Vol 2 Chapter 16 (1/1)

“Are you sure about this, Uncle Hank? Wouldn’t it be better if I stay and help organize?” “Well, we thought it over a bit If you have to do every little thing, you’d be occupied all the tiile” “Hmm… that’s true… if we are to expand, we’d need the ability to scale without us uess I’ll take this time to train a bit” “Go play with your friends, you haven’t logged in for a while anyways Just help ht, guess I’ll do just that Let ot someone else to deal with that already too, shoo” Hank waves Kun away as he continues to write in the ledger where all the vital notes about the training cae!” “““““Woo!””””” Several dozen workers mill about in the open work area inside the cold, volue Since the start of the Light season in Antarctica,nonstop 24/7 With various hly lucrative business A figure in a rough, ragged uniform approaches one of the few mobile structures within the cave “Hey, Bel! Isabel! daure cliular shaped, tread-type vehicle and enters into the e!” “Huh…? Oh hey, George Ummm… can you do me a favour and check these values for me?” “Get outta here already you, your shi+ft’s done Oh, and Andy and his crew are fine now, they said thanks for covering their asses and will be taking part of your work schedule until it’s all even, and then soe” Isabel’s unruly auburn hair is acco?” The burly man with curly blond hair leans down onto the ter the ht, I’ll let Engineering figure so for al to have to dig another tunnel at this rate, urgh” The s his shoulders “It’s par for the course, but da in that section for now and ets here Can’t risk an explosion now can we? Now shooooooooooo and get to the Sun Rooivewo outside the sot it, Boss Reme edunsteadily on his feet, with a s ht as they wave their greetings “Kun… I ives a salute A look of disbelief, with gratefulat thethe last few hours rounding up the 80 or so of the 98 instructors he had hired with Hank A group of 6 would log in at once, allowing Kun and Hank to pick up 3 instructors at a tih the systee is random and can still be quite a distance away [T/N: As was the case with Gui] To ensure maximum safety, Kun had asked Sekn to deploy his troops evenly within an area of 2 hours travel tiuard any Immortals that approach them Additionally, 1 to 2 of the more severely handicapped instructors were set to spaith each group, thus no one would be harinally planned to mentally prepare his hires, but Andrew - one of the first instructors hired, who happens to not be able to feel anything below his knees - convinced hi that it would be a nice surprise and would negatively affect the hiring process since people would becoer to join if they learn that their job would effectively negate their physical disabilities He would know, he was over the ed in and had to relearn hoithout his crutches “You will have to, um, excuse me” Thefrom his face while he releases himself from the salute “No problem, Admak, take a minute Just a question, you want to ride up top or inside?” The man is about to retort by instinct before he realize that riding on top is now indeed a possibility, s to “an itch on the soles of your feet is a good oular or plural, ith plural since it sounds better even though both feet itching at the saives a fir where’s the option for riding inside Sa hiers next to Kun “Woah! What’s happening here?!” Rick looks on at the scene of organized chaos as he stands at the entrance of the Acade The newly flattened field that was for with activity Sekn is seated in front of a portable table in the center of the field with Echo, who is busy writing on a piece of vellum On one side, squads roup of theroup arrives froroup of people Rick hasn’t seen before is acting in a highly chaotic manner “Rick-sensei? The usual?” The bushy-tailed deroup snacks and drinks arrives with i, albeit without Isnic this ti of a casual-formal apparel of a frilly blouse in black and white and a pair of black trousers, this appearance along with her deive her an aura of a butler “Ah, yes please, Mo’ on here?” [T/N: Mo’mo isn’t pronouned Momo, which would be peach in japanese I will ards to the names at a later date as the editor pointed out that I should provide so the various instructors he’s bringing to the Acadeathered there” The dely randoround, so steps, others are either flexing their li various parts of their heads and there are a few that are practicing kihon [T/N: 基本 is the basics or funda] “Sekn-taisho is assisting hi this opportunity to perforht bow, she disappears back inside the building “Oh, he’s doing that today…?” Scratching the top of his head with his left hand, he advances toward the field He had received prior notice by both Kun and Bell of their respective plans, but he haven’t been paying much attention to the details Since he’s technically the Headreet Kun’s instructors, despite it being bothersoement, the blonde youth exhales deeply with a fuuu before announcing his presence to the instructors “hello, various senseis, I’m Headmaster Rick of the Academy here Good to have you here!” The various instructors i as they stand at attention and give hie to do so with soer than you all, you can just call e, Sir!” One of the ed men, with chestnut hair and a burly