Strange Grief Wants to Retire ~ The Weakest Hunter Dreams of a Hero ~

Chapter112，Part2: 2 - Exciting Vacation ②

Chapter 112 Exciting Vacation ②?

Part 2

“Nee, how do you know where those kinds of things are sold……?”

“If you have the money and the connections……”

Sytry responded very happily at my question.

Sytry’s plan was to use a different identity card. Apparently, she had prepared those a long time ago in case of emergencies, it was a new identity card with even our photo attached on it, it clearly smelled something illegal. It wasn’t only just for Liz, Sytry and me, but also for Tino, so she is too well-prepared.

The name and date of birth were totally fake and our certification Level wasn’t even written on it. I turned it over a few times and stared at it, but it only looked like the real thing to me.

When you are a Hunter, you may be driven to do things that are against the law when pursuing criminals.

For better or worse, it was a rough work to do. I don’t believe that everything will work just fine by only doing the right thing.

Aside from killing, if it was just using a different identity, then it should be acceptable. In the case we were found out, I think we will be forgiven after a good scolding as it is only at this level.

As expected, she didn’t seem to have an identity card for the three people we hired, so we had to go separately. We got down from the carriage and headed for the gate on foot.

As if they were expecting a Monster attack, there was a lot of noise outside of Gula’s gate. The Mages were reinforcing the outer walls, drawing and setting up a stationary magic circle on the ground, like the ones that Lucia does occasionally.

It was now our turn for the checkups. I was a little worried if we could properly pass through but Sytry’s identity card was just like the real thing (Or rather seems real), so the gate checker quickly checked the identity card and let us pass without suspecting anything.

They didn’t seem to notice that I am a Level 8. Looks like it was worth it to hide my face as much as possible.

“That flag…… Did something happen?”

Next to me, Sytry, who wasn’t acting like a Hunter at all, asked that question to the male soldier in a natural way.

Your personality where you never let anything up to chance, I love it.

The soldier replied without even trying to hide his annoying attitude.

“………… Aaah. There’s a herd of Orcs living in an abandoned village nearby ―――― According to a Hunter who went near there recently, they had made a fort inside. I was told that there was definitely a higher species leading them ―― Just in case, since a few days ago, we have been preparing to intercept them.”

Orcs are a type of sub-race, well, to put it simply, they are Monsters that look like humanoid boars. They have the same level of intelligence as Goblins, have strength far exceeding those of ordinary humans and their fur is thick making them a troublesome Monster. In addition, they have the tendency to form large groups, and in the worst case scenario, their numbers can even fill up a huge kingdom.

The town is wary about them because of this.

However, the strength of this monster wasn’t that great among all the Monsters, and a Level 2 or 3 Hunter can hunt them down without a lot of effort. As for the rare outstanding individuals that are sometimes born ―― The High-Rank species, they aren’t Monsters that powerful. Well, I can’t defeat them though.

“Is, is this…… Going to be okay?”

Sytry asked them with a slight fright on her face. The soldier laughed at her pretense question to reassure her.

“We have called reinforcements from nearby towns to exterminate them. Some of those had shamelessly left the town, but as long as you are inside the town there shouldn’t be any problem. Have a good stay.”

We were seen off and entered Gula town safely. As we were in the middle of a alert flag raised, there was a *piripiri* tense atmosphere, peculiar to wartime, in the town.

Whether they have been called or not, the fact that armed Hunters can be seen here and there adds to the tension.

On the other hand, I was a little relieved now that I know the cause.

An Orc Fort…… As expected, it wasn’t that big of a deal. A herd with a large number of monsters and a lot of high ranking individuals gathered together is certainly a threat but compared to the apparition of a High-Rank Spirit in Elan, it feels like a downgrade.

Well, to the average citizen, an Orc who attacked on instinct might be more frightening than a wishy-washy Lightning Spirit, and from my point of view, as their opponent, I am helpless against both of them, so the period when I was afraid of it was long gone.

I can’t remember how many times we have fought against a herd of Orc. As in the first place, those guys usually appear in groups. Moreover, they were so annoying because they only attacked when we were exhausted.

Liz, who had heard that the type of monster was an Orc, got a little of her foul mood back.

“Aaaaaah, so boring. And here I was expecting it a little bit…… Something like an Orc, I have long moved on from them already…… I am not a meat trader, you know.”

“If Lucia-chan were here, we could have burned it all down at once.”

Originally, full scale annihilation were “Mages (Magi)” specialties. No matter how many there were, something at the same level as an Orc wasn’t something to be careful about.

Only Tino who didn’t seem to have experience fighting a herd of Orcs, *kyorokyoro* scurries around and asks fearfully.

“Onee-sama…… How big were the herds you killed before?”

“Don’t know. Luke-chan and I were competing to see who defeated the most but in the middle of it, it started to be too much trouble to count them.”

I don’t know which battle she was talking about but they just came out without stopping. At the very beginning, when Lucia still hadn’t learned any large scale magic, I thought I was going to die when we were swallowed up by wave after wave of Orcs.

That was the battle where I learned the fear of fighting against a large number of enemies. They are second only to Goblins in terms of fertility. It was also the reason why Lucia skipped a few steps and learned large scale magic.

So blunt, but this was why Liz’s words sound so real, that made Tino have a small shudder.

“That is………… Dreadful……”

“Well, we are not going to fight this time.”

“Eh……? We aren’t going to fight?”

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Tino stared in wonder. I thought I had shown her my stance on this in the first town, but she still didn’t seem to trust me…… For what reason would she think I would bother using another identity card to get into town.

It was in the one in a million chance, where they find out we are Hunters who don’t want to work. I kept my voice down so people around can’t hear us.

“Don’t worry, other strong Hunters will take it down for us. If it can’t be helped, I will ask Liz and Sytry for help but it will probably be fine.”

Since they have an interception plan in place, a bunch of Orc doesn’t mean much. This time, we are on a vacation, let’s just think about sweets.

When I was comforting an unsettled Tino, I straightened up and breathed in the air of the town which smelled a somewhat faint smell of sweets.

Now, let’s go eat a chocolate parfait.

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Thanks for reading!

Haha Cry rules number 1: If it is for sweets it is all ok. XD

And I think you can think of Liz and Luke’s relationship as the same as Legolas and Gimli’s relationship.

Tchao à plus!