Re:Monster Day 71 - 80

Day 71
Today, 8 Goblins ranked up into Hobgoblins. 3 became Mages, 1 became a Cleric, and for the first time a Shaman Hobgoblin was born; the other three became regular Hobgoblins.
I was honestly happy at the significant increase in the numbers of our mage-type individuals due to the ambush the other day; the increase in Shamans that could lengthen the lifespan of undead types during the day was an extremely convenient/useful thing as well.
In addition to that, today three Kobolds ranked up to Ashigaru Kobolds.
TL Note: yappari, ashigaru kobold (foot soldier/footmen kobold) is a ranked-up kobold species.
Editor Note: they will be referred to as "Kobold Footmen" from now on.
When they rank up to Footmen, Kobolds are furnished with a weapon called "Organic Spear"—organic weapons are made from the cells of the original body, so it seems that as the original body grows, the weapons grow with them—, the ones who became Footmen who reported to me this morning were holding their spears.
Even though the 3 of them should be holding spears for the very first time in their lives, the bio-spears that came from their own bodies can be said to be an extension of their bodies, their spear handling were quite something. However, because it can’t be said that it’s perfect, the three Footmen Kobolds planned to focus on training the handling of the spear together with the Kobold Leader, who was the first to rank up into a Footmen.
Even so, many ranked up because of the amount of experience points we gathered in our fight against the human army. It really helped that the number of slaves that joined our manpower/labor force and our fighting force increased.
It seems we are about to clear our first goal. Because we got our hands on some females of our enemy that we can use to breed, we should try to increase our numbers. But if our group becomes too large, the amount of food we need and other difficulties will increase too, so we will have to coordinate the increase.
TLnote: ‘breed’ was originally TL-ed as ‘bread’… makes the next sentence so much better
We have yet to find out how long it will take for a child to be born that surpasses the rank of Hobgoblin. As expected, even Gobujii doesn't know the answer. But it seems that when a human female is pregnant with a Goblin child it takes about 20 days and if a Goblin is pregnant it takes about 25 days. Then, if a human is pregnant with a Hobgoblin child it takes about 40 days, when a Hobgoblin is pregnant it takes about 50 days.
Although the birthing periods varies, I can't hide my surprise about the speed. Now I understand why humans hunt down Goblins regularly.
Just in case, I check if anyone of them has attained a subspecies that matches one of the magic items they’ve used. However, apart from I, Ogakichi-kun and Dhammi-chan, no one else has gained a subspecies, as expected the others don’t meet the requirements to obtain a [Divine Protection].
I’ll deal with this problem later.
After today’s morning training, I questioned Rusty Iron Knight and the others that looked like commanding officers about the human army's purpose, whom I put [slave] collars on and threw into prison. I did this so as to gain information from multiple sources, to supplement what I obtained from Female Knight and the others.
As a result, I understood the general idea behind this war.
What sparked this war, was the ‘Sternbild Kingdom’―because other countries haven’t been mentioned yet, I’ll call it ‘Kingdom’ for now until others appear―it started when their princess caught a terrible disease.
After infection, your internal organs would slowly rot away as the days passed by. More than 99% of the people who caught the disease would die within one year. There were a few cases where the patient survived for about 2 years, but as they also eventually died without being cured, there seem to be no survivors as of now.
Luckily, the disease can't spread by air or water vapor. The fact that there are not many cases seems to be the only salvation. However, the lack of cases also means there were few chances to find a cure.
Naturally, the Kingdom was determined try anything to heal the princess.
She was ill, but still renowned as "Masako", she was even engaged to be married --It was a marriage for political reasons, but as the two appeared to love each other, it may as well be a love marriage--, so she needed to be cured all the more.
By the king's command, all doctors and the medical experts in the Kingdom were frantically searching for a remedy.
TL Note: Masako = Clever/Wise Princess>
However, the results were not very rewarding.
Although they found a way to slow down the advance of the illness a little, almost half of each of the princess’ internal organs had already rotted away.
At the time they tried to forcefully put her to sleep, in order to release her from the constant pain that could drive her crazy, while using magic to regenerate the rotten inner organs to prolong her life.
But as the organs were decaying faster than they could be regenerated, they could not cure her.
For a long time they thought she would die without anyone ever finding a cure.
However, a former citizen of the Kingdom; a certain woman, received a [Divine Relevation] from the [Demigod of Healing]. She had once worked for the one who held the [Job - Female Saint], who prayed everyday.
“To cure the "Chrysindo Disease", you need the secret medicine of the elves that live under the protection of the 【Demigod of Deep Green】.”
TL Note: Demigod of Deep Green could also be tled as ‘Demigod of Green Depths’, ‘Jade Demigod’, ‘Demigod of Beautiful Greenery’, etc.>
According to this【Divine Revelation】, the forests that we were born in fit the conditions, they had to buy the secret medicine of the elves that lived in the "Kuuderun Great Forest". The young emperor-to-be (who was 24 years old) of the "Kilika Empire" —which will be called the 'Empire', for the same reason as the 'Kingdom'— to whom the princess was betrothed to, negotiated with the elves.
But the elves didn't have much of the secret medicine left, and because of some ancient law --the elves have many annoying and troublesome laws-- they refused to give any of it to the "humans". He tried to negotiate over and over, but it was all in vain.
The elves have always been a prideful race and looked down on humans. I personally think they would not have given it, even if that law didn't exist.
Anyway, as a fact, they would not give the secret medicine to the Kingdom or the Empire.
There was no doubt about it, the failed negotiations were the cause of the war.
But, listening to this story, there seems to be more humane circumstances that are involved.
Well, I could keep going on about the little details, but it would be too troublesome and just lead to this conclusion:
"Humans are Greedy". It think that says enough.
But if I was to give four reasons why elves are better, it would be these:
One, practically all elves are beautiful. They make ideal sex slaves.
Two, elves are superior, as a race, to humans. They have excellent defense, as well as battle prowess.
Three, their mithril; the forest, packed with raw materials and magic items, is extremely delicious from an economical point of view.
Four, compared to other countries, they live in a place that's much more convenient in times of war. It makes an excellent defensive point.
Listening to the story, I thought those were awfully practical reasons.
The original trigger was certainly the refusal to sell the secret medicine to cure the princess, but combined with the human's great greed and expectations, the original goal was twisted which, in the end, resulted in the current war.
I cannot help but think that humans, as a race, would be a nuisance even in a parallel world.
Because I am in a good position this time to just disappear if need be, it doesn't bother me that much. I also asked many other things. I was especially careful to ask about the formation of the Human Army; because, I may not be able to defeat my enemy this time, in my current condition.
Because the Rusty Iron Knight belongs to the Empire, he didn't know much about the Kingdom's army―the Kingdom and Empire appear to have an Allied Force―, but the Female Knight who belongs to the Kingdom told me all about that, so it's not an issue.
As expected, the huge Empire has a good amount of soldiers which are also superior in quality. The army had ogres, a dragon-man species called Drago-Newts, and the demon troops from the “Allied Magical Beast Chimeras”, which was made by cross-breeding various monsters. It seems to be very strong.
Note: dragon-man is tentative, it could also be weredragon>
Most of the squad members appear to be slaves. It seems they are forced to fight with their lives on the line by their master. A troublesome and difficult story.
But as troublesome as it is, it will be easy to bring them down if you do it right. Anyway, we picked up the human in charge of commanding the slaves.
After I got the information I wanted, I had the male prisoners join the Goblins and play a game to improve their commanding power.
It was an actual warfare strategy game where the players with the title of captain had to keep their pawns, that were equally distributed amongst them, under their thumb and crush the pawns of the opponent by giving orders to their own. The pawns were equipped with wooden swords and shields, a bow, an axe, a spear or with just a shield by itself. The point was to give commands that suited the equipment of the grunts.
Because I acted as umpire, I didn't join the game myself. Dhammi-chan and Supesei-san are both great commanders, so they won a lot. On the other hand, Ogakichi-kun and Burasato-san are good at taking the lead and opening up the front line, but they were too weak. Asue-chan is somewhere in between. This is the difference between brain and muscles. It's not hard to understand.
Because we took a lot of provisions from the human army, we didn't go hunting today, we only did combat training in a cave. No, it wasn't really training, it was more like playing a game with everyone instead. Through training, we started to become friends to no small extent, so I wanted to strengthen that feeling.
At first, the humans who were taken as slaves couldn't hide their surprise about our training; but, it was funny to see how their expressions gradually became serious as time went by.
Because the human army barely moved today, we could focus on practicing. This is a good thing.
And later that night, the female humans happily joined the merriness.
Perhaps because they had greater lust than the elves, or because they simply fell quickly, they adapted quickly.
Only the Blacksmith-san and the others had expressions that showed their mixed feelings; however, compared to when they had just arrived, their ways of thinking changed quite a lot, so they didn't seem to have any real complaints.
Or rather, because it is war, this kind of thing can not be helped.
Besides, it is not like the situation will go haywire whenever it is pushed to the limit; because, it's something you're free to look for. Well, I suppose it’s that; everyone has different things that make them happy.
They were smart, nice women.
They were almost too good for me.
After that, because I noticed some elves here and there who looked at the human females with envy― the human females were in charge of sexual relief right now, so the elves didn’t force it―I tried to hook them up with some of our new Footmen Kobolds and Hobgoblins.
They seemed pretty happy.
Once you snap an elf's pride, it's easy to get them to obey. Well, even so I don’t intend to hit on them myself.
I am pretty satisfied with the current situation; there’s no need to create enemies for no reason.

