Seikishin -Saint Doll- Chapter 14

[Saint Doll] Arc 2 Chapter 14 – Rematch
About half a month has pa.s.sed since s.h.i.+n and Yuri’s first night.

s.h.i.+n who had received Gain’s approval after the thieves extermination is actively engaged with the Guild’s extermination request now.
The people who were skeptical about s.h.i.+n’s ident.i.ty as [Hero] and whether he truly defeated Goblins, Orcs, and even Ogres are also starting to acknowledge his ability. Nonetheless, even s.h.i.+n can’t hope to achieve a flawless victory against an Ogre without using a gun, so he still have room for improvement.

“Well then, shall we proceed with your rematch ?”
And today, with Gain’s permission, s.h.i.+n had accepted a subjugation request for a Mad Boar, the first Monster he encountered in this world. He don’t know whether the area will be the same or whether the Monster will look similar, but he realized that this is a wall that he must overcome in order to dispel the past where he could only escape and also to complete his training.

“Understand Yuri ? Do as usual when the battle begins”
“Stand as far as I could, or if possible, hide on top of a tree. Right ?”
“The truth is, it would be even better if you can wait on the village…”
“But I’m a supporter right ? Don’t worry, I have practiced climbing trees!”
Yuri is wearing a leather armor and stands beside s.h.i.+n. The armor doesn’t expose her skin and covered her vital perfectly, she also has a big s.h.i.+eld with her albeit a wooden one.
The girl who is dressed properly as a supporter is now currently looking around for a fitting tree nearby to be climbed while holding her s.h.i.+eld firmly.
“If an enemy appear, just leave it to this Fea. I’ll never let them do as their wis.h.!.+”
“Yeah, I’ll leave it to you”
And then there’s Fea who is currently sitting on top of s.h.i.+n’s head, she’s puffing up the flat chest on her tiny body and beat her fist against it confidently.

“I’ll be fine since I have a contract with Fea-chan. You should focus on yourself s.h.i.+n-chan”
“That’s right. As long as she don’t die instantly, then I can heal her!! For the compensation, give me glittering things please!!”
“Isn’t that your hobby ? Well, if we finish this request then I’ll buy you two any gems you like, so please wait”
After hearing Yuri and Fea’s words, s.h.i.+n smiles wryly and let his body relax for a bit.
The content of the new contract he heard from Fea are [Power of Recovery] and [Power of Dimensional Gate]. After peeking at his first night, Fea had explained to s.h.i.+n the detail of those very useful power and he was relieved that some of his concern were solved at once.
“Alright, I’ll be off”
” ” Do your best ” ”
After receiving some supportive words, s.h.i.+n moves forward.
He takes the next step as an Adventurer while carrying the lives of two people on his back.

The characteristic of Monsters can be described to a certain extent.
They’re aggressive, have their own territory, and eats people. There are large and small individuals within each species, they live with vertical hierarchy and won’t accept individuals outside of their race. For example, a goblin will only make a nest with other goblins. They flock in their turf and will fight off intruders. Then lastly, they prefer to target humans.

That’s why, in the past humans treat them as predators. When humanity grouped and live together in a small village, they would live in fear even against goblins which is considered the weakest among many monsters. However, when their number has decreased so much that the human race may came upon their own extinction soon, a group of strange people appeared without anyone knowing where they had came from. The group establishes communication with people without their own language and teach them letters, words, and traps to protect themselves. People called the group who had descended from a place they don’t know of as [Messenger], and the human race gradually expanded their territory little by little.

However  as their number increases, the human race is also attracting the attention of even stronger monsters. Traps are useless before such monsters like Orcs and Ogres who could destroy a wooden fence or a house wall easily, and the [Messenger] are powerless before them.
As humanity were beaten once again by despair, a new group of [Messenger] appeared before them. While the new group of people came from the same world as the previous [Messenger], each one are carrying a special power within them. Some could slaughter monsters easily, some could creates tools from nothing, and some could summon the power of fire and lightning. The people who had obtained their peace again hailed the new [Messenger] as [King], and they turned their village into a country.

And then one more thing. Approximately one in five children of the [King] would be born while carrying power themselves, and the children born from the [Messenger] also possess the same probability. Humanity rejoiced, they called those [Power] as [Blessing] from G.o.d, and they also had decided to receive the [Messenger] and [King] who would appear from time to time very carefully, with caution, and great care.

After a long time has pa.s.sed, the [Messenger] without power came to be called as [Fallen], while the [King] are addressed as [Hero]. As their number grow and the country could function like a proper country, the special people with [Blessing] are called as the [Blessed], they would scatter all over the world to hunt for Monster like a knight protecting the human race.

