Legend

The day after we had the party in the garden of Marina's house, Ray's appearance was in front of the guild.

Despite the winter, a lot of people adore Seto in front of the guild.

I guess this is a big deal because Ray and Seto weren't in the guild for a while.

There are a lot of people who have always loved Seto who want to stay with Seto for the first time in a long time.

... In fact, it's been less than a month since Seto was in the Guild.

Either way, Ray, who sees Seto adored by everyone, decides that he won't even miss this and goes into the guild.

The first thing Ray felt when he got inside the guild was the amount of people.

It was even a little uncomfortable to see that there are quite a few people in the guild during the winter season if you try to make it a ray that has gone over the winter in the guild several times before.

Even in the guild, if there were a lot of people in the tavern, Ray wouldn't have cared that much either.

But there are more adventurers in the Alliance today who are on the requisition boards and receptionists, not in the taverns.

(I guess this is also the effect of Kobolt)

The ongoing Kobolt raid means we can redeem that material, demon stones, and crusade proof sites.

Aim for it, I guess these adventurers are here.

Most of the adventurers here are those who are in need of money, or who would like to make some room for money over the winter, and are quite a few of the adventurers in the Guild.

Despite this, there are so many adventurers in the guild, probably because many of them came for work on the additions and did not leave the guild even in the winter.

Ray turns to the counter listening to his original companions, or those who are throwing an extraordinary party to crusade Kobolt.

Naturally, there was also a good number of adventurers lined up before the counter.

Time shifted from the most crowded morning once, and it was about 9am before I came to the guild, but still it was unexpected by Ray that there were so many of them.

(No, as far as this goes, it should have been more crowded in the morning. Thinking about it, I knew I was right at this hour...... and I want to think)

It was Ray in line thinking that way, but rarely... or perhaps naturally, there was no one else to get involved with Ray right now.

If it had been before, an adventurer who didn't know about Ray would have gotten tangled up in Ray, but this is a guild to call Ray's home.

There are rapidly increasing numbers of adventurers for the construction of additional buildings, but such people also listen to the other adventurers about Ray and recognize him as someone they should never be involved with.

Above all, Ray was moving pretty flashy even in the additions, so fewer people don't know Ray's face.

If he was wearing a dragon robe hood, maybe some of them were involved without being able to recognize Ray as Ray, but now that Ray is taking off his hood, anyone can check his face.

As a result, Ray stands in front of Lenora, the receptionist in charge, without causing any particular disturbance.

"What can I do for you, Kobolt's …"

I've dealt with scattered cobolt relationships before, so I thought I would again this time, Lenora, but the moment I understand who stands in front of me, I get a stunned look.

Still, the only thing I didn't scream about would be that I was so professional. Most……

"Ah! Mr. Ray!? When did you get back!?

Kenny, the cat beast man next to Lenora, who has a boy-loving body, exclaims in such a delightful way as the moment he sees Ray on his back with such Lenora.

For Kenny, a person named Ray is a special opponent.

Lenora knew that too, so it didn't look like she would say anything in particular to see how Kenny was doing... but instead, other guild officials working inside the counter had a sharp gaze at Kenny.

In the case of Cobolt, the Alliance has been very busy here for a while.

So Kenny's attitude was uninteresting to the rest of us in such a busy time.

Though I work so hard......

"Yesterday. So, as I've promised for a long time, I was going to ask you to dismantle Giganto Turtle... and when I got back, I heard that Kobolt was raiding like every day. So I came to the guild to see what I could do."

Also, to ask if there are any superior species or rare species in the case of Kobolt, but this one is close to the source, so I don't particularly talk about it.

"Oh, is that the case? As for you, I have been instructed by the Alliance Master. The reward will be cheaper than the crusade of Kobolt, won't it? However, there is no problem with the transfer of some Giganto Turtle meat, which Ray suggested before."

Ray doesn't even know if that's reasonable.

However, it could be expected that it would be set cheaper than it should be.

In fact, if we don't, it won't be strange if we don't, because everyone looking for gold is headed to dismantle Giganto Turtle.

(Just don't even get a problem then. I was going to finish dismantling Giganto Turtle once it was spring, but when Kobolt takes the manpower... it's likely not going to end this winter)

Originally, given the size of Giganto Turtle, it was unclear whether that would be the end of this winter, even if the adventurers in the Guild did the demolition work in total.

Huge as its name suggests... No, it hurts that only too huge a monster can calculate upfront things like how long it takes to dismantle it.

Still, if we actually start dismantling, we'll be able to predict in general terms because of how much pace we dismantled it... that's only a story since we actually started dismantling it.

"Lenora, for once, I'd like to ask, if you have low rewards and few adventurers to get together, do people even get seconded by the guild?

"Yes, that's for sure. Many in the guild are former adventurers, and some are used to dismantling monsters. When the Kobolt thing happened, some people left it to the Alliance to dismantle, but it's almost gone now."

"Well, a lot of people said that if you look at the price of Kobolt and the cost of dismantling it, you wouldn't manage to get a deficit. If the condition of the cobolt was terrible, there were many people who had an extra cost of dismantling it and were in deficit. Then many people have given up on Kobolt material and brought only crusade proof sites and demon stones."

