Chapter 12


Takami no Kago – Chapter 12



“Master, there is something up ahead . ”


After we advanced through the forest for a while, Ayla reported so .


“Something? Is it a human? Or a monster?”


“I do not know . It only has a faint presence . It gives a feel like a human, yet it also gives feels like a monster, too . ”


The heck is that .


“Got it . I’ll go check it . Crest-san, I’m sorry but could you please stop the horse-drawn carriage?”


“I understand . Please take care . ”


“Yes . ”


Saying so, I walk following the road in the forest . The width of the road is around 2 meters, so the horse-drawn carriage barely fit through it .


It’s practically just animal trail which only have several small s.p.a.ces to avoid horse-drawn carriage from the other direction .


And in the middle of the said road, there was a man, collapsed . I can’t say for sure from afar, but it seems he’s still alive .


When I rushed over to him, he let out a groan . Yup, he’s still alive .


“You alright?”


The man looked up, and when I tried to check whether there were any wounds on him, he stabbed my flank with a dagger he hid in his hand .


The dagger pierces through my leather armor, stabbing me .


Even after I try to push him away, the dagger still deeply stabbed in my flank .


“Th-The f.u.c.k are you doing?!”


The man who I pushed cackled as he stood up .


His body gradually expanding, tearing through his skin, and frighteningly exposing his skin that l.u.s.tered with mucus .


“Guggyagya!”


Looking at my wound, he sure was laughing . That was all a trap .


After he completely transformed, he looked like a monster with pig-like head . He was an orc .


“Mutant orc, huh . ”


Deciding to use status-reading-ability of [Divine Protection of G.o.d of Appraisal], I look at him .


Mimic Orc Lv . 12


Mutant


5 years old


HP 820


Atk 180


Agi 150


Int 75


Luk 65



That’s the first time I see a symbol ▼ .


When I’m focusing my mind there, the status was renewed .


Mimic Orc Lv . 12


Mutant


5 years old


HP 820


Atk 180


Agi 150


Int 75


Luk 65


Skill


【Mimicry】★★


Makes it possible for you to mimic living thing you’d ate .


If what you try to mimic is stronger than you are, the ability would be limited .


What’s a skill!


I never saw it before!


You could mimic something you’d ate?


No wonder the eye-witnesses’ testimonies are all different!


It seems he believes that he already wins .


He approaches me slowly .


With a club in hand, with the long of my height he got from somewhere .


When I already in his attack range .


He raised the club .


“Don’t underestimate me!!!”


I bent down while holding my stomach, sweeping sideway in a flash, face towards him and hit him .


I manage to cut the oh-so-unprepared orc’s abdomen’s region . Even so,


“Tsk, to shallow, huh . ”


Nevertheless, I managed to buy myself some times . I insert my hand into the bag on my waist and take out a potion .


I pull the dagger from my stomach and drink the potion in one go .


I feel a burning pain on my stomach, however it gradually calms down .


Though I don’t know to what extent the potion will cure your wounds,


as expected I couldn’t fight with the dagger still stuck on me .


While facing the blade towards the orc, I confirm that my bleeding has stop to some extent .


The orc is coming, not letting pa.s.s the slight opening when I distorted in pain as I touched my wound .


Quite fast .


I somehow withstand it by diverting it diagonally with my s.h.i.+eld . However I don’t think I could withstand it for too long .


Though I can counterattack with the other hand, the orc’s skin is not only hard, cursed to some-kind-of-mucuses, it’s also slippery .


I can feel my attack’s slipping .


The wooden s.h.i.+eld that receives his blow is letting unpleasant creaking sound .


“d.a.m.n! What should I do!”


With my current level 10, my status is slightly inferior than his .


My hands’ already full avoiding his fatal strike that could penetrate my defenses .


For me who haven’t experiencing any battle other than relying-on-status battle, this might be my first [battle] .


And then, I’ll lose if this goes on . I needed something to win over him .


Surprise attack won’t work on him anymore . He’s already all-prepared thanks to my attack on his stomach before .


“Is there nothing…”


All being said, what I got in my bag aren’t much .


Sake that could ignite, rope, dagger, flint, and some potions .


In my head, I tried to recall the contents of the bag on my waist .


“Hm? [Sake that could ignite]?”


I feel like I saw a chance . I really was something for purchasing sake even though I didn’t drink .


This might also be the effect of having high [Luk] from level 1 .



