Chapter 102: What’s in the Backpack
Well, here we go, a sudden PvP battle.
Ring the gong! Let the match begin!
I’m still in my casual clothes for now, but I’ve got my long staff ready.
“Uryaa!”
“Gyah?!”
Alright, took one down.
“You, bastard!”
“Surround him!”
“Idiot! Don’t bother! Run away!”
Oh, they’re getting flustered?
Their overall strategy is a mess.
And then…
“Yaaay! I don’t really get it, but if I can punch, I’ll punch!”
Shio pops out of nowhere.
A Greatsword is obviously not suitable for non-lethal attacks, so she’s just throwing regular punches…
“Goh?!?!?!”
The mercenary she punched had his arm guarding the blow shattered and was sent flying about three meters.
She’s seriously too much of a gorilla, it’s scary…
“Yo, damn you! Dieeee!”
One of them shoots an arrow at me with a short bow, but…
“Yo,っと!”
Shio catches it and stops it. Like Hokuto Shinken.
“Hehe, sorry about that.”
“Gu, ah…”
In that moment, the rat beastkin, Keira, takes advantage of her small size to move along the ground, out of the mercenaries’ sight, and stabs their feet with hidden daggers coated in Paralysis Poison, taking them down.
Especially since this area is a grassland with tall grass. When someone as small as Keira crouches down, you lose sight of her.
“…Shhh!”
“Ugh, gyaa!”
Cheeria silently draws her bow and shoots the mercenaries in the legs with arrows that have had their arrowheads broken off. Well, even without the arrowhead, it still stabs. It doesn’t have the power to penetrate, so it just stabs a little, but it must be excruciating. Enough to make them unable to move.
“Ugaaaaa!”
“Gwaaaaa!”
And then, the Oni Tribe’s Hanako beats up multiple people all by herself. She sends about three people flying with a lariat, she’s really strong…
…I’m pretty sure these guys were bragging about being skilled warriors who conquered a Demon Lair in the frontier!
The Blue Comet has conquered twelve Demon Lairs without any deaths, they’re monsters…
The Jigoba Mercenary Group was instantly subdued by the Blue Comet, who are monsters beyond those monsters.
In the backpack of their leader, Jigoba…
“Just as I thought, it’s here! A Fire Drake egg!”
That’s right, a Fire Drake, its egg was there…
In other words, the Fire Drake from earlier came all the way here chasing after its child, its egg.
“This is a crime, right?”
“Of course. Intentionally luring a Greater Magic Beast into a town is a crime so great that even executing the entire family wouldn’t be enough!”
Katrina glares at the Jigoba Mercenary Group, who are groaning from the beating, with obvious contempt.
Originally a Royal Knight, someone who protected the peace of the Royal Capital, it seems she hates villains who disturb the peace.
“But, why this, Fi, Fire Drake? egg? Is it, like, super delicious or something?”
Shio is making some dumb remarks, but…
“Hmm, sells for a lot.”
Margot answers.
That’s right, it sells for a lot. Seriously.
“How much?”
“Hmm… well, about an amount that can’t be converted into cash? At least, tens of billions to hundreds of billions of Lido in money. Realistically, you could get land or a position.”
“Hee… with that much, you could live a life of leisure… right?”
“Definitely possible. Depending on the position you get, you could live in luxury for your entire life, and even for generations to come.”
“Haa, amazing~”
Being a Greater Magic Beast’s egg, there are pure enthusiasts who want it, but more than anything, the country will buy it.
If you raise it from an egg, there’s a chance you can turn it into a weapon.
For example, in the southeastern desert region, they domesticate land lizard Magic Beasts raised from eggs.
In this country, there are also movements to domesticate Wyverns and create Dragon Knights (for real), so all the rich people want Greater Magic Beast eggs.
Of course, we can’t sell it to the nobles of this country, because that would be bad if it got out.
So, they were probably planning to go south and sell it to the Empire, which is an enemy country… oh, I see.
They intentionally passed through this village and the town of Midford, to stop the Fire Drake…?
What a bastard!!!
They’re only using their brains for bad things!
The Middle Ages are no good! They have no ethics!
…Well, that doesn’t mean I’m going to change the world or anything. I don’t have the time or obligation to do that.
Wow, this is a big deal. A big deal, really.
“Let’s return, Andrews. Fortunately, the thinning mission is mostly complete. Also, after investigating, the Fire Drake has been ravaging the territory of the Magic Beasts around here, and the numbers have decreased…”
Katrina says.
“Got it. Let’s go back quickly and report to Count Missgancia. This is pretty bad, right?”
“Yeah… it’s going to cause quite a stir…”
“No, no, let’s think positively. Dragon Hunting Clan ‘Blue Comet’! …How about that? You’ll be super popular!”
“I don’t need any more martial fame at this point…”
Realizing that a report to the Lord, not a vacation, awaits her after returning, even Katrina droops her shoulders in disappointment.
Well, that’s true.
Katrina has been at the forefront the entire time, fighting and commanding.
On top of that, she has to do the report to the Lord and various paperwork…
Being a Clan leader is a black company job…
“I, I’ll help!”
“Ah, thank you, Kaede…”
Comforted by Kaede, Katrina returns to the tent.
Today and tomorrow will be for dismantling the Fire Drake and taking a vacation, she says.
While dealing with the villagers who are talking to me about taking it, I tie up the idiot mercenaries and keep watch…
And then I make dinner again…
Oh, and by the way, I’m keeping the Fire Drake egg.
Unlike my special carriage, the Blue Comet’s carriage doesn’t have suspension, so it’s bumpy.