After returning to the village, Mr. Zeol and I reported the news that the adventurers were attacked to the knights who protected us, but the knights had no intention of helping us.
This is because the activities of the adventurers are their own responsibility, and the job of the Knights is to protect the life of the village.
Azika Village may be small, but even so, a considerable number of people are needed to protect the entire village.
There are currently a hundred knights and soldiers coming to the rescue from the fortress. It seems that they do not have enough time to defend and attack at the same time.
Although the knights did not send any reinforcements, they did send out reconnaissance.
As defenders, they wanted to know the location of the Bronze Wolf, so soldiers specialized in reconnaissance seemed to be entering the mountains.
"reconnaissance?"
"Ah, if you are talking about adventurers, they are people who play the role of explorers. Among explorers, there are many cat people like you."
"But I didn't see it in the Ibro guild"
"Most of Ichiro's requirements are to defeat monsters around pastures and farms. Explorers don't have many turns in these places. Explorers are mainly active in dungeons."
In the Kingdom of Schlundol where we live, there are two cities called the royal capital.
One of these is what is now the royal capital, where Horacio trained as a knight.
The other is the old royal capital, near a large dungeon.
Dungeons are underground labyrinths where rare items can be found and, according to one theory, they are the ruins of prehistoric civilizations.
As rare magic items are discovered, powerful monsters nest here, making exploration fraught with danger.
According to Mr. Zeol, it is in such dungeon exploration that the true value of explorers is revealed, and many of them seem to have the former royal capital as their base of operations.
"It seems that the royal family once lived in the old royal capital, but monsters overflowed from the dungeons, and even the royal family suffered heavy casualties. Many adventurers gathered together, and the security in the city deteriorated, so the royal family is now king, and we moved to the capital. The former The royal capital is ruled by a grand duke from the royal family, but the public security is not very good."
Mr. Zeol seems to have been active in the former royal capital when he was still an active adventurer, but judging from his tone and expression, the city seems to be quite violent.
However, I am interested in Seeker's work.
"For explorers, it takes a unique sensitivity to detect traps, traps, and ambushes, so there's not much I can teach you."
"But, Mr. Zeol, you conquered the orcs by following the traces, right?"
"It's like an extension of hunting, so it's a little different from the explorer role."
I don’t quite understand, but it seems that reconnaissance and seeker are similar, but different.
"If you know where the copper wolf is, it will be much easier to defend and attack, right?"
"Are you going into the mountains?"
"I want to be a useful person, but"
"No, you saw the way the adventurer was attacked just now. Although it is so big, its speed is terrifyingly fast. If it uses a tree trunk as a foothold, it will jump to a very high height."
It's true what Mr. Zeol said, even though I was about 10 meters high, I felt like I was going to be eaten.
It might be safer if it's higher than this, but it's unlikely to find the Bronze Wolf because the trees will be in the way.
"I can't let you go into the mountains alone. If you really want to go into the mountains, either find an adventurer you trust to go into the mountains with you, or accompany the knights to scout."
Mr. Zeol's method will definitely work for me, but the question is whether the adventurers and knights will allow me to accompany them.
To them, the seemingly unreliable catkin son is nothing more than a pair of shoes.
"If you have tasted the heat of Ichiro's guild and the tavern, I know you will feel the same, but I want to make it clear that you are not strong enough now.
"I understand. I will remain quiet in the village until the Bronze Wolf is conquered."
Many adventurers came to the village due to Zeor's publicity, but there were not enough inns in the village to accommodate them all.
The adventurers live in tents in the square next to the village chief's house.
On one side of the square, slightly away from the well, there are toilets, stables and firewood.
As for the village, they gathered adventurers near the knight's station, presumably to prevent trouble among the residents.
Among the ranks of wealthy adventurers, some drive their own caravans and set up roots there.
Traveling merchants also came to the village and began selling soup, bread, wine and other food as well as medicines, equipment and weapons on their carriages with the adventurers living in tents.
