Gilik Side-story Afterwards Part 1
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(AN:As I was thinking about how to sell the Light Novel, which will be released in a month, I found myself at a loss once again.
So, to commemorate the 10-day weekend, we will be holding the Inukkoro Festival for two nights in a row!(TN:Inukkoro means literally 'damned dog/mutt'. It's what I usually translate as 'mutt', lol.)
Well then, let's start, Wasshoi!)(End)
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After Ropen-jii ran away with the jewels, Pedel and I escorted the jeweler Ordoff back to Volzard.
We reported the case of the items being stolen to the Guild's branch office, we also made arrangements to catch Ropen-jii, of course the jewels hadn't returned, and there was no hope of them returning.
In the first place, there was a high possibility that the carriage that Ropen-jii boarded was attacked by monsters in the Irosun Great Forest, and there was no hope for the safety of the passengers.
Not only the passengers, but even the adventurers who were accompanying as an escort had not returned.
Ropen-jii said when he was drunk that he used to be an A-rank adventurer, but in a situation where even active adventurers had not returned, we should assume that he was dead.
At a bar in the village at the entrance to the Irosun Great Forest, there were some adventurers who said that now they could take as much cargo as they wanted from the carriages that were attacked by monsters, but I don't know if anyone actually went to loot them.
When we gave up chasing Ropen-jii, Pedel bastard said that if I ran away and registered as an adventurer in another city, I could avoid paying compensation, but if I did that, it seemed that it would be treated as me being an accomplice in running away.
"Pedel, bastard ... It seems you were trying to put all the blame on me!"
"Idiot, I wouldn't have had the composure to think about such a thing! Or Gilik, were you bastard in a state where you could calmly think about things?"
"Tch, I certainly didn't have the composure ..."
"Besides, it's the adventurer's responsibility to judge the situation. If you make a mistake when you think something is dangerous, you could lose your life."
"Keh, even if a bastard like you who was outwitted by Ropen-jii says that, it won't be convincing."
"Don't worry, I'll think about what happens after we return to Volzard."
We returned to Volzard and went to the guild's judgment with Ordoff and his secretary Gudeau.
Based on this ruling, the parties involved would be interviewed and the amount of compensation that we would bear would be determined.
Normally, if the escort request could not be fulfilled, the compensation amount would be half of the escort amount.
The value of the escort this time was 10 million Helts, so the amount Pedel and I would have to pay in compensation would be 5 million Helts, but since the crime was committed by Ropen, who was employed by Ordoff, negotiations proceeded on the basis of compensation of 2.5 million Helts, which was half the amount.
In order to calculate the amount, we were asked about the process that led to the jewelry being taken away.
Who were the members participating in the itinerary to Marburg, how were they chosen.
The backgrounds of Pedel, Gilik, Ropen, and the secretary Gudeau.
We were interviewed in detail about our respective roles and actions up until the crime was committed.
Ordoff and Gudeau agreed that everything was our fault as the escorts, and they plotted to increase the amount of compensation even a little.
As we had discussed in advance, we emphasized how Ordoff trusted Ropen, and the discussion followed a parallel path.
In the end, it was taken into consideration that Ordoff had forced me to drink alcohol even though I refused to drink on the night of the crime, and the amount was further reduced by 40%, and the compensation amount was settled at 1.5 million Helts.
"Hey, Gilik, I'll shoulder 800,000."
"Fuun, there's no need to do that. I'll pay exactly half, 750,000 Helts. In exchange, you'll help me rank up as you promised."
"Tch, I thought I could escape from babysitting this brat ..."
"What'd you say ... Stop talking nonsense and keep your promise."
If you asked me if Pedel was reliable, I would of course answer no, but as a D-rank there was a limit to the jobs I could take on.
Besides, to pay just an extra 50,000, I couldn't stand him acting so self-important.
However, the amount of 750,000 Helts was more than I could afford right now.
It seemed like that Pedel bastard had saved up some change, and would pay 400,000 Helts in one lump sum, and the remaining 350,000 Helts in installments, but I owed the entire amount.
Moreover, until this compensation was paid, our Guild's rank would be lowered by one.
In other words, Pedel, who was originally a B-rank, was treated as a C-rank, and I, who was D-rank, was treated as an E-rank.
The shortfall in compensation would be paid to Ordoff by the Guild, and I would have to repay at least 5,000 Helts every month.
It seemed that there was no interest, but if I paid 5,000 Helts every month, it would take 12 years to pay it off.
