Chapter 14 - (Chapter 68): A New Meeting 2
Year 7442, Month 5, Day 11
The attacker was a humanoid the size of an adult 180 cm or so. No, not a human. After using Identify it seems that they"re Pig-people {Orks}. It"s my first time
seeing one. So that"s an ork huh? They have arms and legs of a solid build and plump bodies but while it"s crude they"re wearing some kind of leather armor. It
certainly feels like they"re face is if you wear to make a pigs look human. It seems that they"re using swords and spears as weapons. Level is 4-6 or so. They"re
quite strong. It seems that all of their physical abilities are a bit higher than a human of the same level.
There"s 10 or so of those Orks. I"m sure it will be difficult for just the two of them with one a woman. I guess it would be best to help them out here. I raise the
speed of my horse and let go of the reins with one hand thinking I should use magic I aim it towards the Orks. Ah, this is bad. It"s too unnatural to use magic here.
I guess I"ll stop. Since the bayonet is too short compared to a spear it"s at a disadvantage against an opponent with a spear while on horseback. I guess it would be
best to get off. If I get off then there"s no problem with using magic as well.
The combat started between the attacker and the ones being attacked. It seems that the two of them are going to defend with just the axes they had. In the time
before the attackers reach them they quickly lowered their bag and went on guard with their axes. It seems that both of them are considerably used to fighting and
they aren"t letting their guards down but it also seems that there"s no fear in their expressions as well. I thought they were peddlers but they might be
adventurers.
"Murrruo.....!!"
The dwarf let out a battle cry while stepping in at a tremendous speed and slamming his axe into the spear of the ork at the front. The woman is in the back left
side of the dwarf and positioning herself to protect the dwarf"s blind spots when he swings the axe. Their movements are coordinates and skillful.
However, between a spear and an axe, the axe is at a disadvantage. I get off of my horse at a distance of about 30 m and start concentrating in order to use magic.
Just like I used against the Horned Bear once upon a time I make 5 ice spears and immediately fired them off.
Since I didn"t make some distance between the acceleration wasn"t enough but it should be plenty enough power to injure them through leather armor. The spears fly at
the group of orks. The spears are moving in a group that"s almost like a 50 cm pentagon with the distance between them. Obviously I can"t guide them individually so
I adjust the angle while trying to hit at least 2 of them.
After all it seems that the power of them wasn"t enough to kill them but I was able to injure two of the Orks. Also I used the same magic once more and injured
another 2 Orks. They won"t die but it should have been a considerably deep wound.
The dwarf is using the strategy of breaking the spears that are coming at him with his axe. The two of them are covering each other as they smash the axes into the
spears aiming for them. Yeah, if it"s that much then they should be fine for a short while. I couldn"t tell when they were carrying the backpack but it seems that
they"re wearing a leather armor below their leather overcoat as well.
I guess it"s only obvious but after 40% of their fighting pot
ential was rendered powerless the intensity of the orks disappeared. However, they probably think that
they still have double the number advantage even including me, I noticed they"re rebuild their formation in order to protect their injured allies.
By the way, I was concentrating in order to use my next magic. In just a bit longer I should be able to shoot the magic. I hold my bayonet with my right hand and
have my left hand still aimed at the Orks. The blue light gathers in my left hand. Now! I shoot a 20 cm in diameter smoldering rock from my left hand. The magic
{Fire Ball}. No, spell. The ball of fire flies at the group of orks at an extreme speed aimed at the one in the center. At the same time as firing it I,
"{Fire Ball}!"
yelled that in a loud voice. Obviously I was just acting cool yelling out my certain kill technique. It"s a lie though. I was yelling in order to warn the dwarf and
woman, don"t misunderstand.
Hearing my yell the two of them started to move back to take some distance from the Orks, but I"m sure they couldn"t move more than 1 m or so. The Ork that the {Fire
Ball} directly impacted on caused it to rupture sending burning stones tearing apart the surroundings.
There wasn"t a single ork that was able to escape that attack unharmed. I"m sure the only one that died instantly was the one it landed on but the rest of them are
all rolling on the ground with burns screaming pugipugi.
