episode_0354

The reward I received for providing a late dinner for the warrior party was that Ethan and I were exempted from being on watch.

The campsite happened to be nearby, and although the tents were not completely adjacent to each other, they were approximately 50 meters apart, so there was enough time for them to be alerted when danger appeared from outside.

Especially on a day like today, it was 100% clear that something would happen at night, so being on guard was a significant reward for me and Ethan.

Other than that, we could leave the care of our tent’s campfire to Sally and Sei, so it was the first time in a long time that Ethan and I could sleep comfortably while camping.

“Good night, Lilith.”

“Good night, Master Ethan.”

Inside the tent, Ethan and I fall asleep holding hands under the blanket, relieving the fatigue of the day.

I wanted to travel alone with Ethan if possible, so I drove the carriage for 10 hours without a driver, so it was inevitable that my body would be particularly tired.

… So, roughly how long has it been since I fell asleep as soon as I laid down?

-Dang! Ding! Ding!

“Everyone, wake up! It’s a bandit! Wake up everyone!”

I was suddenly awakened by the loud sound of a bell coming from the warrior party’s tent, and I forced myself to get up with Ethan, still exhausted.

“Master Ethan, it’s time to wake up.”

“When I heard the voice, it was Ms. Natalie… . Just like his personality, he wakes me up noisily… .”

“It could be such an urgent situation. Anyway, it would be better to prepare quickly.”

Fortunately, it only took a few seconds from the moment I came to my senses to get my body together and get out of the tent. In the first place, the bandits appearing tonight was a planned event that I experienced countless times in the original work, so I went to bed prepared that much.

From this raid, the overall content of the humanities inquiry class was to identify the identity of the bandits who attacked us, and through reasoning, find out the villagers who had connivance with the bandits, and the reason for their confiscation.

… Of course, there was no way such an insane murder event could exist as part of the academy’s curriculum. The original curriculum was just a simple volunteer activity, but as the issues of the villagers’ interests became intertwined, it became a bandit suppression event.

As soon as Ethan and I hurried out of the tent after arming ourselves, we first looked for the nearest enemy.

If you use ventilation to temporarily increase the amount of magical power flowing through your body, and search for organisms in your surroundings where magical energy is not flowing unnaturally… .

‘It’s here… !’

-Phew!

“Sigh, wow!!”

The bandit, who seemed to be planning a surprise attack from behind the wagon parked next to Ethan and I’s tent, heard the sound of his throat being pierced, and he died instantly.

Meanwhile, Ethan found the guy hiding behind the tree that tied the tent and was swinging his sword to cut the guy’s body diagonally.

-Wow!

“Aaaa!!”

The bandit collapses, dropping his upper body, or more accurately, his upper body to the floor. He quickly put away the dagger attached to the waist of the corpse that was still standing and quickly walked towards the tent where the warrior party was located.

“First of all, it would be a good idea to join the hero party, Master Ethan. Because two is better than one, and ten is better than two.”

“Yes. I think so too, Lilith.”

Since it was a life-threatening situation, we couldn’t help but cooperate just because we didn’t get along well. And looking at Ethan today, he doesn’t seem to have much of the attitude he used to keep in check.

In the process of moving to cooperate with the hero party, a few bandits came out and swung their swords at Ethan, but it was not that important to Ethan and I, who had the strength of 1.1 Sword Experts.

-Wow!

“Keueuuu!!”

-Phew!

“Whoop, whoop!”

Two bandits fell after being hit by Ethan’s sword and the dagger I threw and picked up earlier.

As if he realized something was going on strangely, one of the guys who was a little crazy came out and shouted, pointing at Ethan.

“Black hair! Kill those with black hair first!”

“Those bastards are isolated, so get rid of them first!”

“You idiot! Don’t kill women! The guy who kills that bitch knows how to cut his fucking dick off!”

“… … .”

-Paak.

The sound of Ethan grinding his teeth reached my ears, as if he was feverish from hearing the bandits talking around him.

‘… Anyway, the problem is that he likes me too much.’

Hoping that Ethan’s concentration would not be lost due to anger, I also took a stance to protect myself, holding the dagger with both hands.

-visor! visor!

