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Chapter 84

Gaiden: Do Your Best Enri-san Part 5

Translator: Frostfire10

Editor: Greenfish

 

 

 The E-Rantel adventuring party the [Axe of Cyclone] walked silently in a line across the road concealed by the grass .

 The reason why they were walking in formation despite being in a location in which they had a clear view their surroundings was probably a bad habit of their occupation . Other such bad habits included walking around in town in full plate armour and being equipped with their weapons even in inns .

 While it was not exactly for defence, not letting their guard down even in an open space was the correct thing to do for adventurers . However, walking down a safe road without any obstructions in total silence as if it were natural was very mentally grating . They were not compelled to hold a conversation . However proceeding onwards while constantly being in such a state of caution somehow seemed wrong .

 And the ranger of the Axe of Cyclone who was walking in front, Lukrut, was also thinking the same thing . Lukrut turned around and talked to his companions .

 

 

“Hey, why are we walking in a straight line?”

“… . I wonder why?”

“… . It’s strange . ”

“… . Because we might be attacked . ”

 

 Lukrut’s eyebrow twitched . However he maintained his composure—

 

“No, that’s impossible . ”

 

 —Saying that lightheartedly, Lukrut looked around . Spread out before him was grassland . Not even the shadow of a monster could be seen .

 

“I think this every time but is it not strange that we walk through the town in formation?”

“… . Because we might be attacked . ”

“No way in hell! By whom! If we were high ranked that might be true . But we are nothing!”

“Caution should be taken at all times… . ”

 

 As the druid Dyne replied, his face had an expression of [No way] written all over it .

 

“There are times we should, and times we should not! Now is not the time to do it right?”

“No, a dragon might suddenly appear from afar and attack us . ”

 

 Ninya, who replied to Lukrut, was a spellcaster and was not physically strong . It was clear how she did not want to use any unnecessary effort .

 

“What sort of shit story is that . That’s normally impossible Ninya!”

“Impossible . I have not heard of any dragons near E-Rantel . ”

“Right?”

“But… . What should we do while walking?”

 

 The team leader, the fighter, Peter’s words caused Lukrut to fall silent . As he was simply not happy with silently walking, he did not consider any possible answer to his words .

 

“We should… . ”

“We should?”

“We should?”

“We should?”

 

 While their timing was off, they all asked the same question .

 

“Talk about the surroundings would be nice… . ”

“Like how it’s sunny today?”

“Walking underneath the warm sun makes me feel sleepy . Something like that . ”

“… . Are you all teasing me?”

“That’s not true, Lukrut . You were a good friend . ”

“Why past tense! Anyway, what did I do!”

 

 Silence returned . Lukrut groaned as if pressurised by it .

 

“This guy… . ”

“… . I personally do not think that it is a bad job . ”

“The reward is quite low . ”

 

 At that Lukrut understood that his comrades were unhappy and he scrunched up his face .

 

“You accepted this job right?”

“Well, it’s not a bad job right? It’s just going over to Carne Village for a look… . ”

 

 As Lukrut’s voice trailed off, his comrades sent cold gazes towards him .

 

“The reward is almost nothing . ”

“Why did you accept this job?”

“There seems to be a beautiful busty woman amongst the priests of the Water God . ”

 

 Silence fell once again, and the gazes on Lukrut extended past the realm of “cold” and had reached “freezing” .

 

“But! While the reward is little, we can earn their gratitude so it is not bad right!”

“True . ”

“Yes . But if we want to earn someone’s gratitude then a higher ranking priest would be better . ”

“… . Well, it is not bad to hear about Carne Village’s situation . ”

“As expected of our leader!”

 

 Ignoring Lukrut’s cries of joy, Ninya and Dyne nodded at Peter’s words .

 The knights of the Empire attacked the villages near E-Rantel . Anyone living near E-Rantel with a bit of situational awareness would know this information .

 However as adventurers they would act to gain even more information . There was a rumour that the ones who attacked were not actually knights of the Empire and another that someone killed all the knights who attacked .

 And those fake knights of the Empire were said to have been killed in Carne Village . This information was credibility enough to have the label of truth stuck onto it .

 

“It’s our first job in a while, but it’s nothing much . ”

“Right?”

“Oh, don’t forget . We also need to check on the recruitment that the village head is doing . ”

 

 Looking at Lukrut with cold gazes, Ninya and Dyen solemnly nodded .

  The request that the priest made of Lukrut this time round was to see if the recruitment of new villagers in Carne Village was taking place properly .

