Vol 2 Chapter 17 (1/1)

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[T/N: title is 喬木は風に弱し which is a japanese idioger you are, the harder you fall” and “Tall trees are the first to shatter in a storinal idio the line of “standing out will make one weak”, the title is referenced both literally and metaphorically in this chapter]

In a smooth, unhurried motion, Kun climbs up a nearby tree with his external frame that his packs are secured to and sets it on a branch Gui runs under the tree and lifts up one of his hind legs

[T/N: Since the peddler’s rack translation doesn’t do it justice, it’s one of the seatless fra they used in various parts of china, korea and japan in the past They look and is ray fox releases a confused whine

[T/N: Do I need to explain this part to you guys?]

“Don’t worry about it, I’ll leave a et ready too!” kaka kaka In a flash, Gui disappears up another tree with the sound of wood being lightly scratched The other three look at the graceful blur, completely in awe “How the hell is he that fast with an aniet ready!” Bell dashes by with her reply and with a pa e tree branch in another location with her halberd drawn and extended hyun A gust of wind appears suddenly behind Rick, ending with a mass of aquamarine hair on another tree branch “Need a hand, Rick-ni~? I’ll pro another tree in a different direction surrounding the clearing, Rick jurips onto its trunk with hands that freeze over on contact With the continuous sound of ice shattering and forroup is now partially surrounding the clearing, for on, Kun?” Bell looks at Kun’s figure sitting on another tree’s branch, with her right hand on her ear “Remember that scholar that joined us?” “Yeah, what about hiot attacked by a horde of Huntsroup of players” “And? … wait, you don’twith these people?!” shhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii The angry hissing sound can be heard by everyone that’s sitting on the various tree branches “They are going to pay for ruining et along” The young reenhorn accidentally woke Gui up not too long ago “What was that?” “Eh, nothing, share the info with Till and decide on a plan of action, I’ll do the sa the inforroup agrees to just kill the users and deal with the o into the air and wait until the monsters leave to pick up any items that drop fro prey that’s coher branch above Kun after the rustling of so prey?” “The ones that killed one of our sky-thief that can’t fly” “Oh, snake?” “Snack?”

[T/N: Snake? Snake? SNNNAAAAKKKEEE!!!! Couldn’t resist, sorry Onto the actual note, Kun asked Gui “ああ, 蛇?” which is pronouce as “aa, hebi(へび)? - Oh, snake?”, Gui isn’t sure of the word, ended up asking “えび?” -the hiragana is used to denote that Gui is childish/bad ords, a continuation of the trend fro Gui says is pretty much hira sobs- which is pronounced “ebi? - Shrimp?” Since the sound wordplay fails to translate, I chose snack… cause I can swear Gui isthan fox, thus the pun is kinda preserved while keeping it within Gui’s character I actually thought that (えび) was a typo until I realized the pun like 5 minutes later Eh let me know if I shouldn'tto ht, good work, then just focus on the bad people and stay away froray fox disappears fro over to another tree “Rick, we are dealing with snakes” Although he’s unable to see the party, Kun looks toward the tree that Rick’s hiding on with his right hand to his ear “Snakes?” Rick scrunches his eyebrows “Since we’re near the Nordom, they are probably the level 62-68 territorial Marsh Vipers (沼沢毒蛇) and non-aggressive Eh…”

[T/N: Referring to gathering the monsters ala MMO term]

