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The guild official, who was probably a novice in combat, was standing next to Gillian san, his face pale. Anri, Ur, and Rietta also felt threatened by Gillian san, and were all preparing themselves for a fight.
The only people in this reception room who were not changing their appearance from normal times were Gillians san himself, who is the source of his energy, and me, who had acquired resistance to the strong magical power released by the demons in my life at the bottom of the valley and whose own magical power had also been considerably enhanced.
Seeing me resist his intimidation by spreading a thin layer of compressed magic on my body surface, Gillian san raised one of his eyebrows in surprise.
“—Not bad yourself…..High-ranking warriors like me train not only our physical abilities but also our magical powers. I can’t believe that a brat who isn’t even a third of me alive could completely prevent that from happening.”
“I am honored by your praise. …… may I ask you to release this intimidation?”
“Sure. I’ve got some idea of what you guys are capable of.”
Gillian san nods and stops the magical power that was emitting from his body. At the same time, the heavy atmosphere that filled the reception room disappeared, and I heard everyone let out a sigh of relief.
“Branch manager, if you’re going to do it, please say something before you do it. I’m not a fighter, and one day my heart will stop.”
“Shut up, it has stopped. Then there is no problem. …… ah, by the way, Tale?”
After responding roughly to the staff, Gillian san asks a question.
“You seem to have quite a bit of magical power, but you don’t have a weapon, so are you a magician?”
“No. I use magic, but I am also a swordsman, so I am not a pure magician, but a magic swordsman.”
“Oh, so you’re also a swordsman. Then, let’s try —- for the time being!”
“whaa?”
Suddenly, an incredibly strong presence rose up in front of me. The source is Gillian san, whose entire body is covered in pale red magical light.
Gillian-san smiled wildly and stood up from the sofa in front of me. Then, he sits down lightly and bends his knees.
After a short pause, he released the strength he had stored in his legs and suddenly leaped toward me with amazing instantaneous force.
His log-thick legs stomped on the high table between us, splitting it in half without the slightest bit of endurance. Without even using the momentum of his step, his burly, rock-like fist swung out at me.
–It was fast ……! I tried to avoid it, but Anri and Rietta on either side were in my way and I couldn’t get to them in time. Then–!
As if to counteract Gillian san’s use of body reinforcement, I reflexively channeled magic power throughout my body and moved away from the couch to stand on my middle back. A moment later, I, covered in white light, catch the oncoming fist with my ready palm.
—Bashiiiiiiiight! and a sound that is hard to believe that two human hands collided with each other echoes through the air.
The impact was delayed by the wind that swept through the reception room. The faces of the people in attendance covered their faces with their hands as the wind blew in.
After confirming that our arms would not move despite our mutual efforts, Gillian san and I looked at each other. I look at him with suspicion, wondering what he is going to do, and he pulls his arm out, having suddenly released his body reinforcement.
–Then, the next moment. Gillian san opened his big mouth and laughed hysterically.
While we were stunned, he kicked away the broken table lying at his feet and sat down on the opposite sofa with a thud. Ignoring the staff member who was about to say, “What a thing,” Gillian-san laughed, as if he had been in a good mood the whole time he had been in the room.
“Hahaha! Tale, you’re good, aren’t you? I didn’t expect you to be able to use phosphoric energy as well! Is it true that the earth dragon was defeated?”
“…… phosphoric (Rinki)?”
“Yes. What, did you use it without knowing? If you and I strengthen our bodies with all our might, magical light will cover our bodies, right? That’s phosphorus (Rinki).”
Saying that, Gillian san activates the body enhancement. Instantly, a red light covering his entire body illuminated the room. Lifting his arms in front of his body as if to look at his own light.
“This is a sign that my body has been strengthened with a level of skill that surpasses that of ordinary people. Ordinary physical enhancement involves circulating magic power within the body to increase physical capabilities, but this one circulates it outside the body to boost the degree of enhancement. The magic power that has been put out of the body is circulated around the body and then put back in again, and this is a kind of deep-rooted physical enhancement that only those skilled in controlling magic power can handle.”
“Body strengthening magic circulating on the surface of the body, that is phosphoric energy …….”
“Well, I don’t need to lecture you now that you’ve already done it.”
In order to increase the reinforcement rate, I repeated trial and error at the bottom of the valley, and intuitively arrived at the method described by Gillian san, but I had no idea that this technique was treated as a secret technique for strengthening the body.
“Hee, There is such a technique. I didn’t know Tale was able to use such a great ……. I want to try it too, so teach me next time.”
“Please teach me too.”
Anri and Ur both use body enhancement as a vanguard, so if they can handle phosphorus chi, the benefits will certainly be immeasurable. I never thought that I could be of use to them in this way, an unexpected result of the past three months.