 

 

 When they were attacked by the fake knights of the Empire, some of the villagers made it out alive . More than half of those fortunate souls escaped to E-Rantel .

 Villages are analogous to humans . It would be easier to understand to say that a human had organs like a village was comprised of certain groups of villagers . Should important organs be lost, humans would die, and in the case of villages it would result in the dispersal of the village .

 If those villagers had relatives in the surrounding villages they would go there . If not they would rely on E-Rantel .

 

 The priests were the ones to help . Children without relatives or villagers who had their livelihoods stolen from them . Those that were originally supposed to be taken in by the government were instead helped by the priests . Of course the priests could not prepare residences nor new jobs . They could only be taken in for a short period of time and help with the priests as the priests worked with the government to find new jobs for them .

 

 The reason E-Rantel did this was because it was a city with an excellent mayor . Depending on the noble governing the city, some would not provide any sort of aid .

 

 

 It was normal for villages that had lost a lot of people but still maintained the form of a village to recruit other villagers to repopulate it .

 This was natural .

 When the number of people decreased, several problems would pop up . Villages were a world of role allocation and mutual assistance . As the number of people decreased the ability of the whole village decreased as a whole, causing a hole to open up in the system .

 Thus there was a need to rapidly increase their population . Marriage and having children took too long .

 It was true that the fastest method was the merger of villages . However this would bring about many problems .

 The largest problem would be factional disputes . Villages were a world onto themselves . Should they merge the chance that they would mix together peacefully was low . Normally, until they could trust each other, friction would occur . At worst the merged village would have two powers governing it .

 In addition villages that had lower numbers had the possibility of being absorbed .

 

 Thus recruitment . One would recruit families one by one .

 

 

 The jobs of the members of the Axe of Cyclone was to check that such recruitment did not infringe on the law . While it was a job that was important to the lives of villagers, the reward was low as it was a secret job of intel collection .

 However it was at most looking at the village and talking to the village chief . To put it simply, they were messengers . It was natural for his other comrades to sulk when heard that he had accepted a job suited for the lowest rank F-Class adventurers .

 However adventurers were not that free to bear that dissatisfaction forever .

 As they voiced their dissatisfaction, most of it was dispersed after teasing Lukrut . After their mood had improved, they walked towards Carne Village in a line .

 

“Hah… . ”

 

 Despite that, Ninya made a tired sigh . Dyne was walking directly behind him and asked in worry .

 

“Shall we rest?”

“No, I am fine . ”

“The less cautious we are, the faster we are . Lukrut . How far is it to Carne Village?”

“In terms of distance just a bit more . We should be able to see it after we get over that hill . ”

 

 Lukrut pointed at a small hill that was 100 metres in front of them . Being able to see his goal made him pull out an unbelievable amount of energy .

 Ninya put energy into her footsteps now that they had purpose .

 

 They climbed the hill . And then they stopped moving .

 

“What is that?”

 

 Ninya gasped in surprise . No, even the other three showed expressions of surprised as they saw this scene .

 

“Is that… . ”

“A fortress… . ”

 

 It was a wall firmly planted into the grasslands . This was an extremely unusual scene .

 It was true that they had often seen villages surrounded by walls . However none had been as large or sturdy as this . It was a strong one made of stone .

 

“Oi oi, what now?”

 

 Lukrut saw this extremely unusual situation and asked the others .

 

“They said it was a simple village… . Carne Village . ”

“It is well known for its herbs but… . I heard nothing of them being able to make such a wall . ”

 

 What was this?

 Everyone’s faces expressed these words .

 It was a completely impossible feat for normal villages to build such a wall . However in front of their eyes was a sturdy wall . They looked at each other, praying that someone had a reasonable answer to the strange situation playing out before them . However after tens of seconds passed, no one spoke .

 Thus Peter made his decision .

 

“We should hide and watch . When you have an idea say something . ”

 

 Following Peter’s orders, the members of the Axe of Cyclone returned to halfway up the hill to hide themselves . They were not that foolish to openly talk in a wide area like a grassland .

 They looked at each other and spoke their thoughts .

 

“1! Carne Village is protected by a strong wall!”

“… . 2 . Some military force came and built it . ”

“3… . 3… . I got nothing . ”

“… . 4 . The villagers worked hard… . And there is only a wall on the side facing us . ”

 

 Everyone stopped moving and focused on Peter .

 

“That’s it!”

“That has the highest probability . If the village is completely covered then it will be difficult to recruit any new villagers . ”

“True . It’s strength can be called into question . ”

“Then, what . ”

 

 They all fell into deep thought .

