Yajin Tensei: Karate Survivor in Another World - Vol. 9 Ch. 60 - Emden of the Green Underworld Guild

[vannn]

It's not been raised for quite sime time, but at the beggining he was literally considered a non-human by everyone he met. They actually called him a goblin. It was something about him being too ugly to be human, which is quite a riot, given the mugs that have been apperaing recently...

He's learned to hide in plain sight, not that it does him any good.

 

[JackofSpades261]

Like why the fuck is the MC sticking around this town?? It's as bad or worse than every other place filled with people willing to kill him in his sleep that he's been too! WHICH IS EVERY OTHER FUCKING PLACE HES BEEN TOO. The MC doesn't have any huge aspirations or long term goals, with how unbelievably awful the people and places of the world hes in are there is zero fucking reason why the immediate next chapter shouldn't be him leaving to live in the woods alone as far the fuck away from people as he can manage.

MC is still waiting on his new set of gear that the workshop siblings are making, otherwise he wouldn't have stayed. He practically gave all his savings & some rare materials to them. If he skips out of town now, then he'll have emptied his inventory for nothing.

 

[Big_Boss]

I hope MC just gets his new armor and skips this town, literally 0 reasons to stay in place where ever major player is out to dog you for every bit you have.

 

[Doomer]

can't wait for him to leave , arrive in another city and once again it's corrupt to it's core. i doubt there is a single good person in power in this world...

 

[megaguil]

This world is so fucking cutthroat man, no rest ever. Yajin is amazing but Jesus every chapter riled up the adrenaline.

Thanks for the translation!!

 

[Intrigbagarn]

That Puppy crying panel was cute af

 

[CountryMage]

It's not been raised for quite sime time, but at the beggining he was literally considered a non-human by everyone he met. They actually called him a goblin. It was something about him being too ugly to be human, which is quite a riot, given the mugs that have been apperaing recently...

People don't get experience from killing other humans, Yajin does.

 

[Kireato]

I'm a bit confused by some elements of the story. Earlier, Yajin and his party had a lot of trouble breaking their level cap and while there clearly aren't that many people who have a higher level they do exist. We were also informed that those with higher levels could easily find jobs, usually with nobility. Yet Yajin seems to encounter people who apparently have a higher level yet seem to be content being the head of a fisherman village or in an underground criminal organisation. I guess that at least in a criminal organisation you can profit more than through a regular job but it seems a bit strange.

I'm also a bit worried about the information network these guys have. Imagine if they decided to take hostage the two craftsmen Yajin has become very friendly with?

 

[Eukene]

If he joined that gang, he probably would actually found his relatively safe place where he could stay, too bad he'd hate committing evil acts on the regular, so he's gotta get out of it. Like, even now, in XXI century, there are plenty of places in Latin America that function just like that town when you get to the poorer parts of the city.

This is true about Latin America. I use to live near the southern border to the US. Sometimes I would walk to Mexico*, do shopping or visit a park or museum, and come back. People from the US side thought I was insane for going into cartel territory and told me it hadn't been safe to do so for decades. People from the Mexican side were more realistic about commercial areas being safe, but tried to convince me not to go alone as a foreigner. I didn't follow their advice, but always carefully planned my routes and was back before sundown.

People were friendly but would stick to themselves unless they had a reason to interact with you, like selling something. You never know who you are talking with. If you were in trouble, someone with good intentions would likely help you (especially if you're an old lady, even criminals may help an old lady in Mexico), but you have to hope that they're the first to find you. If you look as intimidating as Yajin then I imagine fewer people will be taking that risk to help if they don't know you.

I never had any bad experiences, but I was very aware that being seen as disrespecting the cartels or encroaching on their business (eg selling drugs, not that I would) could be the end of my life. The border region is important for smuggling, but in other places, they control tourist industry, farming, things like logging, etc. They can be more influential than the local government and people in the local government may work for them. Many people in depressed areas associate criminal organizations with economic and social success and in some cases see them as more trustworthy and effective than the government.

Naturally I'm fairly sheltered as these things go and can't claim to understand it like someone from Mexico, but it was my first exposure to that kind of environment. I can imagine what it would be like to buying fruit from a stall, eating in restaurant, etc and one of these guys shows up.

* Yes, there are official border crossings for pedestrians. Sometimes you pay a small fee depending on where you cross, they may search suitcases/bags, and there may be Mexican army or National Guard with big rifles. One time, when my backpack got searched, they looked at my prescription nasal spray like it was the weirdest thing they had ever seen before silently putting it back in my backpack. It's not US Customs level of security, but there's a procedure. More scrutiny than if you were in a car, I would say.

