The Dark Warrior

disappeared. Following that, Narberal finished chanting her flying magic, then no

trace of her was left behind. Everyone waited on the road, when Naberal’s figure

suddenly reappeared in the same place and she gave her report:

“...The vil agers are moving normally within the vil age and it doesn’t look like

they are under orders or commanded by someone. There’s also another field on

the other side of the vil age where the vil agers are currently working at.”

“... Well, looks like I was just too worried.”

“There shouldn’t be any problems then. In that case, we should continue…

right?”

Peter looked for Enfrea’s and Ainz’s opinions, who both agreed.

Since the road to the vil age became narrower and narrower, the group formed a

single column and walked to the entrance of the vil age.

The wheat fields scattered on both sides of the road swayed in the wind and

dyed the wheat green. From their point of view, it looked like they were

immersed in a green pond.

“Eh?”

The carriage was rattling forward when Lukeluther, who was second in line,

suddenly spoke in a puzzled voice and carefully looked at the wheat fields. Even

though it wasn’t harvest time yet, the wheat stalks stil reached a height of

seventy centimeters, making it difficult to look into the sea of wheat.

“What’s wrong?”

Ninya, who was walking behind him, asked with a perplexed voice.

“Eh? Nothing, maybe it’s just my imagination?”

Lukeluther’s head was full of doubts, but he increased his pace and quickly

closed the distance between him and Peter.

Ninya also looked in the same direction, confirming there was no movement and

then moved forward quickly.

The wheat even grew onto the road to the vil age, making it look like it had been

flooded by the sea. For the sake of creating a path they considered cutting down

the wheat, but doing so would surely get them into trouble.

“I really hope that the vil agers wil properly tend these fields. Leaving it like this would be too wasteful.”

Peter, who was walking in front of them, knocked over many ears of wheat when

his thigh armor grazed them. Seeing that, Peter muttered to himself, feeling that

something was off about the situation.

His intuition, which had been honed through countless dangerous situations,

was warning him. Would green ears of wheat really fall over this easily?

Looking carefully at the fields, Peter realised there was a pair of eyes staring

straight into his. There was a small creature that could hide their whole body

inside the wheat field. Although he couldn’t make out the facial features that

were hidden by the wheat, they were definitely not human.

“What!”

Surprised, Peter wanted to shout a warning to his fellow comrades, but the

creature —— a demi-human —— spoke first: “Could you lay down your arms?”

The short demi-human had already drawn its weapon, no matter how fast Peter

could move, his opponent would stil be faster.

“Oh-oh, please lay down your weapons. Could you please convey this message

to the people behind you? We do not wish to use these bows and arrows to kil

you.”

Hearing a soft sound coming from another place, he looked in that direction and

discovered a cleverly hidden hole in the fields from which the upper halves of

some demi-humans could be seen. They were also using the wheat to

camouflage themselves.

Peter could not help feeling hesitant. According to what this creature was

saying, it looked like there was room for negotiation.

“... Could you spare our lives?”

“Of course. If you surrender.”

Peter was at a loss.

He had to stand in front of the carriage and ensure that none of the arrows

would reach Enfrea on the carriage. He also had to grasp the numbers of the

enemy and the composition of their troops.

It was important to confirm his opponent’s objective, but right now he could

neither surrender nor reject his opponent’s proposal.

As if they were able to see through Peter’s confusion, two additional demi-

humans stood up with a rustling sound.

“...Goblins.”

Ninya whispered.

The demi-humans who just stood up were of the same race as the goblins from

yesterday. They raised their bows and arrows, targeting with their sharp eyes.

Should they fight?

Ninya, Lukeluther and Dyne looked at each other, using their expressions to

read each other’s intentions.

Compared to humans, goblins were weaker in terms of height, weight, muscle

and other physical abilities. Since they had night vision, it would be difficult to

fight them in the dark, but if it was under the sun in broad daylight, they wouldn’t

be a difficult opponent for the battle-hardened members of the Dark Sword..

Furthermore, there was Ainz as well, so the fight should be as easy as

yesterday’s one.

If it was a fight against goblins, Peter was confident he would win, even if he had

a hostage to rescue.

But there were other reasons Peter was unable to act decisively.

In simple terms, the goblin in front of him looked wel -trained. Compared to the

weak and gaunt goblins from yesterday, the goblin in front of him had a good

physique, a body with sturdy muscles.