 Their surroundings were grassland . There was nowhere to hide . It was easy for them to be found, but also easy for them to search around . Thus there was the possibility that they could check if the wall was sturdy if they looked around it .

 Seeing everyone’s hope-filled gazes, Ninya spoke .

 

“… . I have no confidence in my knowledge in architecture you know?”

“If only we could fly over invisibly… . ”

“We could buy a scroll? It costs quite a lot . ”

“Quite out of our budget… . ”

“We can’t ask for something we don’t have . Lukrut . How about sneakily scouting the surroundings?”

“Mostly impossible . Most of us can’t tell if the wall is weak or not you know?”

“With all of us?”

“… . Maybe not . If 2 was the right answer then this place is dangerous . ”

 

 All of them fell into thought and looked at their leader Peter . Their eyes showed hope that he could lead them to a conclusion .

 Peter thought seriously for about one minute and came up with an idea .

 

“… . We should check if there are any villagers . ”

 

 All of them excluding Peter all raised cries of agreement . While this was passive, this was the safest option they had .

 

“So we check around?”

“Ah, Lukrut, take a look around . It’s not clear what type of situation this is . ”

“Got it . ”

 

 

 The four members of the Axe of Cyclone moved around the surroundings of Carne Village to observe it .

 Since the village stood completely above the grasslands there were few places to hide and while they could not completely hide themselves, they moved in a manner so as to not attract attention .

 This was extremely nerve wracking but it could not be helped . This was an action born from the possibility that a hostile armed group was inside the village .

 They went to the other side and confirmed the existence of several large fields .

 They saw the figures of several working villagers .

 

 The Axe of Cyclone all sighed in relief .

 Anyhow they had confirmed the presence of the villagers .

 They observed the village meticulously to confirm that the village was not controlled by parties like the Empire’s soldiers .

 Through their examination of the area, they did not feel that the villagers were mistreated or tired . They saw them slowly doing fieldwork while singing farmwork songs .

 

“There is no problem… . ”

“True . There seems to be nothing going on… . However, this wall seems to be sturdy . It’s not weak . ”

“Then, since it’s close to the Great Forest, wasn’t this here due to caution . ”

“That seems proper, Ninya?”

“Hmm, this seems new but… . At this distance I can only tell so much . ”

“What should we do, Peter?”

“… . Nothing ventured, nothing gained . Let’s go . ” (ED Note: a Japanese/Chinese proverb was used here, which literally translates to if one does not enter the tiger’s den, one cannot get the tiger cub . )

“Got it . How cautious should we be?”

 

 Peter thought about Dyne’s words and made a wry smile .

 

“It would be awkward to be so on guard . Let’s relax . ”

“True . That seems good . ”

 

 Hearing Ninya’s agreement, Lukrut and Dyne nodded . They did have some worries, but it would be bad if the other party thought they were hostile .

 The members of the Axe of Cyclone did not come for a fight, and wanted to do their job properly .

 

 With Peter at the head, they made a formation and headed towards the village on a mostly unused road .

 The wheat fields on the sides of the road were a lush green and shook as the wind blew by . They walked through in a line . If one looked from afar it would look as if they were walking through the sea .

 

“Hn?”

 

 Lukrut was the second in line raised a strange sound and looked in the fields . The wheat was not ready to be harvested but was over seventy centimetres in length . Of course, it was impossible to see through the sea-like field .

 

“What’s wrong?”

 

 Ninya was walking at the back and asked in a worried voice .

 

“Hn? No, might have been my imagination?”

 

 Lukrut tilted his head slightly and rushed forward to close the gap with Peter . Ninya looked in the direction Lukrut looked in, checked that nothing moved, and rushed forward as well .

 

 Peter was silent, but he made a friendly smile and moved closer to the village .

 As he did so, he made eye contact with a girl who looked curiously at him . She was standing alone in a field that was the closest to Peter— The field furthest from the village .

 The girl was cute but was just outside the region of being extremely beautiful . She looked bright, and by the standards of a village, she was quite the looker .

 The dirty apron clad on her figure made it clear that she was in the midst of farmwork .

 

“Hello . ”

 

 Peter gently raised his hands and raised a warm voice . As he did so his grip left his weapons . This was to appeal that they had no hostility to them .

 In response, the girl curiously turned her head and cupped a hand around her ear .

 Peter frowned slightly and again— In a louder voice than earlier, shouted .

 

“Hello!”

