Volume 3 - CH 12
Act 3-12: The Treatment for Pitiful Rats
『Our Supreme Ruler, the rats are now heading to this place.』
Two hours later, I received a report from Girimekhala that the rats had already entered the cursed world.
We are still a bit away from the rats. They arrived much earlier than I expected. It seems Girimekhala was really in high spirits when he received my order. Well, that makes things more convenient for me though.
I stood up.
「Stop hiding and show yourselves. You’ve been peeping at us since a while ago, right?」
I told the pitiful rats who had surrounded our camp to show themselves.
「Hou! You’re already aware of us, eh!」
Then, armed men clad in light armour, led by a baldy covered in scars, showed themselves one by one.
Although Divine Eye couldn’t be used in Girimekhala’s cursed world, it didn’t affect my natural senses. Six of them were in front of us; five to eight were standing on top of the trees around us, nocking their arrows, ready to shoot me to death.
And just as I expected—even though I had a hard time sensing their presence since they were too weak—they at least had the basics properly drilled in them. Every one of them might be what you call a mercenary.
First, let’s confirm their attitude when they meet someone they deem weaker than them.
I stood up from my chair with a frightened expression, acting as if I were trying to protect Anna and the others.
「There are only young children in this place. Please spare us!」
I told them so, bowing my head.
「Kai, what a—」
Anna was clearly dumbfounded upon seeing my actions, but still, she stopped midway. It seemed she realized my objective.
「Nay! Whether it’s children or the elderly, we’re going to kill them all. And we have strict orders to capture all the women. But, of course, we’re going to enjoy beauty to the fullest.」
The bald leader said so with a shrill voice while licking his lips.
「Hasn’t this guy brought a nice woman with him? Boss, you definitely have to share her with us.」
Feeling the mercenaries’ gazes on her face, butt, and breasts, Anna showed a displeased expression as she pinched my flank. Okay, you win girl. Please be patient! I’m going to deal with them.
「Sure! Ye lot can have that woman. Instead, I’m gonna enjoy that Duchess. I heard that she’s the second, if not the most beautiful woman in this kingdom.」
「Are you sure about that? That Pigzer especially ordered us to catch her and not make any move on her, right?」
「Hah! As if dead soldiers can tell their master about that. Worry not! No one’s going to find out about it.」
They know that Felis Loto Amelia is hiding somewhere in this forest. It seems the rumour I deliberately spread in the underworld had spread nicely.
Then, one of their men peeped into our tents and found the sleeping Faf and Myu.
「Ho! A blond brat and a silver-haired beastfolk girl, eh? You lot, don’t tell that Pigzer about these guys! Let’s sell them to a slave dealer. Even at the lowest, we can sell them for several hundred thousand oars.」
He let out that vulgar remark.
「Kai, make sure that none of these a*sholes make it out of this place alive.」
Anna looked at the mercenaries with an enraged look in her eyes. She was furious to the point that she spat out such remarks with her hand already touching the hilt of her sword. I mean, this lass was dead serious. Well, those poor rats might’ve managed to make her snap the moment they planned to do unspeakable things to Faf and Myu, who she cares about like her little sisters.
「You’re right. They might end up getting too excited and cu*ming on their own if we keep them alive any longer. 」
The forest around us had already been filled with a dense smell of death since a while ago. And these idiots were actually getting too excited to notice it.
The most peculiar thing about Girimekhala’s subordinates is that they are extremely loyal to me. Rather, you might even say that they have already turned into fanatics. At this moment, I realized that these idiots were done for, even if I spared their sorry lives.
Well, not that I’m planning to spare these pieces of trash who love toying with other people’s lives. Well then, I guess I can go all out when extracting information from these pieces of trash.
「HAAH!? What kind of nonsense have you two been talking about?」
A shorty closed up to me, seized my collar, and acted like a boss. The moment he did so, a storm of killing intent exploded from the surrounding forest.
