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Before leaving town, we first stopped by Cheshire’s store.

Arna and I, and Cheshire and Larissa. Another one was two people from the village: a dog beast and a wolf beast.

It was only natural that canines would go on the search.

Although it has a human-like appearance with ears and a tail, you can feel the animal’s appearance in its impression.

There was a woman who was a dog and a man who was a wolf. There wasn’t much difference, but they had a languid puppy-like impression and a somewhat sharp-looking wolf-like impression.

I think I can trust it more because even the face has an animal feel to it.

“Okay, take these one by one first.”

Cheshire handed out small bottles one by one.

It was a bottle containing a light green slime-like liquid.

“This is a magic suppressant made by replicating the slime fragments you collected a while ago. There are guys who use magic, so if it gets dangerous, you can throw it and break it.”

“What happens if you throw it?”

Cheshire raised an eyebrow at my question as if it was a good question, and Larissa stopped him from saying something.

“It just explodes and creates a magic suppressing effect in the surrounding area. Since it is made from duplicate materials, the time is short and it is only for running away for a short time.”

“To explain in detail… .”

“It has nothing to do with the smell, right?”

Dog Suin said.

Cheshire, who was speechless twice, seemed to have finally felt that he had a chance to explain properly, and quickly nodded and spoke.

“This is… ! This is a method where magical energy vaporizes and creates an effect on the surroundings. Magic power is not felt through things like smell, taste, or touch, but rather through your own magic power itself.”

He spoke incredibly fast, like an otaku who knows something.

“The range of this inhibitor is about 3 meters, which means that if you throw it where you are standing now, it will affect the two of you and the surrounding area.”

“So you have to use it when you are far away? If it’s vaporization… .”

“Although it takes a gaseous form, technically this is a type of magic. So, you do not have to worry about the position of the aircraft changing due to the influence of atmospheric pressure, such as when the wind blows.”

The dog Suin tilted his head as if he didn’t understand, but he didn’t want to hear any more explanations so he took a magic suppressant.

“Anyway, you can use it according to the other person.”

As I roughly summarized, Cheshire lifted his finger and nodded.

“That’s right. but… .”

“Hey, wasn’t it urgent?”

Larissa interrupted Cheshire, and he nodded, surprised that it was only then that he realized that he had become quite absorbed.

“Ah, I see. Let’s leave quickly.”

Cheshire seems to have to explain things about magic, especially things related to his own accomplishments, to help him relax.

Larissa was in a similar situation. Larissa was an insomniac and was just making a fuss to make me lose sleep, but Cheshire’s case was even scarier because he seemed to be sincere.

I wonder if there is a lot of pride in being an orc from the academy… .

Anyway, is this called mirror therapy? Larissa must have realized how upsetting what she did to me was.

“Sister, let’s go quickly.”

“Yes. Give me that medicine.”

I left the magic suppressant to Arna.

No matter what you do, Arna will still be better. He’s probably better at throwing too.

Then we left the village and went to the place shown on the map.

All you had to do was follow the path that stretched across the wide meadow outside the village.

I heard that merchants going to and from Ende Village continued to pass by and this naturally became a road. Near the village, there was a fence next to the road, and there were also areas where sheep and cows were grazing.

After passing through such an everyday and peaceful scene, I felt a bit of tension as I entered a place where there was nothing.

After walking like that for about half a day, the forest gradually began to emerge. More trees began to appear, and the view became less and less distant.

“Did other people go well?”

Arna looked at the directions the others might have gone in one by one and checked the signal.

Naturally, there has been no contact yet.

“By the way, sister. Can you search in an ordinary forest as if you were in an elf forest?”

“I don’t know what it feels like to be in an ordinary forest… I’m not sure as this is my first time. You’ll find out when you go.”

Arna shrugged and smiled, and we entered the forest in earnest.

As soon as I entered the forest, I felt the magic around me.

It was something I didn’t pay any attention to in the past, but now that I can feel the flow of magic power, I’m more interested.

Unlike the elven forest, no power was felt in the trees of this forest. There was no feeling of life, so it felt like I was dead.

I looked at Arna again.

Arna was walking, looking around with a serious expression.

I felt nothing because all I could do was feel the magic nearby, but Arna’s detection range was probably much wider than mine.

“Jihoo.”

Arna swallowed and grabbed my arm.

“I think it’s over here. Those guys.”

“Really?”

Great.

Arna would be able to easily defeat even the orcs even without any other support. And I am also confident in this kind of fight.

I quickly ran through the forest, following Arna in the lead.

Arna searched for her way in this forest without hesitation.

After running for a while, I got tired and stopped for a moment.

It started to smell like fire. The smell of something being cooked.

“It’s nearby.”

Arna spoke in a slightly nervous voice.

Arna is also nervous. Come to think of it, this might be her first time fighting like this.

At best, all you have to do is hunt monsters and beasts like slimes in the forest and fight the guardian once. Combat against a group with proper intelligence was something that Arna did not have in her experience, so she was nervous.

I’m the veteran in this area.

“Don’t be too nervous. sister. If you have my sister’s skills, they would be nothing.”

“… … I guess so?”

I smiled, patted Arna’s back, and took the lead.

