CH 2

Chapter 2:- Fateful Encounter

( TL By GUST )

"Well ... what's going on?"

Next morning.

After checking out the inn, I was sitting on a bench in the city square and sunbathing leisurely.

By the way, the heroes departed early in the morning to challenge the "Forest of Lost" in the west.

greeting?

There is no such thing.

Well, I don't care about the brave party.

What is important is my future actions.

"I don't have money ..."

My total equity is 5 silver coins and 38 bronze coins.

One silver coin for 100 bronze coins.

It's a calculation that doesn't bother me for a while because I have 50 bronze coins to stay overnight at the inn.

But what do you do after that?

For me, who doesn't have a regular income, I will eventually be unfit to stay at an inn.

If you get sick, you will run out of money to buy food.

I have to secure a means of income somehow.

"What am I going to do today?"

"That's right ... go out to the plains and hunt in the horn bore. It seems that a killer tiger has appeared, so you shouldn't go to the swamps."

Suddenly, an adventurer-like duo passed in front of me.

"Adventurer ...?"

They live freely like a migratory bird and die freely.

Everything is self-responsibility, and it is a profession where you have to live with your own skill.

"... maybe  it would feel good"

Since I entered the brave party, I have fought with a sense of mission to defeat the Demon King ...

It was also lost.

I'm empty now ...

In a sense, it's free.

Adventurers may be the best profession for me right now.

"OK. Let's try to be one!"

I stood up cheerfully and hit the gates of the Adventurer's Guild.

It seems that not everyone can be an adventurer.

For the time being, there are no restrictions on age or gender.

If you want to be, you can be a child, and even an old man can be an adventurer.

However, there are tests.

You cannot register as an adventurer in the guild unless you are recognized as having a certain level of competence.

This is a system for sifting weak and reckless challengers.

It seems that the exam did not exist before, and anyone could become an adventurer.

However, thanks to this, new adventurers were unreasonable, and not only did the requests fail, but there were many cases in which the adventurers themselves died.

The request fails and the adventurer's guild loses credibility.

It seems that he was audited by the government for causing more deaths.

Since then, a test has been set up.

"Hunting 10 goblins ...?"

That was the content of the exam for me to become an adventurer.

Goblins are F-rank monsters, and are very weak monsters that can be repelled by adult men with weapons.

But don't despise it as a weak monster.

They are aware that they are powerless.

Therefore, they always act in groups of around five.

A flock of about five goblins must be defeated accurately and without injury.

Those who can do that are literally limited to those who have "above a certain level" of competence.

It's the most appropriate test for becoming an adventurer.

Also, it's difficult to defeat all the goblins, but it's an easy opponent if you just run away.

You can withdraw in case of emergency, so there will be no deaths in the exam.

In the worst case, you can get serious injuries such as breaking your bones.

In that sense, it can be said that it is a suitable partner for the examination.

"Well, as expected, it's such an easy win."

No matter the fact  I was banished from the party, I've been fighting the Demon King's army until the other day.

Even Beast Tamers are not as weak as to not be able to defeat Goblins.

On the plains, I hunted 10 goblins quickly.

When you defeat a monster, it turns into a jewel called "magic stone".

By taking this, you can use it as proof that you have defeated the monsters.

"Well, let's go to the guild soon. Now I'm an adventurer too!"

A new life begins.

I just had that in mind ... I was thrilled.

"Hmm?"

I heard a howl now ...?

It is the direction of the swamp in the depths of the plain.

Because of my imagination ... Maybe, but I'm curious.

Let's just look at the situation.

"That is……!?"

Shortly after entering the swamp, I found a girl being attacked by a killer tiger.

A killer tiger is a D-rank monster.

Characterized by its quick movements, it is a nuisance that kills its prey with its sharp claws and fangs.

It is also called an "adventurer killer" because many low-ranking adventurers have been hit unexpectedly and lost their lives.

"First!"

The killer tiger was trying to thrust his claws at a fallen girl.

I rush and slash with a blade.

"Guaaaaaaaaa !!!"

After all, I bought a cheap dagger for self-defense with 10 bronze coins.

It can't penetrate the skin like the killer tiger's armor and breaks.

All you have to do is buy his anger.

It seems that the target was changed from a girl to me, and the killer tiger glared at me.

this is fine.

"Can you move !? Run away now"

"Uh ... Nyaa ..."

The girl stands up slowly.

She is very pretty.

Well ... I don't think I can do anything about it.

You can't cross a killer tiger without a tame animal.

Moreover, the dagger, which was my only weapon, broke.

"It's will be tough , but I'll earn enough time for the girl to escape!"

Be prepared and hold your fist.

And then.

"Unyaa ... Squeeze the last power ... Nyan !!!!"

The girl jumped.

Much higher.

I jumped with the momentum that seemed to reach the clouds.

And ... fall.

Aiming at the killer tiger that confronts me, it flies like an arrow.

Gogaa! !! !!

Landing.

A tremor that trembles the earth.

How powerful was it?

There was a small crater.

Naturally, the D-rank killer tiger couldn't stand such a stupid blow, and his neck was broken and he died.

"What on earth are you...?"

"Nyafu ... It's already my limit ..."

The girl staggers and falls down as it is.

I rushed up and hugged him.

"Oh, are you okay? Are you injured !?"

"Nya, Nyaa ... I'm hungry ..."

A stupid line spilled.

The girl  had fluttering cat ears and a swaying tail.