Chapter Two: The Difference Between a Kettle And a Brain (Pt.2)

Anyway, looked at the behavior of these guys, my heart will not have a single thought of pardon or mercy anymore.

"You bastards! Do you know who I am? I am a candler maker. I am going to use your body fat to make candles!"

Hearing my warning full of professionalism, Sanson barely smiled. But the Orcs' reaction is very strange.

"Oink, you say you are a candle maker?"

"Yes. I've never heard of any place on this whole continent where candles are made of Orcs fat, then I'll be the first person! I should put my name on them too. The Nedval Orcs Candles!"

The Orcs suddenly started to discuss with each other excitedly. Then one guy said:

"Then, oink! That person should be taken alive."

"Wha.... What?

What is this nonsense? I didn't know whether to laugh or cry and looked at Sanson, but Sanson also put on a surprised face. Then Karl interjected.

"You two... Where do you think the Orcs get these weapons, why are there armors for them to wear? They capture human artisans, force them to make these. So they like people who have techniques."

"Huh?"

"Orcs' brains are too small, they can't learn. So they will capture skillful artisans to help them. They like blacksmiths the most.. Candle makers like you are not bad too. Although they don't like candlelight, for the captured people to work in the Orc caves, candles are necessary."

Sanson made a dumbfounding face, said:

"Hey, I'm the son of a blacksmith, so I am good at blacksmith that sort of things. What are you going to do?"

The Orcs are panic now. They started discussing around again.

"Oink! That human old man! How about you? Oink! You seem to know much about us, Oink Oink! You have a lot of knowledge?"

"Me? I like reading, I would also like to be a writer and write something, but for you, I can also be treated as a pharmacist."

The Orcs are completely excited now.

"That, oink, oink! Capture them all!"

Then Sanson laughed.

"Then we are so grateful. So when we fight with you, we don't have to worry about dying, right?"

Then I said coldly:

"Our opinion is a little bit different from yours. We will only capture a few of you. We have to rescue the captured people inside your caves."

Hearing what I said, sparks broke out from the eyes of Sanson.

"Yes! You bastards, I won't let you run!"

Sanson didn't even finish his words, began rushing forward. The scared Orcs raised their weapons, but because their arms are relatively short, so the machetes they use are smaller than human's. But the problem is that their height are too short. Sanson hastily fended off those swords slashing to his thigh. I watched this scene, and then looked around.

"Ah, ahhhhhhhh -!"

The Orcs almost had their eyes jumped out. I lifted a rock which is as large as the size of an Orc, I raised the rock high above my head and said:

"Shall we play the game of throwing stones?"

"That, that's not a candle maker! Oink, that's not a human!"

I mercilessly threw the rock. Bang bang bang! Orcs are actually so agile! Almost like a hare. But there is still one of them who had a bad luck, fell over in front of the rock. I was a little scared, so I tightly closed my eyes, but that moment my hind-brain suddenly felt a chill, so I had to open my eyes again. And I saw the scene clearly.

"Well, it is really cruel. Who actually did such a thing."

The Orcs are now crazily rushing over. Because their attacks are so low, so Sanson is angry, and lowered his upper body even more, then did a circle slash with his long sword. Sanson upper body together with the length of his arm, combined with the length of his sword, is indeed much longer than the Orcs' machetes. Now I should also charge.

"Sideway Unaware Slash!"

My move this time, became turning sideway. Such a slash, I easily rotated three times. Although my waist feel less pain, there is still a side effect of dizziness. The livid faces of the Orcs are now more blue, that look is really interesting. Surprisingly, I rotated three times and I didn't even hit one single guy, but cut down a few trees nearby. I purposely ignored Sanson's accusatory eyes, picked up a wood and began to throw.

"I meant to cut this!"

"Don't be so exaggerating... Huchi. Even Orcs won't believe you."

Anway, judging from my OPG and Sanson's fencing, we are not something that Orcs can capture alive. The Orcs with discouraged faces are trying to escape, but this is definitely not allowed. I rushed over and grabbed one of the guys' neck. This guy is struggling and shouting, wanted to attack me in the face, but because I gave its stomach several punches, disgusting saliva is out-flowing from its mouth and it's fainted.

The other Orcs fled, we took out a rope and tied up the captured Orc. Sanson said:

"Well, Karl, if these guys caught some people, although I think searching the caves, and rescuing those people is a better idea right..."

"I also agree. But first we have to confirm that we have enough time."

