– I absolutely couldn’t lose it
‘Che, s that move’
I suddenly thought of those ga talking about how er I had becoic like a cowardly assassin didn’t suit et when you charge with hilt in hand, going head to head with your adversary Since I was trying to cook up the boar with a sword instead ofwhen I appeared, and was now desperately running away
‘This pork!’
I was forced to cast the er If I kept chasing it like this, I could end up losing this level 100 boar, which boasted unliic I had memorized in my head came to mind
‘The est of the 4th Circle wind spells, Wind Cutter!’
I was about 10boar Wind Cutter orth a try even if it was 20 meters away
‘Pork! I’ll eat you for suurree!’ I stopped running ”Wind Cutter!”
While paused, I spread out ic I had memorized
Zing! For a moment, ic flashi+ng with blue mana manifested in the time it took to blink
Woooooooooooooshh!
Suddenly, a roar ripped through the forest like aby on his chopper
”Holy shi+t!”
With an explosion, a seht were so away The wind blades flew forth like an arrow, shredding big, dense trees and scrub that had stubbornly blockedthem away
”Im-impressive!”
I’d practiced ic at my place on the cliff, but it was the first time I had used a memorized spell with such force I had been careful to control ers, ere skittish and weak of heart That said, the view I saw after preparingover the 20 round
”S-so this is why ic, but its strength was in its flashi+ness and sheer destructive power I was suddenly super proud of myself
”Geh! Th-the boar is?”
I was nodding tospectacle I had created and conteoal of les, Mr Boar
It was gone
There was no big lump of boar to be found anywhere in the forest, which had been razed as clean as an asphalt road
Thu-thu-thud! I quickly ran in the direction the boar had fled
”Thi-this is… damn it”
As expected, the boar had run about 20 meters away Like slabs of meat cut up nicely at the butcher’s, the ten or so parts of the boar were lying nicely ast the fallen trees
”I can’t see a singlepast, the villagers refused to leave the village for the pastof Luena’s moon I wanted to browse some of the deht and sent to the other world ”Huhu, Cecile will probably be happy, yeah?”
I took a few pieces of rib and leg h branches of a thick tree, and headed towards the village The villagers who ate potatoes and barley bread every day prickled my conscience
”Eh? There are mushrooms here?” With a happy heart, I noticed mushrooms as soon as I passed by the spot where I had first found the boar Several brown h the ground ”Haah, they were covered by the leaves They sreat!”
The strong smell of the forest assaulted me as soon as I stepped foot into it, so I hadn’t detected the fragrance of theaside the leaves, the brown patterned, fist-sized mushrooms emit a sweet smell
”Grilled pork and mushrooms, it’s perfect!” I would have liked a basket, but I only had the two small pockets onhts & 3 Days, a wilderness variety show! It’d be perfect if I just invite Mr Ho-dong”
TN: Referring to Kang Ho-dong, as in the popular Korean variety show, 1 Night & 2 Days
If I were still in Korea, I would still be watching 2 Nights & 3 Days every weekend I wanted to give the idols in it a taste of the brutal reality that I was suffering right now
‘But what is this feeling?’ As I alking towards the village with the considerably heavyme stop for ait?’
After ies around me
‘This is weird…’
Tiltingon end, as if I were hearing ghost stories fro
”Wh-what is this?”
”Can’t you tell just fro at it? It’s calledprotein and lipids, and it is an absolutely necessary food for survival”
”Pr-protein? Lipids? Nutrients?”
At y, Hans blinked slowly like a cow
”Bro, bro, how did you know? Last night I drea bro Kyre, the second person I admire most, after all!”
‘Rascal, so now you recognize your big bro’s ht of the meat
”You, you went into the forest? It’s dangerous…”
As soon as I took thewood into various goods, and Cecile Having heard the rumor that I had appeared withround-eyed at the fresh boar
”You, who are you really? Last le handedly hunted a boar froerous forest… were you a mercenary in the past?”
