Chapter 12 – Well done ♥ Brave warrior ♡
Episode 12
“There was a loud noise….”
It sounded like something had fallen. In the sky, Elfriede, who had been fighting monsters, had disappeared before she knew it.
Did something happen?
“…I don’t know. The saintess will take care of it.”
There was nothing I could do about it anyway. It’s my job to get this thing right.
“Kel keel keel… Humans are weak as expected.”
A gigantic troll wielded a club and laughed at the dying knights. She once said something like this when a saintess explained to me about monsters.
-The level of strength of monsters changes every time the level goes up. For example, isn’t the goblin that the hero defeated recently a low-level monster? Compared to an orc, which is the weakest among mid-level monsters, fifty goblins are needed to have the same strength as one orc.
In other words, a troll, a high-level monster, can exert the same strength as 50 goblins or dozens of orcs.
That’s why even well-trained knights are collapsing before the power that comes from that gigantic arm.
And damn, I have to catch that one.
“I will turn, really.”
Still, I had the confidence that I could do something, perhaps thanks to a stronger blessing.
Strength springs from the whole body. Now I feel stronger than eating tiger cereal.
“Kel-kel…Um? What. You look something special.”
The troll found me first. It glared at me with ugly eyes and raised that huge club.
“Well, no matter what, you are a weak human being.”
The club falls overhead. Accepting this seemed difficult.
Quang!
“…How is it? Did you avoid it?”
It only moved its eyes to figure out my movement, and it evaded the sword attack with agility that did not match its size.
“Chit!”
It’s quick. Be quick without answering It wasn’t that I was aiming for the body, I was just trying to cut off my arm, but even that reacted.
“You’re pretty good for a human, huh?”
The troll slit with disgusting breath.
That still has plenty of room. It was an attitude that seemed to have dealt with people like me.
“Well then, humans are humans! How do you plan to defeat me, a monster!?”
The club aimed at my side in an instant. Before I could react, the club touched my body.
“Ouch… !”
Boom–!
I was hit with a club and flew far away and landed on the ground.
“As expected, humans can’t win against us monsters… What?”
But I quickly got to the floor and got up. Because nothing happens when you lie down.
It hurts so much. It definitely hurts, but for some reason I can bear it.
‘Is this also the effect of a blessing?’
A real cheat.
The troll didn’t seem to understand what had happened to me.
“What are you~? How can a human survive that?”
“…Why am I teaching you? Did you try to guess the correct answer by diligently rolling the stone head on top of your neck?”
“…Stone head?”
Trolls reacted toxicly to the word stone head. Oh, did I touch the reverse?
As expected, the troll ran amok.
“This worm is crazy because he wants to die!!!”
“Whoa.”
The troll has lost his composure. Still, getting hit by that club again would be really dangerous.
Avoid as much as possible, and don’t overdo it. Let’s peel off the shell step by step.
I moved forward in time for the swinging of the club. Rather, the troll showed embarrassment as it penetrated into the body of the troll.
Hooung!
I ducked to avoid being swung by the club. Then, he grabbed the holy sword with both hands and raised it.
Drops of the troll’s blood splattered into the air. The troll had cut off the arm holding the club.
‘It’s done.’
Just like this, step by step. The troll immediately swung his other arm after losing his arm, but he was already looking. As I quickly dodged it, the troll shouted.
“Stupid like a squirrel!!!”
“…I am Ramjwi Thunder!”
“What are you saying, you bastard!!”
The troll still threatened me with his mighty arms and teeth. Still, compared to when he wielded the club, his reach was much shorter.
A shorter reach means it’s much easier to dodge.
“You lowly human bastard!!!”
“An inferior thing is a monster, how can you say that a dignified human is inferior to a monster?”
“You talk a lot! A subject I was desperate to avoid from earlier!!!”
I’m in a hurry to avoid it, I’m just seeing an opportunity. And now the opportunity has come. The troll stretched out his arms and tried to grab me.
He leaned back and struck the holy sword. Then the troll’s left arm, from the palm of his hand, split open.
It is also a holy sword. Even just brushing against a monster is a fatal blow.
“Kwaaah! I’m going to kill you bastard!!!”
Despite the loss of both arms, he was still a rampaging troll. The troll’s mighty fangs threatened me, but that was only the troll’s final push.
If you tried to bite me with your teeth, it meant giving up my head.
Foo Huaak!
Blood gushed out like a fountain.
f*ck, it splattered all over my face. Not only his face, but his entire body was covered with troll blood.
“Ah… That’s disgusting. It’s f*cking gooey.”
“Wow, wow!!! The hero subdued the trolls!!!”
“Huh?”
The nearby knights and soldiers cheered. On the other hand, the monsters were getting scared and quietly backing away.
“The hero did his best! It’s time for us to repay the hero’s performance! Wipe out the monsters!”
“Wow!!!”
From noble mtl dot com.
“Kill every single one of them!!! Leave the slaughter alone!!!”
…Aren’t they real knights, not berserkers?
Anyway, the fight doesn’t seem to be over. I was about to grab the holy sword again, but I heard a voice grabbing my feet.