chest, replies in a loud, deep voice Others are also nodding in agree their level of discipline and sense of values Getting somewhat used to this sense of dissonance from past experience, Rick just nods “Then just call me Rick-sensei, as I am also a teacher here” “Understood, Sir!” “I won’t be bothering you all then, do whatever it is that you were doing” “Thank you, Sir!” Giving the group a nod, Rick heads toward the table where Sekn, Echo and their aides are Upon hi it, Mo’ the foruys don’t hold back at all when you guys exercise, do you?” Sekn gives hiet to exercise the troops thoroughly” He silently gives Echo a kick under the table as he ends his sentence Echo in return gives off a geho as he clears his throat “Ureed upon time period isn’t here yet, but…” Echo pauses a bit and chews on his lips before resu here a while, we’ve decided that we’d like to settle here perrabs a small bun topped with dried fruit, nuts, and honey from the tray and takes a bite “Quite a lot of my soldiers are happy here, a lot of them were farmers and craftsives hi the ink bottle to rattle Echo turns and looks at his commander with a frown “He said ‘Okay’” “Then I prepared that speech for noth- Ifor a second “Eh, would the others agree though?” “Yep, we already talked about this in private” The blonde youth quickly replies with a shrug while finishi+ng the rest of the bun, causing everyone present to give hiuys, there shouldn’t beto be accepting students soon, we have a bunch of these military instructors here-” Rick jerks his thu us out too So we eh… kind of need your help with construction and stuff, with proper payments of course” “But of course” Sekn is all smiles with his reply, with si on their own, and with the sparse news fro the Immortals, the demihumans have come to realize that they are a rarity in this new land Every single demihuman aside from those from the Academy that they had seen or heard about, were all slaves in one form or another Most of the news cah slavery is prohibited in the region, slaves are still slaves even when they enter the various kingdoms This caused Sekn quite a bit of headache since he needs to permanently settle his troop soon The idea was to come to the Academy to use it as a base of operations and find a suitable place to search for a location to settle, it just turns out that the Academy is the best suitable place “!” Rick suddenlyhis tea Everyone else tenses, fearing that he’d go back on his words “dauys don’t have the concept of sandwiches here! I need to tell this to Isnic or soroup looks at each other in confusion,“… sandwich?” [T/N: Sandwich as we know it is a relatively recent invention The type we are fa the last two centuries or so -Earl of Sandwich as the originator-, it’s e, soup or so thee that got attack sold so well “MMood to be back” Bell appears frorabs one of the buns froin of the fahs, you finally do-” Bell lightly tosses the bun back onto the tray before suddenly wrapping her arer one of his ankles as she rolls back up and tangling it with her right leg while she tucks his second ankle underneath, before dropping back toward the ground in an Indian Deathlock [T/N: This drove me insane as the katakana was インディアン・デスロック, which I kept thinking as deathrock I have no idea why I didn’t think to google the katakana and kept trying to google the english… I blaht, Indian Deathlock is a painful submission move that stretches your calf and shi+n, there are a variety way of doing it apparently] guwa Rick, after losing his breath from the suplex, screams in pain as he flails his arets up and proceeds to munch on the bun The instructors, Sekn, Echo and the mounted demihumans can only stare at the sudden scene created by the felinoid in shocked silence as the blond youth continues to twitch on the ground andaround her with another snack in her mouth, “vwat? uyu one ah beu uf mu tu?” [What? You want a piece ofthat, the instructors pretend they saw nothing and resu Before the coroup of riders approaches from the only road into the Academy At the same time, Till appears froe shi+rt and dark brown trousers while carrying a bag in front and another bag piled on top of her backpack Next to her is a gray fox, with a s strapped extres After what seeain “Eh, what’s Rick-ni doing on the ground~?” “Just leave hi aside frorabs another snack and pours herself a cup of tea using Rick’s cup “damn it, Bell I’ets up off the ground, flexing his legs to try and shake off the pain “So what have you all been up to?” Kun and his group dis the six instructors toward the gathered group Two of the six required some assistance to walk, but no one see the 4 horses ahile Saive everyone a quick greeting before giving the blond youth a reply “Eh, been trying to get this up and going” Kun sweeps his left arroup of people on the other side of the field “Work, work, work Stupid people getting injured made me work overti it slowly before releasing a satisfied aaaaahhh “Been busy learning how to take over the world~” Till replies nonchalantly while putting the bags on the ground next to Sao? I wonder why Rick-ni’s quest is so weird~” She starts poking in the air, sharing the quest with both Bell and Kun “Eh? Right now? But