Chapter 11
The Flying Slash
Translator : PolterGlast
An opponent with a
presence this weak is probably something even Ginia can fight.
I could just defeat it
myself, but I'll at least try proposing it to her.
"Looks like a
monster has shown up. This isn't a subjugation quest, so we don't have to fight
it, but... it's a very weak monster. Do you want to try fighting it,
Ginia?"
"What! Me, fight
it!? Please, you go first, Graham-san! I don't think I can beat it..."
"I think you
could if I give you instructions, but shall I take care of it first?"
"Yes,
please!"
Appearing as if it had
jumped out of the forest was a goblin with a filthy green body.
It's a type I don't
see often, but it's probably a common species of goblin.
"That's a weak,
common goblin. Even you could beat that one, Ginia."
"U-um... I lost
to that goblin!"
"Eh...? Y-you
did?"
I've never fought a
common goblin myself, but that's because they tend to die on their own before
they can even fight me.
When a horde of
goblins attacked the village before, they were so weak that they were dying
just by getting caught in the crossfire from their own allies.
In terms of simple
strength, it's probably on par with a Horned Rabbit. I find it a little hard to
believe she lost to this goblin.
The thought of
defeating it with my bare hands to lecture Ginia on how to fight crossed my
mind... but I should probably just aim for an instant kill here.
I gripped the hilt of
my katana and lowered my stance.
And then—I drew and
sheathed my sword in a single instant.
The moment the sword
settled into its scabbard, the head of the goblin, still far in the distance,
flew into the air, and its body collapsed to the ground a moment later.
A violent spray of
blood erupted, but due to the distance, none of it reached us.
"—And, that's
that."
"...................Huh?
W-what... what did you just do!? All I saw was the goblin's head suddenly go
flying!!"
Ginia, in her
excitement, grabbed my side and began to shake me back and forth violently.
"Hey, stop. All I
did was send a slash flying."
"S-s-send a slash
flying, what's that!? I've never even heard of a feat like that!!"
"Just calm down
for a second."
"How can you
expect me to calm down after seeing that! --That was too cool!"
After that, I was
bombarded with questions in front of the forest until Ginia finally calmed down
about five minutes later.
I didn't think she
would get this excited over a simple attack without any skills imbued in it,
which flustered me, but I was simply happy to be praised so openly.
"Have you finally
calmed down?"
"I'm sorry... I
got a little carried away. But that was truly amazing! I now understand that
when you see something truly incredible, you can't even comprehend what's so
amazing about it!"
"I'm happy for
the praise, but it wasn't that difficult a thing to do."
"Really? I've
never heard of sending a slash flying. I thought it was an attack using magic!
Which is amazing enough on its own!"
"I can use magic
too, by the way. I'm pretty good with fire-attribute magic."
I had tried to see if
I could make a prosthetic arm with earth-attribute magic, but it required far
too delicate magic power manipulation, so using it as a replacement for a hand
was impossible.
Creating a crude arm,
like a large earthen fist to smash things with, is possible though.
"You're
superhuman! That's not the strength of a rookie adventurer! Are you sure you're
okay with me in your party?"
"You just don't
know about it, right, Ginia? In a town this big, there must be tons of guys
with my level of skill."
"I've never heard
of anyone like that! ...You know, now that I think about it, I'm starting to
get really mad at the people in the Adventurer's Guild who were making fun of
you! You should just go and punch them out!"
Ginia passionately
explained her point while swinging her fists around.
For my part, just
having someone get angry on my behalf like this was enough to make me feel
better.
Besides, I don't
really like fighting people.
There are exceptions
like yesterday, of course, but I'm too scared of what would happen if I
accidentally killed someone.
"Let's just get
inside the forest. We haven't even stepped foot in it yet."
"I'm sorry! I got
too excited at the entrance. But with you here, Graham-san, I'm not scared of
the forest at all! Let's charge right in and find those Great Lemons!"
"Yeah. I'm
leaving the task of finding the Great Lemons to you, Ginia."
"Yes! You can
count on me!"
We composed ourselves
once more and entered the southeastern forest to search for Great Lemons.
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