Unable to even consider that Ia mere mercenary
”ICecile, I look forward to dinner today, as well”
”Yes…”
I lightly sidestepped Hans’ question
‘Ain’t she a cute thing when she’s acting shy!’ I looked fondly at Cecile, whose face had gone red
”Hans, this mushroom, does it happen to be edible?” I pulled out the mushrooms I picked from the forest
”Geh! Th-that is!”
”Sha-sharif mushroom!”
‘What? Is it poisonous?’
Hans and Cecile were shocked by the mushroom ”You, where did you find that?”
”I found it in the forest, of course The boar was eating it, so I thought they were edible and picked some, but are they poisonous?” At Hans’ shocked words, I started feeling like I had wasted my time
”Let’s go Let’s hurry to the Chief!” Excited, with his pupils fixed on the
‘What, why’s he so excited over a few hts of roasted pork was dancing inabout the taste of meat roasted on a hot pan with onions and mushrooms made me drool
”Ohhh! Dear God! Thank you!” As he went outside, Hans drew a cross and thanked God
I followed behind hiive the chief’s house some meat?’
I was, in hts
”Aren’t, aren’t these sharif?”
”Yes, Chief They are definitely sharif mushrooms”
Upon seeing the mushrooms, the chief was just as excited
”My word! With a sharif old in an instant!”
”We couldn’t find anything this size in the forest even 10 years ago… I didn’t knoould see a sharif ain in this lifetime!”
‘Geh! A few gold?’
After hearing that theas a snack could sell for several gold, gold coins sprang naturally to e was so poor that I hadn’t been able to see a single gold coin, so the word ”gold” was not without weight
”How old did you say this will sell for?”
”You, where did you find these?”
”In the forest, of course It wasn’t just one or two, but easily several hundred…”
”Several hundred?!”
A rough glance had told me as much
‘Wow! What the hell is this place?’ There were the fish, which netted a few gold each, and even the o out into the world eic crystal dust to practice ic circles, and I don’t have a staff… I’ll also need to buy a sturdy sword’ There weren’t just one or two places where I could use my money
‘Huhu, I’ll catch some tuna and pick some mushrooms and I’ll be set’
The villagers were scared so they couldn’t go in, but I wasn’t afraid of the forest at all
”Besides these s that sell well?” Information was money
”Since long ago, our village was fao deep into the forest because of the de off so-so sharif ht occasionally Besides the sharif mushroom, there’s also the rudi mushrooes use in their research, and various herbs, like casol– there are quite a few things that are valuable there”
‘I won’t have to be greedy They said the e for another two months, and I only need a basket for the s, use its feathers for quills, and sweep for floor for ht now
”D-do you think that the villagers could go with you tomorrow?” Chief asked carefully
For nearly aat the harvested grains With less farmable land, it see the taxes and buying potions on top of that
”But Chief, won’t it be too dangerous? Young Kyre was able to return safely fro bad will happen if he takes the villagers, too,” said Hans, putting the brakes on the chief’s words
”Sigh, I know But what can we do I have to go to the castle in a few days to pay the taxes, but all we have are potatoes and barley… If we can’t pay our taxes and buy at least ten potions this tiers will have to become serfs next year”
Apparently, eking out a living was a pain in the ass whether you were here or in the 21st century Those who had the means could spend and spend, but the commoners at the bottom had to break their backs every day to live
‘Whatever, it’s not gonna cost ht as well help them’
In any case, I wanted to go out into the world before winter cahtenment that hadn’t come after the 4th Circle
”It could be dangerous if the villagers coo alone”
”Alone? No I know there’s so about you that’s quite reliable, but the erous,” said Chief, talkinghis hand
”Going alone is o quite a ways to find the sharif et hurt for no reason if we run into a ”
”Even so…”
The chief weighed the taxes with my safety
”Chief, it’s said that those who believe shall be rewarded,” I said, fillingconviction I was uneasy because if I ith the villagers, the skills that I didn’t yet want knoould coht
”Will you be alright?” Making an apologetic face, he reaffirmed whether or not I would be okay The old man looked like he would follow er