vendm 105: Investigation and Expectations

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Jidou Hanbaiki ni Umarekawatta ore wa Meikyuu o Samayou
Author: Hiru Kuma
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Investigation and Expectations

With the swapping of the front guard, as I carefully watched Ramis’ battles, I was under the impression that she truly became stronger.
Since she’s met me, she’s been in battles and accumulated a lot of combat experience. She also met President Bear and Grandmother who freely taught her techniques.
Her physical abilities alone makes her a seedling that could make her comparable to first class hunters, so with how things have turned out, it might be a definite matter.
It’s possible to understand how abnormal her superhuman strength is at a glance, especially since her opponent monsters are small fries.

Her unleashed fist easily burst open the heads of the green demons like they were overripe fruit, and the monsters that took her kick upwards crashed into the ceiling and squished, showing pitiful corpses.
It’s a complete overkill. I think that holding back her power a little more will reduce her physical exhaustion, but it seems she’s still not good at fine tuning her power adjustments.
These should be creatures that normally run away or shrink their bodies in fear in front of overwhelming might, but the green demons repeatedly attack recklessly without losing their fighting spirit.
They really are being manipulated by the Ruler of the Netherworld. There really won’t be an end to this if we don’t defeat the commander.
Ramis is continuing to fight in this way that gives me peace of mind, so I turned my eyes to the other members.

Leader Keryoil is like a veteran with few useless movements as usual. He uses the fewest movements to produce the greatest results.
He stabs the opponents’ critical points in one go without hesitation. He seems to be predicting his opponents’ movements, and it looks like his opponents are practically throwing themselves in front of his attacks.
He easily dodges, to the degree that it feels like his enemies’ attacks would have hit if they pushed it a little more. Even though he’s in the middle of battle, he yawns from time to time. There’s no point in worrying about Leader.

The two from the Big Eaters Brigade don’t stand out as combatants among these members, but that’s just because the ones they’re being compared to are too excellent; they’re showing more than enough capability.
Making use of their low height, they ran about the battlefield on all fours, slicing up their enemies’ legs with their sharp claws as they run past, causing their enemies’ movements to slow. And they would also let off a roar from time to time, confusing the group of enemies and reducing their caution.
Biting the necks of the enemies where there’s the opportunity, tearing it apart in an instant and running off to search for a new prey. It’s like watching the hunt of carnivorous beasts.

“They also wear shoes, don’t they…”

A voice suddenly rang out from behind, and when I directed my sight that way, Hevoy had quickly come close, looking at Mikene’s feet in interest with a heated gaze. I can’t have anything but an unpleasant premonition.

“Hevoy-san. It’s dangerous to come this far forward!”

I was distracted with the pervert’s statement, but it’s very problematic for the person in charge of healing to be right among the enemy.

“Don’t mind me.”

“I do mind! Why is this person acting like he’s just taking a walk? Even though the Hevoy himself said that his role is in the rearguard to heal the injured.”

“Leader, it’s about time to switch.”

The enemies passed by Hevoy’s side while letting out loud cries. Why are the monsters ignoring the defenseless Hevoy, standing there vulnerably?

“Oh, it’s time to switch? Then, Hevoy, I’ll leave the rest to you. We’ll be retreating to the rear to take a break.”

After Leader Keryoil said that, he returned to the side of our comrades in the rearguard. I was wondering if he was going to use some kind of powerful magic, but Ramis also tilted her head and followed.
Despite the vanguard withdrawing, why aren’t the monsters aren’t coming to attack, simply looking around the area?
The monsters aren’t continuing onwards from there, as if there’s a wall in the space between us and the monsters.
And in the space between the monsters and us is Hevoy.

“H,huh? Why aren’t the monster’s moving?”

“Ah- , it’s probably that the monsters are seeing a wall that can’t be seen, right -ssu?”

Shui gave her an explanation, but Ramis furrowed her brows without understanding.

“Shui, that explanation isn’t sufficient. Hevoy’s abilities with using light magic to show illusions and his ability to directly manipulate the brain with mental interference is peerless.”

So it’s the same as when he had hidden the citizens in the prison?

“The green demons should be seeing a giant wall standing in front of them.”

Ramis seems to have understood once she heard Vice Leader Felmina’s explanation. With safety assured, she sat down on the spot and ate and drank the beverages and food that was provided.

“The mental interference is strong when the enemies’ resistance is weak.”

“We can barely withstand it, but it’s difficult to move while resisting with all our might. It’s indiscriminate within its range, after all.”

The Red-White Twins are looking at Hevoy while grumbling.
It can’t distinguish its targets. That’s why he’s just standing in front of the enemy alone.

“I have no interest in opponents that don’t wear shoes, so shall I go at it without holding back?”

