NPC Town-building Game

"I have a bad feeling about it."

He mutters unintentionally while holding the reins at the seat.

Looking up at the sky is cloudy.

Such weather is depressing and natural, but it's not the only one. A slight chill in addition to the tingling of the neck.

I do not feel that my intuition as a merchant is trying to tell something.

Nevertheless, peddling is a dangerous job. I can't go back in a situation where there is no certainty, but ...

Today, I enter Forbidden Forest and carry my luggage to the Elven Village.

It is a customer who can purchase rare medicines with regular work once a month.

"I bought a lot of food this time, but will you like it?"

I think it's okay because there are a lot of carefully selected products, but I don't know what life is.

Merchants should not say perfection. "You can use it if you're thorough" was a senior habit.

It's a valuable connection with the elves that other merchants envy, so I don't mind letting go of my mistakes.

"Mr. Dordrodo. I've been wondering for a while, how do you get in touch with that elf?"

A strong man sitting next to me talked.

He is the leader of the hunter group that I employ exclusively.

They are the best candidates for business escorts, as they are four-maned and well-mannered amongst hunters with many temperament.

"I was lucky."

Elves are a tribe that is famous for hating humans.

He helped a previously injured elf child some distance away from the forest, treated him and sent him to the village, where he continued to interact.

At first I was wary and almost detained, but I could talk with sincerity and get some understanding.

Nevertheless, human dislike was real, and it took a couple of years to get it right.

I'm really thankful that she seems to be interested in culture and tools outside of the forest because she was really friendly and closed life, and she buys items that can not be sold in other villages.

"It's weird. It's okay to meet you soon."

"Always a lookout elf will come out, but maybe something happened ... watch out, you guys."

The leader next to her looks back and calls out to a friend relaxing on the bed with a hood, revealing a magical woman wearing a hood.

"Mr. Dordordo, could you slow down a bit?"

"understood"

Pull the reins twice and tell the horse to run slowly.

She lifted her wand and spelled the spell, staring at her direction.

He did so for a while, but suddenly lowered his cane and exhaled a little.

"I searched for the light of life, but no elf or humanoid light is nearby."

Perhaps the magic I've used right now is Life Detection.

Certainly, the life force of a person appears to be colored light. It seems that people can see humans or monsters in that color, and magic that has been helped many times so far.

"Hmm, don't you smell something burnt?"

It is another female hunter on this team who is sniffing around with a face from the side of the wizard.

He is a dagger and bow user and specializes in reconnaissance and support.

"Think from the wind ... you're an elf village."

I instantly understood what that meant.

Today is the beginning of the month. That means that Temptation of Evil God is just over.

Did the Elven Village not stand up?

We've heard gossip about monsters getting active recently, but I don't think long-lived elves in this forest will be so easily dealt with.

No, I don't want to.

"... Doldrud, I'd suggest going back."

The leader speaks out with a stern look.

When you look at other friends, everyone nods quietly.

As an employer, it's stupid to put them at risk. As a merchant, you have to determine the profit and loss. I know it, though.

"No, let's go here. We have to see what happened. It's possible that it's just an uneasy thing. If anything happened to the Elves, that's what we need supplies for And I'd like to do something if I have anything to help .... Sorry to overdo it. "

When I bow down, I hear a big sigh.

"Mr. Dordrodo, play the danger allowance."

When I looked up, the hunters grinned and stared at me.

"Of course. Please expect."

I knew before, but now I'm convinced. I hired the best hunters.

"this is……"

Words don't come out in so much misery.

The magnificent log fence that protected the village did not retain its original shape. It was burned or knocked down.

The inside of the fence looks terrible.

The beautiful streets in harmony with nature are now invisible.

"Everyone, look for survivors! Depressed later!"

It is not a situation where we miss the past.

If you do not move now, there is no point in preparing for danger.

"There may still be monsters left. Please pay close attention to everyone."

I don't need to say that, but they nodded.

Investigate each house that has lost its roof and walls.

Remove the rubble and shout out a lot of times, "Do you have anybody! If you can't answer, hit something and make a noise!"

I repeated that over and over, but nobody responded.

But there's a reason I can't give up.

No body is rolling anywhere. I don't think everyone was safe with this much damage.

The fact that everyone escaped and evacuated with the understanding of the adverse situation came to my mind for a moment, but a large amount of dry blood adhering to the room and the ground denied the idea.

There is no body here, but I pray with my hands together.

"Mr. Dordrodo, do you want to dig out the corpse by removing all the broken rubble?"

"No, the search for survivors is first. Sorry, but the funeral will be postponed."

I don't want to fool the dead, but I have to put survivors first.

Move out of the relatively injured home and move to the center of the village.

Suddenly, they became sharpened with their hands on the weapon.

"What happened?"

"It looks like someone is coming here."

The leader is a few steps ahead and is listening.

He seemed to be happy to be a survivor, but looking at their reaction, it seems better to abandon that expectation.

"The aura of life ... I think that the horse is one of the six or seven humanoids. One is so small that it's a child. Will it be clearer a little closer?"

You seemed to have searched for the opponent using magic.

"Is there a possibility that a child is a survivor?"

"I can't say no ... but I have a strong footstep and I don't feel like I'm looking for other survivors."

So that's it. Survivors can be injured. However, if you can't see such a swing in your steps.

"What do you do? I'll come across if I proceed as it is."

You have the option of turning away and running away.

If you put safety first, that would be best.

If you're not a survivor, it's probably the hunters who happened to stop by.

Or another dark elf from Forbidden Forest.

After that ... the culprit who hit this village. I've heard rumors from bandits and aristocrats who have attacked the village of Elves, pretending to be monster raids.

Elves are beautiful and have a long life. Therefore it is popular as a slave and trafficking. Although human and sub-human trafficking is prohibited in this country, it is legal in neighboring countries and other countries.

If you attacked the village for that purpose, the wisdom is justified by the statement, "Because it's a small child."

In other words, it could be a slaver who caught a child's elf.

"Everyone can turn down if your opponent is hostile?"

"If it's your employer's order, I'll obey."

The leader laughs confidently.

The friends did not seem to complain and nodded a little.

"Okay, so please. If you think you can't win with an armed person, let's withdraw immediately. It's a life-giving species."

You fall back out of the way.

The leader and another go ahead.

We follow ourselves after a short pause.

Walk through the rubbled private house and into the open space, looking into the target person.

"What's in my village! ... Mr. Dordrodo?"

In this voice, that figure!

"Oh, Mr. Murs. You're safe! Everyone, put down your sword."

He instantly sees who he is and runs for her.

When I grasped that hand, my tears fell naturally.

"I was worried because the village was in this way. Mr. Murus was safe and really good."

When I wiped my tears and looked at Mrs. Murus, I saw something bright in my eyes.

"I'm the only one who manages .. Please be assured, everyone. This is Dordord, a peddler who came to my village regularly and did business."

People who appear from the shadow of a private house according to the words.

A woman priest seems to be a family with children.

We exchanged information and learned what was in this village and what we were doing now.

And those who are experiencing a strange fate ...

When he heard the story, he was blessed by God of Destiny and touched miracles.

Normally it's hard to believe, but I'm convinced and nodded.

There was a reason that he was accepted honestly. He had heard of some villages that had already been blessed by the gods.

I thought it was a gossip, but I wanted to believe for the first time today.

If it is true, this encounter may not be a coincidence, but the guidance of God of fate.

As a merchant, you will not miss this opportunity.

And ... I'm a person before I'm a merchant.

――I want to help people who are poor and in need like me.

I don't want to deny the pure feelings I had when I was a merchant.