Bear-san reunites with Deborane
“For the finals, you will be tasked to dismantle five monsters, including the monsters you have dismantled so far and also a secret monster.” (Master of Ceremony)
Dismantling five monsters at one go? That sounded like it would take a lot of time and energy.
“The scoring will be tabulated based on a total of five different scores: Wolf, Horned Rabbit, Gator, Scorpion, and the secret monster. Because there are so many carcasses to dismantle, the final event will end when the first three participants have finished dismantling. Those who have not finished dismantling will still be judged at that point. Some participants may be good at some things yet not so good at other things. You may dismantle the monsters you are familiar with at first, or you may also take your time to carefully dismantle the ones you are not so good at. As I have said many times before, even if you are fast, you should not do a messy job. Points will be deducted from mishandling the materials, so please be careful.” (Master of ceremony)
If the dismantling was messy, the dismantled material would not be good enough to be sold.
No one would buy tattered fur.
“I wonder what’s the secret monster?” (Shia)
“A Tiger Wolf?” (Yuna)
“A Black Tiger?” (Shia)
Shia and I tried to imagine.
“A Tiger Wolf is one thing, but a Black Tiger is not the kind of monster you can find around here.” (Ellelaura)
“Umm, indeed. Then, I guess Yuna-san might be right... so Tiger Wolves?” (Shia)
I doubt there would be that many Tiger Wolves, but I think I could hunt about 10 of them if I put in the effort to locate them.
While we were talking about the secret monster, the master of ceremony continued to officiate and proceeded with the highlight event.
“Now then, please bring in the monsters to be dismantled for the finals.” (Master of ceremony)
At the behest of the master of ceremony’s words, a Wolf, a Horned Rabbit, a Gator, and a Scorpion carcass were brought in, each on a cart. But only one cart was covered with a large cloth so that we couldn’t see it.
That was the supposed secret monster to be dismantled.
I had a bad premonition the moment I saw the carts coming in.
My bear intuition was agitated.
The cart carrying the monsters stopped in front of each participant.
“Then please take off the cloth!” (Master of ceremony)
The master of ceremony said, and the attendants who had brought the cart with the monsters on it took the cloth at once.
I got goosebumps when I saw the monster that appeared from underneath the cloth.
“This time, the secret monster is a spider!” (Master of ceremony)
Why would there be a spider here?
Could those be the spiders I defeated?
The audience was in an uproar.
Some of the participants in the dismantling competition looked uncomfortable.
It was hard to see clearly from here, but Fina’s face next to Sanya-san’s appeared pale.
“Tirumina-san, do you think Fina hates bugs?” (Yuna)
“Yuna-chan, for the record, you can’t classify that as an insect. No one likes a spider that big.” (Tirumina)
It seems that everyone in this other world shares the same perception as I do.
No one liked gigantic spiders.
Even spider lovers in the original world would not like spiders bigger than people because people can get apprehensive towards creatures that are as big or even larger than human beings.
It would be impossible to imagine an ant, a grasshopper, a praying mantis, or even a bug called “G” being bigger than you were. It gave me goosebumps just thinking about it.n0velBIn
(T/N: That “G” meant cockroaches.)
“Mom, those big spiders, they’re disgusting.” (Shuri)
“I can’t handle that one. I don’t even want to encounter it.” (Shia)
Neither Shuri nor Shia could handle it.
“But if you are an adventurer, an adventurer guild employee, or a dismantler, you must be able to deal with it.” (Ellelaura)
Ellelaura-san rebuked harshly.
“But not a spider the size like that.” (Shia)
“In the first place, is there any way you can sell that material?” (Yuna)
Deborane mentioned that it could be sold, but...
“Besides, I promised you that I would take care of the spiders and use some of the profits from their disposal for the good of the village.” (Deborane)
That was a good point.
Deborane was right. All I asked for was the disposal of the spiders and the use of some of the material from the spiders to fund the restoration of the village.
“I kept my word to you. You have nothing to complain about.” (Deborane)
“That’s right. Deborane is not wrong.” (Lanz)
Deborane explained with a smirk on his face, followed up by Lanz.
I wanted to punch him. I was a fool to think he was even slightly nice at the time.
“Besides, it was the guild official who came to the village who made the proposal.” (Deborane)
When he said that, I couldn’t say anything further in response.
I wondered if Sanya-san knew about it.
“Most of the spiders were taken down by you and the bears and after reporting, the the guild officials took back the spiders and the money would be processed when we returned without the hassle of dealing with them.” (Deborane)
Deborane laughed loudly as he said so.
I really wanted to punch him in the face for that villainous laughter of his.
But it was definitely true that Deborane and Lanz fought for the village.
It was also true that I was the one who asked them to deal with the spiders.
Deborane was not at fault.
“And the village?” (Yuna)
“I told the guild about the money and the request, it was now being handled by the guild. I simply told the guild about it. And about how the money is going to be used. I don’t know anything about anything after that.” (Deborane)
That was to be expected, to be sure.
There was no need for the adventurers to hang around until the end. The rest was a matter for the Adventurers’ Guild and the village to deal with.
“Okay, I understand. Thank you.” (Yuna)
It disgusted me, but Deborane didn’t do anything wrong. I held back the urge to punch him.
“Hey, wait.” (Deborane)
I turned on my heel to go back to Tirumina-san and the others, but Deborane stopped me.
“What?” (Yuna)
“Take this.” (Deborane)
Deborane throws something at me.
I quickly caught it with my Bear Puppet, which was now holding a magic stone in its mouth, a magic stone with a different luster than ordinary magic stones.
“What is this?” (Yuna)
“This is the King Spider’s magic stone.” (Deborane)
“King Spider’s magic stone? Why give it to me?” (Yuna)
“That stone is proof of the one who defeated the King Spider. I can’t have it, it’s just a nuisance. I don’t want people to think that I killed it.” (Deborane)
“What about the rest of the materials?” (Yuna)
“I left them over for the guild to deal with. There are cases where you just take the magic stone and leave the rest behind. No adventurer would leave a magic stone unattended.” (Deborane)
He could have just told the Adventurers’ Guild that I had given them to him.
But since this happened, I decided to take it.
“Thank you.” (Yuna)
“Now get the heck out of here.” (Deborane)
Deborane shook his wrist like he was chasing off a dog.
I put the magic stone in my Bear Item Box and returned to the audience where Tirumina-san and the others were sitting.
“Yuna-chan, do you know that adventurer?” (Ellelaura)
“He was the adventurer who was with me when I defeated those spiders, so I just asked him about it.” (Yuna)
“I see. I was afraid that Yuna-chan would prefer a man like him.” (Ellelaura)
“Ellelaura-san, don’t even joke about that.” (Yuna)
I got goosebumps from her statement, but not in the same way as how spider carcasses spooked me.