30 Episode 30: Black Fox and Man Competition

Kaiserhawk was among the demons we hoped to buy, and somehow the Alliance became noisy.

"Oh, hey, seriously or not, Kaiserhawk!?"

"Oh, that's certainly Kaiserhawk who recently lived in the wilderness. I can't believe there's another guy besides Roddy and the others who can take me down..."

Hmm? It's nothing serious.

Mr. Roddy said he was going to defeat Kaiserhawk, not because he was a particularly powerful demon, but because he was just trying to crusade to protect the people of the King's capital.

"... it's a big deal"

And it was Mr. Roddy who spoke.

"Huh?"

He said, "We were going to take him down, but he never thought we'd get ahead of him."

"Uh, did you possibly embezzle the prey?

Could it be that Mr. Roddy and the others were after Kaiserhawk's crusade request?

Because you've done something wrong.

"No, you don't have to worry about it. It's just that this one was slow to move."

Good, sounds like they didn't think you'd taken over the prey.

"Ha ha, I'm looking forward to it tomorrow"

With that said, Mr. Roddy flips his cape and leaves as if nothing had happened.

……

"Hmm?"

I felt my gaze so I turned around and the ladies of Mr. Roddy's people crossed beside me.

……

I don't know, my gaze isn't moving, but I feel like I'm being watched.

That's a stinging gaze, too.

Somehow, I feel a gaze I've often felt in my previous life and in previous generations.

"Mr. Rex, the receptionist's calling."

And when I was thinking about it, Liliera called me.

"Ah, yes. What is it?

"I'm buying Kaiserhawk, do you want to buy a regular guild? Or would you like to go to auction?

"Auction?

Huh? Another auction?

"Kaiserhawk is an S-rank demon. Plus, this Kaiserhawk doesn't have any blade scratches or scratches caused by attack magic. I have some feathers on my feet, but if I take care of them a little, they'll be beautiful."

"Huh."

"I don't know what the hell way you hunted, but this Kaiserhawk keeps you in very pretty condition. Besides selling it as a material, it can also be stripped and decorated by the nobles."

Heh, someone wants demon stripping.

"Therefore, if you are a guild, I suggest you go to auction."

Even so, I don't know about the enchant plant.

"When does money come in when you put it out for auction?

"Right, the next auction is in two weeks, so we'll be depositing after that"

I send my gaze to Liliera.

"Wouldn't that be nice? You came to Wang Du for that, and you're just saying that there will be more items to sell, right?

Well, sure.

Which way did you decide to work in Wangdu until the end of the auction for the enchanted plant?

"Okay, then let me go to auction."

"Yes, sir."

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……

We're back at the inn, we're done eating, and now we're back in the room we're renting.

Only the finest inns, and indoor conditioning is available in first-class items.

Even so, it is only within this country.

After all, it is only quite a bit compared to the Inn of the Great Powers.

The inn over there is filled with the finest.

"So, what are you angry about, you guys?

My pretty buddies have been grumpy since just now.

Specifically since I left the Adventurer Alliance.

"'Cause Mr. Corner Roddy came to this country for you and your prey was being plundered."

And it was Marcha the Swordsman who spoke in a obstinate tone.

He has the best sword arms, but his personality is childish because he has grown up indifferent to other things.

Well, that's a cute place.

"That's right! We came here to let 10,000 people know about Lord Roddy's power, and now it looks like Lord Roddy is on the road!

It is the almo of the monk who says something quite painful.

He grew up dreaming of serving a hero. He's literally a woman with a lot of dreams, but he's only been working out to serve a hero, and his strength is real.

"Curse?"

The last thing that whined about the noise was a chain of wizards.

He's an elite wizard at the School of Magic, a weirdo wizard who came into my party saying he wanted to use his learned magic in action.

However, I personally prefer studying spells to magic, and I later found out that the real reason I came into my party was also a hell of a reason for wanting to use dangerous spells freely without anyone blaming me.

To be honest, there is always a lot of coins and crooks, but there was only one thing in common with such coins, etc.

That's in that you love me from the bottom of your heart.

That's why he was hostile to that boy who interrupted my activities.

"Don't be so angry. You're simply saying that someone with comparable power was in this country."

"There's no one stronger than Mr. Roddy!

