A Wild Last Boss Appeared! (野生のラスボスが現れた!)

Mistress Lufas!

We got lucky with these orcs!

What do you mean by lucky, Dina?

Look at this!

This is the tenderloin!

If the tenderloin remains undamaged when orcs are killed,

- then their vitality remains in it. - Oh?

When you eat the tenderloin,

it enhances your own vitality.

So she's referring to the buff item that raises Max HP?

But orcs fight all the time,

so there's only a 3% chance of obtaining an undamaged tenderloin.

So that's the interpretation of the game's drop rate?

That's good to know.

From now on, we'll finish them off without damaging the tenderloin.

I'll cook them up later so they'll be fit for you to eat, Mistress Lufas.

Now, leave it to me!

What's this?

Teleportation magic.

I'll teleport all the corpses back to the tower and turn them into jerky later.

This advisor is quite talented, isn't she?

Mistress Lufas?

Irrelevant. Teleportation magic?

That sounds incredibly useful.

Yes!

Now, let's go free the village women that the orcs kidnapped!

EPISODE 2 / WE CAME TO SVEL!

EPISODE 2 / WE CAME TO SVEL! - I was so scared.

EPISODE 2 / WE CAME TO SVEL! - Thank goodness! I'm so relieved!

- They were gross, smelly, and just awful! - All the girls are safe.

They seem quite tired, but...

None of them were defiled by the orcs.

It actually looks like they were treated with great care.

Well, naturally.

Orcs are actually quite the gentlemen in the end.

Huh?! Even with such pig faces?!

According to in-game lore...

They always handle women with great care,

trying not to sour their mood so that they might win their affection.

It looks like that still holds true in this world too.

Even so!

Yet to those who were kidnapped, they're still scary.

So in the end...

humans and orcs can never live in peace.

Alchemize.

Hrungnir's Right Arm.

There are no survivors.

Y-Yes...

Mistress Lufas, I could erase the memories of those women too,

but what would you prefer?

Is that necessary?

I think we should erase their memories of being kidnapped by pigs.

Hmm... how much control do you have over that?

If I felt like it, I could implant false memories and personalities too.

That's a scary thing to drop so casually.

Can that treatment be undone?

It rarely ever comes undone!

Meaning it can come undone.

With the right opportunity...

Hmm...

Well, there should be no need to go that far this time.

Understood!

Then let's return to the village!

Yes.

Defeating orcs is such a simple quest,

why did no one take it?

That's easy: there was no incentive.

Orcs themselves are the incentive though?

You can earn that buff—

that tenderloin.

Listen, Mistress Lufas.

Compared to two hundred years ago,

the standards of combat have declined.

What do you mean?

Uhh, well...

Take the nation that summoned you, for example.

It's called Laevateinn, or the Sword Kingdom,

but what level do you think their strongest swordsman is?

Well, if they're the strongest, then the same as us, one—

120.

Huh?! You jest!

There were lots of people who hit the one thousand level cap like I did in the game!

That's far too low a level!

The era you were a part of was an abnormality.

Just think about it.

People only have one life.

There aren't many monsters capable of reaching level one thousand without losing their life.

On top of that, to reach that point

you would have to fight like crazy, day after day, every day,

devoting every waking hour to training without any rest to finally reach it.

It's the peak of madness.

That era when there were hordes of rival heroes who accomplished that was absurd.

That makes sense. This isn't a game...

Huh?

Nothing. It seems this world is awfully different from the one we knew.

People only have one life, huh?

- Mother! - Thank goodness! Oh, thank goodness!

- I'm so glad you're safe! - Thank goodness! Oh, thank goodness!

We're truly grateful for what you've done.

Here's the 1,500 el we promised.

Yes, it's all here!

We'll never forget what you did for us!

- Yes, you're welcome! - We thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

Just keeping my identity hidden makes my reception so much different.

U-Umm...

What?

Well,

are you sure it's okay for us to accept this golem?

Yes. This will protect you if any orcs come again.

Please don't hesitate to use it as a guardian of your village!

You've truly done so much for us...

You must be a messenger from god.

That's totally not true!

Farewell.

We'll be going now!

Wait!

At least tell us your name!

We are L—!

Sfalu!

Lady Sfalu! Thank you so much!

Lady Sfalu!

Ouchie!

W-What was that for?!

What were you thinking with Sfalu?!

Well, you can't go around calling yourself Lufas, can you?

It's a fake name. An alias.

It was too simple for that!

- You just rearranged the letters! - Jeez!

Please don't nitpick me like that!

Now, let's get going!

H-Hey...

We've earned enough money to eat and fund ourselves for a while now.

Yes.

We also enjoyed orc tenderloin.

It's a good start to our journey.

Yes! Now our journey can truly begin!

Onward, to Svel!

Yes.

That's right.

I need to stop one of the Twelve Heavenly Stars, Aries the Ram,

who's been repeatedly invading Svel.

Also...

I need to verify if there are other players.

If there are any, they'd most likely be one of

the three surviving members of the Seven Heroes who fought me.

I'll start with...

Megrez.

Dina, what is that light?

It's mana.

This land is rich with mana.

That's also proof that we're getting to close to Svel!

Oh!

Mistress Lufas! I can see it now!

It's Svel! The City of Water!

SVEL

We can see it.

Calm yourself.

I can't help it! I'm excited!

So this is the nation founded by Megrez, huh?

Beyond this point is the land of Svel.

Show me your pass.

We need a pass?!

I don't have one!

Right! Here's our pass.

Go ahead and check it!

Hmm.

So annoying.

A free trader unaffiliated with any nation?

Dina and Sfalu.

Looks like your identification is real.

Of course!

It's not unheard of for people to try to sneak in with false papers.

Well, you'd have to be blind to be fooled by one of those.

I'm betting ours are fake.

The magic nation of Svel!

This nation was founded by one of the Seven Heroes, an elf known as the Wise King Megrez,

and it's unique for its extremely rich mana.

It's poured its energy into magic schools and the acquisition of knowledge,

so those hoping to become mages and scholars have come here from all over the world.

Thus the glow of this lake comes from mana?

Yes, that's right.

Mistress Lufas, the heaven-winged don't like mana, do they?

It's not hindering you, is it?

Oh yeah, that was part of the lore, wasn't it?

We are fine.

We don't know about other heaven-winged,

but we find it novel and pleasant.

That's good to know!

Now, as for our itinerary...

We're going to see Megrez of course.

There are lots of things we wish to ask him.

Are you planning to storm the castle?!

No, let's handle this peacefully.

Aries is already causing trouble for him,

so we don't want to cause further unnecessary commotion.

You said this was a nation of knowledge, right?