Chapter 78 – Union Party (4)
A humanoid monster with green skin and sharp tusks.
Although they are not as strong as goblins, they mainly have the habit of acting in groups.
Upon seeing the four orcs that appeared, Nellis immediately asked Kalt.
“Mr. Kalt, I think it would be difficult to go out alone against four of them.”
“Don’t worry, if another orc is going to attack, I will stop it, so feel free to go. Ateu, keep an eye on Nellis’ movements, not me.”
“Oh, okay.”
“Yes, Mr. Kalt! Yaaaaa!”
Nellis, trusting Kalt, rushed right in.
-Chwiiik!
As he ran with such enthusiasm, the orc immediately noticed Nellis and raised the club in one of her hands.
From the orc’s point of view, he looked like an idiot charging in like an idiot even though there were several of his compatriots behind him.
-Chwiiik!
The club held by the orc was swung precisely towards the top of Nellis’ head.
“Hey! Danger…!”
“It’s okay.”
Kalt stopped Ateu from shouting at the sight.
A heavy sound rings out.
The orc’s club hit accurately on the top of Nellis’ head.
But still.
“Haaaaa!”
Sigh!
Nellis raised her sword diagonally without taking any damage.
-Chwiiikik!
Even if the orc is not knocked down in one hit, a roar of pain rings out from the mouth of a severely injured orc.
“That…”
“That’s Nellis’s enemy. Even if she hits most of her attacks, she doesn’t flinch. Of course, there’s no shock. She didn’t rush in without thinking.”
“Hey!”
Nellis hurriedly continued to swing her sword, fearing that the orcs behind her would make a combined attack.
Continuous cutting starting from the correct posture learned from Kalt.
A properly powerful slash clearly cut through the orc’s leather, which was thicker than that of a kobold.
An orc who is injured and unable to move properly, just being beaten.
The orcs behind them realized that Nellis was not just a stupid opponent and began to approach.
“Ka, Mr. Kalt!”
Nellis hurriedly called out to Kalt, brandishing her sword.
It doesn’t matter if it’s one-on-one.
However, if several orcs attack at once, I feel like I will lose for some reason, and my protection will be affected.
And as soon as her name was called, Kalt moved to Nellis’ side and flashed her face.
“Fight with peace of mind, Nellis.”
“… Yes!”
‘Mr. Kalt, you’re so cool!’
Nellis was so trustworthy that Kalt came to her immediately when she called for help.
As Nellis focused again on the orcs in front of her, Kalt drew her sword and confronted the three orcs.
-Chwiiik!
I didn’t let down my guard this time.
In the first place, the orcs weren’t stupid enough to look down on a guy who could close the distance in an instant.
Two orcs attack Kalt while swinging their clubs at the same time.
But all those attacks were shed.
While the club was being swung, he touched the sword and pushed to change the trajectory, and then used the same method to attack the other club.
Even when the orc at the back attacked, Kalt used his club again to keep the three orcs in check, so they could not go to Nellis.
“Mr. Kalt! I did it!”
While Kalt was in check, Nellis defeated an orc.
“Good job, Nellis. Step back.”
“Yes!”
After hearing the crackling sound of Nellis going backwards, Kalt also widened his distance from the orcs.
“Next! Ateu.”
“Joe, that was great! I’ll show you my skills too!”
Ateu moved forward, crossing Kalt, who was retreating.
‘Throw away the idea of killing them in one hit and think about the next attack!’
Ateu, repeating Kalt’s teachings in his head, paid attention to his posture and reached in front of the orc.
The orcs, who were angry because one of them had already been killed and were checked by Kalt, tried to swing their clubs again in an angry state.
“Haaaaap!”
Ateu delivered a body blow to the side of one of the orcs.
Whoops!
-Drunk… Ik!
The orc’s side was caved in by the powerful fist.
The orc was in so much pain that he couldn’t even make a sound.
“Wow… This must really hurt.”
‘One is not enough!’
Following Kalt’s teachings, Ateu delivered a successful hit and quickly took a few steps back to prepare for the next attack.
“Ryaaaaa!”
And then he fired a shot at the abdomen of the orc next to the one he hit.
Ugh!
-Cheeeeek!
The orc’s stomach, which was bigger than an adult man, caved and fell backwards.
‘As expected, it is a protection that increases strength, so its power is considerable.’
Looking at Ateu’s movements and attention, it still felt like it was too close to catching a level C monster.
However, God’s Protection more than makes up for that lack of skill.
Even if you lack evasion or attention, you can almost defeat the monster in one hit.
“Nellis, did you see Ateu’s movements carefully? When we went together, did you find a space to avoid getting in each other’s way?”
“Ah… Yes! I got it!”
Because of his experience of continuously serving as the vanguard with Kalt, Nellis was able to roughly organize the distance between him and Ateu in his mind just by looking at him once.
