Chapter 189
The People of Furo Village
Translator : PolterGlast
With the final mock battle against Nagi and Ran
concluded, it felt a bit early, but I decided to return to Biodasdal. I
had obtained valuable information regarding the Demon King's Army, and
above all, seeing that everyone in Furo Village was doing well was the
best news of all.
"Graham-san, you're leaving already...! You
should have stayed and relaxed a little longer!"
"Yeah, yeah. You won't be able to come back very
easily, right?"
"I'd love to take it easy, but I have a lot of things I
need to do. Furo Village has become peaceful, but conversely, the danger
in the central parts of the country is increasing."
"Is that so? From what the Kijin said, it didn't
feel like that!"
"Didn't he say they were gathering forces from other
regions? The Demon King's Army is indiscriminately summoning various
monsters, which is causing monster activity to become more active."
"Huh. So movement near the Demon King's
territory has ceased, but conversely, monsters in places far from the Demon
King's territory are becoming more active."
"Exactly. It seems executive-class monsters are also
making appearances, so I need to keep a close eye on various things."
Well, even if I call them executive-class, they are
extremely weak monsters compared to the ones I faced in Furo Village.
Most likely, because I defeated all the named monsters like the Elder Lich
Wiseperson and the Fenrir Lord, they have no choice but to appoint
weaker monsters as executives.
Comparing the past movements of the Demon King's Army
with the information from Cougar, it's clear that the Demon King
is desperately trying to rebuild the Demon King's Army. However, from
the perspective of someone who experienced a life-or-death struggle against the
Demon King's Army, their resurgence is something I absolutely want to
avoid. From now on, I will determine my future movements with the intention of
interfering with the Demon King's Army.
"So that's the situation. In Furo Village,
external information truly doesn't come in, so we had no idea other villages
and towns were going through such things."
"I spent many years in Furo Village too, so I
know very well that information doesn't reach here. Considering the journey it
takes to get here, even accidentally wandering in and arriving... is
practically impossible."
"So this place
is really in such a remote frontier! We don't even know about that!"
"I think I mentioned this recently, but it's a week's
walk to the nearest village. Even running, it takes over three days. Besides,
the path is treacherous, and the monsters get stronger the closer you get to Furo
Village. An ordinary person would undoubtedly die on
the way."
"It's also my first time hearing that the monsters
around Furo Village are strong! If it's that far away, no one would
bother coming all the way here!"
People bothering to come—or rather, Furo Village is
essentially a completely forgotten village in the first place. It's been
decades... no, probably hundreds of years since anyone from the outside came
here, so it can't be helped that it's been forgotten.
"Hey. If the monsters near Furo Village are
strong, does that mean the monsters get weaker if you go to the central
areas?"
"Compared to the monsters around here, they are
surprisingly weak."
"Is that so! Does that mean there isn't anyone stronger
than you, Graham?"
"So far, I haven't met anyone. I thought I was just
strong within the village, but I recently realized that even looking at the
entire country, I am on the stronger side."
"Wow! You defeated everything all by yourself, Graham,
so I definitely thought your strength was absurd, but hearing that you are
properly the strongest is kind of a relief!"
"True. Are we also on the stronger side?"
"I think you are extremely strong. People capable of
defeating the monsters around Furo Village aren't easily found, after
all."
"That makes me kind of happy! Since our point of
comparison was Graham, I thought we weren't strong yet at all!"
"Nn. Graham is too strong."
The two of them are praising me, but I think there is a very
high possibility that Nagi and Ran will be stronger than I am by
the time they reach my age. Having this kind of conversation made me think
again, but the strength of the people in Furo Village, myself included,
is absurd.
Part of it is that we have to become strong to survive
because the nearby monsters are strong, but even so, the average level of
strength is exceptionally high. After all, the physical abilities of the
children who haven't received any instruction are already high.
It could just be that the parents are strong and it's passed
down to the children, but precisely because I've learned about the outside
world, I've started to feel like there might be another reason. Well, unless
there are documents or something left behind, no matter how much I think about
it, I probably won't figure it out.
"Anyway, rest assured, you two are properly strong.
It's because I acknowledge that strength that I can entrust Furo Village
to you."
"In that case, I wanted you to let us win that last
mock battle. If you hadn't used magic, we would have won."
"Yeah, yeah! It's normal to let someone save
face!"
"That was my way of letting you save face. Well
then—I'm going to get going now."
Since there would be no end to it if we kept talking, I
decided to leave right when they poked at my immature use of magic. After all,
the more a farewell drags on, the sadder it becomes.
"...Graham-san, I'm so glad you were safe! Come
back again and show us you're doing well!"
"We will also nurture the young sprouts. Once they've
properly grown, take us with you."
"I'll come back without leaving too much of a gap. I'm
looking forward to your training of the next generation."
After bidding farewell to Ran and Nagi, I left Furo Village. Just like when I first set off on my journey, not only Nagi and Ran but everyone in the village came to see me off. However, unlike the sad feelings from before— I was able to set off for Biodasdal with a refreshing feeling.
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