The Otherworld Conquest Method of a Reincarnated Porter Chapter 26 Part 1
Strong-armed Baboon
「Onii-sama~, my butt hurts~」
「I am a little tired too.」
「If we proceed a little further, we’ll find a rest area. Shall we have lunch there?」
Today, our plan is to go around the lake on horseback. It would take about four hours if we ride slowly around the lake.
The escort consists of 20 knights, 20 squires, and 10 knights of the Imperial Guards attached to Her Highness the Princess. The squires are on foot, but we are going at a slow pace, so there is no problem. Alma and Mion are in charge of house-sitting.
About halfway around the route, there is an area with a view at which we can take some rest, so we take a lunch break there.
「What a nice view. Let’s have lunch here.」
「Onii-sama, I am starving.」
We have sandwiches and fruit water for lunch. The squires seem to be busy watering the horses and feeding them grass. While we are enjoying our meals, we hear an earth tremor-like beast’s voice from far away.
「Guooooouuuaaaaa!」
Everyone is taken aback and looks in the direction of the voice. On the top of a nearby mountain, a large monkey is opening its mouth wide and screaming. It is about 300 meters away from us, I guess. Monster hunting is carried out from around these parts all the way to considerably deep areas, so it is rare for monsters to appear here.
As we are watching the large monkey in a daze, it comes running down the mountain toward this direction.
「Not good, it’s a monster! Draw your swords. We’re forming battle formation!」
The knight commander shouts, but the movements of the squires are slow. Lati’s Imperial Guard knights are highly skilled and immediately take up positions to protect the princess.
Descending from the mountain in the blink of an eye, the large monkey strikes the knights and squires nearby. It is strong. Its fists are packed with such outrageous might that the knights who are hit by them are either dead or on the verge of death in a single blow. The plate mail they are wearing is heavily dented as they get blown away. Those who are knocked to the ground probably die instantly.
Some of the knights slash at it, but they inflict nothing but grazes on it. Its attack and defense capabilities are both on a completely different level compared to that of the knights.
Each and every knight is shaken, letting out cries and not listening to their captain’s orders or instructions at all. There are even some of them who run away. The Imperial Guards knights standing around me are silently assessing the situation.
「Your Highness the Princess, even if we run away now, it will very likely catch up with us. We will confront it here, so please remain calm. We will definitely subjugate it.」
「I will leave it to you. Fulfill your duty as knights of the Imperial Guard.」
「Yes!」
「Onii-sama….」
「Don’t worry, Lily. No matter what happens, I’ll protect you, after all.」
I reassure Lily, but I am filled with anxiety. It is so powerful that the knights don’t stand a chance against it at all, while I, on the other hand, have neither weapons or armor. Fortunately, we have high-leveled Imperial Guard knights with us. We have no choice but to put our trust in them.
The ten Imperial Guard knights take up a position with Lati in the center. The knights of Amberlius seem to be heading toward the large monkey.
「Uuuuuguooooooooooo!」
As it has gone mad, the large monkey is raising a shriek and rampaging around. Taking a cursory glance, I would say ten knights are dead while ten others are on the very death. The remaining knights draw closer to it while weaving their magical energy. They infuse their swords with magical energy and slash at the top of the large monkey’s shoulders. This, too, seems to barely inflict any damage on it.
「Slashes don’t work against it. All hands, use weapon enhancement and then unleash your full-power thrusts at it.」
「「「Oh!」」」
「I’ll hold it in place upfront. You all go around and finish it off!」
「「「Yes, sir.」」」
As the knight standing in front of the large monkey sheaths his sword and readies his shield, the knight’s shield and armor begin to shine.
Oh, armor enhancement, huh, the purity seems to be low, but I suppose they are made of mithril alloy. It must be quite terrifying to completely abandon attacks and play the role of a shield in the face of that large monkey.
「Guoooooooooooooooo!」
Pointing its hostility at the knight standing in front of it, the large monkey approaches him with tremendous speed, and launches a right hook.
The knight lowers his center of gravity and uses his shield to catch the fist, but it ends up being sent flying. The large monkey immediately swings down its left fist. The knight raises his right arm and catches the fist with his strengthened gauntlet. The gauntlet is shattered, the bone is broken, and he falls to his knees on the ground. A moment later, full-power thrusts from all directions strike the large monkey.
「Gugooooooooooooo!」
The large monkey shows a pained reaction for the first time. Although the knights managed to strike the large monkey with their swords, they did not seem to inflict a fatal wound. It swings its arms around to brush off the swords that are stuck into its body.
As the knights take advantage of the opening and thrust at the large monkey one after another, the large monkey’s body hair is gradually dyed with its own blood. However, it strikes and takes down the knights, who have exhausted their physical strength and magical energy, one after another.
The large monkey is looking in our direction. It appears to be wounded all over, but it also appears as if it is covered with nothing but scratches. The large monkey starts walking over slowly, and then midway, it suddenly accelerates and attacks us. Four Imperial Guard knights intercept it. As soon as one of them infuses magical energy into his sword, something akin to lightning is generated on the sword. When he lands a thrust at the rapidly approaching large monkey as it is and infuses even more magical energy into his sword, the large monkey lets out a cry.
「Gugyaaaoooooooooooo!」
Perhaps electrified, the large monkey convulses and its movements grow dull. The other three knights land one thrust after another on it. The large monkey is going wild, but they continue to inflict damage on it with a splendid hit and run tactic. As if exerting its last ounce of its strength, the large monkey swings its arm around, ignores the knights around it and rushes toward us.
「Lily, Lati, get behind me.」
After making Lily and Lati move to the back line to protect them, I think about what I can do.
The large monkey is getting closer. It sends the knight standing in front of it flying all the way to my front. It seems that he has been knocked unconscious. The plate mail has been deformed so much that it changes shape with a single blow, so I suspect that even his internal organs are damaged. I pick up the sword that was held by the knight at my feet and prepare for the worst.
The large monkey is getting closer. The knights attack it from all directions. Appraisal!
Strong-armed Baboon, rank 46
Oioi, a rank 46 monster is this strong, huh. It is on the level where even level 40 knights stand no chance against it, you know?
The strong-armed baboon is coming toward our direction while knocking down the knights. I infuse my magical energy into the sword. It is crazy easy to infuse. So this is a mithril alloy sword, huh. If this guy falls in the same category as monkeys, then the heart should be there. It should be covered by the ribs, so I hold the sword horizontally. Here it comes. Here it is, take it, thrust!
Activating weapon enhancement as well as body enhancement, I put all my strength into it, aim at its heart and launch a thrust at it. There is resistance until about halfway through, but then the sword smoothly pierces it. The sensation of me getting its heart was there. Did I do it?
RELEASE RATE
Otherworld Conquest Method of a Reincarnated Porter
Speed up schedule by 10 hours
Current schedule: Every 90 hours
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