Chapter 6 - Territorial Occupation

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According to Tiana’s file.

In the [territory] of Tokumo, There were seven villages of which there were 2,500 inhabitants.

With three mountains and a river running toward the sea forming a delta, even though small but still a fertile area.

The most populated village was home to 1200 people, followed by 700 people in fishing village.

Conversely, the least populated village was inhabited by 32 people, which was deep in the mountain.

The remaining four villages sum up to about 500 people, and some seem to not belong to any village.

――That’s what was written on the file.

“Fuuah … people, there is no one here right…”

Merchant Garcia muttered while yawning.

Right.

We got off the ship and started walking, thinking, “Let’s go ahead until we meet someone anyway.”

For the last two hours or so, we had only encountered animals.

Is there really 2500 humans in this territory?

“Ah, Sir!”

“What? Human?”

“It’s a monster ssu!”

Garcia screamed, so I wondered what kind of strong monster had appeared …

“What, that’s just a [Good Bee]”

Looking back, I saw a big bee-shaped monster flying in the air.

It’s different story if this was [Killer Bee], but the compound glowing green was the lowest monster called [Good Bee].

“I’m scared ssu! Save me ssu!”

Yare yare.

I raised my left hand at the giant bee monster.

“… Kirad”

When I say so, a flame was generated on my left palm then shot toward the monster as if being carried by the wind and burned it without a trace.

“Amazing ssu! Sir, so you can use Kirad ssu.”

Just like that, Garcia raised his tension, but Kirad was an beginner attack magic.

In addition, the attack magic of the fire system was called [Kira system],

1 “Kira” 2 “Kirad” 3 “Kiradon” 4 “Dokiradon” 5 “De Dokiradon”

The firepower became stronger in that order.

I could use Kiradon above Kirad, but that magic was an intermediate level.

However, I couldn’t use the high-level fire magic “Dokiradon” or “De Dokiradon”.

Skills other than my training, had stuck at an intermediate level like this …

Pasu pasu …

An insect monster that had turned into ash.

Nevertheless, I didn’t need [Kirad] to beat [Good Bee].

Kira was enough.

“You, don’t be scared just because of [Good Bee]. You make me surprised.”

“I can’t help it ssu. I’m just a weak merchant ssu.”

Weak you said.

I made a carefree smile.

“N? What is it ssu?”

“Well … you’ll be able to defeat this monster soon.”

I said that because my [Complete Blessing] seem to had already been applied to Garcia.

In other words, as I repeat these small battles, Garcia was constantly being given twice as much experience.

Garcia was still not sure if he would be my subordinate yet, but the blessing was so sensitive that it had already been applied.

As always, I only had my [training] skill as a first-class skill.

But then Tiana said I couldn’t succeed as an adventurer …

Zazzazza …

Then, when I continued this way.

Finally I reached the mountain foot.

“Um … over that mountain, that is the border of the [territory].”

“I hadn’t see anyone.”

I was feeling hopeless.

I started walking in the morning and it was afternoon.

Walking half a day and not meeting anyone …

Is this really my [territory]?

“Ah, sir!”

“What? Monster?”

“It’s a house ssu!”

When i looked at where Garcia was pointing at, I saw a ragged wooden hut.

“That, huh?”

I approached the hut then knocked on the door.

“Excuse me.”

Gata … Gatagata

When the door was opened with a loud sound from inside, a gramps … No, when I looked closely, a granny appeared.

“…”

We didn’t do anything, but she saw our clothes was expennsive then bowed down with a frightened face’.

“Oh, we are not someone suspicious ssu, we are just sightseeing …”

“Sightseeing?”

The granny looked confused.

Oh well. I guess there was no one who would came to sightseeing in such a place.

“Yeah, but I was in trouble because I couldn’t meet anyone. Isn’t there someone who live here?”

“Of course there is no such a thing.”

“Then where …?”

Then granny said, “you will understand if you climb up the mountain,”

“But … you don’t know the mountain road, right? I’ll guide you.”

“Thank you, but … are you okay?”

I said while looking at her small body.

