Life in Another World With Narration

18 – Promotion Request

The destination of the punitive force was a rural village called Dinah.

I don’t know how to ride a horse, so I was riding on top of the wagon with Oren.

I saw a few adventurers around me riding in luggage compartments.

I felt a little relieved because it seemed like I wasn’t the only one who couldn’t ride a horse.

It would be good to learn how to ride a horse later.

I learned this while talking with Oren on the way, but he said that the situation in Dinah Village was more serious than I thought.

There have already been several casualties, and the monster’s den is growing rapidly.

“In group requests like this, you can tell the danger by looking at the level of adventurers involved.”

Oren told me.

Really, there’s no way you’d call a gold-level adventurer for something trivial.

Honestly, it didn’t feel real to me as I participated as a novice and was treated as something other than my ability.

I closed my eyes on the carriage and gathered magical power into my body while I arrived at my destination.

After learning magical power conversion, it became a habit to collect magic power whenever I had time.

At first, the change in strength attached to the body was so great that it varied from day to day.

However, now that a considerable amount of magical energy has accumulated in the body, it has become difficult to feel a clear change even if one converts magical energy as often as possible.

Still, the feeling of magic power accumulating in my body little by little every time I convert magic power has not changed.

Like Oren, I had no intention of neglecting this training until I felt that my body could no longer accept magical power.

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After about half a day, the punitive force arrived at their destination, Dinah.

As soon as we arrived in Dinah, all the adventurers except me seemed to be making a plan of action under the leadership of the subjugation leader Mileia.

And what I will do here is…….

“Hey, young brother! “Please be kind to me this time too.”

The bald man who served as the porter’s foreman in Kubel approached me and said with a smile.

The heavy wooden boxes loaded onto the supply wagon had to be unloaded again.

“Please just leave it to me.”

I will now show you the skills of a professional worker with a magical body.

Originally, when I was asked to do this kind of chore, I would have complained because it was difficult, but I actually felt good.

I was the only novice level adventurer who participated in the punitive force, and I was the only adventurer among the porters.

Somewhere between an adventurer and a porter.

Anyway, I don’t have to fight the monsters, and I can get a bronze grade if I just kill time until the subjugation is over.

In that case, I am satisfying my need for recognition by being faithful to my role and working hard to get full of praise from the foreman.

“Please put three up.” No, four.”

“No… Are you okay? “If you stack too much, it’s hard to stay centered.”

“I said it’s okay.”

The foreman stacked more boxes on top of the box I was holding with a slightly worried expression.

Now I am truly an ace worker.

Four boxes were moved at once and delivered to the designated location.

“Wow, as expected, adventurers are great.”

I felt a sense of pride upon hearing the work leader’s voice of admiration.

Is there an effortless way to receive praise?

Isn’t this a privilege only for novice level adventurers who are used as workers?

But that doesn’t mean I don’t want to be promoted.

If you don’t find happiness in small things like this, negative thoughts will only increase.

Let’s see what other adventurers are doing now.

『The monster suppression team led by Millia divided the 12 adventurers into 2 groups of 6 each.

In the monster den that had to be subdued this time, monsters such as goblins, orcs, lycans, and ogres were gathered together as if they were one race.』

Is it true that the object the subjugation team must fight against is the monster gift set?

As the narration said, the adventurers were seen divided into two groups.

Oren, a bronze adventurer, was in a different group from Mileia.

All the adventurers on the Mileia side had an unusual atmosphere.

There is only one gold adventurer, Millia, who is the leader of the subjugation team, so the rest of the adventurers she leads are probably silver level.

『The punitive force decided to first break through the front of the fortified monster den as an advance team led by Mileia.

Comprised of adventurers who are relatively weaker than the advance team, the latter group cleans out the remaining monsters from the areas that the advance team swept past.

It was a counter-attack method that was embarrassing to call an operation, but it was also the most reliable method if you had overwhelming force.』

I put down the box lightly and listened with interest to the narration’s explanation of the situation.

Break through head on.

If the monster’s lair is fortified, the monster’s defensive advantage would be great.

But the reason they use such a strategy is probably because they are confident that they will never be defeated.

She wanted to watch Milleia fight, but she realized there was no way and gave up.

One day, if you steadily build your skills and raise your adventurer level, you may see the day before your eyes.

『However, they were only focused on suppressing the monster’s den, so they could not pay attention to surrounding reconnaissance or the defense of the village.』

At that time, the narration suddenly started spewing out her ominous words.

『In fact, another monster den had appeared near Daina Village.

A den of monsters that no one in the village, let alone the punitive force, noticed.

And the monsters here were about to awaken and attack the village.』

“What…?” ….”

If that were true, it would have been a big deal.

