CH 47

"Orc Horde and Orc General Existence Proof Investigation"

Translated by Dawn

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The moment they heard my guess, there was silence again. I had suddenly uttered such an outlandish thing as the existence of the Orc King, so it was inevitable that something like that would happen, but I would have liked some kind of reaction.

“T-that’s such an absurd story!”

“It is understandable that you don’t believe me. I’m not so sure about it myself at the moment. ……I’ll just leave that aside.”

“””””Don’t put it aside!”””””

They were breathing so well together that the question came to mind, “Are these guys here in a theater company or something?”

Anyway, I decided to make a request to the guild master to talk about the immediate future, since we would have to find out whether the Orc King incident was false or true.

“Guildmaster, I have a request.”

“What is it?”

“I’ve left a herd of thirty orcs and an orc general behind for now, and I’d like to go get them tomorrow. But I can’t bring them back in one go with the magic bag I have. So if you have a magic bag with a large capacity, I would like to borrow it.”

“I’ll make the arrangements. And, boy, I’d like you to bring a couple of adventurers with you to check it out if that’s all right.”

“You mean to check whether there’s an Orc King or not?”

“No! I’m just confirming that you, boy, really did defeat the orc hordes, including the orc general, or not!”

“What, you didn’t believe me?”

Well, I was just a child who had not even come of age, even though I had just attained D-rank, so why should he believe me when I told him such a thing?

At any rate, I had no problem with the adventurers accompanying me, but I couldn’t bear to have some strange fellow attached to me, so when I tried to tell them about it, an unexpected person came forward.

‘Then my party will accompany you.”

“Well, it’s reassuring to know that Gyrmzak, an A-rank adventurer, will be accompanying me. I’m counting on you.”

“Is that alright with you, Wild Hunt boy?”

“No problem…but if you can’t keep up with me, I’ll leave you behind. Is that okay with you?”

“Ohh, we’ve been getting looked down on. Well, that’s alright.”

The conversation was settled, and the meeting was adjourned. By the way, Oak-san, who was used for the experiment, was left to Bold at his own request.

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Early the next morning, I headed to the Adventurers’ Guild, where Gyrmzak and his friends were waiting for me.

When I exchanged my first greetings with him, I saw him from a distance, but today was the first time I actually spoke to him.

The members were one man and two women, and all three were beautiful men and women.

The man had brown hair, green eyes, and a handsome appearance that would make him popular with the ladies. His muscles were neither too macho nor too thin, suggesting that he had a style suitable for scouts.

The woman was wearing a robe that made her look like a wizard, and it was easy to tell that she was a rear guard. She was a strangely aged woman with light purple hair and yellow eyes, and her breasts were so large that they could be recognized even from her robe.

The last woman, in her late teens, with peach-colored hair and pale green eyes, seemed to be a vanguard warrior, as she was equipped with bikini armor.

“Sorry, I guess I kept you waiting.”

“No problem. I’ll introduce you. These are my party members. The male member is Azul, the female one is Maylene, a magician. The one in bikini armor is Akini.”

Immediately Gyrmzak’s mouth introduced his party members, so I decided to make a brief self-introduction as well.

“Nice to meet you, I’m Rolando, a D-rank adventurer. I look forward to working with—.”

“You’re the recently famous [Wild Hunt]? You’re very young.”

“Akini, you’re being rude.”

“Hmm, which one of us is rude? This little boy, Gyrmzak, he told you, didn’t he? ’If you can’t keep up with me, I’ll leave you behind.’ We’ve been underestimated.”

I see, it seems that Gyrmzak told his friends what I said yesterday, and Akini was angry about it and is now coming at me.

I was not saying that Gyrmzak and the others were not capable, but rather that if they could not follow me, I would leave them behind.

“I’m not underestimating you. I’m just saying, if you can’t keep up with me, I’ll leave you behind.”

“That’s what I call underestimating!”

“Now, now, why don’t you Akini-san and Rolando-san just leave it at that?”

“…Yeah. Now that everyone’s here, let’s get our magic bags from the guildmaster and get going.”

“You’re right. Let’s do that.”

After quieting down Akini and me with words from Azul the gentleman and Maylene the big-breasted wizard, we stopped by the office once to receive the magic bag from the guild master.

“This is the magic bag owned by the guild. It has a perfect space-time attribute, so it will never deteriorate. By the way, it can hold up to ten tons.”

The magic bag that the guild master prepared for us was, according to what I heard, the best magic bag owned by the Adventurers’ Guild of Rendark. The price was said to be an astonishing five large gold coins or 500 million yen in Japanese yen.

“Can I borrow something this expensive? Aren’t you worried I’m going to steal it?”

“No problem. Or rather, don’t steal it. Return it properly.”

“By the way, is there anyone out there who can make a magic bag of this caliber?”

“Yes, there is. But you have to go to the Royal Capital to request it.”

Then we parted ways with the guildmaster after a few confirmations. During the meeting with the guildmaster, Gyrmzak’s party members did not open up much, conversing only with their leader, Gyrmzak.

Apparently, they didn’t get along with the guildmaster very well. No, it would be more accurate to say that they had no need to get along with each other much rather than not getting along.