 

 The girl did not reply . Her face without makeup was strained as she kept her hand cupped around her ear .

 

“She probably is unable to hear us . ”

“… . Could it be that she is deaf?”

“It seems that she is doing fieldwork in the furthest and least convenient place . It might be that . ”

“Life in a village is tough… . Tyranny over the weak… . ”

“I don’t want to go through that . ”

 

 Several of his friends spoke in lowered voices from behind him .

 

“Then would it be best to pass through?”

“Maybe . ”

 

 As they spoke, the girl gestured to Peter to come closer . The speed at which she beckoned him was like a dog wagging its tail .



 

“What should we do?”

“It would be bad to refuse . Hey, look . ”

 

 Pointed out by Dyne, Peter cautiously looked at the surroundings and saw that the villagers had stopped working at were gazing at Peter’s group . It was not rare for ostracism to occur in the frontiers, and Peter heard of such cases before .

 That could be what is happening, they decided .

 

“I do not think that we should take any hostile actions towards them . ”

“Agreed . Our side should be stronger but, why must we care so much about this stuff . ”

“It can’t be helped . This is a chance to spread the name of the Axe of Cyclone . If we consider the consequences, we should be friendly to them . ”

“True . It can’t be helped . I’ll go to the field . ”

 

 Leaving the three, Peter stepped foot in the field .

 As he cut through the wheat field and moved closer to the girl, his foot felt a strange weight on it . Then a low voice spoke to him .

 

”Uh-uh, stop there, Nii-san . ”

 

 In a panic, Peter looked in the direction of the voice and saw a small creature completely wrapped in wheat as camouflage in the wheat field . Since it was hidden by wheat, he could not see its face but it was not human .

 The blade that creature held was pierced through the joint in his leg armour . This caused his leg to freeze up .

 

“Wha-!”

 

 Surprised, Peter raised a warning cry . Or at least he tried to—

 

“Sorry bout this, but could you please remove your weapons?

 

 A small voice came from a different location . As he looked there, there was another one at the foot of the worried girl . No, not just there . Peter also felt a presence from behind him .

 

“Using a girl as bait… . Ah . ”

“… . You’re wrong . Nee-san became bait for us . ”

 

 Peter did not understand what was said and wanted to clarify when the creature spoke to him .

 

“Hey, remove your weapons . Could you tell this to the others behind you? I don’t want to fill them with arrows . It’s not clear who you guys are . ”

 

 Peter hesitated, and felt that he could negotiate with this creature .

 It was painful to surrender without resisting to a demi-human, but doing so without understanding the situation would be a foolish action .

 

“Will you spare us?”

“Of course . If you surrender . ”

 

 While he did hesitate, Peter knew that he did not have time and made an immediate decision . Should they engage like this, Peter’s Axe of Cyclone would be in an extremely disadvantageous situation . Thus he needed to tell this to the other members .

 

“Everyone! Sorry . Surrender and take off your weapons!”

 

 After Peter said that he raised his hands above his head . Seeing that, the members of the Axe of Cyclone were confused . They did not understand what happened for them to suddenly receive such instructions . However while their comrade told them to remove their weapons, there was no way they would immediately agree .

 They probably felt confused . With a shuffling sound, two demi-humans stood up from the field .

 

“—Goblins . ”

 

 Ninya whispered .

 The demi-humans stood up . They were goblins that they had often seen . They carried drawn bows and were gazing at them with sharp eyes .

 Should they fight?

 Ninya, Lukrut and Dyne looked at each other . Goblins as a race were shorter, lighter and less bulky than humans . While they did have night vision and attacking at night was dangerous, under the sunlight they were not opponents that the Axe of Cyclone could not handle .

 With such opponents, they had the confidence to help even if Peter was taken hostage .

 

 However there was a reason why they could not immediately decide .

 These goblins felt different from the one the Axe of Cyclone always faced . If they had to put into words, the goblins before them felt trained .

 It was not rare for goblins to use ambushes by hiding in the surroundings . However the figure of the goblins readying their bows were extremely orderly . They were completely different from the time when they adventured with the now famous Momon .

 If those were children with sticks, these were warriors used to their bows .

 

 Like how humans could train to get stronger, so could monsters . Even for demi-humans like goblins, this was natural .

 The goblins in front of them were far stronger than goblins the members of the Axe of Cyclone had faced before .

 Their hesitation had brought them luck . Hearing a sound different from the wind rushing past the field, Lukrut frantically looked behind him .

