Volu 3 Chapter 41
The Next Day
I began filling in the hole in the wall of the village with earth magic, repairing it and reinforcing it. While I also began to demolish the structures within the city walls.
Fixing the wall is to prevent magical beasts from entering after I send off the undead, and create a safe area within the forest. The demolishing of the buildings is to ensure that I don’t miss any undead.
Besides, they were all so worn out that they would crumble after just breaking two or three pillars anyway. They were pretty much useless except for the undeads who would hide them, so burning them down isn’t really a hard decision to make.
When I went to clear out the village, I started by investigating each house. performing a morial service for the undead as I did. The first division I got to was a dense collection of several small houses, so I took them down one by one, then I burned them with Holy Fla Carpet, cleaning up the wreckage. In the end, I decided to do the sa, and clean out the rest of the village in the sa way.
The undead that ca attacking at were all mostly taken care of by the grave slis, the king scavenger slis, and the light slis. All the while, I demolished the buildings with the help of the earth slis and the wind slis.
The village is a bit too big for to do everything by myself, but with the help of the slis, I figured I could finish everything within a few days.
As the operation gradually progressed, I eventually neared the limits of my magic power. I randomly took breaks as I kept going until eventually dusk ca.
“I guess I’ll end things here for the day... Oh, right!” [Ryouma]
Abruptly, I opened my Item Box, and from it I took out the guitar that I haven’t used in a while. Then I began my preparations to play the guitar and sing, chantlessly casting dark magic as I play.
It’s started to get dark, so I decided to stop the operation for the day, but just a little, I thought I’d use the remaining magic power I have, and practice the Cursed Song I coincidentally learned in the past.
If you’re wondering why I suddenly thought of doing sothing like this now, well it’s because I’m really bad at using this Cursed Song magic, and yet I haven’t practiced it at all. I did investigate the spell after learning it, but that’s about all I did.
Funny thing about this spell is that its good part is the sa as its bad part, both being its area of effect.
It has a wide area of effect as it works as long as you can hear it, but because of that...
“I can’t choose the target. Which goes to an that it’s an attack that doesn’t discriminate between foe or ally...” [Ryouma]
Fortunately, though, the slis can’t hear, and the ril birds can block off the sound with wind magic, so it doesn’t affect them.
But if I were to use the skill at the wrong place, then there’s a possibility that I might affect the people passing by. I also didn’t learn the spell because I need it, so because of all those reasons, I didn’t practice it at all. I don’t know if I can do sothing about its indiscrimination by practicing it, but I at least hope to be able to reduce its area of effect. There’s no one around here, so I might as well take this opportunity to practice it to my heart’s content.
As I focused, I began playing the guitar as I sang the the song of an ani I had heard in my previous life.
But not long after, I had to stop.
“What’s going on!?” [Ryouma]
When I started to use Cursed Song, the apathetic undead in the surrounding area suddenly started hurrying toward . Seeing that, I imdiately had the slis prepare for battle as I pulled out my katana.
“...Huh? They’re not coming anymore?” [Ryouma]
When I stopped using Cursed Song, the undead suddenly lost all interest, and they scattered away.
“Could it be?” [Ryouma]
I tried playing the guitar again as I used Cursed Song, and the undead all ca hurrying toward again. And when I stopped, they scattered away. I tried playing the guitar again, singing normally without using Cursed Song, and they didn’t co, so in other words...
“The Cursed Song has an effect similar to the grave slis’ Attract Ghosts?” [Ryouma]
I unexpectedly discovered an effect of Cursed Song in an unlikely place. But while it’s great that I discovered sothing new, with this I won’t be able to practice here anymore...
“Guess I’ll have no choice but to practice in the abandoned mine once I get back ho... Well, I won’t be going on trips for a while once I get back anyway, so I guess I’ll take my ti then.” [Ryouma]
The undead suddenly rushing toward kind of sucked all my strength away, so I think I’ll just go have supper, and rest now.
Day 2 of the Operation
I perford a morial service for the undead that we lured yesterday. We also sohow managed to finish clearing out the section with many small houses before noon. Then after lunch, we dealt with the houses that were relatively big. Amongst those, many were either workshops or storehouses
There were many bound ghosts in them too. For example, there was this skeleton that’s probably a forr black smith as he would lean over the hearth, and smash a rusted hamr against a rusted anvil ceaselessly. Those sort of ghosts never paid attention even when I entered their workshop. But because of the sounds they made, they were easy to find.