It seems that the dwarf and woman protected themselves from the burning stones using their coats. As expected they"re quite used to it. However, I guess they didn"t
expect the power to be this high, they"re watching the pigs roll on the ground crying with a surprised expression.
I cautiously held my bayonet at the ready while pulling the reins of my horse and approached them. After getting to within 5 m of them I let go of the reins and
stabbed the orks that are rolling around and the first orks that I injured in the throat with my bayonet putting them out of their misery. After confirming that all
of the orks had stopped moving I face the two of them and open my mouth.
"Sorry about that. I"m still not used to using {Fire Ball}. Since it takes some time to use it..Do the two of you have any injuries?"
After I say that the dwarf responds. I only noticed it after coming close but this dwarf seems like a 40 year old middle-age man. The woman seems to be young. I
wonder what kind of combination this is?
"So you were helping us? Thanks. Since we didn"t defeat even a single one of the Orks, these guys magic stones are all yours. Don"t hold back."
And said that. It seems he"s admirable. I face the woman and was going to confirm if that was okay. But, after seeing the woman"s face I stiffened up for a moment.
The woman has black eyes and it"s true she has the features of a human of Orth mixed in but it was a j.a.panese face. I..Is she another reincarnated person!?
It was only for a moment though after seeing my face at a loss for words, I knew she was at a loss for words as well.
"Is that okay for you as well?"
I somehow managed to say that but the woman just remained speechless nodding and trembling.
Seeing that I guess the dwarf was suspicious, he called out.
"Ralpha, at least say thanks. Sorry about that, she"s usually someone that talks more but.."
The dwarf first called out to her and then in addition to me.
"A, Ah, it"s fine, I"m not bothered over it. Rather than that, I only killed these guys, it"s not like I put my body on the line and fought them. Just as you said
I"ll take the magic stones but you guys can have the spears and swords."
After I said the dwarf and the woman both opened their eyes in surprise but quickly said.
"Is it fine? There"s two spearheads and even one iron sword. No matter how you think about it these are worth more."
It"s true that does seem to be the case. But, there"s rust on the sword and spears, in order to be able to sell them you"d have to do quite a bit of maintenance
work on them. Even if it"s just like they are now you could sell them to a blacksmith that deals in equipment but the spearheads would be at best 5 silver coins and
you"d profit if you make 10 silver coins from the iron sword. I"m sure my Identify would show the value as being higher but this is the value when they"re lined up
in a store sold to users.
In comparison the strength of an ork is the same as a hobgoblin. Since the magic stone of hobgoblins are about 4-5 silver coins, it"s probably fine to see the ork"s
magic stone as about the same. Since there"s 10 of them I can guess it"ll come out to about 40 silver coins.
In Keel"s 7-9 shop it would be about 30 pieces.
And, the experience points from 10 orks is huge enough I can"t ignore it. If they had the same kind of action patterns as hobgoblins then it"s difficult to quickly
annihilate them, if I had been fighting them alone like in this case then after I kill or injure one of them they could have all retreated leaving me almost no
experience points.
It seems that Orks aren"t as intelligent as hobgoblins. It"s considerably tasty that just killing a single Ork I get several hundred experience points thanks to
{Gift of Natural Talent}. And there"s 10 of those. If I was alone I"d feel like jumping up and singing a song about now.
I recover my composure and smile while responding.
"Yeah, it"s fine. However, would you at least help me out with taking the magic stones?"
"Of course, it"s no problem. Hey, Ralpha, you gather the heads of the spears and the sword."
I guess the dwarf liked my response, he gave instructions to the woman and got close to one of the orks nearby and stabbed it in the chest with a knife. I start
cutting open the chests of the orks with a knife as well. In less than an hour there were 10 orks worth of magic stones in my hands. After identifying them it seems
that as expected the values of all of them are vaguely different but for the most part they have a value of about 4,500 each.
In other words 45,000 Z x 10 = 45 silver coins worth of magic stones.
The woman ignored the spears made carved from trees and just went to cut off the ends of the metal spears and is holding on to the one sword. It seems there were
three metal spearheads. The leather armor stinks and it was pretty crude in the first place so they"re just ignoring it.
