The Otherworld Conquest Method of a Reincarnated Porter Chapter 43 Part 2
「Uu, please. Don’t hit me again.」
Marin’s nose is bleeding and her face is swollen.
「Huff, huff, huff. I was intending to enjoy you after we made it back to the city, but I can’t take it anymore.」
Zuma strips off Marin’s clothes.
What should I do? If it is now, can I take him down? No, I feel sorry for Marin, but she has to endure it until he pulls down his pants. I have to get rid of him right here without fail.
「Hehehe, just do what I tell you to do. Don’t worry. If you become my woman, I’ll take care of you, after all. I’ll let you eat delicious food, and I’ll even buy you clothes, you know?」
Marin sheds tears and shows no sign of resistance. She is probably unable to move her body due to fear.
If it is the current Zuma, who is thinking only of raping Marin, I doubt he would notice even if I were to approach them from behind. I take out my mithril alloy iron balls from my storage and infuse them with magical energy. Since my magic power has not fully recovered, I don’t have much magical energy to put into the balls. There is a high possibility that it will turn into a fight even after I throw these balls, so I cannot afford to use up all of my magical energy here.
Zuma takes off his belt. Not yet. Then he pulls down his pants, exposing his crude object. Now! Instant step! And then, throw!
「Gugoo?!」
The first throw hits Zuma, who is mounting Marin, in the back. Along with a dull sound, Zuma bends backward. I threw it at his back to make sure it would hit him, but I guess that was a mistake. I projected the throw to crush even his internal organs, but as it got blocked by the leather armor on his back, combined with his own high defensive power, it shows no signs of inflicting fatal damage.
「Who the hell are you?! Gubouo!」
At the same time as Zuma turns around, the second throw hits him in the side of his face. The surprise attack is a success, but it doesn’t seem to inflict fatal damage. Should I proceed to launching follow up attacks? No, it might turn into a drawn-out battle.
Using instant step, I move to Zuma’s chest and steal his sword. I managed to steal it easily. The throw on his face is effective, so it might have caused a concussion. I put away Zuma’s sword into my storage and slashes at him with my red-iron alloy sword.
Zuma, with his pants still down, is unable to attack or defend properly. He doesn’t even seem to realize that his sword has been taken from him.
「Wait, wait, wait! What do you want? If it’s money, I’ll pay you.」
「You can still talk normally after taking that thing in the face?! That’s one hell of defensive power. I don’t need your money. What I want is your life. Die!」
Even while he is under attack, Zuma continues to look for his sword and tries to reach into the pouch at his waist. I switch to my mithril alloy sword and infuse it with magical energy. Zuma takes out a lower-grade red potion from the pouch. Just before he puts it in his mouth, I swing the sword and cut into his wrist halfway through, along with his gauntlet. Zuma drops the red potion to the ground. With this, he won’t be able to fight anymore.
「Guaaaaaaa! Damn it, you bastard, who the hell are you?! Don’t think you can get away with this!」
「What a word from someone with dead comrades, no sword, cut wrist, and his filthy thing dangling. What in the world can the current you do?」
「I still have a lot of comrades in Magt. And they’ll never let it slide, you know?!」
「Stop lying. I killed all your comrades in the labyrinth, you know? Oh, just to be clear, it was legitimate self-defense, okay? I was only defending myself. Though as a result, I ended up killing your comrades.」
「I see, so it was you who killed them. Who the hell are you?」
「Just a porter. Now then, please die. Magt will probably be a little safer that way.」
「A porter, you say?! Stop screwing around! I’ll kill you. Uaaaaaaaah!」
Even if Zuma’s level is higher than mine, his pants are half down, his wrist is cut halfway through, and he has been hit in the back and face with an iron ball. All I have to do is calmly keep my distance and aim at the neck and gaps in his armor to make him bleed.
After slashing at him for about five minutes, Zuma stops moving. The area is splattered with Zuma’s blood. When I appraise him, I find that Zuma is still alive. For him to play dead, how pathetic. I keep my distance and attack him with my spear until he dies. After a while, it seems he is dead for real. My level has also gone up to 28.
