First Outer World Story Series: The Black Mist that Devours - Chapter 71
Translator: MadHatter Editor: MadHatter
(Ryo POV)
“Izumi squad, fall back! And Mugi squad, open fire!”
I lifted my voice and issued the instruction. Then Izumi and the others, who had been stalling the opponents with a few young men from the village and several fellow mercenaries, slowly retreated to avoid any openings while Mugi and the others with marksmanship skills unilaterally launched attacks against the enemies once the foes were within the attack range.
Among the marksmanship group, Mugi stood out in particular. Many foes were scorched by Mugi’s ≪Fire Swirl≫, which had been enhanced by ≪Fire Magic Proficiency I≫.
In the face of the one-sided onslaught, the adversaries strived to flee, but this was too foolish.
“Mugi Squad, abort the attack! Izumi squad! Houki Squad! Pincer attack!”
When Mugi and the others ceased their attacks, Izumi, who had become exceptionally powerful due to ≪Strength Enhancement≫ led the assault on the opponents in the rear of the fleeing antagonists. Needless to say, there were counterattacks from some of the enemies, but for Izumi, who possessed ≪Unbloody≫ and ≪Self-Regeneration (Weak)≫, looked to be unstoppable no matter how many wounds she received.
Then, Houki, who had been hidden by ≪Covert≫, struck at the foes who were endeavoring to escape indiscreetly.
Those who sought to flee were, unsurprisingly, powerless to resist.
“Phew. I guess we made it through the opening phase of the battle.”
Now, since you probably don’t have a grasp of what’s happening out of the blue, let me start by outlining the current scenario.
Even though I mentioned that, I didn’t have anything else to add. Following the request by the village chief, the assailants approached them when the entire village was in the process of carrying out a retreat operation, so we simply counterattacked and exterminated them.
The itinerary had been set for around three days, but we were only about half-way out of the village at the time.
All that remains to be done is…
“Those who are injured, head to us, the Ryo Squad, first! As for the rest, please fall back and catch your rest after receiving food supplies from the Une Squad! Regarding the monster carcasses, each of you is allowed to remove them within 5 minutes, provided that it does not hinder your mobility!”
[[[Yes!]]]
We needed to tend to the wounded, distribute food, and strip the carcasses. These were all essential for the immediate future.
Even so… this job is going to be a lot less lucrative than I expected.
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(Izumi POV)
Houki, who was inspecting the corpses of the monsters, remarked while holding the stripped ones in her hands, “There are all kinds of monsters, including Jiangshi (Chinese hopping vampire), and even zombified dogs and rats.”
“According to what I’ve heard, the master of this place can produce monsters out of the humans he kills, and can even resurrect dead monsters under certain conditions,” Mugi replied while keeping vigilance on the surroundings.”That’s the most sickening thing I’ve ever heard.”
“As for the hostiles that assaulted us earlier, we’ve already destroyed its core, which is the condition for reviving it, so there’s no problem.”
“Dealing with the aftermath is important, you know.”
Ryo and Une were delivering today’s food. However, the quantity of food was less than that of the others.
“(Meal?)”
“Yes, that’s right. We have requested a decreased quantity for those of us who simply take it as a personal delight in order to maintain the food supply.”
“Well, that’s understandable under the current circumstances.”
“The quantity doesn’t matter much to us.”
“Instead, we are interested in the taste.”
Ryo and Une served the meal to us and we started to enjoy the meal together.
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“Right. I just received a report from one of the humans we sent out on a reconnaissance earlier.”
Ryo started discussing while taking her meal.
“By reconnaissance, do you mean from the front or from the back?”
“The back side.”
“Lady Ryo. Then, has the army of the Demon King and his troops been discovered?”
“That’s part of it, but in addition to that, I heard there were intruders.”
“Intruders… you mean there are people who entered the dungeon at this time?”
“Yes. According to our reconnaissance, about ten people entered the dungeon just as a mass of monsters were leaving the dungeon.”
“(Munch munch.)”
I am not sure I agree with holding a briefing over a meal, but we’re running out of time, so I guess it can’t be helped.
“So, how long will it take for the crucial adversaries to reach here?” Mugi inquired Ryo about it.
“From what the reconnaissance said, we may be attacked two days from now, just before we reach the city.”
“Then, perhaps if we hasten somewhat, we can avoid the assault,” Une proposed in response to Ryo’s words.
“That is certainly true. But we need to determine how far the humans can travel with their physical strength.”
“Well then, I’ll go and confirm whether they can do it in haste or not.”
Following Ryo’s words, Houki went to check with the village chief.
“(I hope we can make it in time.)”
“Yeah.”
I involuntarily wrote that to Mugi.
And two days later.
The others and I…
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