Chapter 6 - Relaxed Hunt In High Ground
I pulled the female knight's arm forward and showed her a noble task that she had to do.
"Do your duty as a knight to protect the common people," I said coldly to the female knight.
"Hue?" the response given by the female knight was a stupid face that looked awkward.
My decision to drag her onto the battlefield seemed comparable to the efforts of the other Knights who were struggling to hold back the attacks of humanoid monsters other than kobolds.
It's the same green color.
Lower height than six-year-old children.
The worn, rusty weapons were in their hands.
And the handsomeness of their face, who is almost like a human face.
Apart from Kobolds, I also saw other monsters that are often referred to as distant relatives of the human race, it was the goblin and their group.
Ctaakk...
With the addition of new enemies coming after the Kobold horde attacked, I felt something bad about this.
Like a monster attack that was deliberately carried out from dawn until now, they seemed like they were being controlled by someone behind the scenes.
My brain started to think about something related to this monster attack.
The storyline of this world is still not well-developed and the NPC character that I am possessing has to go through several world stories that are being built for the main character.
"Fuck!"
"I have to pass the main story's background challenge first before entering the main story, huh?!" I grumbled after realizing the story scenario that was happening to the NPC character I was possessing.
I also remembered one of the hidden lore where the prologue of this world's story begins with an uncontrolled monster attack. The large number of monsters overwhelmed several large kingdoms until they built a protective wall made of earth magic that functioned to block the monster attack.
"My life in this eroge world is so trash, huh?"
"I was hoping for something more interesting than surviving a monster attack like this," I looked like someone who was muttering in annoyance about something, until my stepmother looked worried.
"Hans, are you okay?" my stepmother asked with her eyebrows raised.
"I'm fine, just be aware of what's around you, Mom."
Then, I made up my mind to survive a story that was being built for the main character in this world.
My fingers immediately pulled the magazine drum and looked at the remaining bullets inside. After releasing several attacks at medium range, I realized that the area we were occupying would be destroyed by an unknown number of large monsters.
A sensible option for this situation is to slowly move back while clearing out the remaining small monsters.
If the monsters I encountered were just Kobolds or Goblins, it would make me happy because they were easy to kill.
The female knight who was setting up a magic barrier was seen having difficulty with limited visibility due to the smoke burning the refugee tents.
My experience on the battlefield made me understand that these Goblins and Kobolds were smarter than monkeys trained to use firearms.
Using human equipment and carrying weapons in the middle of a smoke-filled battlefield, made it difficult for them to be seen as humans or enemies from a distance.
Some of the dead victims were used by them as shields which made the knights tremble.
Not only did their brains understand this kind of battlefield, but they also had the advantage of human nature not wanting to hurt someone already dead.
Sooner or later, things will get worse and it will drag me into this ridiculous battlefield.
The knights from the Capital seemed too amateurish and unable to react quickly to this emergency.
I also glanced at the maid who was still loyal to my family.
Nod...
Nod...
With a nod of my head, it seemed like we thought of the same practical and tactical solution, which was to retreat backward together with the knights who were busy building defense mechanisms.
With a small code from my hand that rotated and pointed to one side of the rocks that looked steep, it made the maid think hard about the hand code I used.
As she glanced in my direction at the steep rocky wall, the maid seemed to understand my plan to slowly retreat and take advantage of the defense provided by the knights.
Plok...
The maid who was in charge of guarding my family suddenly ran and jumped onto the rocky wall, who was my direction.
"Uhuh?" I looked at her in surprise after she was on top of the rock wall and threw a rope down from her short skirt.
Cling!!
With her thumb pulled up and her position hidden by the panic of people fleeing from the previous monster attack, it became the best timing to climb up.
"Well, I only ask one thing about this. Can you two climb a slanted rope like that?" I asked my stepmother and stepsister.
The answer given by both of them was a flat stare and looking at each other as if in surprise.
"Ah, fuck... I have to teach them about climbing rock walls using ropes?"
"That's going to take a long time," I continued with a grumpy expression on my face.
I immediately took the plastic box that was previously held by the maid and threw it over the rocky wall until it landed next to the maid who was holding a long, thick rope.
My hand reached for the plastic box that my stepmother and stepsister were holding.
