Day 103: The reason we were targeted.
Holy Era 6102, Month of the Seven Night Horses, 25th day.
Weather: ???
It’s horrible… We haven’t been able to rest at all since the battle with the orc yesterday.
The reason is that the encounter rate with orcs shot up after that.
Even now, I just saw an orc appear in the shadows up ahead…
Hah… Ms. Noa, please keep it away with your magic.
I’ll distract it, so please find an opening and go behind it, Mr. Mavro.
Ms. Nico and Mr. Bran, you two wait in the back… Let’s begin!
…We managed to defeat it, but fighting orcs really is rough.
How many has it been now? When I muttered, Ms. Noa quietly replied, ‘ten.’
She is probably tired from using too much magic…
Still…this encounter rate sure is strange… There must be a reason for it…
As I wondered, Mr. Mavro smelled something and warned us to be careful.
And then…another orc appeared! Ah…I think I understand it now!
However, we have to deal with this one first… Ms. Noa, Mr. Mavro. Let’s do it!
After the battle, I explained what I had realized to the others.
I think the orcs are attacking us after smelling the blood of the others.
I was able to realize it thanks to Mr. Mavro.
If I remember correctly, pics and boars have a good sense of smell. I think I read that in a book once.
I don’t know if it would apply to demihumans, but it seemed likely based on the current situation.
Still, this was bad… There was no way to quickly erase the smell of blood.
As I troubled over it, Mr. Mavro warned us again!
More orcs. But there were so many this time! Over six of them!?
This is too many!
Retreat! We must retreat! Let’s go back down this passage!
We continued to run for some time after that, but the situation did not improve.
If anything, it was getting worse… We were lost and the enemies kept coming.
Ah, damn it! This is all Mr. Mavro’s fault!
No, there is no point in complaining now… We have to think about how we are going to survive.
As we ran, I saw a figure appear in front of us. For a moment, I thought it was an orc, but it was different.
An Adventurer party of six! This was a terrible way to meet!
Run! Run for your lives! My shouts and the way we looked was enough for them to realize what was happening.
They also turned around and frantically rushed through the passage… Ah, but maybe this is a good chance!
I raised my speed so we were right behind the Adventurers party.
A woman with blue hair turned to me with shock.
She had black robes and a pointed hat… A sorcerer?
As she looked suspicious, I quickly explained our situation to her.
And then I asked if we could run with them until we reached the surface.
After all, even if we got away now, we were still lost.
Then the same thing would just repeat.
The sorcerer thought about it for a moment and then shouted an order to the others.
She said to go on to the surface… Thank you!
However, she glared at me when I thanked her.
And then she muttered that I better accept what’s coming if we make it out safely.
Eeek…! I’m sorry. I’m so sorry.
Still, it looked like we might make it out now.
Today’s earnings and expenses:
Nothing.
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Balance: 4 silver, 1 copper
90 cat coins
(Unconverted materials: Orc x9)
“(/へ＼*)”)) Scary! Very scary. In multiple ways.