Day 51-60

Day 51-60(day 60 translation in progress~)
Day 51 



When I woke up, four goblins had turned into hobgoblins and the number of hobgoblins is now twelve. 



Moreover, there is a quality Mage from the four, and another of them has aptitude to work as a Cleric. 



<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The large wounds received until now have all been cured by me, so having another one with a healing ability is something I’m grateful for. <span style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I also can't rule out the possibility that some of the wounded would die before I reached them if there are a lot of wounded patients at once. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">That’s why, I have established a medical unit named “Prière” under the new Hobgoblin Cleric Gobuji-kun as its captain. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">TL Note : Prière is “prayer” in french. - Sarah ''<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Although he’s currently the only member of his unit, I hope that other individuals with similar skills will soon be joining him. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Incidentally, you might think that there should be more than twelve hobgoblins. I have not counted wrong however. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Counting off, Gobumi-chan, Gobue-chan, Hobusato-san, and their 5 underling goblins, and four additional goblins that joined, which all total to 12 hobgoblins. It’s simple addition. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">But Hobusei-san was not mentioned, because when she woke up she had undergone her next rank up already. According to her, it has been years since her first rank up. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Hobusei-san ranked up and became a Lord base species called the Half Spell Lord. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The reason Hobusei-san wasn’t counted this time is because of that. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Concerning Half Spell Lords; it seems that for hobgoblins who practice magic becoming Ogres is not a popular route, although the probability is lower, mage-type monsters are races that advance on routes that specialize in using magic. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">It's really like Hobusei-san who is good at using magic. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Turning into a race that best leverages her strong points is a good thing, too. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">It's just that the specialization comes at the cost of lower physical abilities than other lord types, but magic is in the first place a technique to one-sidedly torment the enemy from a distance. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Since it's mostly a close-combat averse race that specialize in using magic, it's not particularly a problem. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">A Half Spell Lord's appearance is like that of a human with two small horns. I haven't seen any besides Hobusei-san but there might be differences between individuals, from her appearance, one could guess that Hobusei-san who became a Half Spell Lord was in the latter half of her early twenties; rather than calling her cute, she was like Alchemist-san, an intellectual cool-type beauty who seems like she would look good in a suit. <span style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Bluish-white skin that radiates life, green, somewhat tsurime eyes that show intelligence, in the middle of her forehead a sapphire-looking round gem 3 cm in diameter between a pair of horns, long, ash grey hair that extends down to her waist, and black tattoos on her forearms with patterns similar to mine yet subtly different, these were her characteristics. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">TL Note: '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:windowtext">Tsurime '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> - Eyes that slant upwards, ending in a corner, usually seen on willful, proud, or intelligent characters in visual media. The opposite of '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:windowtext">Tareme '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">, round eyes drooping downwards on soft, kind, or ditzy characters ''<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Measured by eye, her height is 180 cm. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Speaking of the person herself, the tattoos on her arms were something that had originally not been there, and apparently she herself doesn't know how they got there. It's just that she felt power gathering to the brim near them, so they didn't give off a bad feeling. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">When I asked whether she had something like Gobukichi-kun's [Demigod's Divine Protection], she denied it. Apparently she didn’t hold such a blessing. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Hrm, this is an enigma. Well, I expect that this will be explained in due time. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Then Gobujii additionally told us that the "Half" in front of the race's name was because it had inferior overall specs compared to the true species—Spell Lord in this case. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Well, I already thought that much from the beginning because it was "Half". <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">People who don't quite understand what "Half" means, it's okay to consider things like Ogres and Hobgoblins like that, I think. Knowing that much already means being one step ahead. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">It looks like the next time she ranks up she will officially become a Spell Lord, too. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Afterwards, to confirm the extent of improvement to her abilities when she became a Half Spell Lord, we had a magic stage performance by the stream outside, yep, it was amazing. No, incredible. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Among the magic that Hobusei-san could use, there was one that is classified as a second-grade fire-type magic called “Firestorm of Disaster (Char’dei Dirou)”. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I think I was being cryptic by suddenly saying gibberish like "second-grade", so I'll add one thing. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">It seems <God> had defined all ten ranks of magic, from the lowest ranking "first grade", to the highest ranking "tenth grade" according to difficulty of invocation, destructive power, spell release level limit, and so on. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Like the way abilities are often something like [Demigod of Something], in this world, beings that stand one domain above us are real. The world is practically dotted with several places where one can meet Gods—the "Holy Places". <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Well, let's put aside Gods and such and get back to the story. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">After learning that it is only one step above the most basic spells, you might think it’s weak, but you would be gravely mistaken. <span style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Even by being able to handle the lowest first-grade magic, it's easy to kill several people at the same time. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Just by launching a single fireball of the first-grade fire system magic "Flame Calamity (Char Rou)", several people can easily be incinerated. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">By the way, the lightning system magic that hit me directly in the face before was a third-grade spell. If that's true it contains enough power to blow away an Ogre-class monster entirely. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Editor Note : This is the same lightning magic that was used in Day 36 where he was fighting against the adventurers pillaging Velvet’s Treasury. - Sarah ''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">In my case I didn't become like that because the power was sharply lowered by my abilities, but it still hurt… <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">If you can handle a fifth-grade magic, even burning an entire city block is probably possible. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Going that far, you'd certainly be a monster that can "match a thousand", Redhead even seemed to know of some people that could do the same or worse than that, although only through hearsay. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">…I wonder what kind of ability I could get if I ate one. <span style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">It’s fun to imagine the possibilities, since the High Wizard that I previously killed and ate could only at his best use third-grade magic. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Though there’s no knowing when such an opportunity will occur, imagining the possibilities is fun. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Going back from what I heard of “Firestorm of Disaster (Char’dei Dirou)”, Hobusei-san once upon a time used it and it produced fireballs with a diameter of ten centimeters, the magic then launched these fireballs five times in a row causing wide area destruction. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">It's just that for Hobusei-san to cast it, she needed considerable concentration and a long chant time, furthermore, for several days after she’d used it she couldn't use magic, those were the risks inherent in using it. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">When thinking of the great risk inherent in using it, this destructive power could only be used as a last resort. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Now that she had ranked up, it had changed into magic that could not be compared to that of the old days. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The time needed to activate “Firestorm of Disaster (Char’dei Dirou)”, not only has it been reduced to one-fifth the cast time compared to before, but also the diameter of one fireball is now 35 cm, and the total number of shots fired have turned into twenty. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Furthermore, she no longer even gets a feeling of fatigue after activating it, with her current supply of inner mana, it seems she won’t receive any backlash even if she were to fire it twenty times in a row. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Additionally, she could now use even more powerful spells than before. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">You could expect no less from a race-specific magician. <span style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">By the way, every shot was aimed at the sky. This is because if she were to shoot at the ground, dealing with the damaged terrain would be a bother. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Even so, since she is still only a Half Spell Lord, it got me wondering on how great the magic of a full Spell Lord would be. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">No matter how hard I try at gathering information about this world, the information I get is too incomplete, not knowing the limits of power is quite scary. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">To congratulate them for their rank up, I did the same as I always do and gave each of the four hobgoblins two magic items. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Hobusei-san got an item from Velvet's inheritance, a robe made from silver and gold thread combined with a red holy shroud that showed several special effects like [Auto-Amplification] and [Physical Magic Damage Resistance] among others. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Another present I gave her was a magic staff named “Arannote’s Staff”, made from ancient wood studded with a red magic gem that used to be in possession of the adventurer with the [Job-High Wizard] who was killed in Velvet's dungeon before. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I also handed over a bracelet-type magic item that had the ability to store magic staves and gadgets that were usually in the way, just like the one I had given to Gobukichi-kun. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Due to the weapons reshuffling this time, the equipment that Hobusei-san was using until now, a staff and a grey robe, were given to two of the mage disciples that were formerly under my command but had now been transferred to Hobusei-san's corps. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Now then, I’ve been grumbling nowadays since I found out the reason of their growth lately. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Yeah, somehow the goblins from the same generation as me seem to generally have an unimaginably high growth rate—or experience point absorption ability. That had been demonstrated by hobgoblins being born en masse before going out of the forest. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I've been told by Gobujii before, but normally, goblins needed years to become hobgoblins. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The reason for things becoming like this was undoubtedly me. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">And so I tried thinking a bit, perhaps due to their living environment one month or so after birth, their growth rate was not going to change in the future. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">See, because Goblins as a species have a high growth rate, I speculate that the growth of their abilities are also higher than other species. I wonder if I could call it a growth period extension? <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">In the month since they were born, these goblins have killed and eaten tons of creatures ordinary goblins would avoid like the plague, undergoing a harsh training regimen repeatedly, which has caused their growth rate to greatly change. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Assuming that the growth rate of an ordinary goblin is 1, the goblins that continue to strictly train, kill and eat until their bellies are full is 10, this is what it feels like. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Definitely there’s no way to confirm it, however I suspected that there’s a very high probability that it is so. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I can’t find any reason to deny this hypothesis either. <span style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Also, it is very likely that there was assistance from my [Pack Leadership]. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I already mentioned the effectiveness of this ability in raising my subordinates' abilities, but in order to fulfill the conditions for utilizing the ability, I had to come up with concepts for each corps, picking out individuals that I judge to be the most suitable considering their character and ability and assigning them there. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">What I'm trying to say is that, shouldn't it become easier to get more and more powerful than normal because of the expectation from usually using the effects of [Pack Leadership] for that purpose? <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Well, having an increase in strong companions is something that should be welcomed, let’s stop this talk here because I haven’t gotten any clear proof that this is so yet. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">It is however vital that I thoroughly investigate the effects of say ranking up into an ogre in the future. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Among other things I have to figure out an ogre’s lifespan. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">If ogres are as short lived as say goblins, of course it would be depressing. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Oh yeah, of the 17 elves we have in captivity, one woman from the seven and three men from the ten have yielded to their desires. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Although I already had Gobumi-chan and the rest, I was curious about what Elven biology was like, so I put myself in charge as her first partner. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">For now I'll say that I intended to be as careful as I can to not hurt my partner. But I couldn't deny the feeling that I made her faint. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">TL Note : …. his alphaness shined! ''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Well, yeah, it was awesome. Though I'm not saying anything. Not even that it's because beautiful girls are assertive. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">After that, it was the other goblins turn. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">This group mainly consisted of goblins from my own generation. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Rather, I strongly ordered them. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The orders were mostly for the sake of the older goblin males… To have them make her feel good when she’s their partner. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">But I won’t allow many-to-one. It has to be one-to-one. <span style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I might have thought that she was reluctant because she was a haughty elf, but in reaction to enduring being stimulated with drugs, she was delightedly gasping. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I thought "If she seemed happy about it then it's okay, right?" Well since it can't be helped, I gave up. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Because I gave them detailed instructions to treat the girls with care, and because the girls assigned rooms were better than the subordinate goblins, they shouldn’t end up tattered and then die like what happened before. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Having given that much warning, particularly to Gobujii who was a repeat offender, it should be fine because I took action first and thus had the initiative. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">After that, let's talk about the [ <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">■■■ <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> of Kins] that I got when I woke up. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">TL Note : This is one of Rou’s many “Sealed” Skills. I’d be spoiling on what it is. ''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Yeah, I really didn't understand how this could be used. In fact, it's not even clear right now what effects it had. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> I couldn’t even make a conjecture because the first few letters were blocked. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I wanted to say "Somebody teach me!" <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Because it says "Kin", I thought that maybe something or other was messing with me, but… <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">If it's an ability I learned by myself, usually I could understand the way to use it, but this ability is probably something that I earned because of the rules of this world, so yeah, I don't get it. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I'm giving up on trying to figure it out for now. <span style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Day 52 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Since it had been a while, this evening I went hunting together with Gobukichi-kun in previously unmapped areas, where we found a group of twelve armed men. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">By their vigilance of their surroundings, and their speedy—although slow compared to us—advance towards the area where I think the Village of the Elves is, I concluded that they were something like the human army's reconnaissance corps. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Motivated by curiosity, we decided to follow them. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">An ogre taller than two and a half meters should be pretty conspicuous, in fact I usually can’t help but stand out strikingly, however in this case this is not a problem. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Since the fourth day after we were born, we were told to get our own food by hunting. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">From that day on we have followed my plan which is, rather than charging straight at our prey we stay hidden, reading its breath whereafter we strike its blind spot accurately as if we were assassins. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Because of this, Gobukichi-kun and I have polished our skill at hiding ourselves until it couldn't be compared to the usual level of skill others have. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The gigantic figure of an Ogre merged with the surroundings, it’s an ability that makes the target unable to perceive you for over ten minutes. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">In addition to this, since I possessed the ability [Hiding] which further boosted my skill at hiding, I could easily support Gobukichi-kun too, so there shouldn’t be any problems. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">And then after tailing them for a short while. It seems that we had reached the target point, where the humans began to assume a formation shaped like the letter "U". <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">As they finished moving into formation, each of the humans took one of their two crossbows in hand, erased their presence and hid themselves. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">In case you didn’t know of their presence in advance, they’d be pretty difficult to spot even if you got very close to them. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Their hiding skill is very advanced. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Well, though it’s at an inferior level compared to us who live in the wild. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Having arranged their stance up to this point, there was a high chance of silencing their targets without being discovered using a surprise attack with their crossbows. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Since they each had two crossbows, they could fire them in succession whereafter they would enter close combat. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">That's what I would've done anyway. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Wanting to know what they were doing there, I secretly extended a superfine thread that was almost invisible even if you were to look at it closely, and listened in on their hushed conversations. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">From that I learned their mission here was to kidnap the beloved daughter of the “Elven Round Table Conference’s Chairman”. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Apparently the Elves had adopted an institution where the representatives of several clans meet together for decision-making. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Naturally, they were preparing to kill the daughter's guards, or so I deduced from the conversation. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">From the conversation I also established that somehow the Elves had a traitor among them. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Though I don’t intend to do anything special with this information, I had no doubt that this was a very useful piece of intel. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Well, the existence of those who think "No one wants to be ruined, and betraying my companions to save my own~" isn't all that unusual. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Many had left battered after getting influenced by personal interests, and I didn't have anything to do with it in the first place, so I couldn't care less. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I’ll squeeze as much profit from this as I possibly can if I get the chance. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Afterwards, after about two hours of watching how things would work out, an armed group of nothing but pretty female and male elves came along. Gobukichi-kun got tired of waiting long ago, so I had him hunting close by. If anything were to occur I’d notify him with my thread. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The elf sitting on a sedan chair being carried by a number of elves was certainly the elven maiden-san who was going to be kidnapped. <span style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">From her looks she seemed to be between her late teen to early twenties, and frankly speaking she was the most beautiful person I’d ever seen. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">That is, what one would call an incomparably beautiful woman. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">While staring at her mesmerized for a while, I caught sight of a small change in the hidden humans. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I thought something was going to happen, so I called Gobukichi-kun via thread. At the same time the twelve humans moved simultaneously and accurately killed an elf each with their crossbows. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">It didn't end there, they threw away the crossbows they just fired, took their other crossbows, and fired once more. The arrows that were fired once more caused twelve elves to die. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">In the confusion following the surprise attack, the eight remaining elves who took up their bows to retaliate were silenced by the drawn blades of the humans who had quickly rushed over. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The whole thing was over in only ten seconds. They worked at lightning speed; I have to say that they are quite skilled. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The elf-maiden was the only survivor and the men approached her afterwards. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Despite her struggling, they forced a cloth against her mouth and she suddenly went limp. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">From what I could gather at this distance it appeared that she had lost consciousness. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The humans who were able to finish their mission unhurt carried the listless Elven Maiden-san and ran back the way they came. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">They withdrew without hesitation. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I decided to await them along the former path they used. This is of course if they use the same path as they used earlier. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Their distance is getting close enough to me, I think the time is right, so I got up from the ground and shot threads from my fingertips. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I activated [Earth Control] just in case, and I erected earthen walls to three sides other than the front to completely prevent the 12 humans from escaping. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">In the sudden turn of events, the expressions of the humans who went into a state of panic was funny. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">As a result, everyone was captured in one go. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Using the flexibility of the thread created by the ability of the Argiope’s [Golden Thread Creation] they remained in their place, since it was exhausting because the golden thread was heavier than it appeared, its vulnerability to fire which was the previous thread’s weak point was also covered up, it’s also impossible to cut quickly because of its resistances. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">They looked like bagworms as they wriggled around which was hilarious. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">But during this state everyone was determined to use the poison in the back of their teeth that they have prepared, to prevent them from confessing anything they might also bite off their tongue. As soon as it happened, I cured everyone to prevent them from dying and I gagged them with my thread since it was troublesome to apply medical treatment. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"MSGothic";mso-ascii-font-family:"PalatinoLinotype";mso-bidi-font-family: "MSGothic"">　 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">In order for them not to undo their bindings I dislocated their joints, and when I had finished tying up their wrists and thumbs firmly, Gobukichi finally arrived. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I gave the work of carrying all the 12 humans to Gobukichi-kun who arrived late. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Though his burden looks quite heavy, Gobukichi-kun was carrying them like it was nothing. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">…..And including the equipment, it’s definitely more than 1 ton right? I wondered whilst tilting my head a little, but he looked completely unfazed so I didn’t say anything. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I held Elven Maiden-san who still slept in my arms, as we returned to the cave we dwell in. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">TL Note : Thanks to whoever got this scan. Would be nice if the rest of the images get posted somewhere we can grab. ''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-no-proof:yes">{C} <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Elven Maiden-san’s escorts just now were killed in action--the heads were hollowed out from the shot they received by a crossbow, the neck separated from the corpses. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The assassins had good skills, so the elves vital points were accurately destroyed and there was nothing I could do since I don’t have any resurrection skills, so I took all their equipment and their hearts, whereafter I properly buried them because it would be cruel if monsters were to eat and ravage their corpses. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">TL Notes : <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">so says the ogre who ripped out their hearts to eat… '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tunga","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman"">ಠ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">_ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Tunga","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">ಠ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> -larvyde <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Yeah, cause that’s how he gets the skills, it can’t be helped really. Also he properly buried them and offered a prayer so he respected them at least that much. Rou is technically Chaotic good based on alignment. -kouta ''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">More like chaotic natural no? -yan <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">More like Lawful Neutral, he’s always looking out for number one, but he still play by the rules. - FB ''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"MSGothic";mso-ascii-font-family: "PalatinoLinotype";mso-bidi-font-family:"MSGothic"">　 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ability [Luck] learned <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"MSGothic";mso-ascii-font-family: "PalatinoLinotype";mso-bidi-font-family:"MSGothic"">　 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ability [Doom] learned <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Guess I’ll have to activate Luck (good luck) ability for now, gotta be cautious I don’t accidentally activate the Doom (bad luck) ability. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Lastly, I clapped my hands together “Namu”. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I offered a prayer to them. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"MSGothic";mso-ascii-font-family: "PalatinoLinotype";mso-bidi-font-family:"MSGothic"">　 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Hm? What will I do to the captured humans you say? <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Well, after interrogating them I’d have them earn more experience by contributing to us. Afterwards, I used them as a lecturing material on how to torture. Since they’re all males, they don’t look good compared to the looks of the male elves. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Yeah, tonight will be problematic. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">That was what I thought, but before that, an event happened. We encountered some goblins on the way home. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">These weren't unfamiliar faces. They were a group of the older goblins, six goblins who were once our superior members. Nowadays, even the goblin underlings who had carried Redhead and the others far outstrip them in true strength, these goblins had become known as those guys who couldn't keep up with training. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I already mentioned before that the goblins of my generation were stronger than the older ones, but I'll add that because the underling servant goblins were comparatively younger, they had shown some likelihood of growing reasonably through training, though the fact that they had outstripped these guys was an inside story. Oh well, that's fine for now. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I wanted to ask what they were doing in this kind of place, but since the older goblins seemed to be in some hurry I just observed them while staring at them in silence. It could have been resignation, but one of them raised his hand and talked. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The reason: they could no longer follow me. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Not being able to sleep with women against their will was hard enough, they could no longer stand the rigors of daily training. Even so, they endured, thinking that some opportunity would come up, but when the female Elf prisoners were taken, they could not take it any longer. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">In their situation, sleeping with the female Elves was impossible; even if they held out their hand, they were limited to the males. The males were pretty boys so they didn't feel bad, but of course they could not reach the females' first-rate bodies in a lifetime, the goblins were helplessly tantalized by this situation. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Even to the extent of being half-dead. In an environment where they had some first-rate meals right in front of their eyes, but only those other than themselves can eat, what could they expect to do. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">So, they moved out. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">In other words, they seem to want to leave the group. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">After saying that much, they went silent and trembled. <span style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Maybe they thought that they would be killed. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ah so it has finally come to this, I told myself, although it was a talk that I didn’t want to hear. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Well, at the current stage, it is not really necessary to stop those who don’t comply at this state, if they told me that they want to go out, “I see” was the kind of thing I probably would’ve said. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"MSGothic";mso-ascii-font-family:"PalatinoLinotype";mso-bidi-font-family: "MSGothic"">　 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">If it were Gobukichi-kun I would stop him to the point of pulling, It's him after all. Something like that. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I adhere to the rules, but I haven't considered what to do to guys who were like "we don't like it, so we're leaving", right now. Since they were not that many yet, leaving would be okay. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Just that I have to make-up some kind of violation that would make them leave. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Besides, my goal right now was not to increase our numbers, but rather to raise our individual abilities. Rather than increasing the number of burdens, I thought that in our state that is competent to an extent, it might be better to consider adding children from now on. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">So, it was not my intent to leave behind these already frustrated guys right now. Even if they had no talent, I wanted to extend my hand to those willing to work hard. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Nonetheless, to prevent gossip from leaking out, I should apply a bit of tactics. No, I didn't think of killing them. Though I should add "at least at this stage" at the end. I won't kill them. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The weapons carried by these trembling older goblins who were looking at me with a tense expression were only [Normal] class items that I gathered and distributed, if you want to call it by rank, then it would be first-grade from the bottom. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">With them they had [Normal] class weapons and armor, and several [Rare] class weapons were thrown in with them were taken out, the armaments were then handed out without a word. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">They were certain, that they would be killed if they made a move. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">It was the right choice. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Getting back to what I was saying, it is good that the goblins were armed, but the best weapons quickly dwindled in number, their chances to survive and thrive with their current abilities are uncertain with the quality of weapons they currently have. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Oh well, I decided that I will show them my feelings of mercy with a parting gift. So, I presented them with six knives taken from my item box. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">This knife is one of the relics left from the Elf Guard-san who died earlier. Using my appraisal the blue knife appears to be made of the magic metal (Mithril), which is too precious for Goblins to have. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The knife does not contain any special abilities, but its sharpness is beyond compare to the standard steel short sword that they are currently equipped with. Would you believe me if I told you that Mithril can easily cut the blade of a steel sword without getting a scratch on it? <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The Mithril Knife that only the elves have the ability to manufacture, is so (Rare) that a low level adventurer could not obtain one. <span style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Just to show the sharpness of the blade, I cut my fingertip and several drops of blood trickled out, I then handed the blade back to a goblin who sheathed it. The wound quickly vanished without leaving a trace because of [Rapid Recovery]. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The older goblins just stood there with a dumbfounded look. Then Gobukichi-kun and I, smiling wryly, left them there without looking back, and took our leave. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Perhaps, destiny will allow us to meet again. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Well, even with the Mithril knife they still have a high chance of being killed by a group of adventures or mercenaries before that. With the market value being so high, a treasure like that usually invites trouble. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I wish them luck for the future ahead. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Lastly, I simply said "This important point is a place where I shed my blood". <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">TL note: This is likely a reference to the phrase, “lose a finger to save an arm”. He’s cutting his losses. He’s losing some forces, but it’s necessary for his plans ''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">TL Note @ Trina : Major thanks for TXT Raws~. - Sarah ''<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Day 53 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">From the group of 12 people that got caught, I got the information that the full force will advance within 20 days, because the forest is full of powerful monsters like Three-Horned Horses and Hind Bears, mobilization of large numbers of people on specific routes was deemed impossible. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Naturally, I heard the routes as well. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Normally one would think they wouldn't leak such important information since they are professionals, ha, broke their limbs and then stopped the bleeding, sliced their flesh and bone and then healed it, cut open their stomach and then healed it, eating them mercilessly in front of their comrades, I repeatedly listen to the ones that were telling everything. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">We are called villains, there's no mistake about it, but if you look at history you would find things like this happen many times, so I was not concerned, don't take me wrong but most of the techniques I was using were ones that were perfected by our predecessors in the first place. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Oh, and I’m an ogre now. I’m not human, so this isn’t a problem. That’s how it is. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">After I heard all the things I needed to hear, I ate their extremely delicious meat. Oh and I also got magic items, armaments and a lot of experience points. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"MSGothic";mso-ascii-font-family: "PalatinoLinotype";mso-bidi-font-family:"MSGothic"">　 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">From the group of 12 people that got caught, I got the information that the full force will advance <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"MSMincho";mso-ascii-font-family: "PalatinoLinotype";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">　 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ability [Job-Secret Force] learned <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"MSMincho";mso-ascii-font-family: "PalatinoLinotype";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">　 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ability [Job-Monster Tamer] learned <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"MSMincho";mso-ascii-font-family: "PalatinoLinotype";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">　 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ability [Job-Vorpal Punisher] learned <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"MSMincho";mso-ascii-font-family: "PalatinoLinotype";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">　 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ability [Job-Hermit] learned <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"MSMincho";mso-ascii-font-family: "PalatinoLinotype";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">　 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ability [Read State] learned <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"MSMincho";mso-ascii-font-family: "PalatinoLinotype";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">　 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ability [Bribe] learned <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"MSMincho";mso-ascii-font-family: "PalatinoLinotype";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">　 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ability [Unlock] learned <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"MSMincho";mso-ascii-font-family: "PalatinoLinotype";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">　 