Ah, thinking carefully, it's now October. We started at the end of September.

"Time should be enough. From here to the capital we need about 17 days. Coming back would account for 25 days. So a round-trip is 42 days. Of course there could actually be a difference between a few days, but it should be around one month and a half . "

Karl frowned.

"Then it's really a bit... If you want have a meeting with His Majesty, but also take the opportunity to visit the Huritchell Family, time is probably like this. A month and a half."

Sanson and I think that we are just going over there to see a few people, discuss a few things, so we can't understand why a month and a half wouldn't be enough, but only because we don't know the situation in the capital as well as the royal etiquette, so we can only remain silent. Karl's face eased down, he said:

"Wake it up. I'll interrogate it. If the time is not enough, we can make up our journey at night."

Karl made a kind expression, Sanson also seems happy and smiled. I laughed, and then slapped the Orc's face several times. It opened its eyes to look around about its situation, then fell into horror.

Karl lifted its head up and said:


"Just like what you've heard, I have a bit understanding about you guys. If you go back like this, you would be killed by your leader right? The leader will chop your head off and play around, if he gets tired of it then he will throw it away. "

The Orc seems to think it is a matter of course, so it doesn't look shocked, but Sanson and I both look surprised. Karl went on and said:

"If you don't tell us where your caves are, then we'll take you back to your leader."

Sanson and I are looking at each other. This sentence is really baffling! We thought Karl was kidding.

"Oink! Go through that mountain and go down about three hundred cubits, oink! Vine-covered crevices, oink! There are two fallen trees on both sides, that's a sign. Oink! There are totally around a hundred and fifty of us! '

"Really?! Thank you."

Karl untied the rope, it immediately began to flee. Karl looked at our faces and shrugged.

"My brothers, now you understand why they need to capture human craftsmen."


"But... But it's too over."

Sanson's cheek muscles are twitching, while thinking how ridiculous this thing is, and I chuckled. Karl touched his chin, then frowned again.

"However one hundred and fifty is indeed too much... I am curious how such a number can live here. Do they get enough income from robberies around this Hudyne Ridge? Ah, Sanson, is there any fortress or large-scale village around?"

Sanson took out a thick geography book, went next to the fire, pointed on the map:

"Yes, some distance away, there is a place named Elounda Fort. But it's quite far away. Four days away from here. Besides that there are only a few small territories. I guess they loot these small villages to live."

"If there are fortresses or metropolis nearby, they wouldn't be able to form such a large-scale group."

Karl made a worried face, we are now all bothered.

On the geography book Sanson showed us, Elounda Fort this fortress is in the south, exactly perpendicular to the east where we are going to. If we want to go there, it will not only waste too much time,  the fortress would also be unlikely to send any troops to clear the Orcs. We have no rank, it's not possible to ask the garrison to do something not in their duty.

I opened my mouth and yawned, then said my opinion.

"(Hmm----mf) Gee. Don't they sleep during the day?"


"I think so."

"Then we run into the cave during the day, then save the people quickly, how about that?"

"That's too dangerous. Impossible, Nedval. You are saying that we have to stealth among one hundred and fifty Orcs in a dark cave, to find humans, and get them out? And even Orcs should also have sentinels, shouldn't they?"

At this time, a loud and clear voice came from the woods.

"It's really a stupid plan."

"Huh?"

Sanson and I hurriedly raised our weapons. Although that's a voice of human, additionally a voice of woman, I know a lot of monsters would give a woman's voice. Anyway, because it's night, so we have to be careful. Sanson shouted:

"If you are a human, please come out!"

The voice from the woods answered.

"If I'm a human, I can refuse others' requests, right?"

Sanson is surprised and widened his mouth, looking at me with confusion in his eyes. Well, that doesn't matter! I made an impatient face to Sanson, and then shouted at the woods:

"If you don't come out, then you are a Goblin with constipation, an Orc with athlete's foot, a Werewolf with hemorrhoids!"

I am indeed a frank man. This can be proved from the face of Sanson which now looks like he's never seen such a person in his lifetime. The voice in the forest said after a moment:

"... To avoid such unpleasant speculations,  I should come out."

After a while, under the firelight there is a woman with slender body and long ears. Her ears look like elves' ears. I tilted my head and whispered to Sanson:

"Hey, that woman's ears are as long as an elf's, aren't they?"

Sanson felt strange and looked at me, then said to the woman:

"Are you the race of forest?"

... Really an elf.