15 Episode 14 Ranks and Hordes (1/2)

Today I woke up to the sound of bells. I ate a good meal and went to the guild, enduring the high tension as usual.

I take a look at the F-rank requests for defeat and extermination.

Hmm? What's the difference between a kill request and an extermination request?

Sally was nowhere to be found today, so I asked a random receptionist nearby. It would be rude to call her random, but...

Excuse me, I have a question.

”Yes, what is it?

What's the difference between a request for defeat and a request for extermination? They're both requests to kill demons, right?

How do they distinguish between them? Is it the strength of the demon? But there was no particular distinction between the two depending on the rank of the request.

Yes, that's right, basically you don't have to accept a request to kill a demon. It doesn't matter where the demon was defeated, and it doesn't matter if some time has passed since the demon was defeated. This is mainly for demons that are more likely to cause damage if their numbers increase.

I think it says that you don't have to accept the request to defeat it. That was a blind spot.

If you're not sure what you're looking for, you may want to check with your local library. You can't kill a monster that has been killed before. Naturally, the reward is higher than that for the same monster, because of the restriction.

If there is a request for extermination, they will do it, if not, they will do it.

”Even if I kill a demon in a place that is the target of an extermination request, will I still be able to fulfill the extermination request?

In short, if the demon disappears from the place, it's fine.

Yes, it can't be accomplished. We have no way of knowing if this is true or not. If you have received the order, the guild card will tell you if you have accomplished the request, but if you haven't received the order, it will only tell you when you killed the monster. The original guild card, which was made in the old days, seemed to know where the monster was defeated, but unfortunately, the guild card does not reproduce that much.

In other words, the reason why extermination requests require an order is because the incomplete function of the guild card cannot determine if a previously defeated demon is the subject of the request.

If this function is applied, it might be useful for interrogation.

For example, you could have the player accept a request to ”tell me what you think”, and then bombard him with questions while observing his guild card.

It may not be useful for getting people to talk, but it may be useful for judging the truth of what they say when they do. Well, that's none of my business. I don't want to be interrogated.

”All right. I'll go check on the request.

Okay. Have a good day.

I go through the requests again. However, there was no F-rank extermination request. I wonder if it's because they don't want to leave urgent requests to an F-rank.

Instead, there were requests to kill Green Wolf and Big Mouth. I got the rewards when I was G rank, but I wonder if the rank doesn't matter.

I guess it doesn't matter if you don't need to get them, because the requests you can get are within your rank.

It would be interesting to kill the demons listed in the C-rank requests and report them, but there is no need to take unnecessary risks.

Besides, even if I could rise through the ranks in such a way, it doesn't mean it would be a good thing.

Even if I have high magic and other specs, I'm not an experienced adventurer. There will be requests that require such things.

Let's just go with it. ............!

So I'm going into the forest without accepting any requests, since I'm only going to do requests for killing.

I'll show you the power of the magic barrage!

Well, I don't want to run into a situation where the barrage will come into play too much.

Today, I'm heading deeper into the forest without gathering any herbs. After ten minutes of running, using the speed I've gained by leveling up, I finally encounter the first dog. A green dog.

I put on my gear from the item box and fire a rock spear at it, deliberately missing its vital point. Now that I'm up to the next level, I should check its power while I still have time.

The rock spear that I randomly shot at the body pierced the green dog at a higher speed than before and shattered it. However, the green dog seemed to have already suffered a fatal wound and only twitched its legs.

While I was watching, the green dog seemed to have died, so I put it in the item box and moved on.

It seems that demons, including Green Dog, have magic stones inside their bodies, but I have yet to see one. I have never seen a magic stone.

Also, it seems that magic stones are not sold in their original state in general stores, and small ones are crushed and used as batteries for magic tools, while large ones are processed as they are. Well, I don't feel like dismantling a green dog just to see it. I don't think I'll get a chance to use this sword yet. I'd like to use it, but I don't think it's a good idea to waste it.

As I walked deeper into the forest, five green dogs appeared at once. I fired five rock spears at them and killed them immediately. My INT didn't increase by much, but the green dogs were dying in an interesting way. I guess the wand has made it easier to aim, but this is very useful. Thanks to this, I don't have to use my sword at all.

Just as I'm about to start stripping, I notice a large number of reactions on the left side of the tentacles. You quickly turn your head to the left and see a bunch of green dogs. How many are there? I don't know. I don't even want to count them. How do I escape? ....... If I tried to burn them all down with a fireball, I'd have a forest fire on my hands. .......

There are so many of them, but they are finite, unless they come from spawn blocks or something. It's better to reduce the number for now.

So, take out a potion of accelerated magic recovery from the item box, open it, and chug it. Opening the potion was done by image.

Then I started shooting rock spears with all my magic power. The pack of green dogs fell down, but I stepped over them and came closer and closer.

The fanfare of leveling up echoed in my head continuously.