The Hard Work Will Never Betray Me
CH 63
“Let me kill you!”
I chased the wyvern at a speed of over a hundred kilometers per hour, taking out lines like Felix the Wind Killer. I've just learned how to use flying wings, so wyverns have the advantage in speed, but my wings are much better in terms of speed.
“Gluaa–..
the -Spa!
As soon as they crossed, I swung my magic sword Raikiri, and every time I swung it, the head of one of the wyverns separated from its body.
The two wyverns who seemed to be his bodyguards were stuck between him from both sides, but I remained in the air and cut off their heads consecutively with one round.
"Good."
I caught the corpse in mid-air and moved it to my inventory before it fell to the ground and was destroyed, including the previous one. I've been hunting wyverns for quite some time now, and I already have eight dead wyverns in my inventory.
“I think it's time to rest.”
I looked around, but I couldn't see Wyvern anymore. I attacked a group of eight that I was lucky enough to find, but there seemed to be no other wyverns in the area.
I lowered my altitude and flew back towards Lilly and Mei on the ground.
"I'm back. It was a great hunt."
“I can see it. It's so crazy.”
The fact that it is called a wyvern instead of a flying bird is common in this world, but it seems that a similar phrase also exists in this world. I am the embodiment of another world's proverb.
The expected number of living things was around ten, so I would hunt around 3 more living things.
Other than the one I killed, Lily and Mei each killed one wyvern and three others who worked together. So we've killed 13 wyverns in total.
….. But the girls also made spectacular debuts: they both defeated a total of five A rank monsters, which was comparable to my record as an S rank adventurer. They're scary rookies.
“Sadly once there were 13 wyverns in a remote area without adventurous guilds or military garrisons.”
“Really a disaster.”
A little further south, there were adventurer guilds and military garrisons to protect against the invasion of monsters coming from the Demon Forest.
“They're not here anymore, right?”
"Yes. I've searched as far as I can, but there is no sign of their existence.”
Lily asked, but I did not see any C rank monsters or higher within a 10 kilometer radius, the limit of my sonar radius. In fact, it seemed like there were only D rank monsters left and below. It seemed that the wyverns had gotten rid of all the powerful wyverns to some extent.
“May take some time for the ecosystem to return to normal.”
I don't know why thirteen wyverns appeared outside their natural habitat, but it seems to have a significant impact beyond just the village.
✳︎
“Oh, have you beaten them?"
When we returned to the village chief's house to report the completion of the mission, the village chief was stunned with wide eyes. I'm sure he trusted me, but when I took out 13 wyverns from my inventory and compiled them as evidence, the village chief and the other villagers froze, their mouths agape as if their jaws were about to come off.
“..... Well, here's proof of your achievement."
After a while, the village chief returned from his stiffness and handed me a form he received from the guild with his signature and a stamp indicating that he was the village representative.
His request is now complete. The reward will be given in the guild after we return to Heitburg.
Incidentally, since this request was set as a request for a certain disaster, the reward would not be paid by the village, but by the state and the ruler. This is part of the so-called disaster compensation, and the villagers have no burden.
If there was no such system, if a poor village was attacked by monsters, the village would definitely be wiped out without being able to make a request. As a state or ruler, borders are one of the most important areas for development. If they don't get support at some level, their territory won't be able to expand for long, and the government will be desperate.
“It's like a match pump.”
A ruler of a territory who proposes a mission and gives a gift, but the recipient of the mission and the gift is the son of the ruler of the territory itself. When viewed from the side, it was simply money circulating within the Fahrenheit family through the adventurer guild.
“Yes, 50% of the reward comes from the government, so this is a plus.”
The same thing happens in remote areas where money is scarce and they cannot afford to pay enough. Well, to ease the burden, the government also provides assistance of 50%.
“This is how the Farenheit border family is getting richer."
“With you, Hal, Heitburg economy is safe.”
“But this is not healthy unless the economy can run without me."
Yes, Heitburg was the largest regional center city in the north of the Imperial Kingdom. The management of the city by my father went well, and I think this story will not turn into a situation “ domestic political fraud of nobles who fall” in the future. So I can work as an adventurer without worry.
“Yeah, it's getting dark, so let's have dinner.”
“If that's the case, let us serve you. Not much, but this is a pot of soup with fresh vegetables from the village.”
"Oh!"
The contents of the pot brought by the chief's family is local village cuisine, containing meat that looks like birds with lots of vegetables.
“This is the taste of our local cuisine that is no stranger to us since we worked on this land. It is often eaten at festivals or when there is something to celebrate. Please enjoy.....”.
The woman who seemed to be the daughter of the village chief presented me a full pot in a wooden bowl with a relaxed design.
"Thank you."
As I took the bowl and sipped it, a natural broth of vegetables and poultry, flavored with simple herbs like salt and spices, filled my mouth and made me feel happy.
"Very delicious."
It is good to enjoy delicious food at home, but it is also good to enjoy simple but rich food like this. It might be a party for the village chief, but to me, it's like the miso soup I ate at grandma's house when I returned to the countryside. Simple yet warm.
“Indeed right, it feels very deep.”
My family is a cook, so snacks like this can also be done.
As a noble, Lily had eaten some of the best food in the world, but the soup in this pot made her say, “It feels so deep. And the taste of the sauce was enough to make May's tongue seasoned with thick sauce roars.
"I never thought I could find high quality food in a remote place like this.”
"Trs. Mayors. It's delicious."
"Thank you very much."
I'll ask him to tell me the recipe later. We enjoyed the night in a friendly atmosphere.