That said, if one’s really lucky he’d not get stabbed, huh . It seems mine’s [Bad Luk] instead of [Luk] .

“Then, should I go for the gaudy one?”


While receiving the orc’s attack with the wooden s.h.i.+eld, I look for an opening .


Seeing me stopped to bother doing counterattack, the orc starting to attack me to his heart content .


Somehow dodging the large swing from overhead, I glance sideway to the orc that slightly lost his balance, and head towards the forest in full speed .


Following the animal trail, I enter the forest and hide from the orc’s sight .


Though the orc immediately give a chase, many trees hinder him . Opening the bottle of thesake, I dip the rope I’ve cut short with dagger into the sake, moistening it .


Then I take out the rope from the mouth of the bottle, and use flint to ignite it .


Though the rope I’ve dipped in the sake burned unexpectedly more well than I thought, I pay no heed and come back to the animal trail .


Hibiki who created the so-called [Molotov], who no one but G.o.d knows when it’d explode, aim and throw it straight to the orc’s face that came out of the forest, chasing after him .


Colliding with the orc’s hard skin, the container break into pieces, raised flames in front of the orc’s face in an instant and obstruct his field of vision .


The flame ignited from the sake that covered the orc’s face burn his throat . The orc who couldn’t breath, fall in his knees while keep glaring at Hibiki .


Hibiki throws his s.h.i.+eld, grasps the sword with both of his hand and aims at the orc’s neck, swings his sword with all his might as a finisher .


Maybe because of the orc’s thick fat, the sword stops halfway .


Though the orc raised a loud cries and swinging his arms, his stance is bad that it doesn’t reach Hibiki .


The club’s fall from his hand due to the blow Hibiki deal before .


Putting more of his strength into the sword that cuts the orc’s neck halfway, Hibiki swings the sword . Even though the neck didn’t fell off, the sword came out of the orc’s right side .


“Gugyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”


Raising a scream louder than ever, the orc collapses .


Even after collapsing, it seems the orc’s still breathing .


Approaching it carefully, this time Hibiki cut the orc’s neck off the body .


“Haa, haa . Did that got him?”


When he checked the corpse’s status, it displays [Mimic Orc’s Head] and [Mimic Orc’s Body], both was treated as items .


Finally took a breathe, Hibiki sit there .


After some time pa.s.sed and he calmed down, he checked his own status .


Hibiki Jinno Lv . 13


Swordsman


16 years old


HP 750 (+250)


Atk 140 (+49)


Agi 147 (+49)


Int 273 (+91)


Luk 585 (+195)


[Divine Protection of G.o.d of War]


Effect : Raise combat-related status (Large)


Doesn’t stacked | Target : Party


[Divine Protection of G.o.d of Wisdom]


Effect : Raise magic-related status (Large)


Doesn’t stacked | Target : Party


[Divine Protection of G.o.d of Craftsman]


Effect : Raise production-related status (Large)


Doesn’t stacked | Target : Party


[Divine Protection of G.o.d of Healing]


Effect : Raise holiness-related status (Large)


Doesn’t stacked | Target : Party


[Divine Protection of G.o.d of Appraisal]


Effect : Makes it possible to appraise everything



Target : Self

[Divine Protection of G.o.d of Trading]


Effect : Makes trading become advantageous


Target : Self


[Divine Protection of Light]


Effect : Removes all abnormal status


Target : Any



I notice the same symbol like the Mimic Orc’s .


However, I was too tired at the moment that I didn’t feel like confirming it .


Let’s just confirm it later when we return to the town .


However, my level went up by 3 .


That means Mimic Orc was that strong of an enemy .


Having put my breath in order, I stand up and approach the orc’s corpse .


“Now to collect the drop item and return to the horse-drawn carriage . ”


Mimic Orc’s drop item was [Mimic Orc’s Blood] .


Returning to the horse-drawn carriage, the other two beside Ayla doubted me when I tried to explain the circ.u.mstance .


In the first place, the one who said there was something up ahead is one of my own, so it’s a given if they doubt me .


As for Ayla, as expected she was angry with the two but she doesn’t do anything but glaring at them .


Since there was no choice left, I showed the [Mimic Orc’s Blood] to both of them .


Even though they looks like they don’t know what that is, it’s certain that they haven’t seen this kind of drop item before .


Even Mr . Crest and co . would believe it after they confirm the real things .