「B-Boss, I’m getting a bad feeling about this place. Let’s kidnap them and leave this place immediately!」
「Y-Yeah. You’re right.」
No matter how dull these pieces of trash were, they were bound to notice when exposed to such powerful killing intent. Well, not that Girimekhala’s subordinates were trying to hide.
「My bad! You’re not gonna get away!」
I unsheathed 【Raikiri】, injected my mana into it, and made the five who were surrounding us evaporate with a lightning strike.
「E-Eh?」
The color drained from the baldy’s face as he saw his subordinates suddenly vanish like that.
「K-Kill them all!!」
The baldy howled as he pointed his sword toward me, and yet, the only reply to his words was total silence.
「OI! What are you doing? Shoot your arrows, dammit!」
「If you’re looking for the idiots who were pointing their arrows toward us, they have already been eliminated. To be exact, we forced them to board the carriage to hell.」
The presence of the archers around us had long since vanished. To be honest, this was the first time I had seen Girimekhala’s subordinates get so pissed off that they didn’t even bother to hide their killing intent. It seemed the mercenaries wouldn’t die a peaceful death.
「I-Impossible…」
The baldy retreated, trying to escape from the unknown. However, he ended up striking a huge wall. He timidly turned around.
「GIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!」
And screamed at the top of his lungs.
Well, that would be a natural reaction if you turned around and saw a giant, bipedal monster with a long nose standing right behind you with an imposing pose.
「Thank you for the work. I’ll cross-examine him now. Take care of Anna and the kids.」
『As you wish!』
Girimekhala kneeled on the ground and bowed his head.
「Anna, we’re about to enter the next stage. Help me wake Faf and Myu, and please fold the tent while I’m cross-examining this baldy!」
「Roger!」
Anna nodded once, then entered the tent where the two kids were sleeping right now.
「Well, let’s not waste our time. I have a lot of questions for you.」
I seized the baldy, who kept screaming like a certain strange bird, by the nape of his neck and dragged him into the forest.
『Our Supreme Ruler, the rats are now heading to this place.』
Two hours later, I received a report from Girimekhala that the rats had already entered the cursed world.
We are still a bit away from the rats. They arrived much earlier than I expected. It seems Girimekhala was really in high spirits when he received my order. Well, that makes things more convenient for me though.
I stood up.
「Stop hiding and show yourselves. You’ve been peeping at us since a while ago, right?」
I told the pitiful rats who had surrounded our camp to show themselves.
「Hou! You’re already aware of us, eh!」
Then, armed men clad in light armour, led by a baldy covered in scars, showed themselves one by one.
Although Divine Eye couldn’t be used in Girimekhala’s cursed world, it didn’t affect my natural senses. Six of them were in front of us; five to eight were standing on top of the trees around us, nocking their arrows, ready to shoot me to death.
And just as I expected—even though I had a hard time sensing their presence since they were too weak—they at least had the basics properly drilled in them. Every one of them might be what you call a mercenary.
First, let’s confirm their attitude when they meet someone they deem weaker than them.
I stood up from my chair with a frightened expression, acting as if I were trying to protect Anna and the others.
「There are only young children in this place. Please spare us!」
I told them so, bowing my head.
「Kai, what a—」
Anna was clearly dumbfounded upon seeing my actions, but still, she stopped midway. It seemed she realized my objective.
「Nay! Whether it’s children or the elderly, we’re going to kill them all. And we have strict orders to capture all the women. But, of course, we’re going to enjoy beauty to the fullest.」
The bald leader said so with a shrill voice while licking his lips.
「Hasn’t this guy brought a nice woman with him? Boss, you definitely have to share her with us.」
Feeling the mercenaries’ gazes on her face, butt, and breasts, Anna showed a displeased expression as she pinched my flank. Okay, you win girl. Please be patient! I’m going to deal with them.