“Ahaha! Where are you going to play prince? Not even a sword wielded by a kid like you… .”

-Phew!

“… Next.”

A group of bandits come out of the melee and rush towards Ethan without stopping.

Most of the enemies approached Ethan first, probably because they thought it would be easy to subdue him if they just killed Ethan, but most of them fell one after another after being cut by Ethan’s sword before they could make more than three moves, no matter how long it took.

“Hey, fuck! Seeing this bitch up close was crazy! Even if you catch this bitch and sell it, you can get ten gold coins in the market… .”

-Phew!!

“Sigh, something like this… .”

Ten? It’s really oily resin.

“My annual salary is forty gold coins, you stupid bastards. Do you think Confucius Blackwood’s exclusive maid is a prostitute?”

-Phew!

“Shi, fuck… . What a bitch… .”

A few bandits attempted a surprise attack, but I had reached the level of a sword expert.

It was very easy to see the swords wielded by these mobs, and of course, striking them with a sword and cutting them with a sword was easier than flipping the palm of your hand.

‘Definitely, combat is easier than before.’

In the past, even when swinging a sword, you had to put all your thoughts into predicting the opponent’s move, but now, you can easily overcome most battles just by swinging the sword along the trajectory you can see in front of you.

Of course, this wouldn’t work against a guy with a certain level of skill, but a guy with that level of skill would probably go to that guy, not me and Ethan, so it wasn’t something I needed to worry about.

‘Today I’ll just have to focus on getting used to Sword Expert’s ‘Sword Expert’s prediction’.’

Even if I dealt with these mobs, there was no way a proper sparring could take place, so in the end, all I could do was get used to this power that was drawn with the sword in battle.

“The women are also talented! Deal with it with the mindset of cutting off an arm or two!”

“Don’t be damned, fuck! Don’t you know that if a woman loses even one of her arms, her price drops by half?!”

“, you idiots, stick to the men’s side more! That bastard is stronger!”

“ That baby Sword Expert, it’s a dog! You either go and search for it!!”

-Phew! puck! Cheaeng!

There is little unity of opinion when it comes to dealing with me and Ethan, so in the end, internal strife breaks out, wielding swords and axes among themselves.

Thanks to this, the battle between me and Ethan became relatively easier, but I couldn’t feel at ease until the end.

The presentation that started as if the battle would end like this was usually done right before the final battle started, meaning that the named monster of this event would soon appear.

– Jeopuk, Jeopuk, Jeopuk.

As I was thinking about that and cutting down the bandits in front of me one by one, two large men appeared, moving slowly.

While playing 『Luminor Academy』, I started to feel a little nervous about the appearance of a named monster that I had seen about ten times.

“Ha, Occam. So we said we should come alone.”

“Be quiet, Occam. There’s nothing we can do because the captain ordered it.”

“These guys are all in the way. Can’t we just get rid of them, Ockham?”

“That’s right. All the captain ordered was to go together. I didn’t specifically tell you to join forces and fight, right, Occam?”

“Yes, Occam.”

“Yes, Okam.”

Two twin brothers who appear and call each other Occam.

It was ‘Twin Occam’, the name of the night bandit attack event.

“Ah, Vice-Captain Occam! It’s those guys! Those guys don’t fight properly and attack their comrades first… !”

-Pow!

“What should I do? Who’s nagging a weak guy who can’t even block an ax properly?”

“Yes, that’s right. Who’s nagging the weak guy? These guys are not helpful.”

The scene where the twin Ockham appears from the beginning, chopping off an ally’s head with an axe.

The remaining bandits, who belatedly noticed the appearance of the twins, began to run away in panic.

“Hey, hey! These are the Occam vice-captains! Jump out!”

“Fuck, get out of the way! I have no intention of getting killed here!!”

As soon as the enemies surrounding me and Ethan disappeared, the twins holding swords and axes walked towards us.

“I am Occam. And this is my brother Occam.”

“I am Occam. And this is my older brother, Ockham.”

“… … .”

“… … .”

I couldn’t help but feel quite a bit embarrassed as he recited to us the lines that were originally supposed to start with the battle with the hero, Gomjoshegigot.