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Word Count 2090
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Finally done
I look at the stupid field I worked on for 3 whole days.
After I realized I couldn't remember my name or my family. I had a small existential crisis. For about 5 seconds, before I realized there was nothing I could do about it and it was probably the procedure for getting reincarnated and transmigrated.
I told the old couple I couldn't remember a thing. I'll probably pick a name for myself. It will come to me eventually
If I wasn't worried for my safety I would have never done this. But I do need a sword.
I know there are monsters above ground as well. They are a lot weaker then the ones in the dungeon but are still dangerous. I should be able to handle them. At least the small ones like Goblins and Kobolts.
"Wow you really tiled the whole field" The old woman says in awe
"And it only took you 3 days. You sure are persistent. You barely took any breaks at all." The older man smiled at me as he handed me a sword in a leather sheath.
I take the it and unsheathe the sword. Sword is surprisingly in a pretty good condition. It was a normal steel sword. It was like the ones the Vikings used.
It was double-edged. Around 70cm in length. It was quite heavier than normal swords. I know normal swords weigh from 0.7kg to 1 kg. This one is nearly 2kg by the feel of it. Weird.
"Curious about the weight aren't ya?" The old farmer grinned. I only nodded at him. I'm still bad at speaking Latin.
" Most of the blade is made from steel. But when the sword was forged they added some monster parts as an experiment. And since it failed to do anything to the blade other than increasing its weight and durability a little. It was a failed product. I got it really cheap. " He puts his hands on his hips like he had done something amazing
I re-sheath the sword and wore it on my hip
" Thanks for the sword" I say politely. This sword is definitely worth more than the work I did on the fields.
"Don't worry about it. There are no monsters in this area. And when I was starting out as an adventurer I got a lot of help from people at the start. So instead of letting that sword gather dust. I decided to give it to you, after making you work a bit. Can't exactly give it to ya for free. Hahahahah" The old man gives me a hearty laugh
The old lady gives me a big backpack. "This isn't much. It's from my old days as a supporter. But it should help you out"
Help me out is an understatement.
"Thank You. This will help me out a lot"
The old lady gives me a brief hug while the old man gave me a strong handshake
"I'm sure it will. Be careful out there. And don't underestimate any monster. No matter how weak it looks. If you do make it to the dungeon. Make sure to always be on guard. The situation there can change in a blink of an eye" The old man says seriously
It took me a minute to understand what he said. I nod at him "Thanks for the advice. I wish you a long and happy like"
And with that, I said goodbye to the old couple.
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I travel all day and when the sun was setting down I was looking for a place to sleep. After a while I found a cave.
Now I was obviously very careful to check if there were any animals living there. I looked around the entrance and found footprints. I found some that were small. Like children's but they were deformed. So small two-legged monsters.
Kobolds or Goblins. Most likely Goblins as they prefer to live in caves. In Danmachi these types of monsters don't have any intelligence but they do have instincts.
I hear some noise and quickly hide.
4 Goblins are making their way out of the cave. They split into two pairs. Two of them are making their way on the track near me. I was about two meters away from the track, and was well hidden in the bushes. I don't know how sharp their senses are. Guess I'm about to find out. Even if they find me I am confident to take on 2 goblins.
I quietly and carefully draw my sword out and wait. Just as they pass me and turn their backs on me I jump up and dash in their direction.
This alerted both of them and they turned around but it was too late for them.
I was coming in from the left side of the track I slashed the first one with a downward strike. Cutting him from his neck to his ribs. I quickly pull the blade up and deliver an upwards strike to the other goblin, trying to do it as quickly as I can.
I hit the goblin but the cut was shallow. The goblin growled but I pulled my hand back and trusted my sword stabbing him right below the neck.
I look at the two monster corpses and chuckle to myself. This reminds me of the RPG games I used to play. 'Achievement First Blood Acquired'
I start cutting up their chest with my sword. I don't want to dirty my hunting knife with monster blood. God knows if they are contagious.
After a few cuts, I find small purplish crystals in the Goblins. As soon as I take them out the Goblins turn to dust.
Sigh, I won't be able to use the cave. Monsters randomly appear on the surface. I don't exactly know how. They either randomly spawn or have a spawn point. Imagine that cave is a goblin spawn point. It would be suicide to sleep there.
Looks like I will be sleeping in the trees. Well, there isn't any rain tonight. That's some good news.
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The next morning I go out and catch a rabbit. I quickly bleed it out, skin it and cook it. I got my food for the day. I should start collecting some nuts and berries along the way.
After walking for a while I hear some noise. Like metal hitting metal. So someone was most likely fighting.
I quickly but quietly head toward the noise. Not even 3 minutes away from my trail i see a road. Just a bit away was a horse-drawn carriage. Surrounded by bandits.
The carriage had a broken wheel. There was a metal spear stuck in there. Well more like an iron bar. They probably ran up to the carriage and just jammed it in the wheel.
There were guards around the carriage. They had collars around their necks.
Slaves?
Were slaves even allowed in Danmachi?
Wait there are. Ishtar has loads of slaves. Freya too.
Slaves were used by the Amazonesses as well. In their country there are only women and men are used just to make more Amazonesses. I remember reading that Amazonesses born in the country are said to learn how to kill a Goblin before they learn how to speak, with their first trial involving being placed in front of a baby Monster and seeing whether they kill it or get killed instead. A hardcore bunch.
Anyway back to the bandits. They outnumber the people guarding the carriage, so eventually they will beat them.
After about 5 minutes of fighting. They kill almost all of the people near the carriage. They didn't go down cowering that's for sure. Almost all of the bandits are injured one way or another.
This is a perfect opportunity for me. I can just kill the bandits and keep all the loot for myself.
