Next Life - Volume 1 - Chapter 3

Marius is currently going towards the direction of the presences, in other words, he was walking inside the forest where he heard sounds and the screams.
Apparently, they were in the middle of a battle.
Considering the presence of a goblins flock, perhaps wild animals were in the middle of being hunted.
Of course, it did not completely mean the goblins would win. The possibility of the other living creatures winning was not low.
It seems like the other presences he felt were giving goblins quite a fight.
If it was like himself that was much stronger that goblin, the sound of battle would not continue this long.
With that in mind, he approached the area while preparing to activate magic anytime.
What jumped into Marius line of sight was 10 goblins, and another 3 deer look-a-like creatures which collapsed on the ground.
Somehow the hunt had just been finished.

(Is that an Armor-Deer?)

He remembered that black horn and fur characteristic.
Armor-deers appeared in the early stages, they were animal featured with the armor-like black hard fur.
Its fur could be used as a mantle, its horn as weapon material, and its grill roasted meat as an item to recover physical strength.
It was not a monster, but it was much more stronger than the goblins in a one-vs-one fight.

(Even it was 3 against 10, they shouldn’t be taken lightly.)

The goblins were armed and excelled had at group battles.
He didn’t care when it was a game but now it seemed like their intelligence were probably not too low.
He decided to finished them in a single attack.
Born in peaceful nation, he had no experience with a way of living in bloodshed.
As a result, even if it was opponent with a level much much lower than his own, he had no self-confidence that he could not be taken down.
But if possible, he wanted to eat the armor-deer’s whole meat.
Finishing the goblins nicely with the present Marius without affecting the meat was doubtful.
For that reason, a plan that was similar to shooting straight at the enemy was good.
While he thought about that, the goblins eventually noticed Marius. With exposed fangs they threatened him.
Marius had only put away his Staff of the Dragon-god and immediately used scan.

“[Scan]”

Level of the goblin leader was 34, the other goblins were shown as level 21.
Perhaps because Marius was using “scan”, he was recognized as an enemy. The goblins came rushing while raising their battlecry.
Taking a distance to some extent, he began to chant his spell.

“[Wind Slasher]”

He didn’t use the Ring of God inheritor power.
Multiple ferocious wind blade were giving buzzing sound and began to attack the goblins.
At the very least, he was already holding back.
In case he couldn’t finish by killing them, the Ring of God inheritor remained equipped.
But that was needless.
Wind blade did not allow the goblins to make any more actions. Their body split apart while even trees behind them were cut down.
Blue liquid gushed from goblins’ bodies, a smell of blood staggered around.
If he had not attracted them to come closer, without a doubt their blood would have splashed onto the armor-deers.

(The 8th-class magic resulted in this…)

Just as Marius thought, his subtle knowledge couldn’t be depended on.
Set aside the power that can kill goblins in a second, there was too much damage given to surroundings as a consequence.
There was no information about this.
Of course he felt as if there was no need for operating management, or perhaps he just didn’t think about it that far.
While living in this land, it was much better to not rely too much on his current knowledge.
While thinking, Marius approached the goblin carcasses.
For handling the armor-deers, he wanted some edged-tools.
A goblin’s main weapon was the club, presently all the goblins he saw were also equipped with a club.
However, there was also one that using a weapon-like spear or long sword and many individuals were using daggers as spare weapons.
At least that was the setting in FAO.
While he had thought it was better not to much rely too much on that knowledge, there was no choice but to rely on it in the present situation.
When he getting closer to carcasses, smell of blood kept getting stronger, Marius was fed up with it.
He had experiences butchering pigs as a part-timer, but the goblins smell was different.

(Let’s do this while holding my breath.)

While trying as much as possible to not smell the odor, he began scrounging the carcasses.
The first one didn’t have anything except a club.
Then an idea crossed his mind. the next one to be scrounged was the body of the goblin leader.
Luckily, there was a dagger in his bosom.
Unsheathing it from the sheath, it was bathed in two sunlights and shown with two different kinds of glow.
The edge isn’t damaged or even rusted, the sharpness could also likely be expected.
If possible he wanted to get another one, but he was anxious about the elapsed time since armor-deers died.
Marius was only troubled for a moment and decided to give up on searching for another dagger and began approaching an armor-deer’s carcass.
There is a putrid smell but it was still wiser to hurry.

“[Detection]”

Confirming other creatures’ locations with magic, there was a response in the distance.
It seems like they were running away after being startled by “Wind Slasher”.
With this he can start the demolition process.
All three deers although beaten to death by clubs, there were not much blood that came out.
With knife, in turns, he made a cut in the throat.
Armor deer furs, though proud with its iron-like hardness, it was softened into ordinary fur.
Although blood was coming out from its throat, but the momentum of the blood was not good enough to be satisfactory.
If it was not made to bled sufficiently, the deer meat would change into unpalatable food that can’t be eaten.