//TLNote : There are kanji play lost in translation here, It’s about how you could read the kanji for Messenger and King differently and how it changed into Fallen and Hero//

We return to the story about Monsters.
Monsters are ranked to a certain degree depending on their threat.
Minor Cla.s.s Monsters, the kind like Goblins where even commoner could defeat one if they gang up together.
Intermediate Cla.s.s Monsters, the kind like Orcs and Ogres where it’s impossible for a commoner to defeat one, but they can be subjugated by the Blessed.
Advanced Cla.s.s Monsters, one where a Blessed would have a hard time even with a party.
And then above those, there are Super Cla.s.s, Special Cla.s.s, and lastly, Disaster Cla.s.s.
All Monsters are cla.s.sified into one of these rank.
Then within each rank, they’re also sorted with upper and lower level.
For example, an Orc is judged as lower level of an Intermediate cla.s.s, while an Ogre is judged as an upper level of an Intermediate cla.s.s. An Adventurer won’t be regarded as a veteran by killing an Orc with a party or alone, they need to be able to defeat an Ogre by themselves.

And as for s.h.i.+n’s Mad Boar, It’s ranked on the lower level of Advanced Cla.s.s.
A veteran party would be able to manage it, but it’s still an opponent that people won’t recommend to fight one on one, but s.h.i.+n had made his resolution and decided to fight the Mad Boar by himself.
Mad Boars are aggressive but vigilant. If it judged that their opponent is alone, they will boldly go on the offensive, and if they judged their opponent are numerous, they would avoid battle.
Therefore when hunting one, it’s common to surround them to a skillfully prepared trap or lure them with a raw bait.

“I could break a goblin’s leg and leave it as a bait, however that would have a low success rate…”
Mad Boars are vigilant, they might not come out even against a disabled Goblin. For a high success rate, the best thing to use is an unwary human who step inside their territory. For example, one could use a thief drugged with sleeping medicine, or buy a female slave for cheap and use her as bait. It’s natural for thieves to be killed, and no one will pursue deeply if the slave you buy to carry a luggage, setting up a camp, or use s.e.xually is ‘broken’. After all, even if they are at the age where it’s uncertain whether they can give birth to a child or not, to be f.u.c.ked by adventurers is a happy occasion for a commoners.

“I’m walking without armor or weapon so I can be seen like commoners, I wonder if it will come ?”
s.h.i.+n’s answer for the problem is to use himself as bait. That way, he don’t need to worry about the position of his party, and he can fight the Mad Boar by himself using his full potential.
This is the same way of thinking that the muscle brained Gain came to in the past, however If one can defeat a Mad Boar in one versus one battle, then this is the surest and easiest way.

After walking for dozen or so minutes, s.h.i.+n who had came out from the forest encountered a river with a breathtaking sight.

“This place…… It’s somewhat nostalgic”
This riverside is the first place that Yuri and s.h.i.+n visited when they came into this world. s.h.i.+n is walking slowly to the place that leaves strong impression in him that he can recall it instantly just by glancing at it.

“If Shana-san didn’t come at that time, I would’ve died for sure. I would be full of regret and can’t accept it. Yet now, I’m standing here”
Behind the scene, a Mad Boar is standing silently observing the place. Its body is huge enough that one has to look up to grasp its whole figure, and its gla.s.s-like eyes are staring straight at s.h.i.+n.

“Well then, shall we go with the revenge match ?”
s.h.i.+n stood, while the Mad Boar is hunching its huge body. It’s unknown whether it’s trying to run away or being wary against the weapon-less s.h.i.+n, and the two of them kept staring at each other for a few seconds. And then at the next moment, while still staring at each other’s eyes, the Mad Boar is charging instantly.

“……I can see you!!”
At the same time as the Mad Boar leapt forward, s.h.i.+n created a long spear.
He slammed the end of the 4 meter long stone spear on the rock at his feet and pointed the blade at the Mad Boar. After seeing the weapon that appeared suddenly before its eyes, the Mad Boar desperately moved diagonally to drop its speed and changed its trajectory, but the kinetic energy produced from its giant body and the weight of the Mad Boar itself are stubbornly pulling its body toward the fang in front of him.
“BOAaaaaa!!”
The stone spear pierced its neck, It tore the skin and sc.r.a.ped the meat inside it. The Mad Boar raised its voice while desperately shaking its body to remove the pain from the tip of the spear cutting its bones. s.h.i.+n who had jumped before it could notice had landed safely on his feet.
“10 seconds”
At the same time s.h.i.+n said that, the spear piercing the Mad Boar’s neck disappeared, and it collapses on its feet. After the unusual situation where something that should be there suddenly disappeared, the Mad Boar perhaps has noticed that it was the power of Blessing. But before the Mad Boar could think even further, it bounces its huge body reflectively to shake off s.h.i.+n who is leaping at it.
“That’s still enough to pull my trigger!!”
“GUBOAaaaaa!!”
Three gunshot sounds followed the roar. The magnum bullets bombarded at zero distance easily penetrates the Mad Boar’s muscle and destroyed its internal organs without failure. However, even with its torn up body, a numbers of Ice Spears appeared under s.h.i.+n which is still floating in the air with its tips pointed toward him.
“I have seen that move before!!”
-GANGANGANGANGAN-
Together with his voice, the Ice Spears flew and crashed into the Tower s.h.i.+eld created by s.h.i.+n.
The force lifted his body who is still floating in the air even further and threw him far in the distance. As s.h.i.+n flew, he threw something created in his right arm toward the Mad Boar, smoke is raised from the ground upward and covered the surrounding in pure white, the scenery of the white world is one where even a wild beast would find it hard to move. The Mad Boar understand that the wind from the Ice Spear would dissipate the smoke, so it chose to shoot at the surrounding area while standing still in its place.
“10 seconds”
s.h.i.+n’s voice echoed at the same time the surrounding visibility returned to normal.
All the smoke that kept the Mad Boar from moving has disappeared as if nothing had happened, then before its sight, a [Something] like a metal rod was set up, and s.h.i.+n’s face who is lying on the ground is reflected on it.
“Anti-Material Rifle…… This is my trump card!!”
The metal rod squirted fire, and before the Mad Boar could come into realization, its consciousness turned dark. That is not raw power, magic, trap, or the power of fate. That was the power of [Something] not belonging to this place. Against the unreasonableness that shouldn’t exist in this world, the light of life from the Mad Boar, an Advanced Cla.s.s Monster in Yutarika’s forest has disappeared.
The middle of its skull is blown away miserably, giving it no chance of survival.

