CH 71

“Selling Materials and Trouble?”

Translated by Dawn

Edited by Dawn

“Selling Materials and Trouble?”

“Welcome. How can I help you today?”

The girl who spotted me bowed with good posture and asked me a question. While liking her appearance, I replied in a blunt manner.

“Could I ask you to purchase the materials I got in the dungeon?”

“Of course. Now, could you please put it out here?”

The girl said so while giving a friendly smile in my direction. Un, she’s cute…no. I am now at the Adventurers’ Guild.

Completing my dungeon exploration, I came to the Adventurers’ Guild to have them buy the various materials I had acquired along the way. The reception desk was crowded with adventurers who had returned from the dungeon, just like me, but I got in line and finally, it was my turn.

“…….I don’t think we can do that at this counter, though?”

“I-I see. If so, please come this way.”

With these words, I was led to the dismantling site through the door on the opposite side of the guild’s bar, along with a girl who had taken over as receptionist for another available staff member. The dismantling site was, as one would expect from the adventurers’ guild in a labyrinth city, larger in scale than the dismantling site of the adventurers’ guild in Rendark, and it seemed capable of dismantling the 5,000 orcs that had attacked during the previous orc attack.

At the dismantling site, workers were already dismantling the monsters that had been brought in, and everyone there was busy working, perhaps at the peak of the day’s work. Even so, the workers seemed accustomed to this kind of busyness, and they were dismantling the piles of monsters with great dexterity.

While I was admiring such a scene, someone approached us, perhaps having spotted me and the girl.

“Oh, it’s Sakol, huh? What’s the matter?”

“He said he wanted to deliver more material, but the quantity was too large, so we guided him to here.”

“Is that so. Oh kid, so where are the materials?”

The person who spoke to me was a half-naked man with a muscular body…a pervert. What? Isn’t it much different? It’s better than being an exhibitionist, right?

The man was in his thirties, a huge man who must have been at least one hundred and ninety centimeters tall, and above all, he had a hairstyle that gave me a sense of déjà vu. Yes, he had no hair and was what is called a bal…..no, it’s a smooth head.

“Are you…Bold?”

“What. Kid, you know my cousin?”

“A-ah yeah. He took care of me in Rendark. By the way, you’re bald too, huh.”

“I ain’t bald! I think Brother Bold already told you but, this is shaved!”

“Now, Hageld-san. Enough!”

“I knew you were bald!” (+)

“That’s just a name!”

A double-act comedy scene such as this ensued, but Sakol managed to settle the matter thanks to my intervention. I mean, Sakol is that girl, right?

Sakol had the appearance of being at the exquisite age of being in her early teens, before her charms as a woman blossomed, while still retaining her childhood. She had chestnut hair and sapphire blue eyes, and although her feminine parts (mainly her breasts) were still developing due to the fact that she was still young, she was still quite well developed compared to other girls her age. …… probably a C rather than a D.

“You must be the Sakol that Murian was talking about. Let me introduce myself again. My name is Rolando. As you can see, I am an adventurer.”

“I’m Sakol. I am an employee of the Adventurers’ Guild here. I am 12 years old. I don’t have a boyfriend.”

Hmmm, she’s the same age as me. That’s a pretty good growth rate for a 12-year-old. As a 12-year-old, I’m looking forward to seeing you in five years. But why did she mention whether or not she had a boyfriend? Could it be that she has a crush on me? No, I don’t think so. I just met her. Yeah, it’s just information. Information.

“I’m Hageld, a humble dismantling worker. Nice to meet you, kid.”

“What’s this guild’s dismantling manager talking about? Please keep your jokes to your hair.”

“What, Sakol! What does that mean!?”

“Oh dear, the double act comedy has started again.”

After that, a double-act comedy between Hageld and Sakol continued for a while, but I managed to calm them down by interrupting them at the right moment. It was easy for me to intervene because the same opinions had been looped from the middle of the scene, but it is not difficult to imagine that they would have continued to express the same opinions endlessly if I had not intervened.

After all that had happened, we were able to receive the materials, which was the purpose of my visit to the dismantling site, so I left the materials at the designated place. As for the storage of space-time magic, it might be rare magic, so I took out the materials obtained in the dungeon from the storage under the guise of taking out the materials from the magic bag in my hand.

The materials are mainly Slime, Goblin, Dash Boar, Horned Rabbit, and two bosses, a Big Slime and a Goblin Leader. In total, there are six types, but the problem lies in the number of them. For some unknown reason, the monsters in the dungeon seemed to be motivated by something to attack anyone they saw, even if they had some differences in ability, and as a result of having to deal with all the monsters in the direction I was going, the number of materials I had to deal with was staggering.

“Wa-wait a minute, Rolando-kun, what’s this all about?”

“What is it? (You’re stuttering)”

“Did you get this amount in one day?”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“It wasn’t just something he brought back. Everything has been properly dismantled. And it’s a pretty good dismantling job.”

As if to supplement Sakol’s point, Hageld adds. ……You guys were fighting earlier, but I don’t want you to collude only at times like this.

After that, while dodging their pursuit of me, I managed to get all the materials I had acquired today out of storage. By the time all the materials that had been dismantled and gathered by me were taken out, the dismantling site was in an uproar, and the eyes of all the workers were glued to me.

“That’s all I have. Please check it out.”

“”….””

“Yes? What’s wrong? Check it out quickly.”

“Sakol. This…”

“Yes, I know. Rolando-kun, I’m sorry, but this quantity is too much, so would you be willing to wait until tomorrow morning for the transaction money?”

“Yeah, as long as I get paid properly, I have no problem with it.”