I don’t know where he took them out from, but he’s clasping a metal stick in each hand. At the ends are softball sized metal spheres with vicious spikes growing out of them.
I’m pretty sure the name of that vicious bludgeoning weapon is called a morning star. He’s like a maniac, dual wielding morning stars.
He stepped forwards and swung his morning star casually at the suspicious green demons, no longer wielding their weapons in confusion, ruthlessly dropping an attack down onto the crowns of their heads.
His power seems considerable, caving in their heads and burying them up to half their bodies. Just like that, he buried one nonresisting monster after another.

“That guy, it’s not as good as Ramis’, but he’s got the superhuman blessing. He’s especially good at destroying opponents who aren’t moving due to illusions in one attack. There might not be anyone better than Hevoy at fighting lower ranked monsters.”

This wasn’t something you call a fight. It’s a one-sided massacre.
It’s just the work of crushing his standing opponents. The magic’s range seems to be at least wider than the passageway, since there aren’t any monsters slipping through into the passage.
I’ve seen lots of battles since coming to this other world, but this is a very different fighting method.

“He fights like that, so it seems he can’t team up with others. As a bonus, there are a lot of people who are scared of mental interference magic. It seems he’s been working along before entering the Fools of Whimsy Brigade.”

Leader Keryoil is telling us this with a light tone of voice, but I’m surprised at the deep acceptance of the Fools of Whimsy Brigade, that they’d readily accept such a person.
Mental interference magic? Furthermore, with it being this powerful, it seems that there’s the hidden fear of not know what has happened during the time when you’re not aware.
You can understand the might of martial arts and normal magic by sight. It might be impossible for people not to be afraid of a power they can’t see. Is Hevoy’s philosophical farsight due to his hardships?
After defeating several dozen enemies, burying them like stakes into the ground, he was tired and suddenly sat down cross-legged.
When he did so, the monsters didn’t stop their movements; this time they were caught up in attacking themselves.

“The monsters see their comrades as humans. Let’s have them attack each other for some time.”

The color of the eyes of the green demons that entered Hevoy’s magic’s range changed, and they turned and swung their weapons without hesitation down at their comrades who were moving in a column behind them.

“Maa, let’s relax and rest up for a while.”

They must have complete confidence in him; each and every member of the Fools of Whimsy Brigade began to rest in comfortable positions.
It wasn’t flashy, but it was a terrifying power. As Hevoy absently watched the blood-smeared monsters beginning to attack each other, from the image of his back, I could sense unfathomable power.

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Several hours afterwards, the stock of monsters seems to have also reduced significantly, so the numbers of monsters coming over have fallen. Did the demand catch up with the supply?
Lightly kicking and scattering monsters, our march speed increases, and as we continued on favorably, a fork in the road appeared in front of us.

“Now then. The path splits in two. Which one should we go down, I wonder.”

Pointing his finger, alternating between both paths, Leader Keryoil turned his head towards Vice Leader Felmina.
“According to the map, there’s a large clearing and a small lake if we continue down to the right for a short ways. There’s no path from there, it seems. To the left there’s a threeway split in the path after a long distance, it seems.”

“First of all, I want to investigate the lake, but if the commander appears and comes on this path towards everyone and passes by, it won’t be funny. If that’s the case, should we split up in two groups? One to investigate the lake, and the other to subjugate the monsters coming here.”

That seems valid, so no one raised an objection.
We’re splitting into teams, and the first split is the Big Eaters Brigade and one of the RedWhite Twins. That’s because the Big Eater Brigade’s sense of smell and hearing are necessary abilities, and the twins can contact each other, taking the place of cell phones.

“Next, the long-rangers, Shui and Vice Leader Felmina should be split up; Hevoy and Ramis, you can go with whoever you please.”

“I would like to participate on the lake side.”

It was an immediate reply. Hevoy is smiling pleasantly, but I feel like there’s a suspicious light within the depths of those thin eyes.
I don’t know what merit there is for him if he heads to the lake, but he can’t be thinking about anything good.

“Hakkon, what should we do?”

H-m, if you’re asking me, I’d want to see the labyrinth’s lake, but I’m concerned about being together with Hevoy.
I feel like he’s thinking about something useless. But it’s not like he’s evil… although he’s a pervert. He probably won’t do any real harm to Ramis.

“Th at one.”

So declaring, I threw down a previously prepared plastic bottle in the direction of the lake.

“You want to go to the lake, then. Un, got it. Leader, we’ll go to the lake.”

And so, we’re going to head over to investigate the lake.
It might have been my imagination, but the moment Ramis chose, I thought I saw the corners of Hevoy’s mouth twitch upwards…..

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