After that, I entered the large houses. When I did, I understood that there were two different types of large house.
On one hand, you have the housing complexes that worked like apartnts or inns. And were probably inhabited by people who can fight as weapons and armors could be seen littered all over the place. Moreover, there were also undead that could use the weapons quite well, so this hypothesis is probably true.
Then on the other hand, you have the houses of the authorities. These type of large houses had much more things compared to the others. Moreover, there were also undead who would fight while sitting down on a chair as they muttered orders such as ‘go protect!’ or sothing.
It’s not like the other undead listened to their orders either. After all, there’s no one left who could listen to orders anymore, so seeing an undead do that was kind of funny. Although, it also made feel empty.
After I finished demolishing a few more houses, I neared the limits of my magic power, so I decided to take a break. I spent the break, practicing with several of the weapons I got from my grandpa.
The first thing I practiced with was the mythril spear that dazzled blue when light shone on it. It’s light and durable, but more than that, what’s really worth ntioning is its conductivity to magic, which makes using magic battle technique with it really easy.
Moreover, when I tried channeling my magic power through the spear to cast a fire ball, I found out that the magic power consumption beca smaller. This is supposed to be a spear, so it’s probably the mythril that’s causing the reduction of magic power consumption.
The next thing I tried out was the thin, black-colored, adamantite rapier. It might look thin, but it’s made out of adamantite, so it’s a lot heavier than it seems.
I’m not well-versed with rapiers, but I do know that you’re supposed to thrust with them, so I practiced with the rapier by thrusting it into the pillars of the house that I haven’t demolished yet. When I did, the rapier easily pierced into a wooden pillar.
After that, I tried piercing the wooden pillars and brick walls at full strength with ki reinforcent, and the rapier didn’t bend at all. When I took it a step further, and swept the rapier against the wooden pillar, the pillar was hacked down despite the fact that I was only relying on pure strength. Of course, the blade didn’t bend either... Were rapiers ant to be able to cut wooden pillars like this?
The last weapon I tested was the adamantite katana. This one’s much more durable and sharp compared to the iron sli blade I normally use. It’s undoubtedly an excellent sword. Only, it’s quite heavy. I can swing it no problem with qi gong, but it’ll be quite exhausting in a long fight, so it’s a bit worrying to use. From here on, I should wait for my body to grow while I train myself to build up so muscles.
The Third Day
By noon, most of the morial service of the villagers had been held. When I took a break, and walked around the village, I took the opportunity to search the area, and I ended up getting so herbs. Unexpectedly, I actually got so pepper that I could use for seasoning.
When I saw the pepper, I couldn’t help but raise my voice in delight. Pepper can be bought in the village, and in fact, I have actually bought them many tis. But because they’re so expensive, they’re not sothing I use on a daily basis.
Buying pepper from a store in the town will cause the food expenditures to rise several tis, so it’s actually a luxury to use it. I’ve also gotten used to food without pepper. And besides, I’ve already been living in this world for four years, so their common sense has already rubbed off on to so extent.
Sill, I’ve been using black pepper in my previous life normally, so I personally don’t think it’s that much of a luxury. But even if I don’t consider black pepper itself to be a luxury, since one small bottle goes for a small gold coin - and to add to that - if I were to actually use it as if I was still back in my previous world, I’ll end up spending several tis worth of a day’s living expense. Because of that it does feel sowhat luxurious. I might be making a killing, but it seems I still haven’t rid myself of my frugal ntality. Well, it still beasts being a spendthrift though.
“I might be able to solve my black pepper problems if I co here to get so every now and then. I found a good place.” [Ryouma]
If you take too much, a new one won’t grow again, so it’s important not to thoroughly uproot the herbs. I’ve heard this warning many tis. And especially so in the adventurer’s guild as they’ll tell you the sa warning at the reception desk before letting you off.
When I began harvesting, I was, at first, constantly warning myself to be careful, but when I saw how many herbs there were, I changed my mind. It’s because there were so many that even if I didn’t thoroughly empty the field, I would still have more than enough. Most likely, the amount I take from here will last enough for the whole year.
