Well, look at you.
In the month since you were born, you've defeated the master of the northern woods,
and evolved into a ogre...
After the conversation finally wound down...
Why are they following me? Am I a mother duck now?
Well, personally, I want new clothes before anything else.
No—!
Yeah, that's fair.
Their reaction had wounded me a little on the inside,
but they seem to understand who I am, so I guess it's fine.
For now, I'll ignore the fact
that Gobmi keeps pinching my leg...
Wow, you've really gotten a lot of use out of it.
Guess I'd better do something.
By the way, I used spirit stone to make a knife earlier! You should check it out.
That does sound interesting!
I appreciate it.
I love it when a girl looks tickled like this.
Why? Why are they pinching harder now?
It's actually kind of hard with just the two of us.
So some extra hands would be a big help.
Maybe three of the lady goblins from the rear support team...
Perfect!
- Perfect! - That'd be a huge help!
That'd be a huge help!
I have to say, goblins are their bitter enemies,
but they've made themselves at home pretty quickly...
That's an impressive bit of resilience and adaptablity.
You two seem like you'll make great wives.
How about it? Interested?
Oh, come on. You're such a flatterer.
The way they smile when they don't mind it is also cute!
The way they smile when they don't mind it is also cute! - We might take you
seriously, y'know.
The way they smile when they don't mind it is also cute!
But this is going a little too far.
The alchemist had returned to her potion crafting.
How can I help you?
Hey, isn't this...
I'm impressed you noticed.
It's poison, yes.
For what, exactly?
It was for protection.
But now that I know that there are trustworthy goblins like you...
I don't intend to use it on food anymore.
It's the bare minimum of preparation.
I have to say, you've become so impressive, I wasn't sure what to do.
Well, it's not like I can help it, can I?
Come on, stop.
The bashful smile of a cool beauty is a sight to behold!
I can feel the icy chill of a glare with killer intent!
I ended up having to spend a lot longer cheering the girls up than I expected,
which made me more mentally than physically tired...
DAY 36
DAY 36 - And the next day, I wasn't able to do my usual afternoon sparring.
And the next day, I wasn't able to do my usual afternoon sparring.
Normal goblins are on the verge of death if I hit them even gently...
And Gobkichi's armor almost broke, so we had to call it off.
Sorry about that. Almost got you killed.
Gobkichi, what's wrong?
No... it's nothing. I'm gonna go hunt.
Sure doesn't look like it's nothing.
Afterwards...
I really think we have a lot in common!
- I really think we have a lot in common! - Gobmi and Hobsato went out hunting together.
Gobmi and Hobsato went out hunting together. - I get what you mean!
I get what you mean!
Gobe mined for spirit stone, which has become a hobby. - Hell yeah! Let's get it!
While the short red-haired girl focused on her personal training.
As for me...
I see that having your left arm eaten hasn't slowed you down any.
You'd be surprised what you can get used to.
It's actually thanks to a slime I ate before.
I'm curious... Do you think Gobkichi will be okay?
That'll probably depend on how he reacts, really.
I guess that's true. By the way...
Could you maybe give me that book back now?
Come on, the silent treatment?! I haven't finished reading it yet!
Are you listening, Hobsei?! Miss Hobsei?!
Are you listening, Hobsei?! Miss Hobsei?! - He's having a good time.
Are you listening, Hobsei?! Miss Hobsei?!
I was able to have a peaceful day for the first time in a while.
DAY 37
After morning training was over, and I was casually enjoying lunch...
We've got real trouble, Gobrou!
I dunno what to do! You've gotta help me out here!
She was carrying a carbuncle that was covered in blood.
The first thing was to try was healing her.
I-I was just digging through some walls, and she fell out!
She's lost a lot of blood.
I'm gonna get something from the alchemist to help her.
She's awake.
Where am I? And who are you?
After explaining the situation, the carbuncle opened up.
Thank you for healing me despite being complete strangers.
My name is Returner.
I was actually attacked by some humans not long ago.