“No idea, but that’s what I reht, let the others know” Dropping his hand, Kun proceeds to secure his pack and sword to the branch He grabs a piece of rag, he wraps it around the head of the rod before drenching it with a container of tallow Afterward, he places his hand onto the trunk of the tree, he casts «Fla black mark accompanied by a burnt smell GIE dottaa A round with a grayot jumped on and lost his balance He tries to look up, but theoff into the clearing, disappearing into the trees on the other side “The hell was that?!” “Is that one of those jungle cats?” “Move it! Move it!” Atheir fallen co “shi+t! Use that clearing to gain so on us” Aburlap sack on his back shouts at the others There’s a total of 35a sack over their shoulders or armed with bows and arrows About 10and weaving as though it’s alive pasha pasha The uwa zuzoo One of the men steps into a puddle hidden by the leaf litter and screa falls onto the soft floor and its content rolls out Nureen speckles roll out “Help!” “Leave him! Move move move!” “AAHHHhhhh…” Within mo pythons, with broken arrows in their bodies, as they quickly squeeze his limbs and torso in coordination with one another pyu pyu pyu pyu funnn funnn funnn funnn dote dote dottaa dottaa “Arrrrgh!” “AAAH! “Fhu…!” “…!” The sounds of arrows and strong gusts of wind rip through the air before sending four round as a result of the ambush “What the hell? Are we under attack?” “I don’t see anything though!” “Don’t tell a!” “Leave whoever falls, we need to co out orders since earlier, become silent and clutches his throat in shock Ainto the air toward the direction where they ca 29 standingattacked and losing their leader suddenly Like a headless dragon, the body becouidance Some of the men decide to drop their sacks and run for their lives while draw their weapons and look at the trees frantically instead “Gggggarh…” “AHH!” “Eeeeek?!” “Heellppp!!” “Oh my God, oh my God, nooo!” Screams fill the air as more men clutch at their wounds with hands over theround plea uselessly towards the various snakes who either crush thes “Archers! Ther-” One of the elven archers spotted where the invisible attacks are coet the others’ attention Which quickly et of both Rick’s and Till’s attack and quickly eliminated pyu pyu pyu pyu pyu pyu Six arrows are let loose toward the general direction of where Rick is hiding as theonto his side do do do do Four of the arrows lodge theo while the other two fail to reach their mark “Ahahahahaaha, what a bunch of morons!” Rick makes a run deeper into the trees with a curved path as he taunts them “That son of a bitch, KILL HIM!” WWWAAAAAAAAAAAA About half of the reht line toward the direction where their attacker is heading, hoping to cut him off “You idiots! He isn’t alone!” A tall, beardedturns back and shouts at his coet outta here! The rest of you, follow le with five others, away fro where the snakes are finishi+ng off his fallen comrades Ever since Rick’s cover was blown, he has been intentionally fleeing deeper into the jungle with Bell and Kun somewhat in between the pursuers and hi the still panicking people in the clearing, as well as sending the stranglers of the pursuing group into the horde of snakes “Good luck, Bell!” “All yours bro!” Rick sends two PMs quickly as he continues to run inside the jungle, paying extra attention to the floor to avoid any puddles NNYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAA KAN A loud, cat-like screech echoes throughout the jungle before aoverpowers every other sound in the area, causing all kinds of birds to take flight and flee over the canopy “Ah, son of a bitch!” Bell shakes her right hand to get rid of the numbness She had jumped from the branch and slashed down at one of Rick’s pursuers after receiving his PM Coravity, it wouldn’t be surprising if she had bisected the victim Who would have known that the man would happen to wear a mithril helm Unfortunately for the h, not the impact itself, which happens to end up focused into his neck, crushi+ng it The le as a result “fuck!” “What the?!” “GET HER!” The er flies directly towards Bell’s face, who drops to one knee to evade it One against eous, the problem is, this isn’t like usual The pursuers didn’t surround the target, the target ambushed the pursuers! This e of surprise and favourable terrain! Revealing a rin, the felinoid leaps up toward a tree branch before ju from one branch to the next sha sha sha NYAHAHAHAHAHAhahahahaha The rustling of the trees is cohter which fills the airslowly “Gather around… it’s too dangerous to be alone!” “What the hell n up for this!” “I think we should just leave the guild afterward ainst the [Monochrouild is cursed!” “Wait, where’s Frederick?” “shi+t, Bernhard and Torsten are gone as well” Thearound, with their [Villain] syroup that was formed to chase the archer in the tree has shrunk by more than half! This was of course done by Till, who picked off one pursuer after another, sending the a combination of «Air Hammer» into their mouth to silence the, she was able to pick the cover and the near invisible spells of the «Wind» ele its effectiveness! The snakes have finished off everyone in the clearing and are roups left, the hunters who beca that there’s no one else left to pick off, Till sends bursts of wind into the canopy above the roup of o stiff and to back away unconsciously as they stare at the tree branches with unease siiiii siii fiiiii The distracted group of ht at their feet “shi+t, shi+t, shi+t, shi+t!” One of thehis coet about 5him in the head with a rod The ambushed man is stabbed repeatedly with the botto another weapon doith hi softened the blows somewhat, but the impact was still able to stun the ht back as Kun alternates strikes between the head and the genitals, co the man’s manhood and spirit “Another one?” “Just howtheir teeth, busy fending off the large pythons with green, geometric patterns and the thin, slender brown vipers as they slowly retreat Running off would mean they will be picked off by an ath and fight their way out! “Kun! Behind you!” pyu The sound of arrow pierces the air as Kun drops and rolls forward in one motion sssiiiiiiii The Marsh Viper hisses as it twists its body in the air, dodging the invisible arrow, co surprise attack “«Flaives a thu it afla uneasily at the appearance of the flaar or sulphur withrod left and right in front of the viper, causing it to retreat with its body swaying, ready to strike if given the chance Nyahahahahahaha A fiery red blur drops fro from the back of her heels, over her head, all the way to the front, her arched back springing forward for a full revolution sasan The blade of her halberd cuts deeply into a h his leather cuirass and his sternu the entrenched halberd as a pole, the felinoid soing it from the man’s chest Thethe le floor is now a free-for-all battleground between five men, a felinoid, and a horde of snakes In the periphery, there’s the 1 vs 1 between Kun and a viper while Rick and Till act as support “Who the hell are you?! Why are you after us?!” “Let ht, you people are just born villains”