In times like these, I will force the two of them to do something that former nobles who live in luxury rarely do. That is, use the last of their remaining stamina to survive in the wilderness and flee from an organized monster invasion like this.
Even though I look rude and act like a coward, I have to do this to survive in a chaotic situation like this.
The defenses being built by the knights who were holding back the monster attacks looked dubious in my eyes.
It wasn't that I doubted their amateur fighting skills, but considering the level of danger and the ever-increasing probability of defeat, it would be much better if I avoided dying and losing at the same time.
I threw the remaining plastic box over the rocky wall and it fell around my maid who was still holding the rope tied to her weight.
"You two, pay close attention to this," I said to my stepmother and stepsister before climbing the rope up to the top of the steep rock wall.
Whether it was luck or fate that was on my side, my family's emergency tent was located in the deepest part of the refugee area adjacent to a steep, rocky hill.
Climbing this steep, rocky hill would take a long time, but it was much better to use it to survive for a while before the monster attack ended.
If my guess is correct, this monster attack will end after the wizards from the Capital come and defeat the large monsters that will appear after this humanoid monster attack.
Ctaass...
Ctaass...
Huupp...
Huupp...
With the remaining stamina I had, I managed to climb the steep rock wall with the help of a rope lowered by the maid.
Without the help of this maid, I would be stuck in a boring battle.
"Young Master, may I help your stepmother and younger stepsister get up here?" asked the maid as if asking permission to do something.
"Just do it," I said without thinking any further and fixed my gaze on the scope magnifier.
A rapidly changing battlefield like this made me want to curse at the stupid scared knights who dying rather than fight back.
My eyes which were fixed on my scope magnifier, who saw a group of unique monsters in the game. Just like monsters that have special characteristics on their body parts, I saw a Goblin and Kobold monster that was white, like suffering from albino.
The warm sunlight in the morning makes me want to curse someone, especially the scenario writer of this eroge world background story. Without thinking about the negative impact of someone being trapped in the eroge world, the author writes a tragedy to the background of the story, built for the main character problems and make me suffering like this.
"Shhh... This idiotic script story writers…"
"Huff... I curses you being single forever…"
While cursing the writer of this story's background scenario, I took a deep breath on top of this steep hillside and aimed Hoshino' at a unique monster that could increase EXP tenfold.
Even though I'm not the main character who has great abilities and an Eroge game system that supports me, my desire to hunt something that moves, looks unique, and adds EXP triggers my desire to hunt them as an Eroge gamer.
Pew...
Kacling...
Pew...
Kacling...
Pew...
Kacling...
Just like most Goblin or Kobold monsters, the unique monsters fell quickly. From a distance that was not too far and within Hoshino's effective shooting range, I shot several unique Goblins and Kobolds.
If this were the real world, I would probably be involved in a limited number of white-skinned monster shooting incidents.
Pew...
Kacling...
Pew...
Kacling...
The hunt I was doing was of some help to the knights who were building a defensive wall using earth magic.
Although it wasn't very effective in repelling attacks that had already occurred, it was enough to help me in providing cover fire for them from a distance.
"Hoshino... you're a submachine gun right now, right?"
"Then why do I feel like you're like a multi-purpose automatic sniper rifle?" I muttered to Hoshino.
[ That's because my Master just sits quietly in a high place and shoots stupid monsters from a distance. ]
"Well, what can I do, slaughtering them in a safe place is a tactical advantage. You agree with this, right?"
[ Yes, tactical superiority is necessary but still use me according to the performance I can do as a handgun, please... ]
Hoshino's response made me laugh.
Using Hoshino as a submachine gun seems to have hurt her pride as a handgun.
"I'm sorry about this one, Hoshino."
"Circumstances have led me to use you as a submachine gun like this."
Pew...
Kacling...
Pew...
Kacling...
Pew...
Kacling...
Ignoring the barrage of bullets that came out of Hoshino's barrel, I enjoyed the hunt quietly until the remains of my family members had climbed up the steep rock wall like this.
My relaxed appearance while hunting unique Goblins and Kobolds from a distance made my family curious.
Their gazes couldn't be taken away from the tip of Hoshino's barrel that was emitting sparks and the monsters that suddenly died on the ground that had become the battlefield.