Day 72
While training together with Ogakichi-kun in the morning as usual, Rusty Iron Knight, who was set to fight against the Black Skeleton Knights――even though he wasn't wearing his iron-colored armor――requested a bout with me.
Just like the other humans, his pride was smashed to smithereens and he was in denial――as a lower nobility of the Empire, he seemed to think that goblins and ogres were on the same level as livestock. And yet, he was being treated like a slave by livestock; it seems to be breaking him.――yet, he was not hitting his head against the wall to kill himself, and silently did the training I imposed on him, even after becoming a slave> I liked that he looked at me straight in the eye, so I decided to agree to the bout.
And so, I felt that Rusty Iron Knight was indeed strong.
If it was just about combat techniques, I was definitely superior; but of all the humans I had fought until now, he possessed the most skill. In addition to this, he seemed to win in basic physical abilities.
Although I wasn't using any abilities, surpassing an ogre 【Rare Species】in physical strength is frightening.
The adventurer, whom I killed in Velvet's labyrinth some time ago, was about this strong as well; I had been wanting to fight someone of that level.
While fighting, I asked about his abilities. It seems that Rusty Iron Knight held four combat jobs: level 100+ 【Job-Warrior 】, level 100+ 【Job-Knight】, level 62 【Job-Monk】and level 25 【Job-Templar】. These skills seemed to be the result of all his training thus far.
Rusty Iron Knight's fists were fast and heavy, his body flexible, yet hard; and, without any waste in his movements, he aimed for my vitals.
As well as freely throwing all sorts of skills at me with flashes of pale light――techniques that can only be used by those weak humans, also called Combat Arts in this world――, he was a difficult enemy.
But, he was still not as strong as the wild, naked, Red Bear that attacked me.
In the end, I won. Because the various kinds of Combat Arts rapidly fired at me were nothing more than abilities that gave various effects , they were relatively easy to counter.
TL Note: ‘gave various effects’ means things like dots/debuff/status effects (think game terminology)
But since it was such a close win, similar to when I had fought Ogakichi-kun, it was offensive to let the opponent think that he might have won depending if he had just fought differently. That’s why I'll confront him and use my abilities this time.
But for that to happen, preparations are needed.
Using 【Job-Enchanter】, I strengthened Rusty Iron Knight's physical defense, recuperative power and defense strengthening, as he was only wearing hempen short pants.
TL Note: hemp = a material used for clothing, created from the fibre of the cannabis plant
With a surprised face, Rusty Iron Knight looked at me, but I greatly improved my defensive power by using 【Job-Guardian】 and 【Lord of the Mountain's Stout Hide】. Because I improved my offensive power with 【Job-Monk】 and 【Lord of the Mountain's Strong, Supple Muscle】, it wouldn't be a problem.
Or rather, to use abilities of this level, at least this much preparation is necessary to make sure I don’t have to fear them dying from my attacks. If I didn’t suppress my abilities at least this much, I would pierce right through the enhancements I gave them. It really is a pain.
Then, an account of the result. Rusty Iron Knight's ragged form was rolling on the floor.
The guy’s got guts, but i think he might have overdid it a little. Well, he passed out with a pretty satisfied look on his face, so I guess he'll be alright.
As I was treating him, I noticed Ogakichi-kun staring at me.
That gaze said he wanted to fight him too. I see, Ogakichi-kun wanted to fight Rusty Iron Knight barehanded.
Surely, if Ogakichi-kun and Rusty Iron Knight go at each other barehanded, it would make for an even better fight than mine.
When Ogakichi-kun fought him before, he completely overwhelmed Rusty Iron Knight; but then it wasn't just about abilities or the like, the usage of so many magical items greatly affected the outcome.
The defensive power of his Tower Shield, 【Black Ogre’s Chopping Board】, was out of the ordinary; the fact that he could repel all of Rusty Iron Knight's Arts like it was mere child's play was proof of that.
That's why he wanted to fight bare handed, he probably wanted to win this time as well.
He wanted to win with his own power, without depending on any tools.
But, he had to wait just a little longer. While I said that, he was already waiting for time to pass.
In the current situation, his handicap would be too big.
After I had finished healing the now awakened Rusty Iron Knight, I had him fight Ogakichi-kun.
It was a great battle after all. Ogakichi-kun, who has higher specs than me, was about on par with Rusty Iron Knight. But in the end, Ogakichi-kun somehow snatched the win with his inexhaustible stamina.
It was a close fight, but they both looked like they enjoyed it; so, there’s no problem.
Or rather, Rusty Iron Knight did. What was with that seamless adaptability he had? I asked him about it while sharing some Elf-Sake during lunch time.
He said he wanted to quit being a Knight of the Empire and join us.
Listening to his story, I understood that many subspecies lived in the place where he grew up. That’s why there was no racial discrimination like what you’ll see from people of the Empire and Kingdom, so there was no aversion.
In actual fact, because he didn't understand why the humans around him hated subspecies, he didn't mingle much with them.
Moreover, in the place he grew up, fighting was a daily occurrence, perhaps because of that Rusty Iron Knight was taught that it was natural to serve those who were stronger than him.
His servitude to the Empire was because he lost to the previous Knight-leader, so he never felt any loyalty in the first place.
And, when the previous Knight-Leader died in battle, he was replaced by some noble named, Bonbon, who he’d never even heard of.
Even so, if Bonbon had the ability, he would have consented to it. But Bonbon lost to Rusty Iron Knight without him having to use his real power; rather, he wasn't even at a level to give a regular knight a good match.
At least, if he had commanding ability, it still would have been acceptable. But, he didn't even have that. He only came to be a Knight Leader because of his connections.
For that reason, Rusty Iron Knight felt no loyalty to the current leader whatsoever. Infact, it was the opposite, he hated him.
But if that was all, it would have been alright. He could endure it.
But when the previous leader died, the other knights, who ate rice from the same kettle and had become the only reason for Rusty Iron Knight to stay, had their affiliation changed so that the other nobles, whom the current leaders were close to, could join the same unit.
As a result, for the new men to join as replacements, his comrades went to another knight unit.
Rusty Iron Knight, who had become the sub-leader, was the only one left.
The reason why he was left behind, was apparently for the sake of training the members.
Because he had become an instructor now, he kept on training without scamping his work. This strong unit was the result.
By the way, the current leader died of natural causes, being crushed by a rock. Come to think of it, I have this hunch that a normal soldier wearing splendid armor for no reason was there. But I'm not sure.
Returning to the subject.
Rusty Iron Knight trained all the new recruits. But, because Rusty Iron Knight was a commoner who worked his way up, he was on a different wavelength and had a different mentality than the other members who had noble upbringing; he couldn’t get along with them. He had also gained some real abilities recently, so the quarrels increased.
Everything became annoying and he had no good reason to stay; so, just when he met us, he’d already thought about quitting as a knight.
‘This is fate’, was my immediate reaction.
It seems to be the reason behind everything that happened.
I see, it's that simple and straightforward.
I knew that it was the truth, without a doubt, because he gave me this information when I used 【Command】 – which I did, just in case, to ensure he couldn’t lie. I had no complaints and accepted him, as Rusty Iron Knight looked useful. It’s best to use people who can be used, just like the elves.
Rusty Iron Knight's collar was released and the cuffs were inserted in his ears by his own will. After fastening the cuffs, I returned his full set of armor and his ‘appearance’ of the Rusty Iron Knight was back.
TL Note: ‘cuffs were inserted in his ears’ ← that’s what the raw says ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
With this, Rusty Iron Knight was no longer a slave, but a comrade. Because no one else but me accepted him yet, I was looking forward to what he would show us next.
For now, he would be under my direct orders.
In the afternoon, I had to go out to do the setup for our hunting-cum-ambush location.
I had Rusty Iron Knight teach Redhead some Combat Arts in the meantime.
At this moment, Redhead only knew 6 Combat Arts in total.
【Slash】, to increase her slashing power of a single swing.
【Shield Bash】, to hit the enemy with a shield to obstruct movements with a certain probability.
【Stab】, to gather energy and increase piercing power to strike at a single point.
【Rush】, to raise the power of continuous slashing attacks but has long delays.
【Fall】, to strengthen one’s body akin to a monster’s by amplifying magic internally
【Versatile】, to freely use the abilities of a monster for a period of time by eating its flesh and blood.
If you are a 【Job-Warrior】, you can easily use the first 4 Arts aforementioned. The latter two are Arts that can only be used by someone who knows a specific 【Job】 like 【Job-Noire Soldier】.
For a fledgling adventurer, knowing 6 Arts is quite a lot, but the number of Arts that Rusty Iron Knight can use is greater than 70. Because, it seems like you can use them as soon as you start practicing Arts with a 【Job】, I intend to have him teach me as well when I obtain the prerequisite 【Jobs】 to gain the matching abilities.
A monster who can freely use the Arts that can only be used by humans.
Hm, when I use Arts, I should consider limiting the eye-witnesses as much as possible.

