Chapter 2: Veil, Part 6
Before we completely left the village and the Chief behind, a thought occurred to : I might never co back here again, but for this was my first village, my place of genesis in this strange new world.
Granted, my start in here wasnt exactly a peaceful one and I was this close to being (possibly) turned into a slave over a pair of sandals if anyone ever caught on that I stole them from that barn I woke up in, but other than that the Chief has treated kindly, so I might reminisce about them from ti to ti if I ever feel like it.
For a while we were just sitting in our respective seats, taking in the sights. The man in the cage has been silent, not saying as much as a word ever since we departed.
Are the roads safe to travel?
I asked the rchant in an attempt to break the silence which began to get really awkward really fast.
Im not going to lie, monsters are known to be lurking around Veil and the roads that surround it, but they are being exterminated by the Adventurers and the towns guards on a regular basis, so we have nothing to worry about.
With each passing minute, the world around us was getting more and more bright and the wagon was also slowly gaining speed, rattling and shaking as it did so. Could it be that the roads are in such a bad shape or maybe the wagon itself is at fault here? Or maybe both of those things at once? All around us was a leaf forest, exactly the sa as the one near the village where I hunted for Slow Rabbits yesterday. I dont know if it also goes that deep, but it does not seem to be the case here, or at least that is my guess judging after the trees unimpressive height. Also, because it was just the sa generic, repetitive scenery all the ti it grew dull on pretty fast, so much so that staring at those trees began to hurt my eyes, and when you combine it with the constant shaking, youll get sothing thats more akin to a passive-aggressive torture than anything else. So yeah, we havent been on the road for more than half an hour and I could already tell that I was not going to have a jolly good ti.
That being said, I basically had no choice but to grit my teeth and endure it. In an attempt to divert my mind from this uncomfortable feeling I tried to bite into the bread that was among the things the Chiefs wife prepared for for breakfast, but this endless shaking made it insanely difficult to enjoy even a smallest bite of it in peace. With that attempt ending up in failure, I returned to staring mindlessly into the space around since I had nothing better or more interesting to do.
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*Sigh* Im. So. BORED! Not to ntion that if I dont shift my sitting position from ti to ti then my butt will start hurting as if it had wooden splinters piercing into it!
Then a small shadow wandered in front of the wagon. An animal, or maybe so kinda monster?
Oh, a Slow Rabbit. So they are here as well, huh?
You seem to be very familiar with them already, Michio-sama.
Well, I did hunt a bunch of them yesterday, so I guess theres no way for to mistake them for anything else now.
That, of course, was a lot of bullshit on my part. All I did was glance at it and my Identify skill told that it was a Slow Rabbit. Probably. The font its na is written in is too small to see it properly from here.
Ah, you were right, Michio-sama! This is indeed just a Slow Rabbit. In that case we have nothing to worry ourselves with. We can continue without slowing down or having to find a way around it.
If you say so.
The wagon approached the Rabbit and then drove past it without attracting its attention at all. If we had more ti on our hands I would have liked to get down from the wagon to hunt it, but for the current mont our biggest priority was getting to Veil as soon as possible.
Wow, we really went past it without a hitch.
Not that I wasnt expecting that to happen. If those guys were so passive and weak, then I wonder why everyone back in the village had so many problems with fighting them, to the point of pissing themselves from fear whenever soone ntioned them? Were they so weak, or is it that Im just too strong as an Adventurer (putting the matter of my OP Durandal aside)? Be that as it may, that obstacle was now behind us. But another one would soon take its place.
From atop the wagon, I managed to spot a small, spherical shape further down the road. I tried to focus my eyes on it, and Identify showed that it was a Lv1 Gumi Sli. So it would seem that there are even monsters like that in here. This is much closer to the bestiary from the classic RPG gas that I know about than that rabbit earlier.
Theres a Gumi Sli up ahead.
D-Did you just say G-Gumi Sli?!
The rchant pulled the reins and stopped the entire wagon in an instant.
Whats wrong? What happened?
Gumi Sli is a vicious monster that attacks any people who co near it on sight! Usually it resides only in the depths of the more remote forests, but this one must be on the lookout for prey if it wandered off onto the roads like that. Now that it has crossed our path, we wont be able to go further. We have to either find a way around it or wait for it to go away.
We will only waste ti if we do that. You stay right here, Ill go and take care of it.
If avoiding it ans making needless detours and wasting precious ti, it will really be better for to fight with it. I should be able to manage just fine, especially with my Durandal.
Are you sure about that? Its one of the strongest monsters in the entire area! Its threat level is so high that even all of the villagers would be unable to defeat if even if they ganged up on it!
Yeah yeah, you said the sa about the Slow Rabbit, and we all saw how true those warnings ended up being.
Not to ntion that if the Gumi Sli catches you inside it, your body will lt instantly!
He explains with an expression of sheer horror written all over his face. Is it really that dangerous? Because Im doubtful as heck about that.
If what he says is true, then I should be fine as long as I wont allow it to catch . That and I cant cower away from any Lv1 monster just because soone tells that its dangerous. I wont be able to achieve anything at all with such a noobish mindset. No pain, no gain, as they said in my old world.
Well be fine. You just focus on keeping the wagon going forward. I will handle the rest.
I command the rchant in the most confident tone Im able to muster.
A-As you command, Michio-sama. I shall trust in your judgent.
The rchant resud the wagons advance, resuming the sickening clutter and shaking.
While were on the subject of fighting monsters, the Heros Job surely must have so Skills I can use, right? If it turns out that I wont be able to beat it with Durandal, Id have to try using those. With that in mind, I proceeded to check the Job settings.
Over whelming?
Ugh, the na itself does not tell anything. The spell has floated into my head, but should I be using it now? And more importantly, can it be used by itself, like any other Skill, or maybe I can only use it with the sword belonging to Teirichi-san?
Michio-sama?
Its nothing. Keep going forward.
As you wish. I just hope that you really know what youre doing.
That makes two of us, man. That makes two of us.
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