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Chapter 138.7
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Chapter 138.7 – Retreat x Retreat
“N-no wayyyyyyyyy!!!”
“Shh…!!!”
“Impossible… Impossible~…”
Rigal-sama holds her head in front of me.
She suddenly becomes meek and seems like a cute little creature, but this is not a situation where such pampering is allowed.
If she were to be discovered, it would be a terrible disaster.
“What is so impossible about it? You’re just going to dress like the other goddesses, right? You know it’s bad if they find out you’ve descended, right?”
“I know that, but… But, taking off my armor…”
“What are you worried about… is that more important than being found out?”
“Ugh… For me, both are equally important…”
“…Rigal-sama?”
“What is it…?”
“For example, what would you do if someone suddenly called your name in the middle of the city? To be honest, I think you would answer, wouldn’t you? For this reason, Riste never spoke to anyone in the city. Not even if they talked to her. Could you do that?”
“I don’t think I could…”
“Yes, I think so too. But Rigal-sama is very conspicuous and easy to recognize. After all, there is only one god statue that is different. Even when I was first called to the divine realm, I think only Rigal-sama is immediately recognizable, you know?”
“That’s true…”
“This city is big, and there are four hunting grounds around it, so there are a lot of hunters. It’s so crowded that I can’t even take requests. Of course, many of these people must be worshippers of Rigal-sama, and if they saw you like this, they would most likely think of Rigal-sama.”
“…..”
“But if you wore normal clothes instead of armor, people would just think that you are a beautiful woman. Maybe some people would come up and talk to you, but I don’t think they would assume you were Rigal-sama and start talking to you out of the blue.”
“…..”
“Rigal-sama, this is not the time to blush, you know?”
“Hyaii…”
“I don’t know what kind of disaster will befall us if it’s discovered. It will certainly cause trouble for the other goddesses, and there is no doubt that this city will be thrown into chaos. The information could spread around the world and cause a great upheaval.”
“…..”
“Still, can’t you take off your armor?”
“Ugh… Ugh…”
“Well, that’s just my personal opinion, so the goddesses should discuss it among themselves after all. If you can’t take off the armor, then the city is too dangerous, so I think it would be better to move to somewhere inside Palmera or somewhere where there are no people?”
“N-no way…”
Where did all her dignity go?
She’s so small now that I wonder if her body has shrunk by a third or so. I feel a little sorry for her as she lies face down on the table.
It’s painful to hear her mumbling in a low voice, “I can’t take off my armor; I don’t want to take it off.”
But you know… even if we were to give in and say that it’s just a cheap leather armor, it’s still an armor that you can clearly see is amazing.
Even I, who is new to this world, can tell that this is different from the norm, so the B-rank hunters in this city will immediately see the strangeness of this armor.
It shines so brightly that it’s almost blinding.
“Well, even though it’s hard to search the whole city, I’ll make sure to check my current status and gather any additional information I can. At this point, however, I need you to send the split body down when I’m on the hunting grounds. I’m hunting in an area with no humans.”
“Do you really think they will find out that I am a goddess?”
“Yes. I can only see a future where you are suspected of being a goddess early on, and you react to the name you are called by blowing yourself up.”
“Ugh… I understand, I’ll come back later… please don’t mind me…”
I can only watch in silence as Rigal-sama disappears with her head bowed.
But then I think to myself.
“(With Riste gone, who will I be able to consult…?)”
The next day.
I went hunting as usual.
I waited for a while in the morning, but in the end, Rigal-sama didn’t come down.
I wonder if she’ll come down tonight?
Since there’s no way to contact her properly except through Divine Communication, I’ll just have to see how the Goddesses decide for now.
I’ll have to go along with the outcome.
While I was hunting frogs, the announcement I was waiting for finally came.
‘You have acquired Water Magic Lv.4.’
“(Yay!)”
This completed my quota of 145 kills.
I’ve increased all the skills I have at level 1 to at least level 4.