「Sure! Ye lot can have that woman. Instead, I’m gonna enjoy that Duchess. I heard that she’s the second, if not the most beautiful woman in this kingdom.」
「Are you sure about that? That Pigzer especially ordered us to catch her and not make any move on her, right?」
「Hah! As if dead soldiers can tell their master about that. Worry not! No one’s going to find out about it.」
They know that Felis Loto Amelia is hiding somewhere in this forest. It seems the rumour I deliberately spread in the underworld had spread nicely.
Then, one of their men peeped into our tents and found the sleeping Faf and Myu.
「Ho! A blond brat and a silver-haired beastfolk girl, eh? You lot, don’t tell that Pigzer about these guys! Let’s sell them to a slave dealer. Even at the lowest, we can sell them for several hundred thousand oars.」
He let out that vulgar remark.
「Kai, make sure that none of these a*sholes make it out of this place alive.」
Anna looked at the mercenaries with an enraged look in her eyes. She was furious to the point that she spat out such remarks with her hand already touching the hilt of her sword. I mean, this lass was dead serious. Well, those poor rats might’ve managed to make her snap the moment they planned to do unspeakable things to Faf and Myu, who she cares about like her little sisters.
「You’re right. They might end up getting too excited and cu*ming on their own if we keep them alive any longer. 」
The forest around us had already been filled with a dense smell of death since a while ago. And these idiots were actually getting too excited to notice it.
The most peculiar thing about Girimekhala’s subordinates is that they are extremely loyal to me. Rather, you might even say that they have already turned into fanatics. At this moment, I realized that these idiots were done for, even if I spared their sorry lives.
Well, not that I’m planning to spare these pieces of trash who love toying with other people’s lives. Well then, I guess I can go all out when extracting information from these pieces of trash.
「HAAH!? What kind of nonsense have you two been talking about?」
A shorty closed up to me, seized my collar, and acted like a boss. The moment he did so, a storm of killing intent exploded from the surrounding forest.
「B-Boss, I’m getting a bad feeling about this place. Let’s kidnap them and leave this place immediately!」
「Y-Yeah. You’re right.」
No matter how dull these pieces of trash were, they were bound to notice when exposed to such powerful killing intent. Well, not that Girimekhala’s subordinates were trying to hide.
「My bad! You’re not gonna get away!」
I unsheathed 【Raikiri】, injected my mana into it, and made the five who were surrounding us evaporate with a lightning strike.
「E-Eh?」
The color drained from the baldy’s face as he saw his subordinates suddenly vanish like that.
「K-Kill them all!!」
The baldy howled as he pointed his sword toward me, and yet, the only reply to his words was total silence.
「OI! What are you doing? Shoot your arrows, dammit!」
「If you’re looking for the idiots who were pointing their arrows toward us, they have already been eliminated. To be exact, we forced them to board the carriage to hell.」
The presence of the archers around us had long since vanished. To be honest, this was the first time I had seen Girimekhala’s subordinates get so pissed off that they didn’t even bother to hide their killing intent. It seemed the mercenaries wouldn’t die a peaceful death.
「I-Impossible…」
The baldy retreated, trying to escape from the unknown. However, he ended up striking a huge wall. He timidly turned around.
「GIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!」
And screamed at the top of his lungs.
Well, that would be a natural reaction if you turned around and saw a giant, bipedal monster with a long nose standing right behind you with an imposing pose.
「Thank you for the work. I’ll cross-examine him now. Take care of Anna and the kids.」
『As you wish!』
Girimekhala kneeled on the ground and bowed his head.
「Anna, we’re about to enter the next stage. Help me wake Faf and Myu, and please fold the tent while I’m cross-examining this baldy!」
「Roger!」
Anna nodded once, then entered the tent where the two kids were sleeping right now.
「Well, let’s not waste our time. I have a lot of questions for you.」
I seized the baldy, who kept screaming like a certain strange bird, by the nape of his neck and dragged him into the forest.
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