169 Episode 169 Black Materials

The next morning, we joined Mr. Org, and we were on our way to Mr. Goldoff's shop.

"Damn them, don't hesitate to jerk off..."

Mr. Aug is in tears because he was ordered to drink and cook lumps at a banquet that began abruptly last night.

"Haha, is your wallet okay?

"Ooh!? Don't worry. I've checked the market for the dragon scales, and I still have the money to pay you and Gordoff's husband. You're still a knight, aren't you? It's a pretty good paycheck!

Mr. Org laughs with his thumbs up that he doesn't have to worry.

"Heh, knights are so well paid! Mr. Boulder Org!

"Ha, ha, well!... I'm glad I saved up after hunting demons when I got my dragon gear."

The knights told me in my previous life that a knight who goes up civilian is a cheap paycheck, but now you're not.

"It's bigger to be a former A-rank adventurer than a knight."

And it was Liliera who said it.

Gyro, you guys went to the Adventurer Guild to get another request, but Mr. Liliera seems to be concerned about Mr. Aug's gear and it came with you, right?

"" Really? ♪ What? ♪

"Yeah, because a highly-ranked adventurer is like having his strength secured if you ask me. From the hire side, you can hire more safely than a bad mercenary. Besides, if you are also an A-rank adventurer, you have a substantial highest rank. Well, then I'll solicit you with a favorable treatment."

That's the advantage of the Rank of Adventurer Guild as far as it goes.

I just doubt Lilliera's words. [M]

"Is that it? Substantial, don't you hire S-rank?

"S-rank is a different kind of earner, so you don't have to be hired by someone to make enough money to feed your old age, so they don't bother to hire anyone."

As far as it goes, I did make a surprising amount of money, and it wouldn't be strange for everyone else to make more money, would it?

But there Liliera continued her words to cloud her mouth.

"Besides... S rank is a lot of thick people, so I'm not a decent employer, but I can't seem to show it to you. Once upon a time, there was a nobleman who hired an S-rank adventurer exclusively, and he said it was too flashy to mess with it, and it was a big deal."

"Uh, why did you see me on the way?

Then Mr. Liliera slips away from her gaze.

Hey! I'm so curious!?

"Hey, what did that S-rank do to you?

"That's what all the people involved said and answered nothing."

When Mr. Aug asked, Liliera shrugged her shoulder saying she didn't know either.

What do you mean you didn't answer?

"Hmm, if I answer poorly, there must have been some trouble with them, too. If his orders were to cause a catastrophe, he could be held accountable until then. Ordinary adventurers will be able to push the blame, but if it's an S-rank adventurer's statement, the country will ignore it. Well, if you're an adventurer, we'll hear about it from time to time. I don't know what happens when clients and adventurers shut their mouths."

"Cheng Cheng, when you hire too many amazing people, that's the kind of problem you get."

Honestly, that's what I knew in my previous life and previous lives.

You're not bad at all at the habit of creating commotion, are you, those people?

"No, when I say that, Mr. Rex did it because in some ways it's important for the people involved to talk, right?

I don't think you did that.

"Well, that's why. He told me that A-rank is the best in many ways if you want to hire him."

"" I see - "

Mr. Boulder Liliera is an informant.

You haven't worked solo on Dada in years!

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"Oh, Gordoff's husband!

When he enters the store, Mr. Aug speaks to Mr. Goldoff in a good mood.

"Ahhh? What the hell are you doing here? You didn't get it yesterday today. It's dragon material."

By contrast, Mr. Gordoff seems grumpy.

I guess the reason is exactly what he said right now.

Yesterday, I broke the armor I made out of Dragon material, because Mr. Gordoff was so mad at me.

"Long time no see, Mr. Goldoff."

"Ko, this is my master!? Long time no see! What can I do for you today?

When I speak, Mr. Goldoff's voice lights up.

"Aren't you too different in attitude from when I was?

