After some talking, Momonga and his friends found a compromise and told Swords of Darkness they can do their quest at while accompany Nfirea at the same time… They are currently taking a route in order to do the other job, the adventures were at peace of mind.
Probably because Momonga and his friends had Naberal, or Nabe use third tier magic to prove their capabilities…
Visibility was good, so everyone was not too tense. However, Peter's voice contained its first hint of severity as he spoke:
"Momon, this stretch is a dangerous area. Although we should be able to handle any monsters that appear, please be careful all the same."
"Understood." Momonga said
[Momonga: Normally I would know what type of enemies would appear in game, but this is different!]
[Tabula Smaragdina: Very troublesome indeed... ]
[Touch Me: No matter, we should be prepared if anything show up.]
[Yamaiko: I'm ready to... heal someone?]
[Nishikienrai: Really? Fine I'm just going to use my skills to detect enemies...]
[Yamaiko: Hey! I know about fun!]
[Tabula Smaragdina: Just barely… You need lesson from Bukubukuchagama.]
[Bukubukuchagama: Yeah. Like he said.]
[Momonga: Not again…]
"It'll be fine, don't worry. Things won't be too troublesome as long as we don't get ambushed. And nothing will escape my eyes and ears when I'm in charge. I'm great, aren't I, Nabe" Lukrut said to Naberal.
"Father, may I have permission to pulverize this… inferior life form?" Naberal sneered.
"Ah, Nabe graced me with her cold words!" Lukrut said.
[Nishikienrai: I would more likely let her but he's important for now...]
[Tabula Smaragdina: Are you being overly protective..?]
[Touch Me: Understandable I would never leave my son to those type of people.]
[Momonga: She's going to expose us.]
[Yamaiko: Her choice of words is giving them an idea, if they even understand differently!]
[Tabula Smaragdina: How did they not piece things together is a mystery, I would have figure it out by now…]
"It'll be fine. In truth, the region from here to Carne Village is the territory of the 'Wise King of the Forest.' Therefore, we shouldn't meet any monsters unless our luck is very bad." Nfirea interrupted from the side.
"The Wise King of the Forest?" Momonga said silently.
[Touch Me: If I recall the villagers said that it can use magic, has a snake tail and it's powerful.]
[Tabula Smaragdina: If the name suggests, it could be a nue due to it tail.]
[Yamaiko: If that even on Yggdrasil?]
[Nishikienrai: It was in Yggdrasil, it just incredibly rare for some reason...]
[Tabula Smaragdina: I bet my best potion if the monster is a Nue.]
[Yamaiko: You wanna try? I bet my ring if it's not a Nue.]
[Momonga: W-what!? You're willing to do that!?]
Just as they thought of YGGDRASIL's Nue, Lukrut called out to Narberal again in a flighty tone:
"Well then, if we complete this mission perfectly, I wonder if my lovely Nabe-chan's affection towards me will go up a little more?"
Naberal click her tongue in disgust…
"It's okay guys, you don't have to be so alert. After all, nothing escapes my eyes and ears. Even Nabe trusts me, look how relaxed she is."
"It's not because of you. It's because we have Momon."
Narberal frowned. Sensing that something drastic might happen, Momonga put his hand on Narberal's shoulder and her face immediately softened.
Seeing their interaction, Lukrut tossed out a question:
"Huh, so it looks like you and Momon really are lovers?"
"His, his lover! What are you saying!? That should be Albedo!"
"You!" Momonga shouted despite himself. "What are you saying, Nabe!?"
[Tabula Smaragdina: Told you..!]
[Nishikienrai: Dammit Naberal!]
"Ah!" Narberal's eyes went wide and she covered her mouth. Momonga coughed, and then coldly said:
"...Lukrut, could you not make baseless speculations?"
"...Ah — sorry about that. It was just a joke. But ah — does that mean you have a significant other already, Momon?"
[Momonga: It's seems that picking Naberal was a poor choice...]
[Tabula Smaragdina: We should have gotten Lupusregina Beta… At least she social and more tolerant to humans.]
