CH 64

Back in the village, there was still no change.

But Bob said that the stench was completely gone.

“Thank you, Tauro!”

“I didn’t do anything. You’re the one who defeated the Sorcerer, so it’s you’re credit. I just happened to get the message from the spirit.”

It would take a long time to explain the “purification” magic, so Tauro decided to give all the credit to Bob.

*

Ten days had passed since he arrived in the village.

There seemed to be some changes in the village.

For example, the innkeeper’s attitude has changed.

As if a curse had been lifted off her, she became more friendly and open-minded and began to joke without malice.

The whole village began to laugh and the atmosphere improved.

“I guess this is what this village is really like.”

Tears welled up in Bob’s eyes.

“If we hadn’t done anything, I wouldn’t have been able to face the one who had helped me.”

Bob’s eyes grew distant as he remembered.

“You’re talking about the adventurer from this village, aren’t you?”

“Yes. He bought me a drink and told me stories about this village.”

Huh?

Tauro felt a sense of discomfort.

“Well… what was his name?”

“I don’t remember, because I was drunk. I only remembered the name of this village vividly.”

Could it be…?

“He didn’t take care of you? Did he only buy you that drink?”

“that’s right.”

So light!

He just got you a drink.

You almost died didn’t you Bob?

I also risked one or eight lives and got a big hole in my stomach.

Tauro suppressed the twitching in his heart.

Bob’s manly spirit had swayed Tauro in many ways.

They say dog will always remember the favor of one meal. Is this because he’s a dog person?

No, but the cost would be too great!

Bob’s actions had saved the village, but Tauro was still not convinced.

Tauro decided to stay in the village, paying for another 10 days of accommodation.

He was also worried about the future of the village, but the forest around it had rare medicinal herbs, so Tauro began to try his hand at making new potions. He kept failing, but the ingredients were growing, so he might succeed if he kept at it.

Another reason for staying in the village was the fact that the woodwork shops here had good, high-quality wood available at a reasonable price.

Tauro, under the name of Gilo Sugar, made special one-of-a-kind Reversi boards very occasionally, which are sold in towns and villages where there are branches of the Garfish Trading Company.

There is no branch of the Chamber of Commerce in this village, but he can sell them if he finds them on his travels and he has magic storage, so he didn’t have to worry about having an inventory.

So he bought some lumber and stocked it and sometimes when he was free, in the forest, he would take it out of the magic storage and make a special board.

Tauro suddenly remembered that he hadn’t tried dark magic with spirits.

He put the special board back in the magic storage and looked around.

“I can see two Kobolds in the vicinity of my “sense of presence”.

He approached the kobold, hiding using his “presence block” to try it out.

“ Dark spirit, grant me Mental manipulation and ability reduction.”

Tauro cast a spell, and there was an immediate change in these two monsters.

Suddenly, when they stared at each other, they began to fight.

Perhaps it was because of their diminished abilities, but they continued to brawl without power, like children fighting.

Neither of them had any decisive moves, and they seemed to be unable to win.

Once they were tired, they rested their hands, but again, they fought and bit each other, just like a child’s fight.

“I did it myself but it’s a really scary magic…”

In addition, dark magic was cast to take away their vision.

The two kobolds stopped fighting and panicked.

In addition, Tauro cast a paralysis spell.

The two kobolds collapsed on the spot as if they had gone rigid and began to blow bubbles.

The paralyze magic of the dark spirit seemed to be fatal to the two monsters whose abilities were already weakened and they died.

“This is something I should never use again. Spirit magic is more powerful than normal magic and it’s enhanced by the protection of dark spirits. It’s really too dangerous…”

He felt as though he was getting carried away with the magic power.

That’s how powerful it was.

Tauro told himself he had to do a lot of thinking before he decided to use it against his enemies.