Chapter 3: I Only Wanted to Bully Some Bunnies
There were no signs of slimes or rabbits anywhere. Was I running out of luck? Or perhaps I should say, I was too lucky. A little kid not encountering monsters sure is good luck.
When proceeding deeper into the forest, I came upon something weird in the distance.
"Umm goddess..."
'Yes, human?'
"What is that thing standing by the cave?"
The 'thing' I was pointing to looked like a normal human, except that it had a weirdly disproportionate body and a big nose. It was around the size of a boy entering puberty, except for its ugly build.
'That's a troll. They're like primitive humans. They are not of any harm to humans. Despite being primitive, they're pretty friendly.'
A troll huh. Pretty sure it was the first time I've seen one. The troll noticed me peeking. He slowly approached me carrying a club. Was I mistaken for an animal? I stepped out of my hiding place to prevent any misunderstanding. My entrance surprised Mr. Troll.
"Hoo... Man..."
"Ahh yes. I'm a human!"
"Small... Hooman..."
Well yes I was much smaller than this already dwarfish guy.
"Forest... Danger... Go..."
Danger? Wasn't the forest supposed to be inhabited only by weak monsters?
"Danger?"
Mr. Troll pointed to a nearby hill.
"Wing lizard... Eat hooman..."
Winged lizard? A dragon? There was no way something that big would go unnoticed. Probably... A wyvern?
"Was it big?"
"Yes. Big! Wing lizard eat Rol's friends!"
It ate his friends? I guessed it wouldn't be anywhere near as easy as a rabbit. The goddess then spoke in my mind.
'Don't ever dream of fighting that thing. You're just three years old! It wouldn't even need to bite you in order to eat you! And what if it was a dragon?'
I understood her worries. It would be hard if it was a dragon. But from the description given by Mr. Troll, I mean Rol, it wasn't easy to know what it was.
"Mr. Rol, did the winged lizard have any weird feature?"
"Rol doesn't remember. Wing lizard and wing lizard's friends eat Rol's friends... Rol remembers! Wing lizard not have legs!"
That would mean it was neither a dragon nor a wyvern. Both had feet.
'A demon serpent.'
"A demon serpent?"
'They are flying serpents. They're different from wyverns. Wyverns breath fire to kill their prey. Demon serpents secrete an acidic poison along with their saliva and spew it at its prey to kill them.'
Poison wouldn't have any effect on me due to the effects of 'Full Health'. But that wouldn't mean the acid wasn't dangerous. 'Strong Build' might reduce its effects, but it was still dangerous nonetheless. And there were multiple of those things? At my current ability, I didn't have a chance against them.
No, thinking back, the output of my spells were much greater than normal due to some reason. I just needed to trap it perfectly...
"Mr. Rol, I will kill the winged lizard! Stay safe somewhere they won't find you!"
"Wing lizard danger! Wing lizard eat hoomans!"
"Don't worry, Mr. Rol! I am more dangerous!"
'You... Why are you so full of yourself??'
Mr. Rol reluctantly went back to his cave. He came back with another club.
"Weapon of Rol's friend. Rol gives hooman."
A club? A club wasn't of any use for a mage. But I accepted it anyways. The more prepared, the better. I tried to lift it.
...
Well, it was heavy. As expected of a toddler's body. It would only slow me down. But lance and arrow rain weren't the only spells I made.
"Magic Inventory!"
It was magic that made use of spacetime distortions. Good thing I paid attention to classes in my previous lives. I put the club away into the inventory. The less to carry, the better.
I bid farewell to him and went towards the direction of the hill. I stopped halfway and began creating more magic. I camped there for around a hour and created two magic. Adding it with four I made before meeting Mr. Rol, it made six. For some reason, I felt like I was being watched. I wished I had learnt some detection magic in my previous lives.
I realized that it was getting late. It was just a couple of hours before sunrise. In the end, I never got to test any magic against the rabbits and slimes. You were lucky, monsters... If I didn't return before sunrise, Tia might wake up, find that I'm missing, and I would get an earful later.
I decided to move on quick. I wanted to avoid Tia waking up before I returned. As I reached the hill top, I found the serpents, six of them, sleeping on a tree (I was sure they slept in caves though. It was disappointing to see such feared monsters sleeping on tree branches.). Well... They looked cool. Probably the coolest things I've seen in this life. It was a pity I promised to subjugate them.
I noticed some humanoid carcasses on the grass. Trolls. They must be Mr. Rol's friends. I didn't want to wake the serpents from their slumber. It would make it harder for me. I never thought it would be easy. I was probably lucky that I arrived when they were sleeping. I hid behind some bushes.
"Lances!" I cast some lances in random places. Six of them.
'You don't show mercy, do you?'
"Well... I finally got a chance to test my spells! Also they ate the trolls right? So we need to avenge Mr. Rol's friends~"
'I won't stop you. I witnessed the strength of your lance. Forget serpents, even wyverns won't stand a chance!'
"Huh? Were my lances that strong? They were only basic spells though."
'The power of magic depends on the quality of your soul as well. Yours is just too high quality.'
"That's understandable."
After making sure the lances were placed correctly, I woke up the serpents with my next spell.
"Arrow Rain!"
Multiple arrows rained on the sleeping serpents. While the arrows weren't anywhere near enough to kill them the damage was decent.
The serpents didn't realize what hit them and we're in a state of confusion. They then set their gaze on me and identified me as an enemy.
The serpents readied their acid attacks. However, I had no plans of letting them attack me. Since my body was that of a toddler, even a single hit would be overkill. I had to be cautious as to not get hurt.
"Annihilation!"
One of the lances activated and pierced them. The lower half of a serpent disintegrated without a trace. I guess six was too much eh... They were annihilated after just four lances.
"I wish I hadn't wasted my time creating more lances."
'It can't helped. You're MY apostle after all~'
Everything went on as easy as possible. Yet, I couldn't help but get an uneasy feeling. I didn't realize the reason till much later.
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Name: ???
Class: Mage
Title: Apostle of Justice
Unique Effects: Strong Build, Full Health, Maximum Memory
Unique Skills: Judging Eye, Magic Creation, Lance, Arrow Rain, Magic Inventory, Castle of Flames, ???, ???
Name: Tia Redhart
Class: None
Title: None
Unique Effects: None
Unique Skills: None
Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
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