Chapter 10 – Revenge and Beastization

Red Rat.
It’s not even a rum rat, it’s just called a rat?
It was built to give off a special feeling from the name.

Besides, this surprised appearance is unusual.
As evidence of that, the air around me, at the table that had been giggling as a bluff just before, changed.

“…Red Rat?”

Someone muttered blankly, got up, raised her toes, and tried to look at the corpse I had lifted.

“Did you hunt this demon alone?! Ah.”

At the end of my words, I look at the woman standing next to me. Does she think she got it together?
But the woman with glasses shook her head and denied it.

“Aww. Our party met first, but oh!
“…”

A girl with glasses who cries because she remembers her dead colleagues.
The blood and flesh of her mouth, this rat, must have been someone who had formed a party with her.
She took a while to explain what she had been through.
Even the day I met you.

“I was running away using stealth magic, but he was standing right in the road! So, Red Rat found him…!”
“Oh, you’ve worked hard…!”

For some reason, the employee’s expression was pale. Perhaps she was appalled by the fact that this woman was in a dangerous situation. Same with the gatekeepers. Surprisingly, she may be a woman of high status.
But that’s not important now.

“So you really… Hunted Radrat alone.”

The silence around me spread and the entire guild fell into silence before I knew it.
Occasional whispers or rad rats? A rad rat? There is no conversation except for a surprised voice.

A performance that even those who were hostile to me were silent.
You must make the most of this opportunity now.

What I need right now is money, or a community where I can work smoothly in the future.

“How much can I get? This?”
“Ah… Oh, the value is very high. It’s the only monster among its species, and the red rat has a bounty on it at the guild level, and its habitat is not constant, it’s new and rare, and this corpse is very clean, so it’s worth it to call it.”

Gibberish staff. A monster enough to embarrass this veteran.
It’s now, but what really left an impression on me were the monsters…

…But. It was so hard that it would be impossible to cut this body unless it was a special technique such as a one-point stab.

Its speed is fast enough to remind you of a bullet, but it is a monster that does not die even if you hit it with an attack.
Certainly, there is usually no answer.

“And this monster is the parent of Little Rumrat in the forest.”
“Parents?”
“Yes. Parent monsters are the first monsters. Just by existing, they endow their offspring with various stats. Therefore, since Red Rats are captured, the growth rate of Little Rumrats in the forest will be infinitely low. Yes.”

Now, it’s out of the blue here, but I have one specialty.
I have good eyesight.

If someone like that gets hit in the back of the head and asks if he was screaming, I can only say that I was careless because I thought it was a game.
And my nunchi is specialized in figuring out how people are feeling rather than knowing who is going to stab them in the back.

It’s probably a skill I’ve learned since ‘then’.
When I saw it with my own eyes, the middle-aged female employee was emitting emotions that I had never shown before.

A greed that cannot be hidden.

No, it might be too grandiose to call it greed.
Greed.
For example, not the evil desire to steal the corpse of a rad rat or take credit instead, but the feeling of a hard-working office worker who can achieve a win-win situation if done well.

But even though I have greed, I can’t bring myself to say anything.
It must be because of the attitude he has shown me so far and the gaze of the people around him.
If so, I should induce it.

“It looks like the money will be resolved for the time being if it’s Little Rumrat, who appraised it earlier. It doesn’t seem necessary to dispose of him now.”
“Ah… That, then.”

Stressed out staff. She was terrified that I might sell rad rats elsewhere, to an outside ingredient store.
She pretended to be troubled for a minute to let her body heat up before opening her mouth.

“Is there any way I can use this to restore my credit?”
“…”
“I slowly carve out the story you said, and it seems to me that some credit is being recognized just for catching this guy, but I want my status to be completely restored from bad credit. Can I use this monster to get out of bad credit?”
“That’s… No. The evil deed points accumulated by the adventurer are so large…”

Seeing her blurring her horse tail, I spoke again.

“I guessed from the attitude of the staff, is there someone who wants this corpse?

The employee who hesitated while looking at me opened his mouth.

“To be honest, this is an earnest agenda for our guild… But it will be a loss to adventurers.”

It felt like this story was true.

