Chapter 26 (1/2)

—Laila—

「… It’s not much this time.」

「Well, it can’t be helped.」

A few days after failing the hydra subjugation, I and Armia were talking in the meadow.

As we talked, around us was a large number of magic stones, material from goblins, and plants that can be sold from the meadow.

It was the spoils I and Armia hunted and collected in this meadow.

…… Seeing the huge mass of loot we got, I leaked out a sigh.

「… Even when we try our best, it doesn’t reach the reward from lower-layer.」

The reason was because, no matter how many goblins we killed, the reward per goblin was plain bad.

I and Armia came deep into the meadow to earn money by hunting group of goblins using Armia’s large scale magic.

Using that way, we have gained many goblin materials, however, selling these wouldn’t give that much income.

Honestly, at that price, considering the process of dismantling the goblins and so forth, it wasn’t worth it.

「Wait, are they still holed-up?」

「I-I’m sorry…」

…Even so, we still used this bad place as hunting ground because we were missing our two vanguards.

That’s right, Margulus and Sarveria were both holed-up in the Sword of Lightning’s joint residence and hadn’t been participate in the quest since then.

The reason for that was because of what happened two days after the failed hydra subjugation quest.

On that day, despite the fact that Armia still wasn’t fully recovered, Margulus and Sarveria took me and Armia to the lower-layer of the labyrinth to hunt, saying that we would be fine.

And then, after calling us incompetent, that the hydra subjugation quest failed because of us, he jumped straight to the lower-layer monsters while saying that he would show us an example.

… A few minutes later, unable to handle the opponents, they came to us, crying and screaming for help.

In the end, we survived without any problem because Armia’s magic killed all those monsters, however, if I would be honest, never did I feel so much regret from entering this party until I saw Margulus and Sarveria’s appearance……

In addition, after Armia helped them, they complained that Armia was too slow to help.

In regard to me who was spontaneously trying to escape, they yelled about how they were going to make a complain, that I was a coward, that I was violating the terms from the receptionist lady, anything that made them as a victim instead.

…… And then after saying all that to me, the next day, they lied saying their wounds still hurting and refused to go to the labyrinth and holed-up in the joint residence since then.

If they went that far, they already surpassed my surprise to the point of admiration.

As an adventurer, they were about at the level of second-rate adventurers, however, when they played the victim or hurting from nonexistent wounds, their acting was very convincing.

I thought it would be good if Margulus and Sarveria became a scammer instead.

……… Seriously, how many times have I thought about leaving Sword of Lightning, ignoring the words of Margulus, Sarveria, and the receptionist lady?

「Sigh…」

Or so I thought as I let out a sigh.

However, I still couldn’t leave Sword of Lightning.

First of all, I couldn’t find another party I could enter.

I was looking for a party I could enter after I left Sword of Lightning, using my connection as best as I could, but alas, I couldn’t find any.

…… Most adventurer parties in this labyrinth city were lowbred.

No matter which party, they would welcome me to enter, but their vile desires were apparent on their face.

If I entered that kind of party, there was no need to imagine what would happen afterward.

Still, even if I find a good one, I don’t think I can just enter their party like that.

The other reason was I couldn’t leave the last member of Sword of Lightning like this.

「Sorry, Laila-san…」

「Don’t worry. It’s not your fault.」

Armia responding to my sigh with an apology, seeing her apologetic appearance, my belief that I couldn’t leave Sword of Lightning yet strengthened.

As a matter of fact, the one that struggled the most with this goblin hunting life was not me.

While the earning gotten from goblin hunting was lower than usual earning of hunting in the lower-layer, with how we destroyed several flocks in a day, our earning was equivalent to the average second-rate adventurer active in the middle-layer of the labyrinth.

And since I received half of the earning, in reality, I got more than enough money for myself.

… But Armia was different.