Chapter 47 – Giant Subjugation Quest #4

Done!
I was in the mood of a hunter who caught the prey and called for joy inside. After Rebecca nodded, she obviously agreed to my request to recharge her magic power.

“Ugh.”

As I look on with a smile, Rebecca averts his gaze, blushing.
I thought that kind of reaction was very cute.

After that, I sat down and waited until it was time for the subjugation team to depart. In the center of the plaza, a man of some size was chattering. From what he said, it seemed that he was the leader of this subjugation party.

“Nice to meet you! I’m Triss, the leader of the subjugation. It’s an honor to subdue the giants with you.”

Subjugation leader Triss.
He’s a fairly famous person among silver-level adventurers, so I’ve heard his name several times. An adventurer at the top of the Silver rank. Since he was an adventurer who was about to be promoted to gold, it could be said that his skills were guaranteed. The plate armor covering his body seemed to be quite expensive. It’s a tank that you can’t help but trust just by looking at it.
However, the adventurers gathered in the plaza were not paying attention to Triss’ words.

“It’s a barbarian.”
“Look at those muscles. If you touch them, don’t they explode?”

Just a while ago, a barbarian I had only heard about had appeared in the plaza. Indeed, like a nation of savages, their appearance was shabby. The barbarian was eating away all of Triss’ presence just by standing there. He is attracting aggro in a completely different way from me, an incubus.

“Luke, what is a barbarian-?”
“A race of berserkers who are crazy about blood and slaughter. They say that barbarians learn how to kill people from an early age. They say they enjoy killing as a hobby.”
“Oh.”

What appeared in the plaza was an old barbarian. An old man with white hair tied back and holding a double ax in both hands. Like a savage, he wore no armor at all. Rather, he exposed his upper body naked, and he had great muscles even from the outside. He felt like earthworms were crawling on his skin because his muscles were so over-swollen.

“He looks like a real man.”

I couldn’t help but admire as I looked at the barbarian. Because he looked several times more sleazy than the cowardly armored captain of the subjugation. Originally, I always chose Barbarian when playing RPG games. I think an old barbarian with a white beard is fucking cool.

“I wish I had been born as a barbarian.”

I felt like fucking when I touched the horns on top of my head.
Why did I have to be born as a goddamn dreamer?
If he had been born as a barbarian, he would have beaten them all with force.
There will be no lewd misunderstandings.

“Hey, I like you because you’re a dreamer. You have really cool horns.”

Rebecca soothed me when I burst into anger.
The old barbarian had a wild personality like a savage. He glared at Triss, who had been talking nonsense from earlier, with deadly eyes, then raised his finger and pointed at Triss.
The old barbarian opened his mouth at that moment.

“Hey young man.”

The square became quiet at the voice of the barbarian, which contained the murder. Pointed at with his fingers, Triss was terrified for his size.

“Me-you mean me? Elder?”
“That’s right. You’ve been repeating useless words ever since. When are you planning to leave the subjugation? The ax hanging from my back wants blood.”
“Huh!”

Triss let out a scream as the barbarian gripped the hilt of his axe. Is this what subduing people with threats alone is? In an instant, the prestige of the subjugation leader was falling to the ground.
Looking at it inwardly, I was delighted. Since earlier, that sibbeol kept repeating useless words. I thought I was listening to the principal’s instruction.

“Ah, I see! Let’s form a group and go! I’ll call the pre-arranged roster right away!”

Triss gasped for a list and started calling out the names of the adventurers. The 42-member punitive force was divided into four groups. Considering that it was a fixed party, Rebecca and I were in the same group. Fortunately, Kate was in my group. That means that if she gets hurt, she can go straight to treatment.
Although she really doubted she would ever get treatment.

‘Is Kate in the same group? Can that bitch use heels properly? I don’t think I’ve ever seen her use a heel.’

When she did the upper escort quest, she never saw Kate wearing heels. It was because nothing happened that would seriously injure the adventurers.

If you don’t even know how to wear heels, you’ll have to wait for that blonde bitch for the rest of your life.
With that promise, I got on the wagon prepared for the punitive force.

*

Several wagons prepared by the adventurer’s guild were waiting in the plaza. It means that there is no need to march ignorantly like when escorting the upper ranks.
After a while, the order of the punitive commander was given, and four wagons ran down the highway and passed through the north gate.

The destination is the beach of Corfu.
It was a coastal cave with a giant’s lair. Did you say it would take two days to arrive? It was also as fast as riding a wagon.
A few hours later, the wagon was already running along the coastline. As I looked out the window at the blue horizon, the fishy smell of the sea stung my nose.

“…”

The view of the open sea made the atmosphere bright. However, the adventurers aboard the wagon were just locked in heavy silence. The riding comfort of the wagon was never bad. Even though the seat rocked, it wasn’t unbearable.
If there was one big problem, it was that there was a barbarian riding in this wagon.

“I’m afraid I’m going to get tired.”
“Why is the barbarian here?”

I could hear the small whispering voices of the adventurers.
Because there was no barbarian’s name on the list of Team 2, to which I belonged. The old man, who should have been in a different carriage because he was in a different group, was here for some reason.

“Luke. People are very afraid of barbarians.”
“Isn’t it cool rather than scary? Look at those big muscles.”
“I don’t know if it’s cool… But it’s very savage. It looks as tough as the warriors of my hometown.”

In the carriage where everyone was immersed in fear, only me and Rebecca were calm. I’ve been thinking of this barbarian for a while, and Rebecca didn’t know anything about it.
The barbarian happened to be sitting across from her, so she could fully appreciate the savage body.

