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nChapter 73 part2

nGiant Magic Steel Dragonfly Part 2

nIn the morning, Rollo and I are woken by the sound and fresh wind blowing over the Haym river .

nIt’s still dusky .

nWhen the morning sun rises, everyone starts to get up and prepare breakfast .

n“It’s simple soup . ”

n“Roger . ”

nI eat breakfast and make small talk with Gomez .

nOnce breakfast is finished, everyone gets their things together and prepares to depart .

nAgain, we are advancing west .

nWe are heading down from the kill we camped on last night .

nThe scenery changes .

nUntil now the stone statues have been to our right, but now it ultimately becomes a swamp .

nThe earth is wet like the bank of a salt lake .

nAs we continue through the marshland, big mushrooms begin appearing .

nThe giant mushrooms grow in patches .

nThey seem to be an endemic species that inhabits the part of the swamp .

nLarge pink and purples mushrooms are mixed in with the rest .

nThe mushroom umbrellas have purples spots .

n…I wonder if they’re okay to eat . (TL: Ah, Shuya . I love this simple side of you . )

nThen, the fog clears and sunlight covers the area .

nJust as I look at the bright sky, In front of me, a flock an enormous jellyfish is swimming through the air .

nThe big jellyfish have tiny ones following them like parent and child . (TL: I’ve been playing Skyrim, and this reminds me of the netches from the Dragonborn DLC . )

nThey gather together and move in a spiral .

nThere are also giant dragonflies in the sky, some having stopped on top of the large mushrooms .

n“That’s a giant dragonfly . ”

nFoggy marsh, giant mushrooms, jellyfish and dragonflies in the sky .

nThe whimsical scene is happening in front of me .

nI wish I had a portable camera to record this .

nA pleasant smell is coming from the mushrooms .

nAfter entering the boggy marsh, the speed of the caravan has decreased, but I prefer it this way .

nI move popobumu to the side of the road, closer to the mushrooms, and enjoy myself .

nI also reach out to touch the mushroom .

nIt feels interesting .

nA bit similar to a shiitake? Its tenderness is right, and it smells like a shiitake as well .

nThen,

n“This smell is so goood . ”

n“Ooh . ”

n“It really is . ”

n“Oooh!”

nMany shouts are raised-

nAt that moment, I hear it from a new person riding on a white robot…

nWith a shout, several dozen people have started running at a giant dragonfly .

nThe ground is muddy, but they move fast .

nSeveral people fires arrows at the giant dragonfly . There seem to be magic users at the back too .

nThe magic user starts chanting and aria .

nA chain is visible on the back of the arrows . It appears to be a mechanism .

nThe group of adventurers cooperates smoothly .

n“Oh, they’ve started . Those giant dragonflies are the specialty of this area . ”

nGomez says .

nOf the arrows loosed by the adventurers at the dragonfly, only some have stuck . The giant alloy dragonfly flies away and appears the counter-attack .

nIt uses its giant flapping wing to hover in the air and fires small thorns at the adventurers from its mouth and tail .

nHowever, they’re experienced, so warriors with large shield stand side-by-side and deflect the needle attack .

n“Now, spread out!”

nThe leader shouts a command from behind the line of shields and several arrows are released dragging a considerable iron net behind it .

nThe giant dragonfly’s body and wing are entangled in the net sending it crashing into the marsh, but even though it is caught in the net is continue to struggle and shoot needles out of its mouth . It will probably break the net .

n-The magic chant now ends, and an icicle missile strikes the entangled giant dragonfly .

n“It’s not over yet!! Force, Riot! Vanguard attack! Aim for the head!”

nThe leader issues instructions .

nTwo massive warriors with a longsword and an ax step forward and run at the immobilized giant dragonfly and land a single blow at the base of the head .

nThe giant dragonfly tries to struggle, but the warrior’s skill with the sword and ax is fast .

nThe giant dragonfly is decapitated by the combined attack of the ax and sword .

nThe headless body convulses at first but gradually stops twitching .

n“Yahoo, we killed it! This is our second successful subjugation today! Collect it quickly!”

nThe giant dragonfly corpse is dismantled by several people .

nA big pipe comes from the alloy dragonfly’s torso? Things like that are removed .

nThe head, wings, and everything is collected . A significant amount of materials are removed from a single one, and it fills a whole cart .

n“Collection is almost finished . ”

nAn elf woman who appears to be the leader of the collection party shouts .

n“Fuhaha, haha, is that so! Aside from the collection party, shall we move on to the next?”

n“Got it . ”

n“You guys, get more excited! At the end of today, we’ll bag five of them! -Move out . ”

nThe warrior leader is short .

nPeople who appear to be from the same clan are chatting, they get on small non-thoroughbred horses and walk off while laughing .

n“Follow leader . ”

n“We’re making money!”

nThe group is excited .

nIt all happened in a moment…

nThat was the giant dragonfly Gomez said is hunted .

nA little shocked by the hunt, the caravan continues west at a comfortable pace .

nI was enjoying touching the mushroom along the way, so I wasn’t bothered, but it seems everyone is upset by this mud .

nThe muddy road follows the Haym river through a marsh, but the caravan patiently endures .

nPopobumu splashes mud as he walks, but his steps feel somehow heavy .

