I Became a Regulatory Official for the Poaching of Monsters, but the Rescued Monsters are trying to Eat Me

After two full days on the boat, in the morning of the third day.

At last we can see the island of interest.

"Wow. It's a bigger island than I thought."

The tacket screams from the bow deck.

Taurus Island is a roughly circular island.

A mountain about 2,000 meters high rises in the middle of it. This was Mt. Taurus, who started the eruption this time.

Mount Taurus is an active volcano that repeatedly erupts violently every few decades, with all islanders repeatedly evacuating.

I don't know if you need to live in such a dangerous place, but it seems to be an island of great industrial importance as a relay point to the distant ocean and as an island where magic stones used when using spirits are mined.

Mount Taurus, which continues to flourish, is now blowing a lot of spikes and black smoke from the crater at the top.

One after the other, the smoke seemed like a big creature.

"This eruption is unprecedented."

Captain Grappa, who was nearby, strengthens his expression as he looks at the mountain.

"I hope the residents are evacuated in time....."

"The ships that the residents need to evacuate have arrived already, right?

The captain tends to nod hesitantly to the question of the tacket.

"Well, it's supposed to be...."

The ship circled around the island halfway and arrived at the only port on the island.

There are two Galleon ships docked in the port. There were already a lot of people at the pier and it seemed like they were starting to get on board.

Well, if we do this, we'll be able to finish evacuating the whole island without any problems. I thought it was a tacket, but the captain wasn't.

I thought you heard me breathe.

"What... hey! Why are there only two of them?

I screamed with a persecuted voice.

The navy soldiers who were working on the port of arrival on the deck also stopped their voices, but they all looked at each other bewildered because they did not have clear answers.

I'm sure the Captain knows that he won't be able to obtain accurate information at this stage.

He murmured his impatient words like a bump and self-talk.

"What's going on? Isn't that enough for all the Islanders?

Subsequently, as soon as the ship arrived at the port, the captain, Taketo and Caron immediately disembarked and heard from the Navy officials who had arrived earlier on the island and representatives of the Islanders.

According to their story, as Grappa said, there was still a lack of ships.

There are currently just a few thousand people on the island.

On the other hand, the Galeon vessel here can accommodate as many as 300 people on any ship. Loading further increases the likelihood of overturning.

Then, the calculation is that more than a hundred people can't ride.

Initially, there were three Galleon ships sailing from naval bases in and around the Philippines to evacuate the islanders.

Together with the Taketos' ships, which had been dispatched a little late to protect Rare Beast Reiki, there were four ships scheduled to arrive on the island.

The Royal Navy and the large civilian ships were now empty, and that was the largest number of ships that could get to the island immediately, but there should still be plenty of room for all the Islanders.

However, when the weather deteriorates in the first three ships, the convoy leaves. Only two ships were able to make it to the island, and the other one was missing. Even if it fails, it may be an emergency call to another port, but I don't know anything at the moment.

"Holy shit... this eruption looks pretty bad."

"Will you drop the inhabitants on the nearby island and come back to this island again?

"That would take two full days. Until then, I hope the eruption will wait."

Discussions continued between the captains and the Islander representatives, but while they were worried, the Navy soldiers instructed the Islanders to continue boarding the ship.

I couldn't afford to wait until I came to a conclusion.

Mount Taurus, which landed on the island and looked up, is incredibly large. Large quantities of smoke are still being generated and spreading towards the sky. Some of the ash came down paralytically, falling constantly throughout the island, turning people's heads and shoulders into gray.

Moreover, the earth was shaking frequently. Spooky ringing. It makes you feel like you're riding on such a huge creature.

"Hey, this is the squid towing the ship we came aboard. If we get the Islanders in there, we can evacuate them all, right?

I gently asked Karon next door, but Karon shook his head sideways.

"This time, the rare beast Reiki we need to protect has a very large and heavy body. Even that squid will do its best to ride it. It's not enough to get all the islanders on board, even if we get the Galeon ship to the extreme."

It is true that our mission is to protect the beast. However, I feel that abandoning the islanders for this reason is something different.

As a matter of fact, it was a sudden assignment, so I couldn't study in the Magic Beast Atlas. That's why Taketo doesn't know exactly what a rare beast Reiki is. All I know is that it is a very large turtle-shaped beast taught by Karon in the ship that has a life span of hundreds or thousands of years, and that it is an extremely rare beast with only a few confirmed to exist globally.

"So, what do we do?

Karon answers Taketo's question even more subtly.

"The value of rare beasts is of paramount importance to the Kingdom. You know the island's main industry is in magic stone mining."

"Yeah, Caron told me that when I was on the boat."

"Rare Magic Beast Reiki is producing that Magic Stone. There are several other ways to generate Magic Stones, but Reiki's Magic Stones are extremely high quality and a valuable resource for the Kingdom. I mean,"

I wonder if you could even speak quietly from here. Karon slapped his ear in the bait's ear.

"The protection of Reiki takes precedence over the lives of islanders. No matter how many Islanders were killed. This is the judgment of the... king of the royal palace. But don't let the Islanders know. If they find out... there will be a riot. We're not gonna make it."

Taketo loses his words.

Seeing the captain and the islanders' representatives on the spot, they all looked down in darkness. It reminds me that it is an extra decision among them here.

They are in a position to sort out their lives.

The Islanders were now very much on board in an orderly fashion as instructed by the Navy soldiers, but what would they do if they knew that not everyone could board?

I was just hoping that wouldn't happen.