Chapter 56: Revenge of the Empire

“I’m hungry…”

Liz murmured while sitting on the edge of the bed. Duffy on the other hand, has no time for that. Seeing her sudden recovery, he was hastily doing some medical examination.

“Sure enough, you’re healthy now. Just what is going on?”

As a doctor, he is happy that the patient become well. However, he also seemed to be perplexed by the miracle that is beyond his understanding.

“I’m fine. There’s nothing to worry about.”

“No, but …”

Duffy faced towards me. No matter how he thinks about it, the cause of it is probably me. Duffy understands that too.

“Tanaka-dono, what did you do to her?”

“I’m not sure either. But previously, I cured one of my companions in a similar manner so I thought I’d give it a try.”

“What is that method!?”

Duffy rushes towards me with his eyes bloodshot. I tried to evade, but he clung to my waist so quickly that I couldn’t even imagine that he is an elderly person.

“Come on, tell me! How did you treat her? I won’t let go until you tell me!”

“I-I understand, let go of me first! I’ll properly explain it then!”

I explained to Duffy about my Pressure Point skill which could press on acupoint that now evolved into a life or death technique. He enthusiastically asks me questions while taking note of them.

“How do you get that Pressure Point skill? Tell me about it even if it’s just your speculation.”

“I used to be good at massage, I think it’s because of that. It’s purely a conjecture though.”

“Massage huh! That was the loophole!”

Duffy really get into it. It’s like he’s discovering a new cure. Liz, who was watching the situation, finally began to get angry.

“I’m hungry! Hurry up and let me eat now!”

She was angry while looking at me. Perhaps Duffy is considered to be her servant.

“You finally got better so let me serve you some delicious food.”

“Alright, make it quickly.”

“Okay”

I borrowed the kitchen in the mansion, well, I also borrowed their pot and then I started making chicken soup. I took out the remainder of yesterday’s rice from the bangle, put it in the soup and made it simmer a little. Finally, I added the beaten egg and the porridge is completed.

When I returned to the room, I handed the porridge to Liz.

“What is this white grain? Isn’t this a soup?”

“It’s thin rice porridge, a stomach-friendly dish. You’ve just recovered, so you should not overdo it.”

“…..”

Liz scoops the porridge with a spoon and slowly puts it in her mouth. The salt content is modest, so the taste may be light.

“Mmm…Delicious!”

After saying that much, Liz silently started eating the thin rice porridge. It’s a rice gruel that is similar to thin rice porridge, but it’s actually a dish that my mother cooked when I was ill. That is why I can serve it with confidence.

“Seconds please.”

Liz presents the wooden bowl with rice grains on her mouth. I poured porridge while saying that she could only eat up to two cups.

“This is delicious. It might be the perfect food for those who are sick.”

Duffy is also eating the thin rice porridge. I thought I made it a little too much, but if he eats too, there won’t be a leftover.

“I’m going to sleep.”

After eating, Liz lays down on the bed. With this, I am now relieved. When I tried to leave the room, Liz called out to me.

“Thank you for helping me big brother.”

I smiled a little and replied, “Uhmm”. However, I felt itchy when I’m called as big brother. It’s a term that I was never been called before.

“What’s big brother’s name?”

“I’m Shinichi Tanaka. I’m an adventurer in Mana.”

“Adventurer huh…”

When Liz stops speaking, I then leave the room. Duffy, who came out with me, bowed deeply to me.

“Tanaka-dono! Thank you! I couldn’t save her alone! It’s all thanks to you!”

“No, isn’t she getting better because of the results of Duffy’s treatment? I only helped her a little bit with my skills. You should be the one to be complimented.”

I shake hands with Duffy. It was good that we look for him and the girl after all.

“Well then, please excuse me”

I then left the mansion.

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The sun in the sky is now starting to set. We ride in the unicorn and hurry back to Mana City.

“The magical beasts become active at night. Let’s go home early.”

“That’s right. I want to avoid sleeping outdoors.”

Erna and Freya went ahead while having such light conversation. However, I was still curious about that Ninjutsu skill.

“Hey Erna. Do you know a skill called Ninjutsu?”

“Ninjutsu? Ah-, speaking of that, there was such a rare skill.”

“Rare skill? What is a rare skill?”

