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Chapter 412 – Cleaning up Afterward
“Welcome back, warriors.”
When we returned to Drad, the royal capital of the Dragonis Mountain Kingdom, we were greeted by His Majesty Hoskat himself. Well, it took a while from the time the magic airship landed to the time we disembarked, so I guess the dragon riders who had already disembarked sent him a message.
“The warriors of our kingdom have already reported the results of the battle. The monsters’ nest has been completely destroyed. There is no doubt that the power of the Kingdom of Merinard has been more than demonstrated.”
“It is also due to the support of the brave warriors of the Dragonis Mountain Kingdom. We have seen firsthand the power of the dragon riders of the Dragonis Mountain Kingdom.”
“I hope we can continue to work together like today to build a bright future.”
His Majesty Hoskat nodded in agreement. After the ceremony, the flying biters brought back from the battle were brought out.
“Oh, this is a big one.”
His Majesty Hoskat exclaimed in surprise. The carcasses of the flying biters were lined up at the landing site of the flying dragons, twelve in all. The smallest was easily over 15 meters long, and the largest was over 20 meters long.
“We were only able to secure the ones that fell onto the ship, so we could only bring back a few of them. I’m not exaggerating, though; we took down more than ten times that many.”
“Umu, Sindriel told me about that, too. It is truly fortunate that we were able to get Kosuke-dono’s help this time. It would have been difficult to destroy them with our powers alone.”
Certainly, it would have been difficult to take on so many flying biters with just the dragon riders. Judging by the size and number of the dragon barracks near the landing site, the number of dragon riders was probably no more than fifty. It would be possible to destroy the flying biters in an all-out battle, but I am sure they would have to make sacrifices of some sort.
Well, the dragon riders in Drad might not be the entire air force of the Dragonis Mountain Kingdom, so we don’t know what the true total strength of the army would be.
“This biggest one isn’t in bad shape, so shall we cut off its head and use it as a trophy?”
“That’s a good idea. I will display it in the square in front of the castle.”
The biggest one, over 20 meters long, was displayed for a few days as a symbol of the battle, and then it was stuffed and kept as a souvenir by the Dragonis Mountain Kingdom. It is said that the mages of the Dragonis Mountain Kingdom will periodically cool it with ice magic to prevent it from rotting during the few days it is on display.
His Majesty Hoskat left to give instructions, and Isla and I were the only ones left in this place. Grande ended up sleeping on the bridge for a long time. Since there was no sign of her waking up, we left the ship, leaving the mages on the bridge to check the ship.
“Speaking of which, Isla, do you think we can eat this thing’s meat?”
“I don’t know either.”
Isla shook her head. Even the well-informed Isla doesn’t know? Well, we’ll find out when we try it. Anyway, I knew that as long as I cooked it thoroughly, it wouldn’t upset my stomach.
“I wonder if there is anyone who knows how to use it?”
“It’s best to ask the locals about such things.”
So I asked the people around me, especially the soldiers of the royal castle, but no one seemed to know. I had no choice but to ask one of the soldiers to bring someone who might know.
“Should we drain the blood while we’re at it?”
“I know it’s a little late for that, but let’s just do it.”
The carcass is not in very good condition, having been hit here and there by large caliber bullets from the magic rifle. However, I am sure that any meat will smell bad if it is not drained of blood, so I will try to remove as much blood as possible. First of all, it’s so big and long that it’s hard to hang it up. This one is.
“Well, I’ll take care of it.”
“Be careful.
Once all the corpses were in the inventory, I set up a stone wall. I jumped onto it, jumped up, and placed the blocks at my feet. Jump on it, jump up and place more blocks under my feet, and build a 22-meter-high tower of stone wall blocks for now. The size of each block is exactly 1 meter, so there are 22 blocks. Then, from the top position, I continued to build the blocks horizontally, extending the width to 10 meters, and this time, I extended the stone wall blocks to the ground level while hanging a ladder. Now, we have a platform from which to hang our giant prey―a bloodletting platform.
Then, I would attach a ladder to the opposite pillar so that I could climb to the top from either pillar. Yes, this is usually scary when you look down from the top. I won’t say which part, but it’s a whoosh.
There are fall control bracelets, so I don’t think I’ll die if I fall off… Meanwhile, I’m going to put a metal railing on the top aisle. Safety is important. If I put a lifeline on the metal railing, it will reduce the number of unforeseen accidents for now.
Then, with the help of the harpies and the riflemen, we hung the body of the flying biter from the upper aisle with a rope.
“It’s so heavy!”
“Watch out, watch out! It’s going to fall!”
We adjusted the length of the rope so that it hung just right in the air, and then we dropped the head and began to drain the blood. Since Isla said that the blood might be useful for something, we decided to store it in a barrel.
“What could we use the blood for?”
“The blood of snake-like monsters can be used as an ingredient for detoxification-type alchemy. It can also be used to make tonic medicine or recovery medicine, depending on what it is.”
“I see.”
With the size of this body, there should be a good amount of blood. If you can make good use of it, that’s the best way to go. Well, a good amount of blood flowed out of the gunshot wound before it was hung. But there’ll still be a lot of blood.
Meanwhile, the soldier I just asked to find someone who knows how to handle and cook flying biters and some people in white aprons who look like cooks appear from the castle. They are holding some kind of knife that looks like a sword. Is it some kind of tuna knife?
“This is amazing. We don’t often get flying biters brought in, not more than a few a year, or even one a year if things go badly. There are twelve of them. We need to get rid of them fast.”
The one looking at the suspended flying biters is a very stocky lizardman. It is hard to tell the age of the lizardman from his appearance, but he is a man of considerable stature. He must be of a certain age.
“Let’s peel off the skin first. The skin is also valuable.”
“I will leave the details to you. If you want, you can use our men as laborers.”
“Thank you very much.”
The fact that the cook’s eyes changed color means that it must be edible. I’m a little excited to see what it tastes like. As I watched the flying biters being peeled off their skins under the command of the lizardman cook, I was anticipating the taste.