“Loss? Why?”
“Monsters like Red Rat are called monsters of the beginning. The materials of these monsters can be processed into weapons with tremendous power, so it is worth calling some monsters at the lowest price. However, we ‘ I don’t want to have a Red Rat in the form of ‘purchase’, what I want is this carcass itself, not materials.”

You don’t want to buy? Are you asking for free?
And what’s the point of wanting a corpse itself?
This is a fantasy world.
There might be some fantasy-like reasons you wouldn’t normally think of, but…

It’s best to just ask.
Because this person will answer honestly.

“What do you mean…? You mean there’s something to use the corpse for?”

When I asked in a suspicious voice, the staff smiled.

“Adventurers don’t know, so to briefly explain, it will be used in the rituals of the Holy Land to comfort the souls of the dead.”

Seongguk.
It seems that it was a big country in its own way.

“What if it’s dead?”
“I’m talking about the dead to Rad Rat. We’ll burn the monster and perform a ritual to console the souls of thousands of victims.”
“…”

Uhh
Thousands? It’s beyond imagination. This guy?
To think that this dangling thing in my hand has killed thousands of people…

“Even if you use it for a ritual, wouldn’t it be fine if the guild pays a fair price? Maybe you don’t have funds?”
“That’s not it. If we could, we’d pay the fair price…”

The employee who looked at it immediately continued to speak.

“It may be hard to believe, but the Holy Kingdom does not use the corpses of monsters that have been traded for money in rituals, saying that they are burned with uncleanness.”
“Aha.”

When I answered in a plaintive voice, the employee smiled bitterly, perhaps thinking that I did not believe it.
No no. Believe.

There are more people in the world who are obsessed with stupid customs than you think, so that’s probably just national shit.

“It seems that there were some people who secretly traded money and then tried to hand it over to the Holy Kingdom…”
“Oh, I know. Seongguk recognized the corpse that traded money like a ghost!”

A girl with round glasses like a child who is happy that something she knows has come out.
She asked, ignoring her.

“Then, what is the benefit to the guild by handing over the Red Rats to the Holy Kingdom?”
“It will be of great help to our branch rather than a guild.”
“To the branch?”
“That’s right. More precisely, the friendship of the castle nation increases and its position is higher than other branches…”

It seems that there is something that cannot be said.
But, yes. It’s understandable that this person is stumped.
Who would just pass over a material that would be worth thousands of dollars just because they were crazy?

“Then you’re not getting any money? Even if you hand this over, you probably can’t get rid of all the penalty points because of the Hart family.”
“…Yes.”

You’re honest.
It is bittersweet, perhaps because he thought the negotiations had broken down.

“Okay. Let’s pass it.”
“Is that a natural choice… Yes?”

She looked up at the staff member who raised her head as if she had heard it wrong, and repeated it again and again.

“I’ll pass it.”
“Ah…!”
“Only.”

You have to listen to Korean until the end.
The staff clearly looked nervous at my answer. It was evident that he was determined not to miss this opportunity.
It’s hard for anyone to hear her, so I went closer to her and whispered to her.

“Instead. I want convenience. For example, a shortcut to get a quest secretly, a way to quickly get rid of bad deeds, or good information that can benefit various things…”

Okay. For example, where the Hart family is located, or where Ulysse is. That kind of information.

“Mu, of course. I’ll do my best to match what you want!”
“And I’m sorry to you who have conscientiously told me everything up until now, but I also want to accept the oath.”
“That’s natural too.”

Uh, I just tried this, but I got it right away.
In the setting, I remember that a vow is a magical shackle that makes it difficult to break a promise.

“However, I cannot decide in my line, so if you don’t mind, can’t you meet the branch manager right away?”

Branch manager.

He must be a very tall figure. There won’t be any harm in being friendly.
The feeling is inexhaustible.
I, who used to live as a baby in the original world, tried to build a network in another world.

“Then lady. Can I ask the branch manager instead of me? And I’d like to hear information from the party members who went with me.”
“Aww. Their records are here…”

A woman holding out something like papers with a sullen expression. By the way, miss?
This woman He seems to be a real celebrity in this town.
If a guild employee is someone worthy of being called a lady…

“She is the branch manager’s daughter.”

The staff tipped me off as if they had read my suspicious look.
The branch manager’s daughter?
What was that kid doing in a dangerous hunting ground?