It seems the gem on a carbuncle's forehead is worth a lot of money,
going for as much as a billion gold.
This smells like trouble.
That seems to be the reason human adventurers attacked her.
I realize how rude it is to ask this...
Please, help me chase off these adventurers!
I'm not long for this world.
Please, lend me your strength! Please!
Please, lend me your strength! Please! - It turns out Returner is an artificial
carbuncle created a long time ago
It turns out Returner is an artificial carbuncle created a long time ago
by a legendary mage named Velvet, and the guardian of her master's old treasury.
When she was attacked by those humans,
the core that keeps her alive was damaged pretty badly,
which means she won't live much longer.
And that hidden treasury is apparently filled with
all kinds of legendary items that Velvet spent his lifetime collecting.
My master disliked humans.
He would rather leave his legacy to you all than have it fall into their hands.
I will hand over the entire contents of the treasury to you all.
Whacha wanna do, Gobrou?
Call the others.
And there you have it. We're headed to this treasury today.
Miss Smith, do you have the thing you mentioned the other day?
O-Oh, the spirit stone knife, right?
This should be a lot more intimidating than going around empty-handed,
so I'm hoping it'll prove a good deterrent.
I know, don't worry. I'm not looking to kill these humans.
The job is to chase them off.
I'll try to reason with them...
But if that doesn't work, I'll have to do it the hard way.
O-Okay. Be careful.
And so, we passed through the hole that Gobe accidentally opened up...
and headed towards Velvet's hidden treasury.
Man, you really took down the whole wall.
I was real shocked!
First, I asked Gobkichi and the others to hide so that I could try and negotiate.
I looked for the adventurers on my own, but...
What the hell is this place? There's even a variant ogre down here.
This is gonna be a pain.
I'm actually a rare species, not a variant. - Between this and the skeletons,
there's so much crap to deal with.
I'm actually a rare species, not a variant. - It's fine, let's just get rid
of him.
It's fine, let's just get rid of him.
Yeah, we have to find that little one and take her treasure.
H-he saw me coming?!
An assassin's presence concealment doesn't work?!
Listen up, boys!
This is someone else's home, understand?
Are you going around killing the inhabitants without even being invited in,
on top of trying to rob the place?
Sounds to me like a case of attempted murder and robbery.
And to make things worse, you don't even seem to realize what you're doing is wrong.
Dammit! Where does this ogre get off blabbing like a human?!
You're lucky, though.
I'm actually a pretty nice guy.
Shut up!
Oh, well...
If you turn back now, I'll let you leave. How about it?
I see. The three in the rear are packing some pretty high-quality magic items...
But on the whole, their fighting is shoddy. There's something off about them.
They've relied so much on boosting themselves with levels and job tweaks
that they haven't put in the effort to work on their fundamentals.
That would explain these simplistic attacks.
There! I blew his damn head off.
Serves him right!
And now, my patience has run out.
No way!
Th-That was a th-third-level magic spell!
Sorry, but after that, even my patience has run out.
Now...
You're gonna regret not being reasonable.
After stripping the adventurers for everything they had, we split their belongings.
YOU HAVE LEARNED THE ABILITY [JOB: ASSASSIN]
YOU HAVE LEARNED THE ABILITY [JOB: ASSASSIN] - Assassin. Crusader. Guardian.
YOU HAVE LEARNED THE ABILITY [JOB: CRUSADER] - Assassin. Crusader. Guardian.
YOU HAVE LEARNED THE ABILITY [JOB: GUARDIAN] - Assassin. Crusader. Guardian.
YOU HAVE LEARNED THE ABILITY [JOB: GUARDIAN] - High Wizard. Priest. Enchanter.
YOU HAVE LEARNED THE ABILITY [JOB: HIGH WIZARD] - High Wizard. Priest. Enchanter.
YOU HAVE LEARNED THE ABILITY [JOB: PRIEST] - High Wizard. Priest. Enchanter.
YOU HAVE LEARNED THE ABILITY [JOB: ENCHANTER] - High Wizard. Priest. Enchanter.