Speaking of which, the plants were planted right next to the walls of the village, so it’s highly probable that the villagers were cultivating these. And because they all died, no one was left to harvest the herbs, so in the end, it ended up this many. As of now, there’s no one who knows that, so it’s a mystery.
Right after finish, I imdiately put the black pepper I had gathered to use. I dried the black pepper with alchemy, and then I crushed it. After which, I then ate the at of the undead snake with salt and black pepper. Because of the tingling taste and sll, the already delicious at beca even more delicious. From now on, my daily food will be quite luxurious.
The Fourth Day
Thanks to the power of magic and the slis, I was able to sohow finish cleaning Cormi Village. There were no longer any undead inside the village. And even that gloomy atmosphere has been blown away. I also saw that there were magical beasts outside the village. I’m glad I took the ti to repair the walls.
As I’ve taken and burned everything down except for my grandparents’ house, the place has mostly beco vacant. It’s already beco an abandoned village, so I think it’ll be better if I start referring to this place as the Cormi Village (Forrly). Well, whatever’s fine though.
In any case, I’ve finished what I’ve co here to do. Let’s go back to Gimuru.
I prepared whatever I needed to prepare, then when I went out, I blocked the gate of the village with earth magic. Afterwards, I brought the mimic sli out of the Dinsion Ho, and I ordered it to use Mimic to transform into a take ostrich.
“I’m relying on you.” [Ryouma]
“..Kuke!” [Take Ostrich Sli]
When I called out to the mimic sli, what responded back was the cry of a mimicked take ostrich. Mimic slis reproduce even the actual body of the creature they are mimicking, so they are able to gain the full five senses when they use Mimic. Because of that, they would sotis cry out after finishing the task I’ve given them, seemingly asking, ‘what’s next’.
Back to the Main Topic
After I had confird that the mimic sli was ready, I rode it... Clinging is more fitting though, I suppose.
In these past three days, I’ve been sending the undead off, and have been cleaning the wreckages. When I finally ran out of magic power, and took a break, I investigated the mimic slis, and trained them by having them let ride them. I also rode on them, whenever I went out to get so herbs, creating more opportunities for them to train.
The impetus behind that is that when I saw the mimicked take ostrich running around, I thought to myself, couldn’t I ride that? And so, I tested it out, and I found out that the leg strength of the take ostrich was actually really strong. It was able to let ride it and run fast at the sa ti. Of course, it was slower than when I wasn’t riding it, but it’s still plenty fast, so there’s no problem on that front.
The feathers of the take ostrich were much softer than I had originally thought it to be. I also didn’t receive any discomfort when I rode it. Moreover, the mimic sli was able to make itself bigger with its Enlarge skill, so riding over it was actually quite comfortable. Also, the mimic sli is different from the other slis in that it can feel fatigue, so I couldn’t overdo it. Thanks to the take ostrich, the way back has gotten a lot easier.
“Go!” [Ryouma]
“Kuke!” [Mimicked Take Ostrich]
The take ostrich rocketed off at my words, and it ran like a sprinting horse within the dense forest.
...It’s fast, but I’ll definitely have to put a saddle over it once I get back. It wouldn’t be nice if I fell after all. If this were a horse, I’m confident that I’d be able to find a saddle for it sowhere along the way. But because it’s a take ostrich, I’ll have to look for a saddle that’s ant for ostrich use. If I find one, I’ll buy it.
Around an hour after departing.
The magical beasts that attacked from ti to ti were paralyzed by my Paralyze Mist and scattered by the speed of the mimic sli, so we haven’t stopped at all since we left an hour ago. Around this ti, the mimic sli started getting tired, so I let it rest inside the Dinsion Ho.
I didn’t think it would actually be able to keep that pace up while carrying for an hour. Apparently, I had been underestimating the leg strength of the take ostrich. Their speed isn’t just explosive, it can also last for extended periods.
It would normally have taken four hours even without any undead, but thanks to the mimic sli I can now get to the lake now with just a little more walk.
As I thought that, I walked. And when I neared the lake, I noticed the presence and sound of sothing rampaging. Apparently sothing was rampaging around the lake. Imdiately, I used Hide to hide my presence, then I went out to see what the fuss was about.
