The Strange Adventure of a Broke Mercenary Chapter 105 Discussion

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The story starts off as a parody of Goblin Slayer, but went a little further in making the priestess non-human and an artificial construct at the same time. Unlike Goblin Slayer, the main theme of which is vengeance, this story is about doing what one can when the opportunity arises.

The warrior is a former mercenary, who saw his entire company get wiped out in a skirmish which caused it to disband. As he was a former mercenary, he had no clue how to work as an adventurer and simply went through the motions despite his reservations thinking it was simply how adventurers do things. Basically, he has little common sense, having lived with his mercenary company from the time he was young.

The priestess is a demon whose purpose is to find her limbs hidden by her parents. She is cheeky, mischievous and clever, making ploys after ploys to satisfy her desire for knowledge. Unlike an ordinary priestess, she is actually very strong, something that Loren was often disgruntled with. She has a habit of getting sidetracked when it comes to money.

Together, the form a strong, yet adorable pair. Loren with his brooding attitude and Lapis with her mischievous tricks. When you first read, you'd think he kept things hidden way too much. In reality, it's because he was afraid that he would be making a faux pas, as he didn't know anything about life outside of the mercenary company.

We all have been there, knowing something isn't right, but not speaking about it because we were afraid that we would look foolish for saying it.

Unfortunately, there is way too much detail in this story for a marathon sitting. Read up to 5 chapters a day, that's it, don't read more. The problem with this story is that the author gives too much detail, in that reading sometimes become a chore as there are stuff that we don't really want to know, but were told of anyway. If you like that, then this story is definitely for you.

That is not to say that the details become overbearing, far from it. But Ai-chan read this story while eating, so the focus is divided, making the burden worse. However, Ai-chan is on the side of "more detail is better than no detail", so it's not really a downside for Ai-chan.