“Seriously, your way of doing things are too unreasonable”

Before the Mad Boar’s dead body, Fea is shrugging her shoulder as if she was amazed. The Mad Boar’s huge body is as tall as an adult male even when it has fallen.  A huge part of its skull is blown away and a hole had blasted its way inside it.

“If one of these things. .h.i.t me, I’ll be dead too. There’s no other choice than to use my special technique”
s.h.i.+n can’t afford to not use it. One of the Ice Spear that the Mad Boar shot had went pa.s.s his blind spot and stabbed his shoulder. The shoulder part of his clothes was gouged from that alone, and the chain mail inside it was damaged. It was frightening for him to think of what would happen if his position was slightly different, but since the result is him winning, then it should be considered okay.

“Truly, s.h.i.+n-chan is amazing”
“If I didn’t go on a trip with Ojii-san, then I would be defeated for sure. I’m really grateful to him for this firepower. Though, ideally I should’ve taken a sub machine gun or a sniper rifle.
“Umm, the one you pulled out a while ago, that was heavy machine gun right ?”
“Yes, the power is good but handling it is too much of a trouble. There’s too much gap, and I’m going to be struck from somewhere while using it”
(It might be different if I had a party)
s.h.i.+n didn’t voice the words that came to his mind next. Beyond s.e.xual service, there aren’t many things that a female supporter can do and they would be considered as dead weight. There’s no way other Adventurers would accept Yuri. s.h.i.+n could make a party himself, but the only Adventurer he knows are Gain and he can’t stay under his protection forever.
“Well, that’s that. For now let’s take the mana stone out first”
“Ye~s”
“I hate mana stones, it’s dirty and it doesn’t glitter”
s.h.i.+n stands up after speaking. Mana stone, just like the name implies, it’s a stone that can be obtained from Monster. It’s a jewel-like object that can be looted from the heart of an Intermediate Cla.s.s Monster or higher and contained a little Divine Power within it.
It’s mainly used as a power source for portable tools, and since it has Its own color depending on the Monster, the guild could use it as a proof of subjugation request.
Nonetheless, a mana stone taken from an Advanced Cla.s.s Monster that was rarely defeated could power the Divine Pillar for one day. For that reason, many villages are purchasing mana stone of Advanced Cla.s.s or higher and stockpile it to be used for emergency situation, such as when their Miko is sick.
“Ah, let me handle everything this time”
“Will you be fine ?”
Yuri put her hand inside her backpack and asked s.h.i.+n who had created a survival knife in his hand.
Her opponent is something that is way bigger than an adult human, she need to tear its skin, rip the meat and have blood splattered all over her while doing her task. Even though s.h.i.+n is accustomed to it, it’s still a job that he hesitates to do, and so Yuri started her work with big knife and axe in her hands.
“These are Supporter’s jobs. It’s fine for s.h.i.+n-chan to just watch and take a break”
“Fea will raise the smoke then ……The one for job completion is red right ?”
“Job completion is Blue…”
The smoke is used to call the Guild’s service staff. Even though mana stone alone is enough to serve as proof, if their opponent is an Advanced Cla.s.s monster then there are countless way to use their body as material. If possible, Adventurer and Guild would always want to bring it back. For that reason, in the case of Advanced Cla.s.s monster subjugation, one could made a contract in advance. The Guild will dispatch their staff after the smoke signal is used, and the Adventurer would receive half of the material value later. Red is used to signal for casualty or injury, and if it’s possible for them, you can ask to be rescued.

“Well, no matter what, this is one step forward”
s.h.i.+n looked toward Yuri who is piercing a big knife into the Mad Boar’s corpse, and then toward Fea who had her face covered in soot after it got stuck inside the smoke signal tube.
Then he sits on the ground while exhaling a deep and long breath.
He’s just a normal student who had gained power after coming to a different world.
He became an adventurer, met a fairy, connected with his childhood friend, and then lastly, have a rematch with his first opponent and managed to win.
“Hahahah. Just like a different world fantasy”
s.h.i.+n muttered while thinking of about the future for him and Yuri, and then Fea as an extra.
And where does the happiness for the three lies…