CH 396

The orc colony was newly built. Once the colony was made, its next step was to search for food and females.

The orcs, who were triumphantly carrying the women, their spoils of battle, were on their way back to the colony.

In the village, the waiting Orc Leaders would be the first to enjoy the females, but just the thought of the orcs that actually returned with the spoils would enjoy it after that excited them. An orc’s gaze let slip its temptation to defile them here and now. That orc lost its consciousness without knowing why or how it had happened.

As the dozen wildly excited orcs each carrying one or two people were heading back to the village in a line, the head of the last orc in the line slipped off.

We chased after the dozen or so orcs that caught our detection skills. We knew that there were close to 20 women abducted from the village.

When we had eyes on the orcs, Kaede sped up even more.

Kaede who was running and weaving through the trees had launched herself from tree to tree and maneuvered herself in the air using her threads to speed up even more.

Silently moving at high speeds, Kaede swooped down on the last orc in the line.

Kaede’s threads severed the head of an orc carrying a woman on each shoulder.

The moment when the orcs noticed something was strange had looked back, Takumi, Sophia, and Maria’s spears tore the suprised orcs’ windpipes.

Marnie soundlessly got in the blindspot of an orc and used her dagger to pierce its medulla oblongata, causing it to convulse and die.

Gloam swooped in from the sky, its sharp talons gouged out the eye of an orc. From the pain, the orc was about to drop the women it was carrying and rampage, but the next instant, its two arms which should have been carrying the women had vanished, and blood got on its remaining eye. Then, the scenery imprinted on its remaining eye suddenly spun and fell to the ground.

It didn’t take much time to launch a surprise attack and exterminate the happy and excited orcs carrying their spoils.

The orcs were all instantly killed, so we were able to secure the abducted village women.

「Gather the abducted women. I will cast Area Heal.」

Just in case, I cast Area High Heal on the girls gathered in one place.

「They passed out but they’ll probably wake up soon.」

「Takumi-sama, what will we do after this?」

Sophia checked the conditions of the women and informed me that they didn’t have any injuries that weren’t healed by the Area Heal, and Maria asked what we would do about the orc colony.

Normally, we wouldn’t poke our noses that far in. We wouldn’t accept requests from the Adventurers Guild too. But, we saw the people eaten in the village. From adults to the small children……

「Sophia, Maria, Marnie, take care of these people, please. If you notice any movement, take them back to the village.」

「Takumi-sama, what will you do? 」

I think she knows what I’m about to do, but Maria asked again just in case.

「Just a bit of a stress reliever.」

「Please take care, dear Husband.」

「We will help clean the village.」

「Then I will prepare emergency provisions to go around then.」

「Yep, please do. It’s fine if you use the food in the Magic Bag too.」

I saw Sophia and the girls off as they walked back to the village. As if a matter of course, Kaede followed me.

「Master, are you gonna go in with flashy bang?」

「No, if we do it too flashy, the monsters around would gather and it might turn nasty.」

Erasing our presences, Kaede and I couldn’t be detected by human or monster because of our high level Stealth skill and overcoats with high presence concealing effects. That’s why if we used a wide scale annihilating magic, it would most certainly kill the orc colony.

「That’s why this time, Kaede, you and I will exterminate them silently.」

「Roger!」

Before long, we arrived at the orc colony.

There was slightly over 50 orcs left in the village, huh…… if we added the attack squad, they numbered closed to 100, so there would definitely be several higher species.

Kaede and I exchanged glances and we erased our presences completely.

My familiar, Kaede, and I were connected by a path of magic power, so we were able to sense each other even if we couldn’t see each other, and at this very moment, we changed into invisible assassins.

Now then, let’s begin the extermination.