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Volume 1 Chapter 7




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Dogecore:
Also this wasn’t translated by Dogecore, the translater didnt name himself for the sake of convenience lets just call him Nanashi (means no name,cause he didnt name himself)
Also changed back Curley to Quirley (Quirley sounded looked better lel)
【Shino • Ichishiki】 to 【Kitchen Knife of cutting darkness • Shino model I】
Im just gonna use this [ instead of this 【 bracket to save time its annoying to keep pasting it on my ipad =_= .
Translator: Nanashi Editor: Dogecore
ED = Editor (Dogecore)
Pseudo-Kunoichi
About an hour west from the town, we arrived at a forest, commonly known as the “West Forest”… a straightforward name.
We arrived at the entrance of the forest.
“There are many insect-type and beast-type monsters here. The Blade Mantis and Horned Wolf from the request are often seen a little farther in.”
Quirley, who looks nervous, announces the information she investigated in the town.
“The reason why their numbers have increased recently is because the superior predator [Arachne] was defeated about half a year ago by some B cla.s.s adventurers… that seems to be the leading theory.
“Food chain?”
Blankly, Nellie repeats my words.
Ah, the concept doesn’t exist yet in this world.
“Hmm… Animals eat plants, and animals stronger than those eat them… finally, they die and return to the earth as fertilizer, becoming nourishment for the plants and budding, completing the cycle, that kind of cycle.”
“Goshuji… Shino-sama is knowledgable. She knows about other wo… continents, after all.”
Nellie… you were about to carelessly let the cat out of the bag.
To change the subject, let’s start walking.
“Well then, let’s go… Are the two of you ready?”
“I’m ready, Shino-sama.”
Nellie’s wearing the [Silk Sleeveless Ninja Clothes] and [Kitchen Knife of Cutting Darkness – Shino Model I].
Quirley has her [Silver Rod] from before and the [New Year’s Miko Outfit] she borrowed from me.
By the way, I changed back to the Kunoichi character, and I’m wearing proper equipment.
[Ninja Armor of Mist] [Black Tortoise’s Crown] [Compression Waistbag] [Dragonskin Gauntlet] [Wind Magic Leggings] [Seal Case of Protection]
“Check my skills as well… Ah, by the way, Nellie, what skills are you using?”
“Resist Pain… a skill that resists pain? Does your defense power go up?”
“No, I just feel less pain…”
A strange skill… against punishment…
“By, by the way, what other skills can you learn?”
“Alright, let’s hurry up and cla.s.s change.”
T, too pitiful…
“I have Elementary Healing and Healing Range Expansion, is that OK?”
As I secretly shed a tear at Nellie’s too-pitiful skills, Quirley requests confirmation of her skills.
“Yes, that seems good to me… Ah, that’s right, we’re going to be carrying quite a bit of materials, so… you two, hold this.”
I hand the two of them a cloth bag, a small-sized disposable shopping bag from the supermarket.
“What’s this?
“Yes, this is the Compression Futon… er, [Compression Waistbag]… What I handed two you is a Magic Item that can store up to 99 of 30 types of items regardless of size.”
“That’s how it is.”
Additionally, thanks to the [Item Transport Charm], four characters can deposit and withdraw items from common storage directly, so actually there’s almost no limit to how much you can hold, and you don’t feel the weight, either.
“Alright, have you put it on?”
“Then gather together… [Invisibility]” (TN: or kage/ shadow, she basically becomes a shadow)
Invisibility, unlike Concealed Body, doesn’t completely hide you, but in exchange, its range is expanded to 6 people, including the user, and the effect lasts longer.
It’s the so-called “Tohe*su” (TN:can’t figure out what it is).
(Be quiet… we’re heading to their habitat just like this..)
(I understand)
We forced our way through the animal trail in the forest for about 2 hours.
I noticed that the surrounding presence was becoming clearly more dangerous than before.
(It seems like we’re close… Are you ready?)
(I’m, alright…)
Checking with the two, as expected, they’re rather nervous.
Well, however much I say “I won’t put you two in danger”, I can’t do anything about their instinctive fear.
(Well then, a 90-minute, one-game match… You two, drink this.)
As usual, I hand the two of them some medicine made by my healer I had in stock, 3 pills each.