I didn't know if it was a lie or not, but it seemed that some of the nomination requests that high-rank adventurers received were worth more than a million Helts for a single job.
In order to quickly pay off my debt, I needed to raise my rank.
There were three ways to increase your adventurer rank.
The first was when you have made a major accomplishment that everyone recognized.
The reason why that damned Chibi rose to S-rank was because he subdued a large number of Gigawolves and the swarm of Ogres that attacked Volzard.
They were all the achievements of the monsters he worked with, but it seemed like they were counted as achievements of the damned Chibi.
The second method was to complete the requests received at the Guild and accumulate achievements.
This was the most reliable and common method, but it had a big problem.
Due to the impassability of the Irosun Great Forest, there were almost no escort jobs that could be used to earn achievements.
It seemed that the import of ore from Marburg had been stopped, and the traffic of people had decreased drastically.
Volzard, which was close to the Devil's Forest, relied on importing much of its grain from other cities, and the job of escorting cargo, which was originally supposed to exist, had disappeared.
The adventurers would be in trouble because the work of the escorts would be reduced, but if the grain didn't come in, the lives of ordinary people would also be in trouble, but it seemed that the monsters employed the the damned Chibi were using magic to transport it.
Naturally, it seemed that the transportation costs and achievements would all belong to the damned Chibi.
Since he had already reached S-rank, there was no need to accumulate any more achievements.
Even if you listened to the gossip at the bar, there were many voices that were jealous of the damned Chibi.
The third way to increase your rank was to bring materials to the Guild.
Bring the magic stones of defeated monsters, horns and fangs, raw stones mined in dungeons, etc., to the Guild, convert their value into points, and increase your rank based on the cumulative value.
Large magic stones and rare parts were expensive to buy, and the points earned were also high.
Of course, gaining big points came with some risks, but given the current situation where escort requests were extremely low, acquiring materials was probably the shortest way to rank up.
However, recently, it seemed that the number of large monsters appearing in the vicinity of Volzard had decreased.
It wasn't like there weren't any, but it seemed that groups of more than five Orcs or Ogres were almost never seen.
This was also a rumor, but it seemed that the monsters in the Devil's Forest were being decimated by the monsters used by the damned Chibi.
After the ruling was over and we had applied for a loan for compensation, we sat across the table at a bar to discuss future plans.
"So, Gilik, what are you going to do?"
"What am I going to do, it doesn't matter what I do, introduce me to a job where I can earn money quickly and move up in rank."
"Idio~t ... If there was a job like that, there would be no reason for the bar to be crowded at a time like this."
From our position at a table in the corner of the bar, we could see the entire floor, but most of the seats were occupied by adventurers who were out of work.
"Then, it's the dungeon. I've already qualified to dive into the dungeon by myself."
"Fuun ... That's not worth talking about. Guys like you are typical of adventurers who never come back from the dungeon."
"What'd you say ..."
"Maa, listen!"
Pedel took a swig of alcohol, moistened his throat, and slowly opened his mouth.
"You, have you ever dived into the dungeon?"
"No, I haven't, but if you get used to it from the shallowest floors, you'll be fine, right?"
"Don't underestimate the dungeon ... That place is more dangerous than the Devil's Forest. Even if it's a shallow floor, if you're attacked by a group of Killer Ants in a dead end, and you're outnumbered, you'll get stuck."
Killer Ants were ant monsters that were about the size of an adult's arm, and they seemed to sometimes come out from gaps in the walls of dungeons.
Their shells were hard, and even ordinary people could subdue them if there was only one, but it seemed that even high-rank adventurers may suffer an embarrassing defeat if they were swarmed in large numbers.
"If a young person who doesn't have much information about the terrain is at a shallow floor ... If you dive in with such a casual attitude, you'll become their bait in no time."
"In that case, use your experience to do something about it."
"Idio~t ... Can you compete against numbers with just experience. We need at least three more people to dive into the dungeon. Also, we need a seeker who can detect danger and avoid it in advance, not someone like you who can't move around and just swings a big sword around."
"Then, find some companions and form a Party."
"Idio~t ... Can you entrust your life to someone whose identity you don't even know? We don't know what kind of offensive abilities they have, we don't know what their personality is, can you know what they'll do in an emergency? It's not that easy to form a Party."
"Then, who was the adventurer you were paired with?"
"Aahh? Christo, huh ... That guy is no good anymore."
Pedel's partner, a man named Christo, whom Ropen-jii was talking about, apparently lost one of his legs in a fight just before we went to Marburg.