 

“… . Hehe, so we were found . ”

 

 A goblin showed its face from the field and stuck out its tongue . He was trying to close in on them from behind, but he was not stealthy enough to fool the ranger Lukrut .

 If they looked around they would see some other things hiding in the wheat field .

 

“… . We’re surrounded . ”

“We’ll surrender . It is dangerous to do anything without knowing their numbers . ”

“… . How about forcing our way through . ”

 

 Because they could trust each other— The three could them together could not make a decision . This was as they would immediately follow their leader’s orders .

 However what finally ended their hesitation was the opening of the gates and seeing what lay behind .

 

“That is… . What… . ?”

“Ogres!”

“Hey, what is that… . !”

 

 What they saw were the figures of ogres that they knew well . However they were wearing metal armour . In their hands were giant greatswords . The shine on their blades showed that they were well sharpened .

 There were five ogres wearing first rate items . After the gate opened, they ran towards the three of them . Each of their steps was wide, and their fast speed felt abnormal .

 

 Including the goblins, their chance of victory was low . Perhaps even non-existent . Panic created unrest, unrest becomes confusion . However, they could not always be confused .

 The three of them completely understood this and raised their hands above their heads .

 

“—We’ll surrender . ”

 

 

 

 

“We are really sorry!”

[—Sorry!]

 

 Those were the first words of the girl called Enri . What followed were the words of apology by the goblins .

 Seeing their uniformly bowed heads made one feel a sense of discipline from them .

 

 Since demi-humans like goblins and ogres often faced humans, they were often hunted by adventurers . Since they had often killed without hesitation, taking this attitude from these demi-humans now made them feel unpleasant .

 It was a truth that Peter could not avoid .

 

 Peter looked at the goblins in front of him .

 A goblin that looked like a spellcaster and a buff goblin that held a magic greatsword . And the rest that were equipped with high quality equipment .

 The image of goblins they had had up to now crumbled in their minds . Perhaps they should call the goblins the ones that pierced through their ignorance and made them widen their view of the world .

 

 While Peter did not speak, all of them were thinking the same thing .

 If they fought they would die . How could such strong goblins exist .

 

“… . Ah it’s fine so please raise your heads . ”

“How could I, I treated the ones who came to check on the village like this . ”

“Well, it can’t be helped . Yes, lots of things happened, and it’s natural to be cautious . ”

 

 Peter laughed . However his face had some darkness in them . This was as they had lost . And they did so without being able to lift a finger in resistance .

 Adventurers risked their lives to chase their dreams . Basically their journey was always dangerous .

 Thus defeat always led to death . They had surrendered in this meeting with the goblins as they had felt that they could survive, but if they fought they would have won only in their dreams .

 

 Yes . Peter felt his confidence in his strength shake .

 To adventurers, the number one reason to retreat was the [Fear of Death] . While he had heard of this, he still did not understand their rationale, but at this instant, he felt it .

 

 However he did not lose all his will that he would give up on this job . Peter forced a smile and asked Enri .

 

“Anyway what should we do?”

 

 They were in the wheat field from earlier . After the questions and distrust had ended, there was no reason to stay here .

 

“Yes . So I shall inform the village chief . ”

“Yes, please do . ”

 

 Seeing the retreating figure of Enri, Peter changed his tone and asked the boss-like goblin with a magic sword .

 

“Are you all usually this cautious?”

 



 Knowing that he was referring to the goblins hiding in the field, the goblin made a thin smile .

 

“How could we . We saw you all checking around suspiciously, so we had the villagers assemble and wait . Should you choose to do anything, you would approach them right? Thus we made a trap . ”

“So you turned the villagers into bait . ”

 

 It was true that if came to get hostages, they had to get close to the villagers . If they were not the type to do so, they would not move in the surroundings like that .

 At Peter’s words, the goblins made uncomfortable faces .

 

“Thus you turned that girl into bait . You’re good . Inviting us closer using the excuse of her hearing . And the field . You knew that we would not send everyone . ”

 

 Lukrut spat out those words . Hearing this, the goblin leader bared his teeth and made a dissatisfied face .

 

“Hey hey, it seems you are misunderstanding something . We would never let Enri-no-Nee-san meet danger . ”

 

 Nee-san .

 As those words made the members of the Axe of Cyclone feel some dissonance, the goblin leader continued .

 

“Please don’t misunderstand . Even if Nee-san wanted to  become bait, we only did it out of necessity . ”

“True, if it is that girl then we would lower our guard… . ”

“Oi oi, you don’t believe it? It’s natural if you think about it . Who could use their master as bait . ”

“Ha?”