Day 73
Asue-chan dug out a hot spring.
Until now, to wash ourselves we either went to the river, or rubbed our bodies using towels which were soaked through by water generated from the water crystals and collected inside earthenware pots. But with this, I thought that we could relax by soaking inside the pseudo-bathtub; and strangely, I could feel that there were various mysteries about the location, geology and other things of this place.
Well, it’s fantasy. Things like that can exist, probably.
That’s why I collaborated with Asue-chan and co. For today, we devoted ourselves toward completing the onsen. Fortunately, there were some skeletons and some other unspecified creatures who were unneeded elsewhere. Using these skeletons, and others, I erected a working program that would be unthinkable, otherwise.
TL Note: Onsen = a hot spring, or a resort that has developed around a hot spring.
By using our abilities, and various feats of strength, we got all the work done before night came.
We divided the baths into three, one mixed bath, one bath with a division in the middle where men and women were separated and one where only Ogakichi-kun and the other top brass were allowed to use. It turned into quite a big place.
Despite some parts of the hot spring opening to the mountain's surface, it was hard to see from outside due to the obscuring boulders. Also, the steep cliff made it difficult for non-flying enemies to enter here.
But, saying it was ‘just in case’, we heavily booby-trapped the place.
Finishing our dinner, naturally the very first people who entered the completed hot springs were us.
The others, who entered the hot spring for the first time in their lives, were healed by it.
Just in case, we drank the water and confirmed there's no harm in drinking it; so there's no chance for someone to die from poison.
Rather, the hot water had the side effect of improving one's recovery just like one in a fantasy; so I will continue to use it from now on.
Well well, it was a good find.


