Chapter 18 (1/2)
Ossan,DISCLAIMER: I DON'T REALLY KNOW japANESE, THESE ARE MACHINE TRANSLATIONS THAT I TRY TO PUT INTO PROPER ENGLISH READ AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION
The title is kind of a minor spoiler I'll put it at the end of the chapter
The girl was an ordinary student who attended a nearby junior high-school However, there wasn't anyone she could call a friend, and so, her days went by
It took little tie in such a monotone and ordinary world, where all her days were exactly the saht with her New Year's et hooked up with the online game 【Sword and Sorcery】, released at the same time
This virtual world was full of excitement unlike the real one, and thus, the monotone daily life she dreaded beca the only place she belonged to
She h, they're not there anyh loneliness was the main reason she felt suffocated in the real world, that didn't reallyquests along with her companions like usual, suddenly, her vision faded to black…
She was standing in the center of a plain before she realized There was no one else there, and at the sa to change from that moment onward
A hunch that was reaffirmed when she read the email that appeared when her status screen expanded
According to it, the Goddess of this world had sealed the Evil God in her former world (more specifically in Sword and Sorcery's virtual world), and many people died due to a curse the Evil God released just before it was defeated
It seems she had been recreated based on the aspect of her forame world Whatever the process was, she had died and was reincarnated into another world
To begin with, she didn't care much about her former world Moreover, she didn't interact much with her fa attach than her original one will only arouse her adventurous spirit
Taking out a map fro towards it
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Her name is Irie Sumika (TN: Irie is the surnaister at the Mercenary Guild was Iris
In order to enjoy this world, she beca the saaaanization and structure, so it was quite convenient to her for her goal of enjoying this otherworld…
She is now currently being held captive by a band of bandits
”What are we going to do now, Iris?”
”Right noe have to wait for our chance to escape Don't worry, it'll definitely come”
”Really?”
”Probably…”
Due to her status(TN: I guess Status as in her character's overall strength or ability) froame, her ability as a mercenary sits around the intermediate levels Specifically, she's rank C, but abut easy work to her
The problem was that there were a lot more bandits than she had anticipated, and in addition, thewere taken as hostages After all, she is a girl used to living in a le like a certain sage fro about the MC)
That lack of awareness is what has put her in this perilous situation
The bandits abducted not only wo one of these children hostage in front of a wo her take off her clothes in order to rape her
Perhaps it was this child'sin sha quietly
Theat her with such filthy eyes didn't even count as humans to Iris
(I'll be sure to kill you all…)
A pri instinct dawned on her for the first tis whilesure to keep as close as possibly to the bandits that are about to rape a fellooman (TN: no clue about that sentence, I practicallyher detection skills, she notices a ical reaction above in the sky
(Is that a fa here?)
Hawks and falcons were circling around in the sky without even trying to hide thes
”Rensan, maybe there's help on the way…”
”Really? But how…?”
”It looks like a ht coht coht?”
”Un…”
The familiars have certainly seen their situation However, it wasn't clear when the help would arrive, if any
”This… is the worst, I want it to end soon…”
”I don't care about being saved… but I'll get back at the at the bandits as if to kill theaze There were three other fellowIris on this escort mission, but they left a bad impression on her after theywith each other
They really wanted help to co to help, coathered on the two young woht be raped next, before they would get here
Thirty minutes after they started to follow after the bandits' traces upstrea Zero and his disciples, have finally arrived at their hideout There's a boat laying by the river, hich, they seemed to have carried their loot
”So they were river bandits…”
”Are these guys the Mobus bandits?”
”I don't know, but the rumor is that they were soroup of bandits”
”So they were marked as traitors by the leader and escaped here?”
”Well, who cares Let's destroy everything!”
”Now, let ood scream hehehehe…”
It was hard to tell ere the bandits in this situation
The waves of the knights' killing intent aura were already at the levels of a violent stores? Woathered around the center of their lair”
”They're threatening the hostages with those children and are about to rape theht?”
Celestina's freezing gaze was stabbing deep into Zweit After all, this is an eet progressively endangered
”How insensitive… Do you think I'm a monster?”
”It's not like that, and well, somehoe need to attract their attention…”
”We'll surround the born kukuku”
”Do we have poison?”