“… . What did you say? Just now… . ”

“Master?”

“Why are you so surprised? That person, Enri-sama, is the master of us goblins and ogres . ”

 

 An extremely small cry of surprise came from the members of the Axe of Cyclone .

 

“Impossible! That simple village girl?”

 

 Her footsteps and body looked completely like a regular person . That girl who could not defeat the Axe of Cyclone commanded the goblin troop .

 It was natural to think that it was impossible . There was no way they could accept this .

 

“Understood! She is the one in charge of negotiations due to her face right?”

 

 At Ninya’s words, the goblin leader made a broad grin .

 

“No way right . If Nee-san seriously wished for us to die, we would . We all believe that you know?”

 

 They felt no lies in the goblin leader’s words . They were different from his earlier words, with a certain gravity to them .

 The members of the Axe of Cyclone were at a loss for words . The goblin leader continued further .

 

“Nee-san even strengthened our weapons . Look at the ogre’s armour and weapons . And our weapons . There is no way one can get it with their face right . ”

 

 The armour the goblins and ogres wore were all better than what the members of the Axe of Cyclone had . Then the girl Enri who was able to collect such items must have something to her .

 The goblin leader gave them a further push .

 

“This magic greatsword was given to Enri-no-Nee-san by a person who saw her as important . ”

“Impossible… . ”

“It does not have a lot of magic… . But a present… . ”

 

 This was strange .

 The Axe of Cyclone all thought this, but did not say it .

 Magic swords were expensive . For the cheapest ones, low ranked adventurers like them could try to pawn all their items and use all their rewards but still be unable to purchase one .

 Basically she had the worth that made it simple to give her such items or had connections . Who was that girl called Enri? As such thoughts filled their heads—

 

“I have made you all wait!”

“Hii!”

“Uo!”

“Uwa!”

“Oo!”

“… . Is something wrong?”

 

 Seeing Peter and the rest who looked like their hearts flew out of their mouths, Enri asked . All of them looked at her breathlessly .

 

“… . Did something happen?”

“No, nothing of the sort!”

“Yes . So let’s go . ”

“Yes . There is no reason to speak more than this . ”

“That is the case . ”

 

 The tone of the four of them changed . The one who changed the most would be Lukrut .

 The four of them gazed strangely at Enri and decided that it was impossible for them to find out who she was and recalled there was a job they had to do . The four of them were guided to the village .

 

 

 

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 The guard in the station looked out of the window in a daze .

 Today at this time the number of people leaving and entering were low . Thus he had plenty of free time .

 As he made small talk with the other guards, one of them recalled something and spoke .

 

“Yes yes, this is the recent hot topic… . Did you hear? There seems to be a mercenary group staying in Carne Village . ”

“Carne Village?”

 

 The guard heard this name and immediately recalled .

 There was no way he could forget the name of the girl who left such a deep impression . Seeing him make a small sigh, the other guard interpreted it as him lacking interest and continued talking .

 

“Some adventurers went to Carne Village and said that there was a mercenary group made of demi-humans run by a young girl . ”

“Demi-humans?”

“Ah, it seems that she commands the ogre and goblin mercenaries . ”

“Ogres and goblins?”

 

 The guard was shocked and looked at his comrade .

 

“You’re surprised too? Turning such things with low intelligence into subordinates . ”

 

 At his friend who did not take it seriously, another guard who was listening by the side spoke .

 

“How naive . ”

“About what?”

“Goblins and ogres certainly are stupid . The basis of their decisions are if something is strong or weak . But they themselves are strong you know?”

“True?”

 

 Ogres were existences that towered over humans . Their basic abilities were far different from humans . If one did not train extensively in the sword, a one on one victory would be ridiculous .

 

“Oi oi . ” Hearing his comrade’s simple answer, the guard made a wry smile and explained further . “If we ourselves were that strong, we would become amazing guards . Even one ogre requires several of us to defeat . ”

 

 The guard who spoke first made a look of surprise .

 

“I see . Then that’s true . Ogres are stronger than regular humans . But for goblins it’s… . ”

“Naive… . ” Another guard shook his head . “The strengths are goblins have a large range . Some have the ability to use magic… . And did you hear? About the legend of the Goblin King?”

“Ah!”

 

 As the guard recalled a ridiculous but popular story, he raised a voice of understanding .

 In the story, the goblin king fought a dragon and easily earned victory everywhere it went . It challenged more powerful existences riding on the dragon, and made a child with a human princess .