YOU HAVE LEARNED THE ABILITY [JOB: ENCHANTER]
SIX MAGIC BACKPACKS
SIX MAGIC BACKPACKS - They seemed to be pretty high level adventurers, as far as
humans go.
SIX MAGIC BACKPACKS
HERMIT'S RING: [STATUS CONCEALMENT] - Their gear seemed to be high quality, so I
ate all of it.
Their gear seemed to be high quality, so I ate all of it.
YOU HAVE LEARNED THE ABILITY [STATUS CONCEALMENT]
YOU HAVE LEARNED THE ABILITY [STATUS CONCEALMENT] - Status Concealment. Item Box.
YOU HAVE LEARNED THE ABILITY [ITEM BOX] - Status Concealment. Item Box.
I was pretty happy with the magic box that could contain 99 copies of 1200 different items,
which, frankly, seems like overkill.
Having delivered on our promise, we were led to the treasury in the deepest chamber.
Thank you all so much.
I'm sure my master would be pleased.
And this is Velvet?
Yes.
My master was very skilled in communicating with the spirits.
That is why you'll be able to recover a wide variety of spirit stones here.
He must've been quite the wizard.
Oh, yes, very much so.
But I'm afraid I'm out of time.
Gobrou, please, be well.
This is for the best, right?
Yeah.
YOU HAVE LEARNED THE ABILITY [GOLDEN ORDER]
YOU HAVE LEARNED THE ABILITY [GOLDEN ORDER] - Golden Order.
You okay?
Yeah, I'm fine.
Thanks for worrying, Kichi.
After a moment of silence for Returner, we split up and collected everything of value.
And man, that item box came in handy.
Even with all of the treasures in it, there was still plenty of room left.
I didn't like the idea of leaving the body, so I cremated it.
I guess...
I'll interpret this as him handing off some stuff he won't need anymore.
DIVINE LEGACY: [LEGENDARY] CLASS - I'll interpret this as him handing off some
stuff he won't need anymore.
I'll interpret this as him handing off some stuff he won't need anymore.
What happened to your arm?!
It can rotate and transform at will, along with producing poison and string.
And it works as well as a natural arm would.
Then, having completed Returner's request...
Okay, everybody!
We're gonna have a party!
Because there was some good stuff in our loot!
Booze!
Cheers!
DAY 38
DAY 38 - I'm assessing our collection with the blacksmith today.
And like you'd expect from a legendary mage, most of it was pretty incredible.
DAY 39
- Okay, everybody here?
I provided magic items to our 15 hobgoblins.
I took the vermilion spear, Kaziklu Bey.
Along with the magic bracelet, Solitary Fury.
Add those to my silver arm, and I now have three legendary artifacts.
Legendary is a rank for items,
and valuable enough that entire countries will take action for them.
In the afternoon, we gathered the ingredients for bear stew.
Hunting was much easier with everyone's improved skills.
And the bear stew was delicious! But...
I did find it a little concerning that the short red-haired girl didn't do any fighting.
DAY 40
DAY 40 - Today, we're having a series of battles to determine the hobgoblins' ranks,
DAY 40 - with myself excluded.
Everyone's leveled up nicely.
Y'know, maybe we could form a mercenary company!
DAY 41
- Early that morning...
I headed into the mountains on my own in pursuit of previously unseen prey.
First was a golden spider.
After prying off its expensive-looking carapace,
I ate its meat, which was even better than the demon spider's!
YOU HAVE LEARNED THE ABILITY [GOLD STRING] - Gold Thread. Golden Spider’s Shell.
YOU HAVE LEARNED THE ABILITY [GOLDEN SPIDER'S SHELL] - Gold Thread. Golden
Spider’s Shell.
I could become a fashion designer with this.
A red deer, with antlers that look like they're made out of rose quartz.
I think I'll need to eat another two or three to learn what I need.
And as I found myself wandering the woods...
I found a massive tree that was bathing in sunlight,
which ended up causing a slight problem.
There's a race of creatures called dryads in this world.