[T/N: I think she’s referring to v1c9 when Rick was enforcing the quarantine against the fake epidemic]

hyuuu “What did you just s-” Before the h the air, causing the ht of the felinoid has its head flipped backward, attached only by its skin, its body squiruys are born villains, [Dawn’s Moonlight] scues at Bell with his sword raised “Don’t group me with those pieces of trash!+” kan kan kan kan kan kan kan kan kan kan The whirling blade of her halberd dances with a cri their chance, his comrades try to land so sparks to fly left and right ssiiiiiiiiiiiii ffiiiiiiiii The snakes have them surrounded, but keep a safe distance fro them to stay away “Ahhhh!” A viper leaps into the air and bites ahis his sith an upward trajectory sssssiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii The viper hisses and waves its body inout of the way of the sword “Please… antidote…!” The bittenand is gradually turning purple Taking this opening, Bell spins around while releasing one hand fro the halberd slip outwards with the centrifugal force, extending her reach zan The halberd strikes the h his cheekbone, causing blood to splatter on his comrade that tried to save him fiiiiii pyu pyu pyu pyu kon A python stands up with its body and snaps doards the felinoid’s exposed back Before it can reach her, its head is rattled fro out blood fro wounds “Look, we surrender! Just don’t kill us, okay? Help us deal with these snakes or you won’t be able to get away as well!” “Did you give e on the Feian plains?” The colour drains from the men’s face It was one of their more successful quests, but it was cruel and mercilessly done They don’t kno she knows, but she knows! “We can pay your group quest’s divine retribution, your quest’s reward and even a little extra, so why don’t ork together? I ers were just NPCs anyways, not like they matter” One of the other e of the other party’s greed and huical that a bounty would be set on the party’s incentive to fight while appealing to their hu, as the reward is there without the risk “And you are just scuives them a smile that doesn’t reach her eyes while she pivots her halberd left and right, keeping her eyes on the snakes and the ful look waaaaaaa ssssiiiiiiii fiiiiiiiiiiii Thethe attack- join in to take down their biggest threat “shi+t! «Rapidfire»!” pyu pyu pyu pyu “Get down~ Bell-ne~! «Downburst»” panpan shhhaa shaaaa shaaa The fore all of the sudden At the same ti of the trees, with branches and twigs snapping off left and right A heavy weight appears to push down on everything in a 5 round It’s the saainst that pack of wolves in the hills! Although the force is slightly weaker as co parts of it, it still round The dae, like with all «Wind Spells» is minuscule, but the «Spell»’s usefulness lies in its effects! “NNNNNyyyyyYYYAAAAA!” The felinoid is the first to recover since she was ready for the i, she leaps off the floor while on all fours, “«Heavy Strike»! «Heavy Strike»! «Heavy Strike»! «Heavy Strike»!”, cleaving the still stunned snakes intoon the long range attacks, “«Rapidfire»!”, pinning the e is weak, but it doesn’t matter since he doesn’t need to be able to kill KOKI A loud sound of bone cracking is heard from Kun’s direction “AH?! AHH!” One of the men on the floor screams, completely surprised at the sudden pain in his buttocks His surviving coet up “What the fuck?!” A bodiless viper’s head is firht buttcheek One of the ht “Holy shi+t, Kun, the hell did you do to that snake?” In Kun’s left hand is the i viper without its head, blood dripping out where its head once was “Apparently these vipers really are no different from the snakes I had to deal with for rab the theht hand, “crack it like a whip”