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ability [Release Trap] learned <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"MSMincho";mso-ascii-font-family: "PalatinoLinotype";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">　 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ability [Sense Trap] learned <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"MSMincho";mso-ascii-font-family: "PalatinoLinotype";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">　 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ability [Sense Enemy] learned <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"MSMincho";mso-ascii-font-family: "PalatinoLinotype";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">　 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ability [Improved Assassination Rate] learned <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"MSMincho";mso-ascii-font-family: "PalatinoLinotype";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">　 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ability [Hidden Weapon Mastery] learned <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"MSMincho";mso-ascii-font-family: "PalatinoLinotype";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">　 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ability [Humanbane] learned <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"MSMincho";mso-ascii-font-family: "PalatinoLinotype";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">　 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ability [Vorpal Strike] learned <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"MSMincho";mso-ascii-font-family: "PalatinoLinotype";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">　 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ability [Aura Slash] learned <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"MSMincho";mso-ascii-font-family: "PalatinoLinotype";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">　 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ability [Back Attack] learned <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"MSMincho";mso-ascii-font-family: "PalatinoLinotype";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">　 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ability [Needleshot] learned <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"MSMincho";mso-ascii-font-family: "PalatinoLinotype";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">　 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ability [Throw] learned <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"MSMincho";mso-ascii-font-family: "PalatinoLinotype";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">　 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ability [Severe Pain Resistance] learned <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"MSMincho";mso-ascii-font-family: "PalatinoLinotype";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">　 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ability [Charm Resistance] learned <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"MSMincho";mso-ascii-font-family: "PalatinoLinotype";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">　 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ability [Assassination Resistance] learned <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Tl Note : Now he wont get oneshotted/multishotted in an instant like his first death. - Sarah ''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Oh the abilities. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Yeah, only [Triple Stab] was a direct physical attack ability, I’m thankful for the addition of [Vorpal Strike] and [Aura Slash]. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">TL Note : Hah, Vorpal Strike…. so Accel World. - Vidar ''<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">TL Note: I thought it was DnD o.O - FB <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">There’s also [Unlock] and [Release Trap], I am satisfied with so many useful abilities. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Elven Maiden-san slept soundly for a day thanks to the sleeping drug, she finally woke up in the afternoon. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">She jumped in surprise when she woke up since I was looking at her beautiful sleeping face, then made a bunch of noises like “What have you done to my private escorts?!” “What are you going to do to me?!” “No way, my chastity…”, so I made some imitation tea—with the help of Alchemist-san—out of medicinal grass, which settled her for now. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The tea's sedative effect kicked in immediately. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Afterwards, I told her what happened plainly. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The escorts were all dead, I took their hearts and equipment as payment for giving them a respectable burial. I—Gobukichi-kun was excluded since he wasn't there at the time—was watching the situation from the preparation phase, I attacked the humans before killing and eating them, that's all. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I told her everything without holding back. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Oh by the way, I never said anything about the elven prisoners of war. Since it is unrelated. There might be a problem if I told her, but I didn’t because it doesn’t relate to her case. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Well, speaking of Elven Maiden-san’s reaction, was, naturally, it was that of rage. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I was punched in the head and got hit a few more times, but to be honest, it was not a big deal. It was like getting hit by a small child. Repeated punches you say? That imagery is actually quite close. <span style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Though I thought ‘Did Elf Maiden-san behave like that because there was a guy with reasonable position?’, but it's not like I don't understand her feelings, so I let her freely hit me for a while, then I countered with a flick of my finger—My hits are no joke. Even though it's just a poke I had to go easy on her and hold back—to her forehead. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">T/N note: He did '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"MSGothic"; mso-ascii-font-family:"PalatinoLinotype";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">コチラはデコピン '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">, which is flathead, and poke her in the forehead. I had to make do with the horrible pun T.T - FB ''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">what? '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"MSGothic";mso-ascii-font-family:"PalatinoLinotype"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">コチラ '<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> is kochira, this one, usually refers to rou himself or his side of the conflict. he’s been using achira/kochira a lot for that reason. /Vidar ''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">And here I thought rou’s having one of those flight of fancy moment with the famous forehead flick slapstick jokes from the 90’s/00’s (I’m not sure if this was from Silent Library or Takeru’s Corner) - FB <span style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Her swelling head moved back so she won't die, but it still must have been painful, she held onto the spot and scornfully stared at me with teary eyes, I don’t really know. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">“The dispute between elves and humans doesn’t matter to us, but I was going to help, so stop hating and complaining so much”, I declared. Then I incidentally told her that there seemed to be a traitor in their ranks. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Then she became silent, after a while she erupted into tears while crying in earnest, I tried to comfort her. Gah, the sight of a beauty in tears is foul play. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">After that, I wanted to escort Elven Maiden-san to her village, but we continued talking more than expected, time passed so she needed somewhere to stay for the night. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Tonight I made a hammock for her to sleep in. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Well, tomorrow we will go to the Village of the Elves. Wonder how it will go. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Oh, and Gobujii, weren't you looking at me with expectant eyes saying "Did you catch Maiden-san?" What a bother. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">TL Note : Damned perverted & lolicon gobujii. The last girl he did it with was a loli (or used to be loli). - Sarah ''<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">It's not like she's an enemy, for me to be hypocritical and spend two hours talking with her…… <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Oh, I began asking about the male and female elves I caught. But there was no interest because they were the ones who meddled first, it's an implicit rule of the elves, so I just went with it. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The line of goblins was a surreal scene, it went on and on. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">For the time being, I'm not going to say anything since they were following the rules. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Day 54 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Waking up as usual, I felt a presence overlooking me while sighing by my side. To ascertain who it was, I feigned sleep for a while. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">According to [Presence Sensor], apparently it was the Elven Maiden-san. For now, I want to say “What are you doing?” <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Later, Gobumi-chan, Redhead, Blacksmith-san, Sisters-san, Alchemist-san all had me surrounded and were examining me closely as well, again I wondered what they were doing. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Since it is impossible to play possum forever, perhaps because of the looks from Gobumi-chan and the others I felt an eerie feeling, and because I felt this chill down my spine I opened my eyes. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Then Elven Maiden-san went into a panic, her movements were so funny that I laughed in spite of myself. I was hit by Elven Maiden-san. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Why me? <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">After that I finished my breakfast, then practiced against Gobukichi-kun for the same reason, since an Ogre could easily kill a Hobgoblin, because of this Gobukichi-kun and I did not participate in the mixed training much. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The current training, I told the Hobgoblin in charge of training that we were going to go escort Elven Maiden-san to her village, and we then departed from the cave. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">After a while of hunting Argiope for suitable materials, and walking for about three hours we finally arrived. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">We were suddenly surrounded, the numbers that appeared in sight were 25, but according to [Presence Sensor] the true number was 48. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Although they seem to be aiming at the vital parts of both me and Gobukichi-kun with bows, and arrows solely made of Mithril, this is not a big problem though. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">To the extent that I could kill all of them if I overlap my abilities, and to begin with, the bodies of me and Gobukichi-kun, complete with our armor if hit by an arrow even at a short distance we can endure it. <span style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The life force of an Ogre should not be underestimated. <span style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Frankly, receiving a direct hit to an unprotected head would be somewhat dangerous, but I am confident that it could be avoided even if it happened at point blank range. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">However, it is only troublesome to fight for one reason, Elven Maiden-san is here this time. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">By reflex Gobukichi-kun was about to slaughter the elves surrounding him, he was able to equip the axe and shield immediately without carrying them around because they are stored into the bracelet magic item. By the way the magic bracelet can hold 12 types of items and it is possible to stack 20 of the same type of item--I had to stop him with a hand signal, Elven Maiden-san was able to talk down the surrounding elves almost instantly. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">While surrounded by an escort of guards called Watchdogs that monitored us, we moved forward into the Village of the Elves. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The Village of the Elves, how do I say it, they live among giant trees. I have an understanding of the structure. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">It is built around one enormous tree that you cannot see at the beginning, traffic is handled by the other trees having scaffolds complete with stairs, residences, and suspension bridges along it. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The living area is primarily in the trees and not on the ground. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">It’s unlikely that everyone are living in trees, since I can see things like stables on the ground. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">It felt strange to be looked down at or should I say curiosity, although we were being exposed to these looks we continued forward up some stairs and across a bridge to arrive at our destination at last. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">There were different mansion like residences of different sizes. Seemingly the house of Elven Maiden-san appears to be here. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Going into a mansion, I met the father of Elven Maiden-san face-to-face. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">He had a splendid mustache, I should also say he looked like a Dandy- looking old man with a fine toned body for an elf. If I were a man of the same type I would be jealous. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Since I tried to sit on a seat as I was offered, but since it creaked disagreeably, I had to politely decline. Tea was served to drink, and as it got time to refill we moved onto business talk. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">To summarize the contents of our agreement, since Elven Maiden-san received help I was to receive a reasonable compensation, he said. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Even though this is not a charity, I do not exactly know how much Elven Maiden-san is worth as this is my first time doing this. So, I told him to give me a reward that is worth the life of Elven Maiden-san. Does it really matter if it comes out to a paltry amount of money? Actually, now that you mention it since he has the amount that we decided on. I implied I wanted more. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">He may hate me, but if it is really that cheap, then Father Elf should be calm about this, <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">depending on what type of personality he has, this will indicate if it was cheap. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">His response with light feelings told me I was correct. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">To be honest the result was unexpected, but an [Ancient] Class [Artifact] ended up in my possession. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The magic weapon was shaped like a bow, according to where it had been appraised it was named [Failnaught]. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I was told that it does not really require arrows, when the bow is fully drawn the arrow is half materialized by a mysterious power, therefore it will not run out of arrows. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">An arrow that is shot will be a [Certain Hit] at the point that was aimed at, unless the space was protected by a shield as the name "Certain Hit" implies. Though it has other abilities, it’s a pain to explain so I leave it at that. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">This bow, it seems to be a family heirloom considering Elven Maiden-san's reaction to it, should be impossible to exchange for a beloved daughter. He must really be a doting parent. Whoa! I'm not saying anything. <span style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">So I am glad for this, just to see that warm gaze. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">So we got a family heirloom as expected, I was about to say “Okay, good bye” but I felt a little bit awkward about it, so I decided to present some information that I have. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Also, I don't hate Father Elf's character. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Oh, come to think of it of how far humans will go for things like this, is there a strategy in this too? I hear that when you leak out a little of the details on the target, that the rewards will keep coming. <span style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">More awards were presented, 30 chain mail shirts made of Mithril, 30 Mithril short swords, 20 Mithril (Ingot), and a few magic items that will be convenient for living. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Reluctantly, I was saved by one person who knows the importance of this information. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">While absentmindedly watching Father Elf who was writing down information and intelligence about traps that I knew, I took out ten each of the knives made from water, earth, and wind spirit stones by Blacksmith-san and put them on the desk. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Also while I was at it, three shovel-type [Unique] class magic items with abilities suitable for Elves who excelled at handling spirits. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">It's not that I didn't expect to more or less sell favor for later, but I thought that it would make up for the shortage caused by the loss of the elite Elves. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The business safely concluded, I exchanged a solid handshake with Father Elf while smiling amicably. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Only, when I was asked "Do you know the whereabouts of those elites?", I had no choice but to smile and say "I don't know". <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">As we headed home, Father Elf gave me a souvenir saying "This is the Elf-made alcohol known as secret medicine. Please take it". There were three casks of booze. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Yep, this was thanks to Luck wasn't it? <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Booze was a great pleasure of mine. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Father Elf just said "If it's you then this is just cheap support.", I'll pay him back. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Night. Since we finally got our long-awaited booze, I drank with everyone. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">“Elven alcohol tastes so good!!” I screamed involuntarily. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Yeah, I’ll have you treat me again. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Day 55 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Informing everyone of the goblins that left the other day, I told the others that if there are those that want to leave, they can leave, so just tell me, I will give them a parting gift, this was my policy, but in the end there wasn't anyone. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Well, fine then, today I quickly finished doing minor changes to the rankings caused by the goblins who left, then went out hunting. <span style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">When I returned from the hunt, I worked on producing several items that I had previously thought to make. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Day 56 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">In the morning, I continued tinkering with the communication equipment (Self-made) that I started working on yesterday and now it’s finally completed. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I don’t think I know how it works, but a simple production summary is as follows. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The Mithril ingot that I got from Father Elf as a reward for sharing the information was absorbed by my [Self-Evolution] ability, which is one of the abilities of Airgeatlámh. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">→ <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> A part from the taken material is pressed out from the tip of my finger creating a cuff. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">→ <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> Several drops of blood are shed from my fingertip. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">→ <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> The decoration created out of them resembles a jewel, I then fit it into the blue metal cuff. <span style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"TimesNewRoman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">→ <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> With that the communication equipment is complete. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">In short, it’s a means of telepathic communication utilizing [Self Replication]. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">From what Redhead has told us, this world doesn't widely employ the use of communication equipment, since this is the case I expect that the ability to quickly share information will be extremely effective. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">At any rate, however, it has taken more time than I thought to enchant the cuffs. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I provided everyone with a cuff, the ones that I had gone through a multitude of struggles to make. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The cuff is impossible to remove unless you cut the flesh around it, I have carefully designed it so that once the cuff is worn it fuses with the flesh, however I don't have to worry, as [Regeneration],[Lesser Strength],[Lesser Dexterity] and the like are activated if you try to remove it, as I explained. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Since I had grown tired from all the adjustments to the hearing and trying to make it comfortable for each individual, I went to sleep. <span style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I awoke in the evening, and went for a good hunt before heading back to bed. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I went without sleep, since Gobumi-chan and the others came in and I had another hot night. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">TL Note : Every other night eh? This is probably the Jealousy Orgy. - Sarah ''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Day 57 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I want a pet. Since I have the occupation [Job-Monster Tamer], I should put it to practical use. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Thinking that way, the four of us gobs went out together, for the first time in a while, to capture some. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">My first target is a pack of Black Wolves. Because if it’s a wolf, it’s likely to make for a companion that is as good as a dog if I tame it, probably. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Because the Black Wolf is a monster, despite its appearance, it has lots of power. If I train it properly, I can use it as a mount for long distance travel. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">But reality isn’t that simple. I couldn't find a Black Wolf. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I didn't have a problem with that since I captured five Three-Horned Horses and three Hind Bears today though. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Not to mention Gobumi-chan, Gobue-chan's activeness today gave me a surprise. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Though Gobukichi-kun and I tried hard, because we ended up killing a few by mistake due to how hard we hit, it was good that Gobumi-chan, who had been given [Failnaught], was able to shoot in between the gaps in the scales. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">This is certainly because of the ability held by this magic item. You can say, I had to admire the surging waves of shots that it could fire. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">But, Gobue-chan who used her pickaxe singlehandedly could overwhelm the Three-Horned Horses to this degree by herself, was above my expectations. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The pickaxe was something that she got from Velvet’s hoard, a [Rare] class item that simply held the ability of [Difficult to Destroy]. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Yeah, the mining technique that she had cultivated as her hobby would be demonstrated here. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The superior speed and power of just one swing wasn't normal. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The gigantic figure of the Triple-Horned Horse that took a direct hit to the head, smashing its horn at the root and causing the head to rotate a half-turn at its starting point and fall from its body, was truly unbelievable. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">She may be overshadowed by Gobumi-chan and Gobukichi-kun, but I truly felt that Gobue-chan belongs in the fourth place of the goblins of our generation. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Levels are important in this world, but with this one concentrated swing, it made me realized the the importance of the techniques that utilize the entire body, hips and legs. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">In this world levels are important however, this one battle made me realize extremely well how important being able to use the whole body to support the power in your strikes can be. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I turned the three-horned horse that was trashed by Gobue-chan into a “familiar” with [Monster Tamer], somehow it rewrites a part of the brain. At most I can set two owners, and apparently the owners can talk with their pet with telepathy. What’s this, isn’t this too convenient? I set the three-horned horse’s owner to Gobue-chan and it turned into her personal mount. <span style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Still hobgoblins, Gobumi-chan and Hobusato-san received Three-Horned Horses like Gobue-chan, while Gobukichi-kun and I, followed by Hobusei-san, got one Hind Bear each as a <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CambriaMath","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">≪ <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Familiar <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">≫ <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">. <span style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">There was one Three-Horned Horse left over, so I decided to leave it to the vice captain of Gobukichi-kun's troops, who was also a hobgoblin. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The reins and saddle magic items possessed by the twelve members of the reconnaissance group could not be used on Hind Bears, but since those could be used on Triple-Horned Horses, I gave it to them in advance. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">And then in the evening, elves, three men and two women, had just fallen. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">And so the same deeds were repeated again. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">TL Note : Last time it was three men and 1 woman… so all that’s left is 4 men and 4 women. - Sarah ''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Yeah, it has been quite a significant day. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Day 58 <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I went out to look for Black Wolves again for the second day in a row. However, today I’m alone. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Gobukichi-kun and the others are in the middle of training to learn how to ride the <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">≪ <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Familiars <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">≫ <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> from yesterday. I learned it easily because of the experience in my past life and also because of my ability [Horse Riding]. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Being able to communicate was a great help too. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Gobukichi-kun and the others’ problems in getting used to riding were reduced because of the reins and saddle I made out of thread and leather to make riding easier. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">But still, an armed Ogre riding on a Hind Bear is an awesome sight in many ways. I wonder what it would be like if the Hind Bear were also armed. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">TL Note : Russian Ogre! Then Rou is putin ? ''<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">What's more awesome than bear cavalry? an Ogre bear cavalry! -larvyde ''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Today I caught a sign of Black Wolves on my [Presence Sensor], in the end, I successfully caught 8 Black Wolves and 1 Black Wolf Leader. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Although the Black Wolves' running speed, endurance, and body strength were excellent, they still couldn't measure up to Hind Bears. Even I didn't think that something with such a large body could run between the trees. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Having judged that they couldn't get away, the wolves stopped running. Though initially they bared their fangs rebelliously, after I glared at them with my ability, they wagged their tails like friendly dogs, and so I healed them a bit. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Afterwards, I toyed with the brains of the Black Wolves the same way as the former <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">≪ <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Familiars <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">≫ <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">, and then I returned to the den. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">This time I gave the eight Black Wolves to the goblins belonging to the light armored troops <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CambriaMath","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">≪ <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Red Surge <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"CambriaMath","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"CambriaMath"">≫ <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> led by Hobusato-san. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">They struggled similarly to Gobukichi-kun and the others to learn how to ride, I’ll do my best on finding a way for it not to happen in the future. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">As for myself, I did many things with the Hind Bear named Kumajirou to deepen our relationship. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">By the way, the Black Wolf Leader named Kurosaburou had become my beloved wolf. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I was healed by their cuteness. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Their previous ferocity could not be seen at all as they were being stroked comfortably by Redhead, Alchemist-san, and the others. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Oh yeah, after this I should add some «Familiars» to act as bodyguards for Blacksmith-san and the others. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Then, the remaining two Elf females and two males gave in. The ones who had resisted to the end were the previous two Elf escorts. <span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I tried to be gentle like I always did, but I might have gotten a little rough. <span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal">''<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">TL Note : Rou wanted them the very first time he saw them. This was to be expected. Also there’s something wrong with the numbering, so there’s 2 men and 1 female that gave in in between Day 58 and Day 57 - Sarah ''<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I rode on top of Kumajirou together with Redhead, to our side, walking along with us, was Kurosaburou. Together we made an unlikely party as we strolled through the uncharted parts of the forest. