The Otherworld Conquest Method of a Reincarnated Porter Chapter 13 Part 2
「Splendidly done, Kars-sama. To think you would be able to defeat a fanged dog unscathed, I was honestly surprised.」
「Nah, it was a close fight. If I made even a single mistake, I might have suffered a serious injury, and if there were two of it, I would have lost. It also used up half of my magical energy.」
「Your battle analysis is also splendid. Fanged dogs can call on their brethren, and they are the most formidable foe until the fourth stratum.」
「There are fanged dogs even on the fourth stratum, huh. Is there any change to their strength?」
「Yes, generally speaking, the deeper the stratum, the higher the rank of the monsters there will be.」
「What is this rank? Is it different from the human level?」
「Rank represents the strength of the monster, and it can be checked if you have someone who can use appraisal with you. Unlike the human level, it is a numerical value of the strength of the monster itself. For example, even though they are similarly knights, there are those who continue to temper and enlighten themselves, and there are those who do not. Even if the knight does not temper themselves, if they form a party with a powerhouse and dive into the labyrinth, I guess their level will rapidly rise. The strength of both cannot be measured by level. And it is not unusual of an occurrence for a knight of a lower level to beat a knight of a higher level in practice. However, rank is the absolute value of monsters’ strength. Rank 2 is stronger than rank 1, rank 3 is stronger than rank 2, and so on. Though, of course, compatibility matters in battle, so it cannot be said to be unconditionally true.」
「Hmm, in other words, at the moment of its birth, a dragon child is not rank 1, but 20 or 30, depending on its strength, right?」
「Yes, I believe that understanding is correct.」
「Incidentally, are the monster’s name and rank the only things that can be checked with appraisal? What about its skills?」
「Apparently, if your proficiency in appraisal is high enough, you can check its skills as well.」
I see, I haven’t really cultivated my appraisal skill so far, but if it’s going to be useful in battle, I guess I need to increase my proficiency level in it.
Alright, let’s head for the next place. And then, we start walking again. After a while, Kardek, who is leading the group, makes a sign for us to stop with his hand.
「They seem to be adventurers. There is no need to be afraid of adventurers who use the first stratum as their hunting ground, but let’s wait at the edge to avoid any trouble.」
The adventurers come this way through the passage. The place we’re in is open, so we move to the edge and wait for them to pass by. Ooh, it’s beastmen. A party of four, all beastmen. Two canine types and two feline types. Dressed in shabby clothes, one of them is holding an iron sword and the other an iron spear. The other two are bare-handed, but their fists are clenched and blood stains are smeared on them. Do they fight with their bare hands?
Seeing us, they look perplexed for a moment, but when Kardek jerks his chin, making a sign for them to go, they immediately take their leave.
「Beastmen, huh, I’ve never seen one before. Are there many of them in our territory?」
「There are not that many of them, but in places where there is a labyrinth, there are a relatively large number of beastmen. Kars-sama, a lot among them are uneducated, so if you come into contact with them, you may find their conducts rude, but you must never pick a fight with them, no matter what. Most of the time, the battle prowess of beastmen exceeds that of common men, and even if you do win the fight, you have nothing to gain from it.」
「Hoh, even from the knight’s point of view, is the beastman’s battle prowess high?」
「Yes, the general assessment is that the beastmen’s unique job, the beast warrior, is superior to the knight in a simple close-quarter fight. What is frightening about beastmen is that, from time to time, there are some among them who are terribly strong, regardless of their job. I have even heard of a story where a jobless beastman child overpowers a knight. Besides… Ah, no, it is irrelevant at the moment, so let’s hurry up and move onward.」
「Hmm, what’s it, that just makes me curious instead, you know?」
「That is, you see….」
Kardek looks around at the other knights. I wonder if it’s something that’s hard to say. The air is tingling.