"There's no one stronger than Master Roddy!

"There's no one stronger than Roddy!

Ha ha, he says cute things.

"Not necessarily. The world is wide. Yeah, it just so happens that there was another S-rank coming to this country."

"S-Rank!? That kid!?"

"I was a child no matter what you think!?"

"Unbelievable!

Huh, you're still immature around judging them by their appearance.

"But now we crusaded Kaiserhawk, a S-rank demon. I don't know what means I used, but I'm sure my strength would be.

"Well, that's..."

"You have to admit,"

"Grunt..."

"Funny how one country has the same S-rank."

Yes, it's not true that S-rank adventurers can be catchy in the same place.

Anyway, the S-rank is more than the A-rank.

Us S-rank is the pinnacle of the talented if we take the culmination of the ordinary man as A-rank.

There can't be a man with a proper personality there.

No one can understand what they're thinking and where they're doing it.

With all those freaks, even the guild guys couldn't figure out where the other S-ranks were.

"Oh, you look forward to tomorrow"

"Master Roddy?

"I can't believe I'm meeting someone like this."

"Mr. Roddy, maybe you want to fight?

"Oh, I want to fuck you. Seriously."

But for no reason, the same adventurer fought against each other.

"I know. But the only way to fight is to cross swords."

Yes, we're adventurers.

Then you can fight with adventure.

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"It's been crowded all morning."

The next day, we came to the Adventurer Alliance, and we came to the requisition board, and it was so crowded that we were surprised.

"You better wait till people rip this off. If it's so crowded, we don't have time to indulge."

"That's true."

"Cuun."

Mrs Liliera is right.

Then you'll be exhausted before you take your request.

"Ha ha, you can afford it"

And someone spoke to us.

"Are you... Mr. Roddy!?"

How dare you speak to us, Mr. Roddy, an S-rank adventurer.

"You guys are here for a favor, aren't you?

"Yeah, yeah."

Why is Roddy from S-Rank talking to me?

"But then you can't make a busy request."

"Haha, maybe"

Maybe Mr. Roddy's right, they'll take a dizzying request.

"Then how about this request?

So what Mr. Roddy took out was a request for demonic extermination.

"What's this?

"Request for a Rank A demon crusade that has begun in the vicinity of the King's Capital."

What was written there was a request to crusade a demon named Shadowfox.

"Surely it was a monster that grew stronger as he got older."

Shadowfox is said to be a long-lived demon and is said to be strong enough to be older because of its slow peak growth.

"Oh, and there's been a report that some of the herds have seen quite a bit of a big guy, a case the Alliance was considering whether to change from A-rank to S-rank request. We were supposed to take it, but I thought you could take down Kaiserhawk."

With that said, Mr. Roddy laughs niggly.

"What do you say? Who can defeat a bigger man in his crusade?

"Is it a battle?!?"

"Oh. They say you'll get paid better for winning, so what do you say?

Yeah, I don't care what they say.

More or less, it won't be a battle between me and Mr. Roddy in S-rank.

What shall we do......

"Hey, is all you get paid?

"Huh?"

If I was worried, Liliera joined the conversation from the side.

"What does that mean, ma'am?

"It's not too cheap to apply for a match from there and only reward the winner."

Hey, they're S-ranked adventurers, Mr. Liliera.

Exactly. That's rude.

"You, Roddy, are rude to me."

"Yes, how dare you speak to Mr. Roddy!

"And you're going to win?

Look, Mr. Roddy's people got angry.

"That's the one who's been setting up the battle. Then this one should have the advantage of taking the fight."

But Mr. Liliera doesn't pull a step.

That's a lot of nerve for an S-rank party opponent.

"Hmm, that certainly makes sense. Then we'll bet this one on this one."

So Mr. Roddy took a knife out of his nostalgia.

"This guy is called 'Tinder Knife' in magic items. It's literally a knife that fires all over itself, and I don't need a spark anytime I have this. This is a handy item that can be used instead of pine lights in a cave without letting the wizard use wasted magic. Can be used as a weapon, of course. How about this?

"Yeah, that would be enough as a wagering prize. I got that fight."

"Hey Liliera, on your own!?"

When I tried to complain to Liliera, who took the battle on her own, Liliera held my shoulder and whispered in her ear.

