Chapter 3 (1/2)

A hikikomori at six months old

Struggling to stay conscious, Vandalieu returned to his homent of his mother’s bone that contained her spirit

He felt as if he would die of hunger, but fortunately, a raccoon had been caught in a trap set by Darcia, so he drank its blood before passing out

By the time he woke up, the sun had already risen

『Good , Mom, everyone』

As Vandalieu opened his eyes, he quietly greeted his new coed to actually let out an unintelligible noise that sounded like「Aueuh」

『So, have the hunters come after me?』

Bone Monkey, as standing next to the bed, shook his head It seeood fortune had not yet arrived

『First, if I gather up all the information I learned yesterday –』

The knights of Baronet Bestero who governs Evbejia, High Priest Gordan and the holy knights under his command, the ones who believe in Alda, the God of Law and Fate, would begin searching the forest today to hunt Vandalieu down

However, the hunter Orbie had not told them where this house was, so they would take some time before they found this place

But the hunter Orbie hi with his companions, would come here first in order to obtain this rare Dhampir baby for themselves

『Against theh to take on the three of theuess』

He created several hundred Undead yesterday However, the majority of them were small animals such as mice and insects; there were only around thirty of the Bone Monkey, but they were fundamentally weak

When he was alive, Bone Monkey probably had the strength of an orangutan, enough to be able to easily tear off a human’s arm But that wasn’t the case now In fact, when Vandalieu had tested Bone Monkey’s strength, he found that Bone Monkey was even weaker than hi would be Vandalieu’s own strength, not Bone Monkey’s weakness

Bone Monkey was even less agile than a normal human As for endurance, he would be resistant to arrows and knives due to being made only of bones and dead flesh, but if he were to be hit a few times with a hoe, he would fall apart

On top of that, when Vandalieu soed to check Bone Monkey’s status screen, he had no passive skills or Undead skills

The Undead that Vandalieu had at hand right noere all Rank 1 After all, they were all er in Laht

However, he had thirty of the work out with a little ingenuity

『For now, the insects will find the eneuard me inside the house The others –』

Vandalieu decided to turn the tables on Orbie and the other hunters first He had wanted to hear about various things fro information about his father, but it would be proble that So he would catch the to what Darcia had to say

Orbie continued through the forest, leading two of his hunter co yesterday No hts were, they wouldn’t be able to find the hiding place the Dark Elf had built right away

They would definitely be able to catch the baby first He was sure of it

「Oi, I’ll just make it clear that –」

「I know I don’t plan on turning into bear or wolf food before we get rich」

Being professional hunters, they were confident This forest wasn’t some Devil’s Nest where erous beasts such as bears and wolves, and even some weak monsters like Goblins also lived here

Being cautious on the lookout for threats like these, they continued h the forest

「This is strange Aren’t these the footsteps of a big monkey? And the ones here are a bear?」

Fortunately, their caution had allowed them to spot the footsteps left by the Undead as they made their way back from Evbejia

「You think so? Aren’t they a bit shallow for the footsteps of a monkey and a bear?」

However, in Orbie’s eyes, the footsteps looked too shallow Footsteps left in the earth would be deeper the heavier its oas, but these footsteps appeared to belong to a very light creature

「The shape is weird, too They look a bit s some toes」

The reason they appeared that way is because the creature who had produced theht was less than half that of when it was alive, it was its had been broken off

The adventurers would take precautions if they were facing this strange monster as their main enemy, but –

「I’m sure they just look like that because there areeach other」

Orbie and his co monsters from time to time to earn a little extra e that this forest didn’t have many monsters helped the it was just their iination

「We’re al out in a s place」

「Alright, let’s go catch that baby while it’s still alive」

And so Orbie and his companions reached Darcia’s home

The trees were sparse in front of the house, with small spaces in between the and other signs that so here

「H around」

As the hunters looked around, they sawup, as well as ivy and animal bones scattered around

「shi+t, let’s go inside」

Clicking his tongue, Orbie opened the door to check whether the baby was still here

『Uoooon~』

At that roan

「W-what is this?! A golem?!」

「Yeah, it’s an Earth Golem!」

The Earth Gole in as now standing up

「Hyiih?! There are Undead beneath the Golem!」

Underneath its body were the Undead skeletons of a wolf and a bear

「R-run!」

「Where?! We’re surrounded!」

Orbie and his companions who had approached the door were now surrounded by the Golem and Undead

The weapons available to them were their short swords and their bows and arrows Even if the rank of the Golems and Undead were the lowest possible, these were the worst weapons to fight them with

「Uwah?!」

「A s-snake! No, it’s ivy, the ivy is !」

And then the ivy on the ground that should have been dead beganitself around the hunters

「Sh-shi+t! Let go, let go of me!」

Even as they drew their short swords to try and cut the ivy, the Gole through the air and throwing themselves at the hunters’ heads

They couldn’t escape Orbie and his companions were captured alive

『I guess it ell』

Seeing the hunters bound by the Undead ivy, unable to speak, Vandalieu gave a sigh of relief

He had spirits inhabit the ground outside the house to create an Earth Golem and then buried the Undead beneath it The Undead and the Golem didn’t breathe, and they simply smelled of dirt like the rest of the forest, so the hunters couldn’t notice them if they were completely still

The same applied to the ivy and pots They wouldn’t suspect that the discarded iteround would turn out to be Undead

