163 Episode 163: Oak Emperor

"Crusade site over here."

"I'll bring the demolition material here. - Hey!

In a plain away from town, Mr. Elma and the others, employees of the Adventurers Guild, raise their voices.

They came as business desk staff to assess the oak material I asked the adventurers to dismantle on the spot.

Because about 20,000 oak materials, not very much, can't get into the dismantling grounds of the Adventurer's Guild.

That's why we made an assessment on the spot and transported it straight to the Merchant Alliance warehouses and shops.

"No, seeing this sight would be really nice to hire the adventurers"

"Well, if it was just us, how many days would it have taken?"

"In the meantime the defeated oak rots..."

"Maybe he was undead on the spot."

"Twenty thousand orcs undead... you're the one I want to spare."

"" "" "Yeah, yeah," "

We watched the scene of the oak demolition from a short distance away.

I smell 20,000 pieces of oak blood and organs when I'm around.

"It's great that you don't have to help with your job because you're a client."

"Oh yeah."

"Mogmog, mogmog"

At our feet relaxing, we hear Moffmoff eating oak meat.

"Peace."

"No, I'm just wondering if it's okay to say peace in this sight..."

"Bolivori Bakibaki, Gehu"

Moffmoff eats up beautifully to the bones and raises his satisfied voice.

And you ate well, Moffmoff.

By the way, Mr. Org has gone to report to the lord for crusading 20,000 orcs.

Originally, the purpose of exploration was today, but there was an unscheduled large-scale battle, so they need to report it thoroughly.

That's what I said. Mr. Aug heading to the Lords' Hall was really behind the feeling of a knight.

and at that time, cheers from the adventurers who were dismantling it.

"What's going on?

Something happened and Mr. Elma came under us nervously.

"Mr. Rex, could you come here for a moment?

"Is something wrong?

"Yeah, we found the big guy"

Well, do you mean big guys around Oak General or Oak Wizard?

"Let's go check it out, too!

"Uh, I won't."

"I pass, too. You smell blood. Wow."

"I'm going because I smell money"

"Then maybe I'll come with you. 'Cause this is the first time I've seen a superior species of oak."

Mr. Liliera, Mr. Gyro, Mr. Megli are following us, and Mr. Mina and Mr. Norb are waiting over here.

"Okay, let's go."

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"This is..."

The place Mr. Elma brought me was just in the middle of a group of orcs.

There are orcs with bigger bodies or better gear than the rest of the orcs.

Obviously, it's the center group of the herd.

But even those orcs were blurred there.

Huge flesh about five meters tall and with hands and feet like a marutai.

Weaving a cloak made of demonic fur, and wearing a crown with a processed demonic skull on its head, is an outfit worthy of calling itself a king.

"Oak Emperor."

Yes, it was Oak Emperor Oak Emperor who was falling there.

A mighty oak king over oak king, born very rarely when a huge herd of oaks is formed.

"Oak Emperor... I've never seen it before"

"That's the oak emperor... I've never seen an oak like that."

The surrounding adventurers look at the oak emperor and raise their voices of agitation.

"As you can see, I'm an oak emperor. The Oak Emperor is the leader of a herd that heads the Oak Empire, so the Adventurer Guild decided that this herd was the Oak Empire. And now that the herd has been crusaded, we have completed the investigation request of the Oak Empire that Mr. Rex and his men have requested."

Mr. Elma tells me that this request was an investigation into the Oak Empire.

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"" "Ah!! Speaking of which!!" "

"Instead of accomplishing the investigation so quickly, I'm honestly surprised if it's us, because I never expected you to crusade the Oak Empire as a whole"

Sure, I didn't think the herd I discovered happened to be the main unit of the Oak Emperor.

I just feel like there's a small number for Oak Emperor's main unit...

"But thanks to that, the town didn't have to be attacked by a herd of oak emperors. Thank you, Mr. Rex."

No, because that's what we do.

Yeah, it's only about three hours from here to the town of Togai, so if the discovery of the herd was delayed, it could have been a big deal.

All I can say is that the timing was really good when it came to that.

"Of course, we will pay for the purchase of oaks' materials, including oak emperors, separately from the rewards. This is the only individual, so expect a buyout price."

"Yes, let me hope so!

"You did it, brother! I'm done with my job!

The request is over easily, and so is you, Gyro.

"Well, to be honest, I'm surprised it's all over so quickly."

"Hold on. I wanted to fight Oak Emperor, too. He's so big, he must have been strong."

And Gyro, I'm sorry you couldn't fight Oak Emperor...

"No, one way or another, this oak emperor is a trinket."

"" Huh?

Mr. Elma and you, Gyro, lean your neck against my words.

"Small? Is this it?

"Aren't you so big? You got a fat arm or something?

Is that it? Is it possible Mr. Elma's first time seeing an oak emperor, too?

"The original oak emperor is bigger. This is twice as good."