Kenny interrupts Lenora's conversation, but Ray hears it worries him in a different way.

"Is that good with Kobolt's body? It could be undead, and it's winter now, okay, but it could rot a corpse in the spring, you know?

"Oh, that's okay. Because I leave it to the people of Slam Street. To be honest, the people in Slam Street must be the ones who got the most out of this Cobolt thing. I don't have much trouble with food."

If it is also a winter slum city, many people would otherwise starve to death or freeze to death.

... Still, there are not fewer people in Slam Street, gradually, but more, because there are more people who live in Slam Street than those who die... anyway.

Cobolt's body, scattered over what has become a battlefield, is collected by the faces of Slam Street and transported to Slam Street with special permission from Dusker.

So we dismantle ourselves, and meat is effectively used in our food, and materials - especially fur - are used in our clothing.

In fact, fur was not something that could have been used very much as it was, but those who lived in Slam Street had a variety of skills, and some of them were able to do things like get rid of fur, so such people made a lot of money.

While skinning can take some time, some people reduce the task of skinning magic items by where they were obtained or brought in by themselves.

Some of them have left it a hassle to take crusade proof sites and demon stones for low-ranking monsters about Kobolt, so such people could also use handouts to replace them with gold.

All in all, those living in Slam Street were able to benefit a lot from the raids in Kobolt.

Some of them even went out of Slam Street because they earned the corresponding money by luck and standing around.

Having heard those explanations from Lenora, Ray is amazed at the success of the residents of Slam Street.

"The Kobolt raid is only a hassle for those who normally live there, but it's a time to make money for the residents of Slam Street."

"Right. There seemed to be an opinion on whether it was okay to give Kobolt to the inhabitants of Slam Street, even in the upper levels of the Guild, because otherwise, the place where the building was being built would be a pile of bodies."

"I guess..."

From what I saw from above yesterday when Ray returned to Gilm, it seemed like there were about a hundred Cobolts.

It was obvious that the handling of that body would be very cumbersome if we thought that such a number of cobolts would be raided more than once a day… not just once a day either.

"Well, I figured it out for now. So, what do I do? Should I come here tomorrow morning, though?

"Right. It's just... not at this hour, sooner, maybe six."

Er... and. Ray was about to raise a subtle and unpleasant voice, but Lenora's request was natural if you think about it.

Naturally it wouldn't be a job without it than Giganto Turtle, who demolishes it, is stored in Ray's mysteries.

When that happens, Ray really needs to fit in with the other adventurers in order to start dismantling them.

As an Alliance, I naturally want to dismantle it as soon as possible, beyond the fact that the reward is taken up as an Alliance or Guild.

That's why I couldn't possibly imitate leaving Giganto Turtle outside the guild in the middle of the night.

If you imitate that, it's not just the cobolts that are attacking Gilm, it's also going to attract other monsters.

There are certain monsters that come attracted to the smell of their blood, especially beyond dismantling outside the guilds, and hiring personnel to defeat such monsters, especially now in winter, also costs the right amount of money.

Not to mention, it's winter here on the border, so the monsters who show up attracted by the smell of blood naturally mixed with high-ranking monsters, and when it came to defeating such opponents, it was clear that the adventurers of the escort would also need the right strength.

"Uh... yeah. Okay. So you just have to come to the guild at six in the morning, huh?

"Yes. Um... maybe it's pretty crowded..."

"Ray, did you ever come to the guild that much time? If it's your first time, you'd be surprised, wouldn't you?

Tell Lenora to add to her words and laugh inclusively.

"I'd rather not... stretch Giganto Turtle's demolition forever if I could."

If it was meant to be, if Ray hadn't imitated the way he was going to Anesis, there would certainly have been a dismantling of Giganto Turtle at all.

As a Ray, I couldn't dismiss the Alliance's request, which took a lot of work.

... If I really didn't like Ray, he would have imitated me for extending my time to start dismantling even on the Alliance side.

After that, after a detailed meeting with Lenora, Ray tried to get out of the guild so he wouldn't get in the way of the other adventurers...

"Hey, Mr. Ray! Want to join us for lunch today? Ouch!"

Kenny tries to invite Ray to lunch, but is soon suppressed by Lenora.

Lenora opens her mouth as she shrugged, holding a round of paperwork that shook down on Kenny's head.

"You know, you've been busy the last few days, right? That's why it's not a good time to take a break at noon.... Kenny's only gonna get out of it one of them?

Kenny, pointing his fixed gaze at Lenora, can't say anything about the force, even if he tries to say something back.

Satisfied with how Kenny was doing like that, Lenora turns away from the gaze she was pointing at Kenny and smiles and talks to Ray.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Ray. Don't worry about Kenny."

"... sounds like you should do that"

It was Kenny pointing his gaze at Ray like help, but if he stays here like this, I feel Lenora's anger is going to be directed at me, too, and I walk away from the spot.

Lenora behind it turns to Kenny, listening to a sermon.