We were exploring a mountain located a little deeper in the forest today when we discovered a pig-faced demi-human walking through the mountains with a pickaxe on his shoulder. His skin was brown-colored and he had his stomach sticking out, but I could tell from his slightly muscular appearance that he had trained his body to some extent.
By the way, the clothes he was wearing were a little better than a goblin's and they covered both his upper and lower body. I felt a little bit irritated by this fact. The initial clothing that a goblin has is just a loincloth after all.
The superb item that was resting in his crotch was too large, and was slightly protruding from his clothes.
It's likely that I've discovered an [ Orc ], a monster species whose fame is equal to that of goblins. However, unlike goblins who have the physique of an early primary school child, its height was a hundred and seventy centimeters... or maybe even higher. looking at it with my current build with a difference of 40 to 50 cm, that orc looks huge!
After observing him for awhile, I determined that the orc we found is something that I can defeat even if I launch a frontal attack and fight it alone. However, the problem is the numbers.
Orcs appear to be a stronger species than goblins, and there's a big difference in their physiques. However, because I can fight only one at a time by myself, I may not be able to help Gobukichi-kun and Gobumi-chan if we're exposed to several enemies. If there's a large difference in numbers, even I don't know what will happen, and I can't throw the possibility that we'll be unable to escape.
Nonetheless, when we discovered this one, he was walking alone, so it seems like he's a stray orc.
Just in case, I used [ Thermography ] to check our surroundings, but I have to be careful doing so because my eyes will become useless if I look at the sun. It's troublesome that it's so difficult to use during the day, so I used [ Echolocation ] to carefully search the area as well.
As a result, I found out that there were no other orcs around, so we decided to launch a fierce attack on him.
First, we closed our distance with him as we remained hidden in the thick bushes. Gobumi-chan then used her staff sling to throw a stone soaked in venom at the orc's eye. Her talent in using ranged weapons has blossomed recently and the stone hit its target successfully, with the poison invading the orc's body right after crushing his eye.
If we use a fast-acting deadly poison strong enough to kill even Orcs instantly instead, the poison will be harder to handle, and I can't refine a poison this strong with the current level of [ Venom ] in the first place. However, since it felt a torrent of acute pain and lost one of its eyes, it couldn't keep its composure.
Following this, Gobukichi-kun matched his timing with the attack by smashing his very thick club into the front of the orc's knee with all of his strength, causing a dull sound to resound as its knee twisted at an angle that shouldn't be possible. The orc started rolling on the ground while screaming as his ugly pig face became even uglier.
Because Gobukichi-kun has completely disregarded wisdom and intellect since we began hunting, his current body build stresses his offensive and defensive capabilities. This made him capable of crushing the orc's meat and bones.
Gobukichi-kun. This guy, he's producing results beyond my expectations. Even though he's an idiot - this is a compliment -.
Having said that, I enhanced my leg strength with [ Pump Up ] and stomped on the back of the orc who was rolling around on the ground from pain, then pinned him down keeping him from moving. After that I stabbed him with the two horns I was holding in an area that would be around the kidneys if this was the back of a human.
The orc inhaled a breath as he prepared to call for help.
However, Gobukichi-kun swung his club down on his head before he could scream, and an unpleasant sound could be heard despite the fact that he couldn't crush his skull. After that, he repeatedly swung the blood-soaked club down at the orc's head without stopping.
In the end, he wasn't able to scream.
As for me, after stabbing him I twisted the horns, churning his internal organs and simultaneously releasing a muscle relaxant poison from the pointed end that I stabbed him with, pulled out the horns, and continued to stab him with them until he died.
In this way, we successfully hunted our first orc.
Of course, we ate him after that. Gobumi-chan ate the arms and the left leg, Gobukichi-kun ate everything below the waist, and I ate everything else that remained.
As for the taste, it was like a pig after all. Rather, it was more like a high quality pork. Let me say this, orcs are delicious.
This pork is seriously delicious!
Ability [ Libido ] learned
Ability [ Orc Language ] learned
Ability [ Detect Analysis ] learned
These are the abilities that I was able to learn from him.
It was a nice that I learned [ Orc Language ] and [ Detect Analysis ], as for [ Libido ], although it would allow me to perform outstandingly if I used it, since I'd have to choose a time and a partner in order to do so, I'll leave it alone for now.