Day 74
Because of the traps set by us and the Elven army, the humans lost a lot of their numbers, and it appears to have slowed down their advance.
Father Elf taught us nasty twofold, threefold, and fourfold combination traps – they seem to have been very effective.
The humans realized that internal intelligence had leaked because their route for advancing had become a trap-laden forest. So, as a countermeasure the human army temporarily withdrew their front to revise their strategy.
While one of my clones infiltrated to gather detailed information, we started to set up a surprise attack for the Supply Unit, which was scheduled to bring supplies to the humans stationed in the forest.
Supplies are a matter of life and death during a campaign. This being a forest, food and water is easier to come by than, say, a desert; but due to the enemy's large numbers they would need more food than that, and they're also useful even if morale broke. Besides that, arms and armor are also subject to wear and tear.
It'll be especially useful to reduce their expendables, like arrows, from here on. Also, as we can use the weapons we take, we'll be killing two birds with one stone.
The Supply Unit came along from the plains.
We can't attack them on the plains; because obviously, we were too few in number. Our numbers, including the 47 prisoners of war, did not even reach 200 people; the number of those who can fight is even less.
In comparison, the Supply Unit consists of more than 600 people. Almost three times as much as us. Due to this difference in numbers, it would be stupid to attack on the open plains. Well, they're not an enemy we couldn't defeat if we played our cards right, but considering the damage our side would take, it might be wiser to stop.
For that reason, we waited for the Supply Unit to arrive in the forest.
According to the information I obtained from Female Knight and Rusty Iron Knight, the supply unit had reached the kill point.
I looked at the slaves lurking behind me. Although some of the slaves' faces went pale because of it, I raised my clones' control power over them using [Parasite]; as a result, there are many among them that couldn't even move a finger out of their own free will.
It would be better if they would fight for me out of their own volition, like Rusty Iron Knight does, but I realized I didn't have another choice. To me, they are nothing but disposable pawns anyway.
Because it couldn't be helped if they'd look gloomy after this, I intended to make good use of them.
My next plan wasn't anything special. First of all, since Rusty Iron Knight was a friend now, there were only 17 male slaves left, I had ten simple Noble Knights, who didn't have any 【Jobs】 like 【Magician】 or 【Enchanter】, go ahead to the Supply Unit.
Then, we pretended to pursue them. Human Knights running away, followed by screaming, armed Ogres, goblins and kobolds, high on murderous intent. Watching something like this, it should be enough for the enemy to identify their friends, and usually, one would try to protect those who look like friends without question.
However, because their awareness would be focused on their enemy, there was a chance they would not help. But, it was a great success. After it was confirmed they had successfully infiltrated, we hid in a trench that we built a little further away and used our mass-produced Repeating Crossbows to fire arrows that were smeared with poison at our enemy, being careful not to hit the slaves. Those who could use magic used it to weaken them, and the hobgoblin shaman had 6 ghosts use 【Despondent】on our enemy to add to the weirdness of the situation.
Because of the trees and bushes, the accuracy of our arrows and magic wasn't that high, but our enemy had the same problem. We just had to wait for the preparations to be complete, because all this was to gather them in one place, by stopping their advance, while we lessened their number.
After a while, the ten Noble Knights, who were mistaken as friends by our enemy, began their assault. They scattered the magic item Burst Seed, which is an original creation made by Alchemist-san and me.
It’s made of materials you can find in the forest, like 【Oil Grass- Yusa】and 【Burst Fruit】. Because it’s quite powerful, even though it’s easy to make, if you scattered it in a crowded place you could get about 50 victims injured or dead. Because it is so easy to mass produce, it's a very splendid magical weapon.
There is a chance you will kill yourself if you're too close to the explosion, but as I had the slaves use them, that didn't matter; because they’re disposable pawns. I gave the order to keep using the Burst Seeds. If they died, we'd pick up the bones. The explosions of the 300 scattered Burst Seeds thundered through the forest for a moment.
Despite the fact that the explosions had ended, our enemy was still confused. I instructed Asue-chan's party to make the ground under the feet of the Supply Unit collapse. Because we’d done something like this before, she completed the task easily.
They only dropped about two meters, but that was enough.
Because of the sudden change in footing, they lost balance and were unable to run away. As before, we sent down a rain of poisoned arrows and a rain of magic from far away.
And the Elves, whom I’d told to climb the trees beforehand and stand by, sprinkled them with bottles of a venom that I had created myself.
As the venom was a quick-acting anesthetic, the soldiers who got hit dropped to the ground immediately. They weren't dead yet, but they wouldn't be able to fight anymore.
While I gave instructions, I also used 【Job-Minstrel】 and 【Red Crystal’s Tone】. The sound that emerged from my singing voice, combined with an instrument that resembles a guitar, strengthened my allies and weakened my foes.
Because the Supply Unit didn't have any strong soldiers, it wasn't really necessary, but one cannot be too careful. It was possible enemy reinforcements would be attracted by the noise of the exploding Burst Seeds.
That's why we couldn't scamp our work until the end, but we finished the plan without trouble.
Three of the ten Knights who used the Burst Seeds were caught in the blast and died, five were injured by the fragments and the remaining two returned unharmed. Those were all the victims on our side.
I thanked the three who died for their work. Because their bodies were dismembered by the explosion, we all had a bite while we collected the food and prisoners.
By the way, Redhead didn't come with us. Even though she was no longer opposed to eating monsters, she had to abstain from eating any in front of humans.
Some of the Supply Unit's members were seriously ill. As it was a pain in the ass to heal them, we killed them right there – so they didn't have to suffer any longer. I ate all of their hearts and some of their bodies, and changed it into my own flesh and blood.
We ate as many dead enemies as we could. Only those who eat until their death will live. That is an article of my creed.
I also had the other goblins eat their share.
We took those with light injuries as prisoners of war, but they numbered exactly one hundred; all of them males. There were a few women but they died due to the attack.
Well, it couldn’t be helped.
The numbers were sufficient; there’s not much need to capture more needlessly.
As there was an insufficient number of cuffs and collars, I solved the problem by spilling some blood and cloning myself, then inserting 【Parasite】 into their bodies.
Note: cuffs and collars - from the previous days; used for enslaving them
Fortunately, there were many miscellaneous raw materials, like blood, in large quantities.

Ability 【Continuous Thrust】learned
Ability 【Helmet Splitter】learned
Ability 【Stab】 learned
Ability 【Sneaking】 learned
Ability 【Armor Pierce】 learned
Ability 【Dance of Sword Storm】 learned
Ability 【Attack Force】 learned
Ability 【Job-Ranger】 learned
Ability 【Job-Supply Soldier】 learned

I obtained various Combat (Arts) that I had heard about from Rusty Iron Knight.
From 【Continuous Thrust】 to 【Dance of Sword Storm】, they were all Combat (Arts).
In my case, I was pleasantly surprised when the experiment to activate my abilities and Combat (Arts) concurrently increased their power, compared to using them individually.
The prisoners and loot were brought back.
While we were on our way back, looking at the gloomy faces of our new prisoners, I suddenly thought of something.
We still had some space left in the cave, but it’s honestly complicated as the supply soldiers weren't that strong as pawns.
For that reason, I decided to distribute half of them to the Elves. Just a way of paying my debt.
We walked to the village of the Elves and had Father Elf buy them.
Because I have many pawns at my disposal, I have a wider range of options available to me, making this a prompt decision. As payment I received some useful stuff like magic items.
Incidentally, while we exchanged newly obtained information, I asked him about the secret medicine.
Even though it's strong, there are no side effects to its use and also has many practical applications. Because the power of the 【Demigod of Deep Green】 is subtly mixed within, it's extremely rare and displays the effect of an all-purpose medicine… This... Wouldn’t I acquire new abilities if I ate it?
Deviating a little from my original thoughts, I came to a sudden realization; I only remembered then that I had already been given the Elf's secret medicine.
Look, at the start of day 54 when I met Father Elf. He gave it to me as a present, together with some sake, but as I was too impressed with the Elf sake, it had been sitting unused in my item box.
Remembering this, I wondered why he had given me a precious secret medicine like that? When I asked him, he answered that it was against the law to give it to "humans", but it wasn't against the law to give it to an "Ogre" who saved his daughter.
That's pretty twisted. So, if the Empire hadn't sent a human to get the secret medicine, they could have gotten it. I drank the medicine on the way back.

