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Chapter 79
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Chapter 79 – Route Development
In the dismantling area of the Hunter’s Guild.
It was a strange scene there in the morning.
“All right, Ents! You’re in charge of Loki’s oversized basket!”
“Oh! I’ll take it to the limit!”
“Lloyds! Mars! You have to go as far as you think you can go!”
“All right.”
“I never thought I’d be carrying a basket myself…”
“Me and Zarsa will carry the basket to the limit of its capacity. Show us your pride in your melee skills, okay?”
“It is natural. I won’t lose to Lloyds and Mars.”
“Mizuru’s party seems to have no problem with that. Then, Loki, please.”
“I understand.”
After being called that way, Loki introduced himself.
“Nice to meet you, Mizuru-san’s party. My name is Loki, and I’m the one who came up with this plan. I know this was a sudden announcement, but it’s a mutually beneficial plan, so let’s all do our best within reason!”
“”””””Oh!””””””
“There will be plenty of time to discuss other details on the way, so let’s discuss what’s on your mind as we go. Then let’s get going!”
Six people with baskets on their backs and a boy in close combat gear walked out of the back gate on the dismantling site side.
There is usually one basket carrier in a party.
This is common knowledge among hunters, and the answer is the same no matter who you ask.
The head of the dismantling site, Roddy-san, of course, and the hunters who had just come to pick up their baskets looked at this unusual scene with a “What’s going on?”
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“Is that what this is about? You haven’t even decided where you’re going to be based in Lulub?”
“Yes, that’s right. Yesterday was the first time. Well, that’s why we can be flexible now.”
We were just checking the structure inside the Lulub Forest.
Today is good.
Since we start at the same time, there won’t be any problems, and everyone’s baskets will be full.
However, if we fail to meet tomorrow, this plan will also be abandoned.
If I set up a base deep in the Lulub, it would be difficult for me to return to the entrance where they would enter, and this plan would not work.
On the other hand, if I set up a base that is too shallow in the forest to give priority to joining the others, other parties would also move in, so it would be easy to exhaust the monsters in the area.
I don’t even know if I have the place to set up a base.
Since I was the one who hunted two hares*, I guess I’ll have to make some compromises with my base… [T/n: There’s a saying that says, If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.]
“Uh… from the entrance to the forest we usually enter, there’s a cliff about two hours away, right?”
“Yes, there is. We rarely go that far, but I think that’s where Feather and the others would have turned.”
“Feather?”
“Yes, they’re the biggest earners in Bezzart. Now that I think about it, did Loki already make more than them?”
“Oh, they use oversized baskets, a party that makes about 400,000 beeke a day at Lulub.”
“They are very selective with their cuts. So it’s not surprising if it’s a little more than that.”
“Well, well, well, at least you all will definitely exceed that 400,000 today, so I don’t think you need to worry about the money.”
“H-hey… can we really make that much money?”
“Yeah… I don’t really believe it, I mean, the leader said it would be okay, so I followed him, but… can you really do it?”
“It is okay. I think each person will get at least 150,000 beeke. If you consider six people as one party, that means at least 900,000 beeke.”
“Oh, that’s a crazy amount of money…”
“Why are you talking so normally with that amount? …With 150,000 beeke, you could easily live for half a month!”
“I’m just curious, Loki, how much money have you ever made in a day?”
“I only have experience in the Palmera Great Forest and the Rocker Plain. I think it was about 800,000 beeke in the Rocker Plain.”
“”””””…..””””””
Money will follow you if you are efficient and over-hunt your enemies.
So that’s not the problem right now.
I think everybody’s attention is focused on money.
“The problem is not money. What is worse is that Feather-san and his party might be hunting in the same area.”
“Is that so?”
“They might take the monsters I killed first, you know? The number of monsters will also decrease if the hunting grounds are occupied.”
“Hmm…”
“By the way, is the party entering the Lulub Forest from the same place?”
“Hmm? Yes… that’s right. Everyone has always taken this road into Lulub.”
“At least since my father’s time, I think.”
“I see. I see. The forest seems to be quite big, but it’s the same way…”
Well, is it any wonder?
Yesterday, I went to Lulub, relying on the information that it was northwest of Bezart, and I went along the road that I had already taken with Ria-sama.
Without thinking about it, the entrance can naturally be determined as the closest and safest way from Bezart.
“(Avoiding the crowds… Another route… But if I can’t get there, there’s no point…)”
Then, I suddenly remembered the Seil River, which runs through the Lulub Forest.
“Um, the Seil River runs through the Lulub Forest, right?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“It flows through Palmera, past Bezart, and into the Lulub Forest―have you ever hunted at the entrance to the Lulub Forest where the river enters?”
“I’ve never heard of anyone entering the Lulub from the river, have you?”
“That’s right. I’ve never hunted there either.”
“Is that because it’s far from Bezart?”
“Because no one hunts there. All I can say is I have no idea.”
“That’s right. I’ve never even thought of going through there.”
“I see…”
If you follow the river to the Lulub Forest, you have absolutely no reason to get lost.
And if there are no people around, isn’t it the best place to hunt? I thought so… but I guess it doesn’t work that way.
While I was thinking that, Mars-san, who had been quiet on the way, opened his mouth.
“Travel time isn’t that different. When I was a kid, my grandfather and I went there on a fishing trip.”
“Huh?”
“It’s just that people have been telling me not to go there for a long time because it’s dangerous. There are stories that there are many monsters around the river.”
“Oh, yes, there are stories like that. Is that why no one goes there?”
“That’s right. If there’s no one to go to, we can’t expect any help if something goes wrong. In the first place…”
Hey, hey, hey, hey…
Let’s calm down and think about this.
There are a lot of monsters around the river; I experienced that in Palmera.
So it is understandable that it is dangerous and forgotten because no one goes there.
And if no one goes there, I can hunt as much as I want.
It would be a great pleasure for me and would contribute a lot to the collection of materials for the six of them.
As for the crucial trip, it’s about as far as Mars-san and his grandfather could go when he was a kid.
You won’t know until you go, but it’s about 2 hours from the town of Bezart to the Sail River.
There is a high probability that the grassland along the way is still there.
Also, there is a possibility of finding a cave near the river that would be ideal for a base, and it would be easy to secure water, so I could save my skill points for acquiring Water Magic for the time being…
It would be too good to be true!
――But.
The question is whether the safety of six people can be guaranteed.
No matter how many monsters I could kill on my own, I would feel responsible if I found out that they had been exterminated.
If I hunt the surrounding area in the manner of fixed-point hunting, there seems to be no problem at all…
“(…U-ugh… what should I do…?)”
The words that came out of my troubled mind were a question to the six of them.
“Everyone. Are you ready for an adventure for a great reward?”