I nodded to them both and then turned my attention back to my conversation with Gillian san.
“So, maybe that was just a test of my skills earlier, but now you approve of me?…… that I have defeated the earth dragon?”
“Well,…… I don’t think you can do a high-ranking dragon with just phosphorus. However, I don’t get the feeling that you’re spouting lies, and it doesn’t seem like you’re the type of person to do so. There’s probably something else at hand besides phosphorus.”
“Branch manager, that means ……!”
“Yeah. I, Gillian, head of the Bren branch of the Adventurers’ Guild, approve. —Tale, an iron grade adventurer, certainly has the capacity to be a “dragonslayer”.”
Gillian san’s words made everyone, including me, gasp.
Gillian san said that he recognized me as a dragon slayer. In other words, it is the official interpretation of the Adventurer’s Guild Bren Branch. In other words, Gillian san said that it would be treated as if I had subjugated the earth dragon with my own power, and that all the honors and rewards would be duly paid.
I asked not to Gillian san, but to the guild official.
“Are you sure about that? I don’t have any proof.”
“Since the director of the …… branch has made the decision, that is the final decision for the Bren branch. This person won’t listen to anything I say, no matter how much they say. However, I have confidence in the correctness of that judgment.”
“Yes! There’s nothing wrong with what I say. Well…if that’s decided, let’s move on with the conversation.”
Gillian san looked at the staff member urging him to do something. The staff let out a sigh, nodded, got up from the couch, and brought a folding table from the corner of the room. He then set it up and picked up the cloth bag he had brought earlier, opened it, and took out the contents.
“This is the price for the materials that Tale-san wished for the guild to purchase–this is the advance payment for it.”
“…… Eeeh! T-This is the advance payment!?”
Rietta shouted loudly when she saw the gold coins piled up on the table. I, Anri, Ur, and everyone else all had a look of amazement on their faces.
–The advance alone is …… 20 gold coins. With this amount of money alone, we could build a small house.
I had thought it would sell for a high price, but I was surprised at the amount of money that exceeded my imagination.
“The materials we wanted to buy were twenty pieces of earth dragon scales and three claws, so we will give you these for the time being. The rest will be assessed more accurately and the value will be calculated in cooperation with the other parties, and the difference from the advance will be paid to you.”
“Expect to receive at least 40 gold coins,” the staff member concluded. He counted the gold coins on the table in front of us, confirmed that there were indeed 20 coins, put them back in the bag, and handed it to us.
I felt the heavy weight of the bag in my hand. I handed the bag of gold coins to Anri, the party leader, with my face somewhat drawn back.
“…… I’ll leave this with Anri for now. We’ll distribute it later.”
“Since Tale did it all on his own, why not leave it to Tale?”
“I’m still a member of the Sword of Wheat. If it weren’t for the adventurous days I spent with everyone, I wouldn’t have been able to slay the earth dragon, so we’ll share this with the party.”
“Well, if Tale says it’s okay, then it’s okay. My money is like Tale’s money anyway.”
“…..”
I felt something caught up in Anri’s statement, but we could only give each other mixed looks.
I turned around and asked the staff for more details.
“20 gold coins, the advance for the purchase of the materials. I received it for sure. When can I expect to receive the rest of the money?”
“Well, I can’t guarantee that ……, but I’d say about a week or two. As soon as it is decided, I will call on you again in the guild.”
“Okay, please.”
“Yes. The other thing …… that we are talking about money is the handling of the carcass of the earth dragon, isn’t it?”
The staff member looked at Gillian san’s face as if to inquire with his eyes, and after confirming that a nod was returned, he said,
“Tale-san told me about the carcass of the earth dragon left in the valley and what to do with its ownership. Several adventurers are currently on a mission requested by the guild to scout the area and retrieve the carcass if it remains. When the carcass is safely brought back to town, the remainder, minus the cost of recovering it, will belong to Tail san. After that, we would be happy to purchase as much of the material as possible from the guild.”
“……! Even the carcasses I left behind will be ours?”
“Yes. It’s common knowledge that with normal monsters, you can’t complain even if someone else takes what you couldn’t bring back, but this time, the story is different. In addition to the preciousness of the material, dragons also have great meaning for adventurers. —That is the honor of being a dragon slayer”
The staff member continues his story as if to teach.
“The dragon is the pinnacle of demons, and to slay it is not only to say that you have slain a powerful demon, but also to prove that you are near the top of your game as an adventurer. We, the guild, will do our utmost to prevent anyone from cheating on this honor or attempting to steal it from the side from an unrelated party.”
“Well, in short. The guild will not allow anyone from the outside to meddle in the marketing of you as the city’s best adventurers, the “Dragonslayer”.”
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