20 Episode 17: You seem hungry.

Looks like Rex's guy got the sword and all that stuff. Now he's officially recognized as a brave man.

To commemorate this, a great parade was held in King's Landing. Of course, at the heart of the parade is Relics. The waist of a man riding a luxurious carriage without a roof is beautifully decorated with a sheath.

In the middle of the parade, just as the people came to the place where they were most likely to gather, Rex got up from his seat, pulled the sword out of his sheath, and lifted it up to heaven. Reflecting the light of the sun, the popular enthusiasm reached its peak.

I was more interested in the stalls targeting the crowd gathered in the parade than in the Holy Sword that Lelix brought. Few of these stores were opened in the village, so their interest in you was stronger than in the brave parade. I never cared about Lericus' guy.

However, it seems that there was a rumored princess sitting next to Relics at this parade. I couldn't see it because I was blocked by a crowd of haters, but I wanted to see it for a while.

The day after the parade ended and returned to the castle, Relics began training to handle the Holy Sword. He is a very diligent man.

And I work hunting in the woods today as I do today.

I still aim for Big Rat.

We're saving up well, and at this pace, we'll reach our target in about a month.

But in fact, there are concerns.

"Dude, is this guy crazy?

I knew Gram thought so too.

I've been looking at other requests for a while, but it's a good way to earn money.

Originally, I should welcome you to let go, but I feel uncomfortable when I come here.

I thought it would take more time. Anyway, killing Big Rats is a very good request to earn money for my difficulty, but there are still many requests that I can earn more if I raise the risk a little.

Even so, the money is being saved too well.

We've already exterminated nearly 200 Big Rats in the last two weeks. It's obviously an abnormal number.

I still have concerns.

"Dude! It's coming from behind the bushes!

Following Gram's vigilance, I pulled my spear out of my back carrier sheath and held it with both hands.

A few moments later, if you scream loudly, you come out of the bush with a two-legged dog-like evil beast (monster).

A beast (monster) called the Dog Head Man (Covolt), which is even bigger than the Big Rat. The strength of the individual is not so strong, but it is stronger than the Big Rat. And it's more intelligent than just a wild dog to walk on two legs.

However, they both subsided to the extent that they were "slightly" preconceived.

There were four of them. The Dog Head Man (Covolt) is an evil beast (monster) who acts in groups with his clan. It is a type that compensates for the weakness of individuals in a herd.

Among them, two dogheads (Covolt) jumped at me with their teeth peeling out and their forelegs shaking their right hand claws, as humans say.

Hoy.

I don't panic, I swing my spear one step back. Neither the nails nor the fangs of the Inu-head (Kobolt) who was at the head reached me, and the spear's tip killed him. The dog-headed man (Covolt) who fell to the ground while bleeding, swirled his spear with a wave of momentum and cut the second one.

The remaining two attacked without letting the deaths of their companions die, but we also shake our spears without hesitation and cut them open.

Four dogheads (Covolt) fell to the ground bleeding. I stuck the last shark in them without hesitation, checked for more rookies, then shaken off the blood from the tip of the ear and put the spear in the sheath of my back.

Thanks to Gram's instruction (advice), I am aware that my spear is much better than before. If I had been in the village, I would not have been able to defeat him if I had been attacked by four Inu-heads (Kobolt). But now I can afford to take care of them.

It would be a pleasant occasion, but instead it came out of my mouth with a sigh.

"The Kobolt himself is not so unusual, but I'm concerned that this will continue to happen."

Over the past few days, the chances of a doghead (Covolt) attacking us while hunting Big Rats have increased.

This guy, too. My ribs are floating. "

Looking at the dog-headed man (Kobolt) 's stomach, he was slimming. The dog-head (Kobolt) I've ever seen was more full.

"I'm hungry. Someone who got away from the herd must have attacked me too hungry."

My backpack contains the meat of the Big Rat that I exterminated today. My mouth is tightly tied so that the smell doesn't leak, but I think the hungry dog-head (Kobolt) 's nose caught the slight leakage sensitive.

But it's still unnatural.

Anyway, almost all the dog-heads (Kobolts) that came here recently were thin enough to have ribs like the dog-heads (Kobolts) I just knocked down.

"I don't think it's going to be a food crisis if we just need Big Rats like this."

Bick Rats are among the weakest of the Unbeasts (Monsters), but they are a convenient food for other Unbeasts (Monsters) because of their fertility.

In other words, food (Big Rat) for the Inu-head (Covolt) should be overflowing in this forest ─ ─.

"That's right, because my partner's been hunting around lately, right?

"Ah!"

It's only natural if you think about it. Two hundred, anyway. I was hunting a bang because I thought it was a good profit, but in retrospect, I've given the Mercenary Union an incredible amount of Big Rats.

If you hunt like that, you'll suddenly run out of food.

"... I wonder if it's too late or too soon."

"Hmm? Did you say something?

"No, nothing. Instead, should we tell the union that there are more hungry dogheads?

That's true, too.