“Shinichi’s Life or Death technique and Super Sensation are examples of that. For such things, you are not really certain how to obtain it, and in many cases you can only get it when you were born. It seems that sometimes skills evolve and then you can get it but I heard that such a thing is rare.”

I was convinced by Erna’s words. There are conditions for skill evolution. That is, for the necessary skills to reach the special level. It does not change with evolution or integrated evolution. It is a change that cannot occur unless you acquired the necessary skills and improve your skills to a special level.

“But Ninjutsu should be a fairly rare skill. It seems to be a combination of Stealth and Search skill.”

“Well, that would be useful. It’s a skill that I definitely want to have.”

Ninjutsu. It’s a man’s romance. One can spit out flames and cross over the water with that. Well, it doesn’t matter if it’s possible or not. However, ninjutsu is just so cool. I can affirm that as someone who once read Na○to.

“Do you still want to get stronger? Aren’t you strong enough already?”

“I also think it’s enough for now but I just want to get that Ninjutsu skill. This upsurge in my chest is not a lie.”

Erna looked at me with an exasperated expression. But I don’t care. A woman can never understand a man’s romance. After a few hours, we finally arrived at Mana. By that time, the sky was dyed in dark red color and the sun was about to set on the horizon.

For some reason, the City gate is being closed. It was like the time when the Estent Empire attacked. I call out to the soldier guarding on the outer wall.

“Hey! Why are you closing the gate?”

“Homeless!? Wait, we’ll open the gate right away!”

The gate starts to open up and then we enter inside while riding the unicorn. As expected, the City was quiet and the atmosphere was full of tension. The soldiers rushed to us and then they explained the situation.

“The guys from the Estent Empire have brought 500 soldiers this time. In addition, he says that if we don’t send that man out, they will kill all the citizens of the City. Can you somehow save the City?”

“The man he’s talking about is probably me. I think he really got angry about the last time. Anyways, I’ll solve this matter this time as well.”

We move to the west side of the City while riding the unicorn. When we arrived, I got off the unicorn and ran up to the outer wall.

“Are the soldiers and adventurers responding this time?”

In the grasslands at the west of the City, there were Estent soldiers as before. However, this time, they are vigilantly lined up. When the dragoneuts, which can be said to be giants, are lined up, it’s not unusual for them to feel intimidated. I can immediately saw through the mental state of the soldiers and adventurers standing off against them.

“Get that guy out soon! That silver-haired guy who killed our soldiers!”

“He is not in this City! Immediately leave Mana! This is the territory of the kingdom!”

“I don’t care about the territory! It’s going to belong to our empire soon! More than that, if you don’t send that man, we will kill all the inhabitants of this City!”

A man with purple hair and clad in knight’s armor persistently told the knights in Mana to send out a silver-haired man. As expected, their target is me. Besides, the man, who seems to be a knight of the empire, was familiar.

“We are going out! Get ready for battle!”

“Understood! I’ll blow everything away with my magic!”

Upon exiting the west gate, we squeezed through the crowd of knights and adventurers in Mana and stepped forward. Then the commander of the Knights rushed to me.

“You come at the right time! They’ve been telling us to send Tanaka-dono out! We feel anxious when he said that they will turn the City into a sea of ​​fire!”

“Don’t worry. We, Homeless, are enough for that kind of opponent.”

“How reassuring! Tanaka-dono is the hero of Mana after all!”

After the knight gave instructions to the other knights and adventurers, he retreated near the outer wall. I’m glad to be relied on, but this time, this is because of my carelessness.

The man named Karl Dragnil, who escaped last time, brought this enemy here. Karl, the commander of the enemy, speaks to me.

“I’ve been waiting for you, Shinichi Tanaka! Let me get rid of the last humiliation right here!”

“Karl right? Are you sure you’re going to win with just the 500 of you?”

“Of course! I even think that this force is too much! I’ll make you kneel before me and beg for your life!”

Ridiculous. I won’t lose to these 500 dragoneut. Even though he was once saved, he is crazy enough to come all the way here just to give up his life.

“Erna, shoot your Flame Burst”

“Eh? He’s still talking over there, is that okay?”

“It doesn’t matter. We are adventurers after all. We don’t have a good heart like a knight.”

