[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-isekai-nonbiri-nouka":3,"chapter-isekai-nonbiri-nouka-isekai-nonbiri-nouka-chapter-992":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Isekai Nonbiri Nouka",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1395497,1848,"Chapter 991: Familiar Figure","isekai-nonbiri-nouka-chapter-992",992,"\u003Cp>Noon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The village mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the snow-covered courtyard stood someone unfamiliar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man in black clothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His face was covered by a black hood, and he wore something like sports sunglasses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He held nothing and was moving his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if checking the range of motion of each part of his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once that check seemed finished, his movements shifted into something like martial forms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I cannot judge how impressive it was, but Gulf, who was watching with me, gave off a feeling of 「He’s pretty good」.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the man in black stopped moving and gripped a wooden sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing him was Daga.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After lightly tapping their wooden swords together, the fight began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having watched the martial tournament many times, I can tell who is stronger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daga.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The proof is that he is pressing the attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An overwhelming offense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man in black, on the other hand, focuses entirely on defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He handles Daga’s sword well, but Daga’s attack is about to land… hmm?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man in black dodged Daga’s sword with a strange movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strange, or rather, he dislocated a joint and moved it in reverse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn’t that cheating?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, that is part of the match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daga is using his tail too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daga follows up using that tail, but he cannot keep up with the man in black’s strange movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, taking advantage of a brief opening, the man in black counterattacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Daga took a surrender pose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man in black and Daga came together to stand before me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are you hurt?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To my question, Daga replied that he was fine, and the man in black answered with a gesture that he was fine as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, what do you think?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I asked Daga and Gulf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「I see no problems」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「It’s frustrating, but he’s stronger than me」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man in black made a gesture of joy at their evaluation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「However, isn’t it troublesome in many ways that he cannot speak?」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Wouldn’t it be fine to set him up as someone who lost his voice? Even among adventurers, there are those who can no longer speak」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「That’s true, but wouldn’t that make him stand out? It would also be difficult to coordinate with those around him」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Ahh, well, I guess so. You can manage without coordination, but considering the objective…」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No problem with the man in black’s abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The issue is that he cannot communicate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even if you say that, countermeasures are… what should we do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, there is no point in thinking alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We should discuss it with everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the man in black… no, we also need to hear the wishes of the spiderlings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The true identity of the man in black is a puppet operated by spiderlings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather than being controlled by webs from the outside, they enter inside and operate it with webs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is the humanoid version of what they previously operated from inside a giant spider costume during the parade in the Demon King’s Kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, one alone cannot control it, so there are eighteen of them inside the man in black.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, ten are responsible for controlling the body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, no matter how skilled the spiderlings are, even if ten of them gather, reproducing the movements of a human body is not just difficult, it would be hard to even make it stand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason they can operate it well enough to fight Daga lies in a secret of the humanoid costume that the spiderlings enter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ones who built the humanoid costume were the Mountain Elves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, the Mountain Elves created a hollow humanoid body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The inside was hollow, but they prepared many points where webs could be attached throughout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They also made space in the torso and head to house the spiderlings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came the trial run with the spiderlings inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that point, they realized that the humanoid costume could not stand on its own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course it couldn’t.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how much they connected the parts with webs inside and pulled them, it would only lie flat on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it was to stand, they would have to extend webs from the soles of the feet and anchor them to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, that would prevent it from moving properly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, to be fair, it still couldn’t move properly at that stage anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, what did they do during the previous spider costume?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They stuffed it full of spiderlings to an extreme degree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the coordination of those spiderlings, it was able to stand and move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, if they packed the humanoid costume full of spiderlings, it might also be able to stand and move, but that would not do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They wanted to operate it with as few as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, the Mountain Elves changed their approach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead of the spiderlings moving a humanoid like a human, they would create a humanoid that could move like a human, and have the spiderlings operate that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that in mind, they first began modifying the humanoid costume so that it could stand on its own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They inserted a skeletal structure modeled after a human’s bones, installed supports and springs in each joint, and added a balancer at the center of the torso to control the center of gravity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This reduced the space inside the torso for the spiderlings, but they chose not to worry about that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They decided it could be dealt with later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once it could stand on its own, the next step was movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Further improvements were made to each joint so that it could reproduce human movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Balancing independent standing and human-like motion was apparently difficult, but the Mountain Elves had a reference they could use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The multi-purpose humanoid mobile heavy machinery(Arti-horse).