[T/N: By the way, this is , I was WTFing when I was translating this part]

Thethe felinoid as able to fend theh, now there appears someone who literally kills atheir will to fight and opt to log out rather than suffer the inevitable The snakes, sensing their chance, pounce on the now lifeless bodies “I know you run acenter and all that Kun… but what’s up with all your crazy techniques? Isnakes too?” Rick shakes his head in disbelief, this friend through chance isI picked up” “You… don’t just pick up things…” The youth takes a deep breath before releasing a long fuuuuu Snapping his head up froood «Rapidfire»!” Bell is slowly being overwhele, they all start focusing on the felinoid Till is of course helping her, but since «Wind Spells» don’t produceshe can do is help keep the snakes at bay pyu pyu pyu pyu The forh the air and head toward the vipers, coiled up, ready to pounce As though the Marsh Vipers can see theilely jump out of the way

[ED NOTE: VIPERS SEE HEAT, FEEL BAD FOR YOUR UPBRINGING IF YOU DON’T KNOW THIS T/N: I’m not the meanie this time :P]

“Focus on the pythons! I’ll help Bell!” “Got it!” Kunsure to avoid the puddles that are riddled on the jungle floor “Nya! NyanyaNYAAA!” hyuhhaa Bell spins with her halberd alles to breathe If she slon for too long, the snakes would definitely overpower her Numerous scratches appears on her lied to sink their fangs into her “«Fireball»!” A ball of fire flies past Bell, causing a part of the snake horde to disperse “Bell, use fire!” Kun appears next to her with only a blazing rod in hand “«Flae»!” The snake horde backs away from the two as soon as another source of fire pops up “Catch your breath, then deal with the pythons, I’ll get the vipers” hyuhhaa Bell continues to breathe heavily,her head Suddenly, Kun runs forward to the nearest viper with his burning rod in front of him siiiiii The vipers ju flarabs onto one of the viper’s tails tightly byun byun byun He spins the viper like a cowboy twirling a lasso above his head, causing even Bell to watch hi, he swings the snake forward before snapping it back, using it as though it’s a whip A loud pop is heard as the snake in his hand goes li onto the floor from where its head once was Bell raises an eyebrow, “Passman tosses the snake carcass casually to the felinoid beforewith sudden motions toward the crowd of snakes, which is now extre the headless snake above her mouth, Bell proceeds to drink the snake’s blood “NYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH! damn, wish I had some wine! Let’s do this!” … … … The snake horde shrinks rapidly as they kill the snakes one after another, Kun focuses on the vipers while Bell focuses on the pythons Rick and Till provide support in thwarting any snake attacks With the fire on their weapons and the support from afar, the snakes couldn’t even scratch them As the horde is about to be routed… “Ahhhhhhh!” A strearound with a dottaa