“That’s right. Then I’ll do it in one shot.”

Erna raised her cane and created three giant fireballs. Apparently, she intends to release three flame bursts at the same time. As expected from a founder elf.

The fireball, which was fired silently, caused a large explosion in the middle of the Estent soldiers and caused black smoke to rise. It’s twice as powerful as before… No, it will be three times as powerful. It’s such a ridiculous power.

The soldiers of the Estent Empire were lying around the three craters.

“Cowardice… What’s with that attack while I’m still talking…”

Karl stands up while staggering. He didn’t seem to be injured but he was covered in dust. Starting with him, the soldiers of the empire who were still alive stand up in succession. It seems that fire-type magic does not work well on Dragoneuts as they are resistant to fire.

Even so, a quarter of their total has fallen and there are many injured ones, like those who lost their arms. This could be deemed as a decent result.

“It was true that fire magic didn’t work on Dragoneuts huh. I can’t believe they are still alive after that explosion.”

Erna was looking at the enemy with admiration. From my point of view, Erna, who casts such magic is more amazing. It’s horrifying because it is an advanced magic.

“Me, Pero and Freya will fight directly with the enemy. Erna, support us with bow and magic attacks.”

“OK. They are injured but still, be vigilant.”

“I know”

We leave Erna and start running. We divided into three directions, and then each of us began fighting against the Empire’s soldiers.

“I’m also a member of Homeless!”

As he moves in a flash, Pero’s feet toys with the Empire’s soldiers. Taking advantage of his short stature, he sneaks into the enemy’s bosom and then he sinks his fist into the opponent’s abdomen. When the opponent falters, he quickly scratches the opponent’s throat with his claw. His appearance was like a white storm.

“What’s wrong Dragoneuts?! You guys are losing to a Human!”

While basking in blood, Freya stabs and kills the soldiers of the empire like an Asura.

She caught the fist of the soldier who was about to hit her with one hand and then she skewered him with a spear flying in the air. She is manipulating the spear with her psychokinesis. Just like a satellite, her spear flies around Freya.

“Go!”

Erna shoots a number of arrows with the big tree bow. The arrow drew a parabola and then it changed its trajectory as if it had a will and stuck in the enemy’s temple. The Empire’s soldiers tried to prevent the arrow with an iron shield, but the wind arrow pierces the shield and kills the enemy.

“If you want to run away, run now! I will not chase those who ran away!”

I brandished the Bull King sword as I say that. The extremely sharp blade cuts off the weapons of the enemies. Without using any skills, I was rushing through the Empire soldiers.

“Take this!”

One of the soldiers uses the skill Small Dragon Breath. When the flamethrower hits my skin, it slightly burned my skin. As expected, the robe doesn’t seem to be able to prevent non-magical attacks. However, the robe that received that flame does not even have a burn mark.

“M-Monster! Staying calm even after receiving my skill――Gueee…pu!?”

I decapitated the enemy who used the skill. It’s rude to call me monster. I’m a decent person you know!

“Don’t run away! Kill that man quickly! If you kill him, this Kingdom will fall soon!”

Before I knew it, the soldiers had begun to flee. Dragoneuts, who are mistaken for giants, showed their backs and run away. Its unsightly and laughable. Still, I want to praise them for taking importance of their life.

Karl, the commander, desperately screams to keep the soldiers. His appearance is also quite funny. It is foolish to invade the kingdom in the first place. It is their incompetence to misunderstand my ability.

“What happened? Didn’t you come to humiliate me?”

I approached Karl while shaking off the blood in my sword. More than half of the 500 enemy soldiers are already dead. The rest of the soldiers are also fleeing or injured and are not prepared to fight. However, I was curious about the man behind Karl. All this time, he did not move and his arms remained folded. He is also wearing a more luxurious armor than Karl.

Who would he be if Karl was the commander?

“Brother! Please help me! I will lose if this goes on!”

“…………Humph!”

The man moved.

Its body is one size larger than a typical dragoneut, and the horns that grow from its head are imposing. He has a well chiselled feature and his short purple hair is neatly done. In addition to that, the dark green and gold decorated armor signifies the level of his status.

Obviously, he is a strong man. My intuition tells me so.

“I’m Bezel, the fourth in line to the Estent Empire’s throne.”

This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.

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