“[Levitate]”

Here he made use of the magic to float object.
As the image in his mind, turning the throat down, better blood flow momentum began.
Armor-deer’s blood smells much more decent than compared to goblins, he didn’t feel the need to hold his breath.

(This part is somehow going well.)

Lowering the altitude of three carcasses, cutting open the belly in an orderly fashion and taking out the internal organs without damaging it.
Both hands were dirty with blood, but Marius didn’t mind it.
Having experienced it in his world before reincarnating took a big part.
After taking out the internal organs, he peeled off the fur.
This was his first time dismantling a deer.
There are three carcasses meaning he can relax in case he made a mistake.
First cutting off all four of ankle, getting into the gap from inside each part from the body’s center and peeling it to the hind legs.
The skin slipped easily.

(The skin’s only hard when it’s alive, kind of a strange story…)

It was based on the game, there no choice other than to agree with it.
Peeling the skin straight to the neck, subsequently cutting off the head.
Then removing the front legs from the body, end it by removing the spine from the torso.
Furthermore removing loin from torso, and loose meat from the ribs.
Finally cut it off by about the same size usually seen in meat shops in his original world, excluding the layer of muscle.
Doing this work three-times, the meat was packed in his tool-bag.(NEETnote: I also hate it if this kind of work keep continuing.)
The meat weighed about 10 kilogram in his original world.
Even though the head and internal organs were removed, if all three portions were combined, it became quite heavy.

“Fu- ”

Doing all the work alone was a heavy labor beyond Marius’s imagination. When the work was over, he involuntarily released a deep sigh.
After this, just grilling the meat gave it a taste.
Before that, he thought about leaving deer head and internal organ and carcasses of goblins. After he thought about it, it would not result in a good thing.
Especially from the goblins’ carcasses, a foul odor already began to drift around.
It would be better to give it immediate attention.

“[Fire Storm]”

A pillar of fire burned the target, when exerting 10th-class magic, the entirety of Marius line of sight was full of raising pillars of fire. Goblin carcasses all the way till their equipment were instantly turning to ash.
The foul odor immediately changed to an extent he doesn’t mind.
Followed by gathering armor-deers leftovers in one place.
He once again burned it off with “Fire Storm”.
Red fire pillars rose once again, instantly turning armor-deers leftovers to ash.

(Well then, let’s go.)

There should be a goblin’s nest inside the forest, but he didn’t feel the need to annihilate it.
More importantly, the stomach is currently empty.
When he attempted to lift it, there was a resistance making it difficult to lift.
From the beginning, he never trained, now he was a muscleless magician, it might be impossible for him to do it.

“[Strong]”

Once again challenging it after improving his body strength by the to use magic, this time it lifted easily.

“[Teleport]”

With “Teleport”, he can go wherever places he had gone once before. With this space-and-time-system magic he can freely move to around.
With this, Marius came back to this morning’s starting place.
Stabbing the meat with scattered branches.
At that time, trying to use “Detection”, raw-meat showed up as the result.

(It may be possible that appropriate grilling can be seen…)

It was difficult for him to grill the meat till medium-rare, but if it could be determined by magic, the difficulty would consideredly drop down.
Collecting wood pieces and leafs, starting fire with “Fire”.
While roasting the meat with fir and checking the small details of how to appropriate grill with appraisal.
The work that can only be done if there was leeway with the supply of magic power, it was only possible because he was Marius.
“Raw-meat” change to “Half-grilled-meat” and finished when it turned into “Grilled-meat”.
Tasting it by giving it a bite, it tasted similar to the splendid taste of a beef-steak in the original world.

(Okay, it’s a success)

He only had heard that deer meat tasted almost similar to beef meat.
It’s the armor-“deer”, since its appearance was like a deer itself, it may just be considered as a species of deer.
Alternatingly eating it with fruits, an indescribable taste kept changing, it become to the point that he must use teleport to drink water in the lake.

(Ne, never thought that this happened in another world too…)

Drinking water to sweep away the spreading taste in his mouth, Marius let a breath out.
If he thought about it, it was not unnatural.
It was just because his head was not thinking that far ahead.
Setting aside the fruits, first he enjoyed the meat, the best part being the loin.
He seriously wanted to tell his friend about this taste, but with Marius vocabulary, he can only say it was superb.

(I can’t go home, just as I had thought.)

In the novels he had read about humans that were sent to another world after death, there were no stories about them going back to original world.
There were many different circumstances such as living as spirit or being summoned.

(Here is the second time I live my life, I can let it go by continuing to think like that.)

And for the reason why he was reincarnated into this land. Someday the day he can understand it will come, he somehow was imaging that.
Marius was basically an optimistic human being.
–he dried the leftover meat and decided to keep them as preserved foods.
End of Episode 3