Chapter 2: Subjugation Part I

The day of the mission with the "Blue Hope" group began.

Before the meeting with the group, Sora and Kira agreed to make some preparations.

After having met with the "Blue hope" group, they all left for the grasslands where the subjugation would take place.

After leaving the guild and heading to the place, Alan raised his voice.

-After giving a sigh Alan the leader of "Blue Hope" began to speak, "Well let's start organizing ourselves" "Our formation is usually simple Me and Braun are the ones who are ahead, Nubia is in the rear covering the flanks from where enemies come attacking with his bow from a distance and defending me and Braun if an enemy passes us, Alayas, although I told you that in our attack mage, also supports us with some support spells in the rear and helps by complementing Nubia for the defense of the training"

["You can see that they have their experience as adventurers, a line of attack in the back and the other two complementing the game, the defense to avoid being ambushed on the sides by enemies"]

- "Your Sora can be well placed next to Alayas to offer support or attack if necessary" "How do you usually work with Kira?"

"She, although it may not seem like it at first glance, is very competent, she can help them both in the front lines and if necessary she can go back" -Sora replied

"As my master says, trust me I can help you in the back of the formation" Kira said

"As I told you, the mission is not very complicated if it becomes necessary, simply you and Kira go back and we take care of the rest"

"Yes, it's fine, although I don't think it will be necessary, but I will take your advice into account"

["Master, why don't you go and blow up all the enemies with your spells?"] ["So they can see their true power"]

["At the moment I would like to observe how they work, but after a while it will be fine, I will do what Alan said offer support and help with the enemies, but avoiding hindering Nubia and Alayas in the back"]

["I understand master... do you want to analyze the way the team works"]

["That's right Kira, I'm also interested in watching Alayas"]

["O Master... I didn't know you were so interested in that girl... You gets carried away a lot by appearance... and I thought I already had Miss Betty... "]

["That's not what I mean, Doggo!!"] ["Other than Betty, it's nothing...]

Interrupting the words Sora was about to say, Kira finished her joke.

["I know master, I was just joking"] ["It's to see what kind of spells he occupies is not master"]

With a slightly red face... and somewhat annoyed, but not angry Sora was seen by Nubia

"Hey, are you feeling alright? Sora-san"- Nubia asked.

"No, no, it's nothing Nubia-san"-Sora replied

["Yes, that is the goal, since she will be the first magician in action that I see in this place"]

["I imagined it master, but I already removed that face, it was just a joke"] ["Master then you don't plan to go all out from the beginning?"]

["No, I will use basic magic for now, I would like to understand a little more about this place before I go seriously with my magic"]

["I understand master" ][ "And if you're not serious about your magic, because you don't choose to be a better fighter, I mean you could not have to use your magic and it would be better or that's what I think..."]

As if something had lit up in Sora's head, he turned to Kira and made a regretful expression.

["I think it would have been better to do that from the beginning...] ["But it's already obvious that I'm a magician, I can't just change to being a warrior at least with this group"]

「Because he doesn't say he's a master magic swordsman or show his melee skills if the situation allows...」

["You know, Kira, sometimes if you have good ideas..."] [Although the recommendation a little earlier would have served me better...]

["Master like what sometimes?] ["All my ideas are just as fabulous!!"]

["that's right kira...?"] [" Like that fabulous idea of going to eat at the restaurant that we visited in one of our "essential" trips in the past and for the reason why we find ourselves in this place" ]

["Well teacher we all make mistakes and no one forced you to want to go to this place "]

[Is that so?, Who happened three days in a row howling while I tried to do my daily things, and even when I went to sleep and kept saying - Master, I want to go eat sushi... Master... !!!-"]

["Stop it sir!!, it's okay we all made mistakes, understand it"]-The husky's face turned red because of his Master mockery.

Alan still walking, raised his voice

"I will say what we will do in the place" "When I tell you that we are close to the place, reduce your walk and approach more slowly, we will choose the place from which to start attacking, and we will form the group as we had agreed, Me, Braun and Kira will be in the front, Braun will be in the center, I will be on the left and Kira would be nice if you were on the right."

"I agree"-Braun nodded.

"Understood Alan-san" Kira answered.

-Alan continued speaking "Sora-san you will be on the right with Kira, you have worked with her I think it is the most optimal, if you have problems you just have to go back Kira, try to support us on that side too Sora-san, Alayas you will be in the center supporting and defending you know how, and Nubia you on the left behind me defending from the rear.

"Understood Alan-san" Sora said.

"That seems fine to me!!" answered Nubia

"Okay Alan" mentioned Alayas

"If you can see that Sora needs help, please support him Alayas as his fellow mage."

"If it's okay, try not to make any troublesome move Sora, but anything counts with me" Alayas said looking at Sora, although in a serious way, it didn't seem like an aggressive look, on the contrary, it was done in a friendly way.

"Then I'm counting on you Alaya-san" said Sora

"I entrust my Master to Miss Alaya" Kira said with a slightly teasing tone.

