Chapter 16: First Quest (1/2)

After accepting the quest in the adventurer guild, I entered the support tool shop on the left of the adventurer guild to buy the monster clearing potion.

The size of the store is that of a convenience store.

Alongside the walls are placed red, blue, yellow, purple, and so forth liquids in bottles, bundles of medicinal plants, various differently sized stones, etc. Each price tag had several numbers on it, among them there were stones that couldn’t be seen yet had a high prize pasted on it.

I looked at everything from start to end, then asked the lady sitting at the counter near the entrance about where the potion is.

The lady smiled and took a bottle from the front shelf.

It was a blue bottle about 250 ml big.

I checked the price, it was 1 silver coin.

Expensive!? Too expensive! Isn’t this more expensive than magic liquid metal!?

I was about to raise my voice, but held back.

But the lady explained that only a small dose needs to be applied on carcasses. So this bottle won’t run out so quickly.

So I paid the price and bought the potion, and asked the tool shop lady where I might buy a knife.

I have a gun so I won’t be needing a sword, but I still need a knife.

She told me that the weapons and armor shop in front was a Magician’s guild support store.

I said my thanks, then left the store and went into the weapons and armor shop.

A knife is priced at 3 silver coins.

I mentioned about using one to cut off the tails of defeated garugaru, and chose a somewhat thick knife.

While I’m there, I also bought a leather bag to put the tails in.

This one is 6 large copper coins.

Once I’m back at the inn, I made my preparations.

I put the “S&W M10” revolver in my gun belt. Fully loaded.

I loaded the AK-47 with a banana magazine, and confirmed that the specially-made leather sling is in place.

I put two spare magazines in a specially-made magazine pouch on the left side of the gunbelt.

I put two spare magazines, one on each side of my backpack. I also put in a box of ammunition for the revolver.

Moreover, I equipped the knife I just bought on the back of my hip.

With this I am fully armed.

In addition, I put the leather bag, magic potion, a canteen made from magic liquid metal, and a sandwich (crunchy fried meat, tomato-like vegetable, and hard baked egg) in the backpack.

I also took a 500 ml portion of magic liquid metal, just in case. The container is made from magic liquid metal. I carefully sealed it and put it down.

I bundled the monster clearing potion with cloth and put it on top so it doesn’t break.

I put the backpack on, slung the AK-47 on my shoulder, and left the inn.

“Well then, I think I should try going out by the west gate and walking around the forest.”

I left the west ward, where adventurer-related buildings are, and went out the gate.

I showed my tag to the gatekeeper and was immediately allowed to go outside.

Like that, I walked and left the fields and ranches, then followed the forest’s edge.

After about 30 minutes of walking.

100 m ahead, some 4-legged creatures came out from the forest. Three of them.

They had triangular fox-like ears, pointed fangs, and agile-looking thin bodies, their tails spread out like bamboo brooms, and quite a volume of fur.

They look just like stray dogs. So these are garugaru, huh.

In the world of my previous life, the father of combat karate, Ooyama Masutatsu, said “Once a human holds a sword, they finally became equal to cats”

Certainly, a beginner would find it to be a hard fight using swords or spears against monsters showing such hostility .

“Oooooooooooooooo!!!”

The three garugaru took me for prey and ran while howling.

For monsters, a child’s meat is a feast.

I wasn’t even holding a sword, and was lazily walking alone, to them I must look like a “duck carrying an onion”.

But I took the AK-47 down from my shoulder without panicking.

I released the safety switch.

I set it to full-auto.

I pulled the cocking handle, and a bullet entered the firing chamber.

I raised my physical abilities with body strengthening.

I faced the enemy with a kneeling shot pose, my right knee on the ground, and my left foot on tiptoes.

I had the stock on my shoulder.

I turned the muzzle towards the garugaru.

Of course, the garugaru know nothing of assault rifles.

So even with the muzzle pointed at them they did not run, and ran straight towards their prey.

In order to bring all three of them down, I drew them in so they don’t run away.

Only a 30 m distance remained.

I took a breath―I held it so it doesn’t interfere with my shooting.

I pressed the trigger.

BANG! BABABABABANG!

The rhythmic sound of firing.

The three garugaru lining up side-to side shot by 7.62mm Russian Shots in the heads and shoulders instantly died and fell down.

The battle ended in less than 10 seconds.

I went closer, keeping my body strengthening just in case.

I poked them with my foot, but there was no reaction.

They are certainly dead.

“That went quicker than I thought…… It’s thanks to the AK-47. In fact, it’s way overkill for enemies of this level.”

I re-enabled the safety on the AK-47 for now, and slung it back on my shoulder.

I pulled out the knife from my waist and removed all the tails.

Taking out the leather bag from the backpack, I put the tails in and tied up the opening.

I sprinkled several drops of the potion I bought at the tool shop on the garugaru carcasses.

I tried smelling it, but to my nose it doesn’t really have a smell.

Maybe it’s not at a level that can be detected by humans.

I packed the potion and the leather bag full of tails back in my backpack.

Because I put the severed ends on the bottom, the tips of the tails pop out of my backpack.

The fur touches the back of my head.

It felt surprisingly good to the touch.

Doesn’t seem like it’s going to hinder my battles, too.

“That was amazing just now. You took down a number of those carnivorous garugaru in an instant.”

“!?”

A voice called out to me from the forest, I immediately pointed my AK-47 there.