Chapter 8 – Cockatrice Hunt

Arriving at the adventurer’s guild exactly before sunrise, I saw a man with a familiar face sitting at a table drinking beer. I pretended to know and decided to wait a while and went straight to the window.

There was a short male clerk at the window.

It was a dwarf with a stocky body and forearms that seemed to explode. He was scratching at the scars on his forearms incessantly, and he made a bizarre move as if he regarded his scars as his bugs on his arm his… More than that, you crazy bastard… He’s bleeding right now, but don’t you know?

“Maybe a cockatrice subjugation party…”
“Ah, that’s that guy sitting over there.”

The dwarf employee pointed in the direction with his finger.

“…”

Having nothing to say, I looked at the table where the man was sitting. The man who noticed my gaze waved at me. It’s been a while since I had a party with that bastard.

“Hey, Barbarian Shack. Long time no see.”
“You bastard Copson… You’ve grown a lot since I haven’t seen you. And how many times do you say I’m not a barbarian, you bastard.”

Copson.

Copson, a freckled male E-rank adventurer with neck-length blonde hair, was a half-friend-like pup who had been promoted to E-rank adventurer on the same day as me.

I had a pretty long relationship with him.
Even when we were in F-class, we often hung out together.

I sat across from Copson.

“Chuckling… This shack, is this going to sit at the same table as me on a barbarian subject? Shouldn’t this call the city guard?”
“You’re really behind.”

Copson was kind of a racist guy who enjoyed racist jokes. Of course, I thought it was a sign of friendliness, but I don’t really like the word barbarian.

“But while I couldn’t see you, my equipment got better? Where did you come from?”

Copson’s equipment, which I haven’t seen in a long time, has improved considerably. Seeing as he was wearing a helmet and even a breastplate, he must have gotten some money from somewhere. To be honest, he started to tingle all over with jealousy and jealousy.

“I’ve been playing around in the mud vine pit for a while. I might be promoted to D-class soon. Yes.”
“It doesn’t sound like you’re upgrading, so let’s move on. But what, today we’re going to subdue the cockatrice? It seems like you and I are in the same party.”
“Ah, is that so? It’s a coincidence. Anyway, I’ll do my best. If you see my improved skills, the Barbarian Shack will surely be surprised.”
“If your skills have really improved, I’ll fall into somersaults, you fucker.”

I had a chat with Copson about this and that.
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen this guy’s face.

Anyway, the sun is about to rise, was it the wizard you heard about yesterday? At any rate, it seemed that he hadn’t come yet. It’s a prejudice, but if you look at making people wait, it looks like a psycho. Magicians are all just such people.

‘Die, wizard’ is my life motto. I absolutely hated wizards. Another motto might be ‘death to live today’.

“You don’t know anything? I don’t know the details because I’m also introducing the guild.”
“I don’t know, but a cockatrice has appeared in the western granary. But it seems that the vigilantes are no match for them. That’s why I’m only aware that they’re going to subdue them, including one C-class wizard.”
“Fuck. I know everything.”

What do you not know?

“Then, we’ll have to wait until the wizard comes.”
“Are you going to have a drink? With a barbarian treat, of course.”
“Go away, weird.”

People in this era drink alcohol like water, so there is no objection to working while drinking. Of course not me

“Are you guys? Cockatrice chores?”

As I was killing time, I heard a woman’s voice from behind.

I looked back to see if I had finally arrived. To make people wait this long, how the hell did they come to eat…

“Oh! It’s been a while since we bastards?”

The woman who saw me pretended to know. Bastard? …What? This woman? Who was it… My head was spinning fast. There are a few people calling me a bastard, but…

“…!”

At that moment, I was started like a cat who saw a cucumber! I was so shocked that I couldn’t even scream! It was a shock worse than being struck by lightning! When I realized that, my whole body started to tremble!

The one in front of my eyes was a magician with pink hair like a joke!

He was a lot shorter than me, and he was holding a staff that was taller than me, but that was okay, and the important thing was that he was wearing a purple robe that half-exposed his big breasts.

Looking at the chest his reminded me of forgotten memories. I was horrified in my heart. Fuck this! The wizard in front of me was Winia! Could it be that this bastard is a C-class wizard participating in our subjugation party?!

“Aren’t you saying hello?”

Said Winia, narrowing her eyes.

“Kuh… Bar, nice to meet you… Miss Winia…”

When I awkwardly greeted her, her tongue her got twisted. Perception and ego cannot keep up with this reality. My mouth is frozen at this shocking reunion, so I can’t speak properly. Winia’s expression contorted for a moment as I was so nervous that I said hello, and then she suddenly smiled.

“Saying honorifics between us bastards? Just relax, relax!”

Winia, who strangely stretched out her words, patted me on the back and said. The shock almost made me vomit the inn soup I ate for breakfast. My HP was already cut in half, as if my strength was higher than my level of strength for being a wizard.

“Oh! I can’t do that to Winia-nim!”

How could I let go of this bitch? Even if you wake up from death, you cannot do such dangerous things. As I was trying to get rid of it like that, Winia made a face with her murderous intentions her.

“Comfortable.”
“Still…”

It seemed that the kaleidoscope of life was unfolding.

“Do it.”

I was terrified by that overbearing tone. My whole body started to tremble like an aspen tree. Save me, Copson. Looking at Copson pitifully, he is just watching us with a puzzled expression. That kid hadn’t noticed in the first place.

“You understand?”

I gave up because I felt like I would be roasted whole if I resisted any longer.

“That, then… That, is that so?”
“Huh, yes! Relax, relax! We’re going to work together from today, aren’t we?”