"Take it. You are being watched over yesterday's Kaiserhawk affair. Even though I didn't mean to, it's in the form of the other prey."

Well, if they say so, maybe so...

"So apart from winning and losing, fight him head-on once. That way, they'll be convinced of the outcome."

Think that far. Did Mr. Liliera get the battle?

"So what's the point of putting the betting prize up, too?

……

Is that it? I shut up.

"Or he's a runner. If you take their demands unconditionally, you can lick them, right? We need to be strong from here."

So much so that Liliera provoked Mr. Roddy.

This is also about being an adventurer.

"Whoa!? Roddy and Kaiserhawk's new fight?!?"

"You can't miss the battle of S-rank!

When I realized that there was a crowd around me, it seemed like everyone knew we were going to fight.

"All right, then let the battle begin! Deadline is this evening! Even if we can't crusade by then, we lose!

"Wow, I get it!

"Huh, I'm looking forward to seeing what big man you can take down!

"but I'll do my best!

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Leaving Wangdu, we came to the woods where Shadowfox was witnessed.

"Now, what are we going to do?

"What, was it a no plan?!?"

Mr. Liliera, it's just a no-plan.

'Cause you're what they're after.

"Even though it was Mr. Liliera who got the battle"

"As I said earlier, yeah, I'll stick with the rest when I leave the deal alone. I'm gonna have to do this with Gatsun soon so he can understand."

... Could that be the experience you've had in the past?

"Cuck!"

And, if I was talking to Mr. Liliera, Moffmoff would run out into the woods.

"Ah Mohmov!?"

When I see it, I see a demon at the entrance to the forest.

Apparently, I'm hungry and I want to eat dinner.

"You can't help it. I'll take care of her, Mr. Rex. Good luck with Shadowfox."

So Mr. Liliera went into the woods after Moffmoff.

"Can't help it, can I move too"

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"Well, I guess it's time for Shadowfox to come out"

I use exploratory magic to detect signs of demons in the woods.

"This is a trinket, this is a trinket... there he is!

In the signs of a moving demon in the woods, I sensed a unique moving demon, and I headed straight for that point.

And I discovered him in the woods, in the dark.

"Found it!

It wasn't darkness, it was a furry fox as dark as darkness.

A fox nearly 3m in size.

"That... is too big. Let's stop it."

The shadow fox I found was bigger than I expected, so I decided to change my target and look for a shadow fox somewhere else.

"I wonder if there's a smaller shadowfox."

Running through the woods and encountering a bunch of shadowfoxes doesn't work with all the big individuals.

"It's time for the sun to set. We need to find him quickly."

And, when time was running out and I was in a hurry, new signs of Shadowfox caught on detective magic.

"How about now!?"

Hurry to the destination point and it was a very small shadowfox figure who was there.

"Found it! This would be awesome!

Shadowfox notices me approaching and takes a battle stance.

"Quo Vaughn!!"

Shadowfox storms this way with great momentum with ambition.

Shadowfox popped in with his fangs protruding as he stuffed the distance in an instant.

The aim is this one's throat.

"What!

I knew what I was after, and I'd dodge Shadowfox's attack and slap the mutant sword in.

You don't have to worry about the state of your prey for this battle.

Shadowfox tries to avoid my attack by twisting his body, but his own speed catastrophically takes the form of hitting my sword from himself.

And after we crossed, there was a shadow fox that was cut horizontally and turned into two pieces.

"All right, hurry up and join Mr. Liliera and the others back to the King's Capital!

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"You're late."

Returning to the Adventurer's Guild in Wang Du, Mr. Roddy and his men had already returned.

"Sorry, it's late"

"You made it, so I don't mind. Come on, let's show each other what we've got!

"Yes!"

I take my hunted shadow fox out of the magic bag and put it on the bench.

"What? Is that your prey?

I saw my defeated shadowfox. Mr. Roddy looks like he ate a shoulder watermark.

"Honestly you missed expectations...... well good, this is my shadowfox!

So what Mr. Roddy put on the floor was actually a shadow fox nearly 4m in size.

"Ooh! That's an S-rank! What a big deal!

"Oh, that's Roddy the Cyclone!

"That Bowes was bad for you."

"Was it a coincidence, after all, that you defeated Kaiserhawk?

