The Strongest Farmer in Another World ~I'm a "Farmer", Not a Demon King! ~ - Chapter 247

The Strongest Farmer in Another World ~I’m a “Farmer”, Not a Demon King! ~

Chapter 247   Chat after the battle

“You know, with all this chaos, I have no idea what’s going on. Even if I ask ‘everyone,’ they just give me answers that don’t make any sense.”

The beings that were born just now when I scattered the seeds don’t communicate well, probably because they’re just born. Besides, there are so many other plants that I don’t know which ones are conveying what information. Even if Prince Shōtoku were here, he probably couldn’t make sense of it.

After all, the amount of voices flooding in is like waves. It’s not just the voices of ten people or even a hundred; it’s as if a thousand people are speaking, and even if I could decipher a thousand voices, I wouldn’t understand.

“What are you going to do?”

“You’re going to capture the enemy commander, right?”

“Yeah, but I’ll leave that to others, not me. I mean, I could find a way to take care of it even in a situation like this, but doing that, I wouldn’t know if they’re alive or dead. It involves attacking and involving everyone.”

I intend to capture the nobleman who is the enemy commander, but it’s difficult for me. It’s much easier to wipe them all out than to find one person from that crowd.

If I ask the plants, they might know the approximate location, but I don’t have the ability to dive into the enemy. Despite causing this much damage this time, farmers are basically non-combatants. The rate of physical enhancement with the rise in rank is lower compared to combatants. If I dive into such a group, I’d die before finding the commander.

It would be different if I could just kill them all at once, but that’s not an option this time.

“Attacking by involving everyone… despite being a farmer, aren’t you saying something more magician-like than a magician?”

“What are you talking about? Indiscriminate attacks involving everyone aren’t some exclusive patent of magicians, right? Because my old man could probably mow them all down like this too.”

There’s a guy who can cut a castle with a single swing of his sword. Area attacks aren’t exclusive to magicians… probably.

“You and the boss are in a different league, aren’t you? Don’t include yourselves in general discussions.”

Kyle shrugged as if amazed, and to be honest, I feel the same way. We’re beyond the ordinary, to be frank.

“Well, whatever. So, I’m good at area attacks, but with that, I can’t reliably capture the enemy’s leader. That’s why—Kyle, go and do it.”

While saying this, I placed my hand on Kyle’s shoulder and smiled warmly.

“…Me?”

However, Kyle didn’t seem to like my smile, furrowing his brow and looking at me with suspicious eyes. Hey, why are you making that face? I admit it’s not the most fitting smile, but come on.

“Yeah, I confirmed your skills before, but haven’t seen any significant achievements since then. Well, there haven’t been many opportunities to fight, to be fair… But still.”

I knew he had been wanting to make a notable contribution for a while. However, the chance hadn’t come up until now. After all, we don’t get attacked that often here.

Technically, we did fight when we defeated someone named Litt in the Sacred Tree Garden earlier, but that was a battle unseen by others. Kyle didn’t defeat the enemy alone until the end.

I appreciate that he stopped the initial attack and bought time for preparation, but it still didn’t result in any visible accomplishment.

“There’s a good target right in front of you.”

Saying so, when I pointed, Kyle’s gaze followed. At the tip of my finger were commanders of the enemy army, nobles, or some important figures associated with them – plenty of potential targets.

“Here we have enemies, the stage is set for battle, and the master is expecting. So, what will you do?”

“Ha! Alright, I’ll do it!”

As I provocatively smiled, Kyle responded with a matching grin and walked towards the wall. This guy, he’s planning to descend directly from the wall instead of using the stairs.

“If it takes too long, I’ll crush them all at once, so defeat them before that!”

“Yeah!”

With that reply, Kyle jumped down from the wall. Normally, that would be fatal, but combat professions have it good, huh…

“So, Bell and Sofia, you’re my escorts. Especially Bell. I intend to handle things myself, but it’s still a battlefield. If there’s danger, I’ll rely on you for interception.”

“Yes! I won’t let a single scratch touch you!”

“I’m counting on you.”

There probably won’t be any more attacks, but being careless and getting killed is not an option. As long as Bell, who can sense hostility and ill intentions towards me, is there, it should be fine in terms of protection.