“Who’d have thought there was individual that have mimicry ability . I’m amaze you could make it alright . ”


“I can’t say I’m alright . I was quite beaten up . ”


I also used the quite-precious potions .


If it was not for urgency calling, I’d use medicinal herb . While the recovery amount of the medicinal herb is small compared to potion, I can get it for free since I can harvest it in the forest .


I’d not use potion if it was not a live-death situation .


Beside as though she noticed, Ayla constantly minding me .


“Master, are you really alright?”


“Yeah, no probs . Sorry for making you worry . ”


“Nonsense, it is great as long as I know Master is safe . ”


After I defeated the Mimic Orc, the trip’s like the time when we departed, not so smooth nor so grave, and that continued for 3 days .


We who arrived at Brett town as scheduled, headed to Mr . Crest’s mansion first .


It’s the bonus-on-completion time .


By the way, the number of attacks we’ve repelled these past 7 days is 28 . It’s approximately 4 monsters a day .


Eventually, all my fortunes combined with the recompense of the deferred payment numbered 29,000 Gal, around 3 millions yen .


And if I were to sum the drop item’s selling value I pick from the attacks, too; voila, I’d got 39,650 Gal or around 4 millions yen .


Even I haven’t include the Mimic Orc’s drop item, [Mimic Orc’s Blood] there .


Since I got the feeling that it’s quite rare, I refrained from selling it to the guild .


There’s the sake’s matter too, so I don’t know what’ll prove useful in the future .


That being said, I wonder about receiving the special reward that’s worth manyfold the escort’s reward .


Though I want to ask Lily later about it, the escort’s reward is really cheap to begin with, it seems the normal reward is as much as when I include the special reward .


Well, if the hired adventurer’s incompetent, that means less money is paid, huh .


Then again, I haven’t forgotten about the special reward .


I who have splendidly kill the Mimic Orc of course get the privilege to receive the [Jade Silk] clothing .


Though I was enthusiastic on seeing Mr . Crest a.s.serted to give me the special reward, seeing him giving it so readily was anticlimactic .


“Since I want to be in Hibiki-san’s favor from now on, I want to pa.s.s this as a prior investment . ”


[Jade Silk Robe (None)]


HP +80


【Effect】


If an element was a.s.signed,


damaged from the element a.s.signed would be reduced greatly .


I see, it’s an equipment aimed at magician, huh .


When I confirmed the status of the Mimic Orc’s corpse I realized,


that my status-check can be used on things too .


Well, [makes it possible to appraise everything] was written, so it’s no wonder .


Since I used it to check the Mimic Orc’s corpse .


So far, I had no equipment that has effect like this .


Even if I check [Iron Sword]’s status,


[Iron Sword]


Atk +15


was the only thing showed up .


Well, I’ll accept gladly whatever is given to me .


Since I can just sell it if I don’t need it .


“You have my grat.i.tude, for being so generous to me . ”


It was already late at night of the day we arrived, when we finished all the processing task .


Even though we were only unloading the drop items from the horse-drawn carriage, we took our time .


Well, it was quite of amounts . And it occupied a little s.p.a.ce in the horse-drawn carriage, too .


Although Mr . Crest didn’t say anything about it, he must be quite bothered by it .


Whatever . What’s done is done . Forget that, let’s call it a day .


Tomorrow I’ll go to the guild and look if there’s any good mission .


“My, welcome . Even though you’d just came back yesterday, are you going to work again?”


Lily wore a surprised expression on her face .


Adventurer sure is a wilful job . Since it’s morning when I woke up, then it’s night when I felt sleepy .


You can have a day off as you want, there’s no working on a day off, either .


Almost all adventurers live a disorder life .


However, that being said doesn’t mean we can slack our a.s.s off . Even so, I’m fundamentally a lazy fellow .


If it’s a day off, I’d continue to chill the day off . However, after coming to this world I giving my darndest not to be a shut-in .


While I say all that oh-so-remarkable lines, the sun’s already high in the sky .


“Yeah, is there any good missions?”


“Let’s see, since frequency of the monsters’ appearance is calming down at the moment, there aren’t many subjugation-type missions . ”


“I see . ”


Heard of monster subjugation, suddenly there was something that bothered me .


About the alchemist girl we met in the forest right after we departed and exited the town .


“By the way, what of the Rookie Amy?”


“Huh?!”


When I asked that, Lily froze .


“What’s wrong?”


Lily, seeming hesitant to talk, started to talk about that person’s present state .

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