The adventurers cheer when they see Mr. Roddy's crusaded Shadowfox.

But, um... it's big, what are you...

"To be honest, I was hoping you'd enjoy it a little more."

I'm going to look at me the way Mr. Roddy told me to do it.

"I can't help it. Mr. Roddy is the guy."

"Yes, if you punish me for this, don't talk too busy."

Huh? I don't remember a busy mouth.

Or is that what I lost?

"Yeah, it's wrong to poke Roddy."

Uh... what do you mean?

"Then this battle is mine..."

"Wait a minute."

And when Mr. Roddy tried to announce his victory or loss, someone showed up from behind the guild and waited.

"Who the hell are you!?"

Mr. Roddy solidifies himself to surprise when he sees someone emerge from the back of the guild.

It was the bright white grandfather with the hair who represented him from the back.

But I feel bad signs from that body.

"Guild leader!? How did you get here?!?"

And the receptionist who was appraising our crusaded prey sees his grandfather and gives him a shock.

"Guild leader!?"

Wow, I'm the leader of this guild, Wolves.

The emergence of an exact guild leader makes noise in the guild.

"Why did you stop, Guild Leader?

Question the guild leader Mr. Roddy put on waiting for the battle.

"That's the story over here. This battle is about which one of us is going to defeat the big guy, right? Then it would be a strange story to decide a battle by its size."

"What do you mean?

"It's a big fight, so big guys are bigger, right?

I'm confused about what the adventurers around me mean.

"Apparently, you young people don't know."

"What do you mean you don't know?

Mr. Roddy asks the guild manager in surprise.

"Shadowfox isn't big enough to be strong."

"What!?"

"Look, Shadowfox gets bigger as it grows. Around 3 meters."

"Then Mr. Roddy is not big enough because the guy he hunted is 4m!

And someone from Mr. Roddy's fellow woman speaks out in protest.

"Shut up and listen. Look, Shadowfox gets bigger as it grows. But at one point, Shadowfox gets smaller at the border."

"Small!?"

"Yes, and the smaller shadow fox is pretty strong compared to the shadow fox at a time when it's growing big. And fierce."

"Smaller is stronger!?"

"Are you serious?!?"

I can't believe it.

Everyone who hears the Guild Commander says he can't believe it.

"Hmm, you don't seem to trust my words."

And that's when the guild leader sees me better.

"Hey Bowes. Why did you fight that Shadowfox? Any bigger shadowfox than that would have been there, right?

"Yeah, yeah. There was a glass of shadow fox just big. But this was a big fight, so I was looking for this shadow fox."

"What!? Did you hunt for him?"

Look at me with a face like Mr. Roddy can't believe it.

"Hey Bowes, tell him about it. Why did you choose him? [M] You know why everyone would shut up and admit it?

Yeah, I'm relieved.

Everyone says Mr. Roddy's Shadowfox is awesome, so I was freaking out that Shadowfox's value had changed before I knew it, but apparently not from what the guild leader said.

But then why didn't they all realize the value of this Shadowfox over here?

"The guild leader is right, I chose this Shadowfox for a reason. That's me!

And I took something out of the shadow fox, which was cut in two.

"Is that... a demon stone!?"

Yes, Mr. Roddy is right, what I took out was Shadowfox's nuclear stone, or demon stone.

"Yes, Shadowfox is likely to have a demon stone because he is an A-rank demon. And when it comes to a small shadow fox, that magic stone becomes bigger."

"Is the small one bigger than the demon stone?!?"

"Shadowfox is a demon whose strength and demonic stones become big as his body grows smaller. Though, it looks like he's been hunting for big body Shadowfox fur all these days, and he's just a bunch of people who don't know the area."

Oh, I see. Wasn't there a shadow fox that was old enough for nuclear stones because they were hunting all young shadow foxes for fur?

"Try dismantling your shadow fox, too. Even if there was a demon stone, it would be smaller than this one."

"Yes!

The guild chief told me that the demolisher who was waiting would rush to start dismantling Mr. Roddy's shadowfox.

"There was, it's a demon stone!

And everyone pays attention to the nuclear stones the demolisher took out.

"Small......"

As someone said, the nuclear stone that came out of Mr. Roddy's shadow fox was less than half the size of the nuclear stone in my shadow fox.