I haven’t eaten enough yet” Bell reaches for yet another piece of snack on the tray “da his ay froood, are we good on supplies?” “Don’t worry Kun-sensei, we packed all the essential iteelatinous hus “Fliers froer’ class and ‘Evasion’ class will also be joining us, for both escort and training” His entire body wobble every now and then as he speaks, losing his hu at Dosnak’s foot fro This draws solances from the other side of the field before a sharp shout froains the instructors’ attention “Oh, is Gui going to be co with us?” “Why not~? Also, look at this cute body pack Dosnak and those uncles helped to , “Remember not to cause too , okay?” “Okay, brother” The group bid their farewells to the deoodbyes to the instructors after Kun gave Hank soer as Gui started panicking when Sahter of everyone, Kun has to spend so inside Sa inside of Saht in the first place After a few hiccups, the group finally starts noring the road to the south co the [Forest of Illusions] by following the roup crossed the cold river fed by the melted ice caps fro route used by roup used this ti frequently Aside from Kun, everyone was entertained by Gui due to the way it talks and its train of thoughts - of course, no one but Kun knoho Gui really is With Till’s help controlling the wind and Sanore terrain, the group travels at a speed that would be envied by all traders By early-afternoon, they ed to reach the borders of Lilyhelm “Okay, let’s set up camp a little further away from the road and away from the swahtly to the west “Why away from the swamps?” The totally relaxed blond youth asked while still on his back “You get sick easily if you caeneral since creatures from above and below can appear out of the blue” “Oh~ We should tell that to the kids later~” “Ah, right…” Kun scratches his cheek uncoot that he’s also supposed to be teaching the students “Anyhow, let’s set up ca into town” “Oh! Hunt! Hunt! Let’s cook so felinoid, and thinking better of it, decides to change his co really well, Gui” “Yep” “MShortly after, Kun found a suitable spot for a ca the students in the air a signal that this is where they will stop, he points at the general area of the future ca to the front of it Without needing a co its fleshy interior With a texture like that of satin and a softness like that of a partially inflated balloon, the interior space is actually pretty coh for a few people, in the back of the space, there’s a seal, blocking this “interior rooray fox dashes out while looking around and sniffing the air with its nose slightly elevated Dosnak takes up his usual humanoid shape, from the se out soe that took up most of the space The rest of the party appears behind Till and starts to help out with the luggage The students fore to the cadom of Earth and Water by the locals, it prizes itself as the Food Garden [T/N: フード・ガーデン, I think this ion of the Zrewheig continent Due to its lush wetlands, warm climate, and immense variety of food products frost the gourmands of the noble houses everywhere Many of its products can found throughout the eastern part of the continent, its various tender meats, freshwater fish, sweet, succulent fruits, and array of seasonal vegetables are often traded with its neighbours for goods that it lacks within its border, narains, and so forth The pieces of luggage are piled neatly onto the ground before being sorted The students grab their respective tools, weapons and arear as well “Oh, right” Kun gestures to all the students to gather around “When choosing a campsite, always camp in a dry location and away froers’ students will be responsible forshelters, take the environe enough food for everybody, it has to be froh Understand?” “““Yes, Kun-sensei””” “You want to join us, Dosnak~?” “Nono, it’s okay Till-ne, I’ll just keep an eye on the younger ones I will do souard the place with Sa up and down in place “Alright, the fort’s all yours!” Rick gives hi “When we are not here, listen to Dosnak!” “““Yes, Rick-sensei!””” “Alright, let’s get this GOING!” The fiery looking felinoid pushes her ar herself a stretch with a hyoi before she starts running toward the swamp “Hunt, hunt, hunt, hunt!” Gui bolts after her while repeating his word like a mantra “Wait up!” sasan Nyahahahahaha A shadow dodges to the side while a silvery flash, tinged with a faint red aura, slashes down on the neck of a charging TriTusk Golden Boar, [T/N: 三牙金猪] before the sound of a halberd cutting is heard Ihter that is suitable for an evil overlord as the boar falls down on the ground with a dote The TriTusk Golden Boar is a relatively sht of notusks that are co body on the side of its htly shorter horn on its forehead that reseold in colour, with short, thick hair that’s both sht- muscular body, likely an adaptation to suit this muddy and wet environment Due to its short and robust stature, Bell had deterhtly off-center on its neck would be the best option for her since the first fight Trying to ai would be futile and it’s too aard for her to strike at the boar in its face with her halberd After defeating a few of these beast, she got careless and ended up getting cut once on her left leg As a result, she went into a slight rath The corpse of