After defeating the Demon King's army leader Barnier, everyone in the team seemed to have entered a period of fatigue.
Even though the kingdom's bounty has not yet been distributed and they have not performed particularly well in the battle, they look like they don't want to work.
The most obvious performance is Sato Kazuma.
After all, this guy's wish has always been to stay at home as a good-for-nothing.
The kingdom's bounty for the leaders of the Demon King's Army has always been very generous. According to Senna, the kingdom's inspector, the bounty issued by the kingdom this time will be against the Headless Horseman's 500 million Eris.
Such a huge amount is enough for them to live comfortably for most of their lives, not to mention that Xiaolin also stole a lot of loot from the lord's mansion.
I've mispoken.
It was to take this opportunity to get back the bounty that the unscrupulous lord had snatched away, even though it was without the lord's consent.
However, the lord did not ask for their consent at the beginning, and it was offset by one person at a time.
Therefore, Sato and Shinshin settled down at home.
It's just that he ignores other people's feelings.
Not to mention Darkness, Aqua also played a certain role in fighting the Demon King's army cadres. The others were just backgrounds. How could they (Megumin alone) be satisfied?
"Come on, get to work!"
"……I do not want."
"I mean, Kazuma, stop hiding in bed and move around!"
"I do not want."
"I said Kazuma, how long are you going to linger on? Get up quickly!"
"I do not want!"
No matter what Darkness, Aqua, and Megumin said, Sato Kazuma always opposed the three companies.
Wanting him to do the mission is simply wishful thinking!
I will never step out of bed today!
"Kazhen, if you don't go to work, we won't even have dinner for today."
"……What did you say?"
When Darkness said this, Sato Kazuma's first reaction was disbelief.
They defeated the cadres of the Demon King's army and got a lot of loot from the lord's mansion. How could they not have dinner today?
It must be a lie to trick him out!
Just when he thought he had seen through the lie, Darkness asked his soul: "Don't Kazuma know that the kingdom's bounty will be distributed after a while?"
"……Eh?"
"Because the authenticity must be verified before the bounty can be issued, and it usually takes about a week."
"No way!"
Sato Kazuma was dumbfounded.
He really doesn’t know!
Every time a bounty is issued, that hateful lord takes it away first, and it never reaches his hands!
And it takes a week to get it, just like a homeless man who wanted to play hard and bought a lottery ticket. Unexpectedly, he won a million-dollar jackpot and was ecstatic. However, if he wants to get this huge fortune, he still has to After waiting for a while, he was worried about the whereabouts of today's dinner.
Where is the reasoning here?
"Wait a minute, something feels wrong."
Sato Kazuma stretched out his hand, made a stop motion, and asked again: "I remember getting back a lot of trophies from the lord's mansion..."
"I sent those things to Wiz's magic tool shop."
"Senior Xiaolin?"
"Xiao Lin, you are back!"
The person who answered him was Xiao Lin who happened to be back from outside.
Kazuma Sato wondered: "Why send it to Wiz's magic tool shop? Are you asking her to sell it? But can that shop owner who has the knack of getting poorer the more he works, really be able to sell it?"
Xiao Lin said: "There is no need to worry, because Barnier is here."
I have to say that the Duke of Hell is really a good businessman. He managed Wiz's magic item shop in order in just one day.
If Barnier hadn't been unwilling to come and had a natural conflict with Aqua, Xiaolin would have wanted him to be his butler.
Let the Duke of Hell, a former cadre of the Demon King's Army and leader of the demons, be the butler.
Are you a little excited just thinking about it?
On the other side, Sato Kazuma held his head and said in disbelief: "So, our team doesn't even have money for tonight's dinner?"
"exactly."
Darkness nodded.
At this time, Youyou, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said timidly: "Well... if you don't mind... I, I still have some money here, which should be enough for emergencies."
"Really? Thank you, Yoyo, you are the real hero!"
When Huihui saw Yuyou take out a small bag of Eris from her arms, her eyes lit up and she went to grab it.
But the moment she was about to touch him, she was held down by Sato Kazuma.
"Wait a minute! What do you want to do, you stupid little loli!"
"What are you doing? Can't you see Kazuma? Youyou chose to sacrifice for everyone. As her friend, I naturally want to help her! Let go, don't stop me!"
"You are just coveting Yuyou's property! And why do you say it so tragically?"