(NOTE: I used “healer” since the existing translation translated 薬師 (medicine master) as healer, but note that it’s different from Quirley’s cla.s.s, which is just a healer)
(90 minutes?… What’s this?)
(Nellie-chan, you’re fast.)
(It’s alright; even if they’re poison pills or XX pills… fu, fufufu)
No, it’s not such suspicious medicine.
(Acceleration Pills, Hardening Pills, Anti-Magic Pills… It’s medicine that will double your SPD, VIT, and MID for 90 minutes. There are no side effect, so drink quickly.)
(You drink it? Then let me change my skill set.)
I change from the Field Movement set to the Power Leveling set.
[Greatest Evasion] [Decoy] [Provocation] [Barrier Expansion] [Shadow Bind Mk. 2] [Life-Stealing Blade]
[Multiple Barrier] [Interception Sword] [Interception Shuriken] [Dual-Wielding] [Killing Iron Double Strike] [Triple Strike]
Thanks to the Seal Case of Protection which has the effect of adding 2 skill slots, I have a total of 12 slots available.
“Alright! With that, begin operation [Power Leveling]! [Multiple Barrier]!”
When raise my voice, [Invisibility] disappears, and at the same time, [Multiple Barrier] surrounds the whole party due to the effects of [Barrier Expansion].
However, it doesn’t show itself. Probably because my level is too high.
“Well then… let’s take this out.”
I open my inventory and take out the food at the bottom.
It’s the item that has a fixed chance of being made when creating food: “Monster Feed”
“Hey, come out~”
I spiritedly scatter what looks like dog food at first glance.
And at the same time,
“””Guruoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!”””
From around the party, giant wolves with one horn… dozens of Horned Wolves vigorously rush out.
“Hiiiii! Suddenly so manyyyyy!?”
“It’s alright… Look closely. Thanks to Shino-sama’s medicine, we can follow their movements.”
Unexpectedly, in comparison to the almost-panicking Quirley, the level 1 Nellie is calmly looking at her surroundings.
“Yes, Acceleration Pills sharpen not only your movements but also your perception… the barrier will also protect you from physical attacks up to 3 times, so calm down and take a look… hold on, [Shadow Bind Mk. 2]!”
While calming the two of them, I activated my skill on the four wolves that jumped out and shot bo (rod-shaped) shuriken at their shadows.
“Gyauun!?”
They completely shot through their shadows and stopped their movements.
And with my current cheat-like status of having infinite MP, there are roughly no drawbacks.
“I stopped their movements, so the two of you, attack!”
“I understand.”
This time is also for levelling up the two of them, so it seems like if I beat them up, the EXP effieciency is low.
While the Horned Wolves here may look like they aren’t using magic, they use magic instinctively to strengthen their bodies; this seems to be the difference between monsters and animals.
If you form a party, you’ll get at least half the experience points even if you don’t defeat it directly; but even so, [Healer]s like Quirley who doesn’t attack often usually experience slower growth.
Last night, while thinking about Nellie’s power leveling, I came up with this strategy after asking about the workings of the Level Up system in this world.
“Gyawan!!”
“Well, umm, here’s the finisher!”
While Nellie swings around the magic kitche knife, Quirley finishes them off with her Silver Rod.
Sometimes, the paralysis runs out and they break free, but there’s nothing I can do but cut them down.
Breaking down our results, Nellie and Quirley took down 12, while I brought down 5 escaped wolves, for a total of 17.
“In the end, we brought down more than 3 times the request… Shino-sama.”
“We didn’t surpa.s.s it by that much… well then, let’s collect the materials.”
I and Nellie, who had bladed weapons, detached the horns from the wolves, while Quirley acting as the lookout.
“By the way, have the two of you levelled up? How is it?”
“”Yes!””
As if thanking me for asking, they happily report their progress.
Nellie rose all the way to level 6.
“Congratulations. If you’ve unlocked any skills, why not take the opportunity to check your skill composition?”
“That’s good. The range of tactics has increased… but for now, the recovery-centered set might be better.”
“Y… you’re right. Yes, of course!”
Quirley probably wanted to try out the attack magic at once.
“For me… I’ve learned [Resist Word] [Resist Spanking]… I’m fine. My HP increased, too…”
As expected, those kinds of skills… how pitiful.