It"s bulky so I"m sure it would just add to their baggage after all.
The time is just past noon. I wanted to try talking to the woman. I wash my dirty hands with water magic while,
"Hey~ you two, want to eat? It"s just the right time and you helped me with taking out the magic stones so if it"s soup made with preserved meat then it"s my treat."
I tried saying that. According to what I heard at the village I departed this morning it"s a distance of 40 Km to the next village. Taking into consideration the
time and the speed of my horse there should be about 15 Km remaining I"m sure. Their walking pace is fast but it should be enough distance that it takes them another
couple of hours. After I said that to them the two of them exchanged glances with a slightly surprised face.
"Ah, sorry about that. If you"re in a hurry then don"t worry about it."
After saying that I take my flask and some dried meat and bread out of my saddle bag. If they end up going ahead then I feel bad for the two of them but I"ll just
secretly use identify, eat right away, and follow after them."
"No, it"s fine as long as we make it to Foshil by night, there"s no problem. Since it"s this occasion, we"ll take you up on your offer. However, at least let us
provide the bread."
The dwarf says that while opening their bag that they threw on the ground and took out a container. It"s probably the bread. The woman opened her mouth for the first
time here.
"Hey~ can we go a bit further from here? The smell of blood from the orks is bad here."
That"s true. After hearing it said it"s indeed strange to start eating lunch surrounded by the corpses of orks. However, isn"t there timing to invite someone to eat
lunch? It"s not like I specifically wanted to eat next to the corpses of orks, don"t misunderstand that.
"Yeah, that"s true. Then..How about we move over to there?"
I said that while returning my food to the saddle bag and started pulling the reins. I can see several rocks lined up 200 m away. I"m sure they"ll be just right as
chairs.
Since I started moving they picked up their bags and started walking with me.
"My name is Alan Greed. I was born in Bakuddo on the Jindal Peninsula. Feel free to call me Al."
Come to think of it we hadn"t introduced ourselves yet. The woman was called Ralpha and I feel like I heard the dwarf"s name said at the start but I forget it.
"I"m Zenom, Zenom Firefreed. This is my daughter Ralpha."
Huh? Daughter? No matter how you look at it this woman isn"t a dwarf? And she doesn"t seem to be an elf either. No matter how much they look like a j.a.panese if
there"s elf mixed into their blood they should be, umm, a bit more beautiful. No, I don"t particularly intend to say this woman is ugly. In j.a.pan she would be
considered plenty good looking. Since she looks like a half as well.
I"m sure it"s enough that she"d be treated like an idol at school or work. However, on Orth she"s not particularly beautiful. The people of Orth prefer more European
looks. Come to think of it, I wonder if from a biological standpoint the humans on Earth are the same as the humans here? Suddenly that sort of thought floated in my
mind.
I guess he noticed that I was surprised she was introduced as his daughter. Zenom continued speaking.
"Of course, she"s not my real daughter. I picked this child up when she was a baby."
Oh, so that was the case. I was surprised.
"Ralpha.Firefreed. Ralpha or Ral is fine. Call me how you like."
She replied bluntly. She must be shy. Or I guess not. However, I would prefer if she didn"t mention Ral since it reminds me of the wind, sensation of touch, and
things*. Even if it"s just being stubborn I won"t call her by her pet name.
I sit down on just the right size of rock where they were lined up and change the water in my flask to hot water. I immediately put an appropriate amount of dried
meat inside and then closed it with a rubber cork, then after 2-3 minutes I told Zenom that it was ready to be eaten and handed it to Zenom before opening a
different bag. I put ham inside this bag. I use a knife to cut the ham and handed it to Ralpha this time. Ralpha takes that, puts it in between some bread, and hands
it back to me.
"Thanks."
I said that and took it but with this I can"t cut the next piece of ham. For the time being I put the bread down on the side and cut off several pieces of ham as I
hand them to Ralpha. And then she was spreading something on the next piece of bread. What"s that? It looks too soft to be b.u.t.ter. Is it Mayonnaise? I wonder if it"s
on the bread she handed to me? Since I was making the soup I didn"t notice it.
