Legend

Why don't you hire yourself?

The gaze the villagers turned to Ray, who said so, was half-hearted...... no, a gaze such as Erxin Eight Doubts.

For these villagers, no matter how many Rays have an Alliance Card as a Rank B Adventurer, they have no idea exactly how awesome it is.

If it was also a guild outpost and there were guild staff, it would be perfect as a force of war just to say rank b adventurers with aliases...... no, you would have decided it was a ning-roe excessive force, but unfortunately there is no guild outpost in this village.

That's why people like Ray couldn't make an immediate decision when they asked if they would hire themselves.

Having seen such villagers, Ray thinks about how to make them believe in their abilities… Eventually, he comes up with the easiest means.

"For starters, right. Let me introduce you to my partner."

"... buddy?

That's what I gave back to Ray's words, the first man to talk to Ray.

Nodding to the man, Ray takes a big breath when he sees who he's come to... scream.

"Setoooooooooooo!"

A man suddenly screamed nearby, reflexively holding his ear by his hand.

The villagers who were away, it was the same.

And it's been about ten seconds since Ray screamed, and the man took off his hand that was holding his ear and tried to yell at Ray...

"Grrrrrrrrrrrr!"

Moments, I hear such a squeal coming from the sky, and I stop moving.

The ringing was working like a force that had to turn wonder and attention.

That was not only those who tried to yell at Ray, as were the other villagers.

Everyone turns their gaze to those who speak...... Eventually, even the villagers' eyesight flies through the sky and realizes something approaching.

And if you realize it, what it is... it's not hard to understand.

But now that I understand that, I can't move.

Even adventurers can encounter Rank A monsters once in their lives.

Naturally, it is unlikely that anyone living in such a village will encounter a high-ranking monster Griffon.

... Not to mention that it would be completely out of my imagination that Seto is actually a monster of rank S worth, using a variety of skills.

It was Seto with a clear gaze from the villagers, but eventually he descends toward the ground with his wings winged.

That's how I landed on the ground... the villagers who returned to me due to the shock and the winged air tried to scream at Seto as he stuck out his face with a sharp couch for Ray...

"Grrrrrrrr"

"All right, well, you've come a lot"

When I wonder if Seto has brought Kuchibashi closer to Ray, he sounds his throat happily, and Ray also sees the sight of him stroking Seto's face, which is happily approaching him again, like incomprehensible.

In fact, those watching it had stopped moving completely to events that were too unexpected.

To such villagers, Ray, who was stroking Seto, turns his gaze and then takes the Death Size and Dusk Spear out of Mystering.

Two-Spear Flow...... Two-Spear Flow is becoming synonymous with the presence and death size of Seto these days.

(Well, saying it's a two-spear stream here doesn't make any sense because they don't know me... but still, Death Size and Twilight Spears are so powerful in appearance)

The spear of the Great Sickle and the Deep Red, even if that is the one who has never been involved in any kind of strife, is powerful enough to attract attention by the overwhelming.

It should be easier to tell that Ray is not what he looks like than he is armed with such a weapon.

In fact, the villagers had laid Seto aside and pointed a startling gaze at Ray, who had a big sickle and a spear in his hands.

In response to such villagers, Ray turns his confident gaze...... eventually, he opens his mouth.

"Now you know I'm an armed adventurer, don't you?

"Ah, oh. Was that Ray? Whatever you are... as of when Griffon is with you, there is no other way to consider it impeccable as a force of war"

I performed until I put out the Death Size and the Dusk Spear, but the man reacted to it only against Griffon.

Ray was slightly dissatisfied with the man's attitude, but if he lives in a place like this, he decides he doesn't have to know about his information.

In the first place, Ray came to this village only because he wanted the kind of nets used for fishing and the small - but only tuna-like - fish as much as he could.

So I just got the information that I'm being attacked by pirates by chance, so for now, if you just admit the power of Seto, I'll decide it's enough to exorcise the pirates.

"Anyway, that's why I have a partner named Seto. There's nothing to complain about when we take down the pirates, is there?

"No, that's... well, is it...?

A man leaned his neck and eventually decided there was no problem. I get a little lost and turn my gaze to the villagers... among other things, one old woman.

Are you poking your wand, in your sixties... or in your seventies?

Still, there was a solid light of intelligence in his eyes, looking at Ray with that gaze.

"Lord, are you sure you want to help this village?

"Hmm... right. I came here to buy fishing gear and fish. If the village is being attacked by pirates, you can't shop safely, can you? And..."

So to Ray, who cut the word once, the old woman turns a strong gaze to discern the veracity of the word, urging her to go ahead.

"And? What?

"You may not know because there doesn't seem to be anything like an Adventurer Guild or its outpost here, but if an Adventurer defeats a Bandit, all the property that the Bandit had will belong to the Adventurer who defeated him. Of course, if someone says they took it, they can take it back as a priority."

"I mean, your lord says pirate treasure is what you're looking for?