"Now that I think about it, Ropen-jii might have planned it behind the scenes."
"What, why didn't you talk about that during the judgment."
"Even if I talked about it, I wasn't present at the scene, and there's no evidence of anything, there are a lot of people in the eastern area who would take on such a job for a small amount of money. In the first place, there's no way they'd properly investigate the quarrel between adventurers."
In the end, with no prospect of finding a good job, I came to the conclusion that there was no choice but to keep an eye on the situation in the Irosun Great Forest and hunt monsters steadily.
I left the Guild and was about to go back home when I ran into that damned Chibi.
The seedy-looking woman named Manon was with him.
"Tch, it's the Ero brat whose only ability is to flirt with women during the day ..."
"You just worked apart from Muell-san for a while, are you pretending to be some kind of adventurer ..."
"What's that, you damn brat ..."
"Even if a certain someone isn't there, Kazuki, Tatsuya, and Joe are working as Muell-san's bodyguards, so there's no problem. By the way, have you improved your rank?"
"Kuu, you ..."
The judgment just ended today, and there was no way anyone knew about my rank reduction, but he was a brat who really annoys people.
I was about to take a step forward to punch him, but Pedel grabbed my shoulder and stopped me.
"Stop it, Gilik. Don't play around with a conceited brat."
"Aahn? Do you really think I'll be defeated by this brat?"
"That's not it, I'm just saying it's a waste of time."
"Tch ... alright."
There was no way B-rank Pedel would be frightened by a brat like this, so he probably knew his true identity.
"Brat, don't get too carried away either. While you're apart from each other, there's no guarantee that the woman will be safe ..."
"Haa? Could you please stop saying such ridiculous things. I have no intention of antagonizing you, but if you cause harm to someone important to me, I won't hold back. Me and my genus ... I will use all my strength to retaliate, so please be prepared for that."
"Fuun ... Let's go, Gilik."
Pedel made a disgusted expression and spoke, he shook his head and started walking, telling me to follow him.
"Where are we going?"
"It's fine, follow me."
"Yeah, yeah ..."
Pedel headed to the warehouse district in the west part of the old city.
When I climbed the narrow stairs on the side of the old warehouse, I saw a shack attached to a roof.
Apparently, this was Pedel's stronghold.
It was hard to say that it was tidy or clean, but it was better than a stable room in a cheap inn.
"Have a seat ..."
I pulled out a chair at the four-seater table and sat down.
Judging by the thin layer of dust on the seat, it seemed like there weren't many visitors.
Pedel took out two glasses from the basket next to the sink, wiped them with the cloth that was hanging on them, placed them on the table, and poured the liquor he had taken from the cupboard.
It was a dish towel that I didn't know when it had been washed, but I pretended I hadn't seen it.
"Gilik, you, do you know the Monster User?"
"Fuun, such an eyesore damned Chibi, it's not like we know each other or anything."
"I see ... If you want, we can have that light blue haired female brat kidnapped."
"Haa ... ?"
"In the back towns of the eastern district, there are people who will take on anything for a small amount of money. We can use them to kidnap the female brat and hold them for ransom ..."
"Keh, give up that idea ... He will only get revenge. The damned Chibi isn't such a big deal, but the monsters he's working with are a bit tricky."
"That's why, just using the people from the east district as decoys ..."
"That's no good. The little monsters hide in the shadows ... They might even be able to hear what you're talking about right now."
"What did you say!"
Pedel kicked away his chair and stood up, but he couldn't see any signs of a monster.
"What's that ... don't scare me."
"Are you stupid, I told you they hide in the shadows. You can't see them from here."
"Damn, that disgusting brat ..."
It seemed that Pedel had been beaten twice before for looking down on that damned Chibi.
Nevertheless, cowardly acts like messing with the women around him were not suitable for my nature.
"Also, are you intending to deal with the Storm Cat?"
"What, if it's a Storm Cat ... does he even have something like that."
When I told him about the time I saw the Storm Cat, Pedel frowned and clicked his tongue.
"Tch, can such a monster even be dealt with."
"Right, let's just stick with subjugation. We will sell off the materials and pay off the debt."
We immediately decided to start subjugating monsters the next day.
You could get more money from subjugation requests from villages along the highway, but there weren't many requests at the moment, and adventurers were competing with each other.
However, this was Volzard, which was called the farthest city.
Once you entered the Devil's Forest, you wouldn't have any trouble finding an Orc or two.
