The Otherworld Conquest Method of a Reincarnated Porter Chapter 39 Part 2
「Huff, huff, I’m going to do it. I’m definitely going to do it. Huff, huff.」
「Hey, calm down! What do you want?!」
「I’m sorry, but I’m gonna have you die here. If I kill you, I’ll become an apprentice in Big bro Zuma’s party!」
「Hey, you! Don’t mention his name! Geez, it can’t be helped. Either way, we’ll have that guy die here. I’ve never seen him before, so he must be a rookie adventurer. He also looks like he’s got money, after all.」
It seems that three adventurers are having the young adventurer attack me. For robbery and murder to be the requirements to become an apprentice in his party, that Zuma guy sure is a scumbag. I wonder if Zuma is also among those three. If so, I don’t think I will stand a chance against them.
「Wait! Did you become an adventurer to form a party with the kind of guy who kills others? Think about it. He’s the kind of guy who kills people with impunity. When he’s done with you, you might be the next one to get killed, you know?!」
「Shut up! There’s no going back for me now. Die!」
When I appraise him, he turns out to be a warrior, level 3. As I thought, I cannot forgive Zuma, who beckons such a young, fourteen years old adventurer to the path of evil. I will also show no mercy to this young adventurer who is trying to kill me.
About five meters behind the young man, the group of adventurers who I believe to be Zuma’s comrades are standing side by side with their arms crossed. They are watching the battle between me and the rookie adventurer with relaxed expressions on their faces. While blocking the haphazard sword slashes from the young man, I appraise the men behind him. It seems that they are not Zuma. They are two warriors and one fist fighter. If it were to turn into a close quarter combat, I would stand no chance against the fist fighter. His level is also high at 28, far above the other two. My only chance to win is right now, when they are letting their guard down. If I fail here, there is a possibility of dying, but I have confidence in my ability to escape. And I don’t think I can leave Zuma and his comrades alone.
I put away my shield into the storage and switch my sword to my left hand. I thrust the sword out as if fencing, and in my right hand I hold the mithril alloy iron ball I have taken out of the storage, concealing it with my body. Alright, no one has noticed the iron ball. I infuse magical energy into the iron ball.
「Hey, hey, that guy, he’s put away his shield into the storage, you know? He turns out to be a porter, huh.」
「Good for you, rookie. Since you’ll be able to kill him easily.」
「If you take too long, we won’t accept you as one of us, you know?」
Alright, they are letting their guard down. Using instant leg, I drive my sword through the young man’s neck. It is not my dominant arm, but I succeed. There is some distance between those guys and us, so they probably don’t know what has happened yet. Just as the young man is about to fall, I throw the iron ball at the fist fighter’s stomach with all my might.
「Gobouo!」
The iron ball hits the off-guard fist fighter in the stomach and sends him flying backward. I move closer to the two stunned warriors using instant step. These guys haven’t drawn their swords. Holding my sword with both hands, I launch an all-out thrust to the warrior’s neck. To put an end to his life, I pull my sword out and cut his neck. He bleeds heavily as my sword cuts halfway into his neck. He will probably die soon.
「Y, you, you son of a bitch… Gyaaaaahhhh.」
I cut off the last man’s hand as he draws his sword. I want to talk to this guy about a lot of things. I also put a cut on his legs so that he can’t run away. However, I am more concerned about the fist fighter. It would be nice if he died from that, but….
When I approach the fallen fist fighter, I see that at that exact moment, he has just put a low-grade red potion in his mouth. Not good! I close my distance with him using instant step and swing down my sword on his neck. I deliver an attack so fatal that the healing from the potion cannot keep up with it. After swinging my sword down over and over again, he stops moving. To make sure I kill him, I cut off his neck halfway. It seems he is dead now.
When I take a look at the remaining warrior, I see that he is running away. In a hurry, I catch up with him and cut his legs. It seems that this guy too has drunk a low-grade red potion. The hand that I cut off has stopped bleeding.
「Hey, you’re one of Zuma’s guys, right?」
「You bastard, do you know what will happen if you mess with us… Gyaaah.」
I stab him in the thigh with my sword. Then, I move my sword to the front of his eyeball.
「Hoh, what will happen if I mess with you? Watch your words, okay? I don’t intend to kill you, but depending on your answer, maybe I’ll take your right eye next time.」
Of course, I don’t intend to return this guy alive. It is a lie to squeeze out as much information as possible.
「Got it. My bad. What do you want? If it’s money….」
「I want to know about Zuma. What is he scheming to collect the scale powder of illusionary butterflies?」
「Ah, that. It’s honey. We’re going to use wind magic to sprinkle a large amount of illusionary butterfly scales powder on the golden bee hive, you see. If you do that, the golden bees will fall into confusion, and we will use that opening to snatch a large quantity of honey from them. Don’t be surprised. One barrel of honey is worth five large gold coins. That’s why, if it’s money that you want, I have some. If you help me, I’ll get you as much as you want.」
「I hear Zuma sacrifices a lot of rookie adventurers in doing so?」
「Yeah, they’re a decoy. We can manage the golden bees around the hive, but many of the bees are in the forest. They’ll come back when they notice that there’s something wrong with the hive, but this is where we use the rookie adventurers. We make them put on black cloaks and have them run through the forest. The bees, mistaking them for their natural enemy, the bears, will attack the fleeing rookie adventurers in unison. And we’ll use that opening to snatch the honey from them. How’s that, a good plan, isn’t it?」
「How many men does Zuma have?」
「There should’ve been twenty or so in total, but lately, they’ve been going missing in the labyrinth one after another. You seem skilled, so I’ll introduce you to big bro Zuma. What do you say?」
I see, the rookie adventurer hunters I have been killing were Zuma’s comrades, huh. They say like attracts like, so I guess they truly are a group of scumbags.
「I see. By the way, why did Zuma leave the cow from the emergency subjugation quest alone? He’s the strongest, or second strongest person in this city, right? Is there some sort of reasons behind it?」
「Zuma knows that the cow is strong, after all. So the plan is to let the other adventurers inflict serious injuries on it and then finish it off ourselves. If the adventurers defeat the cow first, we’ll kill them and take the cow. Either way, it’ll earn us experience points and money. Zuma is a smart guy, you see.」
Going beyond scum, he is a robber slash murderer. Dear me, in that case, there is a possibility that Zuma’s level is pretty high. After all is said and done, all Gorth does is nurture rookie adventurers and make money earnestly in the labyrinth. Even so, he is level 38, so maybe Zuma has already advanced to a high-ranked job, you know?
「Alright, I guess I’ll go under big bro Zuma’s wing, too. By the way, do you know Zuma’s job and level?」
「Yeah, he’s a warrior, level 43.」
「I see, duly noted.」
「Hehehe. Huh? Gaboo.」
I behead this man and take his belongings. From all of them, I get two small gold coins, low grade red and green potions, iron swords and shields, and bottled illusionary butterfly scale powder. My level has risen to 21.
I have collected quite a lot of scale powder, you know? With this, I think Zuma’s honey gathering will end in failure. Even so, that would be for this year only. Every year that guy uses rookie adventurers as bait, killing them and making money at the same time. Now then, let’s go home for today. Tomorrow, too, the plan is to continue the map making.
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