Sato Kazuma rolled his eyes angrily.
Even if he is a scumbag, he will not steal his companion's property. How can he be as blind to money as Hui Hui?
…Don’t tell me, it seems like quite a lot.
The bulge should be worth two to three hundred thousand.
Unexpectedly, Youyou turned out to be a hidden rich woman?
Sato Kazuma stared at the money bag greedily, his eyes shining like a big bad wolf about to eat the little white rabbit, which made the shy Yunyun shake her body and shrink behind Xiaolin subconsciously.
As if he felt it was too rude, he forcibly turned his gaze back.
If it belonged to Aqua, Darkness, or Megumin, Sato Kazuma would definitely take the money and spend it without any burden. But Yoyo has just joined the team, and is currently the only normal person in the team. He really can't do such a scumbag thing.
"Forget it, let's go do the mission."
Sato Kazuma is like an eggplant beaten by frost.
"Mr. Xiaolin! Are you there, Mr. Xiaolin!"
Suddenly, someone knocked violently on the door of the mansion.
The one who came to the mansion was Senna, the kingdom prosecutor who had framed Sato Kazuma as a criminal and even put him in jail.
Seriously, hasn't she been coming to the mansion a little too frequently lately?
Sato Kazuma was a little disgusted.
The kingdom prosecutor in front of him, who is good-looking and has a perfect figure, has been visiting the mansion to learn more about the Demon King's army cadre Barnier, which makes him feel quite uncomfortable every time.
She is truly a devil at work and takes her work too seriously. Senna is definitely one of the people he least wants to see.
"Sato Kazuma, are you thinking of something bad again?"
"...You misunderstood."
"Hey, why are you saying honorifics all of a sudden?"
"You're overthinking."
Sato Kazuma put on a poker face, but couldn't help cursing in his heart: I forgot, this evil ghost also has a very strong sixth sense, damn it!
Then he quietly hid behind everyone.
At the same time, Aqua suddenly said: "Don't worry about this man. Compared with this, seeing you running over in such a panic, there must be something going on, right? Could it be that the bounty issued has been withheld by the lord again?"
If we were to rank the people in the team in terms of who cares most about the bounty, Aqua would definitely be the first.
In order to be able to eat, drink and have fun, she paid most attention to the bounty.
"Well, the bounty hasn't been distributed yet." Senna pushed up her glasses and explained, "The kingdom is still verifying your plans to defeat the Demon King's army cadres."
"Then what are you doing here?"
Aqua lost interest when she heard that there was no money.
Like those salespeople who immediately lose enthusiasm when they see poor people, they look disgusting.
Senna sighed helplessly.
Fortunately, she was used to their behavior, otherwise she would have been very angry.
He had no choice but to say to Xiao Lin: "Running Lizards... There are monsters called Running Lizards that appear in large numbers outside the town. The adventurers in the town are currently responsible for destroying them. Although the Running Lizards are not usually such dangerous monsters, they seem to have entered now." Breeding season, and the Queen of the Running Lizards seems to be born.”
"Running lizard?"
Xiao Lin pinched his chin.
Luna had asked him to do it before, or she happened to see the mission and asked him to do it.
Running lizards are usually gentle, but will become violent only when a queen is born to mate with them. And the way they compete is also very special, that is - running.
They can walk on two legs and run at amazing speeds.
Very similar to the umbrella lizard.
As for the usually docile running lizard, if it is for a race, no matter whether the opponent is a horse or an ostrich, it will kick it without fear and then run away.
The running lizard's kicks are very sharp. If the kick hits a vital part, it won't just break a bone.
So the guild issued a task.
"Then, why did you come to us?" Aqua said in confusion, "Didn't the guild already issue the mission? Others should have already done it, right?"
"What are you talking about? It is the duty of our team to protect the people. Isn't this the purpose of your team?"
Senna looked at Xiaolin with a happy face.
That candid look made people a little afraid to look at him.
During the previous crusade against Barnier, Xiaolin did say these slightly handsome words in order to convince her. But that was an acting skill that was specially shown to fit the script. Could it be that Saina took it seriously?
Xiao Lin couldn't say it.
Just as he was afraid of destroying a child's innocent dream, he couldn't bear to destroy Senna's vision.
It's definitely not the fear of being thrown into jail by the other party in anger.
Well, absolutely not.