Looking at my watch, it’s almost 5 p.m.
I take a seat on a thick branch that comes into view, and while I’m taking a break, I look at the status screen while dangling my legs.
“(Physical Defense Up is 7% at level 4. So, to get it to level 5, I’ll need about 450 Mud Crabs. It’s going to be hard, and I feel like it’s a waste of time. It wouldn’t be surprising if monsters with even higher levels than this one appeared at some point. So, this is the end of the Lake Voice area… but where in the world is the Golden Amber Frog?)”
I’ve been looking for it for the past three days while moving around the hunting grounds.
I wasn’t that interested in the monetary value of the material, which was over 500,000 Beekes, but I was curious to know what abilities it possessed.
If possible, I wanted to know.
However, I hadn’t even seen it, let alone defeated it.
It was natural because I hunted in places where there were no people except for the first day, but I didn’t even see anyone defeat it.
“(If you don’t know the cycle and the appearance points, there’s no point in sticking with it…)”
No matter how much I increase my skill level, I can’t identify certain monsters with Presence Detection.
Then it would be Exploration, but I wonder if the golden Amber Frog would be caught by Exploration as an Amber Flag.
Up to this point, I had been thinking about it, and I felt a sense of unease.
“(Who came up with these monster names in the first place? If people just came up with them on their own, then they’re just afterthoughts that came after the existence of abilities. Which means… )”
As a test, I used Exploration and the name “Frog” in my mind.
Then, through the power of skills, I understand that the amber frog in front of my field of vision has been captured by Exploration.
“(…Using Exploration on ‘dead frog.’)”
“Hmm… there are too many to tell them apart.”
“(I knew it. So far, I’ve been using Exploration on monster names decided by someone in this world, but actually, the skill user is using the skill to search for the existence he imagines from those words, right?)”
I have no idea what kind of principle allows this.
I’m just left thinking again that the skills in this world are very deep.
But now I can see what I have to do.
Of course, when I try it, I’ll use this word.
“(Search for ‘Golden Frog’)”
There is no response.
This means that there are no ‘Golden Frogs’ within a 30-meter radius that can be covered by my current skill level.
Then.
I will leave the basket on the stone pillar as it is and continue to activate Exploration while flying.
If there are no people around, there should be no problem with this method of searching for monsters.
I wonder if the Golden Frog is just an upgraded version of the normal Amber Frog with a higher skill level or if it has a completely different rare skill?
I was eager to find out, so I explored the area.
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It was 11 pm.
I walked back to the inn, thinking to myself that I was a complete idiot.
In the excitement of having made a discovery, I continued to search for the golden frog using Flight without thinking about the consequences.
That’s right, I didn’t just try a little; I just kept flying.
As a result, I ran out of magic power.
By the time I realized that I couldn’t use Flight to get home, it was too late, and I was forced to walk home carrying a heavy basket full of magic stones.
I was also on the other side of the lake.
I wandered around in the forest, where there were not even animal tracks. When the sun had completely set, and it was pitch dark, the fear I felt when I wandered through the forest of Palmera for the first time in a long time came back to me.
Still, I used the Night Vision to check the direction with my watch, and when my magic had recovered a bit, I flew around looking for a road…
After all the trouble I went through to finally get to Malta, the Hunters’ Guild is now closed, and I can’t even exchange my money.
In this world where there aren’t even streetlights, the only place open this late is probably a bar, so I know there’s no point in complaining.
Even in that bar, there were only a few seats open when I got back to my inn.
“(Sigh… I can’t believe I ended up in this situation just because I was greedy for the Golden Frog… I couldn’t find it after all, so I’ll forget about the Golden Frog for a while.)”
I finally arrived at the inn, muttering the words of repentance that I had repeated ten times.
There was a lot of material in the basket that I couldn’t exchange for money.
As I was walking to my room, feeling bad that I had to carry all this stuff, I noticed there was someone I didn’t want to see at the counter on the first floor that I had to pass through.
