“So, have they registered you?” Elina was very curious about my visit to the guild. While Albert actually entered the hall, she was standing outside and waiting.

“Yes. I wonder if they will be surprised that I almost cut that instructor in half?” I deserved my right to brag!

“Good job out there!” She was smiling like a mother, whose child just made its first steps.

“Never mind that… Fuji, can you please…?” Never. Do. That.

I dispelled the foxfires and decided to wait for the second idiot.

“Sorry to keep you waiting. I found a good quest for us. ‘Exterminate a group of goblins’ that is just a few hours away from here.” The second idiot was surely pleased with himself.

“Come on, Albert! Look at her!” Elina quietly nodded towards me.

I made my best ‘guts pose’ and was ready to receive praising.

When the idiot decided to pat me, this lucky Fuji-sama frowned. He corrected himself immediately.

“Great job, I heard that the instructor was trembling when your name was called!” My self-satisfaction was on an acceptable level so I changed the topic.

“Where?”

“We`ll guide you there.”

“Then why are we standing here?”

“You sure you didn`t forget anything…?” Albert was trying to keep a gentle smile.

“I am dressed, I have a weapon and I have some food. Anything else?”

“You are just going in a bedsheet?” My only desire right now is to make a mid-day murder.

[‘Albert… I think those ARE the clothes, and she looks to be displeased with your words… why don`t you just apologize?’] Elina whispered to him.

“This is a kimono. The Empire`s traditional dressing. If you have ANY problems with it, please, ‘wicked grin’ don`t hesitate to tell me…” I perfectly heard their little talk.

[Ara, ara… why are you both sweating so suddenly?] ‘A gentle smile’

After they grabbed their own gear we headed towards the probable site of the goblin`s shelter.

The city guards were surprised by my looks and after a gentle persuasion of the naginata`s blade they let me pass.

Then I started the plan.

Under an arbitrary excuse I separated for a bit. Actually after I ran away I covered a few kilometers…

Only then, when I was sure nobody would notice, I launched all of my fighters and sent them to scout a wide area near the expected location. I need MORE information on the goblins and their lifestyle. In the future that could prove priceless.

The time all this plane launching operation took was… 30 minutes.

[For now I`ve avoided unnecessary suspicion.]

Now I could go without any problems.

On our way nothing has happened. Absolutely nothing.

My suspicions were rising with each safe step.

[The smell?]

“Something is burning.” This smell is disgusting for my nose.

“There is a village nearby. Should we check them?”

“Yes, let`s hurry!” Elina and Albert never asked my opinion.

“Fine by me.” I murmured and summoned the gear.

4 B1M torpedo bombers lined up near the aft. With their small size they can be launched from any carrier. I ordered to sortie with the bombs. Just in case.

After they took off, I hurried after those two.

The closer I was to them, the more disgusting the smell was getting.

[The village is indeed under attack. Attack flight is ready, should I intervene?]

[Drop the bombs, boys!]

In a slight dive, all 4 aircraft dropped their payload.

The damage is minimal, however I heard a ‘ding’, right now I have no time. I must prepare the second sortie.

What surprised me was that the attackers:

1) Are human.

2) Look like a big group of adventurers.

I clearly saw their leather armor, many different types of weapons and combat classes. They are too diverse to be a group of soldiers and too equiped to be a group of bandits. Also they didn`t loot the village. They just slaughtered its population. I might actually start to just observe them…

For now, with regret in my heart, I decided to assist in the defense. Those two weirdoes are much more useful than the pillaging adventurers.

After sending the second wave I hurried towards the village.

The second attack was a slightly more successful one. Let`s see if I will perform as good as my planes.

As I arrived, I found lots of dead bodies. Albert was fighting an adventurer. Time to show off.

I narrowly missed them both. Yes, I was aiming at both.

And I missed the second attack as well.

With the third attack I actually made fun of myself by tripping over my own weapon`s pole…

Why do I have a feeling that my attacks actually made everyone else STOP fighting and just look at this clownery?

I got back a bit of my pride after I scraped the enemy`s arm. Now he was getting angry.

I almost lost my head after he tried to slice it off with his sword. Only Albert`s successful parry saved me.

I had to become serious and pray for some luck.

The gods of luck heard me and I chopped off the adventurer`s arm. Left one.

Of course he did not die, he even tried to counterattack me.

I was only making small wounds. The opponent was much more robust than I anticipated.

It was the time to make him dead. I closed in, blocked his strike with the naginata and…

‘Bang’

He only managed to open his eyes in disbelief and slowly trembled. When I stepped back, his lump body fell down. Even with my pathetic stats I somehow killed him.

How I managed to pull this off while having 0 in firepower?

A bomb.

Exactly, a bomb. One of my fighters dropped its bomb on the ground, I lured the enemy towards it. And while pretending to attack with the naginata, set the bomb`s fuse.

I swear, that is exactly how it was!