“Hero~?”
What is it? The saintess smiled and approached me. She might have been someone else, but she was a bit scared when the saintess approached her smiling like that.
‘Why the f*ck is that?’
I’d rather have a cheeky smile like usual. It’s scary because people suddenly change.
“…Why do you do that?”
“Huh, you finally caught the troll.”
“Yes, the saintess must have thought that I couldn’t catch it, but she caught it by herself.”
I told you that if you catch it alone, it will grant you a wish, right? You’re sleeping naked now, b*tch. The saintess said to me as I was thinking that.
“You worked hard&”
“Then, of course. How much do I…yes?”
I couldn’t help but be surprised when I saw the saintess. Recalling a friendly smile she had never seen before, she reached out to me.
“You did a good job & Brave warrior ♡”
Despite her short stature, she even lifted her tiptoe and stroked my hair. It would be sticky with troll blood, but it was a hand that didn’t care about that at all.
…Why are you suddenly like this? I feel like trash
“…Thanks to the blessing of the saintess.”
“Is that so? Maybe not. Still, I couldn’t have done it without the will of the hero.”
The saintess nodded and pointed in front of her.
“The hero protected those people with his hand.”
“…….”
A warrior. I still think of it as a burden I had to take on.
…Still, I think it’s true that it’s a bit rewarding.
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“Uh, um…”
“Elfriede, are you okay?”
Elfriede, who was clearly fighting monsters, woke up under an unfamiliar ceiling. And beside him was Abel, a gray-haired man who had become a new warrior.
“…Abel?”
“Are you okay?”
“…Why am I lying here like this?”
“I heard that you were defeated after fighting a monster. Because the saintess told me.”
Abel pointed to Estelle, a saint of the Solaria Church who was with her. Estelle’s gaze was somehow cold, but Elfriede put her doubts behind and asked Abel.
“How did the battle go…?”
“I won. It’s thanks to Elfriede’s victory over the monster.”
“…I see.”
Elfriede looked at Abel and asked.
“Are you not hurt anywhere? You seem to be fighting monsters too.”
“Oh, yes. There were no serious injuries, so I was treated right away.”
“I see. Thank god.”
Relieved, Elfriede lowered her head slightly. Abel forgot what he had to tell her, but she said as if she had remembered it.
“Oh, and the monsters you dealt with must have been rated incorrectly.”
Elfriede doubted her ears. When she looked up and saw Abel, he tilted her head.
“Why is that?”
“…Was the rating wrong?”
“It was a Barbatos-class monster, not a Leviathan-class.”
“…..What?”
For a moment, a memory flashed through Elfriede’s head. She asked Abel.
“Abel, did I really defeat that monster?”
“Yes?…Is it right? Our saintess said so.”
“…Saint Estelle, is it true that I subjugated you?”
“Yes, that’s right. I saw it with my own two eyes. If anything, it’s okay to ask St. Cynthia. You were there with me.”
Elfriede found Cynthia. But she wasn’t there now.
“The post-mortem is being processed for a while on behalf of Hero Elfriede. She must have a lot of work to do since she accomplished the feat of subjugating the Barbatos class. If you don’t believe me, ask me later.”
“…No, no. I must have misunderstood something.”
Elfriede pressed his forehead hard. Although she was blurry, it was clear that she fell and fainted because she allowed her blow while she was communing with the monster.
But he subdued the monster himself. Did the holy sword stabbed before the fall go in properly?
‘…I don’t know.’
I don’t know if my memory was clear, but I don’t remember it well because it’s a memory right before I fainted.
Even so, Elfriede, who judged that it was the truth since it was the saintess’s words, decided to accept it that way.
“I heard that the count is holding a reception today to commemorate the victory. Will Elfriede attend?”
At Abel’s question, Elfriede nodded.
“Yes, I have to attend.”
“Well, I see. I can’t attend because I have to go.”
“Huh? Where are you going in such a hurry?”
“Oh, us. I’m going to get a request.”
Elfriede blinked her eyes. It was a reaction as if I had just heard something.
“Because we are short of money. I need to raise some money.”
“…Ah.”
Even Elfriede knows. She spoke of the grievances of a new warrior.
There was a time when she was like that, and there were times when she didn’t have enough money for her activities when she didn’t live up to her fame.
Of course, Elfriede could have borrowed the power of her family, but she didn’t want to. Levius brought money from her family and it seems that she had a good trip from the start, but Elfriede did not.
So, like Abel now, she also worked in her adventurer’s guild by receiving her request.
“…If money is an issue, I will give you five times the commission fee, so take a day off today.”
“Yes?”
“A warrior is also a person after all. I fully understand your attitude, but rest is also important.”
While saying that, Elfriede looked at her Estelle. She asked Estelle, looking at herself with her eyes, as if she had strangely disliked her from earlier.
“Is that okay, Saint Estelle?”
“…Good. It’s a good thing for us that they give us a lot of money to rest.”
However, Elfriede was able to notice. Estelle’s voice, she replied, contained a hint of dissatisfaction.