[Nishikienrai: We just have to be good bosses and forgive her.]
[Touch Me: Let's pat her back, just to let her know.]
Nishikienrai pat his daughter's back to put her at ease…
"Lukrut, don't talk nonsense and stay alert." Peter scold his teammate.
"Got it." He said.
"Momon, I'm very sorry for my colleague's rudeness. We know that prying into other people's private lives is taboo." Peter apologize.
"No, no. I'm willing to let it be water under the bridge as long as you can be more careful in the future." Momonga said while looking at Naberal.
"That idiot…! I'll scold him after this. I pray you will pay no heed to what he just said." Peter said angrily.
"Well, about that… Hm. I'll leave that task to you, then. Since Lukrut's on lookout duty, we can leave that to him, and I'll talk a bit about myself." Touch Me respond to Peter.
"It's fine, it's fine. We'll make him work hard for the trouble he's caused you." Peter said while looking at Lukrut.
[Tabula Smaragdina: It's time to make my move!]
"I have some things to ask you about magic." Tabula asked Ninya who look confuse.
"Huh, I thought you're a magic caster." Ninya said. "Yes and no, I practice alchemy more than magic, I just use poison vials and some offensive magic, and a weapon." Tabula inform Ninya
Ninya is surprised. "W-what..! You learn all that?! It took me years to become a magic caster! It's impossible for one to learn anything other than magic without serious dedication." He said in shocked.
"Let's say I have a lot of time than anybody." Tabula lied.
"People who have been charmed or dominated by magic might reveal the information they carry. Is there a magical countermeasure that causes people to die after being questioned several times?" Tabula ask Ninya.
"I've never heard of a spell like that."
Tabual turned, and his helmet faced Nfirea.
"Me neither. There are ways to modify a spell so it activates at a certain time, but I don't think they're as elaborate as what you describe."
"...I see." Tabula muttered
[Tabula Smaragdina: That's disappointing...]
[Yamaiko: With Nigun and that other guy gone, we lost valuable information.]
[Touch Me: No point crying over that, we're going to figure that out later.]
"That said, I only know a little bit about magic. Perhaps countries which trained magic casters on a national level could create spells like that. The Slane Theocracy has academies for clerics — divine magic casters — while the Empire has institutes which produce their arcaners, sorcerers, wizards, and other arcane magic casters. Then there's places like the Agrand Republic, which uses something like the spells born of the wisdom of the dragons." Nfirea mentions.
"I see. In other words, spells like that could be created with the assistance of an entire country." Momonga said.
[Tabula Smaragdina: From what we've gather from that country, It ruled by those called Dragon lord.]
[Momonga: We should avoid them for now… Dragon race in Yggdrasil were very powerful on Yggdrasil.]
[Touch Me: What? I thought the kitsune race were the more powerful ones.]
[Momonga: No the Dragon race are the strongest ones.]
[Ulbert Alain Odle: I going to have to agree with Touch Me in this one. The kitsune race were the most bull ones.]
[Touch Me: See. Even Ulbert out of all people agree with me. Especially when it comes down to bullshit.]
[Yamaiko: Are they the ones with the most tail armor when fully max on nine tailed racial class?]
[Tabula Smaragdina: The dragons were strong indeed. But kitsune beat them through versatility. Oh and bullshit.]
[Momonga: How is that strong? The dragons has the more powerful racial class.]
[Nishikienrai: Yeah, but they had more weakness than kitsune and the kitsune had good set of racial class.]
[Peroroncino: And not only that, they look great as women~]
[Bukubukuchagama: What he's saying! The kitsune race can change to object and humans without needing the shapeshifter job class to do it, something a dragon is unable to do!]
[Warrior Takemikazuchi: Wait... Are you guys paying attention to your surrounding?]
[Momonga: Ah shit!]
[Nishikienrai: Don't worry! We hadn't encounter anything! Except-]
"Movement," Lukrut suddenly said, in a voice which held a hint of tension.
[Nishikienrai: - now. At least that flirty asshole got serious.]
[Ulbert Alain Alain: I'm... just going to leave it to you guys...]