Vendors began selling household items such as clothes, cloth, threads, needles, pots, knives, and seasonings to adventurers and villagers.
A dangerous monster called the "Copper Wolf" appears here, and there is an atmosphere of some kind of event surrounding it, which is enough to prove that there are very few entertainment activities in Azka Village.
When I came back from Ybro City, I thought I would play the role of a scout, but after seeing the adventurers and traders, I changed my mind.
After getting permission from the village chief, I decided to roast the wood rats I caught with salt and sell them to adventurers.
In the north and west of the village, they caught forest rats from morning to afternoon, processed and prepared them in the river bed in the afternoon, and roasted and sold them in the square where the adventurers camped in the evening. .
After piling up the stones, I handed over a skewered wooden rat and roasted it using a fire-based magic weapon made with natural attributes.
Just like the Aeolian tool for off-road vehicles, I have practiced with the Vulcan tool, so I have no problem with the fire for cooking.
As I started grilling on the windward side of the square, an adventurer, attracted by the smell, called out to me.
"Boy, don't you smell good? Do you have any for sale?"
"Yes, a freshly caught forest rat roasted in salt, a small silver coin."
"Is that delicious?"
"Forest rats feed on nuts and grains, so there's nothing special about them and they're delicious."
"Okay, give me one."
"There's Meadow!"
Just chop it up and roast it with salt, and it sells for five times more than usual.
The heart, kidneys, and liver were also drained of blood, skewered, roasted with salt, and sold.
The 20 grains of soba noodles we prepared were sold out as soon as they were cooked.
The next day, while I was preparing the preparations on the river bed, I caught fish, grilled them with salt, and sold them.
The daily sales volume exceeds 3 large silver coins, and the profit is about 30 times higher than when the income was low.
Some villagers imitated my business, selling Tianle potatoes and steamed buns made with corn flour.
"Well, that's fine if it's profitable, but the potatoes and cornmeal they sell are not winter supplies."
"Although the Bronze Wolf was conquered, it wouldn't be funny if someone starved to death."
On day three, as we prepared to open, Miguel and his entourage were glaring at us.
I don’t know what you’re talking about because of the distance, but followers seem to block you when you try to come out to me.
Miguel continued to live in the dormitory of the Ibro School while I participated in the expedition against the orcs, killing deer and wild boars and bringing them back to the village.
The followers who remained in the village heard and saw my story, but they probably did not reach Miguel.
"In other words, there should be less than a week left in the autumn break. You should think carefully about how to get along with Olivier."
When Miguel was about to break free from the shackles of his entourage and walk towards us, the square suddenly became lively.
"It's out! It seems to be Dongshan."
"Dong? Didn't you say south?"
"I guess they moved and they attacked a goblin colony."
People in the square gathered around the person who brought the story to get as much information as possible.
"Now that Miguel and the others have gone, they should be able to avoid trouble."
“I’m also interested in the story of the copper wolf, but what’s more important to me now is how to cook woodrat.”
When I was adjusting the fire magic weapon made by natural magic, someone called me and I was knocked over by the forest rat.
"Aren't you interested in the Bronze Wolf?"
"You are Mr. Raios."
"Oh, do you remember my name?"
Standing in front of the stone hearth is the lizard adventurer who came to rescue the Ibro guild when it was being entangled by the cavalry adventurer.
At that time, everyone around me said that I was Class B.
"Then thank you for helping me."
"No, I don't think you need help. Aren't you going to join the crusade?"
"To be honest, I'm still a little scared when I see the bronze wolf."
"Hou, have you seen the bronze wolf?"
"Yes, the first time I discovered it and informed you, the second time was when I saw the adventurer being attacked on the way back from Ibro."
"What, you've seen it twice. Can I ask you a little story?"
"If you don't mind doing business, a small silver coin will buy you a forest rat, and five copper coins will buy you a fish."
"So it seems like your business is pretty good."
Mr. Leos smiled and bought me three forest rats.