"" Double!? "

"Yeah, because you're an individual who can unite at least tens of thousands of oaks. It is the oak emperor who can reign as emperor because he is strong enough to defeat all of the herd on his own. The original Oak Emperor is a monster of muscle strength and strength, and if you fight normally, your health will last for decades."

"" Dozens of hours!? "

Yeah, Oak Emperor really fights enemies one-on-one as long as his health lasts, but he doesn't have half his muscle strength and defense with instinctively activated body strengthening magic and muscle armor.

You can call that living muscle armor.

"Maybe this oak emperor is a young individual who hasn't been around long since he was born. There were only 20,000 of them."

"" Only 20,000!? "

Thinking about it, you're also convinced that there were only 20,000 herds.

If you're a true oak emperor, you can literally follow a number of oaks that could be called empires.

For that reason, when you're told you've accomplished a request to the extent that you defeated an oak empire of this magnitude, you're wondering if it's really over with a little too little lack of accomplishment.

Oh, is it possible that asking me to expect a buyout price means thanking you for minimizing the damage?

The size of a township in Togai makes defense tough if you're attacked by a common oak empire.

No matter how good the Augs are, the difference in numbers is quite troublesome.

The Adventurer Guild is taking a good look at that kind of place.

The nobles who were clients of the previous life, even though they fought hard to keep the damage from spreading around them, didn't know how hard this one was, so it took a long time for them to get to this extent, and this demon seemed easy to defeat, so it wasn't a big deal, so they've been stuffing the reward, right?

Given that, the Adventurer Guild is a really good organization to assess various factors!

"What the hell?

and the adventurers who were dismantling the oak emperor there speak up.

"What's wrong with you?

"No, the weapon the Oak Emperor had was so dirty, I had the wizard wash it with water magic, but it's like this isn't a normal weapon."

What do you mean, it's not a normal weapon?

When I went to see Oak Emperor's weapon, Mr. Megli had already looked into wearing Oak Emperor's weapon.

"Rex, look at this!

Megli prompted me to look at Oak Emperor's weapon.

"This is..."

Oak Emperor's weapon was a boneless weapon with no decorations.

It really feels like a tool for fighting only the necessary functions as a weapon, but the only part of the blade that receives a huge gem was embedded in it.

"Whoa, Deke gems! This isn't going to be gold, brother!?"

With the jewels attached, Gyro is excited that you will be gold, but Megri's gaze at the same thing is not just a golden-eyed object.

More importantly, the design of the weapon is too boneless for the gem to be attached as a decoration.

"Ning Lo, this is... Scan Echo"

I touch the Oak Emperor weapon and activate the Analytical Magic.

Then a regular flow of magic was felt from within.

"... this is a magic item"

"" "" Magic Item!? ""

"I knew it!"

While everyone was surprised, it seems that only Megri knew this was a magic item.

"I thought so because the sword body was too boneless for the ornament, and I felt faintly magical from the weapon even though I didn't use attribute enhancement!

That's Mr. Megli. Looks like only bandits have appraisal eyes.

Maybe she was a shadow warrior of Idra, the princess, and her aesthetic eyes were polished.

"I can't believe the demon has a magic item..."

"Maybe it's some monster who lived in some ruins."

"Then there may be ruins that have not yet been discovered in the direction in which this flock came!

"" "" Ooh, ooh, ooh. ""

The adventurers boil when they hear there may be new ruins.

"We've also taken off the crisis in the Oak Empire, and we might start looking for ruins for a while."

I have a little chest bounce on Elma's words. [M]

Looking for ruins. We might want to look for the ruins when we get paid, too.

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A few days later, we came to the Adventurers Guild with a report that the rewards for the Oak Empire crusade were ready.

Because there were too many crusaded oaks and it took me a while to assess them. What is it?

Then Mr. Elma leads me into a special room where I've been before.

"Thank you for waiting. This is the Oak Empire survey reward, 120 gold coins that we're paying you."

First, everyone is paid for the investigation.

"This survey reward includes not only regular rewards, but also early discovery bonuses"

"Is that a bonus?

"Yes, the usual scouting reward is a broken amount, but the increase in reward was determined by a reasonable judgment if a group of 20,000 orcs considered the opponent"

When that happens, 20 gold coins per person will be divided into two pieces?

"There are additional rewards for destroying the Oak Empire. Even so, this one does not come from the guild, but from the lord."

"From the lord?

Why would a lord offer an extra reward for asking for an Adventurer Alliance?

"Originally our request was from the state. But when it became a large group of 20,000 orcs, it was a critical situation from the point of view of defense in the territory. So this is a sign of gratitude from the lord for defending our territory on behalf of the Knights. This will be 1000 gold coins."

Heh, there were some good lords out there who bothered to give me extra rewards for that.

Or do all the lords of this day and age have as many good nobles as the lords of this town?

I wish it were.

"We have to resign to this. It was Mr. Rex who knocked him out."

Liliera and the others refuse to accept the reward because they are not fighting.

"Another thousand gold coins, brother!

