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

Meanwhile, Taketo and Karon were climbing Mt. Taurus. Tonyoshi remains on his shoulder, but he feels terrified by volcanoes and earthquakes.

"Hey, Karon, have you ever seen a salamander?

As he breathes, Taketo asks Karon to move forward.

They are here near the sixth inning of the mountain. Meanwhile, the lava stream descends past the Eighth Complex. The distance was already pretty close.

Karon answered after leaving for a while without answering immediately.

"... yes. I've seen it before. A long time ago."

"A long time ago?

"I was a kid."

When this happens, the trees are sparse, and all the dark little stones are at their feet. If you pick one and look at it, you can see that there are a lot of small bubbles, not ordinary stones.

This is the same guy that fell into Mt. Fuji at the elementary school forest school. Lava rocks that cool and solidify. I'm sure the lava solidified during the last major eruption.

"So, you haven't seen this job?

"That's right. Salamander itself is a valuable species because of its ecology of living in lava."

The lava stream naturally flows toward a low point, so the taxis finally climb the ridge to avoid bumping into each other from the front.

"Living in lava means you have to protect every lava, right?

"... I think we need to do something close to that. Healthy salamanders have very high body temperature. It is said that cooling your body leads to death, and it is a very difficult beast to rear and manage."

I see. They only live in lava, and it's hard to survive in other environments. So how do we protect such creatures?

While I was talking about it, I reached the tip of the lava stream a few tens of meters away. Lava approaches like an animal in search of a little lower ground. It's kind of like a slime fungus.

Cold, red-black surfaces are pushed through, and red, glowing lava is overflowing.

They must be blowing out with the lava. It smelled like rotten eggs because of volcanic gases. The smell that sticks to my nose makes my face squeeze with my arms and nose.

"Wow, that smells amazing. Is Karon okay?

"I've already paralyzed my nose, so I'll be fine."

What a caron with a nice face. Wesen have a better sense of smell than normal humans, so they may actually be harder than a tacket.

"Tonyoshi, are you okay?

I couldn't see it because I was sitting on my shoulder, but I heard a moaning voice saying, "Ai..." Apparently, I don't like the smell and I'm pressing my nose. I'll stroke your back.

"We'll get out of here as soon as we're done. Hold on till then."

I wanted to send Chante and the others to the harbor if I could, but Tongi was with the Spirit Gun, so that's not the case. I had to be accompanied by Taketo as long as he had a gun.

Anyway, we need to find the salamander and get to the harbor quickly.

"I don't know what to do if I find a salamander. Caron carries it warm with his creepy body?

"I'm going to burn it."

"Well, how do I carry it? If you can carry it anyway, it'll burn the whole boat."

Fire is strictly forbidden on wooden ships. Moreover, if the body temperature is cold, it will be directly linked to death, and care will be taken to prevent it from reaching the sea water.

"I was thinking about that, too. You saw a poacher's canoe before you came up here."

"What? Oh, speaking of which. The one Chante found?

"Was anybody on that?

"Nobody."

"Are you wearing anything like a cage?

"No...."

As I remember, there was nothing like a cage just because there was a blanket on the canoe.

"Isn't that right? I also checked that. The ship's owners are the ones who came all the way to the island at this time. If you were a real salamander poacher, you'd be getting ready for it. Even if we risk catching him, if he dies before selling him, his value will go down considerably."

I see! They might have a cage where they can catch salamanders!

Karon nodded.

Yeah, so...

Finally the bait lifts its mouth and laughs.

"I suppose we should rob it."

"You look as bad as you can, Taketo. I don't like robbing people like that."

"So what do we do?

"I'll just borrow it for a second. Or is it a compulsory levy under the royal law?"

"... that's exactly what I'm talking about."

"Things need to be built in front of them."

I was told what to say, but what I'm saying is nothing different from robbery. While they were hitting each other lightly, they kept their eyes on the area. The desolate mountain skins, with only low trees, looked well into the distance.

If we hadn't met by the time we got here, we'd be ahead.

"Ah, there it is!!! Over there!"

The tacket points to a point about a hundred meters away at an altitude slightly above here.

Beyond the thickest lava stream flowing there, it was faint that some small black dots were moving.

Karon will check you out with the binoculars he took out immediately.

"No doubt. Three... no, there are four of them. Looks like one of them has something big on his back."

It's crazy to be in this Taurus mountain in the middle of a major eruption without evacuating.

Nevertheless, if you are willing to climb the mountain and be by the lava stream, you will surely see it as a salamander's eye.

The large ones carried must be cages for salamanders.

"Come on, let's hunt them."

"So, Taketo. How to say it"

While saying that, Karon headed towards the quartet as if he were a poacher. Taketo put his finger on the trigger of the Spirit Gun and pointed the gun down, then followed him from behind Karon.