Fist King - Chapter 1 - Episode 16: Adventurer Beginner's Course ④ Subjugation Quest Complete

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Adventurer Beginner's Course ④ Subjugation Quest Complete

"This is the end!"

As several cockatrices charged in a dense group, I swung my sword down from overhead.

The cockatrices tumbled to the ground with a shockwave, and I took advantage of the opening to deliver the finishing blow.

While defeating these cockatrices, my Sword Proficiency reached Lv 10, and I learned Break Attack.

I think learning that skill is the best gain I've made today.

Ōta-san told me that we couldn't load any more onto the bus, so today's hunt was over.

When I brought the defeated cockatrices to Ōta-san, she began to dissect them with incredible speed.

Ōta-san ran her dissection knife over the cockatrices, precisely cutting off their hides and meat.

She gets angry if I try to help, so I just watched silently nearby, thinking how amazing she was.

After about 30 minutes, the dissection of the last cockatrice we hunted was finished, and a mountain of cockatrice materials was piled high on the cart.

Ōta-san told me to head back to the bus as I looked up with a "hmm."

"Right," I replied, and began walking to leave the valley.

After putting the cockatrices into the bus's storage, Ōta-san handed me an incredible amount of cockatrice combs.

"What are these?"

When I asked, Ōta-san told me with a slight smile.

"Those are cockatrice combs; they're like confirmation of your kill count."

"Combs..."

"It's decided for each monster which part to bring, so make sure to check."

"Thank you."

Ōta-san suddenly became kinder during the hunt.

If she hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known about these combs.

Before we left, Ōta-san made a phone call somewhere.

After waiting for her call to finish, Ōta-san and I got on the bus, and the driver, looking puzzled at me, started the bus.

On the bus ride back, Ōta-san talked a lot, unlike on the way here.

The bus ride to the guild passed in a flash.

Ōta-san told me many things.

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Ōta-san and Shimizu-san have been classmates since elementary school.

Ōta-san is a graduate of the Adventurer School, and Shimizu-san is a graduate of the Support School.

She usually hunts with someone else, but that person was off today.

Ōta-san's Adventurer Rank is 2.

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On the bus, I asked Ōta-san about Adventurer Ranks.

When I tried to get more details from Ōta-san, she told me to look forward to hearing it from the Guild Master later.

The bus arrived at the guild, and when I got off and tried to take out the cockatrices, Ōta-san urged me to go to Shimizu-san first, saying I didn't need to unload.

"Are you sure you don't need my help?"

"It's fine, it's fine. This is part of the dissection job."

Ōta-san told me to make sure to give the cockatrice combs to Shimizu-san before she started his work.

(Ōta-san is a good person.)

Through this hunt, I clearly understood that even if Ōta-san's attitude was a bit rough, she had a good personality.

After entering the guild and checking the reception, Shimizu-san greeted me with a smile.

"Welcome back!"

"I'm back now. Please take these."

As Ōta-san had instructed, I placed the mountain of cockatrice combs on the counter where Shimizu-san was.

Shimizu-san seemed to not know what had been placed there, so she picked up one comb from the pile.

Once she picked it up, she seemed to understand what it was and began counting the number.

"35... is that correct?"

"I think it's about that much."

"About that much... you have to count properly, you know."

Shimizu-san told me off in response to my words.

Also, after Shimizu-san told me the count, I felt an odd gaze.

Shimizu-san said she would inform the Guild Master that I had returned, so I waited at the counter.

Then, a group approached me.

About six men and women surrounded me, and one of them spoke to me.

"Hey, did you get all of these?"

"Yes, that's right."

"Hmm."

Hearing that, the group started discussing something.

As I watched them, I remembered having seen this before.

In the game, there were many offers from people who wanted to go hunting with me.

In fact, I was invited to go defeat monsters almost every day.

Most of those invitations were from people who intended to leech off me, so I was fed up with it.

From my own experience, I could tell that the group in front of me was about to start a similar discussion.

The group seemed to have finished talking, and a woman among them said something like this:

"It's better to go hunting with us than with that woman today."

My prediction was right; as expected, they started talking about hunting.

I began to think about how to get rid of this group.