["That doggo , you will pay me later"]

"We count on you two as the magicians to support us" said Braun

"I hope I can support you in the best way" replied Sora

-with a small giggle Nubian spoke "And tell me Sora-san, do you come from some southern country"

"Why do you ask, Nubia-san?"

"I'm just asking, do you have some characteristics that I've seen in people from that place and hair like yours so black is something rare to see in these areas"

Somewhat concerned Sora asked Kira telepathically ["Now what do we do, what do I say, any great ideas?"]

["Don't look at me sir, I'm just a Siberian husky"]

Sora thought about what to say [I hadn't paid attention to those details, but if she says that there are people with certain characteristics like mine, it would be better to follow her talk, right?]

"Nubia-san yes, something like that"

"And tell me what brought you to this place" said Nubia

[Now what do I do, now what do I do..."]

["Kira help me you are better for these situations..."]

[" Hmmm ..."]

"My teacher and I went out to explore other areas, to have a broader vision of the things that are there, or at least that's what he had told me when I asked him the same question..." Kira replied on Sora's behalf

"Yes, that's right" Sora stated

Satisfied with the answer Nubia said " Mmm I see... I guess that's a good reason!!"

[How good that she felt satisfied with that answer... Although I don't know why I feel like I had already heard that exactly somewhere else...]

"oh I see so you wanted to get out of your comfort zone, I think it's fantastic" replied Braun

"Although I feel that Nubia might bother you a bit with those questions..." Alan said

"I'm sorry Sora if I made you feel uncomfortable!!" Nubia said

"Well no problem" Sora said

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*after a while...*

"We're almost there, slow down to spot the area" said Alan

After passing some hills, he could see a meadow where there were Ogres, and Goblins were a reasonable number for silver level adventurers to fight against them, they were scattered in different Zones of the place, more concentrated near the forest near the zone.

"As you see Braun" said Alan

"It would be better to attack from that part" -answered Braun

-with a telepathic call Sora contacted Kira ["Kira, fight as usual, don't enlarge your body unless necessary"]

- ["Okay, master]

He had decided to start the subjugation in the southern area where there was less concentration of enemies.

"Alright do the formation that I had decided" Sora said to the team

Once they were close enough to the enemies, and had arranged the formation as previously decided, Sora and Kira took their respective places, the enemies hadn't noticed them yet, Alan would then speak.

"Get ready"

Everyone in the group nodded and began to advance, everyone prepared their weapons, Alan took out a different sword than the ones he had on his sides, it was a two-handed longsword, but it was lighter and less wide than the sword Braun had.

Braun drew his sword it was wider and heavier than Alan's, according to his body which was more robust than Alan's.

Kira readied, went into an attack pose as she approached the enemies,

and readied her claws?

Nubia prepared her arrow by putting it in position inside her bow without drawing it yet.

Alayas arranged his clothes, his cape and took his magic staff with both hands.

Sora was holding his staff with his left hand, while looking at Alayas.

"Let's go!!" Alan said.

There were sixteen demi-human creatures the size of children surrounding six giant beings, this was the place with the least concentration of enemies.

All sixteen creatures were goblins.

They had a twisted face, with a flat nose, with fangs protruding from their large mouths, their skin was a dark brown to dark green color, they also had hair that seemed to be fixed in place.

The clothes were tattered, dark brown in color due to the dirt they used to live in, they wore animal skin over worn armor. Their weapon was a club, a blunt-impact weapon, and some of the goblins had a small shield in their other hand.

It was as if they were a human, with a dark green color tone and their body with some deformities, not to mention the hint of evil that was seen on their faces.

The giant beings were Ogres.

They were much taller than a human between 250 and 300 centimeters tall.

Its jaws protruded quite a bit, it had bulging muscles that could cause some disgust, these were thick as trees, and they were somewhat curved, as a weapon they used a tree trunk with only the trunk without any kind of branch, as clothing they only wore a piece of skin of animal that covered his waist and emitted an unpleasant smell that could be noticed even despite the distance.

Their skin was dark orange with some hints of brown, the skin was full of warts, their thick breasts and abdominal muscles made them look powerful, at first glance they seemed quite strong, as if they were hairless gorillas, with a certain disgusting appearance it was treated Like the goblins, they were monsters of the semi-human type, having some humanoid characteristics.

These ogres, once seen by Sora, caught his attention, since there was no similar creature in his world and despite the translation sorcery that allowed writing and reading the characters of this world, he could not find an equivalence with any enemy of his world, it was simply a name he had never heard "ogre" the closest thing was the so-called "Orcs".

As the group "Blue Hope" approached, the monsters finally saw them approaching them as they walked across the plain.

The group, meanwhile, could already spot the monsters and despite the still considerable distance, the hostility that arose from the ugly faces of the monsters could be noted.

"I've never seen an enemy like you are," Sora whispered to himself, not because he seemed like a threat, but because of the fact that he was different from what he usually knew.

["Oh master I have never seen an enemy like this and its Smell is really disgusting..."]