[Touch Me: Seriously. We should make this private...]
"Where?"
"There. Over there," Lukrut said in response to Peter's question. He pointed at a corner of the forest, but nobody could see anything through the clutter of the forest. Even so, none of them doubted him.
As the sword of darkness discuss on their next action, the enemies reveal themselves. Thirty goblins and twelve ogre.
"W-what!? There are a lot more monster than it supposed to have!" Ninya said in shock.
"...There's quite a number of them. Looks like we can't avoid a fight." Dyne mention
"Mm, that's right. Goblins and Ogres are the kind who'll attack once they outnumber their opponents. Or rather, I should say that intelligent beings would probably not judge their opponents' strength simply by their numbers." Peter look at Momonga.
"Then, Momon."
"Oh, is something the matter?" Momonga ask.
"Earlier, we agreed to divide them in half, but how shall we assign them now?" Peter said as he pull his sword.
"Can't we split into two teams and dispatch the enemy as they come to us?" Rikon asked.
"It would be troublesome if they all went to one side. Nabe, can you use [Fireball] to eliminate all the Goblins in one go?" Peter look at Naberal.
"I cannot use [Fireball]. The strongest spell I can use is [Lightning]." Naberal lied.
[Tabula Smaragdina: What? He not going to believe that.]
"[Lightning] is a spell that pierces in a straight line, right?"
"Then, what if we got the enemies to form up into a line, and then take them all out in one shot from the side?"
[Tabula Smaragdina: Ugh… Just forget it...]
"In that case, we'd need a defensive line that can take the enemy's charge…"
"Let us handle that. Can I trust you gentlemen with protecting Nfirea on the wagon?"
"Momon…"
Sword of darkness quickly understood at Momonga, knowing well that him and his companions.
"Understood. However, we can't just watch the enemy attack, so we'll support you from the side as much as possible." Peter said determined.
"Do you need any support magic?"Ninya asked Momonga.
"Ah, not for us. Friends from Swords of Darkness, please focus on supporting your comrades." Yamaiko said.
"Please permit us to refuse. If we begin the engagement so close to the forest, there's a chance the enemy might slip past." Peter said to Yamaiko.
"If that's the case, shall we do the usual and lure them out first?" Nishikienrai suggested.
"An excellent idea! Momon and Rikon will block the enemy's charge, but how will we deal with any fish which slip the net?"
"I'll hold down the Ogres with the martial art [Fortrese]. Dyne, you'll handle the Goblins. Ninya will cast a defensive spell on me, and while it may not be necessary, you should also watch out for Nabe's safety and use attack spells whenever possible. Lukrut, go take care of the Goblins, and if any Ogres make it past the defensive line, you'll have to block them too. If that happens, change your priority to wiping out the Goblins, Ninya." Peter strategize with his friends.
[Nishikienrai: Now that some good strategy!]
[Momonga: Punitto Moe would get along well with him...]
"Momon, do you need any assistance other than magic?"
"No, there's no need. The two of us will be enough."
"That's… pretty confident."
Nishikienrai immediately know a incoming enemy and throw a ninja star at a hidden goblin next to the wagon. Much to the shock of Sword of darkness. "Dammit… Either I'm losing my touch or they gotten smarter…" Lukrut said in shame.
"Look closely…" Nishikienrai said to sword of darkness, as they look just to see even more goblin and ogre.
"Twenty more goblin and ten ogre, let me handle them." Nishikienrai began to walk toward the monster.
"Wait! Your going to deal with them yourself!?" Peter said in surprise.
"Abouna, Hermes support Nagato…" Momonga said as Yamaiko and Tabula went to Nishikienrai.
[Tabula Smaragdina: Good one Nishikienrai.]
[Nishikienrai: What can I say? I already knew they are more.]
[Momonga: You think I would let you go without supervision? Because I'm not, It's too dangerous…]
[Yamaiko: Don't worry Momonga we can take care.]
[Touch Me: You don't have to be paranoid all the time Momonga.]
"...These goblin are nothing... " Touch Me said in dark tone.
