CH 44

“Don't Repeat the Mistakes of the Previous Life. Fight, resist, and win! Part 2"

Translated by Dawn

“Don’t Repeat the Mistakes of the Previous Life. Fight, resist, and win! Part 2″

“Now it’s time for the extermination operation…….”

When all the orcs had returned to their hideout, I decided to put my plan into action.

Well, even though all of them, the orc who went along with my maddening experiment had already been stored in the magic bag…….

The orcs were based in a cave at the foot of a steep cliff, with a river flowing in front of it and a forest stretching across it.

The cave is located on the north side, the river is in the opposite direction to the south, and the forest stretches east to west and north to south.

There were no trees in the vicinity of the hideout, which they must have cleared out and used as a plaza for their work.

And in the center of the plaza, a huge tree, which even an orc could not cut down, stands tall and majestic, reminding us once again of the greatness of nature.

(I could use that tree…….okay)

Using presence blocking and wind magic to prevent orcs from attacking, I climbed up the tree, hiding from the orcs in the surrounding area.

When I reached a place where the orcs would not be able to reach me, I released my presence blocking and wind magic and revealed myself.

“Fugofugo…buhii!? Buhyii! Buhyii!!”

Of course, the orcs would find me if I did that, but this time it was the right thing to do. My true aim was to make the orcs discover me…….

As soon as I unlocked my skills, the orcs immediately started to make noise. It reminded me of a pig farm on a ranch.

The orcs that would have been in the cave, hearing the commotion, began to gather around the tree. ……Good, just as planned.

“Buhyi~i~iiiiiiii”

“Now it’s time for the real deal.”

With that much commotion, the leader of the herd, the orc general, would not remain silent, and finally emerged from his cave.

When seen up close, it was not only large in stature but also wore a sense of intimidation that was clearly different from that of the other orcs.

When the orc general appeared, he immediately ordered the other orcs to capture me, but a huge tree stood in the way.

The orcs began to beat the tree in an attempt to knock me off the tree, but even the might of the orcs with their strong arms was not enough at all.

Even if they tried to throw stones, they were unable to reach me because of the tree branches and the wind protection magic I had put up.

It might feel good to watch the orcs’ frustration, but I couldn’t just sit here and do nothing.

(I guess it’s about time.)

The orcs’ frustration had reached its peak, and even the orc generals were coming closer around the tree.

Deciding it was time, I cast a spell around the area where the orcs were.

“[Earth Control]”

Originally, this magic was used to cultivate fields, but now, it was applied to change the area where the orcs were located into a sandy soil.

Then, another magic was applied to the sandy soil.

“[Snake Wave]! [Snake Wave]! [Snake Wave]!”

Water magic in the form of a snake was continuously released onto the sand. Now the question is, do you know what you get when you add water to sand?

…… Yes, the answer is [mud]. The snake wave of water magic mixes with the sand and becomes mud, and suddenly a quagmire appears under the feet of the orcs.

The Orcs’ huge bodies were quickly sinking into the swamp, as it was not just a muddy place, but a deep muddy swamp.

Most of the orcs were unable to cope with the sudden occurrence, and their lower body sank into the swamp, leaving them unable to move.

“Okay, I guess phase one is complete.”

If you wait it out, their whole body will sink and they will eventually suffocate to death. What? Suffocation again? Yes, but why?

However, since this quagmire was made of magic, there was a possibility that the orcs might be able to deal with it with their skills of physical strengthening. Hence, I took the next move.

“Let’s go, let’s finish this!”

After declaring this to the orcs, I began to put magic into my hands. This is in order to use certain magic.

As I have mentioned before, magic exists in this world and each has different attributes.

Specifically, there are four basic elements: fire, water, wind, and soil, with fire, ice, lightning, earth, light, and darkness as higher-level attributes.

In addition to these, there were compound attributes that could be mastered by mastering multiple attributes, and it was said that it would be difficult to master them all.

And as you can see from my past actions, I have been practically using water magic. So, if that’s the case. Don’t you think it’s strange that I should be learning the higher attributes by now?

The most famous of the higher-level attributes were flame, ice, thunder, and earth, which are part of the four elemental elements. These can be learned if the basic fire, water, wind, and soil magic is trained to a certain level.

And after constantly using water magic, my water magic reached level 6 and I was able to learn ice magic.

