Volume 2 - CH 192

“So, explain to me exactly what’s going on.”

“My strength was halved by that strike……”

“”You’re so goddamn weak!””

“My strength is low and my defense is low! What can I do?”

How the heck are you that weak to begin with?

Now I realized it, that blow is quite strong, but it would not have been able to make him blow that much.

Maria is probably taking it easy on him. 

If he were to meet a strong monster, he would be destroyed by a single blow.

I wonder how he survived all this time.

Rubbing his aching abdomen, Houen staggered to his chair and began to explain the situation in a few words.

The Orc search party went to the reported location ……, but in the end they didn’t get much success there, so they went further in. When he went there as reinforcement, there was no one at the designated camp, and all that was there was a trail of blood.

“…… And?”

“I conducted an area search from the air over the surroundings. But there was no enemy and I didn’t find any survivors. So I came back here to give a report first.

The orc …… must be that thing that Reizen and Alena defeated.

As I recall, it was more than a week ago that we discovered the orc.

I reported it to the guild.

Presumably, this search party was a search party created based on the information I had brought to the guild.

As I recall, I’ve heard that kind of thing before somewhere.

Well, …. They get back for revenge, I guess.

At the time of the report, I reported that the orcs that Reizen and Alena defeated could have been the scouts.

Therefore, other orcs may have come out. …… But still, I didn’t think that the investigation team was completely destroyed …… or even wiped out.

“I haven’t heard of orcs on this land since the founding of the country except in times of war.”

“Oh come on, shouldn’t you get a proper investigation done as soon as possible?”

“We did, and this is the result.”

The orc investigation team that was dispatched this time was made up of B rank or higher knights, and it seems that they were all pretty good just to deal with the orc level.

These knights were soldiers of the Kingdom of Salettana, and the government lent them soldiers because it was a national issue.

However, the result was that not a single one of them returned.

It was obvious that there was something abnormal going on.

“Why all the trouble is happening at once!”

“But, this is your job, …….”

“I know, but…! I don’t think you can expect all the problems in the dungeon and in the surrounding area to happen at once! This is abnormal!”

“…… Abnormal?”

Well, it is certainly an abnormality.

We don’t even know how long that dungeon has been there, and it seems that orcs have never been to this area before.

There are a lot of unexpected things, but I think there is something that is bugging me.

It seems that Houen is in the same boat, and he seems to be thinking about something.

“Houen.”

“Hm, no,…… I’m also a little confused about something,……. It’s the situation on the scene of the tragedy.

“Meaning?”

“Orcs eat people. I have seen it myself, so I am sure of it. But they do not eat swords or weapons. But there was not a single piece of armor, not a single weapon, not a single arrow in that place.

I immediately thought it might have been some kind of wreckage scavenger, but I shook off the thought, thinking that no one would go that far to scavenge for such a thing.

In that case, the situation at the scene was certainly strange.

The other party is a monster, and it is hard to believe that it would use a weapon like a people have.

The reason I think so is because the other party is supposed to be orcs.

They are so large that there is no way they could handle such a small weapon that humans would use.

“Was it really orcs who attacked them?”

I’m almost certain, but as long as we haven’t had a proof, we can’t be sure.

That said, if the Knights lose, It would be strange if a mentioned monster didn’t come out.

I’ve heard that it’s a knight order that can defeat orcs, but I don’t know how good they actually are.

That’s what Maria said, so it must be the case, but I wonder if there is the intervention of a stronger and wiser monster in there.

As I ‘m still unfamiliar with this world, it seemed to me that I would not be able to find the answer to this question.

“In the meantime, I’ll take care of this case on my end. ……”

“Orc resurvey, report to the country, dungeon resurvey, adventurers and knights to be dispatched for the survey…… so much to do!”

“We have to do the paperwork on you guys too,……? And now that this has happened, we have to be more vigilant ……. The previous report was that there was only one, so we were doing it on our own without too much vigilance,……, but it doesn’t look like that’s going to be the case this time.”

“I felt a little sorry for you.”

“A little, huh?”

This could be a good time to get in touch with them to see when they’re going to nominate me to be sent to work for them.

This is for the payback……

Well, if they call me, I’ll do my best then.

Being a guildmaster seems to be a tough job.

“Well then, I’ll come back tomorrow for now. At that time, please raise my rank.”

“Okay, okay. ……”

“O- Ouren!”

“Yea?”

When I was about to leave the room with Reizen, Houen called out to me.

“C- can I be a part of your group?”

oh, I didn’t expect an honest offer ……, of course he did.

As a fellow japanese he met the first time in this world.

I guess I can’t just say good-bye to him.

To be honest, it’s fine with me, but …….

“How about you, Reizen?”

“I think it’s fine. I’m sure there are no restrictions on the number of teams.”

“Well, I’ll have to listen to what Alena and Uchikage have to say. Okay, come on, Houen!”

“T-thank you!”

Houen thanked me as if he was relieved.

This is probably the voice and tone of voice that comes from his true self.

I’m sure he has his own thoughts on the matter, so I’ll leave it at that.

The report is done for now, and tomorrow we will have them all come together to raise their ranks.

Then I went back to the inn and fell asleep in my room.

It seems Houen will also be using this inn as his main base, and he has decided to move here from the inn he had been renting until now.

I should be able to explain to them about Houen in the morning.

For now, let’s just relax from the fatigue that has built up in the dungeon.
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