“Well then, we’ve completed the collection of one of then, so let’s search for the Blade Mantises’ nest… next… no,”
“N, there’s no need to search… Here they come… a lot of them.”
Kasakkasakasakasa…
Gasagasagasagasagasagasagasagasagasa!! (ED: Insects….Imagine if those were c.o.c.kroaches flying in a the air…)
Making an ominous sound, what emerged pushing through the bushes were… human-sized mantises carrying giant sickles… a swam of mantises.
“Hiiiii! Gross! They’re gross, Shino-san!”
“Nn, around 40 of them. There’re quite a few… They were probably attracted by the Horned Wolves’ blood.”
“If it comes to it, I will serve as Shino-sama’s shield.”
“Quirley, don’t panic. Nellie, don’t say stupid things. [Multiple Barrier]”
For the time being, I restore the Multiple Barrier and call out to Nellie.
“Nellie, who do you think your master is… Look closely… It’s a waste of experience points, however.”
I then jumped into the middle of the swarm.
“I set [Greater Counterattack] in place of [Life-Stealing Blade]… Activate [Decoy], [Provocation], [Interception Blade], [Interception Shuriken]… [Shadow Bind Mk. 2]!”
Most of them charged at me by the effects of [Decoy] and [Provocation], but the few that couldn’t move by [Shadow Bind Mk. 2] served as a wall, and they couldn’t attack all at once.
As a result, I let not a single mantis pa.s.s through me to the two of them.
“I’m very sorry, Shino-sama… I was still mistaken about your abilities…”
“Yeah, how should I say it… I’m speechless.”
I silently continue to create Blade Mantis corpses.
Or maybe I’ve been altered to [Kunoichi – Kagura • Shino] all the way to my mind.(ED: Isnt it because women hates bugs?(not trying to be s.e.xist here),well im not one to talk I hate roaches ? )
As a result.
At the sight, Quirley’s faced paled, but on the other hand, Nellie was glowing.
“U…Upu…”
“You’re too amazing… Shino-sama…”
私はそんな二人の様子を横目で見ながら未だ警戒を解いてはいなかった。
何か…まだ『何かいる』…今までのとは違うヤツが。
While sneaking a side glance at the two of them, I hadn’t released my vigilance.
Something… still, [something’s there]… one different from the ones up to now.
“The two of you… don’t move from that spot…”
When I said that. As I sensed intense bloodl.u.s.t on my neck, I promptly jumped back.
At the same time, a tree across from me, along with its trunk, slowly fell.
A fine tree about 30 centimeters in diameter.
“There!”
Calculating the general direction from the way the tree fell and the monster’s presence, I threw a bo shuriken at it, and “Gain!”; making a sound that couldn’t be considered that of hitting a living creature, the shuriken was snapped by both of the monster’s hands.
“The monster” was far larger than any other individual… It boasted a total length around 5 meters, and its body surface shined like iron.
“Death • Mantis…”
I hear Quirley’s dumbstruck voice.
It’s apparently a special evolution of the Blade Mantis… the Death Mantis, a B-cla.s.s monster that’s said to be extremely close to A-cla.s.s.
And right now we’re in the middle of collecting materials from the Blade and Death Mantis.
Even though it’s a Death • Mantis, compared to a boss, it easily falls with [Killing Iron Double Strike] twice.
“… That was B-cla.s.s, you know? Normally, you need a platoon of Empire knights to kill one. How did you…” (ED : RIP common sense- chan)
“… Is Shino-san’s level that high?”
“… You’re right! So that means at least level 50… She’s at the same level as the heroes of myth!?”
“Hey you guys, if we don’t leave soon, it’ll be dark before we get out of the forest~ Gather up the materials quickly.
It’s like they say; gather 3 women and it’ll be rowdy.
It took some time to gather all the materials.
Results:
Blade • Mantis’s Sickle: 44
Death • Mantis’s Magic Stone: 1
By the way, a [Magic Stone] is a material that’s sometimes formed in the bodies of strong monsters; it’s like a jewel of pressurized magical power.
There’s a lot of demand for it as the core of Magic Items, so it seems to fetch a high price.
Also, Nellie’s level rose to the target of 15, and Quirley rose to level 17.
Nellie learned the new skills [Stoneskin] and [Anti-b.u.t.te???].