Ability 【Rapid Regeneration】 learned
Ability 【Blood Elixir】 learned

My blood was turned into the secret medicine.
To experiment, I made one of the slaves, whose wounds were not yet healed, drink my blood and saw an unbelievable sight. All his wounds were healed in an instant.
What’s this? Scary. If word got out about this, I might be targeted by humans for profit.
To look at the bright side, I raised my healing ability greatly; however, I still had the feeling that the resulting risk wasn’t worth it. Because humans are greedy, arrogant, fragile, obstinate, but great in number, I have to take care they don't find out.
No, even if it was discovered, I just have to kill those who find out.
While thinking about such things, we returned.


Day 75
Today I didn't train in the cave, but instead went to the river with everyone.
Well, because the Ogres also had to fit, our bathtub is pretty deep; but due to that, many have drowned in it. Since many can't swim, it probably couldn't be helped.
But it's really troublesome if any of them die just because they can't swim.
So, I decided to have swimming practice today.
Because I'd been waiting so long for this opportunity, we went to the waterfall where the Green Lizards attacked me some time ago. Blacksmith-san doesn’t go out very often, but she came along for a change.
Because I had my clones scout the forest, I knew the Green Lizards still lived just above the waterfall and expected that they would attack us, but in the end they didn’t show up.
It's slightly disappointing, but since Blacksmith-san enjoyed the swimming, it's OK I suppose.


Day 76
It appears we won't get any new hobgoblins until the children are born. At this moment we have 15 goblins. All of them stopped leveling up after they reached level 100.
In short, these 15 goblins didn't have the ability to rank up. That's too bad. But, there's no need to grieve. If they can't become stronger quickly by ranking up, they'll just have to steadily train themselves to become strong.
“Training will never let you down. Even if you’re a Goblin, if you can become an Elite Goblin, isn’t that fine?”
That's what I said to the depressed goblins to cheer them up. There’s still room for growth amongst the kobolds on this side.
When I woke up this morning, we had two more Ashigaru Kobolds and one extra Kobold that can be called a Genin.
I put the Ashigaru into the scheduled training course then put my focus on the Genin Kobold.
TL Note: Genin = low-ranking ninja
The Genin Kobold has a short sword named "Bio-Sword"――a Sword version of the Bio-Spear――and he has a thinner build than a normal kobold.
His face still looks like that of a dog, but I can see a glimmer of intellect in his eyes, his physique is also closer to that of a human. Plus, he now seems to be able to use a kind of magic, sorcery - [Ninjutsu].
Edit Note: Ninjutsu: basically all the regular ninja special powers and whatnot.
Because he's a ninja and it seems like he would shine in areas like information gathering, I instructed him to always keep his presence hidden from today onwards. Doing so, his presence will become thin. I understand really well that his type excels in secrecy. In fact, hiding is natural for him.
Because the human army didn't show any movements yet, we went to the river to for some more swimming practice.


Day 77
Today I took a day off from training.
Studying, making love, training, and even hunting, there is a reason for everything.
In the morning I shed some sweat by going at Ogakichi-kun, Rusty Iron Knight, Redhead and Female Knight one-to-four in a martial arts match. Then I went and played with the pets.
After that I went to see the Sisters, who were preparing lunch, and tried a bread dish from this world called [Melzack], which looked like a sandwich. While snacking, on the way to Blacksmith-san who was as just as focused as usual on her research, I bumped into the guard elves and they a joined me as I proposed a new idea for a weapon.
To mass produce the Burst Seeds, I went to see Alchemist-san to devote myself to the production.
In the evening I went outside and enjoyed myself with Dhammi on a journey through the skies. The night air was a bit chilly, but that wasn’t a problem
We soaked our cold bodies in the hot spring to warm up again.
Then we went to bed together with everyone, Female Knight included as of late. I sweated a lot, but I'll clean myself in the hot spring tomorrow, so it's no problem.
I enjoyed the day off.


