My Quiet Blacksmith Life in Another World: Volume 8 [Parts 1 to 8] by Tamamaru

Author:Tamamaru
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 5: A Small Army

We shifted our formation and proceeded onward. Helen and I were at the front, Samya and Lidy were behind us, and Anne and Diana brought up the rear. We all fell silent as we walked together, at the same pace, looking like a small army ready for battle.

We passed through a corridor. It was dimly lit, though I wasn’t sure where the light was coming from, and I could vaguely make out a wide, open area right in front of us.

“Ugh.”

I wasn’t sure who’d spoken—could’ve been me. We’d all felt the same displeasure, and an utterance like that simply couldn’t be suppressed. Our reaction wasn’t due to a foul stench, but because of a definitive presence just ahead. Something was nearby. We didn’t need Lidy to tell us; we were all sure of it.

“Torch!” Helen’s sharp yet calm voice rang through the air.

We all tossed our torches onto the floor of the cave. The flames continued to illuminate the ground, but suddenly, the ambient light of the area grew brighter. I glanced around and spied a plant akin to moss that was faintly bioluminescent—it also seemed to reflect any light that glanced off its surface. This luminous moss amplified our torches, lighting up the walls and floor. I’d been prepared for a battle in a darker area, so I was grateful for this.

The space around us looked like a large hall. The luminous moss didn’t seem to grow much on the ceiling, so I wasn’t able to gauge the height of this area, but it was indeed wide. Our light didn’t even reach the back wall. The ground was a bit bumpy, but it was flat enough for us to run on and brace ourselves.

In this space, a large body loomed over us—the troll. Craggy skin enveloped its hefty, overweight body, and it wasn’t wearing anything. The monster was taller than Anne, and it held a stone club that it must’ve taken from somewhere. While it didn’t have a nose, it had holes for nostrils, and it bared a maw of crooked teeth. I was shocked to see that it didn’t have eyes.

“It’s not that it weakens under the sun, but it’s at a disadvantage in the bright light because it has no eyes,” I murmured.

Eyes allowed one to quickly perceive prey at a distance or to sense predators early on. Night may have been a different story, but if this troll were to bumble about in the middle of the day, it would be clobbered in a second. Since it was a monster created from stagnant magic, and not a flesh-and-blood living being, I wasn’t sure if its lack of eyes was due to an evolutionary process. Instead of seeing us, the troll was likely able to sense its enemies in some way. The hobgoblins had possessed the same ability.

Luckily, we had a saving grace in our fight against this beast, something it had in common with actual living creatures—weak points on its body that we could stab.

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