Of course, since I had been training not only water magic but also other attributes in a well-balanced manner in my daily routine, a higher level of attribute derivation from other basic attributes could be expected in the future.

Anyway, there were orcs stuck in the mud in front of me. And there was me, who had learned ice magic. There was only one thing I should do in this situation.

“Take thiiiiss! This is my [Shakyd Icicle] aaaaaaah!”

Ice appeared from the magic concentrated in my hands and attacked the motionless orcs.

Before they could even raise a cry of despair, they were instantly pickled in ice and transformed in an instant into speechless ice sculptures.

The ice appeared from my hand like water from a hose, and from left to right, I reeled off and attacked all the orcs.

The whole area transformed into a silvery-white world, and the temperature of the surroundings dropped dramatically.

“Ha, ha, it’s over.”

The buzzing of the orcs that had been audible earlier was no longer audible, and silence prevailed.

At any rate, the results were as I had experimented, and there was no doubt that it had worked.

The reason for this success might have something to do with the status of the orcs.

The statuses of orcs and orc generals that I had investigated previously were specialized in physical skills, and abilities such as dexterity and mental strength were not very high.

Among them, resistance was particularly low, at D+ for orcs and C+ for orc-generals.

Resistance was related to defense against magic and abnormalities, and the lower this value, the more effective damage and abnormalities such as poison could be inflicted.

This time, the low resistance was a factor, and even though ice magic was a higher-level attribute, it was able to exert such a tremendous effect in spite of the fact that it had only been learned for a short time.

“Yotto, as expected, they’re not alive.”

I muttered to myself as I climbed down from the tree and looked at the orcs that had been turned into silent ice sculptures.

While most of the orcs had stopped moving, I noticed that one monster was still alive.

“Bu-buhyi…”

“As expected of a general. You’re still alive after all those attacks…….”

I was honestly amazed at the Orc General’s ability to maintain his vitality even after his men had been killed and he himself had been put on ice.

The Orc General, on the other hand, was moaning weakly but vindictively at the sight of the person who had brought this upon themselves.

Remembering the saying, “Show no mercy to your enemies,” I decide to put an early stop to it, as I had no desire to taunt him any further.

“Sorry you had to run into me, but you’re out of luck. Well, goodbye.”

“Bu…”

The head of the Orc General was cut off with wind magic, which was created from my remaining magic power. Even an orc general couldn’t continue his life-support activities with his head and torso cut off, and he never moved again.

“Haa, I’m tired……but I managed to win.”

After successfully exterminating all the orcs, I slumped down on the spot as if the tension that had been building up until then had been broken.

With not much magic left in my body, I rested there for a while and began to think about the future.

“I’m going to have a hard time now. If I report this to the guild, there will definitely be an uproar…”

The last time I fought a Wild Dashboa, I hunted it when it was acting alone, which caused a commotion, but it was only a single monster, so it wasn’t a big deal.

This time, however, the level of the commotion was probably not as great as the last time, since the Orc pack was defeated by just one person.

To begin with, Orcs were classified as C-rank monsters, and their individual abilities were also high. And since orcs tended to cluster together, it was not uncommon for them to be treated as a B-rank threat, even higher than the C-rank.

On top of that, with the B-ranked orc general leading the herd this time, the threat level would probably jump to the same level as an A-ranked request.

If that happened, I would be more and more likely to get into trouble, but this was the outcome I wanted. I’m satisfied with it and have no regrets.

–Is this what you wanted? Huh? Readers~?–

“What!? W-who is it!?”

I thought I heard a voice out of nowhere, but I looked around and couldn’t find the figure.

I was alert for a while, but I didn’t hear any more voices and decided that I was just imagining things.

It was already late evening and about to turn into night, and darkness would close in on this place in a short while.

I decided to return to the town after recovering some magic power, but there was something I had to do before that.

“I can’t fit these orcs in there because I don’t have any more capacity in my magic bag. Okay. …… [Stone Dome]”

For now, as a first-aid measure, I will surround each iced orc with a dome-shaped stone to prevent anyone from taking it over while I am back in town.

The large tree that protected me from the orcs’ attack was also involved, but please forgive me for that.

After the orcs were dealt with, all I had to do was return to town and report to the guild.

For the first time in my new life, I was able to do as I pleased, but I had no way of knowing at the time that this would lead me into even more turmoil.