Day 78
Today both Kumajirou and Kurosaburou classed up.
The race that Kumajirou became is apparently called "Oniguma" instead of a Hind Bear, becoming much larger than the common Hind Bear. His hair was gray, with even longer and sharper claws as black as obsidian, and his frame grew outward. Kurosaburou's more or less grown to around the size of a horse and now is able to even pick me up. He has 2 heads from which it breathes fire and thunder. For Kurosaburou I decided to call his race Orthrus instead of a mere Black Wolf.
Apparently animals climb two ranks per class-up as compared to normal. Both Kumajirou and Kurosaburou are in the Ogre class tier, same as myself and Ogakichi-kun. 
It was decided that we were going to wage an assault against the human army with only 13 members and six [Black Skeleton Knights].
This decision was specifically to raise our levels further.
Raising our levels has more or less become our purpose for fighting in this conflict lately. The more you level up, the more experience you require to continue to do so. In large groups the amount of experience you receive is actually quite low and by having too many fighters present, the quality of experience gained is greatly diminished. Thus I decided to mix our strongest with our weakest. To simply escort our weakest members would risk getting swarmed by enemies or having to constantly protect the weaker links.
So it was decided that five of the Goblins will be accompanying us. Along with us will also be the newest recruits, the Rusty Iron Knight - Who shall be acting as an instructor to the Goblins, the Female Knight - who swore her sword and life to me and not the Kingdom, Tai and etc. I organized it so that the majority would be our strongest fighters as insurance, so there shouldn't be anything to worry about.
The purpose of the Human Army is the Elves, so I don't need to put special emphasis on defending from an assault.
Around 11:00 am, I rode on Kumajirou  along with the others through the woods towards the human encampment. Our group had a good ratio of each battle class, from range and magic to close-range fighters. We estimated that most of the humans gathered would range around 600 or so. Currently moral should be quite low due to our efforts, some might even break off in full panic the moment we begin our attack. 
After about an hour, we arrived at the encampment. I was annoyed at the sheer increase of military power that has been displayed, given that it is daytime, I could not even raise Black Skeleton Knights to even the odds. After a brief search we positioned ourselves on a hill from which we could observe the whole of the enemy's position. From there I noted that we should be cautious of an old knight who donned Scale Mail which gleamed with a divine white light, armed with a black iron short spear from which a dark-red blade protruded, topped with a splendid white mustache he would certainly prove to be a difficult opponent. According to both the Rusty Iron Knight and Female Knight, this man was famous throughout the ranks.
He was apparently from the Empire. As a youth he made his fame as an adventurer and apparently managed to kick up quite a storm. His short spear is an [Ancient] class weapon from a dungeon called [Age of the Gods] and inscribed with a multitude of enchantments. Surely the spear holds the capability of dealing a great amount of damage such as powerful [Curse] damage with a form of dark flames, given the dark-red spearpoint. His Scale Mail is protected by [Noroikoku's Blessing] which is the white veil surrounding the armor. It seems it was a magic item forged from the scales of a dragon he slew. Hearing this a smile crept onto my face, this battle just became interesting.
When you consider the scene and the person himself, you can discern that the most practical method of attack is striking at the weakest point. That point is the great man himself. Given all of his equipment, he will prove to be quite the fight. However, if we manage to take him down, our chances for victory becomes near one hundred percent. The other soldiers will spread his defeat through the ranks and the morale will shatter. After that, its a simply matter of erasing the enemy's full military power.
I pulled a weapon meant to be used for powerful, large force game, the [Crimson Spear] from my Item Box. It is a massive ranged weapon similar to that of a ballista in size.
I took aim with [Job-Hunter] and made sure it wouldn't be detected by using [Job-Assassin] which increases the assassination chance. After activating [Job-Archer] while activating my abilities [Throw] and [Needleshot] both of which increase the probability to hit and drastically increase the power, not to even mention the speed of the bolt itself. With all these factors in place i release the trigger of [Shuyari] and the projectile is launched.
Sure in my aim, I watched the trail of [Crimson Spear] fly, it is more accurate to compare it to a red comet rather than a mere bullet. It crossed the 200 meters between myself and the Old Knight in half the blink of an eye. With a great {Thump} it pierced through the body protected by the great Scale Mail made from Dragon Scales without stopping, exiting out the other side leaving a substantial hole in the torso of this supposed powerful warrior. While I can't be sure if it did fully penetrate from this distance, I am fully certain that the mark was hit and thus it was pierced fully. Not even I would be unscathed if I were hit with an attack of this nature. An attack that cannot be perceived, with a power so great that it can pierce dragon scales, at a speed faster than a bullet. The last expression this Old Knight had on his face showed that he understood what had occurred was impressive as his gaze turned to meet my own in an instant. It would seem that this man was worthy of my respect after all, hmph, now I wish it wasn't a necessity to take him out at the start. The fact that those around him are unscathed proves that the armor and equipment were seriously no joke.
With the first task complete, we initiated our surprise attack in traditional fashion. This is the law of nature itself, we are stronger and we shall consume the weak. Thinking this my smile returned and my killing intent swelled.
As I gathered the enemy's reaction to what had occurred we charged forward. Since nothing inhibited the speed of [Crimson Spear], the ground in the path of the bolt will probably be pierced so deep that recovery of the projectile will be impossible. The sight of the enemy shows that they have yet to even grasp what has occurred as we grow closer. They appear to just be gazing stupidly at the body of shattered scale and blood on the ground. It probably feels like they are hallucinating, a grave ill omen of death seeing such a famous figure suddenly collapse in front of you with a thud. At my own decision I readied a second shot with [Crimson Spear] pausing for just the briefest of moments to launch another shot at a gathering of enemies before me. In that instant the thundering sound of the impact resonates throughout the camp. Nearly 100 soldiers died in an instant from the shock-wave generated by the impact, with all those within a 100-meter circle around were critically injured or killed by the crumbling of earth caused underfoot. Near every soldier within that 100 meter circle will be killed in an instant. Though since the experience gained from these weakened opponents would be lessened, I was cautious not to release more than one bolt given the whole purpose of this raid with less than twenty fighters was for the sake of experience.
We charged ridiculing the appearance of the pathetic humans in front of us, in order to take full advantage of the confusion of the two pronged surprise attack that both cut off the head of the beast while killing almost one hundred of their brothers in arms. You could say that this surprise attack was more or less successful. Killing the confused and frightened mob was a very simple matter. We closed the distance with blinding speed to enter the fray on our mounts.
The first human to fall victim was to Ogakichi-kun's Hind bear, who flipped the human like a doll in the air, cutting him in half from the head down with his enchanted axe and [Job-Heavy Fighter]. Combined with his giant Tower shield that covers almost his entire body Ogakichi-kun prevents any hits from getting through, all the while slicing through several bodies at once with his mighty swings. The flames from his axe added to the already swelling number of casualties, incinerating anything in close proximity while gravely wounding those fortunate enough to be outside of his reach. Those he cuts vanish almost instantly under the burning heat of his flames. Some Knights appeared and used some complex maneuvers on Ogakichi-kun, but it had absolutely no effect and they were incinerated in a fraction of a second with one swift blow. As usual, it is an uncanny level of destructive force, overwhelming power, and with such great defense, it was a total annihilation. By including Ogakichi-kun's [Demigod of Fire's Blessing], the quantity and heat of his flames are insurmountable by anything, I would bet that even a dragon would be scorched by his divine flames. By swinging his Tower Shield around as if it were weightless, the helpless humans before it were splattered into piles of gore and the armor shattered into shrapnel harming those not hit by the initial strike itself. Right now with his performance, Ogakichi-kun stands as the direct embodiment of fear itself for the enemy forces. A demon slaughtering friend and rival alike in a flurry of fire and death.
While this occurred, Dhammi-chan used her [Eyes of Bewitchment] on the human forces before us. She had them fighting each other all for her affection.
Hmph... Its almost like she's trying to make me jealous or something, I'll just have to... show her whose the biggest man later...
Putting such thoughts aside, Dhammi-chan's brainwashed victims continued to fight among themselves, using their magic and special items to cause great levels of turmoil. She also used her own Dhampir abilities to tear her victims apart into a shower of blood and gore. Her movements were so majestic and tantalizing that I want to... She maintained a beautiful appearance, maintaining her hold over the men and even some women as she tore their chests out with a smile. Her victims almost looked happy for it too... Brainwashing is a fearful thing.
The sound of a great explosion brought me back to my senses. The origin of this was Asue-chan as her massive pick hit the ground. Of almost two dozen opponents, only one seemed to avoid being pulled in by the earth and crushed into fountains of gore. A great portion of the attack itself happens when the earth below is struck with her swing, which because of her status as a Half-Earth Lord, bends to her will. Usually, if you were to be struck with her attack, even with her size, it would not be enough to either myself or Ogakichi-kun. But the power lies fully in her manipulation of the earth, being able to use gigantic mountains of earth to crush and tear her opponents apart. Any offense or defense is easily crushed by her attacks. The flesh bursts and the opponents die an excruciating death in agony. Just then Asue-chan started laughing and with her cheerful voice made many... Excited sounds, much to the dismay of her opponents.
Supesei-chan's magic washed away all of her enemies within a significant distance. Anything that got close was instantly swept up in her magic. The region around her became a swirling vortex of blood, mangled armor, and broken weapons. Anyone caught within her vortex were put to a slow and miserable death by being torn to shreds slowly. Her only expression was a small, bitter smile. To say, her body count appears to rival even Ogakichi-kun's.
Burasato-san's Great Blood Sword minces any opponent within 30 paces of her. Any blood that she spills seems to be absorbed into her own body and she glows with an even darker red. Her speed seems to increase and she gives off a sinister red glow. After a short period of time she looks like the God of Death himself, quickly cutting through any opponent before her.
Probably due to the constant training day by day to bolster individual and co-operational fighting power, today has become a totally one-sided massacre. I took part myself using only my strengthened halberd [Nagi], compliments to Blacksmith-san. I should think of a suitable way to ... thank her later for all her hard work.
After only about 20 minutes since the battle began, it was over. After the first shot of the [Crimson Spear] cut off the head of our opponent before we even began, our victory was sealed. Our opponents were helpless before our unbelievable fighting potential. I don't believe there was even a single survivor among the entire enemy encampment. Well, the purpose of our attack was achieved, there should be plenty of experience for everyone. The goods we can use are gathered up, and with the help of Asue-chan we managed to even dig up the [Crimson Spear] bolts out from the ground. After that we spent our time consuming the flesh and blood of the humans. Since there is so much, there is plenty to go around.
Using my abilities [Improved Digestion], [Vampirephilia] and [Metamorphosis] I increase my efficiency of absorbing the materials.