What entered my sight were two cannon ball rhinoses. One of them was 2 ters tall and 4 ters long, a cannon ball rhinos with a body bigger than the average cannon ball rhinos. Fighting against that cannon ball rhinos was a tiny, one-ter-tall cannon ball rhinos, that could still be thought of as a child...
...This fight’s no good. The bigger cannon ball rhinos isn’t moving much, but the smaller one keeps challenging the other cannon ball rhinos only to be blown away. But it won’t give up. It stands up imdiately after being thrown away, and tries again. The difference in physique is too big, at this rate, the smaller one won’t have a chance to win at all.
Still... Why on earth is that small one picking a fight with that big one? It’s already wounded all over, and yet it keeps desperately charging against that bigger...!?
As I continued to watch the cannon ball rhinoses, I suddenly felt sothing fly toward , aiming for my head. As soon as I felt that sothing coming at , I bent my body to dodge it.
What ca flying was a tongue that looked like it had a sharp arrowhead attached to it. Following back the direction where it ca from, I saw a lone tree from which the tongue could be seen growing on one of its branches.
Unsheathing my sword, I headed toward the tree, and I cut off the place slightly above where the tongue was growing from. When I did so, blood spurted out of a part of the tree, and that sothing fell to the ground. The true identity of what had gone flying at was actually the tongue of an anchor chaleon. Apparently, it thought it was a good opportunity to attack as I was caught up watching the cannon ball rhinoses.
Thinking that to myself, I suddenly rembered the cannon ball rhinoses, so I turned to see how they were doing.
“.........” [Both Rhinoses]
“Ah”
Our eyes t. Looks like they noticed when I killed the anchor chaleon... Currently, I am facing toward the two rhinos which are both in front of the lake. The bigger one is situated diagonally to my right, while the smaller one is situated diagonally to my left. They both turned toward .
...I’m not an enemy, you know~
“KUOoOOoO!!!!!!” [Rhinos]
“Wh–!?” [Ryouma]
After a few monts of silence, the bigger rhinos suddenly took a 180 from its previous behavior as it bellowed out a war cry, and charged toward .
Not good!
Imdiately, I hid myself, and jumped in between the trees, dodging the charge. The bigger rhino that had charged toward , kept going until it crashed against a tree.
The tree bent at the impact, and large cracks could be seen extending from where the rhinos horn had pierced. Not long after, sounds of breaking apart resounded, and the tree completely fell down, causing the ground to shake.
“I’ll definitely dodge it if it cos from the f– woah!” [Ryouma]
That was dangerous!
I had managed to dodge the bigger one, but the smaller one ca attacking too!
As I was wondering whether I had to fight them both at the sa ti, it suddenly occurred to that there were two cannon ball rhinoses lying down.
For a mont, I braced myself, thinking there were more of them. But not long after, I noticed that they were already dead. From that, I finally understood why the smaller one was picking a fight with the bigger one.
Those two rhinoses were probably the smaller one’s parents.
As I was thinking that to myself, the bigger one turned toward , bellowed out a war cry as it charged toward again. Stepping to the side, I dodged it. And then just as I tried to slash it–––
“!? It’s tougher than I thought.” [Ryouma]
That pretty much sumd up what it felt like when I hit it. Sure, I did hear that its skin was tough, but my ki clad stroke actually couldn’t cut through it. All it did was cut through the rhinos’ fur, leaving only a shallow cut over the rhinos’ body. It didn’t even bleed a drop. This is the first ti sothing like this has happened since I got to this world, so I’m a bit surprised.
The attacks of the rhinoses’ are linear, so I can just dodge them by sensing the magic power they release before they start the charge. But at the sa ti, my attacks won’t work, so the situation isn’t exactly getting any better... There is that adamantite katana I got from grandpa though. Should I try using it?
No, it’s dangerous to use an unfamiliar weapon I haven’t even practiced with. If it were just a raptor, then it wouldn’t matter much, but this are cannon ball rhinoses.
But still... what’s up with toughness of their skin? I heard they used neutral magic, but could it be there’s also a hardening technique aside from just the strengthening one? Or could it be this hardness is just normal amongst the bodies of the cannon ball rhinoses?
I kept my eyes fixed on the two rhinoses while I continued to think of a way to deal with them
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