“Fourtunately, my feet are still healthy.”

“Granny, are you living here alone?”

I asked her if there was another young person and would want that person to guide me.

“… Hm. My son, his wife and their children had been eaten by the Gidra Serpent. Even if my husband who was 70 survived, I don’t know where he is now.”

“Is that so……”

I,

“Don’t say it like that and live long, granny! “

When i heard that, i thought that she was amazing. With that I follow granny silently

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Granny’s feet on the mountain were incredibly fast.

“Hey, please wait ssu.”

Garcia was being noisy.

Zazzazza …

Even so, granny didn’t look like she force herself, but still continued on the rough mountain road.

Steep slope of earth road, followed by the many turn.

One step at a time, searching for foothold, and granny was accurately stepping it.

She was really a “mountain people”.

I couldn’t understimate her.

Is it a special occupation?

I thought so, the I opened [Goddess Eyes] at granny …

Potential occupation: “Idol Star”

I gently closed [Goddess’ Eyes].

“Huh huh huh …”

Wow, it’s dangerous.

I’m out of breath.

Looking back, the western sea from which we came, I could see it albeit small.

As always, nature was a beautiful place.

The sky was sunny too.

It looked like the sea had turned a jewelry box, while the sun was shining that made tens of thousands of white light through the gaps in the trees of the mountain.

Anyway …

This sea was also connected to that Zahalbert.

And I thinking about such a thing.

A place for people who wanted to die, but for the adventurers, its [The City of Flowers] The Great Zaharbelt.

Have Cross and the others arrived already?

This sea, and that sky, was the same sea and sky as that of Zaharbelt.

I could go anywhere and be able to do anything …

Why was it only me that had to fight the lowest monsters in the Far East, why am I climbing the mountain while out of breath?

I became an high-ranked adventurer, bashing through the demon-class quests, receiving a number of awards from the Guilds of Zahalberto, collecting applause and envy from thousands and tens of thousands of adventurers …

Wasn’t that right?

……I knew.

I had to be an adult soon.

Becoming an adult mean giving up on each and everything…

“We have arrive!”

When granny said that, and I returned to myself.

“This is……”

We noticed that we were standing on a cliff on the south of the mountain.

We could see the river that came from the mountain and flowing to the sea.

“There are also monsters in the west. But most of them live on the south side.”

So that’s it.

As she said, from here we could see many people.

Along there were many people working.

Hundreds … No, maybe a thousand.

Well, from here, those peoples only looked like rice grains, but it turned out that those peoples were humans. That was because I could see that they were working together like humans.

A large number of rope was tighten, wooden planks were tied together and a lot of stones and soil were piled up.

“What was that?”

“Are they making a dam? ”

So it’s like that.

That river had strong current in the first place.

That would fertilize the land with irigation for agricultural, but it also mean that people had a supply of water.

It was probably a problem shared by people in every village on this territory.

Kon, kon …

The loud sound was beautifully echoed in the blue sky.

“…”

It was a moving sight.

Nature was not beautiful.

Humans were not beautiful.

The sinergy between humans and nature were beautiful.

In other words, those peoples were a set with the territory.

If I was a little younger, such a “human bound to the land”, I had no interest in that, but even now, “Can you do that?” If you ask me that, then I didn’t know …

Being able to stay in one place might be a something that was needed for humans.

Kon, kon …

Really. When viewed this way, the peoples looked like one living thing with [the whole territory].

…… Thus, I opened [Goddess’s Eye] my [territory], not for [individual] for the first time.

Potential Development: “Strong country”

At that time, an inspiration struck me and the I muttered

“I …. let’s do it, becoming lord.”

“Sir!”

Garcia looked really glad when i said that.

He was so amused when I wanted to became lord

“But sir … then you will give up being adventurer ssu.”

“I won’t give that up”

“Eh?”

“I will do quests for this territory, so someday I will make it a territory strong enough to defeat the Demon King class.”

“Bu … but sir! Isn’t it impossible for those people to be an adventurer?

“It’s not impossible.”

Then I looked at myself.

“My [training] skill is a super first-class skill.”