Ability learned: 【Slicing Winds】
Ability learned: 【Storm Winds】
Ability learned: 【Inhibit Regeneration】
Ability learned: 【Recognition Obstruction】
Ability learned: 【Uppercut】
Ability learned: 【Heavy Slash】
Ability learned: 【Soldier's Lineage】
Ability learned: 【Knight's Lineage】
Ability learned: 【Job - Dual Swordsman】
Ability learned: 【Job - Master Axeman】
Ability learned: 【Job - Master Spearman】
Ability learned: 【Survival Instinct】
Ability learned: 【Familicide】
Ability learned: 【Enhance Physical Strength】
Ability learned: 【Hawk Eye】
Ability learned: 【Job - Berserker】
Ability learned: 【Chickenhearted】
Ability learned: 【Job - Grappler】
Ability learned: 【Full Knowledge of Martial Arts】
Ability learned: 【Flying Slash】
Ability learned: 【Crescent Flash】
Ability learned: 【100 Blossoms 1000 Spears】
Ability learned: 【Rush】
Ability learned: 【Heavy Axe Attack】
Ability learned: 【Trap Creation】

And now for the main course of today's meal, the Old Knight himself. Although both the short spear and armor could be kept themselves, I decided i'd just eat all of it.
Time to eat {Itadakimasu!}

Ability learned: 【Grand Cross】
Ability learned: 【Job - Master Swordsman】
Ability learned: 【Job - Dragon Slayer】
Ability learned: 【Dragon Scale Formation】
Ability learned: 【Cursed Wound】

With a satisfying day of hunting, all of us returned to base with overjoyed faces.


Day 79
Today I received word from Father Elf via the transmission device I had left with him. Apparently he needed to speak with me, since I was already training with Redhead and the Female Knight, I decided to take them with me as guards.  The others were engaged between training, hunting and studying. I straddled Redhead on Kumajirou with myself and Female Knight rode atop Kurosaburou, together we went to the [Elven village].
Since I left almost immediately, there wasn't much of a risk for an information leak, and as I thought, no problems arose on the way there. Upon arrival I received some ill-looks from an Elf who was tending to the livestock. When I glared back at him he averted his eyes.
Well, by the time we arrived at Father Elf's mansion, I more or less let the irritating glares go. More or less nothing was said until the tea was served, though some sort of coco drink was provided for Redhead and Female Knight. Both of them were looking around the room with curiosity, it was their first time in an Elven village and after all, they are both humans.
They weren't doing anything rude or obnoxious so I let it pass.
Ah, the alcohol here is wonderful. After a drink I noticed that the Elf Maiden was behind Father Elf this time around.
We began with a minor discussion about the current progression of the conflicts while the Elf Maiden began pouring alcohol for the both of us. Naturally I drank the whole of it. The overall mood of the scene became merry.
After a brief while, after the setting had turned less grim and a bit of light chatting had been completed, we moved onto the main subject at hand. Apparently Father Elf is next in line to become the Lord of the village. He began by broaching the topic of the Human force's main assault force, and how to begin the attack with a combined effort of us at the Vanguard and supported by the full Elvish force. The reason for this is that this apparent 'Main force' is closing in on the Elvish village and would have the village surrounded within several days. Well, given that a prolonged war is not desired by either side, I can see the reasoning of this move.
Well, given our recent actions, I can see why the enemy is moving quickly for the kill. This situation is certainly not amusing for them. If the village is lost then the Elves will be taken advantage of, not that the troubles of the Elves specifically bothers me, but there is always the risk of dealing with stiff competition in the future should the forest be added to the control of the Sternbild Kingdom or the Kirika Empire. After the sheer quantity of soldiers we've managed to slay over the past week or so, I can only imagine the call for peace for both human nations involved. After such losses they will surely want to come to a swift conclusion to lick their wounds. Likewise the Elves want a swift end to this conflict, the war was never too popular and now that the entire village is at risk, the discontent is quickly becoming obvious.
Well, we are mercenaries after all, the requests of the employer cannot simply be disregarded. Father Elf made it clear that making this stiff request would not come freely and has ensured a substantial remuneration will be provided for our defense of his people. Even though he says that, I am not very keen to meet the full brunt of the human army head on. That is exactly what I have been avoiding with our guerrilla tactics. Seeing as there isn't much room for debate on this matter as time is short, we begin our plans. I was able to obtain the permission to hand over the elixir should I deem the situation called for it.
After an extensive discussion and planning, my party began preparations to return. I spoke to Female Knight on the way back to discuss the matter of the elixir I had in my possession. If worse comes to worst, I can use her as a diplomat to negotiate peace between the two conflicting parties. I could prepare the elixir from my blood and send it off to the kingdom to cure the princess and end the conflict. It certainly is not a terrible idea, gaining the favor of the Kingdom while having the Elves owe me an extensive debt that I could call upon at a later date. Since the Female Knight was the daughter of a noble, she would work well as a diplomat in the Kingdom's capital city, while an Ogre walking into town might not be the best idea.
I contemplate this idea as we progress.
Its a troublesome thing to think about, especially since we hold a substantial quantity of the Kingdom's forces as slaves. Humans are highly religious and what we have done is apparently against their religion. It is said that the current reigning queen is a strong believer in [Faith of the Five Supreme Gods] which is the currently the world's largest standing religion.  It will be troublesome to negotiate with such people, and in the end the proposal that I would bring the medicine was rejected. Overall there was room for negotiation left, but as I began to consider the merits of handing over the elixir and the battle, the more I began to favor the prospect of negotiation after a decisive conflict. 
With that over, I began to prepare for tomorrow's decisive battle.