"There's that too, that's all. Precisely, besides the treasures pirates have, they want pirate ships, and pirates themselves would be the money they deserve if they sold them as slaves.... Well, you have to go to a city or city of some size to sell as a slave"

Ray decides that it will not be possible to sell him as a slave in this village for now.

There can't be any slave traders in this small village.

(When that happens, if we capture the pirates alive... do you mean we need to go somewhere as far as a city with slave traders? When it comes to carrying them, you naturally need to carry them by boat... to be honest, it's quite a hassle. No, Ning Lo, is it quicker for me to go directly to the city and bring you in with a seto cage or something?

I was absolutely certain things would go smoother that way than taking the pirates.

If you are a slave trader, you definitely have the collar of a slave, and if you wear the collar of a slave, the pirates will not be able to imitate it strangely.

"I see.... so that's what you say the Lord is not the one who does harm to this village?

"Oh. Ning Ro, I will exorcise pirates for free, and if they are going to sell me, I will buy fishing gear, and some seafood. Against this village, I think we can say that it brings many benefits…"

"Let's Believe"

"Village Chief!?

The moment the mayor of the village said he believed what Ray said, both the first man to talk to Ray... and the villagers around him all sound stunned.

This is a small village inhabited by fewer than fifty people, but that is why the power of the village mayor to divide the village is directly reflected.

To put it badly, a one-man system...... something like that.

In such a village, the village chief has been playing that role for nearly a few decades now.

Even in such a small village, if it can be a unit of decades, it suffers from a variety of problems.

That's the same commotion that pirates have been demanding food, etc. as this one has been through several times.

It was at the behest of the village chief that this village managed to overcome such disturbances.

Therefore, the old woman, who is the village chief in this village, was respected and admired by all of the villages.

But even such a village chief would have been totally unexpected to say something like this all of a sudden.

"Can't you believe what Non said? This man is never a malicious man."

"Even if they say so..."

Ray, said to be the unmalicious, receives the gaze of the villagers and strokes Seto to mislead the lightness.

Neither does Ray naturally think that he is a malicious man.

Still, if it was expressed that way directly, it would have been more impossible not to light it up.

"And for now. I'll take care of the pirates, okay?

The villagers must have felt something, too, on Ray, who showed a little impatience. The tension that was drifting around them disappeared and some soothing air filled the surrounding area.

"Uhm. I'll leave it to the Lord.... you should get information about pirates from Pastra there"

Pastra and the village chief pointed his gaze at the young man who had spoken to Ray - still old enough from Ray's point of view - but he was a man.

"If that's what the village chief decided, I have no problem with it. So, what do you want to hear?

"Right. Frankly, I want to know where the pirate Azito is"

"That's... right there."

That said, Pastra pointed to an island that looks slight, ahead of the sea that you can still see from where you are now...

"An island?

"Oh. Until a while ago, it was a deserted island, and a little while ago, the pirates came and made it their own."

"So have you demanded food from this nearest village, or what? Thinking about it, isn't that even the worst that exists?

"Huh? What are you talking about? That you're not the worst person in this situation?

Whether Ray's words were unhappy, Pastra stares at Ray as he expresses his dissatisfaction with his burnt face and body on the day.

But Ray, who has dived through so many battles so far, can't have that kind of stare.

"'Cause you do, don't you? If those pirates were the worst they could think about later, was that food or something? You didn't just make that demand, you attacked this village and took food and stuff from it, did you?

"It's..."

It was a pastra trying to say something back to Ray's words, but if you say so, you can't say anything back.

In fact, if it had been imitated like that, it is likely that this village would have already vanished.

"So you can't ask me to forgive the pirates."

"That's natural. I'm not asking you to forgive the pirates. I'm just saying I was lucky not to be a pirate like that.... So how many ships do pirates have? Tell me how big it is."

"I don't care how big it is. There is only one fairly large ship. However, if you had a ship the size of a ship, you would have had some. Otherwise, we can't even get to this village."

"One ship. Then maybe we can think of a smaller number than we thought."

Most importantly, just moving a ship requires the right number of people.

The number of pirates is about ten...... I don't think so.

(Plus, there's only one ship that came to this village, which could actually have other ships.)

The small size of this village is obvious from an offshore point of view.

More than that, I don't even think I'd bother to imitate bringing in a large number of pirates.

With that in mind, Ray thinks about what he should do now.

If possible, I want to do something about this matter on my own.

However, the number of enemies… Most importantly, Ray alone may not be able to manage the captured pirates.

(Oh, is there a way to get help from the people in this village after we capture them?)

The inhabitants of this village will not imitate so easily just the pirates who tried to harm themselves.

(Yeah, Elaine and the others enjoy playing with the ocean too, so shouldn't we imitate it in the way)

Ray turns his gaze toward the village chief and opens his mouth.

"If I capture pirates, can you ask me to manage them for a little while?

"Hmm... management, huh? Do you have any idea exactly what the date will be? Non would also like to help if the people who do harm to this village are opponents. But I need to do my job."

"... ok. Then I'll pay you some money."

"If you can do that, you can do a serious job here."

Thus, Ray was to expel the pirates until he came on vacation.