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The Otherworld Conquest Method of a Reincarnated Porter Chapter 122 Part 2

「Not good…」

「Earth spears.」

Kylian panics in the back, but the earth magic of Ophelia, who has been weaving her magical energy since a while ago, bursts forth. Earth spears shoot out from the ground and pierce the bodies of two baboons. I stab the last one in the stomach with my mithril alloy sword, which I have infused with magical energy. Ugh, my sword can’t pierce through it. These guys are pretty strong. Appraisal!

Leaping Baboon, Rank 22

「Kii—-!」

Even though it has been hit in the stomach by a sword, the baboon goes berserk as if it has gone crazy. Knights come to our aid from both sides and finish off the three baboons. The boss monkey just watches as the baboons get annihilated, and shows no signs of attacking. I wonder if it’s assessing our strength. After a while, it slowly rises to his feet, glares at us, and suddenly charges at us. The knights in the vanguard thrust their spears at it, but it dodges them using its footwork, skillfully using its four arms to deflect the spears and beat the knights. Two knights are blown away, but the other knights remain unfazed, switch to the swords on their waists, and surround the boss monkey and slash at it. All the knights must have considerable combat experience. Still, that monkey, is it using hand-to-hand combat technique? It’s taking such terrifying evasive maneuvers that would make even a boxer jealous. But as expected, faced with the overwhelming force of numbers and getting slashed at from all sides, it continues to suffer more and more injuries. Next to me, Ophelia and Lunamilia begin to weave their magical energy.

Even though it’s surrounded by the knights, the boss monkey is fighting them on equal grounds. Even as its wounds increase, it continues to hit the knights one after another. Worthy the elites of the Neurath knight order, even after they get blown away and have a huge dent in their armor, the knights use healing magic and return to the front lines. At this rate, we’ll definitely be able to subjugate it, even if it takes time.

Huh!? I make eye contact with the boss monkey. Even as it’s fighting the knights, it’s keeping an eye on us. I wonder if it’s targeting Kylian, who is in charge of command, or the magicians Ophelia and Lunamilia. Perhaps it can sense the two’s swelling magical energy. I take out my black iron spear from my storage and hold it at the ready just in case.

After a while, Ophelia’s magical energy swells up greatly, and a portion of the ground rises into the air. The lump of earth, a portion of the ground of a considerable size, freezes in mid-air, condensing and turning into a spherical lump of earth like a boulder. Ophelia continues to pour magical energy into the lump of earth.

「Everyone, keep your distance! Meteorite!」

The lump of earth, condensed and filled with a large amount of magical energy, falls at high speed towards the boss monkey. As the boss monkey crosses two of its arms to block Ophelia’s earth magic, dust flies through the area along with an enormous crashing sound and impact. What incredibly powerful magic. Did that get it?!

When the cloud of dust clears up, the silhouette of the boss monkey comes into view. Are you for real? It’s still standing after being hit by that? No, the two arms it used to block the magic are destroyed, and as if it had received a powerful blow to its face, one of its eyes is crushed and it’s bleeding from its nose.

「Giiiiiiiiiiiiiii!」

With a look of rage on its face, the boss monkey glares at Ophelia, who has wounded it, and lets out a roar. The knights slash at it to finish it off, but the boss monkey ducks down and makes a big leap in our direction. This is bad, Ophelia is exhausted from using that magic and has fallen to her knees. Immediately, Kylian and the other knights on the left and right and also the rear guards gather to protect us.

「Holy Light Spirit.」

Alright, Lunamilia’s sacred magic has been activated. Who is the target? Huh, me? No, no, I’m a porter… Damn it, I have no time to complain about such a thing now. I have no choice but to do it. The boss monkey lands in front of us and comes towards us. Appraisal!

One-horned, Four-armed Leaping Baboon, Rank 57

Even though it has suffered a fatal injury, the boss monkey punches the knights standing in its way with its remaining two arms like crazy. Activating full strength body enhancement, I step forward and stab the boss monkey in the stomach with my black iron spear. Due in part to the effect of the holy light spirit, I succeed in inflicting a fairly deep wound on it with the second, third, and fourth thrusts. Just one more push. At that moment, Ophelia activates Appraisal on me. Huh!? Don’t mess around at a time like this, you damn woman! Not good, if my true identity is revealed, it’ll be bad. I temporarily cancel my body enhancement and focus on repelling the appraisal. Alright, I repelled it.

「Geh?!」

The boss monkey, which is covered in wounds, musters its last strength to punch the knights, and after pulling out the spear I have stuck in its stomach, it swiftly closes in on me and throws a right hook at me. What?! It can use instant movement, huh. Damn it, I can’t activate body enhancement in time.

I block the monkey’s right hook with my left arm, but it breaks my arm along with my gauntlet, making a nasty cracking sound. It still has this much attack power even after suffering such a fatal injury, huh. If it weren’t for the defense enhancement from the holy light spirit, it would have been dangerous. Kuh, leaving that shitty woman aside, Lunamilia is behind me, so I have no choice but to hold my ground here. Even with my arm broken, I activate body enhancement and act as a tank right then and there. The knights slash at it from both sides, but the monkey throws a right hook at me again. This time, I manage to activate body enhancement in time, but the monkey’s hook hits my left elbow and crushes my ribs. Shock runs through my entire body, and I can’t breathe.

「Guaaaaah!」

While I’m taking on its attack, the vanguard knights also gather and attack the monkey’s back from all sides, and it finally falls to the ground. The subjugation is complete. While enduring the pain, I am barely able to remain standing.

「Ooh, we did it. Looks like there are no casualties. Auntie, what kind of monster is this?」

「Yes, it’s a one-horned, four-armed leaping baboon of rank 57.」

The knights cheer and let out cries of victory. Suffering no casualties, everyone seems to be happy.

「Sei-sama, are you okay?」

「Yeah, pretty much. Luna, can you please give me some healing?」

As Kylian and the others inspect the monsters’ corpses, Lunamilia begins to weave her magical energy to use sacred magic. Damn it, it hurts like hell, this is all that shitty woman’s fault. I don’t care if she’s a noble or a great magician, but I’ll never forgive her. As my anger towards Ophelia takes over my whole body, I activate full strength body enhancement and glare at her.

「Wh, what is it?」

「…..」

My anger towards Ophelia, who notices my gaze, explodes. I infuse the image of me drawing my sword and cutting Ophelia’s neck off into my magical energy and send it towards her.

「Hii, ah.」

Ophelia’s face turns pale, drained of blood. Huh?! What is this feeling? Seeing Ophelia’s face distort with fear, I regain my composure, and since my action just now was simply too effective, I think 「by some chance」 and do a self-appraisal, to find that I have acquired a skill called Intimidation. This is amazing. I have acquired a nice skill. Perhaps it will allow me to suppress my opponent’s power without having to fight them. Hahaha, it seems that the misfortune has turned into a blessing. Wonderful. I am really glad that I participated in the dangerous tiger extermination, in spite of my reluctance.

When I’m done receiving sacred magic-based healing from Lunamilia, I, in a good mood after acquiring a new skill, volunteer to dismantle the monsters’ corpses, put it into the storage, and head back in high spirits. On the way back, Ophelia, who is confused and behaving suspiciously, steals glances at me over and over again, but I don’t care about this woman anymore. If I increase my proficiency in the Intimidation skill, it will definitely be of great use in my future adventures.