Day 80
4:00 am - We began making our way through the military encampment of the human army. The commander is the heir to the Kirika Empire (currently 24 years old), he's currently present at the encampment of the human army as well.  
The current numbers of the enemies is around 2000. There appears to be a slave unit that is attached to what appears to be an elite squad. It's headquarters is heavily defended with many guards posted to prevent intruders. They seem to have learned from our past attacks, their watch is near unbreakable this time around. 
Our current forces stand at around 650 in total, 500 being a group of elite Elves that Father Elf himself leads. 
There will be no prisoners of war this time, its a straight out full confrontation with us at the front. This time there are no grand tricks, there will be casualties.
First, we need to consider the time. The current conditions allow for sufficient darkness to use my Black Skeleton Knights. This can give us an advantage in the early engagement, I won't lose any magical power since I can absorb magic from the darkness in the surrounding areas. At present, the only sources of light are several bonfires and the like.
Therefore, it doesn't seem necessary for us to simply charge in blindly.
It seems that the Heir of the Empire has a similar code of ethics to my own, given that there is a slave unit present. It is led by an apparent tyrant who carries out various cruelties. Therefore, I decided it would be beneficial to dispatch a Black Skeleton Assassin with the sole purpose of eliminating this man. The description was given to me by the Rusty Iron Knight, apparently the Rusty Iron Knight was not fond of this man. Fine by me, three birds with one stone. Once this man is eliminated, we can use this slave unit to cause chaos amongst the enemy's forces since the one who holds the control of their slave collars would be eliminated. There is the possibility that these collars are similar to my own, in which case they may need to be removed. It also appears that this man employs the use of a Chimera, if it goes wild after it's master has been slain, then there wont be any need to slay the beast as well. Who knows, I may even be able to dominate the beast myself.
Hmm, such a thing should be considered, but I shouldn't be so certain that just because the master has been slain that the beast will sense his death and go on a rampage and attack all humans in the surrounding areas. If by chance it does, then the distraction can be used to remove the slave collars. The beast appeared to be some sort of mix of certain parts of an elephant, tiger, snake, and a crab to measure nearly 6 meters. 
Its time to begin, the master was slain, unfortunately it seems that the beast decided to just escape the area. I have to admit, that annoyed me greatly. Now that the slaves were free, we managed to gain additional numbers, though those that did not react immediately upon being freed were quickly slain by the elite squad presiding over them. The greater result of this first strike was that it removed a large quantity of the enemy's numbers and battle power. In addition, as the chaos over the slave rebellion ensued, I used my Black Skeleton Assassins to pick off individuals of importance. A few dozen humans were taken out without the humans noticing. But after awhile I decided that was enough time spent on this tactic. Therefore, we began the attack and the human encampment became an all-out battlefield.
The sun soon rose and the movements of the [Black Skeleton Soldiers] began to degrade, soon the number of Skeletons destroyed began to increase steadily. Soon one of foolish human officers shouted out this obvious point to his men, it appeared to have an effect and their morale raised. The sun is now fixed in the sky and the Black Skeletons are now clearly visible. Even though they have lost a large amount of their effectiveness, I still want to delay a direct confrontation until it a suitable opening appears. 
While the sun had risen, there was still enough darkness in the forest to absorb more magical power. With the fresh corpses created by my undead slaves, generating new Skeletons was a simple matter. A quick bite wasn't out of the question either, but creating a larger fighting force took precedence.
While their movement may have been impeded by the rising sun, their strength is nothing to laugh at, while slower, in the numbers I am able to generate, they are still able to cut down a great number of humans.
Since the Skeletons proved effective, to increase the time I am able to field them I decided to start to put more magical power into each one while also increasing their resistances. As a result the combat effectiveness of the Skeletons rose sharply. The cries of horror from the humans thinking that the Skeleton Knights were growing immune to the sun brought a certain pleasure to me as a grin broke out on my face. Needless to say, the increased strength of my Skeletons caused the enemy's morale to fall greatly. As one would imagine, as the battle grew on, the number of humans fighting my Skeletons continued to increase constantly. Even though this was the case, the fact that the Skeletons continued to pour into the fray would cause an unavoidable constant drain on morale.
Sadly I couldn't just rely on the Skeletons forever, as the number of humans increased, the sun continued to rise and the number of Skeletons started to drastically fall. At that note, I gave the word for all forces to attack in multiple locations. Ogakichi-kun took the front where the fighting was fiercest while the others took their respective locations. The fighting became fearsome across the field of battle. With each of our strongest taking up a flank, the human moral quivered for some time, but each time somehow managed to rally themselves and come back stronger. This wont be an easy fight, I already watched two Kobolds go down after getting overrun by the humans.
Hmm? I think I just saw some Goblins over there take out the Chimera, good for them, I look forward to eating it once the fighting is through.
As I was watching this spectacle, I glance at a sole enemy at the human headquarters. It maintained a constant gaze at the engagement. From the look of it, the human has an unusually good state of attack. I activated [Job-Sorcerer] to break the focus of the enemy. After I activated [Job-Assassin] and [Recognition Prevention] to hide my presence. Given that a large amount of strength is required, I decided to don the magic item [Hermit's Robe] as extra insurance to avoid detection.
This is all for approaching the Heir to the Empire and commander of the Human Invasion force. He wore a splendid suit of armor and carries the presence similar to my own. However, even while I am approaching, there is no killing intent. The reason for this is because if I were to kill the heir, it would make this conflict a personal war of vengeance for the Empire to avenge their lost Heir. This overall would be a bad situation and eventually the demise of the Elves as a result. I seriously need to avoid killing him, the scenario where the Elves and the forest being absorbed into the Empire must be avoided at all costs. With a vast increase in numbers, we would be easily crushed under foot.
I would prefer the ones in charge of the forest to remain the Elves given my good relations with them. Another reason to avoid going for the kill in this situation.
With all this considered, I quickly subdued the Heir. Drawing close to his ears, I give him directions to our location. While saying this, I slide a flask containing a red liquid into his pocket. I inform him that this is, in fact, the medicine that will be able to cure any illness. After saying this, I released him. Bowing his head as to show that he understood my intention. Following this, we separated to begin what had to be done next.
Since with this business was concluded. I called out to Asue-chan who creates a great clay wall which divided the two forces. This should be enough for the moment.
Before they manage to break their way through the clay wall, all of the bodies such as the chimera are collected. We gather up the injured as well as the survivors of what is left of the former slave unit's members and withdraw in a hurry. To be honest, I wanted to bring home as much meat as possible and have my fill, but for now, time is of the essence. Luckily, I took the time in the midst of the battle to partake in many things so for now, there are our prizes of war. Such as the chimera. 
Sigh, patience is a virtue... Patience...
And so, we withdrew to the cave to treat the wounded. Since we requested a medical unit from the Elf Army when we were withdrawing, they arrived in a timely manner to aid in the treatment of the seriously wounded fighters. The rate of treatment greatly increased. Unfortunately, those that were slain on the field were not recovered because time did not allow it. All of our 100 man "Former" slave unit managed to return. All of our elves also returned fully intact with the exception of those that are still wearing the slave cuffs that I left behind with Potsun. Even though there should be no more violence, an extra level of insurance never hurts.
In total, for the first time in this war, there were casualties. A total of 20: 3 Hobgoblins, 2 Hobgoblin Mages, 5 Goblins, 6 Kobolds and 4 male Elves have died. It was a brutal dogfight, and the enemy's strength was nothing to laugh at. I can say that it is probably good fortune that our casualties were only this severe given the situation. Those whose bodies were recovered were given a proper ceremony and burning. Prayers were offered and there was a great level of emotion in the air, many tears were shed today.
While there is certainly sadness in the air, I can't really say that I personally was sad. Not a single tear came out either. However, as usual I live my life greedily to some extend, and took some parts of each of them to consume. I only saw this as usual, so I paid it no mind.
I took part in the flesh of the chimera, even though I took small parts of each of the fallen on the way back to base, seeing each of their bodies burned bothered me a little. It seems wasteful to me to go through the trouble to bring them back only to burn them, sigh.

Ability learned: Synthesis

Hmm, this is an interesting ability that I received from the chimera. It seems that an ability that I already gained matches very similarly to the one I just received. I wonder if this applies to other skills in my arsenal. Well, for today, preparing beds for the former slave group should be prioritized for now. After soaking in the hot spring for a while, I headed off to my bedroom.
Hmmmm... If things go well, this could be where the war and the contract with Father Elf ends. With that last thought, I fell into a deep sleep.

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