It looks like I'll be able to talk to orcs from now on with [ Orc Language ]. Since there's this sort of ability, if I were to acquire one from this system for the human language, then I would be able to deal with the issue.
As for [ Detect Analysis ], it seems like it gives me an understanding of objects and their abilities when I examine them - restricted to goods - , though this depends on the ability's level as well. When I used it on a nearby fruit, I was quite surprised that it even displayed whether or not it was poisonous. Yeah, it looks like I obtained a very useful ability. It was really good luck that I was able to eat an orc here, however, the reason why he possessed an ability as convenient as [ Detect Analysis ] is a mystery.
Oh, that's right. I didn't mention it before, but we also collected the pickaxe that the orc had. We may have a use for it in the future.
After this, we hunted Night vipers, Armored tanukis, and Horn rabbits as usual. When the sun started setting, we returned to the cave.
I've gotten so used to dismantling that I could do it with my eyes closed now, and we were able to finish without putting too much time into it. The results of today's hunting wasn't split only between Gobukichi-kun, Gobumi-chan and myself. I also let the goblins in the cave that couldn't move well because they've been starving for a few days eat as well.
It's seems the main reason for yesterday's attack is mostly due to the food situation of the goblins from my generation.
Anyways, regarding the attack's direct perpetrators, it looks like they wanted to help the goblins from my generation who hadn't eaten anything decent in several days because they lacked the strength and wisdom to find food even if they moved around in search of it, there were more females than males among them. However, the attackers were barely able to obtain enough food for themselves, so it wasn't possible for them to support the others.
Therefore, since I was able to enjoy the most substantial meals, they wanted to beat me up and make me surrender. Then, they planned to have me gather food for the others. Because they had numbers, they thought that they will be able to do it. They are really simple.
Although I could've laughed it off and just ignored it, it would be troublesome if this happened again in the future. In addition, it wouldn't hurt to sell favors for the time being, so I brought food for them.
Although I want to say that I don't care about those who can't even get their own food, from what Gobujii told me afterwards, it appears that the majority of goblins in every generation are inept just like them, that's why the majority end up dying. Nevertheless, as a member of the same kind as them, I think they are too pitiful.
That's why, this will be the first and last act of compassion I'm showing them.
Having said that, they expressed their gratitude to me. They were crying as they thanked me. Because I don't need their thanks, I told them to pay me back by hunting and paying me back what they ate.
For now, I gave the pitiable guys a lecture on how to hunt Horn rabbits.
I had them form parties, and told them to put all their weight on their feet and crush its backbone after they block its horn by deliberately thrusting it into a tree branch. It's simple, but I judged that it would be plenty.
Anyways, this method will be tested in actual combat tomorrow. In exchange for this, I told them to bring their share of the food they ate from today's spoils to my place when they can.
This was probably the first time they've had meat for food since they were born. I taught them how to hunt as well, though it was just the basics.
If I do this and they repay my kindness with ingratitude, then I won't hesitate to use them as sacrificial pawns. To be more specific, I can use them as decoys to lure something into a trap if it doesn't look like I can defeat it without being harmed. I'll wait for that moment without expecting too much from them.
Also, the five goblins that attacked me have already become my servants. Naturally, they're completely obedient to my orders, so I assigned them some daily responsibilities.
The tribute they presented to me for today's assignment was five Horn rabbits which I distributed to the starving goblins.
Nevertheless, it's really nice when you're one of the fittest in the idiom "Survival of the fittest".
Tiredness hit me after I finished distributing the food, so I went and shut my eyes as I rolled into my bed, which I improved a little using the Seven-Colored bats' wings.
Sleepiness immediately came over me.
[ Your level has exceeded the minimum required value.
Since special conditions ≪ Overrunning Lively Motion ≫ and ≪ Unique Behavior ≫ have been cleared, it's possible to undergo [ EvolutionRank Up ] into a [ HobgoblinIntermediate Demon/Oni - Variant ].
Would you like to undergo [ EvolutionRank Up ] ?
≪ＹＥＳ≫ ≪ＮＯ≫ ]
I had the feeling that this was being displayed in my head, since I was very tired, I chose ≪ＹＥＳ≫ right away and went to sleep.
[ Goburou has obtained [ The Divine Protection of The Great God governing ≪ Origin and Demise ≫ ].