“Ah. I’ll guide you.”
“Yes, please. Lady. I will contact the branch manager.”

I felt countless gazes from behind.

“Really? Red Rat?”
“That guy is that strong?”
“Somehow, the atmosphere was no joke.”
“Look at your eyes. It looks like it killed dozens of people.”
“…Ah. I had a fight yesterday Should I apologize right now…”
“You fool. He’s the one who hates the Hart family. Do it after you see the situation.”

Talking wildly.
There are some unexpectedly correct words.
I snatched away the woman who was dragging me by the hand and followed.

“Hey. I’m here now, but thank you so much. If it wasn’t for the stranger, I’d be dead.”
“I was just there by chance.”
“Ehehehe, be humble too.”

But this guild is higher than I thought.
There are a lot of stairs…
I am out of breath.
Why do you think you haven’t leveled up even though you hunted powerful monsters like rad rats?

“So, adventurer, would you like to have a party with me?”
“…?”

What’s so…? Where in this conversation did you come up with the idea of ​​forming a party?
Are you talking stream of consciousness?
He responded bluntly to the fucking sudden proposal.

“I like being alone.”

She speaks coldly, but she comes along with her words without being intimidated.

“I will be very helpful. Yesterday, too, I found the location of Red Rat and tracked it down.”
“No. It’s fine.”
“Listen more~ Huh? By the way, adventurer. Are you tired? Are you that strong but your level is low?”

No, why do you touch my temper like this?
I was holding it tight, but the woman said.

“The stranger.”
“…”
“You don’t know how to level up, do you?”
“…Do you know?”

I don’t think I’m stupid.
I mean, I’ve seen how to level up in settings.
Just like in a normal game, when you hunt monsters or complete quests, experience points come in and level up.
However, it’s a problem because I haven’t seen any sign that my level has risen so far.

“As far as I know, strangers have to do something special at first~”
“Eh?”

Special way?

“Ahh, we’ve arrived.”

No bitch Talk to the end and go.
I was in a hurry and followed quickly, but the girl with glasses grabbed the doorknob.
When I opened the door, I could see a room with a high-quality interior in a space about the size of the first floor.

I was about to open her mouth and look around the luxurious room when the woman led me to the sofa.

“Hey, what’s the special method?”
“Oh, you really don’t know? Are you curious?”

She felt ominous about the grinning woman.

“Okay~ I’ll let you know, so would you like to have a party with me?”

Does it come out like this?
…Good. Just because you have a party doesn’t mean you have to go together, right? Right? There must be some party members who only keep in touch with each other.

It was the moment I was about to answer.

“The stranger’s crest that the stranger has! When you first level up, touch the crest for about 10 seconds and say you can raise your level if you wish~”

…?

What. Why tell me now?
What more? Touch the sentence?
A woman who shows a gesture of raising her hands as if asking me to drink straight with her hands while laughing hehewithout caring about my embarrassment.
After staring at her for a moment, I imagined her level as I touched the crest on the hilt of her sword as she told me to.
And after 10 seconds.

Nothing happened.
…This year. Was it Gura?
It was a moment of intense anger.

Tring!

[Level has risen!!]

Several interfaces rose before my eyes.

“Ah~ It was 15 seconds.”

…Floated…Everything.

I never thought a simple interface window would be so welcome.
My current status, condition, and skill window… Right now, essential information for me was in front of my eyes.

Since the branch manager is coming, shall we just take a quick look?
The interface is very convenient, so when I thought I wanted to scroll down, it moved to the section.

First of all, I looked at the skill window, but there are surprisingly many skill types.
It says level 1, but why do you have so many skills? And all of them are familiar skills, as if I’ve seen them somewhere…?

Then I noticed something odd.

[Netorare, netori, predatory love]

Lover, or spouse…
Hand over hand over What’s this? What skill is it?

[Shout! Mating! Get pregnant!]

“What kind of skill is this?”
“What kind of skill is that?”

I woke up to the serious man’s voice.
What surprised me was that I didn’t feel any presence at all.
When he looked up, there was a tall, red-haired man wearing a black eyepatch, scratching his beard and looking down at me.

“Welcome, stranger. I am the branch manager in charge of the adventurer’s guild in Mirf Village. I am Apiz Lacia.”