160 - - Episode 3 Gallu Rescue Team

--Time goes back a long way.

The Beastmen Confederacy existed between the Dragon People Empire to the east, across the bay, and the Queen Elf Nation to the west.

Its territory was long and narrower than the racial kingdoms.

The racial kingdoms possess a rather large territory in the center of the continent in order to produce food for other countries. As a result, about 90% of the population worked as farmers to produce food, which was bought by other countries.

Although the United Kingdom of Beastmen is a small country, it is considered "better" because, unlike the racial kingdoms, it has not been interfered with from behind the scenes in its internal affairs.

Compared to other countries, the United Kingdom of Beastmen is managed somewhat differently.

The United Beastmen States is divided into five tribes, which are called "Beastmen" by other countries.

Beastmen Wolf Tribe

Taiga

Winged Beast

The Bear

Bovine

Five tribes in total.

The representatives of these five tribes are meeting in the capital of the United Federation of Beastmen to decide the policy of the country.

The young adventurers of the Wolf tribe were asked to work for the chief of the Wolf tribe.

The request is ...... "The search for Garou, who was one of the candidates for the next tribe leader of the Beastman Wolf species.

-The job request was made by a mysterious maid, who asked them to guide Garou to the place where Light, a member of the "Gathering of Tribes" race to which Garou belonged, had died.

Garou readily agreed and recruited the manpower.

Almost all the younger members of the race at the time were eager to raise their hands in order to be remembered by Garou, who was likely to become the next chief of the Beast Wolf race.

From among them, Garou selected the best Wolf species and headed for the world's biggest, strongest, and worst dungeon, "The Abyss," the place where the race (human) had died.

Garou was around level 150, and the young men he took with him were at a similar level.

Even though it was the world's biggest, strongest, and worst dungeon "The Abyss," they had already been there and back once where a human had died.

Garou himself understood the level of danger and prepared the necessary manpower, tools, and means of transportation.

Despite this, they have not returned after the scheduled return period.

It is possible that he was attacked by a monster on the way and wiped out, but it is more likely that he was lost in the "abyss" due to some kind of trouble.

The ideal situation would be for them to escape the "abyss" safely on their own and return, but the head of the ...... wolf species could not just leave them like this.

The best way to do this is to use the best of the best of the best.

If we remained silent and did nothing, we would have to face the possibility that the next chief of the Beastman Wolf species would be the one to take over.

I was wondering if you would do nothing and abandon the candidate for the next chief who you recommended, even if he is lost in a dungeon. They are so heartless that they would simply abandon their precious fellow members and a candidate for the next head of the tribe. We can't do such a heartless thing at our place.

They will be far-fetched and sarcastic, and they will spread the story throughout the United Federation of Beastmen in order to lower the stock of the wolf species.

If they were in the same position, they would certainly act in a similar manner.

It is highly likely that they are already dead, but they needed to put on a good face and say "We have sent out a search party" and "We will not abandon our friends.

That is why the request to "search for Garou" was made on a large scale.

If he was safe, he would be celebrated as a hero who had returned from the harsh dungeon; if he had already died, he would be returned with relics and other such items to make a beautiful story out of it.

We are not sending out an investigative team because we are really worried about Garou.

It is just politics in action.

Still, it was a very tasty job offer from the perspective of the young wolf species who had been dropped from Garou's "Nadir" selection.

Gudo, who is sleeping in a cheap hotel in the Wolf Tribe section of the capital of the United Federation of Beastmen, is one of them.

It seems that luck has finally come my way.

Gudo is cleaning his own large knife on a cheap wooden table, and his voice sounds as if he is truly taking a chance.

He is a mid-level beast adventurer.

He is in his late 70s and is missing an ear. When he was a rookie, he was bitten to pieces by a monster due to his own mistake.

Since then, he has been fighting more cautiously, and his level has been slow compared to other mid-level adventurers.

--In reality, he is not "fighting cautiously," but rather, he is just too scared to fight aggressively, but he is too proud to admit it.

Gudo raised his hand to be selected for Garu's "Nara" but was rejected.

He was chosen over others who were of a higher level, more competent, and more experienced than him.

At the time, he was disappointed, but now, on the contrary, he even thinks, "I am glad I was dropped at that time.

This is not out of defeat, but from the bottom of my heart.

There is a good reason for that.

Gudo stares at his own face reflected in the knife, at his missing ear, and lets out a dark laugh.

I've been to the "abyss" once, albeit at a shallow level," he says. I'm sure I'll be chosen for the investigation team because of my experience. Furthermore, if Garou is alive and we are able to save him, it will be a great honor to be remembered by the next chief of the beastman wolf species. Even if he were dead, I would be remembered by my superiors just by bringing back something that looks like a relic. It really is a delicious job!

While confirming that there is no problem taking care of the large knife, he bites his luck and lets out a laugh.

The first time I didn't get picked by Garou, I thought, 'Screw you!　You just got lucky, young kid!" But I'm really thankful for that. If I use this good fortune and stand well, ...... maybe I will be nominated as one of the candidates for the next chief of the beast-wolf species."

In Gudo's mind, he fantasizes about being selected as a candidate for the next chief of the Beastman Wolf species for his achievements this time and eventually becoming the chief himself.

It is indeed a rosy future.

Gudo's mouth almost started to drool.

I'd better get ready and leave, or I'll be late.

Gudo wipes his mouth, puts on his leather armor, and lowers his main weapon, a large knife, to his waist.

Humming a tune, he walks to the mansion designated by the Wolf Tribe Chief to undergo a "Garou search.

As Gudo himself had expected, he joins the Garu investigation team because he has been there once before, albeit on a shallower level of the "Abyss.

The number of people gathered to investigate Garou exceeded several dozen.

He and his team headed for the world's largest, strongest, and worst dungeon, "The Abyss," but in the end, they were unable to recover even a single relic, let alone the bodies of Garou and those who had headed there, and the place was half destroyed.

Exactly half of those who went to investigate Garou died, and the other half survived, signaling the failure of the request.

The reason for the half-collapse was that the world's largest, strongest, and worst dungeon, "The Abyss," as it was known, was so harsh, the monsters so strong, and the traps so vicious that it could not even be explored as far as it was concerned.

According to the survivors, "There is no chance of surviving in such a vicious dungeon. The survivors were unanimous in their opinion: "There is no chance of survival in such a vicious dungeon, and Garou and the others are probably already dead.

After the failure of the Garou exploration, the chief of the Wolf tribe gave up and terminated the request.

Gudo, who participated in the request, managed to survive, but was badly injured and had to crawl back home.