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Chapter 41 – Now it’s time to go to the Eastern Forest

It was decided to hand over the village’s foodstuffs at the settlement, and we moved on to talk about a blacksmithing facility and Beritoa’s residence.

“Beritoa, I am thinking of building a dwelling and a blacksmith shop in the village, and I would like to know what you would like. I want you to tell me anything you want without compromise.”

“Then I’ll be frank –First of all, I would like to have a large work space. Especially, I would like to have a thorough discussion with Uncle Rado to decide on the layout of the workbench. Also, next to the blacksmith shop, we need a shed for storing materials. The residence should also serve as a workshop.”

“I understand. Rudrug, I want you to do exactly as Beritoa ordered.”

“Yes. …… but then I’ll have to go to town and look at the current workshop. I’ll go on the next trade.”

“We’ll need a few more men to help with the tools.”

“Leave the selection to me, chief. I’ll do my job, including negotiating with the trading company.”

All of the blacksmithing tools will be heavy, and if possible, I would like to carry all of them at once. As for negotiations, Rado can be trusted to handle them with ease. I would even ask him to do it for me.

“Now, it’s almost noon. Shall we have a welcome party for Beritoa with lunch as well?”

“Wow! I didn’t expect to be able to eat that right away.”

It seems that the village potatoes are her favorite. The village people who gathered for lunch were all very happy to see Beritoa.

I introduced Beritoa to everyone in the village who had gathered for lunch. Some of them knew her in town, and some of them had known Beritoa since she was a little girl, so she blended in easily with her surroundings.

In the midst of all this, Touya and Haruka were curious to hear about the armors of this world. But …… she was chewing on a potato instead of talking.

The secret meeting of the women’s team was not held this time. It seems that Beritoa was not recognized as a target to watch out for. In the end, she stayed at the newly built meeting place that day and headed back to the city, two days later.

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The 70th day of living in another world

Four days after Beritoa and the others left for town

Today, from the morning, we had invaded the eastern forest where the orcs were. The story of why we were taking such a risk goes back to the previous day.

“Keisuke-san, I have a proposal. It is about hunting monsters in the East Forest.”

“Oh, Sakura and Haruka. I haven’t even let you scout once since we discovered the orcs, what is the purpose?

“It’s about leveling up villagers.”

This is what Sakura and the others proposed.

We want to strengthen ourselves before the existence of Nanashi Village is discovered and we are tampered with. When attacked outside the village, such as monster hunting and reclamation, it will be possible to deal with it with plenty of time. She argued that this was her ultimate goal.

We have only seen orcs in the eastern forest, but it is said that there are more powerful monsters than that. If we could defeat them, we would be able to level up quickly.

“I understand the purpose and the reason, but there are a lot of dangers, aren’t there? Do you have any concrete ideas?”

“Yes, I do. I want you to extend the boundary to the eastern forest as you did to the northern mountain range.”

“You mean you want to beat them with hole traps? I remember when we saw the orcs, they were about one or two kilometers from the village.”

The site extension we have left now is about 6 km if it is 10 m wide. There is plenty of room to extend to the desired hunting ground.

“In the beginning, we will rely on the barrier, but I think we can defeat it by ourselves as the level rises.”

“Well, that’s true.”

“Besides, if we level up, the village chief will also be able to raise with 『collection』, right?”

“I see. …… Okay, I understand.”

Sakura and her team’s proposal is a good idea for the village as a whole. The first step is to investigate.

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“There is no sign of any monsters yet. ……”

“It’s safe inside the barrier, but it’s our first hunting ground. Everyone should be on their guard.”

Since it was decided to take on the challenge with a perfect system, all the Japanese people and Roa, the earth magician, were brought along for the investigation.

We had probably walked about two kilometers from the village. We found a lone orc a short distance away from the village. Haruka immediately applied for an appraisal.

The subject’s name is Orc, level 23, and his skill is ‘Monstrous Strength,’ which seems to give him an upward correction to his strength.

“Okay, we’ll continue to approach until the very last minute. Stay close to the edge, but don’t go outside the wards.

