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

"Anyway, our mission is the same. Find and protect Rare Beast Reiki."

Captain Grappa agrees with Caron.

"Ah, I'll leave that to you. I'll be ready to launch the ship at any time. We'll leave the island as soon as we find him and get him on board. That's good."

"Yes, I will tell the Royal Palace to send reinforcements as soon as possible. However, even if we were lucky enough to arrange the boat immediately, it would take a few days to get here."

"Yeah, but it's better than hopeless. I don't know what's going to happen to the eruption."

The captain looked up at the top of the mountain whispering.

The biggest shake ever struck there. Everyone can hold their feet against the shakes.

It hasn't been long since we got to the island, but it seems to be getting bigger and bigger.

"This taurus must not feel different from before. All I had to do was smoke. Even before that. But this time, I think the mountain movement is so intense that it is not comparable."

The captain then turned his gaze toward Taketo and Karon and hurried in a strong tone.

"Hurry up. Bring me the beast as soon as you can. A long time ago, the whole island was covered in lava that had spilled out. I have a bad feeling about this. If the lava blows, there's no escape from the sea. If that happens, I'll leave you all alone."

Taketo and Karon nodded back.

We must finish our mission and evacuate ourselves as soon as possible.

When Karon filled a small piece of paper with a letter, he picked up a telegram bat lying in his chest pocket and put it in a small cylinder attached to his leg.

"Please."

Gently stroke the little back before releasing it into the sky. When the bat flew cheerfully, it turned around the sky several times and then flew across the sea.

Rare Demon Beast Reiki moves around the island and changes habitat every dozen years. However, all the movements were reported to the Kingdom one by one. Relying on the map of the place, the four of Taketo, Caron, Brigitta and Chante walk through the hem of Mount Taurus. Incidentally, Karon has already been beautified in case of unforeseen events.

The mountains were spreading smoke more and more, and the earthquake was not long enough.

Mount Taurus accounts for the majority of the island. People live only around the harbor, but the trails made by the island's beasts and islanders are running around, looking at the map and wandering into different places.

Coming to the bifurcation, Brigitta pauses and opens the map.

"There must be a way up the mountain from here."

The map was left to Brigitta, and the tacket looked at the sea with the water in the bottle slightly in its mouth. Taketos set out from the port town, the only inhabited area on the island, and walked about a quarter of the way around the mountain's hem.

The cliffs around this island are cut off, so only that part of the harbour town can be boarded. When I reached the edge of the cliff, I could see the ocean.

No sign of reinforcements yet.

"Hurry, ship. I hope you're here."

Chante, who looked at the sea like a tacket next door, murmured. I knew it was the same thing.

I guess so. I don't mind if you come on a boat that just happened to pass by. "

And then Chante pulled the sleeve of the tucket shirt, pointing to the bottom of the cliff.

"Hey, Tacket. Oh, something."

Huh?

Point your gaze at Chante. Beyond the cliff a little further away, I saw a glittering brown thing. Sole continues to stay in place while being stirred up by the waves that strike.

"What is that? A boat?"

A boat-like canoe docked in the shadow of the cliff to hide. Why is there a ship in this place? Everywhere around here is like a cliff cut off, so it is not suitable for landing.

For a moment, I thought that it had been flushed by the waves and reached there, but considering that it was always in a certain place despite the waves, I think it is fixed to that place with something like a rope or squid.

"Wait here!

When Taketo refused Chante, he ran away carefully to avoid slipping his feet along the cliff.

"Ah, where are you going!

Karon's voice came from behind.

"Sorry, just for a moment! I'll be right back!

Yes, I refused and went straight to the top of the cliff where the canoe was moored.

I kind of had a bad feeling about it. I wasn't sure, but I felt like I shouldn't miss it.

"I guess... there must be... ah, there was. I knew it."

I found what I expected. I can see the scum on the cliff and the rope hanging. The rope had reached that canoe.

A canoe parked away from the harbor. Traces of a deliberate landing from a difficult place to land.

Looks like the rope is still brand new. So it's only recently that someone landed from here. The fact that the boat is there means that someone is still on this island.

"What's wrong?

To Caron, who worried and followed him, the tacket pointed silently at the rope hanging below his feet and at the canoe that looked ahead. That alone seems to have made Karon aware of the situation.

"This is...."

"Those who remain on the island in this emergency. What do you think it's all about?

When asked about the tacket, Karon puts his hand on his chin and thinks hum.

"Fire scene, thief, right? Literally."

"What the hell are you going to steal on this island?

"... what if it's worth the risk? I don't suppose you think you can carry Reiki on that canoe... after someone disappeared, you targeted a magic stone while it was being mined. In any case, that ship won't be able to carry much..."

Karon looked back as if he had noticed something. Looking up at Mount Taurus.

"Maybe the intruders are heading for the crater."

"Crater?"

In an unexpected response, Taketto leans his neck, but Karon nods loudly.

"Yes, there is a salamander in the magma cluster at the crater of the volcano. Normally it sinks in a cluster of magma, so no one can do it. Should this eruption cause lava to erupt as usual, the salamanders inside may also flow out."

"That's what you're after...?

"Yes. Salamanders can't be caught unless they do. So I hear it's very expensive to trade in the back market. This is a rare opportunity for those who aim for it."

"... isn't that the scope of our work?

"That's how it will be. However, our top priority this time is Reiki. Let's consider your protection first."

"That's right..."

I had a feeling it was going to be troublesome.

The mountain was still creeping.