Chapter 14 (1/2)

Chapter 14 – Various Battles

Since then, hordes of humanoid monsters continued to pour in from the miasmatic mana hole

The village of Ona located in the north eastern part of the territory of Est has completely turned into the frontline between the monsters and humans

Feeling the need to are, and erected se cannons

We had around 20 young villagers, who had also become able to operate the iron cannons, for self-defense, so you could say we had enough defense capability, even without having to borrow people frouild

Louise, who seemed to be previously perturbed by the roup of warriors, mounted her horse, and set off to conduct so from Louise

For so to the small ar so, not only did she teach her subordinates, Suzanne & Claudia, horse riding, she also taught the theoons (soldiers capable of using guns and horses)

At first, I wondered to , but apparently, horse riding is more suited for people with s able to quickly learn how to ride horses

Well, the one who could truly fight on a horse was Louise, but, there should be no proble that involved long ranged attacks

As one would expect, children are much more flexible

While we are at it, I, as appointed as a real knight, tried to practice soave up

It was much more fun to move on a horse cart, so I considered that as a better option

Today as well, Lyle-sensei and I went to Ona village on our covered wagon, in order to collect soap and gunpowder from there

Ona received lots of dah our guidance, the village helped us with the production of new goods and thrived in business even more than before

It was only thanks to us betting on the village that ere able to utilize it to its full potential, but, it felt nice to see one’s own village thrive

“Lord-sama, it’s the enemy’s attack!”

“Ah no, I’m not a lord… ehhh, didn’t Louise and the rest head that way?”

A young un

In the end, I was just a governor and not a lord, but even if had explained that, the villager wouldn’t have understood

Not to mention, it felt uneasy to be called ‘lord’ by someone as older than me

Still, for the enee, despite Louise and the rest setting off for their scouting, could it be they were ai for this place?

I looked in the direction which the villager pointed out and saw a cloud of dust rising froether with a battalion approaching

It was still sain? There was quite a number of them

“It’s probably a diversion”

Even though the village was about to receive the attack, Lyle-sensei said so with a s face

I’ve been hanging out with hi ti

Sensei is unexpectedly fond of wars, despite hi an official…

“Are orcs really that smart?”

“There are rare instances where a senior orc will becoher opponent”

Lyle-sensei faced toward the battalion of orcs and casted his ers from the self-defense team climbed the small toith batteries and took their posts

Sensei chuckled to hi his handbook which contained his calculations he would do each time we aimed the cannons

Despite the upco battle, his expression was too imprudent, which made me pull back

Well, all I can do is follow Sensei’s tactic

“Anye’ll gather and fight!”

“Ohhhh!”

Carrying their arquebuses, the self-defense teaathered around me

I ies that were loaded on the covered wagon

The accuracy of the arquebus wasn’t high

Therefore, unless we gather and fire into the enemy, the weapon won’t become effective

I think it’s that thing called a ‘barrage’ I wish there was soe is weak, we need to strengthen it’

The self-defense teairls, but, they were trained for a mass battle

Lining up horizontally, the villagers lay in wait for the orcs that had passed through the village’s enclosure

They were quite numerous If serious, the orcs will become a threat, however, our side didn’t plan to lose

Boko – A sound of cruuard of the orcs fell into a hole

If ht, was it ‘Earth Trap’? It was quite a basic level earth spell, however, the range you could use it over and cause the ground to fall down is wide

In a battle that involved a large number of units, even a simple fence or a pitfall would prove more effective than any attack spell

The orcs charged vigorously, however, they stopped in front of the pitfall

“Excellent, shoot!”

On that couns fired at the same time

At the sound of the explosion that was large than anything, and the severe rain of lead, the orcs started to lose composure and they… didn’t escape

“GuuuuuuGagagaaaaaGoogogooooo!”

A terrific war cry, which was hard to describe, made the orcs behind step forward and hold back their puzzled comrades, ere about to break formation

What tried to co that ice as big in comparison with a normal orc

It earing a hel redcarried a stone-er than him

I see, so this is an orc lord?

It’s dignified body that stood out was the proof of its violent power

With just a single war cry, the orc instinctively delivered fear to its enemy, and made other orcs shake

If I were to describe the orc’s ferocity, it would be that its eyes were filled with the color of wicked wisdoside its madness

A aze

I honestly wouldn’t like to take it on as my opponent No, actually, by no means

‘I guess it will be here soon’ – I thought so, covered my ears and put my head down

That very ether with a violent shock rose into the air The fearsome orc lord and some of its allies disappeared amid the cloud of dust

Dokan! – A firing sound that shook the air reverberated with a delay

I was able to endure the i when it would come

Beside me, this side too, beca from the impact

“Phew, you guys are truly scary, despite us being allies……Everyone, keep firing the cannonballs rapidly”

“Yes!”