 As it was a story, his weapon was also fitting for one . It was a branch cut off from a giant japanese ash .

 

“… . But isn’t it a story?”

“No, well yes . I heard this a long time ago . There are strong goblins . But they are nothing compared to the king . If you look down upon them you will regret it . Aren’t there also existences like hobgoblins?”

“I see . True . Not judging based on one’s appearance is part of our job . ” The guard nodded and frowned . “Then if that woman is not an idiot, and being able to rule over goblins and ogres of unknown power… . She should be quite powerful . ”

“Yes . Even thinking of it simply, she can control several ogres . It would be best to think that she is strong . ”

 

 From what was originally a foolish woman, she became someone who had the strength to command ogres and goblins, causing one of the guards to cry out in alarm .

 

“What is that woman . How strong is she?”

“Since she can control ogres and goblins, in terms of adventurers… . She should be A? Could a B do it? I’m not clear . ”

 

 Turning away from what his comrades were talking about, the guard retreated into his mind . What he recalled was the girl he met back then .

 Enri .

 She was probably the woman who commanded the ogres and goblins . No, there were others who could, but it was not wrong to think that the possibility was extremely low .



 She had enough raw strength to command . Especially when controlling those with low intelligence, power was necessary .

 There was also the proof that Enri had the raw power needed to command ogres and goblins .

 

“Blood-Stained Enri… . ”

 

 Of course, this was nothing more than his imagination .

 He simply recalled his delusion when he imagined her living a life drenched in blood .

  Yes, this was nothing more than a silver of his imagination .

 

 —Until now .

 

 If there was not anyone to hear his words .

 If there were not those who felt that his words held actual meaning and truth .

 

 Then the following would not have happened .

 

 

 

 —There was a mercenary group in Carne Village .

 —Their boss was called Blood-Stained Enri .

 She employed ogres and goblins .

 

 

 

 E-Rantel was a city that is a fortress at the frontline . Thus their topic of conversations were completely different from what other cities would have . Especially when the authorities did not censor information of strong people or mercenary groups, it was easy for such information to flow around .

 

 The topic of the mysterious mercenary leader appearing in Carne Village burned through like wildfire .

 When this information reached certain ears—

 

 

“… . Did you know? There seems to be a mercenary leader in Carne Village called [Blood-Stained] Enri . ”

 

 Making a loud forceful whistle with a “puhii”, the Mayor of E-Rantel Panasolei Gruze Vauner Rettermaier asked the Guildmaster Pluton who was sitting in front of him .

 

“Eeh, I did . ”

 

 [Blood-Stained] Enri .

 She was the commander of a goblin and ogre mercenary troop and was currently staying in Carne Village . It was written that she was born in Carne Village, but there was no confirmation that they were the same person .

 No, there was the record of a person called Enri, but nothing about someone like [Blood-Stained] Enri .

 

“So? Did we find her backstory?”

“No . ”

 

 Pluton shook his head . Ordered by Panasolei, he had ordered an investigation but nothing came up .

 

“Is that possible? If she commands mercenaries, she should be known by other mercenaries right?”

 

 Panasolei made a high pitched whistle with his nose .

 

 Yes . What Pluton order was the search of records of the person called [Blood-Stained] Enri . If there was a mercenary group that was comprised not of humans but of demi-humans like ogres and goblins with a human commanding was an extremely eye catching thing . Thus they had believed that gaining such information was easy, but the reality was the opposite .

 It was as if [Blood-Stained] Enri and the mercenary troop she commanded had appeared from thin air . Since it was such an eye catching group, it was almost impossible for there to be no records of it .

 

“I do not know… . If she had hid, there should be an extremely powerful backer supporting her . ”

“… . Does the Empire and [Blood-Stained] have a relationship? No, rather than the Empire the Agrand Council? The Theocracy should have none, neither should Roble Kingdom . ”

 

 If it was a demi-human nation like the Council, Panasolei had heard about goblins and ogres in their ranks .

 

“… . Lastly would be the possibility that they just formed . At this time, for unknown reasons, monsters are leaving the Great Forest . There has to be a relationship between this and her subordinate goblins and ogres . ”

 

 Panasolei silently listened to Pluton’s explanation and asked one question solemnly .

 

“Pluton… . Is it rare for magic casters to rule demi-humans?”

“I do not fully understand what you mean, so I have no confidence in my answer… . But evil magic casters would have subordinates to protect them . Also goblins and ogres do have a tendency to obey the strong . ”

 

 Panasolei made another whistle with his nose and nodded in understanding .