”I think we do, right? You guys have a terrible personality…”
Their plan was quite horrifying, but for the more than trash, so there was no reason tobandits was also the knights' job, but e head on into their hideouts, instead of encircling the more slythrough back doors
After all, The knights are e nu to be raided by the their preparations to sortie
Ultiold Such as by purchasing supplies, as well as eapons and food are transported into forts and other garrisons In addition, when knight scouts are frequently spotted, the bandits are, naturally, on high alert
That's the biggest factor responsible for the failures in the subjugation of large bandit bands, be that is it roups were more predictable, to a certain extent
Countries are not the only ones to have information networks It's natural for merchants andeven bandits to have theanizations by the na its own inforh, it's only on wartianizations wouldcooperate with each other
Mercenaries, merchants, and even bandits are sensitive to the flow of cash, and inforhly prized commodity
Mercenaries do all sort of jobs for oods, and bandits even sell behind-the-scene information from other countries It's normal in this world, for information networks to be used for their own benefit
Needless to say, these bandit rebels who attacked the merchants also possess an information network on the defense of the country They carefully chose their hideout based on that, but the banditsive you aon a situation However, they only collected and relied on a single piece of infor to notice that their natural eneroup of knights that went on a escortAnd they have becothe bandits, with eyes like those of bloodthirsty beasts, and working out a plan to annihilate them all
And, in that moment, the plan had already been decided
”Zeros-dono Please get their attention until we e to surround the on the situation? If it gets dangerous I'll just kill thees? I'd like to help as many as I can”
”It'll depend on the way the opponents come out I'll try to play the villain as much as I can”
”I'll leave that to you Now let's go, we don't have much time”
The lead role was to be undertaken by the strongest, Zero
Well, that was the only reasonable option
”Alright, let's get going, shall we? If you don't hurry, I will hunt all the prey～♪”
”Please leave our share, I want to clear out e over their peaceful ti about huuish between humans and monsters Both of them seem to have become hunted”
”How pitiful… Don't die… everyone”
”I am destruction, no one can stop hts have beco At first, it was supposed to be real co for Celestina and Zweit, but it turned into a life and death situation
Their levels have gone up alone halfway through It's not an exaggeration to say that these knights were at the level of the few elite troops, if not the country's strongest
It's a probleh…
In any case, the bandit annihilation operation was, thus, carried out
There were several paths to beco a bandit First of all, those ere born to farmers but were driven out of their hos ere fired because of their probleet a job in the city
Lastly, criminals who just switch their line of work to a anize the around those with si crih, they don't want to do honest work, they want to earnfrom others
For the off of their oeat In order to think that it's okay to have fun and money, they mistake thievery as an efficient and safe business
There are rules infor the thugs at the botto to hoell they can steal, sell, and perpetrate crieneral Beasts were still better, they could only feel pleasure besides living (TN: yeah, no clue about that one sentence) Especially when they could have fun playing around oer and hu, raping such wo in pleasure, an incredible feeling
And then, the women are sold to slave traders, who in turn, sell them to unscrupulous merchants they are adquantenced with, for them to finally sell these slaves under the table
When o to taverns and brothels to play around until they ran out of cash and then, co another crime to repeat the cycle
However, whether it's in the shadows or in broad daylight, the jobs o well They were lucky today, but tomorrow could be the worse day of their lives
Now, in front of them, there are women who exposed their bare skin in order to save their fa such wo on their faces
Up until now, that is…
”Excuse me, I'm a bit lost, What is this place?”
”…Eh?”
Turning around, the bandit sees a shabby-lookingin front of hihway and wandered through the forest for about a month, so I'd like you to tell me where the nearest town is”
”Oi, Who do you think we are? Do you understand the situation you're in?”
”Ehh, I' you out, buddy”
It wasn't a probleician, but this edrobe Unshaved,al his eyes
And yet, he exuded the presence of a respectable and powerful rey robe?… His ability seeed Zeros to be dangerous and sent a signal to his subordinates
”Oi, can you look at these guys and say that again?”
”Ehhh, well there are some fine women around here If possible, I'd like to keep one for myself, as an experiment material, of course”
Given that they're bandits, they rape and abuse women until they're broken, but they don't kill theician in front of them looked at the naked women and said 'experiment erous than they thought
”I see… so you want to take one with you? You see… we're having fun with these beauties right now”
”Is that so, It doesn't s I want to try, after all”
They knew dark s, but they never thought they would ever icians didn't care about anything except for their research and the results of their ht it was likely that he was going to sell inforic research is expensive, but even with a small amount of research funds, they can kill many
It's safer to deal with this here
”Well, you'd be free while we are having fun, right? Coreat I haven't had anything decent, recently Do you have soot one from some old sly merchant, but I don't know if it'll be to your taste”
”Kukuku, great I'er to savor some fine sake”
There was an outburst of suspicion between the bandits However, there's no change in the way they handle the situation
One of the bandits approaches the ht now?”
”Ah, I'm terribly sorry, I was just in the ht? Were you enjoying yourself? To hell with that, you bastard!!”
As previously instructed, the bandit slashes Zeros from behind
Except, it was the bandit who died With a knife piercing deeply into the chest of the thug, a cold sician The bandit never even realized what happened
”Oya oya, going to sleep so early? Oops, I guess this would be eternal sleep, right?”
”Wha…? fucker, what did you do!?”
”Have him a present Anyway… Do you want to die as well?”