Well. . . . Any living creature wouldn’t be fine after being hit in the head with such force. . . . Perhaps super-large monsters could withstand it, but. . . . It was possible to deal with ordinary large monsters or beasts like trolls with magic missiles.

However, the troll king was a monster close to being super-large, and it was a creature that had evolved to a near-mythical level after surviving for a long time, so he had prepared explosion bullets.

And he had prepared the Plague Grimoire to interfere with its regenerative abilities. The pestilence factor emitted by the Plague Grimoire whenever he breathed would infect the creature and interfere with its incredible regenerative abilities.

He also planned to summon the phoenix to deal with the trolls that would be around the troll king. With Shadow Hound Eleven here as well, he would be able to avoid aggro sufficiently.

After walking for a while, the Troll Forest started to get dark again, as the trees were so tall that the sun set quickly.

Oswald and Eleven prepared to camp again. . . . . . . Oswald, remembering yesterday’s experience, pulled Eleven into his arms as if he were used to it and went to sleep.

Was it because she had gotten used to it to some extent? Oswald, sensing that his manhood was about to stiffen momentarily, quickly recited the 「national anthem」 in his head to calm his mind.

After that, Oswald fell asleep, surrendering his body to the overwhelming fatigue. Eleven also couldn’t sleep because she had strange feelings for him. . . . . . . However, she was soon disappointed when she saw that Oswald was sleeping soundly without showing any feelings towards her.

The next morning came, and they continued to repeat the same things. . . . . . . Finally, the troll king’s village came into view. A huge village with many trolls living in it. . . . . . .

Eleven was surprised that there was such a place in the Troll Forest, but. . . . . . . Oswald, who knew about such a place, was even more surprising.

“ Let’s rest in the vicinity for a while and attack when it gets dark. ”

“ Huh? ”

Eleven’s eyes widened at the words that the two of them would attack the troll-infested village. Moreover, Oswald didn’t even have magic power?

“ But. . . . . . . ”

“ You can run away if you’re scared. I’ve prepared to fight even without you. . . . . . . ”

“ Would it be better to send someone to the family and ask for help right now? ”

“No, it would be better if they didn’t interfere.” 

There was a high chance that Oswald wouldn’t be able to keep the treasure that was the troll king’s heart all by himself. They could try to persuade Oswald or lock him up, believing that it would be more beneficial for them to swallow it themselves rather than let a magicless bastard swallow it.

“ Still. . . . . . . ”

“ I won’t accept any more objections. If you won’t help me, step aside. I’m not forcing you. ”

With those words, he didn’t allow any further conversation.

While Eleven hesitated and fidgeted, it finally got dark. Oswald took action. . . . . . .

He first replaced two of the eight bullets with explosion bullets and the rest with magic missile bullets.

He left the Vulture behind and headed towards the village.

Eleven, who had been watching him for a long time, eventually followed him. The two of them headed to the outskirts of the village, maintaining stealth and cover as much as possible.

‘𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘩𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨’𝘴 𝘥𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨.’

Oswald prepared to fire an explosion bullet while looking at the hut. He planned to hit it hard once to make it come out, hit it hard again to damage it, and then attack its head with magic missile bullets.

Of course, it wouldn’t die from that. . . . But it would take some damage.

“ Eleven. ”

“ Yes, Oswald-nim. ”

“ Take this. ”

Oswald handed her holy water and potions.

“ Drink the holy water if something goes wrong with your body. . . . . . . And use the potions to heal your wounds. And don’t come within 10m of me. ”

“ Huh? ”

Eleven couldn’t hide her curiosity at the strange order.

“ You’ll find out soon. ”

With those words, Oswald aimed at the large hut and pulled the trigger.

BOOM! WHOOSH!

The explosion bullet instantly cut through the air and hit the large hut, and the large hut was engulfed in flames with a loud explosion.

BOOM!

