16 Episode 14

Three of the meatloaf (Bickrat) at the table are eating. I'm obsessed with it in front of me, and I haven't noticed it yet.

This is a good situation for an ambush.

Remove the spear from its back sheath and grip it with both hands. By the time I got here, I had done a light licking (...), but this is the first time I've used it in real life.

"I can't hang up a bit when I think the first person I'm going to use for my new partner is Lord Nez."

I totally ignored the grieving gram, and I ran fast.

I noticed my footsteps and one of the Bickrats turned around. The remaining two Big Rats also react.

"Whoa!

I shook my spear at one of the big rats.

When I slashed it, the tip of a giant mouse with its face raised just over its neck, and the blood danced. He collapsed and stopped moving, making a red stain on the ground.

Did you finally recognize me as an enemy after defeating one of your allies? The eyes of the Big Rats change.

Just don't give me time to intercept. He put out his spear and ate the tip of the cockroach into the body of Bickrat before moving on.

The scream of a deaf beast shakes his tympanic membrane, but he swings his spear sideways without even putting it on his teeth, tearing the body of Bickrat apart by more than half.

Without much resistance, he wraps his tongue around the fact that the tip of the cockroach has severed the body of the Big Rat. It's more sharp than I expected. That old man used to sell these spears at such a low price.

I'm surprised, but I'm not losing focus. The remaining Big Rat jumped towards us.

Bickrats are treated as mischievous fish among the evil beasts (monsters), yet sharp rodents, developed like mice, easily bite through the human body.

But the Bikrat has been exterminated many times. I'm not scared anymore.

"Phew!

Swing the spear and the pattern near the tip hits the side of the Big Rat's torso. The feeling of crunching my bones was felt in my hand. The Bickrat was blown away by a shock from the side and struck by a nearby tree.

At this point, Bickrat was already dying. From experience, there must be a broken bone in my internal organs. Just cramps little by little while lying on the ground. I stuck a spear to my neck and stabbed him.

No matter how many harmful evil beasts (monsters) are, there is a slight sense of rejection of cutting off life with this hand. However, it has been repeated many times in the village as part of the work. It was a range that I could endure.

"... three for now."

Shake off the Big Rat blood on the tip and place it in the back sheath.

Then immediately move on to dismantling.

Using a prey dismantling knife, we cut the necessary parts from the carcass of the Big Rat ─ ─ a tradable part.

The knife was bought from a weapon store before coming to the forest. If it was true, I tried to buy it from a weapon store that sold me grams, but because it was closed with hate, I got it from another store. I chose a good one because the blade would soon be useless if it was cheap. It was a painful expense, but it was divided into upfront investments.

When I returned to my house in the village, I found a knife with similar sharpness, but I didn't expect to come to King's Landing to hunt Big Rats. I regretted it a little more now.

You're used to it.

Say as Gram was impressed.

"Not every day, but often. If Bickrat is against me, I'm confident I can't beat a good mercenary."

"You're not too proud of that, are you?"

Drawing a strange sight of a spear and a light mouth, I finish dismantling the Big Rat. Pack the available parts into the bags you bring with you, and dig holes in the ground to fill the rest.

Apart from that, I'll put Big Rat's tail in another bag. Submit it to the Mercenary Union as evidence of defeating the Urban Beast (Monster).

"Come on, let's go gunpowder. Aim for ten."

The number of crusades is not specified in this request for extermination. Big rats are fertile, and if left alone, they grow quickly. So you can get rewards based on the number of hunters without capping them.

"I thought I was going after a big guy and I was going after a thousand dollars."

"I don't feel like eating with hate and mercenaries for now. Just making money is enough for Big Rat hunting."

Mercenary rank is determined by the quality and number of requests made. Naturally, if you make a request with high difficulty, you can achieve such a high level of performance and get promoted faster.

The lowest rank of Mercenary Mercenaries earned by killing Bikrat. No matter how much you hunt, it's only a bundle of sentences. However, given Bikrat's weakness, I can make the most money at the moment, given the fact that I can receive the lowest rank of mercenaries, Grade 5.

"Somehow realistic, mate."

"Just chasing a dream won't make it come true. It's a pathetic story."

"I don't hate that kind of authentic effort."

I see. Thank you very much. "

Stick to what you can. That's the most important thing.

Re-bag your luggage and look for the Big Rat again.

During that, Gram said.

"But, buddy, when I saw the hunt earlier, I was really curious."

"What is it?"

"You're a lousy spear."

─ ─ I was a little hurt by the bitter rumor of being too straight a gram. Words from my spear pierced my chest. Just a spear.

"Exactly amateur of the amateur. I don't mind calling you King of Amateurs."

I'm gonna break you, you son of a bitch.

"I don't think my partner can handle it."

Gram continued to pass on my words quickly.

"I didn't mean to hurt my partner. Probably my partner used his spear to teach himself to me. Besides, the main business is farmers, and the spear is a hassle. If that's all you could do, you'd be fine."

"No one taught me a sword in the village, but I was the only one with a spear.... even though most of them were self-taught, some of them were the strongest in the village."

Lericus taught me how to hold a sword, and hardly anyone else will. Even so, he became the most skilled man in the village in a little while. And now you're the brave one who's going to save the world.

"Don't worry too much about that area. What I'm saying is, I think my partner can go to some good places with a little help. Not as far as I can see."

"No matter what you do, who will teach you?"

Even in the village, spears are an unpopular weapon in this country. When I went to the mercenary union, most of the mercenaries in the building wore swords. Less than 10% of the total had other things. I was looking strangely at the mercenary registration process as I entered the tenth of it.

I wonder who's going to train the runaway mercenaries from the countryside, with no messengers, no backs, nothing. I fell to be treated like a convenient shop with good health.

"I understand your partner's concerns. I have ear information there. Now I can introduce you to someone who can handle spear spells for free."

"... you've been dusty in the corner of a weapon shop until now."

"Unfortunately, the weapon dealer's beard was routinely polished by Jiji."

I don't need that kind of preliminary information.

I feel like I'm dating some kind of farce. A sigh came out.

"Hmm, what's the correct answer?

Bye! Oh, my God, it's me!

…………………………

─ ─ Fuck.

"Hold still, don't go into projection silently!

"Chi."

I tried to throw it over the woods, but I stopped thinking with a desperate tongue of grams.

"... next time I get rid of something stupid, I'll throw it away without hesitation."

"It was my fault I slipped!... but you're not joking all the time."

Hmm?

I seriously looked at the spear ─ ─ gram. Gram says with a little pleasure that you decided I was interested.

"I'm not proud of it, but some of the guys I've been using up to here have been middle-armed. So, it's a dimension that accumulates in my memory."

"What do you mean?"

"From my memory, I'll tell you how the best suits my partner's physique and qualities. That way, my partner's skills can get closer to those of the past."

If Gram had a body, she would be bragging about her chest. I frowned.

"Can you really teach me? It was used by the Masters... you just saw it after all, right?

"Well, it's impossible for my partner to doubt it. But you think you've been tricked, so you can hang out with me for a while. That way you'll understand."

─ ─ A villager who teaches how to fight with a spear.

Literally speaking, it's "unusual here".

It's strange enough to speak a spear ─ ─.

"... I'm going to hunt down Big Rats for a while anyway. I'll go out with your crazy offer."

"Drunkenness is bad to hear. Besides, I'm going to do it straight away, so I'm going to make sure Bickrat can make better money than the junk in the junk."

─ ─ This created an unusual and extraordinary relationship between a spear and a human mentor.