According to Gobji, they seduce males of intelligent races,
and prey on them for nutrients.
There are only female dryads,
and they're all supposed to be exceptionally beautiful,
with no shortage of men falling prey to their wiles.
I wouldn't wanna run into them unless I was going to die anyway!
Don't look so excited about it!
As for why I'm remembering this right now...
One of those dryads is right in front of me. - What huge muscles!
One of those dryads is right in front of me. - It's like I can feel how strong you are.
I won't do anything, but could we at least talk?
Every glance, every breath, every bead of sweat...
seemed to be laced with a charm effect.
So big!
So big! - And any reactions I had were only natural!
And any reactions I had were only natural!
Even if I hadn't been in a past life, I was a virgin this time around!
What do you want from me?!
If I don't do something soon, I'm going to be turned into food!
And I would rather avoid that! Which is why...
It's time to break out an ability I've never used before!
[LIBIDO]
O-Oh, wow!
Miss Dryad...
It's time.
Wow, you're pretty rough, huh?
But that's okay.
For five hours, we indulged our carnal hungers, like devouring the rarest of steaks.
GOBROU OBTAINED [MISTLETOE'S FELICITATION]!
That was fantastic!
Come see me again, okay?
Maybe some other time.
I'll be waiting.
I'm not going to get into a lot of specifics, but...
That was awesome!
After a short walk, I came across a lake with a waterfall.
And while washing off the sweat and... other things...
I found myself surrounded by lizardmen.
YOU HAVE LEARNED THE ABILITY [AQUATIC LIFE] - Aquatic Life. Lizardman Language.
YOU HAVE LEARNED THE ABILITY [LIZARDMAN LANGUAGE] - Aquatic Life. Lizardman Language.
Silver Arm Specialty: Jolt Counter!
I was absolutely invincible today.
DAY 42
DAY 42 - The next day, we found out that two goblins were capable of becoming mages.
They were transferred to Hobsei's team immediately.
I'm so glad to finally have some students!
I'm going to make sure they learn everything they need.
Is there some reason her smile is giving me chills?
[ENCHANTING]
[ENCHANTING] - Enchanting. The ability to give magic properties to matter.
Enchanting. The ability to give magic properties to matter.
I tried it out with the smith, when...
You don't seem happy.
It's fine.
DAY 43
- Hey, good morning!
Gobmi's in a foul mood.
I didn't know why, so I asked around.
Sorry. Don't know.
You oughta give it a good think.
Think about it for a while.
Ah, to be young!
As for the chef sisters...
Oh, perfect timing.
We've got some new recipes for you to try!
Those are poisoned.
And so, you came to me.
For someone who's generally pretty considerate, you can be surprisingly dense.
I dunno what to say to that.
To get straight to it...
They're jealous.
Of the fact that you had an encounter outside of the village.
You really didn't notice, huh?
You've got a few hickeys on your neck.
That dryad is a scary girl!
Well, that solves the mystery! But what do I do next?!
I can understand how they feel, too.
Huh?!
This is how I feel. What do you say?
I had no idea she was going to do something like this.
Is she trying to get my favor?
But... I can't deny I'm pretty pleased by this, and it's easy to get carried away...
That's bold of you.
But I'm afraid I can't let it happen!
Not... without me.
Hey, don't try to leave us out!
That's right! We all...
are thinking the same thing!
I-I-If it's not too much trouble, could we also...
I'm not going to elaborate on what happened next.
[METAMORPHOSE] [LIBIDO] [TRIPLE THRUST]
CREATING A TEMPORARY PRIVATE ROOM WITH THREADS. [AERO MASTER] TO PROVIDE SOUNDPROOFING.
CREATING A TEMPORARY PRIVATE ROOM WITH THREADS. [AERO MASTER] TO PROVIDE
SOUNDPROOFING. - Don't even, Kichi. He's busy.
[AERO MASTER] TO PROVIDE SOUNDPROOFING. - It was an incredibly pleasurable... and
passionate night.
And if anything happens... I'll take responsibility!
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