Kira, who was himself a wolf, had a more developed sense of smell than that of humans, for which he perceived odors more intensely, this had meant that in the world he and his master came from, she always avoided fight hand in hand with creatures that emitted a putrefactive smell like zombies and ghouls , although of course it was only his whim since he could simply eliminate them without any problem like any other enemy.

The one who began the attack was Nubia, tensing her bow until the creak of the rope and the base was heard, she released the rope heading towards the enemies almost 100 meters away, however the shot did not hit, this was not because she had failed, if it was not a provocation towards the enemies, the goblins in particular saw the arrow fall near them, with a deliberate laugh they laughed at the mistake made by the archer's shot, this causing the goblins to increase their confidence and deliberately approached the group "Blue hope" as well as the Ogres close to the Goblins, caused by the numerical superiority that the enemies had over the group of adventurers, the enemies now less than 100 meters away and heading towards the group of humans.

Nubia reloaded her bow, using another of her arrows, now the shot did not miss, the shot was accurate hitting one of the goblins' heads, the arrow hit the back of the skull, inserting itself into the goblin's head, the goblin immediately fell to the ground, the blood began to drip and spill over the green grass of the place, making a small puddle of blood in the place where the goblin fell, this was seen by the companions of the creature, getting angry they increased their hostility to the group of adventurers, approaching at a higher speed, thanks to the difference between the size of the legs of ogres and goblins despite being the slowest ogres , the proportion of the enemies' legs, caused everyone to come at the same time.

"[The shot was from so far away and it even took out the goblin with just one shot."]

A second goblin was now wounded in his arm by another Nubian arrow, now the enemies about 40 meters away, even the hand that held the bow and the arrow held by the other Nubian hand did not tremble, one last arrow it was launched by Nubia aiming at the face of one of the ogres, it was inserted near the base of the neck, however, due to the thick skin of the enemy it did not cause such important damage.

Now with the enemies even closer, the vanguard of the team got ready , Alan, Braun and Kira prepared to fight, Alaya who had stepped forward was watched by Sora and Kira.

This was the time, to see what kind of magic Alayas would use, understanding what kind of level she is.

"[Reinforce Armor]" Once Alayas finished saying the spell, a green glow appeared on the bodies of Braun, Alan and Kira.

Right after Alayas used ["Magic Arrow"] wounding a goblin, the magic arrow was a level one spell in the magic level ranking, which allowed to create an arrow made of mana that would pierce a target.

Behind Kira, Alan and Braun Alayas cast the defensive spell and right after he cast the offensive spell. At the same moment Nubia had launched another arrow, now wounding an Ogre at the base of his neck, being an attack more serious than the previous one.

Sora and Kira who had previously observed Alayas were stunned, for a moment, who had commented on the fact by telepathy.

Kira spoke ["Master saw that..."]

["Rather, we didn't see that..."] Sora replied

Although the conversation was only heard in Sora and Kira's heads, Sora raised his voice ["Impossible to cast a spell without drawing a Magical Diagram!!!]

["Master, not that, could it have been speed magic?"]

["No Kira even fast magic that is not drawn leaves traces of magic from the drawn circle"]

In the world of Overlord, there would be certain spells that just needed to be spoken and apply their effect. Examples of these could be the spell "[Fly]", "[Reinforce Armor]" ["Heal Light Wounds"] or the various defensive or healing spells. additional effects such as those used by Ainz during his fight with Shalltear Bloodfallen, who had only applied his spells to him without the need for something resembling a diagram to appear, there were also spells that made a magical diagram appear when activated, an example of this is the spell ["Lionheart"] and even Superlevel magic that left magical diagrams after activation would fall into this category, also some offensive spells that produced some kind of projectile would come out through this diagram, but the diagram would only appear, the magic caster, he had no need to draw them.

However, in Sora's world, all spells, except for a few such as the telepathic call, which in essence was not a spell at all, had to be invoked behind a magical diagram, which did not appear when just wanting to invoke magic if not all the drawing process had to be carried out by the magician, creating a fireball, as well as speed or buff spells, as well as healing or any other spell required to be drawn with the magician's arcane energy.

But what Sora and Kira had just witnessed was a reinforcement spell and an offensive spell, without using the magic diagram that used to look like a pentagram, as well as the ones Sora used on both himself and Kira, which increased Kira's speed. .

["Kira, maybe we should have investigated the magic of this world..."]

["I think it's the most important thing after getting out of this situation"]

Sora had not taken into account the possible existence of magic other than the one he knew, if he thought of perhaps spells he did not know, but in essence a different magic had not crossed Sora's mind.

Sora as a magician had to support using his magic, however he didn't know if the fact of seeing a magic diagram would draw attention to the other people in the group except Kira.

Sora who had trained his drawing for a long amount of time, possessed a practically divine drawing, able to draw complicated diagrams in an instant yet still leave the magic diagram as evidence.

With no other option Sora had decided to face that fact, now with this information, if he worked alone this would serve as a great piece of information, but since he was now with the group "Blue Hope" he simply couldn't avoid and retreat.

While all this happened and Sora was thinking about the new information Alan and Braun had obtained, they began the attack on the group of enemies...