Its a dog-eat-dog world. And my life is more important than anyone else's.
I quickly sneak to the bandits along the way i pick up a throwing knife.
"Ahhh that was such a pain"
"You said it"
I'm getting more and more used to Latin. It still takes a while for me to translate the words in my head.
I see one bandit coming my way. Something about taking a piss.
I hide behind one of the big trees and wait for him to pass. As soon as he passes me I grab his mouth and plunge the knife in his neck.
He let out some noise but that was covered by my hand. I quickly undress him and take his knife and the leather vest that he had. I had no armour so I hope this would help out somewhat. I take his headband and tie it around my head.
I look like a bandit now. I hope I can take out a few more this way. But when I am eventually found out. I think this will confuse them for a few seconds so I can kill at least one more person. I'm confident in my knife throwing skills. I even brought a wooden log in my room so I can throw my knife at it. I had a blast. It never got boring. I even started doing trick shots and did them from weird angles.
I start looking for some easy targets.
"Hehehe how lucky are we? A beautiful beast girl slave. We are going to have some fun with this one" One of the bandits grins lecherously.
He grabs the girl from the carriage and throws her to the ground.
First thing I noticed was her ears. She had floppy dog ears. Chesnut brown hair, the ears were the same. She was very beautiful. Redish brown eyes and full lips. And god damn her chest. Those have got to be the biggest pair I have seen.
So these people were slave traders. Weird that they only had one 'sex-slave' but whatever. They got what they deserved.
I ignore the situation with the girl. The best course of action is for me to quickly lower their numbers. I see 3 bandits seating on the ground and drinking.
Those 3 had their backs turned on him as they were relaxing in the sun. The sun was hitting them in the face so their shadows were behind them. Meaning they won't notice me by my shadow. I was downwind as well.
This is a perfect chance I take out my sword and lightly walk like a ninja. Or what I remember about historical assassins.
I breathe quietly And walk on my toes and ball of the foot first then I carefully shift my weight as I drop my heel on that foot. I also walk in sync with my hands. Normally when people walk with their right leg first they move their left arm.
But this way I do it is with my that side together. So right leg and right arm move forward. This is called NAMBA ARUKI. Most Japanese martial arts use it. It was a pain in the ass to walk this way so I never used it. But I did remember it.
When I got behind them I raised my sword horizontally.
"Huh?" One of the bandits started to turn around as if he had sensed something. Too little too late.
I use all my strength and swing my sword like a baseball bat. I decapitate all three of them. Bringing the number of bandits to 13. Perfect Form if I do say so myself.
There was a big THUD so all the others found out I am here. But all except 3 people were in good shape. The rest were exhausted and injured somewhat.
"You Bastard!"
" I'll kill you. You son of a BITCH"
They stared cursing at me as they stood up and armed themselves.
Like i am going to let that happen. I draw my knives, I threw one at the exhausted ones hitting him below the neck, he was dead. The other knife I threw in the thigh at one of the 'uninjured' bandits.
11 + 1 bleeding out.
"AHHHHH. Quick! Bring Me The ELIXER! In the carriage!" The bandit, which now I assume is the boss yelled out.
Elixir? He wants to heal? Fat Chance.
I grab the knives from the 3 dead bandits I killed. I throw at the ones that started to run to the carriage. I hit 2 in the legs. And the last knife went to the leader. But he blocked it with his sword.
I lift my sword and start running towards the injured bandits. Already exhausted and injured they stood no chance against me. I kill one grab his knife and throw it at their arms and legs. All of them wear leather armour on their torso so I avoid aiming there.
I cut the hand of the bandit I was fighting.
"ARHHHH" He clutches his bleeding arm with his other hand, I quickly decapitate him.
7 + 4 were injured.
The rest group up. Two of them dash at me together. Those two were the healthy ones beside the boss.
"DIEEE!" One of them raises his sword high. While the other who was on his left goes to strike low.
A good combo. But I was already expecting them to try something like this. I take the one knife I kept on myself and throw it and in above the knee of the one who had his sword high.
The effect was immediate. The idiot let go of his sword and cliched his knee.
I swing from my right cutting his throat and blocking the one who swung low.
"BROTHER!!!" He yells out full of grief
"How dare YOUI!!" He lost himself in his rage and started to swing his sword like a berserker.
The rest of the exhausted bandits started moving slowly to surround me.
"RAAAA" He charged at me like a wild beast.
I tilted my sword praying his attack, making him move past me. As he did I used his momentum to make a cut on his shoulder.
I keep looking at him as he touched his wound. The pain seems to be bringing him back to reality. He realizes his situation and starts to feel fear. Fear of dying.
Man I'm glad he wasn't some bulshit Berserker. It would have been a pain to fight him.
Once they started to be afraid of me despite their numbers they already lost. I spent the next 5 minutes killing them all and grabbing their knives.
If someone tried to run away I would snipe down his legs.
" Please Spare ME. I will give you Money. Woman. Anything you want!" The Bandit Leader started squealing like pig. being for his life. Tears and snot covering his face. The fool even threw away his weapons.
Disgusting.
I don't particularly have anything against bandits. Survival of the fittest. That's how the world works.
But have some dignity and die as a man.
"NOOOO!" I quickly cut off his head and end this.
I let out a long sigh as I look around. Blood and corpses all over the place.
DING
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"HA?"
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What do you think? about the chat group.
I have always planned for it to only have killers.
Not Heroes. Not Villains. Killers. They can belong to either group.
Soldiers are also killers.
I an change it without the 'Killers Only' I don't have to keep that in.
Which is better?
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A/N MC looks similar to young Aizen. At least that's how I imagine him to be