『Well then, I want to hear what these guys have to say –』

Orbie and his coht of Vandalieu riding on Bone Monkey’s back, looking down at theined that the baby they had been planning to capture would be coe

This was the difference between Vandalieu and the High Priest Gordan, who reprimanded his subordinates

『But first, I have to establish a way to have a conversation』

Vandalieu, as still only able to ible sounds that sounded like「auau~」couldn’t converse with the hunters

And so Vandalieu created a Sand Goleravel and sand

『Mogoa~!』

The hunters began oleravel and sand They were likely assu that they were about to be killed

However, the Sand Golem did not raise its heavy fist above their heads; parts of it instead crumbled off in front of them to form words in sand on its body

【Stopso much noise, be quiet Answer my questions】

『Nice, it worked』

He had thought that if it was possible to e its shape, it would be possible to change the shape of the Sand Golereat success

Well, he had to supply the Golem with a considerable amount of Mana, which took its toll on his mental endurance

But the problem hether the hunters would be able to read japanese characters

In order to test this, he unbound the hunters’ mouths, who had now fallen quiet

「 W-what do you want to know, you can ask whatever you want But in exchange, spare our lives」

「Y-yeah, we’ll tell you anything we know」

「We’ll keep quiet about this place So please let us go」

And then they began pleading for their lives It seee was japanese

『That’s convenient, but why is that the case? Now that I think about it, according to the knowledge Rodcorte shared with me, he summoned heroes from other worlds to Lambda in the past Is it because of that?』

Well, he would figure that out when he had time later

Vandalieu decided to question the hunters through writing and gather inforana and katakana, it see kanji (their initial pleading for their lives had been done by guessing the situation rather than being able to read Vandalieu’s writing) Since this meant that Vandalieu would need to write more characters with the Sand Golem, it increased the areater toll on him

But not all of his questions would have favorable answers

【What is a job?】

「Huh? What, you want us to tell you our jobs? We’re hunters, of course」

【What are experience points?】

「Eh? Experience points are experience points, right?」

【Who is Alda, the God of Law and Fate?】

「Ah, that’s a God」

What is a job and what are experience points in La si helpful answers

From the hunters’ point of view, Vandalieu’s questions were too si on Earth,「What is air?」or「What is water?」Even so, if the hunters were educated and had enough vocabulary, they would be able to give useful answers, but Vandalieu understood that he couldn’t expect this from these hunters

『I’ll ask Mom about stuff like that later』

Darcia would answer any of Vandalieu’s questions with an easy-to-understand explanation After all, she was aher child

【Tell hts】

Vandalieu decided to change gears and ask information that they would know about the other enemies

「The feudal lord who took over about ten years ago is a person with a lot of ambition He doesn’t have any other special characteristics; he’s your typical noble that makes him different from the other nobles」

「There are five knights; he uses theh it see as well」

「Th-that’s why they’re not that strong In fact, why don’t we get rid of theether? If we team up with you it’ll be simple」

Vandalieu decided to ignore that last part It seemed that Baronet Bestero did not have many pawns and they were apparently not particularly skilled This area was likely considered a peaceful region by its population

At least, its population considered it as such

【Just answer h Priest Gordan and his holy knights】

「The high priest and his holy knights are never in the town They cao anted posters featuring a Dhampir and the witch that birthed it that is to say, you and your honorable yhts, they’re like a collection of elite individuals」

「Yeah, for a clergyth to clih Priest He’s already killed multiple Vampire and their subordinates Vampire-samas and their dedicated subordinates He has already dealt with Vampire-samas that had lived for hundreds of years, and rumors have it that he’s comparable to a B-rank adventurer」

「B-but if you tea him will be easy See, so please make us your subordinates!」

『I see That priest is a capable Vampire-hunter, huh Next I want to know about the Five-colored Blades, but before that This is a good time, so let’s have a meal first』

He had the Undead bring one of the three male hunters forward

「W-what is this? You’reme your subordinate? We’ll definitely be helpful to you, our skills with a bow are well-known around Evbejia Hyiih! We’ll really be helpful, we’ll do anything for you, so please spare me!」

Bone Monkey had grabbed a hold of thefor his life in a high-pitched voice, but Vandalieu wasn’t listening

His fangs plunged into the man’s neck

「Kyaaaah!」

「Johann!」

Ignoring the screareedily devoured the blood, filling his throat with it

『It feels greasier than rabbit’s blood, and it tastes a bit saltier as well』

Of course, he would have preferred to be held by Darcia and drink her milk But this was his firstJohann’s blood until his screa stopped and he fell limp

『Fu Ah, Bone Monkey, give ht there Burp~』

As Vandalieu burped, he showed the now deathly-pale body of Johann to the other hunters

And then he directs words of sand at them once more

【Didn’t I tell you to just answer my questions?】

Seeing the dead Johann whose blood had been completely consued in the slightest after killing hi hunter simply nodded their heads

They were facing a mere baby, but this baby had no childish naivety or pity They finally realized that Vandalieu would not hesitate to kill then of disobedience

【Now then, what do you know about the Five-colored blades and Heinz, the Blue-flame Sword?】

Froation of Orbie and the other hunter proceeded smoothly The exa

The Five-colored Blades were a group of five adventurers and Heinz was its leader, a highly successful B-rank adventurer even though he was still in his teenage years