I had a gut feeling that the dog was fucked. It wasn’t once or twice that I worked with this bitch, but not once did I remember being happy. Rather, it’s all just memories like hell. Even now, I wanted to quickly announce my withdrawal from the party and go panty run. However, the receptionist’s face was flickering, so I couldn’t do that.

What a dilemma! Why is this bitch in the last edition of the demolition!

“Winia. Do you know someone?”

Just then, a blue-haired man who looked like he would take a bite appeared.
Apparently, he is a member of our party.

“Yes. My friend.”

If I’m friends with you, I’ll be friends with everyone in the world, you bitch. The curse rose up to his throat. My feelings for Winia were nothing but hatred and resentment.

The blue-haired man glanced at my face and said,

“From the looks of it, are you from Mirkesha?”

Mirkesha is a collective term for warlike nomadic peoples who live without clear borders. They are usually referred to as barbarians with a pejorative meaning, but their most distinctive feature is that they have black hair and black eyes. In other words, guys who look like me.

“Ah, yes. To be precise, there is a tribe called Korea in the outskirts, and I am from there.”

I cheated on my place of origin while playing familiar phrases. Since many of the Mirkeshas lived in tribal units, it was not strange to have a tribe with any name. It was perfect for deceiving my vague identity.

“I see. It doesn’t matter where you come from. Nice to meet you. My name is William.”
“My name is Kat. I’m an E-class adventurer.”

William said he was a C-class adventurer like Winia. A C-class adventurer is a considerable veteran. It was said that they were skilled enough to defeat medium-sized monsters. By the way, Cockatrice is a monster that looks like a huge bird that stands on two legs, but it was just like the representative of medium-sized monsters.

“Are you done talking? Then you want to go? And here comes the bastard.”
“Yes…”
“Bastard. Can’t you hear me? Do you want to keep that distance from me?”
“Oh no, it’s not like that…”

As I crawled closer to the aesthetic Winia, Winia raised her toes and stroked my head as if I were a big dog. My body felt hot because this situation was so humiliating. Damn, damn it…! What a fucking bird!

“Then we will depart.”

With William at the head, I gloomily followed the others. I couldn’t even imagine how painful it would be in the future. He even said that he planned to take a wagon because there was a little distance to the western grain belt.

Are you supposed to be with this bitch for that long? I was devastated. Memories of hell from my time as an F-class adventurer began to sprout. Most of what decorated those hellish memories was Winia’s thirst for her.

“This barbarian shack. Your ability is good.”

Copson next to me said that he was acquainted with such a good-looking wizard, with a tone of envy, but I sincerely think that I should be pitied instead of being envied. What do you say because you don’t know You’ll be surprised to find out.

I have a bit of a bad relationship with Winia. No, it wasn’t a small bad relationship, but a huge bloody mess between us. That’s pretty much what I have, though. Anyway, my grudge was greater than the difference between heaven and earth.

This is the story of the days when F-class adventurers had just begun. At the time, I, an illegal smuggler of the dimension unit, who had a hard time even living day by day, was hired as a chore at a party that included Winia.

The content of the job was the role of a porter, carrying things like the usual F-class adventurers, or carrying loot. I followed them all day and endured murderous robbery labor. Only to earn money to live tomorrow.

But at that time, these vicious bastards ate my daily wage as a joke. They worked all day long, but they did not pay the promised wages. Then he laughed at me and disappeared.

Not only that, but even when I was working, I was beaten and beaten like a dog. They beat me up while swearing at me as a savage. I couldn’t resist

I knew then that people can hate people. They must have done it as a joke, but their lives were at stake. Of course, I was indignant, so I couldn’t run wild, and I had nowhere to complain, so I had to hold on to my hungry stomach and swallow my tears alone…

It is a shameful memory. An F-class adventurer, no different from a tramp, lives in all sorts of discrimination. Among them, my appearance resembling a ‘barbarian’ intensified such discrimination. Of course, the guild protects rights in its own way when it comes to E rank, so there was no blatant discrimination like that after being promoted, but it still exists implicitly. Even if the guild protected them, how much would they do? It’s a level that really doesn’t matter.

Anyway, the story continues… One day when I was living a fucking hard life.

On a day when I was in a good mood, I found Winia, who was left alone. She robbed and ate the daily wages and was my mortal enemy. Anger flared up in an instant. She Winia was a wizard, but she was a woman and she was smaller than me. She thought that enough would knock her down and she would be able to redeem herself for the day. Finally, I had a weapon in my hand. She decided that she was a worthy opponent.

And I didn’t even know the fountain, and I asked Winia to apply for her diary her, and I ran away as I felt the fear of her death her.

“Shit.”

It was a foolish thing to do in the days when I didn’t know a damn thing about this world.

There was such a terrible incident, but is there anything special? After that, since they were the same adventurers, they often ran into each other in the guild, and each time they were forced to do unpaid labor under the guise of cheating.

It was not uncommon to be beaten like a dog with wings. It was impossible for a dickhead like me to defeat a wizard. It was a hellish life. Literally, it was ‘the other world jjinta gimkat’.

So I was relieved to hear that I went to another town these days, but such a crazy coincidence…!

And did you become a C grade before you knew it, you bitch! If this is the case, I have no chance at all!

Even if I say that, I am now a decent E-class. I won’t be able to roll like I used to, who protects my rights in the guild. Looking at Winia’s smiling face about what she likes so much, I swallowed her hatred.

It’s really hard to live, so I can’t live.

“Do you have something to say bastard?”
“No…”