Chapter 6
ㅤ”At the usual place today?”
ㅤ”Yes. Please.”
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ㅤToday as well, I’ll have the coachman take me to the usual place. A small alley two blocks away from the large plaza near the Adventurer’s Guild. His name is Brass, and he always provides me with a dedicated carriage. He’s an elderly, veteran coachman, a man of few words. Because he doesn’t ask unnecessary questions, he’s a very comfortable companion for me.
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ㅤIt’s been three months since I started being an adventurer, and recently I haven’t been getting lost inside the dungeon anymore.
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ㅤ”You’ll d*e if you let your guard down.”
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ㅤThat’s what my fellow adventurers all say, so I never intend to let my guard down, but I’ve still gotten used to things.
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ㅤ”So, how about taking a look at the request board and trying to accept a quest?”
ㅤ”A quest, huh?”
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ㅤUp until now, I’ve only been hunting monsters inside the dungeon and taking them to the material shop.
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ㅤ”Ah! Speaking of which, I wonder what my rank is!?”
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ㅤAchievements are determined by the number of materials submitted, the difficulty, and the type. Especially in this town, the cooperation between the material purchasing office and the guild is well-established, so the monster materials I’ve diligently collected every day should be accurately accumulated as points.
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ㅤFeeling a little nervous, I head to the rank confirmation window at the Adventurer’s Guild.
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ㅤ『It’s a breeze to go from F to E. Getting from there to C is the hard part.』
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ㅤI’d heard that story, so I was relieved to see a D engraved on the silver tag, the proof of an adventurer.
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ㅤ”Amazing! You’re already D!?”
ㅤ”You’ve been working hard every day.”
ㅤ”That’s right! I’ve been working hard from morning till evening!”
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ㅤI’ve heard that it’s not uncommon for adventurers to take more than two years to get to this point. I’d really like to be praised even more for diligently continuing to hunt and frequent the purchasing office.
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ㅤ”It’s like you’re a regular employee.”
ㅤ”Th-that’s certainly what it feels like……!?”
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ㅤAt the unexpected quip from the veteran adventurer, I remembered my lifestyle from my previous life when I was an office worker.
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ㅤ”But to prevent reckless rookie adventurers from quickly dying, I hear the guild has been recommending day trips for the first year or so.”
ㅤ”Wow, times have changed.”
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ㅤThe longer someone had been an adventurer, the fresher this information seemed to be.
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ㅤ’Managing your physical condition is important for an adventurer.’
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ㅤEven I, who has only experienced day trips, can understand how difficult it is for a beginner adventurer to maintain their best condition day and night in a world surrounded by monsters.
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ㅤ”But still, splendid, splendid! There’s no doubt the guild has high expectations for you.”
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ㅤD is a rank where you can proudly call yourself an adventurer.
ㅤIt’s been a while since I’ve been praised for my efforts by someone else, and it makes me happy. Even in my perfect wedding dress, I wasn’t praised by Danna-sama.
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ㅤ”It took me a year and a half to get to D.”
ㅤ”You’ve been defeating high-level monsters. In terms of combat strength alone, you’re among the top in this town, Tempest.”
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ㅤMany adventurers acknowledge my combat strength. But an adventurer’s rank doesn’t rise with that alone. Being strong isn’t enough. Above all, I still lack experience. My monster hunting within the dungeon has been evaluated to a certain extent, but conversely, that’s probably all it is.
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ㅤI look over the requests posted on the guild’s request board. Since requests from neighboring territories are also posted in addition to Blood Territory, there are many cases.
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ㅤ”Escort requests are from C and above, huh?”
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ㅤThe required adventurer rank was also stated beforehand on each request form. Looking at them, all the escort requests were from C and above.
ㅤSomeday, I’d like to try stylishly escorting a princess somewhere.
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ㅤ”From the requester’s perspective, they’d want that kind of rank.”
ㅤ”Certainly.”
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ㅤAnd so, the request I accepted this time was a subjugation request.
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ㅤ”It’s not really subjugation, it’s more like extermination.”
ㅤ”That’s right.”
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ㅤThe two people who accepted the same request are the ones I’ve been teaming up with recently. Reid, who skillfully uses all sorts of weapons, and the easygoing axe warrior, Milia. We’re all close in age and get along well. Reid is the son of a weaponsmith, and Milia is the highest ranked among us at C.
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ㅤReid, with his short orange hair, was equipped with a dagger and shield today. Milia, a tall beauty with long purple-gray hair, is warming up by twirling her large axe.
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ㅤ”Overgrown Mandrakes, do they just move around freely like that?”
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ㅤIt’s a little different from what I saw in the book……
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ㅤ”That’s a subspecies. Normally, they’re in the ground. They don’t come out on their own.”
ㅤ”Now that you mention it, the color’s different.”
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ㅤThe location is a small forest a little off the main road leading to the neighboring town. We found the subjugation target immediately. Or rather, they came swarming towards us to attack.
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ㅤ”They’ve lost the Mandrake’s identity, their scream!”
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ㅤMandrakes in this world are plant-type monsters that make you faint if you hear their scream. But the small gray Mandrakes we see before us are approaching us while making strange growling noises. It seems their voices alone can’t damage us.
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ㅤ”It doesn’t seem like it.”
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ㅤThe moment Milia readied her axe, the Mandrakes opened their mouths wide.
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ㅤ’Bullets!?’
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ㅤA multitude of small, pebble-like spheres were fired at us.