Far fro where the cloud of dust arose, there was only a wide hole opened

Both the skin and meat of the rare orc lord had probably been bloay somewhere

I’ that

I don’t kno strong the orc lord was exactly, but, if you coe cannon, it’s bound for you to become like this

In the end, the orc only possessed the intelligence of general Saruyama

It was an explosion co at a close distance

It was so strong, even our side received so fro lost their co at their wits end, the hoard of orcs scattered and ran away

We used that momentum and killed as many as possible

Our side had zero deaths Even those ere injured would recover with potions

The killed monsters would leave masses of dropped equipht, the e would thrive

“As expected of Lyle-sensei”

I directed these words of gratitude toward Sensei, as getting off the small tower

Thanks to his leadershi+p, only one shot was needed to dishevel the orcs

That alone, let us seize victory, as the shot aimed directly at the enemy’s leader

“What? The gist of this battle was to use both e cannons, you know?”

“I see, so it was thanks to that?”

‘Have I granted an outrageous weapon to an outrageous person?’ – I pondered for a bit about that and became scared

Not only was he able to skillfully operate the large cannon by hiers, and even teach them tactics

Could it be it was actually Lyle-sensei who a threat to this world, rather than orcs?

Well, as an ally, he’s a dependable person, but…

Our business was doing extremely well

Once I established a trade chain that stretched around the territory of Est, and acquired nue of irls, so as to have them do all the tasks, instead of me

In other words, I’ve gained a little bit of free time

Our prosperity has also resulted, in ements skills

“Sharon, you should change your shi+ft from time to time and have some fun”

“Haa, then, I’d like to go shopping”

Sharon made a face that was rare for her

Well, I was just killing time on a whim, but I also wanted Sharon to relax from time to time

I too, didn’t want to just peddle, but also enjoy how

Despite saying so, what our counpowder

Besides that, Viola was also athered herbs and wildflowers, but it also didn’t seem like she was that busy

I, on the other hand, would stop by places deep inside the city, and have some idle chat with the workers at the Earl’s castle while proents

‘That’s right, back ina refreshically

Back then, I wasn’t optiother people with ,

Despitebeen in this world for only half a year, h they were distant

“So time…”

…The customers won’t come

Even though I went through the trouble offirecrackers as a form of toys, nobody froarded as a weapon for battle What a pity

As expected, I wonder if I should increase the nuoods in our repertoire

“Ahh! So you were here!”

“Welcome…”

A young wo a whiteinside

I guess, she’s not someone I know

“Nice to meet you, I come from the Asama Church, and I am a sister My name is Steriana”

“You aren’t trying to deceive ht…?”

On her white mantle, there was a blue colored symbol of the Asama Church

Even I knew thata scoundrel trying to impersonate someone from a church

To begin with, I wasn’t a big fan of religionists

I was quite familiar with the them, and was sick and tired of their natural-like attitude, so I unintentionally grouped this person together with the rest

“That’s wrong, I’elis’s sister, but a real sister, Steriana!”

“Haa, nice to meet you…”

The sister, whose hood was deeply covering her eyes, smiled at me and held out a silver ankh from her voluptuous chest

I intended to say this as a joke, but, was I really supposed to accept it?

“Despitewith the ‘rumored’ Sawatari-sama You could even say that our encounter is fate, which e to the guidance of the Goddess of Genesis Ahh, Asama-sama be praised”

The item she held looked like a cross, but, the head of it was a bit spread apart The woman held out the ankh and prayed

I felt troubled having someone suddenly pray in front of my shop, but……

While we are at it, the Asaious society

This is also knowledge I had acquired from the holy document I’d borrowed from Lyle-sensei, but…

Apparently, the Goddess of Genesis, called Asao from chaos The followers of Asama revere the one and only Goddess, forbid race discrimination, impartiality between sexes, and teaches about love for all living things

Despite there being such a wonderful religion, there exists the slavery system, the weak and poor are oppressed, and there are races, like nymphs, that are publicly persecuted You could say it was ironic

Well, I guess those religionists are the kind of people who are different on the outside and inside

Perhaps, this was so common in a fantasy world

Still, rather than spreading so, I think the powerless and peaceful Goddess-sama is way better than that

While we are at it, the spread of the holy letters, which I could use (somehow, it turned out like this), was also thanks to the faith of Asama

While it’s obvious, an outsider like one to a church here before, since I had no need for learning holy-based spells

Wait a moment What did sister mean by ‘rumored’?

“‘Rumored’, what do you mean by that?”

“Yes, you’re ruht now, you’re considered as a first rank hero, Sawatari-sama, who had arrived from nowhere to the city of Est, established his own coe of Ona frohthood and the title of governor from the Earl-sama…”

“Ah, no, you’re praising me way too much”

“I’ve also heard you are a philanthropist who rescued slave children on the verge of death You’ve gained quite a reputation here in this neighborhood”

“Ah, no…”

I’ll be ill at ease if you praise me this much

“Even though you’re such a strong and kind person, you have no piety toward Asama!”

“Yes…”