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Thief

A big roar echoed throughout the entire village.

I looked in the direction of the voices.
The two-man party who was outside the village looked like they were rushing back

It seems that they are shouting but I don’t understand what they are saying.
A bit later , the villagers started coming out of their houses with weapons
They carry swords and hoes.

It can’t be. Was I discovered?
That's what I was thought , but it didn't look like they were aiming for me

The villagers gathered and went to the east in a hurry.
I followed them quietly through the forest.

Looking to the east , I notice a cloud of sand coming this way.
All the villagers are advancing in this direction

Thief Lv7
Equipment : copper sword – leather shoes

Thief Lv11
Equipment : copper sword – leather armor – leather shoes

Thief Lv4
Equipment : copper sword

Though the thieves are far enough to seem like grains of rice, the necessary information has popped up in my mind.

With the help of appraisal , the current situation became clear

Is the thieves' raid a start-of-game event?
If I stay hidden in the forest maybe I can do something.

The general levels of the thieves are high.
I could deal with them if they only had one-digit levels
because i carry the sacred sword Durandal
The villagers can't rival me with their copper swords

The villagers have taken position around the barn I was sleeping in on the border of the village.
They will fight the thieves in that place it seems
The lvl25 middle-aged man of before is at the center.
The village chief was there too.
His lvl was an impossible Lv8.

The thieves whom they are to confront….

Thief Lv41
Equipment : iron sword - Thief's bandana – iron armor – leather shoes

It seems that man is the leader.
His level is high.
He was equipped with a thief’s bandana.

The second strongest was only lvl 19
The third is the Lv11 of before.
The rest are in one digits.

Is it because it’s the first event that their levels are low?
If I’m cautious with their leader, even I can defeat him somehow.

When the thieves arrived to the village, they started to attack the villagers.

The villagers responded to that with an attack of their own.

Soon , both sides starts jumbling together to the point i can't tell who is in which camp
I don't understand anything they are saying and shouting

The place where they are fighting is right in front of where I’m hiding.
If I get out from the forest I can take them by surprise.

Because both sides are in low levels, none is overpowered, the development is that they are fighting equally sword to sword.
The middle-age man of Lv25 is fighting the leader of Lv41.

But, there is a level gap , eventually the leader starts dominating.
The leader threw down the middle-aged man. The middle-age man is on the ground and  is trying to move his arm but is stabbed instead.

What is he doing?
It seems like he got stabbed from an opening in his armor by the thieve's sword
I heard it that in the ancient martial arts they wore armors to fight.

The middle-aged man is postrated, naturally the leader turn towards him.
Perhaps, now is my chance?

If it’s now, I have the feeling that I can reach the leader without being noticed.
With my sacred sword Durandal ,only one hit from behind should be enough to deal considerable damage to him.

My heart is throbbing.
I pulled out Durandal who was shining from the scabbard hanging on my waist, I grabbed it's hilt tightly with both of my hands. ( // YOU PERVERTS !! )

Durandal was heavier than a wooden sword, but not to the extent that I can't wield it.
For me who practiced kendo this is a easy victory.
If this is the initial event of the game , then they shouldn't be enemies i have no chance of defeating as a lvl1.

Then there is no choice but to go.

I take a big breath again.
I concentrate on the surrounding's sounds
Yet, I don’t understand anything that they are saying.

I rush out from the forest.
I aim at the leader Lv41, running at him at full speed

On the way, one thief noticed me and tried to stop me.
I swung Durandal downward and with a single stroke I slayed the thief Lv2.
Is this really a lvl2 ?

I raised Durandal again, and continued to run. Jumping a little at the end, I landed next to the leader.
Without error I focused my energy to kill him, I convey that energy to my arms. I stand firmly, and swung durandal downwards.
I drop the sword to the neck of the leader. Durandal has captured the neck of the thief.
The head is sent flying.
 Red blood is spurting out from what is left of the neck.

Uwaa.
What kind of splatter isthis ?
The decision is that this is a shit game.

But I don’t have the time to think.
I started to challenge the other thieves.

Surrounding the leader were thieves of single digit levels, with one stroke everything was settled.
Every time I swing Durandal, more blood is sprayed, the enemy is reduced to a few people.

I searched for the second strongest, the Lv19 thief.
While I finish the small fry with single digits levels, swinging to the left and right on their necks, I checked the thieves.
The thief Lv19, that was a little separated from their leader was attacking the village chief.
There is some villagers gathering around the chief, they are strengthening their defense.

Someone is shouting something.
The thief Lv19 is looking here, as expected he was shouting something.

They stopped fighting and began to run away.
Because their leader was defeated, they started to withdraw.

Because they are showing their back, now is my chance.
I started to pursue them.

