Mission

I currently sat in the training room, practicing my casting—or at least trying to. I weaved two [Wind Swipe] spells in both hands and flung them at the poor training dummy.

The two spells clashed with the dummy, leaving six cut marks across its surface.

"Woah!" two childish voices sounded in unison.

It's been a day since these children moved in, and I'm starting to get used to the little goblins running around the house. The children didn't do much besides eat, sleep, and play. The only thing I had seen them do, other than that, was being forced to sit down and listen to Leah, the older redheaded woman, as she tutored them on various topics.

Surprisingly, I didn't mind the children that much. They didn't do much to bother me, as I think Leah had told them not to.

Whenever I practiced magic, some of the children would follow me to watch. Now, I may not hate kids or anything like that, but could a gamer level up his skills in peace?

I haven't been able to make much progress because the kids frequently break my focus.

Although, I had managed to increase Aether Weaving by one level due to how many times I had to reweave spells because of distractions from the children.

One of the children, a boy named Orodan, who looked no older than seven, raised his toy sword into the air and declared:

"It's clear that mages are weaker than swordsmen! I will be like the great hero Orion and slay all evil, like the Demon King!"

The blue-haired girl next to him, named Emira, refuted his claim. "I'm sure the Mage Sovereign Alia could beat the hero if he was still alive!"

Orodan looked at her as if she had spoken a sin and raised his toy sword. "I challenge you to a deal!"

I laughed. "You mean duel, Orodan?" Although these kids are annoying, they can be quite amusing sometimes.

I hadn't been able to act out the final part of my plan with the children, as Leah wouldn't let them bother me too much.

I thought she didn't fear me at all, but it seemed she still gave a noble his space—or at least, she tried to.

These two kids still sneaked into the training room to watch me practice.

The boy looked at me, embarrassment evident in his eyes, and opened his mouth to speak until I spoke again. I lowered my tone to make it sound grave and serious, putting on my best heroic quest-giver voice.

"Orodan, Emira, what if I told you there is a great evil coming to this very town?"

To his credit, Orodan didn't even flinch. He shouted, "I will slay the great evil to protect this town!"

I looked at Emira. She didn't hesitate much and spoke, "I would protect it as well!"

"Good. Gather the trustworthy children who can keep a secret. I have a secret mission for you. And don't tell Leah."

"Why can't we tell Leah?" Emira asked, seeming slightly suspicious. The little goblin was smarter than Orodan, that's for sure.

"Leah is a normal civilian, while I decided to let you in on the mission due to how heroic both of you are." I made up the most ridiculous lie I've ever told in my life, and it seemed to work as the children ran off to grab their friends.

In the middle of the night, I left the vacation house, but I was not alone. Next to me were five children who tried their best to look like makeshift ninjas.

"We are going to save the town!" Orodan screamed-whispered.

"Shhh, you might wake Leah up," Emira whispered back.

"I'm so excited. I've never been on a secret mission before!" Minnie, one of the new additions to our little team, said.

"This is not a fun mission! We are trying to save the town from evil!" a blonde boy with blue eyes, another new addition named Jake, said.

Another boy with brown hair sat quietly.

Once we were a reasonable distance away, I cast [Shield] and [Flight], then spoke a word of prayer to whatever bastard put me in this fake world.

Hopefully, we wouldn't crash into a building.

We flew through the air.

Although they tried to stop themselves, the children started screaming.

"AHHHHHH!"

When we landed, we didn't crash—though it was pretty rough.

I pulled out the bombs—20 for each child, although Orodan only got 15 because I didn't have enough—and told them to place them in a specific pattern.

The bombs were placed into a way where they led to the center of the town where i would be waiting with a group of adventurers waiting for battle

I would observe them to make sure they did it right. Nothing was sweeter than free child labor, after all.

"These are wards. They will ward away the evil when it comes."

I also had them place some bombs around Wynn's artificing shop. Although it was cruel, I didn't want the man putting the wrong pieces together. I mean, an invasion happens, and the city is being bombed with the very bombs he sold me? I wouldn't believe that they were used to kill Zelks rather than citizens. The Knight Order of Alastia wouldn't either.

Two hours later, all the bombs were placed.

Everything was in place, though I wasn't sure exactly when the invasion would take place. I'm sure it will happen within the week.

I was slightly nervous. In this fake world, there were no respawns, no retries. But I didn't need them. I would win.