Volume 1 Chapter 22 (1/2)
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I couldn’t figure out a western way of‘de aru’ at the end of Raypin’s sentences
Volume 1 Chapter 22
Elia seems to have taken her conteain in the abandoned
Because of that Rheinbach-saation request put up by the Adventurer’s Guild today I told them it would be fine if Elia also caainst it
There’s a huge difference in battle experience and fighting abilities between h probability that she’ll only end up relying on me a lot
Well it is true that if she were to ask me for help I wouldn’t really be able to refuse…
In any case this is why I ended up going to the guild and being called into the guild master’s room
“Ryouma, you came”
“I ca forthe matter?”
“The butler of the duke’s fa up the request I wanted to confiro to the abandoned mine yesterday?”
“Yes, I did”
“Right, I want you to tellrequest I erous without having a good grasp on the monsters beforehand I also heard from the butler, but the et whatever infor the mission”
“The ones I fought were the cave mantis, the cave bat, and the ss the Ojousama also seemed to have defeated a slime And then, there’s also the metal slime which the Ojousama found”
“Alright, looks like this time I can allow members from G Rank up, to take this request But… to think there was also a metal slime”
“Yeah, that ti separately but the Ojousaave it to me as a present Like that I was able to tame it”
“Oh yeah, you liked to collect sliet over 1000 slimes”
“That’s right Right now, I have 728 sticky slimes, 323 poison slier slimes, 2 healer slimes, 1 metal slime, 1 normal slime, which in total makes 4310 slimes”
“That’s too many”
“The reason the scavenger slimes ended up this many was because of the previous case, you know? Because of that I ended upthem split so many times in a short period of time and they quickly surpassed 3000 On that point, sliely on water alone, so it’s not a problem”
“So that’s why By the way another request to clean the latrine pits ca that?”
“No problem Still, that is quite fast It hasn’t even been a few days since the last one”
“Well the previous request took 5when the next request to clean will be accepted, there are plenty of guys who are thinking, “Let’s start putting up the request now!” And they also threatened us by saying that if no one co ti In the end the public office wasn’t able to conoring the their job”
“Alright, I got it How many pits do I have to clean today?”
“All 30 pits Can you do it?’
“Because of the previous case, the slireatly increased And so, if I were to use it for an entire day, I think I should somehow be able to do it…”
“Then I’ll leave everything to you The towns”
“Got it Ah, can I also take the ation request?”
“Yeah, there’s no li, so there won’t be a probleet home after the quest, today”
“Alright, I understand And then, regarding the monsters in the abandoned mine, can the corpses be sold?”
“Nope Based on the information we have now, you can’t sell theation of the monsters”
“Then, if I were to pay up, will I be able to get the corpses?”
“Well to begin with, those are pretty e Even if you buy it, ill you do with it?’
“I’ll feed it tothat much I want to make sure I have supplies while I can”
“So that’s why Then in that case leave the handling of the corpses to the guild I’ll make it so that there’ll be an extra reward for people that bring the corpses back
To begin with, leaving the corpses there was never really a good idea since otherfor those, so I was already planning to have those gathered Even if the bonus is dirt cheap, if there’s a bonus then they’ll end up wanting to do it Also, you’re the one paying for the bonus, alright?
“Of course In the h?”
“You don’t need 20 Even 10 is plenty”
“Then I’ll leave you with 10 sold coins If that becomes insufficient, I’ll pay it afterwards”
“Got it However, are you able to bring thatto rot, you know?”
“It’s alright I can use space ic and preserve it with ice And even if it rots, there are slimes that like that, so it won’t be a waste”
“Slimes are quite convenient, huh?”
“Yes Very much”
After talking with the Guild Master, I left the rooo from the receptionist
“Thank you so ain There really aren’t any people ants to take this quest, you see?”
“Well, it’s because I have ic which make this job convenient for me, but as for others, there probably won’t be anyone who’d want to do this job”
“Honestly we’d be better off, if they just took the odd jobs instead of pushi+ng the a job… Oh by the way, Ryouma-kun, because of the previous job you took your rank rose From today on you’re an F Rank”
“Is that so?”
“That’s right In order to go from G to F, you need to complete 20 missions of any kind When you cleaned the latrine pits, there were 30 pits in total Each pit counted as a o up to F Rank
In order to go from F to the next rank, E You need to coation request You went 10 jobs over the 20 jobs required to go from G to F, so I’ll add that towards the co of all of the 30 latrine pits again today, you’ll be able to clear all the conditions for Rank E aside for the subjugation request”
“Really? Thank you very much Umm…”
“Oh, that’s right I haven’t introduced myself have I? It’s Meilin”
“Thank you very much, Meilin-san Well then I’ll be on my way”
I left the guild and then did ain today Because of the King Scavenger Slie’ and ‘Overeat’, I was able to finish all 30 latrine pits in one day Although the skill level rose, the amount we had to deal with today were quite few…
I then went to report the completion of the request After a little bit of time, they were able to confirm that I finished the job, and the request was completed
“Alright, you’re good to go Take care of it again in the future, ok? And then… Ryouation request for toht?”