Having learned a skill that might prove useful, Nellie was strikingly overjoyed.
“Well then, let’s return back to the town… Gather round… [Invisibility]”
Casting the “Tohe*su” on the party, we returned directly to Sazan.
When we reached the town, the sun had set, so we hurried over to the guild.
Presenting the request letter at the window, we announced its completion.
“Eh, you accepted this quest this morning, right? You’ve already completed it?”
“Well, we happened to encounter them one after another… we were just lucky.” (ED: Isn’t it supposed to be unlucky for normal people I wanna retort ? )
We pulled out 5 bags like the one Santa Claus carries, so the surrounding people became a little noisy.
I wanted to just pull them out of the inventory, but I also didn’t want them to inquire too mcuh, so I bought 5 jute bags near the guild and transferred the items there.
“Pl… please wait a moment…”
At the unexpected amount, the counter lady’s face became stiff.
Sorry for the troublesome job late in the night…
“The requester’s (or someone) waiting in the dining room, so make your way there at your leisure.”
Saying a word to the lady, I take Nellie and Quirley over to the dining room.
“For the time being, do you want to celebrate our victory? No alcohol, though.”
“… Thanks.”
We chose some food and drinks, and as we were going to make a toast, someone called out from the side.
“You guys seem to be in good spirits. Are those Mantis and Wolf materials in those bags? How’d you get them?”
When I looked over, I saw a brown-haired soldier standing up while laughing coa.r.s.ely.
“What do you mean… We hunted in the designated spot…”
Quirley answers honestly.
“C’mon now, don’t tell jokes. You saying you defeated that many C-cla.s.s monsters? Not possible… tell me the truth… you found them at some monster graveyard, right? Monopolizing’s not good, you know.”
The warrior (idiot) grabs my and Quirley’s shoulders. (ED: RIP thug ? )
“Reaching your own conclusion and grabbing a young woman’s shoulders without regard… a deed unbecoming of a warrior. You should get some air and calm down.”
It seems that when I get angry, I start sounding like a person in a period drama…
“Y, you… Who the h.e.l.l do you think I am?! I’m the B-cla.s.s warrior…”
*Ton* (ED : This cliche thug is fked xD)
I thrust the table knife into the man’s shadow.
“H, huh…? I can’t move… Hey, what did you do…!?”
“Ah, sorry, you can’t go outside like that… Apologies.”
When used against a single target, the effect of [Shadow Bind • Mk. 2] lengthens dramatically.”
For now let’s have him be a statue for about 2 hours.
“Shino Kagura-san, the a.s.sessment has concluded.”
At that time, the lady from the counter called out to us.
“… Um, what is that man doing?” (ED: LOL XD)
“… I see, be careful. Then I will announce the a.s.sessment. Come here.”
“I understand.”
We stopped eating temporarily and returned to the request window.
“Well then, I will now announce the results of the a.s.sessment…
Blade Mantis’s Sickle: 44
Also, the three of you have Ranked Up, so please hand me your guild cards.”
I gather our cards and hand them to the window.
“S-S-S-S-S-S-Seventeen gold pieces! Shino-san!”
I understand why Quirley’s excited.
One gold piece is worth 10,000 krams so around 1,000,000 yen; our reward this time totals to about 17,000,000 yen.
“Your new guild ranks are: Shino-sama and Quirley are Rank C. Nellie is Rank D. Shino-sama, to reach Rank C in 2 days… What kind of reckless training are you doing? Please take care of your body.”
“Y, yes… it’s Mishera…”
I was happy that she worried for me, so I thanked her with a smile, but the lady from the counter… Mishera-san’s face turned bright red.
“Shino-sama… Shino-sama should realize the strength of her smile.”
For some reason Nellie became displeased.
Resuming our feast, we discuss the division of today’s reward. (The man from before was standing like a statue in a corner.)
“Is it really OK to receive this much? Even though Shino-sama did most of the work…”
“Like I said, I’m receiving the Death Mantis’s materials as payment. Converting it to money, it’s about 3 gold pieces, right?”
Ultimately, we settled with Nellie and Quirley each receiving 6 gold pieces and me receiving 5 gold pieces, 1 of the Death • Mantis’s sickles, and 1 magic stone.
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Author :
The battle scenes were hard.