Volume 3 - CH 6.1

Act 3-6.1: Algore’s Prince

Algore’s prince, Omiros, and his party kept advancing into the Goblins’ nest. Just as they had encountered before, a group of Goblins suddenly appeared, battling them and trying to stop them from going in their territory any further. Their numbers were a lot, as they had learned from many prior battles. However, even though Omiros’ party had only seven people while the group of Goblins before them bore over twenty stout figures, the prince didn’t fall into panic, not even wincing in fear at their loathsome appearances.

– –They had Parsish among them.

「FLASH!!」

「GUGYAAA!!」

「GUAAAA.」

Parsish’s flash magic exploded during the battle. The Goblins writhed in agony at the blinding flash of light that entered their vision, shielding their sore eyes from further destructive brightness. They were creatures that thrived in darkness, weak to strong light, and that flash of light magic was their own worst nightmare, their undoing in the battle as it blinded them for a few seconds.

「NOW! KILL THEM ALL BEFORE THEY REGAIN THEIR SIGHT!!」

They would lose their battles against the Goblins, whose numbers amounted to more than twice their own, without robbing them of their sight. Ominous drew his sword and charged towards the crowd of Goblins after issuing his order.

「DON’T AIM FOR THEIR HARD SKULL! AIM FOR THEIR BODY, STAB THEIR HEART!!」

「ROGER THAT!!」

Omiros’ comrades replied as they crossed swords with the Goblins. The Goblins in turn desperately dodged their oncoming slaughter.

Since a Goblin’s head was as hard as a rock, a normal sword couldn’t split it open. That’s why aiming for their limbs was the rule of thumb when fighting them. Since humans were taller than Goblins, a skilled warrior wouldn’t have any trouble in disposing of them, and the people who came with Omiros were all the skilled warriors of Algore; seasoned warriors who could easily eat Goblins for breakfast.

Strength triumphed over everything in Algore, a human country that lay closest to Nargol,  and which was always under the threat of monster attacks. The men of Algore were all fated to the life of warriors since their birth and had thus become veterans of the trade—Omiros’ group had not much problem in disposing of the blinded Goblins.

However, as one would expect, due to their larger numbers, many goblins were still rampaging in their blind state, the warriors not being able to reach them all at once.

「GAAAAAAAAAA!」

Finally, the Goblins’ eyesights were restored. They raised a warcry along with their club in retaliation, wanting to get back at the humans who harmed their kind.

After defending against a Goblin’s club strike with his shield, Omiros launched a counter, his sword cutting into the Goblin’s body. He then kicked the Goblin he had just slashed towards another one, making them crash on the rough ground, subsequently stabbing his sword into another Goblin who had tried to attack his flank.

「Not bad, Prince Omiros.」

Parsish praised Omiros with a smile on his face. Omiros, however, felt that it was an empty praise as he saw the number of Goblins Parsish had killed, which far surpassed his own.

Parsish wasn’t a native of Algore. He was a foreigner who had suddenly appeared in their country and started freeloading in his father’s house and had become their clan’s strongest fighter. The mantle had fallen on him after the people had discovered how skilled in combat he was as no one could beat him in a one-on-one fight. Nowadays, his name had even resounded in other countries, gaining him fame as Algore’s hero.

But, for some reason, Omiros couldn’t bring himself to like this man. He knew that this foreigner was always fooling around with not just the women of his country, but women of other countries too. He was a bit disgusted by this man’s ways.

Unlike the previous king, the current king, Omiros’ father, had sent him to the surrounding countries to try and build friendly relationships with them. During that time, Omiros noticed that Parsish, who always came along as his companion, would always make a move on the noble daughters of the different countries. Of course, because of his handsomeness and beautiful face, no woman had ever refused his advances. Ominous though, still found the whole ordeal to be rather disturbing.

「Well this Parsish feels that he cannot lose to Prince-sama’s spirit. Bring it on, you ugly Goblins!!」

Parsish rushed towards the group of surviving Goblins after his exclamation, massacring the whole hord. He moved like a gale, sweeping his enemies in an instant.

「Amazing…」

「As expected of Parsish-sama!!」

Witnessing his amazing feat, everyone started singing him praise. Parsish’s strength was truly befitting a hero. It was rumored that he could even defeat a weak, young ogre on his own. Omiros was left in awe seeing Parsish’s display of strength. This foreigner’s beautiful face and powerful strength somehow reminded him of the Hero of Light. [ED: You call someone who can only defeat a “weak, young ogre” powerful?]

Soon enough, the rest of the Goblins were finished off by Parsish.

「Well that ended rather quickly… do you still want to keep going on, Prince Omiros?」

「Yes, let’s keep going on a bit more.」

The others let out a dissatisfied groan upon hearing Omiros’ remark.

「Young master… I think we should just go back. We’re really going to die if we keep on going further recklessly like this.」

Balzasa, one of the members of their group, proposed that they withdraw before things got too dangerous. Balzasa was the king’s subordinate and had always been Omiros’ escort. He was really troubled right now as all he could think about was Omiros’ safety.

「Sorry Balzasa. Please, just a bit more.」

「Isn’t this enough already, Omiros. Just face the reality, that Qupis princess has already long been killed by Goblins.」

「Maxis!!」

Omiros then grabbed Maxis by the nape of his neck.

Maxis was Omiros’ cousin. Though he had come along since he couldn’t stop worrying about Omiros, Omiros’ last remark had left him with no choice but to voice his concerns.

「 Goblins aren’t always killing humans!! She must be alive!!」

「Isn’t that… an even more tragic fate than death. She’ll be just a breeding seedbed for Goblin children…」

That was the only reason why a  goblin would choose not to kill a female human. Omiros almost broke into tears upon hearing Maxis’ brutal retort.

「But still… Regena is…」

Omiros couldn’t finish his sentence.

「You shouldn’t bully our prince, Maxis-dono.」

Maxis heaved a sigh upon hearing Parsish’s remark.

「Sorry Omiros. It seems I talk too much.」

In the end, Maxis apologized to Omiros.

「I spotted another cave on the way, let’s take a rest in it, prince-sama. Everyone is tired after all.」

Everyone agreed to Parsish’s proposal. Not even Omiros could fight against such unity.

「I understand, Parsish-dono. Everyone, let’s take a rest in the next cave, you’re all just following my selfishness after all.」

Omiros and his companions could finally take a rest from their march. The sky was cloudy when they arrived at the small cave, which was pretty similar to a simple hole. They set up camp and started a fire, sitting around it to rest and warm up.