After taming the Leica, there was nothing difficult because there was nothing left to do except tidy up the surroundings.
I tried to ignore the trivial issue that the burnt corpses irritated my senses of sight and smell, and the conclusion I came to after checking the belongings of the thieves and examining the surroundings made me angry as expected.
“The guild leader will kill you as soon as he goes.”
We had no words, let alone spoils. It was natural, but that doesn’t mean I’m not angry. Sen, who was next to him, also stuck out his tongue and shook his head.
“How did they believe that these excuses would work, since they weren’t goblins when they didn’t even have enough food to eat?”
“I don’t believe that excuses and excuses are premeditated. If you do a lot of bullshit and have a friend who will tolerate it, you’ll lose sight of it.”
“Oh...”
I answered as calmly as possible, but my teeth grind. It was thanks to Leica, who ran around the world brightly, that this anger was able to settle down quickly.
[Phehe! excited! Excited!]
I had no intention of using the power of a demonic sword and I didn’t need another sword, so I decided to leave Laika in the form of a dog. It’s because my face is a bit rough, but that’s because it’s healing in its own way. Well, the dog’s nature remains very strong, so you can raise it like a hunting dog, and it’s not bad.
As I was looking at Laika, Seneran sneaked up to me and asked.
“Won’t you regret it? If you get used to that look, you won’t be able to go back to the sword later, right?”
“It’s a pity that even the devil will cry after letting him live and then using it in such a pitiful way. If he runs around like that, he’ll be useful in its own way anyway. Rather, do we have to keep giving blood to him?”
“If it were left in the form of a sword, it would be quiet just by drinking blood to some extent and then leaving it alone, but I guess I have to keep running around like that?”
“Can’t I just give you magic power?”
“...oh?”
The response of Seneran, whose eyes were shining with his passion for learning, gave me an answer, so I decided to test it right away.
“Leica, come here.”
[master? Heck! master! Heck!]
Due to his body being made of steel, every time the soles of his feet collided, KANG! kang! It was a Leica that happily ran to the subject that made a sound.
“...Doesn’t that one have no respiratory system? It’s panting habitually.”
“If you stay still in the form of a sword, your strength will be stored, but if you act like that, it will gradually be consumed.
“It’s unnecessarily realistic...”
Still, the fact that you won’t need potty training is second only to the fact that you don’t have to wash your hair and wash it.
“Leica. Are you hungry?”
Laika, who rushed in and sat down like a knife, tilted her head at my question, then nodded with a bright smile.
[hungry! I’m hungry after running!]
“Okay, I’m going to do something for you now, so feel your stomach.”
[Yeah!]
I doubted if I was understanding correctly because my vocabulary was so low, but I put my hand on the guy’s head and poured magic into it like I did with a sword. He was the one who used to block even swords with a considerable amount of magical power, so suddenly Parkin! Confident that he wouldn’t die while doing so, as he continued to grant mana, Laika’s eyes widened.
[Ohhhhhhhhh?]
And then, like a cat with a clothespin on its neck, isn’t it just lying on its back in a stiff state?
On the other hand, the mercenary corps lead a life focused only on combat after moving as a group, so they do not prefer to wear small pouches, even though they may be armed. Increased risk of death from being intrusive during melee?
“What are you guys doing here?”
Just like the 30-something old swordsmen in front of me right now.
When I appeared, the mercenaries, who had been spread out leisurely, moved with skilful movements, holding round shields around the waterway and starting to weave squares. At the same time, the wooden windows of the shabby buildings located on both sides open, and archers aim their bows.
In a situation where I could say that it was fortunate that I was not surrounded in a circle, I naturally put my right hand behind my back and stopped the party from walking.
“You hit the guild leader, right? When I first heard about it, there seemed to be more than 5 guys in our mercenary squad who looked similar, but now that I look at it, I see that he explained his impression very accurately.”
“...Where’s the mercenary?”
As I crossed my arms and pretended to be dissatisfied, I asked one more question, and the talkie with his hair shaved and tied back like the Viking in the drama burst into laughter.
“Hahaha. I’m sorry, but I can’t answer that.”
“Are you famous?”
Despite the fact that it was a very important question as they had to ask whether it was worth keeping alive or not, he and the other mercenaries burst into laughter at the end of their bewildered expressions.
“Ha ha! Is this a thing? Is it important right now? I don’t think you’re not paying attention?”
“I know you have to call the mortician. Aren’t you going to answer?”
Although the mortician probably isn’t for me.
I just swallowed the back talk and looked at it still, and the guy answered with a little bit of laughter. It was a bit of a serious reaction, but there was no sign of nervousness.
“Ha, confidence is damn cool. Yes, famous. But why are you so curious about that?”
“It’s not going to do much to let a few non-famous bastards live. I’m glad they’re famous. I don’t know if that’s true.”
By the time the expression that he was confused about what he was talking about changed to the expression that he wanted to see all the crazy people, Laika appeared with a roaring sound and panted excitedly, drawing their attention to his entire body.
When I looked down, Laika, who had been looking at the mercenaries with her tail moving violently, raised her head and asked me.
[master? Is it food?]
“No. You don’t eat that messy food anymore. The only food I gave you earlier is your food.”
[horsepower! good! I didn’t taste the blood! So who are they?]
I whistled lightly as I watched the guy wagging his long tail. In time, six needles popped out of the leather pouch and flew at the archers I recognized.
The archers, who were confidently aiming their bows without taking cover, couldn’t even scream, but the faces of the mercenaries who looked at them in response to the sound of people falling down began to be colored with astonishment, as if they were a mercenary.
Either that or not, there seemed to be no longer any means of long-range attack, so I relaxed my arms and slowly drew my sword and said.
“My name is Eldmia Ega.”
While most of the mercenaries are dumbfounded and unable to understand what just happened, the only talker who has shown a serious reaction hears my introduction and frowns in agony.
“Eld ...? The guild leader is a dog’s feet?!”
Looking at the unexpected but quite pleasing reaction, I ordered the Leica this time.
“Bite only to the extent that combat is impossible. I choose to kill what I kill.”
“Now, wait! This is a misunderstanding...!”
[Leica! Listen carefully!]
Laika galloped at a filthy speed, shaking her fat ass, which was not suitable for a place where blood would soon flow and hairs would fly.