 

[Knighto]

Machete kills in SPACE another world

 

[Eukene]

I'm a bit confused by some elements of the story. Earlier, Yajin and his party had a lot of trouble breaking their level cap and while there clearly aren't that many people who have a higher level they do exist. We were also informed that those with higher levels could easily find jobs, usually with nobility. Yet Yajin seems to encounter people who apparently have a higher level yet seem to be content being the head of a fisherman village or in an underground criminal organisation. I guess that at least in a criminal organisation you can profit more than through a regular job but it seems a bit strange.

I'm also a bit worried about the information network these guys have. Imagine if they decided to take hostage the two craftsmen Yajin has become very friendly with?

What I'm getting from this is that Yajin's town wasn't necessarily typical, at least in terms of all places. Also, like we know, they weren't actually able to easily find jobs when they broke the level barrier. There was likely a situation where connected people were becoming high level, rather than the other way around. Then those people tried to protect their positions as some of the bigger fish in the local pond.

I once discounted that the fisherman head broke the level barrier by dragging a fish onto land (or other similar posted theories). That would be silly, I thought; Wouldn't everyone would go drag a fish onto land at that point? But then Yajin says he had mistakenly thought the fisherman head got lucky killing a fish to break the level barrier. The reason why Yajin's team didn't consider this must be that they weren't near the ocean and wouldn't have had the resources to make it there, nevermind the connections they would need to build if they somehow survived the journey.

 

[finalm]

If he joined that gang, he probably would actually found his relatively safe place where he could stay, too bad he'd hate committing evil acts on the regular, so he's gotta get out of it.

There's no way he could join them at this point. They are planning to use him against the physician's guild, who already have eyes on him. What's more the matter at hand concerns the adventurer's guild as well, so they too would likely become his enemies. Even if he could make it out in one piece, with this much attention he's just a liability to the criminal organisation. An expendable liabilitym no less.

 

[KuroViLolitannia]

Once he get that equipment he should quickly gtfo

Hope the smith sibling wont get caught in this tho

 

[gundulgondrong]

love this! this is truly what it means to be 'underpowered', not those hacks who
"onyooooo im underpowered~ SIKE!! it's actually a cheat ability that makes the MC's journey devoid of any struggle"

 

[OpN]

The scale of the world doesn't feel real. We know so little of the region, continent and world.

Every time he goes somewhere and meets someone above his level, it feels to me like he was a frog in a well from the smallest town in the smallest kingdom. Like we're introduced to power levels at such infrequent rates that each one feels like an unknown jump in power, especially because it's been a long time since level ups were even a factor.

It always feels like he's facing down insurmountable difficulties everywhere he goes.

 

[killugon]

do last page count as animal abuse?

 

[Kanade0021]

thanks for the translation!

 

[Grye]

PUT PUPPY DOWN

 

[finalm]

The scale of the world doesn't feel real. We know so little of the region, continent and world.

Every time he goes somewhere and meets someone above his level, it feels to me like he was a frog in a well from the smallest town in the smallest kingdom. Like we're introduced to power levels at such infrequent rates that each one feels like an unknown jump in power, especially because it's been a long time since level ups were even a factor.

It always feels like he's facing down insurmountable difficulties everywhere he goes.

And that does not feel real? If anything it's the realistic approach. He may be a more capable fighter than anyone in that town, but what does that matter, when he has 3 powerful organisations aiming for him? Only insane power fantasies would make it so that he has any chance in hell to hold his own agaisnt hundrets, if not thousands of people...

 

[Eukene]

And that does not feel real? If anything it's the realistic approach. He may be a more capable fighter than anyone in that town, but what does that matter, when he has 3 powerful organisations aiming for him? Only insane power fantasies would make it so that he has any chance in hell to hold his own agaisnt hundrets, if not thousands of people...

It also makes sense that he prefers to not fight unless he has a very strong advantage, since one mistake could cost him his life. This is more or less the approach in the wild, eg, a cat will not fight a rat if it can help it and instead wait for a mouse. The rat is certainly going to avoid fighting the cat if it can, despite having a chance to win.

The exact power scaling of face ripping guy in a 1v1, meaning who is the cat and who is the rat, is not clear. However, it seems to be the kind of environment where it's hard to survive if you aren't part of a faction.