Darenidemo Dekiru Kage Kara Tasukeru Maō Tōbatsu
Fifth report: on the capabilities of mercenaries hired
"I had a faint feeling when they told me to cross the ocean... but now I know why my master sent me."
I managed to get through the storm and the ship was back in peace again.
Says Sanya as she stretches her spine wide in the given cabin. The wet robe was thrown completely and the wet tail was completely dry.
"My master harasses me. I always throw us into a hell of a job."
"If you're unhappy, let's hear it. Food, equipment payments, and salaries are also offered uniformly with or without combat. There's healing magic, and in some cases there's bonuses."
"I'd heard of fighting steel tigers, but I didn't expect them to wear salt water from their heads and deal with giant octopuses and undead. This is a fraud."
"No. I didn't say anything about fighting a steel tiger. I just said I want someone who can beat a steel tiger." Monk (Priest) "doesn't lie. You didn't fight the undead in the first place."
"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Scratch your hair and Sanya screams. But originally it was that master, Bran Shuttle, and not her, that I made the deal with.
It's impossible for an experienced Blanc to be misinterpreting the meaning of my words, so he must be a convicted criminal.
"You want to go home?
"Joke. What will the master do if he finds out he's back on the run..."
Let my words flatter my shoulders. Apparently, he's not as irresponsible as throwing a job on the way.
Smoke salt water and stroke the dry tail abominably, causing Sanya to sigh at the whirlpool.
"I need to wash it properly later..."
"An obstacle to my work?
"... the boss doesn't wash his body if he doesn't interfere with the fight?
Silver Wolves, he said.
It is also a kind of beast man of a different nature than a steel tiger, which creates a brave and orderly herd. Sanya is mixed with it and with people, she is no different from people except for her ears and tails and the color of her hair, but she seems to make herds in the woods and behind the mountains to live quietly, and she does not see them in people in a different way than the Steel Tiger tribe. I've never fought either.
Beast men who excel in physical abilities are often seldom entwined with armor or or the like. The same applies to Sanya, with the exception of her half pants and a shirt like a swimsuit covering her upper body, which exposes her to healthy brown skin. I've had enough trouble putting on a hooded jacket.
I put another one on Amelia - the rabbi, also because Sanya seemed more likely to burn her hands.
I didn't answer Sanya's words, I changed my story.
"Was there a reaction from the sailor to being an animal man?
Beastman discrimination doesn't know where it lurks. Even if the majority are people, they can sometimes be seen with color glasses.
Sanya takes her hand off her tail and looks straight at me with those silver eyes.
"Fine. I can only talk about crazy monks (Priest) trying to chase ghost ships"
……
"I lost to the boss, I lost. Different impact, isn't it? I'm just a guy with beautiful ears and a nice tail compared to the boss."
"I'm not competing."
You have little chance of getting to my level. Because of the presence of so many souls mixed together, that one had good presence. I wanted to absorb it if possible.
Sanya barks as if she were telling herself.
"But I can't lose next time. I didn't come here to get flooded and fight the scythes. I don't care how much the boss was a war freak, I don't care if you take my job."
Who's a fighter freak, who's. Don't go with Gregorio.
Answer Sanya, who sticks his chest out and says confidently. It's nice to be motivated, but I hope this temper doesn't become a problem.
Tell him to calm down the sudden Sanya.
"Oh, I know. This isn't even the front seat yet. It's all about Lane. You don't have to be so excited, I'm going to feed you plenty of demons."
"... me, scouts (scouts), and fighting isn't the main business?
"I'm a monk (Priest)"
"Lies."
……
"Zettai, it's a lie."
……
If I wasn't a monk, what would it be? You don't like mace and you're waving it, I do.
And they hired these guys for high money to do something about it. I will never fight a steel tiger again.
He quickly gave me a weird rating, slapping Sanya on the shoulder.
"The bow arm was brilliant. I'm hoping."
"... yeah. I'll do what I can."
You're not used to being complimented, and Sanya nodded softly at me for ignoring everything.
But it is true that during the storm, his skill in identifying and piercing the steeple of the tentacle with one arrow was great, but that alone would make it difficult to defeat the Steel Tiger Clan.
No hook claws, no half-beast man. Therefore, the physical ability should be lower than that of a pure beast man. The weapon also does not appear to have other knives and bows. Is there anything else in the back hand?
I wonder whether to confirm or not. For a mercenary, his hand is synonymous with life. It should not be revealed as easy or prying. Not to mention that Sanya is not in her body like a stay.
As I watched Sanya, who began to develop her bow, the outside of the ship became noisy.