the now dead boar is still bleeding fro its neck “Geez, take it easy, Bell Just look at those two” Rick points to the Gui and Kun coetting gouged by one of the boars, Gui’s excite out orders Gui would harass and taunt the boar froh the boar has a speed, it cannot , thus Gui could literally run circles around it After Guithe attention of the boar Kun -who is wielding a sword and rod combo- would then suddenly rush forward as the boar turns and thrust the sword into its eye, straight into the brain, killing it cleanly within one hit before backing away It is a game of patience as Kun has to wait for the perfect opportunity to attack and has to wait for the beast’s death-throes to end before retrieving his sword Nevertheless, it’s an extremely safe e the boar’s body “Pfffft, this is just stress relief! Coh? Tsk, fine See anything up there, Till?” The youth looks up at the figure that’s bobbing up and down in the air “Hirl is busy holding back her hair with one hand while pointing in a certain direction Unlike while sending herself forward, descending, and ascending in the air, her long hair is getting in her way as she tries to “float” This is due to the fact that she doesn’t actually have the ability to fly, just that her control of Wind [Spell]s is at the level that she can roughly control how one can beco, I THINK “ability to fly” is referring to the traditional ular airplanes or perhaps spells in RPG that gives you the ability to fly-at-will] “Gah…” The youth slowly rowth “Okay, I think we are good for now” Kun grabs a rag fros and wipes his sword clean “My sense of battle ishis shoulders to loosen the-” Bell stops mid-sentence as she turns around to answer him She has been occupied with her own battles, thus never noticed the ever growing pile of corpses “daives her head a shake in disbelief “Alright, just let uard, Gui” “Okay, brother” The gray fox round and is now giving hi ever so slightly in anticipation - as this situation usuallyman walks toward the wooden rack that he has left on the side and retrieves so the corpses “«Ai through the air is then followed by a painful squeal bachan A single splash travels frohtly over 20blond youth is calling for help as he tries to get out of the muddy puddle after he took ais co in fast!” pichan pichan pichan kuhihi The beast is e “«Rising Tempest»~” Before the boar can reach Rick, he’s sent airborne onto a nearby tree branch, out of harht to you courtesy of suet gone, the charging boar changes its target to the next thing standing before it, which happens to be Bell Since this will be their last fight here, she intends to go all out The purpose of this hunt is et both herself and Kun their battle-sense back Showing a ravity KUUHiihhIII “«Heavy Strike»” The boar squeals angrily at the same time as Bell unleashes her «Skill» KAN buta The halberd unexpectedly bounces off the horn of the beast as it gets slaround “damn… Then take this! «Bash»! «Bash»! «Bash»! «Bash»! «Bash»!” After repeatedly striking the skull of the boar, its entire body is now buried within the ground The beast struggles frantically withto free its buried lih now, are you?! «Heavy Strike»!” zashi+ The halberd strikes perfectly along the neck of the boar, barelythe spine Blood squirts out frooing completely still “Whew, mmuuuuuuuuuccchhh better” The felinoid looks down at her handiwork in satisfaction, before frowning “Ah crap” Stabbing the top of her halberd next to the boar’s corpse, she tries to dig it out of the ground “Uht now Why can’t you get down? Till,Rick a hand?” “Wait!” “Sure~” “What’s the matter Rick-ni… EEEEK!” Both Kun and Bell drops what they were doing and rush toward Till with their weapons in hand, Gui follows the his head, as that screaer “God dahter fills the air after the two see Rick sitting on a thick tree branch, using a twig to cover his nearly naked botto back, using Gui as a guide Rick on the other hand is blushi+ng all the way to his ears His pants and shoes are still stuck within the puddle where he fell … MMMefu fuuu The five of therassy area next to a doused ca on the - all of them share a satisfied expression Since there were soany «Skill»s or «Spell»s, Kun was able to dissect thehly as more than half of the corpses didn’t scatters into particles of light on their own Out of the 22 boars, 12 of theh quality fur, ans, like with blood, spoils quickly after the body dies, so it’s customary for hunters to eat them as soon as possible - and Kun is no exception After inspecting the livers, Kun dee them, Rick is asked to freeze the them over the fire on a skillet For the hearts, he skewers them with branches and lines them up around the fire to roast theans due to their texture and flavour, the party ate heartily To accommodate Till, Kun prepared so that the party consists of gluttons of one degree or another, additional portions had to be made after each of the with the result of the entire party laying back for about an hour while they digest their food kunka kunka All of the sudden, Gui stands up and sniffs the air sharply, inadvertently pushi+ng away Till as using hi, and prey, lots and lots of prey” The gray fox bares his fang as he stares fixedly in one direction