In any case, I hand over the ham and bite into the bread beside me. After taking a bite and tasting that in my mouth I immediately realized. What"s this, it"s
insanely good. This sharp smell that goes through your nose and sourness that has depth...It"s mustard Mayonnaise!!
"Ma..mu, mustard mayonnaise.."
I was so amazed that I couldn"t help but speak j.a.panese.
"..I thought that was the case. There"s mayonnaise in this world but none that was mixed with mustard so I made it. Bakuddo."
Huh? Ba..kuddo? Why is she bringing that up right now?
"What are you saying?"
Zenom asked curiously. It"s only obvious, he doesn"t know j.a.panese after all.
"It"s a dialect of Bakuddo. That guy we did the job with before, what was his it again... I had that person teach me. That person said he was from Bakuddo as well."
So that"s what she meant. This woman, she"s a pretty fast thinker. And, she"s definitely a reincarnated person.
In that case there"s no need for restraint. I"ll try Identifying her.
【Ralpha · Firefreed /25/12/7429】
【Female/14/2/7428·Human· Firefreed Family Eldest Daughter】
【Condition: Good】
【Age: 14 Years Old】
【Level: 6】
【HP: 83(83) MP: 3(3)】
【Strength: 11】
【Agility: 16】
【Dexterity: 14】
【Endurance: 13】
【Unique Ability： Spatial Understanding】
【Special skill: Small Magic】
【Experience: 42615 (43000)】
【s.p.a.cial Understanding】 What in the world is that?
【Unique Ability: s.p.a.cial Understanding; As long as the user remains within a certain range(Radius of 5m centered on the user. It increases by 5 m per level.) of the
coordinate that they use this ability they won"t lose track of the sensation of their orientation. This sensation is not affected by visual information and they
absolutely will not lose track of their orientation. Also, the user will be able to perfectly grasp the direction. Furthermore, this ability can only be used when
not in contact with something the user recognizes as a solid-body. In other words, the ability can only be activated when jumping, falling, flying, or underwater.
The duration of the effect is 10 minutes per level. Furthermore, for as long as the user remains within the range it becomes possible to comprehend the size, shape,
direction, and speed of non-living objects that enter the valid range from outside. However, the equipment of other living beings is not included in the non-living
objects that can detected. Consequently, it is impossible to detect trespa.s.sers with this ability. It is only possible to detect or otherwise perceive objects
launched from some sort of device. Obviously this effect includes some types of magic that trespa.s.s from outside of the range and the element that occurs in relation
to that magic. Nevertheless, if it is launched or otherwise a non-living object thrown from inside of the effective range then detection is impossible. Also, as long
as the user remains within the effective range via the advancement of the user"s s.p.a.cial Understanding ability, in outer s.p.a.ce, air, underwater, or any situation
where the user can"t plant themselves to a surface all of their physical abilities and other abilities related to combat will raise 20% in proportion to their
level.】
Since there"s no level display it seems she hasn"t used it. However, I still remember that I couldn"t open the sub-window of my Gift of Natural Talent until the
level display appeared. Is it possible to Identify in the case of other people"s Unique Abilities? Or is it that there"s different types of things that can be seen
and can"t be seen? I"m curious about it but there"s no way I could know the answer just by thinking about it.
More importantly than that, this s.p.a.cial Understanding, depending on how you think about it... And if you aimlessly raise the level too much as well..No, if it"s at
the maximum level of 9 then the maximum range is 50 m radius huh? Hmn...
Also, not only is there no traces that she"s used her Unique Ability but she has no magic special skill either. Her MP is at the standard for her age as well at 3.
Her level is considerably high for her age. It"s normal to be around 5 for an adult when they become a squire and it"s the same level as sister-in-law Shani when she
married into the family at 16 years old. Going off of her movements from the fight just now it seems she"s considerably used to fighting, I wonder if these two are
adventurers with a lot of experience? In that case...
I chew on the sandwich while troubling my head with thinking about how I can earn the trust of these two.