"Come on! Can you compare Bonkla to Master in front of you!

I will go out in front of Mr. Gordoff to protect Mr. Org, who will be scolded.

"Uh, I came here for an errand today. I just wanted you to build me a new piece of equipment for Mr. Aug I was talking about."

"Oh my god, did your master come all the way here for that matter?!?"

Mr. Gordoff turns his eyes round and is surprised, he stares at Mr. Org in a kick.

"You idiot! Don't let your master trample you in vain!

"Hih!?"

"Uh... Master, I'm sorry. I told this fool you don't have any busy material right now..."

Yeah, as a blacksmith, I know you're embarrassed that you can't secure enough material.

All I know in my last life is that if you don't have good material, you can go get it yourself! So I went hunting for the material alone, but I'm the exception.

"Well, I thought I'd offer you some new material."

"New material!?"

I hear it's a new material, and Mr. Goldoff's eyes shine.

"Yeah, Mr. Org seemed to have good green dragon material, but if you don't have one, I thought I'd offer you the same material."

"Wow! Materials equal to dragons!

Mr. Goldoff's eyes sparkle more and more when he hears that the material is equivalent to a green dragon.

"This is it..."

I take the Venom Beat material out of my magic bag.

The very large chunks are in the way when processing them, so cut them apart and place them on the table as much as necessary for processing the weapons.

"This is... black, but light for appearance. What the hell?"

"No. Is it through that I just cut that material like butter?

Ignoring Mr. Org's whining, Mr. Goldoff becomes obsessed with the material on the table.

It reminds me of the knowledge I've gained from the book and the material I've handled so far, and I think I'm thinking about what this is.

"I don't know, I've never had material like this before. Not even scales like dragons, not like wood like enchanted plants. What the hell is he made of?

"This is Venom Beat material"

"Whew!?"

Listening to Venombeat's name, Mr. Liliera hurries back.

"Is that it, Mr. Lilliera?

"No, because that!? When I say Venom Beat..."

Uh, with that said, Mr. Liliera was sick with Venom Beat poison before she could unseal it.

Can't you help feeling sick just asking for a name?

"It's okay. 'Cause we're detoxifying it properly."

"Venom beat, Venom beat... like you've heard somewhere?

"Didn't you just say detoxification?

"Speaking of demons that need detoxification and similar names, yes..."

"You figured something out, Gordoff's husband?

"Oh. My grandfather told me that when I was a kid. It's an old tale of a monster like a mountain, a monster like a living disaster that spills poison all over its surroundings."

"Oh, uh! I've heard that too! Sure is the guy in the fairy tale, isn't he? Sure, so is Soitz. Venomby...... T"

Mr. Org and Mr. Goldoff face to face.

"" Hahaha, no, no, no ""

"You can't just get close enough to get attacked by poison air, can you?

"Oh, and you're talking about life-threatening just touching it with a full body of poison paint. You can't dismantle a Yabe demon like that!

"" That's right! Hahahahahahahahahaha!! "

""... chill ""

You two are turning a blind eye to me. [M]

"Hey Master, could this black material be..."

"Yeah, as you two were talking about, it's material from Venom Beat, a fiercely poisonous demon"

"" Wow!? "

The two jump off the table in a hurry.

"Uh-oh! I touched it. Whoa!?"

"How poisonous is it!?"

The two rush out to find the poison.

"It's okay. I'm already poisoned."

"" What!? Really?

"Yes, the detoxification magic is clean and refreshing, so use it with confidence. Or if you haven't detoxified it."

"Oh, yeah... is it..."

When they hear that they have already been detoxified, they sigh that they are finally relieved.

"But no way is this the material of that fairy tale demon..."

"If you ask me, it's certainly a disastrous blackness..."

"It's just that the Venom beat I ran into seemed pretty weak, which was totally weaker than the original Venom beat. So this material, compared to the original Venom Beat material, seems to be of poor quality."