After leaving the Adventurers’ Guild, we presented our guild cards to the gate guards in the town of Rendark and departed for our destination.

“If you can’t keep up with us, we’ll leave you behind.”

“Ah, that’s why you have to follow me–”

The moment I was about to reply to Gyrmzak, he and the other three disappeared.

Disappeared was only a figurative expression, I should say that they ran away.

I conclude that they didn’t like my superior attitude and that they took this action with the intention of showing me once and for all the difference in their rank as A-rank adventurers here.

“Good grief, how can you leave me behind when I’m the only one who knows where I defeated the Orc herd…….”

It’s not that I wasn’t at fault for firing them up, so to say I deserved it is true, but …… I’ve been underestimated as well.

“Fine, a bit childish, but I’ll play along with you guys.”

I declared this to the four people who were not supposed to be there, and then I activated my physical enhancement.

Since the other four should also be sprinting due to the physical enhancement, I kicked the ground and ran after them for the time being.

With further improved physical enhancements, I pursued the four of them at a speed that was no longer possible for an ordinary person.

Leaving behind the natural scenery, I continued on my way and spotted four people traveling at a considerable speed ahead of me.

Raising the gears of my physical enhancement even more, I caught up with them and said just one word to them.

“This way. Follow me.”

“What?”

“Eh, no way!?”

“He’s caught up with us.”

“More like, he’s faster than we are.”

As we passed each other, Gyrmzak and the others were saying something, but I could hardly hear what they were saying because we were moving so fast.

It took me less than 20 minutes to reach the site where I had destroyed an entire herd of orcs. It was another ten minutes after I arrived at the scene that Gyrmzak and the others arrived.

“Haa, ha, ha.”

“Hmm, slow. Well, check this out.”

“W-wa-wait. Give me, a break.”

Apparently, they were quite exhausted, and all of them slumped down on the spot as soon as they arrived.

It then took 30 minutes for them to be able to move properly, and when they finally seemed to be able to catch their breath, Gyrmzak called out to me…….

“Boy, who exactly are you?”

“I’m just a D-rank adventurer.”

“There is no way! Well, if you don’t want to say it, that’s fine. Alright—”

“I’ll tell you first if you’re trying to invite me to your party, I’m not interested. I’ve turned down a lot of invitations from other people. But more importantly, I need you to check on the Orc General and the Orcs.”

“…… Okay, I get it. But I’ll tell you this, Rolando boy. I’m not giving up.”

With a shrug of the shoulders at Gyrmzak’s comment, I walked over to the herd of orcs that I had hidden with earth magic.

As I was about to disengage the Soil magic, I saw Maylene coming toward me.

“Wa-wait! What in the world is this magic!?”

“…… the dome made of Soil magic?”

“T-there’s no way a boy like you can do this kind of complicated magic!”

“If you don’t want to believe me, that’s fine, but let’s just confirm it anyway and I’ll disarm the Soil magic.”

One of the knowledge of magic would be that it takes a great deal of skill to disarm magic invoked by others. This was because the quality of magic was different and it would take a lot of time and effort to disarm it.

To use a simple analogy, if we compare a resident who has a key to a room in an apartment to a person who does not have a key, the resident has a key and can open the door easily, but the person without a key can only open the door by picking or other uncertain means, which makes the door more difficult to open than the resident who is the master of the room. The difficulty to open the door is higher than that of the resident who is the owner of the room. It’s the same thing.

So what I’m trying to say is that the fact that I can disarm the earth magic in front of me now means that either I’m a high-level wizard with that much skill, or it was me myself who used the earth magic.

The soil dome crumbled noisily, and what emerged from within was a silent ice sculpture.

All of them were orcs, their faces contorted with fear.

“R-ridiculous. Ice magic?!”

“Rolando boy, you can use ice magic?”

“That’s not what matters, can you check?”

When I urged Gyrmzak to dismiss his question, he began to confirm it with a sense of reluctance.

They were reluctant to confirm my information but were soon stunned by the sight before their eyes.

A herd of 30 orcs had been iced to death, and there was no sign of resistance.

They were a party of A-rank adventurers, and they could handle a herd of orcs of this size with no problem. However, the overwhelming destruction of such a large group of Orcs was apparently unusual even in their eyes.

And if the presence of the Orc General was added to the mix, it was inevitable that there would be a tough fight, no matter their rank, even if they were A-ranked.

However, the fact that the Orcs were in such bad shape despite the presence of the Orc General was proof that I was that good.

“Gyrmzak, this is…….”

“Yeah, it’s overwhelming.”

“No way that kid really did this?”

“….”

Akini, who had been silent at the sight before her, opened her mouth, followed in turn by Gyrmzak, Azul, and Maylene.

However, as for Maylene, she did not say a word, but only exhaled a sigh of admiration and looked ecstatic…….

“Are you done checking?　If so, I’d like to put the orcs in the magic bag.”

“Uh, yeah, I’ve already checked it out, and you can store it if you–”

“Rolando-kun! No, Rolando-sensei! Please make me your disciple!”

“Huh?”

Apparently, things were getting messy again.