The punitive force had already finished organizing its personnel and was about to depart.

Then the only people left in the village are me and ordinary villagers with little fighting ability.

Isn’t it time to divide the advance team and the rear team and attack the devil’s den?

It was obvious that if we didn’t leave behind people to protect the village, a catastrophe would occur.

However, this fact could not be reported to the punitive force right away.

I am only a novice level adventurer, but no matter how much I tell people that this village will be attacked soon, I will be treated like a crazy person.

『There was a cemetery on the outskirts of Daina Village.

Recently, the activities of monsters have become more active, and major changes have occurred under the cemetery.

The bodies buried there were being turned into demons without anyone knowing.』

After organizing the personnel, the punitive force slowly began to move to exit the village.

Some villagers were seen waving their hands as they saw off the punitive force.

“Damn.”

“Why but? “My complexion suddenly doesn’t look so good.”

As I watched the adventurers leaving the village, the foreman approached me and asked with worried eyes.

“No… it’s nothing.”

“I said it was too much. “The work is over, so rest well until the punitive force returns.”

“Oh, yes…” ….”

I answered half-heartedly and looked toward the village entrance, where the punitive force had disappeared from sight.

You can see the village children running and playing between the unloaded wagons.

I saw an old man watching his children with a cane, and a young couple watching the departure of the punitive force in front of their house.

There were many people living ordinary lives in this small town.

And none of them knew of the disaster that was about to hit this village.

『So, the punitive force consisting of 12 adventurers left the village and headed towards the monster’s den located in the northern forest.

They couldn’t even imagine what would happen tonight to Dinah Village when they returned after the subjugation.』

“Tonight… ….”

I silently recalled the timing of the attack that the narration told me about, and swallowed dry saliva.

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“Let me ask you the directions. “Which side is the village cemetery?”

“The cemetery is right over the hill behind the village. It’s close.”

I stopped by a random villager and asked him the way to the cemetery.

The hill the villager pointed to in response was close enough to be considered part of the village.

If monsters jump out from such a close place…….

There wasn’t much time.

It was already almost lunch time.

The attack of monsters that will appear in the graveyard is tonight.

I couldn’t get help from anyone because I had no evidence to prove my words other than the voice I heard in my head.

So, I decided to first look at the situation in the cemetery.

If I organize the information given by the narration in my head, the monsters attacking tonight are the transformed corpses in the graveyard.

This means that the number of people buried in the cemetery is the number of attacking monsters.

This means that if you go to a cemetery and look at the scale, you can see the scale of enemies you have to deal with.

As the villager told me, I climbed over the hill and immediately saw a cemetery.

Because it is a small town, fortunately it was not that big.

“This is why no one knows… ….”

The scenery of the cemetery was so peaceful that I thought the narration was just nonsense.

With tombstones lined up densely, flowers of various colors were blooming between them.

In front of some tombstones, there were small objects or flowers placed as if family members or acquaintances had come and gone.

I stood on a hill with a view of the cemetery and roughly counted the number of tombstones.

Even in this small cemetery, there were a little over a hundred tombstones.

Considering that there are graves without tombstones, over 100 monsters will be attacking the village tonight.

If a corpse turns into a monster, it is probably an undead type of monster such as a skeleton or zombie.

I thought it would be good to get help from a clergy or church, but unfortunately, there was no church here, close to the Free City of Kubel.

Is there some way?

I had no experience fighting other monsters other than blue slime.

Although I train my body by converting magical power every day, I was a novice-level adventurer who had just entered the path of an adventurer.

I wasn’t confident that I could protect the village against more than 100 monsters alone.

“Oppa.”

At that time, I heard a young voice behind me and turned around.

While I was contemplating the sight of the cemetery, a girl who was only about the same height as my waist came up to me and stood holding a white flower.

“Is there someone here you want to see too?”

A girl hands me a flower with her fern-like small hands.

I guess I misunderstood something because I kept looking towards the cemetery.

I blankly accepted the flower the girl gave me.

“Give that to the person who wants to see it. “I’ll give it to you.”

“…… “Do you live here?”

“Yes. I live over there with my dad. “When you miss your mom, come here.”

The girl said, pointing towards Dinah Village.

“I see.”

I lightly stroked the girl’s head.

Tonight, Dinah Village is attacked by monsters.

Honestly, I wasn’t confident or confident that I could protect the village by myself.

But even though I knew the village would be attacked, I couldn’t do nothing.

It is easy to run away, but the bad conscience will remain for a long time.

There were many people in the village leading normal lives.

I was neither a warrior nor a high-ranking great adventurer.

But since I knew what would happen in this town, I thought I had to do what I could.

It is not too late to run away when the situation gets worse.

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