"Hey, the Ocean Serpent herd is approaching! Damn, even if I just met a ghost ship, it's the worst of luck, and I can't believe I'm meeting both of them in this wide ocean!
"Call an escort. Hurry up!"
Footsteps approach as you follow them.
A bunch of more demons after meeting the storm? The sea is much more dangerous than land.
Sanya leaks her exhale small and gets up. Ask the girl who bears the bow she has just serviced and begins to be flexible, frowning.
"Sanya. Don't they say you're unlucky?
"Huh? Don't blame me. You're the boss."
"No, no. I'm confident in my luck. You're the Reaper."
§
"I see a lane!
To the voice of the watchman, Captain Romolo grips his fist and leaks a short breath.
Undistracted voyage for a moment. Until then, the sailors who were desperately manipulating the ship cheered.
Beyond the widely-taken window, a small town was seen near the horizon. If you get this far, there won't be a big shot at the boulder.
The voyage that spanned the eleventh day was not a peaceful day, and every day something big was attacking me. Beginning in the tentacle, several times as many ghost ships, sarpents and ships go to giant turtles, from flying sharks to birds as giant as covering up the sun. I even think it was in the storm about half the time. Probably wouldn't have been able to protect the ship if I had been alone.
The sailors' cheers sighed in relief, as did Sanya, whose expression was stiff after the day.
On the constantly shaking ground, cold water and the pressure to protect the weak sailors seemed to be just what came under the blanc, even in a rigorously trained sanya.
"... I didn't think the battle of the sea would be this hard. Too many guys don't make threats work."
It was a nightmare how the brave sailors who decided to go out to sea in these dangerous times fell from next to next. If I hadn't treated him immediately with healing magic, there might have been no one left to manipulate the ship.
Captain Romolo, who confirms the sea to the end and gives instructions without alarm, heard my words and said them as if they were frightened.
"... no. This voyage was terrible. It's like a trade fair for disasters in the sea. It sucks that I'm a sailor. It's a miracle we made it."
"Good...... is this the worst? There's nothing less than this, is there?
"… below this, I can only imagine meeting the Sea Demon"
The captain can smile.
If this is the worst, then I've survived the worst. I didn't get to the level, but I had experience. I'm not afraid of the sea anymore.
And after all, Sanya's luck in calling for such a disaster is probably the worst.
You saw what I was thinking, and Sanya looked at me with an out-of-heart look.
When I took Sanya aboard the ship, I was prepared for trouble between her and the sailors, but I couldn't afford to end up having trouble in the battle that I would inherit from the battle. I might have been lucky in that sense.
Even the sailors with a rough temper seemed to see a girl who could leave her opponents several, if not dozens, times her size, and make no mistake.
"... I'll tell you first, maybe because Reaper is the boss"
"Let's not fight. Now we should be happy we got there safely."
"... I wonder if the sea is ready for the time being"
"It's okay, I'm done at sea. Next is the bottom of the ocean."
I hear the temple is beneath the sea.
I gave Sanya a look as if she had seen it even at the end of the world, to my words that were so serious.
"... a little outside air, I'm going to get some air."
With heavy footsteps, Sanya disappears. He just moved to the lane, but he really enjoyed it.
Captain Romolo voiced sympathy for the girl who drooled her tail and left.
"She's a mercenary? Looks like you're still young, and you should take good care of him."
"... oh"
I nod softly to the best advice of the elderly.
It's a talent I've finally found using all my hands. Is it something that you miss so easily?
§
Sanya stood flat on the bow. The sailors can't seem to speak to the boulders in their sad hindsight, and there is no one nearer to the side even though they care.
"I wish the rabbi had put it on my boss."
……
"Because the boss was stronger, I was wrong to follow this one. The boss is crazy, there are too many demons no matter how dangerous the ocean says, the boss is crazy, and it's black. There's only ten more arrows."
Apparently mental fatigue is the limit. Slowly swinging his tail, he slaps Sanya's thin shoulder to comfort him.
Sanya is a mercenary and has nothing to bear. I have to keep it in place because I can get away with as much as I want to.
"Sanya... you have a knife even without an arrow"
"Boss, come on... you got something more to say?
"Arrows fall on expenses"
"No. No, boss. It's natural, and there's no emotional fragment."
The money you guys hired, it's a personal expense...
Or it's more delicate than I thought. I thought the Silver Wolves were a little more brave. Can we beat the Steel Tigers like this? Better than a swine rush, but not anxious.
I can't see the height or the strength from the look of Sanya laying her eyes down. The petty appearance at first sight seems to have completely flowed into the sea. The sea is scary.
"Sanya, listen carefully. You're much better than your predecessor."
Anyway, Sanya doesn't dodge or fall. The mentals were probably better above my predecessor......
