I woke up a little after eleven at night.
「…I ended up sleeping more than I expected…」
I was planning to go check things around nine. Was it my fault for drinking alcohol during the day?
Without waking Ladarion, who was still asleep, I headed to the unit bath and washed my face to shake off the drowsiness.
Miriel was… at the entrance? She was not sleeping on the mattress, so when I went to the entrance, I saw her glowing. Did she transform into Super Miriel?
「You were still awake?」
Super Miriel dissolved, and she returned to normal Miriel.
「Yes. I cannot afford to sleep when you two are about to head out.」
She really is a serious girl. I told her this was only for vigilance.
「Do not push yourself too hard. Your body is not fully built up yet.」
It has only been about ten days since Miriel came here. She has put on a little flesh, but she is still very thin. She needs at least a month of a regular lifestyle.
「Yes. I will not overdo it. I want to recover quickly and become useful to you, Takato-san, and to Ladarion. For now, I am using goblin magic stones to restore my body.」
「Magic stones can heal the body too?」
I thought they were just like external batteries.
「They are meaningless if you cannot use healing magic, though.」
「Do you think your leg will heal?」
「Regenerating missing parts consumes a great deal of magic power, so I do not know when…」
「You could take recovery medicine too, you know.」
Even if the effect of a single pill is weak, I think thirty pills would be enough to heal a missing leg. They are god-made, after all.
「No. I will heal it with my own power. I want to master healing magic.」
「I see. Well, I want to leave rear support to you, Miriel, so take it slow.」
Improving the effectiveness of healing magic would be great, but I also want her to handle guns and equipment management. Loading magazines is a huge help.
When I looked outside through the window, the LED lights were on and there was some movement, but it did not feel like an attack. Maybe they come in the middle of the night?
I put on my removed equipment, packed ten magazines into my backpack, and placed sandwiches and a mug bottle filled with coffee into a basket.
「Miriel, get about four hours of sleep too. Even if an attack comes, it will probably be in the middle of the night or near dawn. If you are sleep-deprived, you will not even be able to load magazines properly, right?」
「Yes, I understand.」
「Alright, I’m heading out. You can let Ladarion keep sleeping.」
After checking outside, I grabbed the work bag and basket and left the Sefuti Home.
「Is that a Mokudan* cry?」
TN: It’s been changing from mogutan to mokudan since the chapter they were introduced.
Fugoooorgh! Shouting cries echoed from all directions. Are they trying to intimidate us?
If they are just trying to scare us, there is nothing to fear. The ones trying to scare others are usually the ones who are scared themselves.
「Kainzel-san is… over there.」
I sensed Kainzel-san’s presence from atop a watchtower. He seemed to be on lookout duty.
I placed the work bag and basket in the Pioneer, then headed for the tower and climbed the ladder.
「Kainzel-san. Let’s switch.」
There was only Kainzel-san on the tower. Is this the main direction?
「Ah. Got it. For now, they are hiding in the forest and intimidating us from there.」
「Do you think they will attack?」
「They will probably try something. Whether it is in the middle of the night or near dawn, I do not know.」
Same read as mine.
「I left a late-night meal in the Pioneer, so please eat. Also, get a little nap. If they attack, you will wake up whether you want to or not.」
Gunfire will make a good alarm.
「Alright. I’ll do that.」
He looked slightly tired, as if he had been keeping himself tense. Does he have some attachment to Plando Village?
Once Kainzel-san climbed down from the tower, I took out a mat and magazines from my backpack and kept watch while drinking canned coffee.
The Mokudan’s intimidation continued without pause, and it did not stop even after midnight. Seriously, what a filthy BGM.
As I endured the unpleasant noise and stayed on guard, a Gwoooorgh! cry that was clearly on another level echoed through the area.
「A boss, maybe?」
I figured there was a boss leading the pack, but is it being led by some kind of higher species again? No thanks.
「—Any movement?」
Kainzel-san had come back. Well, after hearing that, there was no way he could keep sleeping.
「I can’t see them. They’re just shouting.」
They were not coming into the area lit by the LED lights. They were just shouting from within the darkness.
「Is the one making such an obvious call the boss of the pack?」
「Most likely. In the world of monsters, the strong lead the pack.」
「Seems like both the human world and the monster world are hard places to live.」
For someone like me who lived in an easygoing world, this is nothing but hell.
「Indeed. But even so, you must live. If you do not want to die.」
「The fact that I cannot argue with that is depressing.」
Even after being dropped into this hell, I still strongly want to live. Humans really are selfish creatures.
「Hm? It stopped, didn’t it?」
It had been shouting loudly, but suddenly it fell completely silent.
「They are probably angry that humans are not taking them seriously. A boss must always show confidence.」
「Being a boss sounds rough too.」
「It truly does.」
We both let out a small laugh.
「—It’s here.」
A particularly large Mokudan appeared within the range of the LED lights. In its hand, it was holding not a club, but a sword.
「Monsters are using swords now too, huh?」
I could not tell the quality from this distance, but since it was reflecting light, it did not seem rusted.
「It appears to be an aberrant species. It might even be a subordinate of the Demon King.」
No way. Now the Demon King again? I am just a goblin exterminator, so leave that kind of thing to heroes or something.
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