When I retrieve Zuma’s bag, I find a large amount of potion and about five small gold coins inside. It seems to be a magic bag, which boasts a larger capacity than its appearance tells. The capacity is about three times its appearance. It is not that valuable for me, who has storage skills, but I will take it. Now then…
「Marin, right? Monsters that are attracted by the smell of blood might gather here. Let’s leave right away. Can you put some clothes on first? Also, here, this is a red potion.」
「Huh, y, yes.」
Just as she thought Zuma had beheaded one of his comrades, she got beaten and almost got raped by Zuma, and then a battle began between Zuma and me. It is understandable that her head can’t keep up with such rapid developments.
「U, um.」
「Ah, right, I’ve also brought your elder brother with me, so… Wait here for a minute, okay?」
「Huh, my big brother?! He’s alive?」
I go to look for Alto, whom I left to rest at a place a short distance away. Just to be safe, I move the corpses of Zuma and his comrades deeper into the forest. If a silver-class adventurer disappears, there might be those who try to look for him, after all.
「Thank goodness. Looks like he wasn’t attacked by any monsters.」
Alto is still unconscious. His breathing is steady, so there is probably no danger to his life. Carrying Alto on my back, I head to place where Marin is.
「Big brother! So you’re okay, big brother.」
「Wait, Marin. Alto has just gone through treatments for his wounds and poison. Let him sleep for a while. More importantly, let’s head to Magt as soon as possible. Follow me.」
「Huh, y, yes.」
After that, we ran all the way to Magt with Alto on my back and woke him up next to the south gate. I briefly tell the two about the sequence of events up to this point.
「N, no way, Zuma-san was a silver-class adventurer, right? Why would he do such a thing?」
「Simply put, to make sure he could get the honey, he used rookie adventurers as sacrifices. It happens every year, and we’re the only ones who actually survived.」
「S, such a thing….」
「Big brother. I was pushed down and beaten up a lot by that guy. Besides, if it weren’t for Sei-san, you wouldn’t be here, you know?」
It seems that Alto’s brainwashing, in which he regards Zuma as sacred, has been lifted. I guess we should report this to the Adventurers’ Association next. There might be an uproar if this city’s silver-class adventurer goes missing, after all.
「I’ll explain what happened to the Adventurers’ Association. By the way, what are you two going to do from tomorrow on? If you don’t have any plans, do you want to explore the labyrinth with me? I’ll pay you regardless of your accomplishments. Let me see, what do you say about four small silver coins a day for Alto and three for Marin? And of course, I’ll pay for lunch, too.」
「You’ll pay the two of us seven small silver coins? But such a too-good-to-be-true offer is….」
「Big brother! We can trust Sei-san.」
「Say, why are you being so nice to us? Umm, it’s not that I’m doubting you or anything, but something like this just happened, so….」
「I had a little sister who looked a lot like Marin. So I can’t quite see you as strangers and leave you alone, you see. Well, I don’t want to force you to agree with my offer, though.」
「No, I get it. It’s thanks to you that we’re alive like this, after all. We’ll be in your care, Sei.」
「I see, in that case, let’s take tomorrow off. This whole day must have been tiring, after all. The day after tomorrow, are you fine with meeting in front of the labyrinth at seven o’clock in the morning?」
「Yeah, I’m fine with that.」
「And then, this is yours, Alto.」
I hand over the magic stone from the golden bee to Alto. I can’t take it for myself after he risked his life to kill the bee, after all.
「It’s an eighth-grade magic stone, so you should be able to sell it for two small silver coins. Don’t be late the day after tomorrow, okay?」
I part ways with the two and drop by the Adventurers’ Association, where I tell the receptionist, Irina, what has happened.
「Huh? Zuma-san and all his party members were wiped out?! U, umm, is that true? That info, I mean.」
「What’s the point of lying about it? All of them were surrounded by bees and died right in front of my eyes, you know?」
「I, I see. Umm, if you don’t mind, can I ask you about the details at a later date? I hope you could meet with the president of the association and explain it to him.」
「Yeah, I don’t mind. When would be good? If possible, I’d like it to be sometime around tomorrow. The sooner the better, right?」
「Y, yes. Then could you please come tomorrow at one o’clock in the afternoon? I will make sure that the president of the association will be here as well.」
Looks like I can sleep until noon tomorrow. Ah, I can’t wait to go back to the inn and relax. It has truly been a tiring day today.
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