“Yes, please let me take it”
“Then in that case I’ll take care of the papers…… OK If you co toecoach that you can ride for free If you miss that, you’ll have to either borrow a horse or walk there, but regardless, if you fail to get there by 11, then you’ll have your pay reduced”
“I understand Thank you very much”
After that, I went back to the lodging, prepared for tomorrow, and then went to sleep It would be nice if a metal slime were to come… if I spot one, I’ll tame it Definitely
The Next Day
Because of my appointment today, I was sent off by the four uards I then headed towards to the guild in order to be able to ride the stagecoach When I got to the guild, there was a huge crowd of adventurers and ecoaches lined up
“That’s quite a crowd, huh?”
Seeing the stagecoaches, I wondered tothe neutral ’ since I still had some time, but a voice suddenly called out to me from afar
“Hey! Ryouma!”
“Eh? Ah, Jeff-san!”
That voice was Jeff-san’s Looking carefully, I can see Raypin and Shell as well
“Good , Jeff-san, Raypin-san, Shell-kun”
“Mornin’”
“Good , Ryouma-kun”
“Good– de aru Ryouma took this quest too?”
“You guys took it as well?”
“It’s ‘cause the old man made us take this request The request this time ‘round can be taken even by those of the Rank G, but if a strong e disaster So just in case, we’re participating too Also, it’s not justas well They’ve already gone ahead though”
“Still, although there’s been big requests like this before, there’s quite a lot of people this time, huh?”
“That can’t be helped -de aru The beasts in thethat even Rank G adventurers can handle, and since this is a request given by the feudal lord, the reward for it is also suitable Besides there’s also the bonus frouild
This is one of the few good opportunities to earn for adventurers of low rank –de aru And even people who can’t fight can get a reward just by gathering corpses Like this there’s almost no one who is unable to take part in this mission –de aru”
“Still, I wonder who’s the guy paying for the bonus and buying the ical beasts, and no matter how you look at it those aren’t the kind of beasts that have any useful parts These beasts are just small fries, you know?”
“Although it’s good for us, it is quite concerning –de aru”
“Nah, actually, it’s nothing special It’ll just be used for feed for the slave monsters”
“Ryou?”
“It’s because the one buying the corpses is me”
“So the one buying the corpses was Ryou to use the corpses as feeds for you slime, then I can understand –de aru Because… you do have a lot of slimes…”
“What do you normally do for their meal anyway?”
“Depending on what kind of slave s look like they’d eat quite a lot”
“Sliely on water alone with a little bit of feed This tiic to preserve the corpses, so I can give it to the sli were to start rotting, then I can siulp”
“Well that’s true Aside from you, there’s no one who can do this”
“Now that you mention it, where are those slimes –de aru?”
“Today the sli because I worked them really hard yesterday to clean the latrine pits And also they’ll just getkilled”
“Well that’s true –de aru”
Shell looked at me quizzically,
“Wait a ain?”
“Well I was asked to by the guild ation request will apparently allow me to become an E Rank”
Hearing that, Jeff-san was shocked,
“That’s fast! It hasn’t even been a week since you registered, right?”
“I cleaned 30 pits for 3 days during the incident, and then yesterday I cleaned another 30 Every single pit, counts for a mission, so all in all that counts towards a total of 60 completed missions”
“I see…”
While ear chatting idly, another stagecoach cae already caether
Like this, we leisurely headed towards the abandoned ot there, ere io report to the reception desk they prepared in front of the entrance of the abandoned mine We did as ere told and were then athered, and the guildwords
“The people participating today nu in as a 6for prey! Those without a party, you were already grouped ahead of time! Come over here to confirm it! And lastly… earn as much as you can!”
Everyone rose their voice at those si the tunnel I also went to checkJeff-san, Miya-san, Wereanna-san, Mizelia-san, and Syria-san Pretty uild master worried about me?
Looking around me, Wereanna-san led 5 other people as they walked towards me
“Wereanna-san, please take care of me today The others too, please take care of me”
“Same here, Ryouma”
“Take care of me, nya”
“Take care of me ok?”
“Don’t worry, I’ll properly guide you as your senpai”
“That’s probably io, but take care of me as well, ok?”
“Wai–, Jeff! Isn’t that rude to me!?”
“It’s cuz even though you’re good at fighting, you’re careless”
“What do you mean by that!?”
Seeing the two argue, Wereanna-san couldn’t help but sigh,
“What are you guys doing…? Ryou strength, eapon do you have with you? And also, the ical beasts we have in this cave are the cave ht with them?”
“I’ve fought with the cave mantis before As for ht with my short sword as well as with ic”
“I see… an all-rounder huh? Then in that case Ryouic since no one else can use roup”
“Well it’s not really like I can’t use it nya It’s just that as beastic power really quickly nya So please don’t rely that ic”
“As forexcept for healing ic Sorry”
After her, Jeff-san began to say as he puffed his chest up,
“As for ic except for the neutral then!”
“… You just changed the way you phrased it In the end it’s all the same nya Well, Ryouma, what attribute do you have nya?”
“All of them, but, I mainly use earth”
“All Attribute Aptitude huh? That’s quite rare nya”
“With that, we can fight in a lot ic you have Earth Needle?”
“Earth Needle and Rock Bullet As for the other attributes, the ones I can use inside the cave are the ice attribute, Ice arrow And the electric attribute, Stun Arrow”
“Then in that case, that’s o!”
And so we started the mission Only, because thequite fast
“These things just can’t fight back”
Mizelia-san couldn’t help but shake her head,
“What’s the point of asking sht back?”
“Besides if a ht Jeff were to come out it’ll problematic nya We’ll be fine, but the others who are ranked G and F will be in danger nya”
“The reason we’re here is to deal with a situation like that”