「I will save the details for later but, umm, there is a town where the noble and their families were all slaughtered because they made an enemy of the beastmen. The men had their bodies dismembered and the women were turned into sex slaves thoroughly.」
「Haa, you’ve got to be kidding me. And it happened within this Kingdom of Estorias?」
「Yes, our territory also dispatched three hundred of our finest knights, but after getting their limbs and heads dismembered, they were all stuffed into wagons and sent back.」
「…..」
I’m at a loss for words. Sure, individual strength means everything in this world, but it’s to such an extent, huh. Some of the knights are gnashing their teeth in frustration. I wonder if any of their colleagues or seniors fell victim to it.
「I, I see. We can talk about it another time. Let’s hurry on to the next one.」
In order to change the atmosphere, I hurry onward. After walking for a while, I see a red-eyed bat on the upper side of the passage. A single one.
「Alright, I’ll take care of that one.」
I take a step forward, move closer toward it, and then appraise it.
Appraisal.
Red-eyes Bat, Rank 2.
Hmm, rank two, huh? Let’s go at it without losing heart. If possible, I want to conserve my magical energy.
I approach the area below the red-eyed bat, but it remains sticking to the ceiling. I pick up a pebble and throw it at the bat. The pebble makes a direct hit, and the enemy flies toward me in rage. I swing my sword down from overhead, but it ends up being lightly dodged.
Hmm, my second and third slashes are also easily dodged. Then, I decided to aim not at the red-eyed bat itself, but at its wings. When I swing my sword down toward its wing in a sharp slash, it lands splendidly, and the bat ceases to be able to fly well and falls to the ground. I then launch two thrusts at it and am finally able to kill it.
「Wonderfully done, Kars-sama.」
「This guy is weak on its own, but if they come out with fanged dogs or darkness cats, they might turn into troublesome existences that spread distraction around. You can’t concentrate on other monsters if they fly annoyingly in front of you, and if you attack them, they will try to avoid it and prolong the battle time. They distribute their roles well.」
「I see, distraction personnel, was it? Certainly, I have never heard of an adventurer killed by red-eyed bats. While they are preoccupied with the red-eyes bats, they are probably killed by other monsters.」
After that, I fought against the monsters four more times and finished the labyrinth exploration without suffering any serious injuries, although I did get a few grazes. My level didn’t go up. Hmm, raising my level is quite hard. This world is tougher than I thought. After all, even someone like me, who is surrounded by high-level knights and has things set up so that I can fight one-on-one, is finally able to fight one way or another after going through all this. Moreover, I have received an elite education from an early age and can use all kinds of skills. If boys and girls from the countryside were to enter the labyrinth, they would most likely end up as food for the monsters. I wonder if the Adventurers’ Association has an education system that will allow them to grow up well.
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Creak, creak, creak, creak, creak. The bed shakes violently.
「Ahn,ahn, ahn, ahn, aahn, aahn, Kars-sama, I am cumming. Aahn, ahn, cumming, aaaaaaaaahn, cuming, I am cumming, aaaaah~」
「Alright, I’m going to cum too, Alma. Whuoo, here I come. Take it.」
「Ah~. Please give me, please give me, aaahn, please give me your baby seed, Kars-sama, aaaaaah~」
Alma is getting more accustomed to sex these days, and I’m also beginning to enjoy it myself, so I can’t complain.
After ejaculating from a sex that’s more intense than usual, still with my genitals inserted, I entangle my tongue with Alma’s. Alma is also assertively moving her tongue inside my mouth.
「Huff, huff, I’m sorry, Alma. Today was my first labyrinth exploration and I fought with monsters many times over, you see. My blood was slightly boiling, so I couldn’t help but poke you harder. Did it hurt?」
「Huff, huff, Kars-sama. It did not hurt at all. If anything, I ended up feeling it more than usual. Please don’t worry about me. Feel free to use my body as you please, Kars-sama. Huff, huff.」
「It’s because I feel good when you feel good, Alma. But if you’re fine with me going as hard as I do today, I won’t show any mercy from here on either, okay?」
I’m living a fulfilling life. I learn sword and magic, I study all sorts of things from books, and at night I have the greatest sex.
Today, too, I sleep soundly.
Tftc