That’s right, it was the old man who was the manager.
“Loki-sama, have you been working up until now?”
“Well, there was a small problem. The guild was closed, so I couldn’t exchange the materials. I’m sorry, but I still have them. It’s just a magic stone, so I don’t think it smells too bad…”
The manager’s eyebrows twitched when I said this.
“Sorry to bother you, but would you mind if I took a look at the contents of the basket?”
“Ugh, of course not.”
Oh no, he’s going to get mad.
I thought.
This is the most luxurious inn in Malta.
Normally, if I brought a large amount of monster materials to a place like this, it would be against the rules.
They might tell me not to bring it in because it smells, or even if it’s just a magic stone, they might order me to clean it right away.
However, when I unloaded the basket and hesitantly showed him the contents, contrary to my expectations, the old man showed a curious reaction and muttered to himself.
“Is this from Lake Voice? As you say, it is full of magic stones to an amazing degree…”
“Yes, that’s right, but how did you know it was from Lake Voice?”
“There are a lot of light blue magic stones mixed in. The only place to find light blue magic stones around here is Lake Voice.”
“I see.”
At this point, I had a vague idea.
Could this be a business meeting?
“By the way, is it possible to sell this item to our inn?”
“It depends on the price.”
So, I didn’t even have to think about it before giving him an immediate answer.
Now, I’m cashing in without using a letter of credit.
In other words, it doesn’t count my achievements as a hunter.
Even if I used letters of credit, it wouldn’t be much of an achievement for me as a D-rank hunter to deliver a large amount of E-rank magic stones.
It would be better for me to sell them to the old man.
Even if it’s the same price as the guild’s purchase price, I won’t have to go and cash it tomorrow morning, and the amount of magic stones consumed in the bath can only be attributed to this inn.
Considering this point, it is clear that this inn usually purchases a large amount of magic stones, so it must be possible to trade with each other with a mutual understanding of the market price.
As the current guest, there is also a possibility that the conversation will be in my favor.
“Then, if you don’t mind, please come this way.”
Then I walked through a passage that seemed to be for employees only, and at the end of it was a room.
I was led into a luxurious room with the words “Manager’s Room” written on it.
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“I’m sleepy… sleepy, sleepy, sleepy… So sleepy…”
I walk with unsteady steps to my room on the second floor, where I’m staying.
It must be after midnight.
But the business negotiations went well, and my basket is now empty.
Instead, I have a few coins in my hand.
“(So this is a platinum coin worth 1 million beeke… it’s really beautiful, isn’t it?)”
This is the first time I’ve held one, and at first glance, it looks similar to the silver coins often used at street stalls, but as the name suggests, it’s slightly whiter.
And most importantly, it was very clean, with no scratches.
I guess it’s only circulated in certain places and among certain people, and as you’d expect, there’s probably no one who would pay for something of this value by just throwing it down.
I felt that it would be a shame to put it in a leather bag with other coins, so I couldn’t help but put the platinum coin in my pocket.
“(But what should I do…?)”
The manager, who introduced himself as Wills-san, was generous with his payment.
He seemed to know the Hunters’ Guild’s purchase price, and after receiving an explanation of the store’s prices, he bought them for about 1000 beeke each, which was more than the Guild’s price.
However, considering the effort of buying them and the total number of magic stones, it seems that Wills-san also made a good profit, and he even asked me to bring more if possible.
Well, the time for the Lake Voice area is supposed to end today.
Of course, when I told him this, he looked disappointed and slumped his shoulders, but still, when he said, “I’ll buy them from you anytime,” I began to wonder if I should raise the level of my level 2 skills, such as Photosynthesis and Physical Defense Up, to level 5.
“(Hmm… If Rigal-sama descends tomorrow as planned, I might be able to objectively find out whether or not I can survive in a B-rank hunting ground.)”
While I was thinking about this, I opened the door to my room…
“Huh?”
I saw a girl with beautiful blonde hair looking out of the window.
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