How to do it……
To be honest, Xiaolin didn't want to do that task.
Judging from the configuration of the team, it is really difficult to do that kind of mission, but it is completely impossible to say.
think carefully.
How is it possible that a team that can defeat the leaders of the Demon King's army cannot defeat running lizards that ordinary adventurers can defeat?
Kobayashi signaled Sato Kazuma with his eyes.
I hope that this stay-at-home guy who doesn't want to go to work can firmly stick to his own ideas, and then he can take advantage of the situation and use it as an excuse not to take on the task.
However--
Aqua waved her hand and said as if she was disgusted: "I'm telling you, it's better not to say that to that bastard. It's all a waste of effort."
"…………"
Kazuma Sato would remain silent.
He won't fall for a mere provocation.
Aqua continued disdainfully: "But there's nothing we can do about it. After all, Kazuma is the lowest among us, so it's natural for him to be afraid."
"...Hey, wait a minute, when did I become the lowest among this group of people?"
Sato Kazuma subconsciously retorted.
Among this group of people, is there anyone with a higher level than him?
"Aqua...forget it, your level doesn't matter. But Megumin, your level..."
"Twenty-six."
As if to show off, Megumin threw the adventurer card at Sato Kazuma's face, the tugging look was a bit irritating.
Although I felt very unhappy, I couldn't find a reason to refute it.
Sato Kazuma looked at the adventurer card carefully: "Twenty-six, what on earth is..."
"Because I cast explosion magic every day."
Megumin said matter-of-factly.
I forgot, the little middle school explosive girl takes explosion magic as a compulsory homework every day, and she is the first in terms of diligence.
but!
"What about Darkness? Darkness that can't hit the enemy is the hardest to upgrade, right?"
"hehe."
The female knight sneered, and then confidently put her adventurer card in front of his nose.
--twenty.
"Why is it so high?"
"Because when I fought with the Demon King Army leader Barnier, almost all the masked dolls that guy made were from me. It was difficult for ordinary people to deal with that, so it seemed to have a lot of experience points, so...! "
Darkness showed off proudly.
The corners of Sato Kazuma's mouth moved slightly.
Unexpectedly, all of them are at a higher level than me. What is going on?
"Well... Mr. Kazuma, please don't be discouraged. As long as you work hard, you will definitely catch up."
The only well-behaved kid in the team, Yoyo, who is considerate of others, is cheering him on.
No contrast, no harm.
Sato Kazuma was deeply moved.
But he still asked: "Yuyou, what's your level?"
"This, this..."
Youyou's eyes were darting wildly, her index fingers were crossed on her chest, and her mouth was moving slightly as if she wanted to speak but hesitated.
Sato Kazuma's eyes shone.
Could it be that……!
"Don't think about it, Yoyo's level is higher than mine."
"——Gah?!"
Megumin's words broke his illusion, and he looked at Yuyou in disbelief.
However, he found that the next leader of the Crimson Demon Clan nodded awkwardly, making Sato Kazuma's eyes darken.
"Kazuma is such an idiot."
Megumin said: "I don't want to think that Yoyo is a solitary adventurer. No one teams up with her, so she can only do tasks by herself. Of course, the experience is exclusive. And after learning intermediate magic, she also learned advanced magic. Magic, think about how pitiful she is... No, it’s how hard she works.”
"Pity? You just said pity, Huihui! Why did you say pity, Huihui! I said, Huihui!"
Seeing the sympathetic looks from other people, Youyou was extremely anxious.
Regardless of the good friends who were having a fight, Sato Kazuma looked at Kobayashi.
"Are you sure you want to see my adventurer card?"
"…Forget it."
Without even thinking, you can guess that there is a huge gap between the two.
Sato Kazuma took out his adventurer card from his arms, and the level displayed on it was thirteen.
He is literally the lowest in the squad.
Something's wrong!
Nine out of ten something is wrong!
Aqua and the others had said before that the level of a weak profession like an adventurer should be easier to upgrade than a higher-level profession... Why is his level so low?
Senna was a little curious when she saw that he looked troubled.
"What's Kazuma-san's level? As a member of the team that can defeat the Demon King's army cadres, your level must be very high."
"...Okay, it's decided! Let's go fight against the running lizards!"
Sato Kazuma walked around Kobayashi and gave the order.
He decided to give it a try.
(End of chapter)