“It would help us a lot if you did…….”

In the end, the total number of materials that came out was more than 500, and the sheer volume of material took up so much space in the dismantling site that it temporarily occupied the entire space. I left the dismantling work to the dismantling workers, and Sakol and I left the dismantling site. As we were leaving, Hageld asked me how I had done it and if I wanted to work for him, but Sakol intervened with words that also sounded familiar and I declined.

We returned to the Adventurers’ Guild, and Sakol and I began talking over the reception counter to complete the purchase. When I presented my guild card, she was surprised to see that I was a C-rank adventurer.

After that, I completed the purchase procedures and was to receive the purchase money the next morning, and I left the Adventurers’ Guild.

A short time after leaving the guild, I received a response from my Scouting. They seemed to be following me from a certain distance, and their purpose was unknown. Whatever the case may be, there is a high possibility of trouble, so I cannot just head for the inn like this. After some thought, I decided to wait and see what the other party would do and started moving to a less crowded place.

The other party seemed to have noticed my intention, and the distance between us gradually narrowed. As I approached a deserted alleyway, a voice suddenly spoke out.

“Wait, kid.”

“You wanted to see me? You’ve been sneaking around following me since a while ago.”

The man who was following me was a large, muscular man. His appearance had the look of a ruffian or a bandit, and he was so ugly looking that he by no means looked like a good man.

“Tch, you noticed after all. Well, it’s fine, give me all the money you have!”

“What? Are you just a thief, or are you not ashamed to do such a thing?”

“S-shut up! Do it Uluru!”

“Gauuu!”

The man ordered, and suddenly something unidentifiable stood in front of me. ……That’s ridiculous, it didn’t even get caught by my Scouting!

If I had to describe it in one word, it was a beast. The way it was crawling on all fours and threatening me was that of a wild beast. However, her appearance was not that of a hairy beast, but that of a young girl. On the top of her long white hair, she had two distinctive beast ears, a characteristic of the race commonly referred to as Beastmen.

(W-what? Was there such a person?)

I was surprised not only by her appearance but also by her abilities. The results of the Analysis revealed her abilities as follows.

[Name]: Uluru

[Age]: 11years old

[Gender]: Female

[Race]: Beastmen (White Wolf Tribe)

[Occupation]: Slave

Physical strength: 4000

Magic power: 2500

Strength: B+

Endurance: B

Agility: A-

Dexterity: B

Mental Strength: B

Resistance: C+

Luck: A+

[Skills]: Physical Enhancement Lv8, Presence Detection Lv6, Stealth Lv3, Magic Control Lv2, Magic Manipulation Lv1, Fire Magic Lv0, Water Magic Lv0, Wind Magic Lv0, Soil Magic Lv0, Hand-to-hand Combat Lv8, Focus Lv2, Beastification Lv2

Her overall status is much higher, and she was more capable than Gyrmzak who has completed my training. The reason I could not detect her presence was probably because her level of stealth was higher than mine.

I also learned a unique skill called [Beastification], and when I looked into the details, I found that it consumes magic power to turn the body into a beast, so I concluded that it is an MP-consuming physical ability enhancement skill.

Although I had the advantage in terms of parameters if this was a proper fight, I might not be able to win if she used physical enhancement and an unknown skill, beastification.

“Gauwaaaa”

“Oops, dangerous”

The wolf-girl suddenly jumped at me and attacked me, but I was able to avoid her with a hair’s breadth. The attacker is using her full strength to strengthen her body, so I cannot let my guard down either. The attack that hit the ground shattered with a violent sound. That was enough for me to understand that the power of the attack was tremendous. Although her roar is cute, what she does is unbelievable.

The girl repeatedly jumped at me like a willow, and I kept searching for a chance to win the fight. After a few more times of such attacks and defenses, the girl’s appearance changed.

Her entire body was covered with hair, and she was transformed into an upright, beast-like figure. Perhaps that is the skill of Beastification. The girl who had completed her Beastification rushed toward me.

‘Not good. [Earth parry]”

Instantly judging the rush to be dangerous, I use my earth magic [Earth Parry] to create a solid wall. However, even so, it was all I could do to hold the girl’s attack for a few seconds, and a hole appeared in the wall. During those few seconds, I managed to avoid a direct hit, but blood was dripping from the attack that grazed my cheek. Even I wouldn’t be able to get away with it if I took a hit like that.

“Do it, Uluru! Kill the kid!”

“Gauwa!!”

“Tch, Don’t get cocky with me, dog! [Mudfield], [Harden Rock]!”

I felt that I was losing ground at this rate, so I quickly turned the ground into mud to turn the girl’s footing into a mud swamp, and then quickly succeeded in trapping her in the ground with the magic to turn mud into rock.

However, the opponent’s physical strength was quite strong, and I could only hold her for a few seconds at most. But that was enough. I applied all my strength, used my Space-Time Magic Click and Slow, and charged at the man who was ordering the girl around.

I used Physical Enhancement Reform, a higher level skill of Physical Enhancement, and Space-Time Magic to increase my speed and slow my opponent’s movement with Slow before launching a surprise attack. The man who had given the order apparently did not have much ability, and my surprise attack was slightly overkilled, knocking him against the wall and knocking him unconscious.

A few seconds later, the girl broke through my magical restraints, but due to the slowdown caused by Slow, there was no sign of her earlier movement, and I quickly came up behind her and dropped a hand sword on her neck, knocking her out.

“Well, I managed to win, somehow.”

The man and the girl were then taken away after explaining the situation to the guards who had heard the commotion. Despite having met a terrible opponent, I was tired today and decided to return to the inn to rest for the time being.