Gilik Side-story Afterwards Part 1
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(AN:As I was thinking about how to sell the Light Novel, which will be released in a month, I found myself at a loss once again.
So, to commemorate the 10-day weekend, we will be holding the Inukkoro Festival for two nights in a row!(TN:Inukkoro means literally 'damned dog/mutt'. It's what I usually translate as 'mutt', lol.)
Well then, let's start, Wasshoi!)(End)
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After Ropen-jii ran away with the jewels, Pedel and I escorted the jeweler Ordoff back to Volzard.
We reported the case of the items being stolen to the Guild's branch office, we also made arrangements to catch Ropen-jii, of course the jewels hadn't returned, and there was no hope of them returning.
In the first place, there was a high possibility that the carriage that Ropen-jii boarded was attacked by monsters in the Irosun Great Forest, and there was no hope for the safety of the passengers.
Not only the passengers, but even the adventurers who were accompanying as an escort had not returned.
Ropen-jii said when he was drunk that he used to be an A-rank adventurer, but in a situation where even active adventurers had not returned, we should assume that he was dead.
At a bar in the village at the entrance to the Irosun Great Forest, there were some adventurers who said that now they could take as much cargo as they wanted from the carriages that were attacked by monsters, but I don't know if anyone actually went to loot them.
When we gave up chasing Ropen-jii, Pedel bastard said that if I ran away and registered as an adventurer in another city, I could avoid paying compensation, but if I did that, it seemed that it would be treated as me being an accomplice in running away.
"Pedel, bastard ... It seems you were trying to put all the blame on me!"
"Idiot, I wouldn't have had the composure to think about such a thing! Or Gilik, were you bastard in a state where you could calmly think about things?"
"Tch, I certainly didn't have the composure ..."
"Besides, it's the adventurer's responsibility to judge the situation. If you make a mistake when you think something is dangerous, you could lose your life."
"Keh, even if a bastard like you who was outwitted by Ropen-jii says that, it won't be convincing."
"Don't worry, I'll think about what happens after we return to Volzard."
We returned to Volzard and went to the guild's judgment with Ordoff and his secretary Gudeau.
Based on this ruling, the parties involved would be interviewed and the amount of compensation that we would bear would be determined.
Normally, if the escort request could not be fulfilled, the compensation amount would be half of the escort amount.
The value of the escort this time was 10 million Helts, so the amount Pedel and I would have to pay in compensation would be 5 million Helts, but since the crime was committed by Ropen, who was employed by Ordoff, negotiations proceeded on the basis of compensation of 2.5 million Helts, which was half the amount.
In order to calculate the amount, we were asked about the process that led to the jewelry being taken away.
Who were the members participating in the itinerary to Marburg, how were they chosen.
The backgrounds of Pedel, Gilik, Ropen, and the secretary Gudeau.
We were interviewed in detail about our respective roles and actions up until the crime was committed.
Ordoff and Gudeau agreed that everything was our fault as the escorts, and they plotted to increase the amount of compensation even a little.
As we had discussed in advance, we emphasized how Ordoff trusted Ropen, and the discussion followed a parallel path.
In the end, it was taken into consideration that Ordoff had forced me to drink alcohol even though I refused to drink on the night of the crime, and the amount was further reduced by 40%, and the compensation amount was settled at 1.5 million Helts.
"Hey, Gilik, I'll shoulder 800,000."
"Fuun, there's no need to do that. I'll pay exactly half, 750,000 Helts. In exchange, you'll help me rank up as you promised."
"Tch, I thought I could escape from babysitting this brat ..."
"What'd you say ... Stop talking nonsense and keep your promise."
If you asked me if Pedel was reliable, I would of course answer no, but as a D-rank there was a limit to the jobs I could take on.
Besides, to pay just an extra 50,000, I couldn't stand him acting so self-important.
However, the amount of 750,000 Helts was more than I could afford right now.
It seemed like that Pedel bastard had saved up some change, and would pay 400,000 Helts in one lump sum, and the remaining 350,000 Helts in installments, but I owed the entire amount.
Moreover, until this compensation was paid, our Guild's rank would be lowered by one.
In other words, Pedel, who was originally a B-rank, was treated as a C-rank, and I, who was D-rank, was treated as an E-rank.
The shortfall in compensation would be paid to Ordoff by the Guild, and I would have to repay at least 5,000 Helts every month.
It seemed that there was no interest, but if I paid 5,000 Helts every month, it would take 12 years to pay it off.