 

“Then this will be fast . Recall when the Empire… . No the Theocracy caused pandemonium in the villages . ”

 

 Reading between the lines of that short conversation, understanding dawned on Pluton .

 The great magic caster, Ainz Ooal Gown . He was probably equal to the Head Magic Caster of the Empire . The reason why such a powerful magic caster had went to save Carne Village was unknown .

 Panasolei and Pluton were not such naive humans to believe that the great magic caster Ainz would act due to his generosity . Thus they had investigated why he had did so . However Panasolei was saying that there might be a connection here .

 

“… . Did the powerful magic caster give [Blood-Stained] ogres and goblins as subordinates?”

“The possibility is high . We know that he used knight-like monsters . ”

“Gazef-sama’s testimony… . ”

 

 Pluton nodded . He thought this was the most likely .

 

“Basically when the great magic caster saved Carne Village it was to save [Blood-Stained]… . No did he want to avoid activating [Blood-Stained]?”

“If she acted, he would bring her to E-Rantel for some reason . Then Ainz passed [Blood-Stained] the subordinate ogres and goblins . ”

“… . There is no contradiction . But then is [Blood-Stained] simply related to Ainz or does she have some special meaning to him… . Basically, it comes down to what she is… . ”

“… . I had enough of this with Camila, but with [Blood-Stained] I get too many headaches . ”

 

 At Panasolei’s wrung out voice, Pluton keenly agreed

 

“Agreed . There is too little information . ”

“This is really… . Dangerous . ”

 

 With another whistle from his nose, he made a tired sigh .

 

“Shall we use adventurers to collect information?”

 

 Panasolei’s eyes reflected Pluton as he shook his head . After some time passed, Panasolei spoke .

 

“… . No let’s not . Anyway the possibility that the monster magic caster Ainz Ooal Gown is behind her is high . There is no need to bait a dragon . ”

“Then should we leave her alone?”

“But then… . ”

 

 Panasolei hugged his head .

 It was natural . She had a relationship with Ainz Ooal Gown . They did not even know if that was his real name nor his goals . There was far too little information .

  As the person in charge of a place like E-Rantel that could become a battlefield, it was not strange for him to have information of powerhouses . Since there was a relationship with the person called Ainz, it was reasonable to think that she had some level of ability .

 

“However… . [Blood-Stained] Enri… . It’s too sudden . ”

“Yes . ” Pluton nodded . “… . . If we search for information, we will deploy a lot of people, so we should stop, and it seems that the other cities have not heard of this name . ”

“Stopping the investigation is correct . However… . Why is her name only known in E-Rantel? … . No matter how much I think of this I don’t understand . What is her goal? Is there a reason to spread the name of [Blood-Stained]? I believe she is not hostile… . But I cannot predict anything . ”

 

 Panasolei sighed .

 Since this much information was lacking, they could not read the actions of any party .

 

“Shall we move Momon?”

“… . That… . Might be good . ”

 

 What appeared in their minds was an adventurer whose power was equally unknown as [Blood-Stained] . No well compared to the completely unknown [Blood-Stained], they had some knowledge about it . That completely unbelievable power .

 Destroying a Skeletal Dragon with Complete Magical Immunity with sword, and being able to use the 3rd Tier of magic, a magic swordsman . He was an adventurer that was more powerful than anyone in E-Rantel .

 He also had Artifact-level items and could fight with the amazingly powerful vampire—Camila . Lowest estimates would put him at the level of the 13 Heros, and was the owner of extreme power .

 He was someone they were trying to gain the support of, but it was not going well .

 

 If one imagined that the powerful magic caster Ainz Ooal Gown was behind him, this was much better than acting rudely to such a person . Especially by requesting Momon, they could check on the movements on the one behind him .

 

“However how will we move him?”

“How about normally making a request?”

“True… . ”

 

 Seeing Panasolei’s growing hesitation, Pluton nodded helplessly .

 He was a man with no interest in money or women . They were considering how to not make him angry . Should there be a relationship between [Blood-Stained] and Momon via Ainz— This much was confirmed— It was unknown what an act of sniffing around would do .

 

 Momon, and Ainz supporting him .

 It was ridiculous that someone with authority and power like the Mayor Panasolei had to pay such close attention to just two humans, but they had that ability .

 Now there was [Blood-Stained] added to the mix .

 

“Really, will they let me rest… . ”

 

 Panasolei whispered .

 If another person knew about the situation she was in, a certain girl in Carne Village would probably be screaming the same thing .

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