Vol 1 Chapter 10 (1/2)

LEVEL 1: A Whisper, an Aria, a Prayer, an Awakening

Chapter 10: Damro

They confessed everything to Yuized wholeheartedly Haruhiro, Manato, and Mogzo, that is Ranta defiantly clai, so there was no need to make such a fuss about it, and thus incurred both Yunored Ranta from then on

However, it was hard to say whether their lack of teamwork became any worse, just from that In fact, it probably had no effect The next day, the day after that, and the day after that, they didn’t earn that much And by “didn’t earn that much”, what he really meant close to zero And by “close to zero”, what he really meant was “exactly zero”

Haruhiro didn’t want anyone asking about the state of his finances, so he had no idea how the others were doing either Of course, he was acutely aware of howthe last three days, he had spent fourteen, thirteen, and twelve capas each day That meant thirty-nine capas spent with zero earned If the one capa technically owed to Yorozu’s bank counted, then the total su money came to one silver and forty-nine capas

All thoughts of buying daily necessities such as razors or a spare pair of underwear had vanished Staying at a better lodge? An outlandish dreahably ridiculous now If he spent successively one less capa on food per day, how er could he make hisconcern

Their earnings, having been zero for three straight days, resulted in dise for the night no one spoke a single word to each other They all just went immediately to bed, but it wasn’t as if anyone could fall asleep right away either There was no one ao to sleep in the situation they were in

Or so Haruhiro thought, until he heard Ranta’s snores froetting past his initial disgust, Haruhiro found hio to sleep rather than keep thinking about the past Today was over, to better, and to about what happened today So ere they going to do tomorrow?

Renew their hunt for monsters Even if they only earned one capa, that would be fine—no, one capa was no good, no good at all He wanted to earn a lot of money As much money as he could He was deter As he turned over in his bunk, he felt theup

“Manato?” Haruhiro called tentatively

“What is it?”

“Where are you going? It’s still nighttihttime The bathroom?”

“No” Manato stood up “I’ important so don’t worry I’ll be back soon”

“Going out at this tiht? Where?”

“It’s not that late yet,” Manato said, as he flashed a set some rest”

“Ah, okay” But even as the words caht that o alone But it was too late He was already gone

Still a little worried, Haruhiro struck up a casual conversation with the still-awake Mogzo and after a while, eventually fell asleep When he woke, Manato had returned and was already up and about

“Morning, Haruhiro,” Manato called “I thought we’d try going somewhere different today What do you think?”

Apparently, Manato had gone to Sherry’s Tavern located on Kaen Road the night before to gather inforht drinks for people, had drinks bought for hi over But the issue didn’t stop at his overdrinking; Manato must have spent quite a lot of money, too

“You should have taken me with you,” Haruhiro said

“Haruhiro, you can drink?”

“I don’t know” Haruhiro rubbed the back of his neck “I don’t remember if I ever drank or not”

Manato s, so I wasn’t there all for business Maybe part of me wanted to loosen up a bit”

Later, when Manato brought up to the others his proposal to change location, they all readily agreed Everybody was sick of forests

There was a city about an hour’s walk, roughly two and a half miles northwest of Altana In reality, it wasn’t a city so le child, lived there—no one huhty percent of the defensive wall that surrounded the city was in shas, perhaps closer to sixty or seventy percent, were collapsed Rubble lay scattered about, plant life had overtaken areas here and there, and rusty swords, spears, and other weapons lay strewn about or sticking out froly, skeletal remains could also be seen all over

Anis nor cats roa walls and broken rooftops, but disappeared as soon as they sensed Haruhiro and the others approach An incessant cawing sound could be heard and when they turned towards the source of it, they saw a few dozen crows gathered on the re used as a perch

Long ago, Daest city and was by far larger than Altana However, when it was attacked and taken by the Deathless King and his confederation, it beca of the Deathless King, his foroblin slaves rebelled, drove the undead out of the city, and then claioblin territory

However, located in the southeast area of the city was Damro’s Old Town, a section of the city that had been left long neglected by the goblins That wasn’t to say that there were no goblins around though There were

“Just… one?” Haruhiro was hidden behind a wall that felt like it would collapse if he put even the slightest aht on it He was in the ruins of a house where all that re was the foundation

He was the Thief, so the task of scouting had been left up to him; however, he had no skill in either [STEALTH WALK] or [PILFER] The most he could do was [PICK LOCK] which made him no different than an ordinary person who had so locks Was it really okay to let him do the reconnaissance for the party?

The oblin they had killed in the forest before was one of oblins The one that Haruhiro had found here certainly reseoblin, but its skin had a yellowish tint and it wasn’t covered in filth It was also clothed and had a kind of club-like weapon hanging froonally across its back was a soblin pouch

While oblins kept all their valuables on a cord around their necks, proper goblins kept theirs in pouches Everything they had of value was kept in there, on their person, at all times

The particular goblin Haruhiro atching had sat itself down, gruffly crossed its ar its head down and closed its eyes It was still dayti was about to take a nap Haruhiro hurried back to where the others aiting, taking care not to make any sound as he moved

“One goblin and it seems to be asleep,” he reported

“Okay, then Let’s go for it” Manato’s expression tensed as he went on “Mogzo’s chain to make noise no matter how careful he is, so Haruhiro, Ranta, and I will approach it first Mogzo, Yume, and shi+horu follow and close in after us The three of us will try to close in and kill it in one bloithout waking it up If it does wake, however, Yuic Mogzo, cofight, use the saive it a chance to run”

Everyone nodded immediately in reply They hadn’t made any money in the last three days, so even Ranta was dead serious now

Manato, Haruhiro, and Ranta set off with Manato in the lead They reached the reot a little tougher The ruins of the house were streith rubble,towards the sleeping goblin took more time than they anticipated and there were several times when their footfalls produced noise

Finally, they ithin two or three steps of weapon range Mogzo and the others held their positions past the boundary of what used to be the house Manato, Haruhiro, and Ranta looked at each other in turn Ranta then pointed at hiet this right, but Manato waved a hand in a signal to go ahead

Ranta let go of the breath he had been holding and approached the goblin Rather than bringing his long sword up for an overhead swung, he thrust the tip of it at the goblin’s head The goblin opened its eyes with a grunt It noticed Haruhiro and the others right away and see

With a loud cry, it stretched out an arrab at Ranta’s head Ranta ducked as Manato shouted, “Watch out!” and spun his short staff around to hit the goblin on the arms and head in quick succession

“da sword into it then pulled it back out with a twist

Haruhiro remained where he was, i he would just be getting in Manato’s and Ranta’s way as they fought The goblin flailed and thrashed about, cursing in so

The ht Was it because they had caught this one asleep and unawares? Soon enough, it was still

“…Did we kill it?” Ranta breathed heavily as he leaned forward and peered closely at the goblin’s face

An i Ranta on the nose flashed through Haruhiro’sof that sort happened Manato briefly closed his eyes and drew a hexagram in the air It was over

Mogzo, Yume, and shi+horu entered the reoblin’s head and pulled his long sword out,for a Vice, need so for a Vice…”

Manato gingery reoblin pouch from its body and opened it up Haruhiro’s eyes widened “Silvers!”

Did goblins have a fondness for collecting human-made coins? And not just one silver coin, but four Unlike the one they found on the oblin, these didn’t have holes in thelass-like stone and slender, finger-like bones from some sort of animal

Yuhed “Wow It’s a record~yan Though it’s only our second kill…”