If you can smell it, you’re pretty close. At this distance, I can find their location.

I moved slowly to find my way, and when the smell felt closer, I checked the magic around me.

Where are you?

“Uh… .”

“Why?”

uh?

I closed my eyes again and checked my magic.

I just felt the magic of an incredible being.

Unless I’m mistaken… .

“Nuna, let’s press the signal first.”

“Oh, yes.”

The new leader with the orcs is a demon. And even the devil’s subordinate. And again… … .

“Me, older sister. The guy with those orcs.”

“Yes, I feel it. It feels like something out of the ordinary.”

“He is a subordinate of the Demon King that I faced back when I was a warrior.”

Arna widened her eyes.

After the surprise in those eyes, a fighting spirit immediately appeared.

“Jihu’s… It was an enemy.”

“Yes. Even though I won that time too. I didn’t know you were alive.”

When I heard that he was my enemy, Arna nodded and grabbed my shoulder. Arna’s eyes looking at me were now shining with the sparkle of being together.

Yeah, you don’t have to worry.

We soon found the Orcs’ camp.

The scale was larger than expected.

As I had heard in advance, the orc bandits had a huge wolf and a marauding horse, and their number seemed to be only twenty.

It had a body that was far superior to that of humans, so if you hit it well, you could say it had the strength of about a hundred humans.

Moreover, since it was a group headed by a former member of the Demon King’s Army, there would be no wireless assault, which is a weak point of barbarian orcs.

For now, let’s calm down and think about it some more.

“Let’s wait until the others come.”

“Wait a minute.”

Arna grabbed my arm and pointed to one side of the orc village.

This time, people who appeared to be kidnapped were locked up, and one of them was being dragged out.

Seeing that the orcs gathered around the orc who was dragging the man out were holding swords and threateningly, it looked like they were going to execute him for fun.

“I don’t think there will be time to wait.”

Arna immediately took out an arrow.

I swallowed and nodded.

No matter what the current situation is, I am a warrior. This has been my greatest achievement in this world and one of my greatest prides.

My foolish sense of justice, which I had endured despite being persecuted, was moved.

Really, I can’t help it.

Because Arna is behind me. it will work out somehow.

“Then I’ll go out and try to attract attention. My sister guesses each one right away.”

“Okay.”

I moved right away and approached the orc village. You need to secure a field of view where Arna can shoot, so you still need to go to a place with a lot of visibility.

The orcs didn’t notice me until I got quite close.

First, take a long, deep breath.

“Were they hiding here!”

I drew my sword and shouted.

At that moment, like a boy with a childish sense of justice, he stretched out his sword towards the orcs alone.

“You plunder the wagons of Ende Village without any fear!”

The orcs were standing there a little confused looking at me, and one guy hurried into the house in the middle of the village and came out, gesturing towards the orcs.

“Capture him alive.”

I thought they were going to kill me, but they captured me alive.

How easy did it look?

I immediately faced the orc that came towards me first.

Naturally, they didn’t think I was a threatening enemy, so they watched with a smile as if they thought my fight with the orc was entertainment.

“The leader said not to kill him. You have to kill that guy and prepare to withdraw right away, so don’t play around with it too much.”

“Yes, I know.”

After discussing among themselves that they would save me and subdue me, an orc came out in front of me.

He threw away his huge ax and laughed.

It seemed like they were planning to fight with their bare hands, perhaps to give the other Orcs some fun.

Then I should accept it too.

I also stuck the knife in the floor and broke the joints in my hands.

― Crackling

“Hahaha!”

And mocking laughter is heard from all directions.

I looked up at an orc who was twice as tall as me. The orc motioned for me to attack first, as if it was fun.

First, take one with my own hands.

I clenched my fists.

You can see the orc’s expression completely caught off guard.

They don’t seem to have any doubts about how I got here.

No, maybe you feel there is no need to doubt. Because you must be confident that you are really strong.

“Ha… .”

I took a long breath.

I felt strength gathering in my hands.

A power slightly different from horsepower. My unique power as a warrior, which was not controlled even by a saint, gathered into my fist.

I haven’t really had to use it in the meantime, but there’s nothing like this when you don’t have a weapon.

Weapons are an important element in fighting.

Therefore, we always had to find a way to survive the moment we lost our weapons, and the alternative we got was the fist, which has been used the longest since the creation of human beings.

The power boiling inside my body filled my fist. When my strength reached its maximum, I jumped out in an instant.

– Boom!

I plunged my fist into the orc’s abdomen, onto the iron armor protecting it.

“Gagging!”

As if time had stopped for a moment, the orc stood with its body bent by the impact of my fist, and then immediately flew backwards.

The place it flew to was the house where their leader was located.

– Quang!

The men flew in and the wall was broken, so they would have no choice but to come out.

“What kind of person is… .”

As expected, their leader was a very familiar demon.

It’s been a while since I encountered the chaotic Shayti again.

She was a fearsome member of the Demon King’s army and a highly skilled mage, but somehow she became the queen of the orc thieves.

“Yo, hero… !”

I thought he was dead at the time, but I don’t know how he’s alive and why he’s doing this. I didn’t understand anything.

“I will capture you alive. Shyty.”

“Um, kill that guy!”