I didn't know if it was a lie or not, but it seemed that some of the nomination requests that high-rank adventurers received were worth more than a million Helts for a single job.
In order to quickly pay off my debt, I needed to raise my rank.
There were three ways to increase your adventurer rank.
The first was when you have made a major accomplishment that everyone recognized.
The reason why that damned Chibi rose to S-rank was because he subdued a large number of Gigawolves and the swarm of Ogres that attacked Volzard.
They were all the achievements of the monsters he worked with, but it seemed like they were counted as achievements of the damned Chibi.
The second method was to complete the requests received at the Guild and accumulate achievements.
This was the most reliable and common method, but it had a big problem.
Due to the impassability of the Irosun Great Forest, there were almost no escort jobs that could be used to earn achievements.
It seemed that the import of ore from Marburg had been stopped, and the traffic of people had decreased drastically.
Volzard, which was close to the Devil's Forest, relied on importing much of its grain from other cities, and the job of escorting cargo, which was originally supposed to exist, had disappeared.
The adventurers would be in trouble because the work of the escorts would be reduced, but if the grain didn't come in, the lives of ordinary people would also be in trouble, but it seemed that the monsters employed the the damned Chibi were using magic to transport it.
Naturally, it seemed that the transportation costs and achievements would all belong to the damned Chibi.
Since he had already reached S-rank, there was no need to accumulate any more achievements.
Even if you listened to the gossip at the bar, there were many voices that were jealous of the damned Chibi.
The third way to increase your rank was to bring materials to the Guild.
Bring the magic stones of defeated monsters, horns and fangs, raw stones mined in dungeons, etc., to the Guild, convert their value into points, and increase your rank based on the cumulative value.
Large magic stones and rare parts were expensive to buy, and the points earned were also high.
Of course, gaining big points came with some risks, but given the current situation where escort requests were extremely low, acquiring materials was probably the shortest way to rank up.
However, recently, it seemed that the number of large monsters appearing in the vicinity of Volzard had decreased.
It wasn't like there weren't any, but it seemed that groups of more than five Orcs or Ogres were almost never seen.
This was also a rumor, but it seemed that the monsters in the Devil's Forest were being decimated by the monsters used by the damned Chibi.
After the ruling was over and we had applied for a loan for compensation, we sat across the table at a bar to discuss future plans.
"So, Gilik, what are you going to do?"
"What am I going to do, it doesn't matter what I do, introduce me to a job where I can earn money quickly and move up in rank."
"Idio~t ... If there was a job like that, there would be no reason for the bar to be crowded at a time like this."
From our position at a table in the corner of the bar, we could see the entire floor, but most of the seats were occupied by adventurers who were out of work.
"Then, it's the dungeon. I've already qualified to dive into the dungeon by myself."
"Fuun ... That's not worth talking about. Guys like you are typical of adventurers who never come back from the dungeon."
"What'd you say ..."
"Maa, listen!"
Pedel took a swig of alcohol, moistened his throat, and slowly opened his mouth.
"You, have you ever dived into the dungeon?"
"No, I haven't, but if you get used to it from the shallowest floors, you'll be fine, right?"
"Don't underestimate the dungeon ... That place is more dangerous than the Devil's Forest. Even if it's a shallow floor, if you're attacked by a group of Killer Ants in a dead end, and you're outnumbered, you'll get stuck."
Killer Ants were ant monsters that were about the size of an adult's arm, and they seemed to sometimes come out from gaps in the walls of dungeons.
Their shells were hard, and even ordinary people could subdue them if there was only one, but it seemed that even high-rank adventurers may suffer an embarrassing defeat if they were swarmed in large numbers.
"If a young person who doesn't have much information about the terrain is at a shallow floor ... If you dive in with such a casual attitude, you'll become their bait in no time."
"In that case, use your experience to do something about it."
"Idio~t ... Can you compete against numbers with just experience. We need at least three more people to dive into the dungeon. Also, we need a seeker who can detect danger and avoid it in advance, not someone like you who can't move around and just swings a big sword around."
"Then, find some companions and form a Party."
"Idio~t ... Can you entrust your life to someone whose identity you don't even know? We don't know what kind of offensive abilities they have, we don't know what their personality is, can you know what they'll do in an emergency? It's not that easy to form a Party."
"Then, who was the adventurer you were paired with?"
"Aahh? Christo, huh ... That guy is no good anymore."
Pedel's partner, a man named Christo, whom Ropen-jii was talking about, apparently lost one of his legs in a fight just before we went to Marburg.