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ㅤ”Sorry!”
ㅤ”I’m alright!”
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ㅤClang, clang, clang, clang! A loud metallic sound rings out.
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ㅤThanks to Milia deflecting them with her large axe, we were unharmed. Reid is also skillfully handling them with his small shield. As a magician, I should have cast a defensive spell on the whole party.
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ㅤ’Frustrating! This is where I still need to improve……!’
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ㅤ”Alright, let’s go!”
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ㅤIn unison with Milia’s relaxed call, the three of us jump into action. There are so many. Can we really subjugate all these Mandrakes that keep increasing in number by the end of the day?
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ㅤ”Heave-ho!”
ㅤ”Hyaaah!!!”
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ㅤ–Snap
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ㅤThe two in the front line attacked first. I’d like to burn them with a bang, but I’m afraid of the fire spreading to the surrounding trees, so I can only use magic with a narrow range proportional to the sound of snapping my fingers. I want to finish this quickly with flashy magic, but the surrounding environment doesn’t allow it.
ㅤEven though it’s magic on the level of snapping my fingers, it’s my magic. This is my, my spell. There’s no problem with its power…… or so I thought.
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ㅤ”They’re hard!”
ㅤ”Ugh! My blade chipped!”
ㅤ”They’re not burning!?”
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ㅤWe should have noticed it with the enemy’s first attack.
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ㅤ”Their attribute has changed, hasn’t it!?”
ㅤ”It seems so.”
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ㅤMandrakes are supposed to be weak to heat. That’s why I tried to burn them. But they don’t seem to be feeling any damage at all.
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ㅤ”What do we do about this……”
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ㅤReid muttered with a sigh.
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ㅤ”No wonder the reward was good.”
ㅤ”They hid information from us!”
ㅤ”For them to have increased this much means they’ve been neglected for quite a while, right!?”
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ㅤThey’re as hard as rock, but if it were just rock, Milia’s axe could pulverize them. The fact that it doesn’t means they’re incredibly hard. Now, what to do?
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ㅤ”Reid and I will aim for the joints. It seems like we can cut them off there.”
ㅤ”Then I’ll try changing the attribute of my magic.”
ㅤ”That sounds good.”
ㅤ”Huh!? Are you sure……!?”
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ㅤReid panicked a little, but he chased after Milia who had already headed towards the Mandrakes.
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ㅤ”Now then……”
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ㅤFor now, let’s stop the movement of those swarming things. We won’t instantly d*e if we get hit by their small bullets, but it seems quite painful.
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ㅤ”Here we go!”
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ㅤI slammed my foot into the ground. From there, ice pillars erupted with a cracking sound towards the Mandrakes, successfully freezing their feet in an instant. They let out angry cries from their mouths as they became unable to move, so I quickly froze them entirely to silence them. From a little distance away, I could hear dull sounds like “thud” and “crack.” I could also hear the equally dissatisfied cries of the Mandrakes, so I could tell that my allies had the upper hand.
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ㅤ”Mandrakes usually fetch a good price, but I wonder about these!?”
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ㅤI shout out between spells so that my voice reaches the two who are a little distance away.
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ㅤ”Normally, they’re used in good medicine, right?”
ㅤ”I wonder…… Let’s just take them and see what happens!”
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ㅤReid and Milia are also skillfully cutting off the joints of the Mandrakes. They’re ferocious, but not strong.
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ㅤ’With that, they’re rank C and D? Adventurers are a tough crowd.’
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ㅤI wasn’t allowed to hold weapons, so I only know magic, but I can understand the strength of those two. Without ever being hit by an enemy attack, they steadily reduced their numbers.
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ㅤ”I can’t lose!”
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ㅤIn the end, I found that ice magic was the most effective. Apparently, their plant origin hadn’t changed. They seem to be weak to the cold, and once frozen, they quickly ceased activity.
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ㅤ”Whoa, whoa, whoa! You guys hunted a lot!”
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ㅤA mountain of Mandrake ‘subspecies’ has formed by the roadside, and the three of us are looking up at it.
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ㅤ”We have to report to the guild and have them warn the client. Depending on the information, it could be fatal.”
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ㅤIt’s reassuring to have the guild mediate in situations like this. The client this time is a nearby farmer, who also owns this small forest. I hear he’s making quite a profit. We have to make sure we get our reward properly increased.
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ㅤThe material purchasing office was also surprised by the amount of Mandrake subspecies we brought back. It seems they’d never seen a subspecies with such a drastic change in attributes before. The staff from the purchasing office rushed to collect the remaining ones near the farm. Apparently, they were judged to be valuable. Sorry for making you work overtime!
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ㅤ”The purchase price will be decided later, huh?”
ㅤ”But with that hardness, I think they’ll be quite useful.”
ㅤ”Then can we expect a good price?”
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ㅤIt was quite a long day. Stars have started to twinkle in the sky.
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ㅤ”Oh no! I have to go back!”
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ㅤBrass should be waiting at the usual place. I’m making him work overtime too.
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ㅤ”Eh? You’re not going to drink with us tonight?”
ㅤ”The coachman is waiting!”
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ㅤSee you later! After waving goodbye and running off,
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ㅤ”How long does Tempest intend to keep up the Duchess act……?”
ㅤ”It’s quite a dreamy setting.”
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ㅤI heard that conversation from behind me.
It’s Convenient That Danna-Sama Isn’t Interested in Me. I’ll Make a Name for Myself as an Adventurer! – Chapter 6
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