I slaughtered some of the thieves from behind.
In front of me, the Lv11 was in my way. It’s the third man.
I stopped the sword that came from the left , this time I swung the sword from the left, he caught my sword.
Because he has armor, I probably can't defeat him in one blow.

With a fast judgement and a small movement of the sword, I hit his forearm.
If this was kendo , this movement I'd do for sure.
The right wrist of the thief Lv11 is completely cut off and falls to the ground.
I ignore the blood that is coming from his wrist and return to finish him. Because he doesn’t have a wrist he can’t lift his sword.
The head of the thief Lv11 is sent flying.

I ran from the splash of blood.
The thieves enter completely in retreat mode.
The thief Lv19 is the first to escape. A miserable guy. Or should I say ,he is a thief in the end.

I slaughtered even more thieves who were trying to run away. And then, the thief Lv19 got cut off.
The thief Lv19 that is showing me his defenseless back is no match for Durandal.

The remain enemies are scattering.
In the end, none of the thieves could escape, they became my experience.

「Fuu」

After I defeated every thief, I seated down in that spot.
Even though this is a game, my breath is rough.
I let a big breath out. It recovered one's composure.
The sounds of my surroundings suddenly returned to me.

In the field, the corpse of the thieves and their sprayed out blood were everywhere.
It’s not necessary to do it so real.
It seems that for the bodies to disappear it takes time.

The beta tester didn’t complain?
Because I didn’t hear of a virtual reality game, maybe what I’m doing now is the beta test.
Then, I'm gonna make the complaint.

When I had regained my breath, the village chief approached me.
The village chief with his doubtful low lvl 8.

「××××××××××」
「I don’t understand what you are saying」
「Excuse me. So you talk Brahim ?」
(TL: Everybody sounds execivly polite when talking to him but i have no idea how to make it sound the same )
「××××××××××」

There was that. That setting.

「That’s right」
「Oh. As expected. That’s an adventurer for you」

What is “as expected”? You talk it too.

「Something like that」

I suitably nodded.

「You have saved the village from it's predicament, thank you very much」
「No, it’s nothing」

It is such an event.

But, I'm unusually impertinent.
Must be because the village chief deprecates himself and doesn't stop praising me.
Although his level is low, tentatively he is the village chief.
It’s troublesome that he's being so polite , somehow, it’s become like this.

「Allow me to give you my thanks in any way I can」
「Is that so? Then, is there a place where I can lie down? I’m a bit tired」

Even though this is a game, it practically feels like I moved my body so I’m tired.
As one would expect of virtual reality.
Besides, I don’t want to stay any longer where the corpses of the thieves are. Disappear fast.

「Then, please come to my house. I’m called Somara the village chief」

Somara Man 68 Years
Village chief Lv8
Equipment : Sword of copper - Robe - Sandals boots - Village chief's ring

It seems that the information was not an error.

「Please. My name is Michio」

It seems that they don’t have a surname, I guess that only Michio is good.
The village chief started to walk away, so i stood up in a hurry to chase after him.

「××××××××××」
「××××××××××」

The conversation between the village chief and the villager, I didn't understand anything at all.
What is happening with this game.

「Persons that can speak brahim are few?」
「In this village, only me, the merchant Bikka and the mistress of the inn」
「Fuun. That kind of things?」
「Michio-sama despite being so young, as one would expected you can handle
the brahim」
「Hmm」

What is amazing?
By the way, brahim is not japanese? It's not japanese then it’s weird.
Though It wouldn’t be possible for me to talk, for some reason I can comprehend everything perfectly.
I don’t understand virtual reality at all.

「Although there was another man who can talk brahim, another adventurer, in the the battle just now, he…...」

The village chief lowered his voice.
Seem that was the lvl 25 middle-aged man. Or there is another with the former job of adventurer with exception of the villager. But I didn’t see another capable person.
What is happening?

I see myself.

Michio Kaga Man 17 Years
Villager Lv2 Thief Lv2
Equipment : Durandal - Sandals boots - Ring of determination

Ooops.
It seems that my lvl has gone up with the last battle.
I should say that is natural because of the fierce fighting? I should grieve that despite the fierce battle I only lvl up one level?

We faced towards the village chief house.

「××××××××××」
「××××××××××」
「a hot bath is being prepared for you」
「Sorry」

The village chief is talking to one person of the house, I was leaded into the house.
The house of the chief was one of the private house and two-storied building. An appearance of rusticity made with an earth wall.
It seem that they don’t have a high lvl of civilization. They are like in the first term of the ancient times of the middle age.
They don’t have a gun or a bow.

There is a dirt floor from the entranceway until the entrance.
I was guided to a small room just beside that.

「Please, take a rest for a while in this room」
「Allow me to do that」
「Then」

The room is with no difference, it’s with dirt floor, in the interior there is a plank of wood.
I lie on the plank.

「Fuu」

I let out a sigh.
For the time being, I log out?
……

Eh?
How do I log out?