"But if you knock down 20,000 oaks and a thousand gold coins, it seems more efficient to fight dragons"

"Twenty thousand bodies were too many."

Sure, it wouldn't take more time to dismantle or recover to fight the whole dragon thing for the same price.

"I mean, ladies and gentlemen, I think it's odd to put out dragons as a comparison in the first place..."

"" "" "Ha!?" ""

"Shit, I've been with Rex too long lately and I've been feeling crazy"

"It was dangerous, and soon we were going to be like Mr. Rex."

"No, aren't they all terrible? Both the Green Dragon and this little oak empire are much the same in strength. Sure, the Oak Empire had a tougher time dismantling it."

"" "" "" No, because that's not the problem "" ""

So what's the problem?

"Cohon...... Now the next thing you know is Oak Emperor's Crusade Reward. This Oak Emperor is an S-rank demon, so the purchase price will change in the auction depending on the example."

"Ah, it's another auction, isn't it?"

I mean, Oak Emperor is S-rank.

"Basic S-rank demonic material is too valuable, so it's common to put it up for auction. No, the purchase of the S-rank demon itself, yes, has not happened many times. The Orc and Orc Emperor demon swords of the top individuals who said Oak General, Oak Wizard, who were accompanying Oak Emperor, are also going to be auctioned. Offered as a reward this time is a B rank in poor condition and an oak below C rank, right? Even so, it's a pretty good forehead because it's as many as 20,000 oaks. This is 2850 gold coins in total. minus the cost of demolition to the adventurer already."

"About 3,000 gold coins in total? If I make Mr. Rex, he'll make a penny."

"... about 3,000 gold coins are you making a dime... no well, i guess that's what mr. rex would do if he got s-ranked... my guild's annual budget is critical hey"

For some reason, Mr. Elma has a distant eye, what's wrong?

"Uh, you're right about the rest. Once the auction is officially found out, the Alliance will contact you again. Until then, you are all free to stay. It would be helpful if you waited in this town for a while, as there might just be an oak empire wreck"

"Okay, Mr. Elma"

When I treat my reward to a magic bag, I leave the special room behind.

"Oops! The Dragon Boy is out!

Upon returning to the guild's hall, the adventurers, who were forming themselves in a dining room co-located within the guild, hail.

"Thanks! Your nostalgia is warm thanks to you!

"Ha ha, that's the first time I've ever been born to dismantle both orcs!

"S-rank does such a haphazard job!

"I'm totally surprised!

Apparently, they're all adventurers who helped me unravel the oak at my request.

"Hey Dragon Boy, you've made a lot of money this time, haven't you?

"That would be an awesome amount if you defeated 20,000 orcs!

"There was an oak emperor, too!

"Dragon boy! How did you defeat the Oak Empire? Tell me. Yikes!

"Yeah, well, I don't want to brag about the sake dishes!

The adventurers are curious to hear how I defeated the Oak Empire.

I mean, everyone's been drinking since this hour!?

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

"Hoo-hoo, then I'd like to know."

And through me, Gyro, you step forward.

"Listen, surprise me! How dare you beat both orcs with just one shot of magic!

"Hey, Gyro!?"

"" "" "Ooh! Are you serious?!?" ""

"I can't believe my brother's magic is amazing!

"Come here and let me hear more, boy!

"I'm not a kid, I'm a gyro!

As you enter the adventurers, Gyro tells you about the time I crusaded the Oak Empire.

"The magic that came out of the sky quickly annihilated all those orcs! But that's not all my brother did! How my brother's magic knocked me down. Oak's body didn't have any extra scratches to surprise me!

"Yeah, I saw it. I saw it. You didn't have any scratches at all, did you, that orc corpse? How can you defeat a sturdy oak without that scratch?

"That's..."

No, if you break it in there, I can definitely make you explain yourself.

I mean, you're a little too shy to be told what you're doing out of people's mouths!

I'll leave you to Gyro. We better get back to the inn!

"Uh, I'm going back to the inn, but what about everyone?

I want to get out of here as soon as possible, but I need to make sure everyone's plans are confirmed.

"Well, I'm tired of hanging around town appropriately, and I might even take a quick favor"

"Oh, that's good. We didn't do anything this time."

Looks like Liliera and the others are going to keep looking for requests.

Then I guess I'll be acting differently here today.

And when we were discussing our future plans that way, all of a sudden the entrance to the guild made a loud noise and opened.

It was the worn out adventurers who came in.

It's as if we've fought so far.

"Come on, you guys, you're pretty lame, aren't you? Is something wrong?

They didn't even answer the words of the surprised, voiced adventurer, and they shouted like this with their breath absurd.

"Oh, my God... O, the oak..."

Oak? Could he have been even a survivor of the Oak Empire, as Mr. Elma was concerned about?

No, but is the gear too worn for that?

If it's about the rest of the party, it won't be that bad.

But the next word the adventurers uttered was something we didn't even expect.

"Oak flew through the sky and attacked me!!"

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...... hmm? An orc flew into the sky... did you?

"" "" "... Huh?