As for what to do next…

“Listen up!”

Kyle, having jumped down from the wall, headed towards the enemy camp alone, but dealing with that on his own would be difficult. So, I decided to increase our numbers. After all, even for these guys, it would be boring to stay quiet after all the preparation we’ve done.

“I took down the majority of the enemies. However, the enemy commander is still alive, and they are pushing towards us. I could handle the aftermath, but wouldn’t it be boring after everyone had gathered? So, the rest is up to you guys. I’ll pay a reward for each defeated enemy!”

“Uoooh!”

“However, large-scale attacks are prohibited. I don’t want to cause any more damage around the city.”

Some voices, likely blaming me, can be heard, but I ignore them. Whatever, I don’t care about that.

Overall, things are looking good. There’s plenty of fighting spirit, and individually, our combat strength is higher.

With that said, following Kyle, who had already rushed ahead alone, the residents of the town, each wielding their weapons, ran out from the open gate.

With the current instructions, there’s a possibility we won’t catch the enemy commander, but we’ll deal with that when the time comes. I don’t necessarily want to capture them, and it’s not a big deal if they die.

Now, all that’s left is to wait.

Well, when I first found out they were coming, I panicked, but looking back, it wasn’t a big deal. It’s not over yet, so I can’t completely relax, but it should be fine.

“Well, it’s over. We won decisively.”

“Decisive? Isn’t it more like a complete victory?”

“Rather than discussing wins and losses, isn’t this already total domination?”

In the end, Kyle punched and bound the enemy commander, bringing him here. Since Kyle, the one who captured him, is taking the captive to Edward’s subordinates, they’ll likely make good use of him.

As for the rest… there’s not much to do. We’ll stay here for now, monitor the situation, and see how things develop.

Oh, right, I remembered the conversation that was interrupted earlier and decided to ask to pass the time.

“Oh, right. Um, what was it? Ah, Lilia. When you mentioned ‘my child’ earlier, what did you mean by that?”

“Huh? It means exactly what it sounds like, doesn’t it? In our forest, there’s also a Sacred Tree, right? That child lent us its power. Well, not just power, but its will? It had something it wanted to say, so I helped connect it a bit.”

Connect its will? What does that mean?

Certainly, Lilia’s demeanor at that time was unusual. It seemed impossible under normal circumstances. So, it wasn’t Lilia herself but the Sacred Tree using her body?

“…So, it means the Sacred Tree took over you?”

“Hmm? Well, being taken over might be a bit different. It’s more like moving together, you know? Strengthening our connection, blurring the boundaries, moving as one… something like that.”

Lilia responded with surprisingly light words about herself. How can she lend her body without fully understanding what it entails? It doesn’t seem like she completely surrendered, but why would she do something like that?

“That’s quite casual. Blurring the boundaries, isn’t that risky for your personality?”

Doing something like that might make her personality disappear or mix into something else…

“Our child, like Flora, doesn’t express its self much. So, it doesn’t need a name, and even though we connected our wills this time, our egos didn’t merge… Well, I don’t know how to explain it, but it’s something like that!”

Come to think of it, the Sacred Tree born from the seed I received is named ‘Flora,’ but I’ve never heard of names for the Sacred Trees in Lilia’s forest.

“You seem worried, but wouldn’t you do the same if Flora asked you?”

“…Well, yeah.”

I might have concerns and ask various questions, but ultimately, I would lend my body to Flora.

Well, Lilia says it’s okay, so it should be fine. If something were wrong, she’d probably say so, and she wouldn’t hide any abnormalities.

“Well, that’s fine, but were the words you said exactly what the Sacred Tree was thinking?”

“Huh? Yeah, mostly?”

“Mostly, huh?”

“Well, I wanted to sound cool too, you know.”

‘You know,’ huh… well, in the end, it was a great success.

“Come to think of it, you used the word ‘evil’ and willingly identified yourself as a villain.”

As if remembering, Sofia mentioned that. Indeed, considering it was meant to convey the Sacred Tree’s thoughts, the choice of words seemed unnecessary.

I see. So, those words were a mixture of her desires and the Sacred Tree’s thoughts.