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Lately Redhead has had improved her combat skills, however, to her regret she hasn't killed anything so she hasn’t gotten any experience. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Basically, her level hasn’t changed. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Although her physical abilities have indeed risen from the daily training, it’s a trivial difference compared to the increase in ability from raising your level. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Incidentally, Redhead’s level is 18. Her level increased by ten during the hind bear hunt which is good, but frankly speaking she’s still beyond useless. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Her current physical ability is below that of any of the common goblins. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Such being the case, Redhead could no longer win against the surrounding goblins who daily went out to hunt and by the mysterious power of the world had their levels rise. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The reason we went out hunting this time was for her to improve. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Redhead wasn’t equipped with anything special. There’s a high chance that an inexperienced person would mistake the performance of their equipment for their own ability, thus she wasn’t equipped with any magical items. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Her weapon of choice is a steel kukri knife and she kept three ring daggers for backup. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">For defense she has a Round Shield reinforced with shell, the same item provided to the general goblin infantry which are [Normal] class items. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">She was wearing her everyday wear made by the sisters out of hind bear fur and my thread, as well as a breastplate and a grey cloak. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Her forearms were protected by steel gauntlets, her legs were protected by steel cuisses, steel kneepads, steel greaves and steel sabatons. All this equipment together looks very heavy, so I enchanted it to make it lightweight and the end result is that it’s actually quite light. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Thus Redhead’s movements were still nimble. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Her first prey was an Armored Tanuki. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">She was struggling a little bit against the defense of its back shell, but because of the [Job-Warrior]’s ability to do battle corrections, or perhaps from the results of her training, or maybe both, in any case, Redhead succeeded in dismantling the Armored Tanuki. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The meat was given to Kurosaburou to eat. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The next prey were three night vipers. Even though she flinched from the piercing gaze, she calmly assessed their movements and was able to guard against their attack with her round shield, and she succeeded in decapitated them. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Their meat was given to Kumajirou to eat. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Three kobolds were next. I quickly captured two with thread, creating a situation where she’ll be able to fight one-on-one. Perhaps they determined there’d be no use in escaping and set their sights on Redhead, challenging her to a fight fair and square. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The kobold was a monster that had superior physical strength, but the combat skills developed by training with goblins every day covered the difference in physical ability. <span style="font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Dodging the kobold’s slashes, sometimes parrying their attacks, Redhead managed without having serious injuries and finally decapitated it. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">After a short break, I released one of the caught Kobolds after confirming Redhead’s stamina recovered to some extent. Not to set him free, but to have it fight Redhead. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Although she had a few injuries at the time, Redhead once again cut the kobold’s body into pieces. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">From the last kobold, I asked for the location of the kobold village before I had them fight. <span style="font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">As a result, I learned of its location. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">While thinking whether or not I’ll go to the village if given the opportunity to, Redhead who had more or less naturally recovered her physical strength said “Next Please” so I released the next opponent. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Then the final kobold put up a better fight than the last two, but in the end Redhead sliced off its neck with the sharpest slash of the day and killed it. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">After curing Redhead's injuries and fatigue, I let Kumajirou and Kurosaburou each eat a kobold whole. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">As for the remaining kobold, when I was about to start munching on it Redhead told me that she’d like to try eating it too, so I grilled it and ate together with her. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">But nevertheless, I was impressed by Redhead's adaptability. She ate monster meat without any hesitation. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Well, I’m not sure I could call the action she did “eating”. I’m sure no matter if it was raw or metal, almost anything would be gulped down. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Yeah. Redhead is very courageous, it’s a good thing because it’s something you should be if you’re coming with me in the future. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"MSGothic"; mso-ascii-font-family:"PalatinoLinotype";mso-bidi-font-family:"MSGothic"">　 <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ability [Mountaineering] learned <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">As I was thinking "Okay then, our next prey is…", Redhead tugged on the edge of my coat. <span style="font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">“What’s wrong?” I asked as I looked down on her, those blue sapphire eyes were now a dull red. <span style="font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">What’s more the once circular black pupil was now a rectangular shape resembling that of a monster’s. <span style="font-family: "PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Tl Note: '<span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">http://www.9mmsfx.net/goateye.aspx '<span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> if you’re interested - Vidar <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">But they still seemed to differ somewhat from a monster's eyes. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> Rather than calling them ominous, those somewhat strange eyes gave off a chilling feel. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Somehow, she obtained a new [Job]. Maybe because she ate the kobold, or maybe because she trained with the goblins. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Well, putting that aside. I tried to listen to her story. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Redhead obtained a [Job], called [Noire Soldier]. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">After greatly increasing their affinity to monsters, those with the [Job-Warrior] had a constant chance of obtaining this rare job by clearing the condition of "eating a monster they killed themselves". <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">As usual, I thought was I the main cause of this, huh? I really didn't feel anything like regret, so I thought nothing of it. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Having gained a new [Job], Redhead's combat abilities rapidly rose. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Although there is the outrageous risk that a [Noire Soldier]'s body would rapidly deteriorate and would soon die if they don't consume monster meat or blood at fixed intervals, let's just say for now that they need a regular intake of monster parts, but the growth rate of their combat abilities is amazing. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">No matter how you look at it, she now had physical abilities equal to or better than that of a hobgoblin. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Her combat power couldn't be compared to how she was earlier. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Considering that earlier her ability was equal or worse than the usual goblin, she really has made rapid improvement. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Redhead who kept saying “Awesome, Awesome!” while she deflected the Red Deer’s two horns, kicked its body so it flew up in the air and then cut its thick neck covered by strong muscles with the kukris blade, was somehow cute. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"MSGothic"; mso-ascii-font-family:"PalatinoLinotype";mso-bidi-font-family:"MSGothic"">　 <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ability [Wild Horn Dance] learned <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"MSGothic"; mso-ascii-font-family:"PalatinoLinotype";mso-bidi-font-family:"MSGothic"">　 <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Ability [Red Crystal’s Tone] learned <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">When evening came, I took a short stopover together with Redhead. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">I confirmed that Redhead's new job [Noire Soldier] increased her abilities in a big way when she took in a part of me. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Since it was so, by taking in stronger monsters, she would become stronger herself. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Anyway, as for what she took in, it was something private. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">TL Note: she ate thousands of Rou's potential children -larvyde <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">''<span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">This can be some kind of plot hole. I mean, what if the others took it in too? -Kouta ''<span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">''<span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Sexual Innuendos. So she’s gonna be drinking his semen from now on. - Sarah ''<span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">

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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">During today's hunt, Redhead’s level rose to 34 and it was rapidly rising. <span style="font-family:"PalatinoLinotype","serif"">