CH 43

“Don't Repeat the Mistakes of the Previous Life. Fight, resist, and win! Part 1"

Translated by Dawn

“I managed to get away……but…”

It was good that I was able to escape the orc hordes, but a word was echoing in my mind.

The word was, “Is this really okay?”

I mentioned before that in my previous life I was an errand boy for a large company, and there were many things I had to put up with.

I had to endure many things in my previous life, such as interpersonal relationships and treatment at the company, but in any case, it was not a very pleasant life.

That was why I thought that the next time I was reborn, I would not have to endure such things and live as I wished. However, I did not expect to be reborn with the memories of my previous life, and it seems that the thoughts of my previous life had lingered in my mind.

Whether it was the issue of the successor to the noble family or my actions at Laresta, I now think that it would have been fine if I had been a little more public about it.

If this situation were depicted in a web novel, readers would no doubt say, “I don’t know what the protagonist is trying to do. The mistakes he made in his previous life have not been utilized.”……

–You’ve already been told–

“!? W-what was that?”

As I was thinking about various things in my head, I felt someone speaking to me out of nowhere, but then I realized again that I was now in a forest where monsters roam, and I concluded that the voice was a hallucination.

“Hmmm, even if I were to go into battle with those guys, I can’t win in a head-to-head fight with the way I am now.”

Even if I were to fight without running away, I would not be able to win by challenging them head-on. At any rate, I displayed my status to reconfirm my abilities.

[Name]: Roland

[Age]: 12 years old

[Gender]: Male

[Race]: Human

[Occupation]: Adventurer (D-rank), Former son of a lord

Physical strength: 2200

Magic power: 2500

Strength: B+

Endurance: B+

Agility: A

Dexterity: B

Mental Strength: A-

Resistance: A-

Luck: A

[Skills]: Appraisal Lv6, Physical Enhancement Lv6, Presence Detection Lv5, Presence Blocking Lv4, Magic Control Lv6, Magic Manipulation Lv6, Fire Magic Lv5, Water Magic Lv5, Wind Magic Lv5, Earth Magic Lv5, Swordsmanship Lv5, Hand-to-hand Combat Lv6

Although the overall ability was higher than that of a normal orc, it was definitely outmatched by the power of an orc general when it came to hand-to-hand combat.

If I could fight with magic without jumping into the pocket of my opponent, I might have a chance to win, but even so, I must say that it was clearly a reckless gamble to take on such a large number of opponents.

As it stands, I could manage to take on a couple of orcs, but I could not take on a larger group of orcs or an orc general.

However, it was a matter of perspective. There might be a simpler way to fight them before a direct physical battle or indirect magical battle……. What is that method—?

“Right. Let’s trap them.”

Yes, using traps. No matter how much stronger the opponent might be, they were still monsters. Traps were effective because even highly intelligent orc generals are classified as such.

In war movies and historical dramas, you might have heard the saying, “To deceive the enemy, you must first deceive your allies.” Since even human beings could be caught in a trap, it could be said that monsters, which were inferior to human beings, could be even more so.

Trap them. To do so, I would have to confirm what kind of traps would be effective.

As long as they possessed the skill of physical enhancement, which I had found out before escaping, suffocating them with their mouths covered would not work, just like the Wild Dashboas.

However, asphyxiation by directly blocking the lungs from the body might not be very effective, so it would be unwise to use it as a trump card. It would be appropriate to consider it only as a means.

Next, how about a lure trap such as poison or paralysis? No one is immune to poison. However, since it is not absolute, it cannot be used as a trump card.

“Either way, I think I need to catch one of the orcs and experiment with it.”

The reason why I said those lines was because of the reaction to the presence detection.

Even though I have succeeded in escaping from the orc hordes if you ask me if I am currently 100% safe……I would say no.

No matter how many monsters there were, it was impossible for them not to chase me after all that I had done, and they must have been looking for me as I fled under the direction of the orc general.

And since they must understand that it was inefficient to search for me together, it was easy to imagine that they were searching for me by dividing up the search to some extent.

Currently, I detected the presence of a lone orc moving alone by presence detection. It seemed that the orc herd was dispersed to seek me out. ……That’s a good thing.

“Fugofugo”

I saw a lone Orc searching for me with his nose twitching. But even with his excellent sense of smell, it seemed that he could not find me.

It was no wonder because I had put wind magic around my body to shut out the smell so that I wouldn’t be caught by their olfactory sensors.

The orc scurried around, and by the time he caught sight of me, I was already only a few meters away.

“Buhyii! Buhyii! Buhyii!”

“Huu, you noisy pig. But it’s a good thing because I’m about to start the experiment.”

“Buhi?”

“So rejoice……for your useless body will come in handy for my experiments.”

“Bu-buhyi!? Buhyi, buhyi!!”

“Be the Guinea Pig in My Experiment……”

“Buhyi~iiiii”

No one saw the orc after that, and his precious life was lost. …Just kidding.

Then, I wouldn’t mention here the specifics of what experiments were conducted, but I would just say that one thing I could say is that this Orc was useful enough.

“Okay, I might have managed to find a way to win with this. If it doesn’t work, I’ll run away as fast as I can and throw it all to the Adventurers’ Guild. Yes, let’s do that.”

I was neither an omniscient, omnipotent God nor an invincible being. I simply am a human being. I cannot do what I cannot do, and I am capable of doing what I can do.

If there is something I cannot do, I should leave it to someone who can do it. It would be meaningless to make a mistake if you mess up.

After trying all kinds of experiments with stray orcs, I have learned a few things and have decided to start exterminating orcs based on these findings.

The important thing to remember was that I was not trying to kill the orcs but to exterminate them.

“This must be where they live.”

After several hours of hiding for a while and waiting for the orcs to give up, the time finally came.

Having abandoned their search, the orcs had returned to the orc general.

The place where the orcs were hiding was near a river and had a stable infrastructure. There was a cave nearby where they sheltered from the wind and rain.

What was a little disturbing was that at first glance, it seemed to be the home of the orcs, but there were no signs of life there, and it seemed to have been recently inhabited.

Furthermore, the number of the herd of thirty creatures was also disconcerting. The Orc General’s rank belongs to B-rank, and it was classified as a fairly powerful monster.

However, what made Orc General a threat was not so much the strength of the monster itself, but his leadership in commanding the other Orcs.

The way he led dozens to hundreds of orcs without any hesitation was truly worthy of the name of “Orc General.” That was why I felt a sense of discomfort in the leadership part.

Usually, the number of orcs led by an orc general was at least 50 or more. That was why I felt uncomfortable with the half-hearted number of 30 Orcs in the herd.

And it would make sense if the small number of orcs meant……that this herd was not the main group, but an advanced force acting as reconnaissance and scouting.

In short, it would suggest the emergence of an……orc king who would follow the orc general leading this herd.

(Why is it that bad premonitions can be so often right? ……Murphy’s Law is terrible.)

There is the famous Murphy’s Law, which states, “The probability that a piece of toast dropped on the floor will land buttered side down is proportional to the price of the carpet.” (+)

Another example would be the “greed sensor,” which is the inability to get the item you want when playing a video game. An excellent law that is full of humor…….that’s Murphy’s Law.

(Let’s put the Orc King in the corner for now and focus on the Orcs in front of me.)

My first challenge was about to begin as I remembered my original purpose of living as I pleased.