"Then this battle..."

The adventurers see the guild leader.

"Oh, that's Bowes' win over there"

"" "" "Ohhhhhhhhh!!" ""

Adventurers cheer for the Alliance Director's declaration.

"Awesome! I beat that Bowes S-rank!

"You mean it wasn't a coincidence that you defeated Kaiserhawk!

"I'm so young!

The adventurers bless us with their mouths.

I kind of can light it up.

"I'm not convinced!

And that's when Mr. Roddy's people raise their voices.

"Yes! Lord Roddy's defeated prey is bigger! This one is determined to be more vicious!

……

Apparently, they are unconvinced by the victory or loss and start protesting against the Alliance leader.

"I can't believe the smaller one is stronger! Bigger weighs more and it's dangerous!

"Yes! The smaller one looks weaker no matter what you think!

Well, this is troublesome.

It's actually the smaller ones that are strong, but they're already dead, so I can't even prove their strength.

But Mr. Roddy stopped them.

"Stop it, both of you."

"But Mr. Roddy!

"The guild chief is declaring his victory. It's just embarrassing to complain."

"Oh no... hey chains! Say something from you, too!

"... I can't"

And the wizard shook his head to the side.

"Demons with big demonic stones are strong. So that demon over there is stronger."

Oh, that wizard seems to be defending us.

Maybe he's a wizard, so he understands the value of the size of the Demon Stone more deeply than his people.

"The chain is right. Facts don't flip. We lost."

"" No... "

Mr. Roddy's people drop their shoulders in dismay.

Good, looks like it fits in for now.

"I'm sorry for the noise."

And, Mr. Roddy's coming over here to apologize.

"Yes, no. In fact, it's small and hard to tell the strength, so I can't help it."

"I'd appreciate it if you'd say that. Look, you guys apologize too."

"Ugh... sorry"

"... sorry"

They apologize for things like they're still uncomfortable.

And the wizard bowed his head to me, too.

"Apologize. You guys are amazing. I respect people who know things I don't know."

"Haha, you don't have to worry too much"

Yeah, looks like they're not bad people after all.

I'm sure you liked Mr. Roddy too much to accept the loss.

"Take this. It's a bet."

That's what Mr. Roddy has been offering me was the magic item he suggested when he was offered a bet.

"Are you sure?

"Oh, take it. You won."

That's what Mr. Roddy tells me to hold the knife in my hand.

"Okay. Let me use it."

"Oh, and another bounty. You take this shadow fox too. [M] Winning the bet was a promise to keep the reward to yourself."

I'm sorry I just got it.

"Oh yeah, I'm still planning on staying in this country for a while"

"Really?

"So if you make another interesting request, fight me again!

"Yes!?"

"No one can do more than me and each other! I can enjoy the crackle!

"Ah, haha..."

I wonder if I'll ever be challenged to compete by this guy again.

Ugh, trouble may have caught my eye.

"Cum! Cum!!"

And that was then.

Moffmoff, who was in Mr. Liliera's arms, suddenly raised a strange voice.

"What!? What's wrong?!?"

Everyone stares at Moffmoff for something.

Then Mohmov's throat swelled and he spit something out of his mouth.

"Mogup!"

And Karan, Cologne and spit something out fall to the ground.

"Is this... a demon stone?

Yeah, this is definitely a demon stone.

"Oh, speaking of which, earlier this kid was eating by knocking out a little shadowfox in the woods. That's when you swallowed it together."

And, Liliera explains in a public discourse noli.

"This creature defeated Shadowfox!?"

I'm surprised Mr. Roddy is lying!? and turns his eyes round.

"Or is it me? A dog?"

"No cat? Rabbit?

The adventurers seem to care about Moffmoff in a different way.

"Well, this is a medium size. Isn't that bigger than the guy your S-rank hunted?

and said when the guild chief saw the spitting demon stone of Mohmof.

"" "" "What!?" ""

Sure, not as big as my hunted Shadowfox demon stone if you look closely, but bigger than Mr. Roddy's demon stone.

"Oh, my demon stone is smaller than the prey defeated by this poorly understood creature...?

"Grrr!

I wonder why, it also seemed to me that Moffmoff was proud of his victory over Mr. Roddy.