“Okay, then let’s attack the last remaining one with Ateu and take it down.”
“Yes! Ateu! This time it’s a joint attack!”
Nellis, listening carefully to Kalt’s words, ran out immediately.
‘A joint attack?’
How on earth do they attack together?
Ateu had doubts, but he retreated, leaving behind only one orc.
And when crossing Ateu, Nellis immediately spoke about how to attack together.
“I will block and hold on, so give me a blow!”
“Good!”
Ateu immediately agreed to the short, simple, and very easy-to-understand proposal.
And what happened was very simple and clear.
The last remaining orc did not run away, following the monster’s instinct, but swung his club at Nellis.
Nellis blocked the attack with her arm, not her sword.
“Now is the time!”
“Hwaaaaap!”
As Nellis parried her club and stopped the orc’s movements, Ateu plunged his fist into the orc’s heart.
Whoops!
A dent was created, Ateu’s fist exploded the orc’s heart from within, and the orc fell to the ground.
Nellis looked at Ateu’s strength up close and admired that it was a strong fist, while Ateu looked at Nellis’ actions and admired that it was a solid defense.
“Okay, then let’s dig up the magic stone and continue.”
Following Kalt’s instructions, the alliance party that retrieved the magic stone moved forward again and went through the alliance party adaptation process in order.
After adapting to the vanguard Nellis and Ateu twice more, this time the vanguard took on the role of holding the monster, and Scarlett, Machbels, and Aria took turns using attack magic and sacred attacks in accordance with the movements of the two people they had seen several times. It flew.
Hehe, you guys are all in good hands now.”
Takeshin, who specializes in recovery and protection, just looked at the alliance party members carefully.
After going through the adaptation process two or three times, Kalt also participated and actively hunted orcs.
Nellis Party and Ateu Party move in unison so as not to interfere with each other or assist each other.
Orcs, which are difficulty level C monsters, can be defeated faster and in an instant than usual, and rather than dealing with orcs, you have to worry about how much more magic stones you can hold in your bag as they slowly accumulate.
Just as he had worried, when most of the magic stones were in the bag, Kalt spoke.
“Let’s go back quickly.”
It happened to be a little after lunch.
It was a time when the stomachs of the joint party members who continued to hunt began to get hungry.
“I’m hungry…”
“I have to catch another carriage to go back, so I’ll have to wait quite a while.”
“Hehe, hunger always follows adventures. But don’t we have preserved food?”
Ateu Fati immediately tried to take out preserved food such as beef jerky from his pocket.
“Stop.”
“Huh? Why?”
“I’ll make something much more delicious than preserved food, so let’s move first. At least close to where we can get on the carriage.”
Ateu Party followed the words of Kalt, who had already shown a lot of trustworthiness in a short period of time, without hesitation.
And near the road where carriages would regularly pass, Kalt took out a folding chair and then took out cooking utensils and ingredients from his inventory.
“Uh, uhh, what is it? What’s coming out of that pocket so much?”
“Could it be… Inventory!?”
“That’s right, inventory.”
“It’s an inventory… This is my first time seeing the real thing.”
“Isn’t this really expensive?”
“That’s right. Hurry up and sit down. Anyway, it will take at least an hour for the carriage to arrive, so I’ll cook for you.”
While Ateu Fati stood there blankly, Nellis Fati made a skillful move and took a seat on the folding chair that Kalt had brought out.
“Mr. Kalt! What is this dish?”
“Meat stew.”
“Yay!”
“I…”
“You like it a little salty? I’ll give you salt separately.”
“Thank you, Kalt.”
Nellis Party was so familiar with the dish that Ateu Party was also taken in by the atmosphere and decided to sit down.
“Uh… Don’t we have chairs?”
“There are only 4 of them. Please bear with that. Or would you like to play rock, paper, scissors and have someone sit on my chair?”
“No, that’s enough.”
Kalt took out the newly purchased magic burner and installed water purification inside it.
Then, I started the fire and started cooking right away.
After a while, the delicious-smelling stew was ready.
“Wow… The smell is killer.”
“Gulp!”
Hehe, the ship is sending signals just by smelling it.”
Kalt took turns scooping stew into bowls and handed them over with spoons.
Nellis Party and Ateu Party said at the same time, “I will eat well,” And then took the Kalt-style meat stew to their mouths.
Of course, it was my first time eating Ateu Party.
“Delicious!”
“Wow, it’s like a store?”
“It’s bliss.”
The evaluation was very good.
“Ahem! How about Mr. Kalt, you’re amazing!”
“There are very few people who can do something like this, right?”
“Thanks to Kalt, we have received a lot of help in many ways.”
It was a Nellis party that somehow felt good because Kalt was praised.