"Now that I think about it, Ropen-jii might have planned it behind the scenes."
"What, why didn't you talk about that during the judgment."
"Even if I talked about it, I wasn't present at the scene, and there's no evidence of anything, there are a lot of people in the eastern area who would take on such a job for a small amount of money. In the first place, there's no way they'd properly investigate the quarrel between adventurers."
In the end, with no prospect of finding a good job, I came to the conclusion that there was no choice but to keep an eye on the situation in the Irosun Great Forest and hunt monsters steadily.
I left the Guild and was about to go back home when I ran into that damned Chibi.
The seedy-looking woman named Manon was with him.
"Tch, it's the Ero brat whose only ability is to flirt with women during the day ..."
"You just worked apart from Muell-san for a while, are you pretending to be some kind of adventurer ..."
"What's that, you damn brat ..."
"Even if a certain someone isn't there, Kazuki, Tatsuya, and Joe are working as Muell-san's bodyguards, so there's no problem. By the way, have you improved your rank?"
"Kuu, you ..."
The judgment just ended today, and there was no way anyone knew about my rank reduction, but he was a brat who really annoys people.
I was about to take a step forward to punch him, but Pedel grabbed my shoulder and stopped me.
"Stop it, Gilik. Don't play around with a conceited brat."
"Aahn? Do you really think I'll be defeated by this brat?"
"That's not it, I'm just saying it's a waste of time."
"Tch ... alright."
There was no way B-rank Pedel would be frightened by a brat like this, so he probably knew his true identity.
"Brat, don't get too carried away either. While you're apart from each other, there's no guarantee that the woman will be safe ..."
"Haa? Could you please stop saying such ridiculous things. I have no intention of antagonizing you, but if you cause harm to someone important to me, I won't hold back. Me and my genus ... I will use all my strength to retaliate, so please be prepared for that."
"Fuun ... Let's go, Gilik."
Pedel made a disgusted expression and spoke, he shook his head and started walking, telling me to follow him.
"Where are we going?"
"It's fine, follow me."
"Yeah, yeah ..."
Pedel headed to the warehouse district in the west part of the old city.
When I climbed the narrow stairs on the side of the old warehouse, I saw a shack attached to a roof.
Apparently, this was Pedel's stronghold.
It was hard to say that it was tidy or clean, but it was better than a stable room in a cheap inn.
"Have a seat ..."
I pulled out a chair at the four-seater table and sat down.
Judging by the thin layer of dust on the seat, it seemed like there weren't many visitors.
Pedel took out two glasses from the basket next to the sink, wiped them with the cloth that was hanging on them, placed them on the table, and poured the liquor he had taken from the cupboard.
It was a dish towel that I didn't know when it had been washed, but I pretended I hadn't seen it.
"Gilik, you, do you know the Monster User?"
"Fuun, such an eyesore damned Chibi, it's not like we know each other or anything."
"I see ... If you want, we can have that light blue haired female brat kidnapped."
"Haa ... ?"
"In the back towns of the eastern district, there are people who will take on anything for a small amount of money. We can use them to kidnap the female brat and hold them for ransom ..."
"Keh, give up that idea ... He will only get revenge. The damned Chibi isn't such a big deal, but the monsters he's working with are a bit tricky."
"That's why, just using the people from the east district as decoys ..."
"That's no good. The little monsters hide in the shadows ... They might even be able to hear what you're talking about right now."
"What did you say!"
Pedel kicked away his chair and stood up, but he couldn't see any signs of a monster.
"What's that ... don't scare me."
"Are you stupid, I told you they hide in the shadows. You can't see them from here."
"Damn, that disgusting brat ..."
It seemed that Pedel had been beaten twice before for looking down on that damned Chibi.
Nevertheless, cowardly acts like messing with the women around him were not suitable for my nature.
"Also, are you intending to deal with the Storm Cat?"
"What, if it's a Storm Cat ... does he even have something like that."
When I told him about the time I saw the Storm Cat, Pedel frowned and clicked his tongue.
"Tch, can such a monster even be dealt with."
"Right, let's just stick with subjugation. We will sell off the materials and pay off the debt."
We immediately decided to start subjugating monsters the next day.
You could get more money from subjugation requests from villages along the highway, but there weren't many requests at the moment, and adventurers were competing with each other.
However, this was Volzard, which was called the farthest city.
Once you entered the Devil's Forest, you wouldn't have any trouble finding an Orc or two.