“Look at those muscles, damn it! How can you maintain those muscles when you’re old? Aren’t you delivering rice?”
“It seems like he hasn’t neglected his training all his life-. I want to watch that old man fight.”

I deliberately made noise and chatted with Rebecca. I was expecting an old barbarian to talk to us.
I wanted to make friends with that barbarian by talking about muscles. In fact, I, who has the body of the golden sun, was not pushed anywhere as far as my muscles were concerned. It was a strong male muscle optimized for NTRing women.

“…”

But no matter how much I talk about it, nothing pays attention.
The old barbarian was silent, just looking up at the ceiling.

Does that mean that a dickhead bronze like me isn’t even worth dealing with?
I don’t know if it’s someone else, but if it’s a barbarian, I’ll admit it.
In my fantasies, the barbarian is by no means an idiot chattering like a girl.
They were real men exuding hard-boiled sexiness.

‘The more I look at it, the more I like it, you savage.’

I rather liked it when I saw the old barbarian who kept his mouth shut.

“Wait, is that old man just sleeping?”
“What?”
“You can hear snoring.”

At that, I looked at the old barbarian in disbelief. But what Rebecca said was true. The old barbarian was snoring lightly. He faces the ceiling with his eyes wide open.

“Hmm, damn it…! I was sleeping with my eyes open!”
“I must have slept very deeply. I don’t think I’ll wake up.”

How can you sleep with your eyes open?
Is it a survival technique to prevent enemy attacks?
Contrary to expectations, the old barbarian was sleeping soundly, but I was not disappointed in him.
Rather, I felt respect for the advanced skill of sleeping with my eyes open.
If I learned a skill like that, I thought I could put it to good use. I don’t know where I’ll use it, but I’m sure it’ll come in handy anyway.

“Hey, I’m going to sleep with my eyes open too, so don’t stop me.
“Luke. Are you an asshole?”
“I’m going to sleep, so don’t wake me up. Sup-!”

I tried to sleep the same way, looking up at the ceiling. However, only the eyes sting when I can’t sleep. After all, it seems that the barbarian’s survival skills are not something anyone can copy.

*

“I’m going to take a break for a while!”

Shortly thereafter, a carriage that was running on the road next to the coastline stopped. It was to ensure rest time for the coachmen. It is similar to the drivers of high-speed buses staying at a rest area for a while. Me and Rebecca got off the wagon and looked at the sea.
I just frowned at the gooey smell of the sea, but Rebecca had a very excited expression on her face.

“It’s water! Even if you look all the way, you can only see water!”
“Of course. Is this your first time seeing the sea?”
“Yeah-! I’ve never seen anything like the sea in my entire life. I’ve only seen clumsy pictures in the books I always have at home. As expected, the real sea is better than pictures.”

Rebecca’s place of origin is the kingdom of the desert.
There was no way he could see the sea at the end of the continent.
If it wasn’t for her quest, she would have taken her to the sandy side of her. The other adventurers who got off the wagon were seriously checking their equipment.
In this situation, it is impossible to create an atmosphere where the two of us came to play alone.
If you get caught by a bad-tempered guy, the turn around will start at that moment.

“Don’t shout too much that you’re happy. Other adventurers are looking at you.”

To my point, Rebecca quickly became quiet.
Of course, her eyes were still on the sea.
It was when Rebecca was staring at the sea for a long time.

“It’s a hermit crab! A hermit crab has appeared!”

The screams of the adventurers echoed.
I looked at the hermit crab that adventurers call out.
Of course, the target they were shouting at was by no means an ordinary hermit crab.
A completely different being from the fist-sized hermit crabs that live on Earth.
In the direction the adventurers were looking at, there was a strange sound of something knocking on the floor.

Clack clack clack!!
Clack clack clack clack!!

It is the sound of hermit crabs walking.
Huge hermit crabs, up to the waist of an adult man, were advancing while snapping their claws. More than twenty hermit crabs were crawling towards the road. The eyes of the hermit crabs were fixed on none other than the adventurers.

“It’s a hermit crab! Everyone gather in battle!”

The voice of the subjugation leader resounded.
At that cry, the adventurers came to their senses and packed their equipment.

“You filthy crustaceans!”
“I’ll make you crab meat!”

Soon, the adventurers mixed with the hermit crabs and started a melee.
I was truly fortunate to have become a wizard.
Because I didn’t have the confidence to face those terrible monster hermit crabs head-on.
The wizard just needs to put in an intelligent meme from the back.
I threw a magic sphere at the hermit crabs.

“Magic Missile.”

Kwajik! The magic sphere fired by the first shot hit the hermit crab’s claws. The claws are crushed with the sound of the shell bursting.
Next, the second magic sphere was prepared. However, the moment the magic sphere split the air, the hermit crab hid in its shell with agile movements. The magic sphere could not pierce the shell.

“Uh, that crustacean bastard.”
“Luke! The shells of these monsters are so hard!”

Cried Rebecca, who was struggling with hermit crabs near me.
As she said, hermit crabs were annoying monsters. Even if he swung his weapon, he couldn’t strike because it was blocked by his shell.
Surprisingly, they know how to use their brains.
Is your IQ equal to that of a dolphin?
If we continue like this, the subjugation party might be ‘subjugated’ before meeting the giant?
But don’t worry.
Because there is a bus driver in this punitive force.

“They’ve come out looking pretty good.”

The moment the barbarian’s voice resounded low, a large ax flew from the side of the wagon.

Bang! The shell of the hermit crab colliding with the ax exploded splendidly.