Monster Tamer, Volume 5 by Minto Higure

Author:Minto Higure [HIGURE, MINTO]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2021-07-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10: The Road to the Trade City

The knights, with cooperation from the local villagers, successfully suppressed the monsters in the vicinity of the reclamation village. Zero casualties were suffered. Lily and I also participated at the commander’s request.

There was, in fact, an increase in monster activity, leading to some pretty chilling encounters. However, with Shiran at the front and Lily supporting from the rear while also acting as my guard, along with the experienced knights, we managed to face everything head-on and cut our way through any threats.

It was also a valuable opportunity for me to accumulate combat experience. Unfortunately, I didn’t find any new servants. But even if I had, it would’ve been difficult to explain to the villagers accompanying us, so maybe it was for the best.

After we finished our task, we returned to the reclamation village and stayed the night. Nothing of note happened that evening other than Miyoshi dragging his two friends over—the boys who had gotten drunk and acted out of hand—to apologize to us.

Come morning, we left the village behind. The villagers all gathered to see us off—to see their saviors off.

The commander had already sent news of Fort Tilia’s fall ahead by horse, but we didn’t know how quickly the Empire would be able to respond. Worst-case scenario, the people here would have to abandon this reclamation village and take refuge to the north.

Despite this situation, the villagers’ faces were more hopeful than anxious. The advent of the saviors was upon them. What did they think forced the evacuation of Fort Tilia in the first place, putting them in these dire straits?

This gave me mixed feelings. The villagers didn’t know of Juumonji Tatsuya and Kudou Riku’s deeds. These details couldn’t thoughtlessly be made public, so the commander had only reported that Fort Tilia fell because of a massive monster attack. I wondered how exactly they would look at us if they knew the truth. I couldn’t help but focus on the gazes directed at us from behind as our manamobile left the village.

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The commander left some of the knights who could still fight in the village to help prepare for the worst, so our journey was going to be a little more difficult. Luckily, the rest we got at the village, restoring our stamina and willpower, balanced things out pretty evenly.

The monotony of the forest scenery was going to thin out, but we still couldn’t let our guards down. Our journey continued as we fended off more monster attacks. Three days after our departure, a sudden change occurred. I had expected there to be fewer and fewer trees around us as we got further. I didn’t think the change would be so evident, however.

“The air’s different...”

Something had vanished from the air—something that had constantly surrounded us, as if we’d been underwater but simply hadn’t noticed because we’d always been submerged. The oversaturation had paralyzed our senses. Once it was gone, however, I finally realized. That was the Woodlands.

It was like those mana-dense trees created another realm.

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