The trolls in the small huts came out screaming at the sound of the explosion. Then, a loud roar erupted from the flames.

【𝙂𝙍𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙊! 】

A huge troll walked out of the hut that was burning and collapsing. . . . . . . It was two heads larger than the trolls in the small huts.

‘𝘐’𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘦.’

It was a creature with a size that could be believed to be an ogre if not for its troll-like snout face. Oswald pulled the trigger again while looking at the creature.

BOOM! WHOOSH!

The troll king waved its hand violently as it saw the flames flying towards it.

BOOM!

The explosion bullet exploded as it hit the troll king’s arm. The troll king, engulfed in the explosion once again, was set ablaze. Oswald, aiming at its head, repeatedly pulled the trigger and rapidly fired in quick succession by pushing the lever.

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!

Oswald, who had used up six magic missile bullets, reached into his magic backpack and took out three explosion bullets.

Then, three explosion bullets were held in his hand. He immediately loaded them into the Winchester V10 and then loaded five additional shotgun bullets before charging forward.

“ Summon Phoenix!! ”

【𝙆𝙔𝘼𝘼𝘼𝘼𝘼𝘼𝘼. 】

A phoenix, an upper-level fire elemental spirit, rose from Oswald’s left arm and illuminated the surroundings brightly, dispelling the darkness.

“ Burn everything except that woman! ”

【𝙆𝙔𝘼𝘼𝘼𝘼𝘼𝘼𝘼. 】

WHOOSH!

The phoenix flew up and flew over the village in an instant, and everything below it began to burn.

Startled by the sudden flames, the trolls began to run away in all directions. The trolls’ regenerative abilities were incompatible with fire, so ordinary trolls instinctively began to run away from the fire.

He then immediately took out the Plague Grimoire on his right arm and put it on.

“ Plague in my Hand. ”

POOF!

FIZZ!

A greenish plague factor gushed out from the bracelet and covered Oswald’s entire body, and soon it became magic equipment and armed him.

【𝙒𝙃𝙊𝙊𝙎𝙃, 𝙎𝙒𝙄𝙎𝙃. 𝙒𝙃𝙊𝙊𝙎𝙃, 𝙎𝙒𝙄𝙎𝙃. 】

Oswald inhaled the pestilence factor deeply into his lungs twice. . . . . . . Soon. . . . . . . A terrible pain and illness struck.

【𝙐𝙜𝙝. . . . . . . 𝙐𝙜𝙝𝙝𝙝𝙝𝙝𝙝𝙝𝙝𝙝! 】

RING!

[‘𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭’ 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝.]

[𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐋𝐯.𝟏]

[𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 +𝟐𝟎 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡, 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲.]

[𝐎𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐝 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫]

[𝐀𝐠𝐞 𝟏𝟖]

[𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐯.𝟑𝟎+𝟐𝟎]

[𝐀𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐋𝐯.𝟐𝟎+𝟐𝟎]

[𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐋𝐯.𝟐𝟎+𝟐𝟎]

[𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐯.𝟐𝟎]

[𝐀𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐯.𝟏𝟎]

[𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐯.𝟏𝟎]

[𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐋𝐯.𝟏𝟎]

[𝐁𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐯.𝟖]

[𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐯.𝟎]

[𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐯.𝟐𝟎]

[𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐋𝐯.𝟐𝟎]

[𝐏𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐋𝐯.𝟐𝟎]

[𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐋𝐯.𝟐𝟎]

[𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐋𝐯.𝟐𝟎]

[𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐋𝐯.𝟏𝟎]

[𝐒𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐋𝐯.𝟏]

[𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐋𝐯.𝟏]

[𝐆𝐮𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐋𝐯.𝟏]

[𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐋𝐯.𝟏]

[𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐋𝐯.𝟏]

[𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐋𝐯.𝟏]

[𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭 𝐋𝐯.𝟏]

[𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐋𝐯.𝟏]

[𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐋𝐯.𝟏]