"Y-yes. Your correct." Momonga said nervously.
Lukrut shoot his arrow and intentionally missed in order to mock the goblins to get closer. Momonga prepared his greatsword while Touch Me pull his black sword and his hidden shield.
"Wait when did he get that shield!?" Peter said in surprise.
Touch Me cut five goblins in half with a simple swing while Momonga cut a ogre in a similar fashion, an ogre attempt to use his club to hit Touch Me who simply slam his shield to the club… Which tore apart ogre's club and face.
As the body of the ogre fall shocking his comrades at the strength of Touch Me and Momonga. And that include Sword of darkness and Nfirea. "Such strength! They easily tear those monster apart!" Dyne said as he look behind. "Look!" He yelled.
His comrade and Nfirea look behind to see what happened. They saw slaughter…
They saw Hermes use some type of black halberd, and impale a ogre and throwing the monster to the goblins, crushing them. Abouna had punch a goblin in the stomach and all of it's organ are on the ground. Nagato began to slice and dice the goblin and ogre killing them quick...
Peter can only said these words:
"...Absolutely incredible. This is beyond mithril or orichalcum… no, could they be adamantite?"
"What's wrong? Not coming?" Momonga says which bring the human adventures and Nfirea to reality. Only to see all the monsters dead with the side where Momonga and Touch Me are being somewhat scorched presumably by Naberal's [Lightning].
"Are you guys a monster…?" Peter asked.
"The real question is… What counts as a monster?" Touch Me said playfully.
After that group began check any injuries, much to the astonishment of Sword of darkness however Momonga and his companions weren't hurt at all. After that Ninya began to cut hears.
[Nishikienrai: What is he doing?]
[Momonga: Oh he just cutting hears to turn in for reward.]
[Tabula Smaragdina: It's a little crude if you ask me.]
Yamaiko just look at the process.
"What's wrong?"
After hearing Ninya's question, Yamaiko lifted her head and replied:
"Ah, I was just thinking… do these monsters drop items, in particular, crystals or the like?"
"...Crystals? I've never heard of Ogres carrying anything like crystals." He said.
"I see. I was just wondering if they carried treasure." Tabula said.
"Indeed. I'd be jumping for joy if Ogres had treasure too," Ninya replied as he removed the Ogres' ears with practiced movements." Ninya joke.
"Still… you guys are amazing, I knew you guys are fighters who are proud of their abilities, but I didn't think you'd be that amazing." He said
As they heard Ninya's words, the other three adventurers, who had finished with their healing magic, told Momonga:
"That was great! I'm in awe of you, as a fellow warrior. How did you train up your arms like that?"
"I thought you were quite wealthy from the way you were accompanied by Nabe, but what kind of swords are those? I've never seen such valuable-looking swords before."
"I know now that what you said at the guild was not a bluff. Truly, you people are on par with the Kingdom's mightiest warrior."
Narberal held her nose high as she watched from the side. However, Momonga was frantically waving his hands about:
"Oh, there's no need to say that, it was nothing much." Momonga said.
"Nothing much…"
Peter and friends smiled bitterly.
"...After that battle, I finally understand what they mean by 'always someone better.'"
"I'm sure you'll all be able to surpass us with ease." Momonga reply
Momonga's reply made the smiles of the Swords of Darkness' faces even more bitter.
[Yamaiko: We just broke their pride...]
[Nishikienrai: Oops.]
~Great Tomb of Nazarick~
"What type of sheep did you got there, son." Ulbert Alain Odle said to Demiurge. "Well then, these type of sheep are from the holy kingdom, the ones that you requested had very splendid skin to make fine scrolls. Lord Father." Demiurge said with a disturbing smile.
"Oh yes son… And these sheep that are currently at farm are... Let's say despicable on my standard…" Demiurge's smile could not get any bigger especially pleasing his father…
Author's note: I'm surprise that I finish this quick. Anyway still looking for a proofreader and not only that I need a vote, a vote that decide the rating of this story... Should it be T or M, please drop in a vote or suggestion I can't decide myself... Oh well I hope you guys like this...