"Oh, so it has to be so different from the dragon..."

"Yeah. So, Mr. Goldoff, could you make Mr. Org a new piece of gear with this?

"Hmm, new gear in Koz..."

Mr. Gordoff was holding the Venom beat material to measure the weight, or beating it with a hammer to make sure it felt.

And as I checked, Mr. Goldoff stared at me with a serious face.

"Okay. If the master says so much, I'll take the job."

"Thank you, Mr. Goldoff!

"Please stop, Master. I'd like to thank you for using a material I've never seen before."

Even though we're in the position to ask for it, Mr. Goldoff is humble.

"Ooh Bonkla! I'll make it for you because it's my master's word, but the next time you treat my weapon badly, I'll smash it to death!

"Wow, I get it -!

"I'll pay you well in advance! Work is work! Leave the advance!

"Ooh!

When Mr. Org takes his wallet out of his nostalgia, he pays Mr. Goldoff an advance.

"By the way, I brought you the price for the dragon scales, how much is the market for Venom Beat material?

"Come on?"

If you ask me, I'm not sure either.

I didn't buy this for the Adventurer Alliance.

"Um, Mr. Goldoff, do you know what the market is for Venom Beat material?

"Ha!?"

Mr. Goldoff is a famous blacksmith, and he'll know the market for good materials. Bad quality, but you just have to think based on the original Venom Beat market, right?

"Uh, Master, on the boulder, I too. The market for legendary demonic material is a bit..."

Don't you understand, Mr. Goldoff?

I know, I crusaded in my last life, but I left it up to the military to collect the material.

"For now, why don't we just demand about twice as much of the most expensive material we know?

And if we were all worried, Liliera came up with an idea.

"Sa, isn't that just twice as expensive material too bold?

"Really? If it's something you can't buy with money in the first place, then you can use the least amount of product you can buy. And then I think Mr. Rex would shy away from making the market price the way it was supposed to, so I dared to blur it twice. 'Cause I think it's going to cost more than that."

When Liliera said and winked at Mr. Goldoff, Mr. Goldoff nodded as if he was convinced of something as well.

"Cheng Cheng, then you can say the right price. I don't know... considering the price of the Enchanted Plant materials in circulation in Wangdu... I would have just said 100 gold coins for this amount"

"" 100 Gold Coins!? "

My voice and that of Mr. Org are hammered by unexpected cheapness.

A hundred coins is an instant amount of money for a former A-rank adventurer, Aug.

Compared to the Green Dragon and Evilbor prices you bought in this town before, it's really cheap.

... No, wait, wait, wait. Is that the way it is?

Green Dragon and Evilbor materials were a high price buy because they were beautifully hunted.

That means the debilitated Venom Beat material would be like buying the worn out material at the lowest price.

"If it was this big, that would be the market."

"Ki, 100 gold coins, that's just it..."

Mr. Aug is surprised at how cheap it is.

"Well that would be the plausible part. Oh, don't worry, I'll make sure my payments are in the right place."

"Ha ha... bruise"

Then there was an act where Mr. Aug accidentally forgot to drop the money and rushed to drop the deposit from the Adventurer's Guild, but the payment for the material ended inconclusively.

"Good to see you, Mr. Goldoff."

"Yes, I'll take care of it, Master! I'll make a shameless outfit for my master's name to show you!

"100 Gold Coins...... Savings in a flash pa...... hehe hehe"

All you have to do is wait for Mr. Aug to complete his new gear!

I thought it was us... what happened the day after that I didn't expect it to happen.

"I'm sorry, Master!

When I came to Mr. Goldoff's workshop with the plug in, Mr. Goldoff, who saw my face, suddenly came down to earth.

"Huh? What is it, Mr. Goldoff?!?"

"The material I kept from my master could not be processed at all."

"... Huh? Huh!?"

Couldn't it be processed? What's that supposed to mean?