In my words, Sanya blinks and looks up at me. There were tears in my silver eyes darker than the color of my hair.
"Colour the reward. Let's tell your master what works too. So just give me a little more help."
A little more - yes, until Fujido crusades the Demon King, so maybe the next three years.
Exactly. I want to avoid support between Amelia and me. If Amelia was the one on the boat with me, she wouldn't have held it physically.
I bow my head with a serious look, telling me like Sanya's confused.
"... were you really, really good? Better than your predecessor?
"Oh."
My predecessor was Yabe. Compared to that, the mental is somewhat soft. How much is it? I have strength, and I have no habits and it's easy to use.
Apparently, Sanya is simple. It brightens the color of your eyes a little.
"Fine. The captain also said it was the worst voyage ever,"
"Oh, you're right."
"It's been a little rough, but it shouldn't have happened again."
Of course, I wouldn't say it's because of your bad luck, etc. If it turns out well, it's all good.
To my comfort, but Sanya makes jito eyes.
"Somewhat? Did I just say somewhat? Honestly, I'm not sure I'll be doing this with my boss."
Somewhat. The sea demons were troublesome, but not strong, because they forced battles in unfavourable places: on board. No one is dead, either, thanks to his desperate defeat.
It is still very helpful to have one more person. Exactly eleven days is too long to work on an insomnia break. It made sense to hire Sanya even if I just didn't have to do it.
Far away, continue with your gaze toward the town of Lane.
"Had it not been for Sanya, I would have been the wingman to come to Lane by boat"
"That doesn't sound like a joke..."
I'm not kidding. There's no point in thinking IF, but if I were you when I didn't know so many demons would show up in the ocean, it wouldn't be weird to be decisive.
No... Without the unlucky Sanya, no demons would have come out?
Tell Sanya, who looks at me with white eyes, to regret it.
"It's a shame... it's a real shame, but if Sanya really doesn't like it, you can cancel the contract here. Of course, I'll have my money back... but let Bran talk to me through it."
If I tell you this, I'm not saying I just don't like it.
Sanya is breathtaking to me as I bow my head like I'm depressed. And I nearly opened my lips.
"Yes... no -"
When I heard the words, I just lifted my head.
"Right. That's good. Then let's get back to the captain. We're all worried."
"Huh...? Hey. - Yeah?
Turn your hand around the confused Sanya's back and push forward.
Sanya is Blanc's apprentice. Rumors such as the legendary mercenary apprentice gibbering up a mission in just ten days will have an impact on future personnel additions.
I get pushed on the back, and I get the look of Sanya not falling on my back as she flutters and starts walking.
"Is that it?... No way, I was fooled?
"I'm not fooling you. It's okay. You're not on the mainland on the ocean, are you? Joining Amelia and the others would make it easier."
There seemed to be no problem with the movement, but the wolf is a land creature. The main land will be ashore.
I pin my ears on my words and the complexion of Sanya, who was confused, recovers slightly. I grabbed my fist a long time and said as I moved my ears pimply.
"Right, right? That's right! If there's a rabbi... even in the ocean."
"Your masters are told that if you two go together, it's more than you"
Lip service would probably be included. Though the blood of the beast man is mixed, there's nothing like exceeding a mercenary whose name has been roared all over the kingdom by two girls in their mid-teens or so.
"Yeah, yeah. Hey, boss. How long before the rabbis get here?
Listen to what I have to say and Sanya will be completely resurrected.
I guess I missed my buddy so much. Speaking of which, I hear the Silver Wolves are what make the herd. Even half a beast and a half may still have something like habit.
"I hear everything's going well over there. Yesterday's contact said we would be reaching a village in the mountains in a few moments. If you cross the mountain, it's a straight line to the lane. We'll be there in about a week or ten days."
Luckily nothing has happened at Fujido's. Well, yeah, I have trouble getting the case right every time I do something...
Sanya squeaks with her feverish eyes like a maiden in love.
"Rabbi, why don't you come quick..."
"We'll find out about the temple by then."
"Yeah. That's what I'm good at."
Seeing the port slowly approaching, the Silver Wolf girl had a full grin.
§ § §
"... Huh? The mountain gods sacrificed?
My eyes were shimmering like beasts. Unexpectedly, Fujido devours his teeth for his seemingly bottomless emotions.
Despair, anger, sadness, or joy? The old man, dressed like a tired borough cloth, coughed up once and said in a tone as if begging God.
"Ho ho...... yeah...... from the full moon day...... third night. Sacrifice one young maiden from the village and destroy this village..."
"Day three from the full moon day - tomorrow,"
With a strong expression, Rimis looked up at the sky already completely twilight.