“The target’s name is Orc, level 23, and his skill is『Strength』which is a skill that gives him a boost in strength.”

“HUGOA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

The orc let out a war cry and came rushing toward us. He had a large club in his hand and a rather vicious look on his face. We should attack first, but we need to check the strength of the barrier to be sure. We all waited for the orc, ready to move at any moment.

“We’ll let him hit the barrier for a while, and then we’ll make our move.”

The orc must have been able to see the barrier, but he didn’t care and rushed forward. And then, of course…

“Ngoa!”

The orc that charged into the barrier let out a dumb scream and cowered. But it didn’t seem to have done much damage, and it just started punching the barrier in a rage. Dogan! Dogon! The sound was loud, but there was not even a scratch on the ward.

“The chief seems to be totally fine. …… should be good by now, right?”

“Yes, Sakura, use the water magic on it’s leg, and Touya, don’t go too far out of the warding.”

Touya thrusts out his sword to draw attention, and while he’s at it, Sakura’s water barrettes puncture both of the orcs’ knees.

“Fugaaaah!”

The orc’s face twists in pain, and he loses his balance and falls over.

“I’ll do his arms too, just in case!”

Sakura unleashes a series of water magic attacks on the orc, who is unable to move after falling down. The orc was pierced in several places and was completely immobilized.

“Haruka will do the finishing touches.”

Haruka, instructed by me, stepped out of the barrier and repeatedly plunged her sword into the orc’s throat. After waiting for a while ……, the orc’s body turned into a black mist and disappeared, leaving behind the magic stone and meat.

“Oh! I knew having a barrier would make all the difference!”

“Even if there is a difference in level between us and the monsters, we can attack them unilaterally.”

“Both sword and magic worked. –So, Haruka, what about everyone’s levels?”

“Keisuke-san, everyone has leveled up.”

When I asked them to check everyone’s status, even though they were here, the level of the members who hadn’t participated in the battle at all had risen. Akiho, who had a particularly low level, has two points, and Natsuki and Tsubaki have three points all at once.

“The level of the members increased by absorbing the magical elements of the monsters they had defeated. This theory has become more and more plausible. And it’s a pattern that allows power leveling!”

“Ah, but I want to try it at least one more time.”

After that, we searched the surrounding area for about 30 minutes, and were able to defeat a total of two orcs. As with the first time, we concluded that this hypothesis would be correct, since we had all leveled up both times. If we went too far back, there might be monsters too powerful to deal with. With this in mind, i decided to fix our site 3 km further from the village.

“The result was more than I had anticipated.”

“But I’m a little sorry because I didn’t do anything?”

Sakura and Natsuki were having such a conversation while preparing dinner in the village.

“Don’t worry about that, you have your own way of contributing to the village, right?”

“That’s right. Let us contribute with our productivity!”

As Touya and Tsubaki said, even if you are not a fighter, if you get the benefit of level up, your work efficiency will go up a lot.

“With Sakura and Roa’s long-range magic, there seems to be no need to dig a hole.”

“As long as we don’t go outside the barrier unintentionally, we should be fine. But what about the organization? There are trade routes and architecture to consider.”

“We can’t do everything at once. We should have only one team hunting for demons and take turns.”

As a result of the discussion, it was decided that the pair of Haruka and Sakura and the pair of Touya and Roa would be at the center of each group, and they would hunt with a number of people in tow. However, we asked Akiho to participate each time in case of treatment.

After the monster hunting policy was decided, it was finally time for the much-anticipated actual eating of the orc meat. As expected of fantasy lovers, everyone seemed to be more interested in the taste than in the aversion to orc meat.

“Mmm, the best!”

“Delicious!”

“Orc meat is too good!”

“The meat is so good and the level of quality is so high. …… Orcs are the best!”

The hunt for higher ranks went well, and I now have a guideline for raising my level. We can increase the strength of the villagers without having to fight. And if we can also get delicious meat, what more could we ask for?

* Orc meat is not orc meat. The inside is normal pork. The appraisal results also indicate that it is the same as the pork you see in Japan.

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