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Translator’s Corner (Cast an English Clown and Police Officer)

Knocking on the door

Clown: One second! Let me finish the balloon ani, would Kanzaki Yuuko be available?

Clown: Who? I a to our records she should be living at this address… who ht you be?

Clown: I a here?

Clown: I live here!

Police: Sigh If you happen to remember or meet Kanzaki-san, could you please calla police officer your business?

Police: It’s my job…

Clown: Don’t worry, officer! Leave it to me By the ould you like to hear a joke?

Police: Uet who escaped froe!

Police: Hah… that’s pretty good

Clown: By the way, if you don’tfor Kaizaki-san?

Police: It’s Kanzaki… there have been a few unexplained incidents at a hospital she worked at, and we need to bring her in for questioning

Forest Disturbance Arc

Chapter 42 – The Great Jura Forest Coalition

The war ended

I fought a truly strong opponent

Perhaps, if he had finished his evolution… I probably would not have a ht now that I could win

I’d h he had evolved, I am rather fortunate that I defeated hiotten another unique skill!

Well, though I actually haven’t gotten the unique skill [Starving Ones], I did absorb its potential

That is,the skill erous of a skill

And while I was thinking these things,

「Mu? So…」

「My wounds are healing faster! Have all been restored already?」

「Yeah…」

I heard such voices

Hht

It’s the effect of [Gluttony]

Its effects are,

≪Solution Changing into unique skill [Gluttony] has added the following effects…

Decay: The ability to decoet Ability to add deco an ability after consu only a part of a monster’s corpse (※ Randorant an ability unto a monster hoet’s inherent y)

Food Chain: It is now possible to acquire skills from your subordinates (※ All of them)

These three have becoinal abilities of predator stayed the sa with that, my stomach capacity seems to have doubled

So does this a’s skills that they’ve gotten from evolution?

≪Solution It is possible≫

Seriously?!

So whenever they get stronger I get stronger, and the opposite is also true

How terrifying this power had becoe this way or transic

Of course, proficiency I also need to raise on my own Daily effort is iot my hands on

As expected of Orc Disaster

It’s a shaet soh pure luck, I have gotten 〈Flight Magic〉!

I don’t need incantations to use it I can fly around just by willing to do so

Well, I’ll slowly practice with it, and along the way learn to fly at supersonic speeds

Butmy hands on unique skills and such, I was able to optirate all ht that I can’t

And if you’re wondering about 『Devil Transforest form

This too I will carefully research later

This all aside, I did just mention that the war has ended

The battlefield was filled with happiness, sadness, and despair

Now then

I think it every time after a battle, but more troublesome than the war itself are the reparations afterwards

The day after the Orc Disaster was exterminated

In the center of the marshes, in a teathered

Froa is lurking withinon Shion’s knees

Since I had shown them my true form when I defeated Orc Disaster there is no need to conceal it now

From the lizardmen–the Head, Guard Captain, and Guard Vice Captain

Gabil is imprisoned for treason Even if they are parent and child, insubordination is bad

Though he’s an idiot, he does have so points And since it’s not the time to discuss his sentence, we’ll just leave hi Orc General and ten clan chief representatives

They were all pale, depression visible on their faces

The reason for the previous chaos was, indubitably, the orcs

No matter how hard anyone tries to pin all the blame on the Orc Lord’s manipulation, they were clearly not blameless

And it is because they understand this fact, that their expressions are so dark

According to what Souei had gathered, they didn’t prepare that h cannibalism and the effects of the unique skill, they were able to advance while starving Now that they have lost the skill’s effects they can’t possibly eat their brethren

Their rather unfortunate situation made the at to be demanded to take responsibility for the war, but they also know that they can’t possibly pay reparations

As in the first place, theorcs and their leaders who could do naught about it

Even considering that their numbers have decreased, there are still 150 thousand of theh food to feed them all

And the fact that even with this many troops they can’t continue combat simply emphasizes just how cornered the orcs are

If they did not have the [Starving Ones] skill, they would have all perished froh there are 150 thousand of the It was a mass exodus of the orc race

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The cause was a severe faic Continent is a land with fertile soil under the protection of the demon lords

Many powerful demonic beasts and demons inhabit it, but thanks to the demon lords, it is safe

However, there was a price for safety A steep tax

Those anted to live on fertile lands had to provide a large amount of crop

Orc, who reproduced quickly, worked in the mines and toiled the fields, and were necessary to the demon lords

However Those who could not pay the tax were i hand

Ai for the abundant resources, many monsters attack

Those that have not paid a protection tax are not protected

Thus that land inevitably becoerous

The fertile orcs, even if the h restore their population to needed levels

Though there was a need to control their number, the demon lords decided that the extras would die anyways

Now, thanks to a great fa the protection of the demon lords, they decided to flee those lands in search of a safe haven

While beset by hunger, the orc lord was born aer than the, they have made their way to Jura Forest’s outskirts

Around that time, a devil named Gelmudo offered them a hand

Oblivious to his machinations, they decided to accept his offer

And thus, following his directions, they plunged Jura Forest into chaos

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The conference began with a heavy atinally asked the Lizardmen’s Guard Captain to do it, but he refused

「That role is too much for one such as I!」

He said, and turned ate to the defeated, I i man–Hakurou to do it

Hakurou had declared the conference open, but no one said anything

Everyone was looking atI seriously hate conferences

Well, it can’t be helped

「Before we begin the conference, I wish to share the inforathered Listen!」

I exclaimed At my words, everyone’s expressions hardened, and they fixated their gazes on otten fro, and their current situation

The orc representatives, not expecting s up, stared atto me They were fully convinced that they’d all be executed without a chance to explain thenal, I continued the conference

「Ahem! Now then, the first let’s confirm the casualties!」

And thus the discussion started

Lizard to his report, the Orcs hid their faces and stayed silent

「Now then, Head-dono, do you have any de the losses, the discussion proceeded to discuss appropriate payh I’ve never experienced an actual war before so I wouldn’t know, but they probably have the winner des fro this way

「Nothing specific This victory was not wrought by our strength We were saved by Riht to reparations, the Head thus replied

Not like they could do ht Let’s let theorcs speak now, but when I had just looked at them

「Please pardon my interruption! Please allow me to compensate for this incident with h, but I have no followers to add!」

Orc Generals calls out, falling prostrate before me

He desperately pleads\

“I have becoy, so please forgive the rest withon that, but that’s not the proble

Let’s just do thisto say!」

Hakurou intervened

The Orc General shut up, and looked at me

The rest, as well, quietly waited for me to speak Just the atmosphere that I hate

「Umm, so this is my first conference, so I’m not sure I can handle this well Thus, I’ll just say what I think After that, I want you all to discuss hts

First, that I thought that we should not pursue the discussion about the orcs’ sins

Next, that I wanted to continue the alliance with the Lizardmen

And finally, that I wanted the orcs to join that alliance