“Alright, big catch ♪.”
Orcs are pig-headed monsters that lie everywhere. As planned, I had wiped out a group of thirty orcs. Among them was an orc with a good physique.
The high-ranking species that led the herd was called the High Orc, and its meat was even higher than that of ordinary orcs, so the same portion should have cost several times as much. By the way, all of them were shot through the forehead area with a blob of magical power.
If I damaged their body too much, the selling price will go down after all. Normally, they are drained of blood and disposed of immediately after hunting so that they do not lose their freshness. But in my case, I can just throw them into my subspace where time does not pass. Of course, I could do it myself, but it was troublesome, so I was going to leave it to the guild to handle it.
“Alright. Let’s head back to the city then.”
I shoot up to the sky again and was about to return to the city.
“Uwaaaaaaa!!!”
I suddenly heard such a scream from the forest.
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“Damn it… Why did this happen?!”
“It’s all your fault! It’s because you told me to go deeper into the forest and hunt!”
“Y-You came all the way here agreeing to that, didn’t you?”
“Stop it, both of you! This is not the time for that! Think about how we can get out of this situation first!”
“No matter what we do, we can’t do anything about this, right?! Aaaah! If I know this would be the case, I should have gone to binge-eat in that popular store I always wanted to go to, uwaa~~!”
They are a young party of four, all made up of C-rank adventurers. They have steadily risen through the ranks as an adventurer. They now earned a lot more money than when they were just starting out, you could say that they started to ride the wave—well, that’s when one is most likely to be swept off their feet. They had been told many times by veterans what it meant to be an adventurer, they were now keenly aware of that fact.
Currently, they can take on two or three orcs at the same time. Thinking that way, they made a big mistake ignoring the advice from the guild and they went deep into the forest. What appeared in front of them was not two or three, but a group of orcs, easily over a dozen. What’s more, the herd is led by an individual that is clearly larger than a normal orc. It is probably a High Orc, one noted as the higher species of orcs.
While the adventurers were bewildered by the unexpected size of the herd, the High Orc sent instructions to the orcs in the herd to block their escape route. Surrounded by pig-headed giants, the foursome party was in a desperate pinch.
The orcs smiled superciliously as they gradually narrow the siege.
“I-It’s all or nothing, we have no choice but to break through the siege! I’ll take the lead and charge in the opposite direction from where that high orc is! You guys should follow right behind at once!”
If they continue to sit idly by, they will inevitably be wiped out. They had no choice but to go all out and try to escape. If someone fails to break through, then they have no choice but to abandon them.
It’s better than everyone dying here. At that time, while making such a determination, they tried to move all at once.
“Buhooooooooo!!”
“““What?!”””
The High Orc rushed in as if to take the initiative. The powerful tackle from the huge body weighing more than a ton, blows the adventurers away like scraps of paper.
“““Uwaaaaa”””
Adventurers soar through the air and fall to the ground one after another.
“I-It’s a lie right? …what a power…”
“Aaaahh”
“I-It’s over… I’m going to be killed u-uuh…”
“I want to eat sweets…”
With their body battered by that single blow, it is no longer possible to escape properly. Knowing that, the High Orc didn’t immediately try to stab them, but looked down at them and sneered happily.
The only chance they have is that other adventurers happen to pass by and come to their aid. Right now, there should be more than a few adventurers visiting this forest hunting for orcs in the breeding season. Still, in the vast forest, the probability of this happening is infinitely low.
But apparently, the gods did not abandon them. The next moment, a savior fell from the sky next to them.
—It was baby.
“““…… Ha?”””
The baby is probably less than half a year old, or even three months old.
The baby, who should still be drinking his mother’s milk, landed lightly on the ground in front of the stunned audience.
“Are you all okay?”
“““The baby taaaaalked!?”””
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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