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the first unit, Siegfried, which was closest to a true human form, was absorbed by Klim. Before that happened, it was dismantled and examined, and records of that investigation remain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They even created wooden replicas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That alone did not mean they fully understood its functions and mechanisms, but the Mountain Elves said it was a valuable learning experience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was probably the result.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A humanoid that could stand on its own and move like a human when controlled by webs was completed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mountain Elves were satisfied, but there was almost no space left to store the spiderlings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two in the head, one in the stomach, and four in the left and right sides of the abdomen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seven in total.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were aiming to operate it with a small number, but while seven were enough to move the humanoid, combat would be difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were to fight, they would want at least five more to operate it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they were being greedy, the spiderlings wanted a bit more so they could see the surroundings of the humanoid costume.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was also a proposal to have it carry a backpack on its back to store the spiderlings, but it was rejected after considering the intended use of the humanoid costume.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mountain Elves thought carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no extra room inside the costume.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were empty spaces, but those had to be kept clear to ensure a proper range of motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, many webs passed through those areas and were in constant motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To prevent the webs from interfering with each other, those spaces needed to remain empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, there was no place left?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, was there not some wasted space somewhere?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not wasted, but a place that could be replaced with the spiderlings……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Mountain Elves thought that they could store the spiderlings inside the bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They expanded key bones and created cockpits inside them to house Spiderlings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spine, the thigh bones, the upper arm bones, and the shoulder blades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While they were at it, they also made cockpits in the backs of the hands, allowing the fingers to move with fine precision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was completed in this way was a man in black clothing, possessing enough combat power to fight Daga.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of the eighteen spiderlings who boarded the cockpits placed throughout the body, ten handle direct control of the body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The remaining eight are in charge of vision while giving instructions on how the body should move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It requires sound judgment, but at the current stage it is considered not to be a problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This humanoid costume that houses the spiderlings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its purpose is to act as Alfred’s bodyguard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some time after winter had begun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People from the country of ancestor-san, where Alfred is being taken care of, requested that a guard accompany Alfred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Personally, I wanted to ask Gulf, Daga, or perhaps the Angels, but……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spiderlings volunteered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Zabuton, who was hibernating, permission was given as long as it was a small number and they stayed hidden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what, Zabuton is soft when it comes to her spiderlings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, they themselves planned to use the spider costume from the Demon King’s Kingdom parade, but that would obviously cause problems, so it led to the creation of the humanoid costume.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Village Chief」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yaa, a Mountain Elf who was in charge of making the humanoid costume, came over carrying a small box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「If this is installed in the head, conversation will be difficult, but communication should be possible」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other Mountain Elves behind Yaa took the small box he was holding and installed it inside the mouth of the man in black clothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They then explained how to use it to the spiderlings in the head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「All right, go ahead!」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At Yaa’s signal, the man in black clothing raised one hand and……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Bo—di—gu—a—rd……」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Body, guard?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh, he’s talking!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pronunciation is a bit shaky, but the meaning comes across properly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No problem!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「With more practice, I think it will become easier to understand」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s amazing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>「Ehehe. It’s a modified musical instrument」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, no, that’s truly impressive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so are the spiderlings, for mastering it immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’re amazing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, it will still be a little while before the man in black clothing goes out as a bodyguard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That will be in spring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For now, they will focus on improving their control skills and identifying any remaining problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If something were to happen over there, it would not only trouble Alfred but also ancestor-san and Fushu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I want to avoid that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, it is about time to head back inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if the weather is nice, winter outdoors is still cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-0-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah, right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We still need to come up with a name for the man in black clothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We cannot keep calling him the man in black forever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But I have no sense for naming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though everyone knows that, they still ask me to do it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First candidate, Zabuichi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeah, let’s discuss it with everyone and decide.\u003C\u002Fp>",1802,"2026-06-05T23:08:42.455Z",1,"novelbin.me","915c4e10af5d9e69efa3390695ab767f19162f77908599f3ebe1b878c2e9ab87","isekai-nonbiri-nouka-chapter-915","isekai-nonbiri-nouka-chapter-991",1036,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fisekai-nonbiri-nouka-cover.jpg"]