Chapter 047 (1/2)

Volume 1

The Simple Job of Only Perishing to the Hero Volume 1 Chapter 46

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「Not here……」

A giant wearing sparkling iron armor muttered that.

He breathed a sigh sounding disappointed, but only had a disappointment at the level of hoping for the next time.

This was a place where many trees that were chopped down were left behind.

The giant’s companion finding a Human here happened not long ago.

He immediately understood that a male Human armed with an axe was cutting a tree.

It was said that since it was the best chance, he immediately swooped down and killed him with a single attack.

The man asked a question to his companion that brought it back just like that and boasted about it.

He asked “What was that Human trying to do by cutting down trees?”

In the end, the giants didn’t know what the reason why the Human was cutting down trees even after discussing it, but they were able to understand that Humans would come to the forest in order to cut down trees just by looking at this place.

What was here were many stumps that were made after cutting down the trees.

They thought that they might have intended on living here, but in that case, it was only men that came here.

Also, they had not caught sight of any of them over the past few days.

By some chance, they might be on their guard, but in that case, he might need to go a bit afar in order to hunt Humans.

Thinking that, the Ogre caressed the two splendid horns that grew on his head.

「……Guess I’ll head back.」

While muttering that, the Ogre turned back.

*Gachari* The armor that sounded such a small metallic sound was nothing more than the weight of casual wear to the Ogre.

Even the sound that resounded from it, to the Ogre, it was a sound that he had grown accustomed to.

However, to the green young lady that was concealing her presence up in the trees, that sound was something noisy.

「……」

While looking down on the Ogre that was below her, Nino thought back upon the details of the strategy.

This place was the working area of the lumberjacks──It was a logging site.

Most likely, it was the place where the missing persons──or rather, the Humans who had become the Ogres’ food had first started appearing, and was a place that probably entered the Ogres’ patrol route.

The strategy that Shion made was extremely simple.

She would track the Ogre that came to the logging site and discover their base.

That was simply it.

And then, then one that could do that with the greatest probability of success was Nino.

It was possible for Luuty, who was a Sylphid which were strong in the forest, as well, but Shion purposely endorsed Nino.

This was not only because Shion was able to trust Nino, but also because he held expectations for the power of Nino’s ability, the 【Magic Eyes of Greenery], which they had kept hidden.

「Mu.」

While looking down on the Ogre that was harvesting mushrooms, Nino thought.

This Ogre, just looking at it like this, it was a proper Mazoku.

She found it hard to forgive him for not being under Demon King Vermudol’s command, but she did not see any sort of shameful actions as a Mazoku from him.

He seemed to have more intelligence than a Goblin, and although it wasn’t to the level of the Beastia, it seemed that his fingers were dextrous.

That bunch of guys called Alva were out of the question, but depending on the situation, Nino felt that it would be alright for Ogres to fall under the command of the Demon King army.

They couldn’t enter as Nino’s subordinates, but if they were pressed into Sancreed’s area, they seemed like they could do a good amount of work.

「Umu」

Carrying mushrooms with a satisfied look, the Ogre resumed its progress.