nDo you also have the mud? I pat his neck reassuringly .

nThe mud eventually decreases, and we enter a grassy plain .

nThe road becomes solid earth, and we advance easily .

n-Oh? I see something .

nThe city walls of Holkerbam are coming into view .

nThe walls are low . When I see the city walls in the distance, Fran speaks from the back of her magic beast .

n“Is this Shuya’s first time seeing the 【Magic Steel City Holkerbam】?”

n“Yeah . ”

n“In that case, would you like me to give a brief introduction?”

nFran says with a radiant smile .

nHer transparent hawk is flying low near her .

n“Ah, please do . ”

n“Understood . Holkerbam is situated south of the Haym river, the marsh and forests we passed through are the east-north-east of the city . There is an enormous quarry to the north and to the town of Pernette is to the west, there are farms and graveyards on the road to Rad Pass .

n“Quarry?”

nI remember Marquess Chardonnay saying something along those lines .

n“That’s right . There are requests for adventurers at the quarry and where trees are harvested . Harpies come out of the quarry, goblins in the forests, orcs, Nogu, and other monsters like the Shapushi . ”

n“Heh, it must be hard to not find a job . ”

n“Haha, that’s true . ”

nOn the Haym river to my left, I can see a boat advancing .

nGroups of armed adventurers and other caravan pass on the other side of the road .

nMagic beasts pull wagons filled with farm products .

nFlies and insects are swarming around the horses and magic beasts pulling cargo to the point that I feel sorry for them .

nVarious people are using the road .

nThere are snails with large gray shells loitering around in the plains and marsh on the right side of the road . There are also adventurers fighting those enormous snails .

nBattle cries are audible .

nRollo is also looking at the giant snails, her crimson eyes are dilated, and she is crouching, preparing the go hunting .

nIt looks like Rollo wants to play .

nHowever, we’re still on guard duty .

n“Rollo, hunting selfishly isn’t good? The people fighting aren’t having a hard time . ”

n“Nya~ . ”

nRollo responds with her ears folded back .

nThose ammonite or snail type monsters .

nStill, the nearby people transporting goods don’t seem concerned .

nWith that many adventurers participating, still…

nI can see Holkerbam’s eastern gate .

nAs we approach the east gate the number of peculiar building increases .

nThey’re tent-like building .

nThey resemble Mongolian Yurts .

nDomesticated animals are visible as well . It’s a cow . Lungas . Two heads .

nIt has a lot of breasts .

nIt seems to be a favorite domestic animal .

nIn the tents with domestic animals on the grass plains east of Holkerbam, there are also tiger-faced beastkin . (TL: I’m changing beastman to beastkin)

nThere are merchants wearing fur mantles set up in front of the tents and announcing their wares .

nAll over, there are tiger beastkin trying to sell their wares to the caravans and travelers entering the city .

nAmongst them, I pass in front of a tiger beastman vendor speaking energetically .

n“Come! Gaumok Store’s goods, good from far past Hector and 【Fornium Volcano】, from the far eastern country 【Fujiku Commonwealth】and 【Lerwick】 . Come and look at Gaumok Store’s goods!”

nThe Yurt behind this tiger beastkin is noticeably bigger than the others .

nIt seems like a gathering of merchants and traders .

nInstead of entering the city, business can be done here?

nWe ignore the merchant and continue toward the city gates .

nThere are blue flags on either side of the gate flapping in the wind .

nThe flags have a horse, eagle, and dragon drawn on a shield, each one wearing a crown .

nThere are two guards in blue armor below .

nPassing through . The guard sees us, but we don’t make eye contact .

nWe pass through with the other travelers .

nAt last, we arrive in Holkerbam .

n“We’re here . ”

n“Everyone, it was a difficult request . ”

nThe merchant Taijiki apologizes .

n“Oh, wait for a little while we remove the baggage . ”

nGomez’s clan members remove their luggage from Taijiki’s wagon .

n“Thank you . Now, someone from my trading firm is coming . ”

n“Understood . Still, we can just take it down . ”

nAs Gomez works, those from Taijiki’s trading firm gather .

nShe is wearing a turban around her head .

nThere are plenty of people, so the cart a quickly unloaded .

nTaijiki hands the wooden request board to the person from the trading company who came to assist .

nThe lady who came to help receive it and lower her head before disappearing into the city .

n“Everyone, I am having someone from the firm submit the completion tally to the guild when you return to the guild you can receive your payment . In that case, I am going to deliver the good to the trading firm . Everyone, thank you for your work . Another chance . And then, Shuya-sama, I’ll wait for you to visit Luxor . Then . ”

nTaijiki connects the covered wagon and cart and leaves .

n“That merchant really likes Shuya?”

n“Seems like it . ”

nI don’t intend to go, but I nod .

nThen, a member of 【Fist of the War God】 behind Gomez opens his mouth .

n“Captain Gomez . It’s only natural . Even we are grateful to Shuya-san, I was waiting at night…”

nI splendidly ignore that .

nI don’t make eye contact…they didn’t approach, only looking at my crotch making me feel a little scared .

nHis name is Gio… an existence scarier than any of the monster that has appeared .

n“Isn’t Gio passionate? However, Shuya-san wasn’t there…shuddering . ”

n“Ah, don’t you think? And if a thief is caught at the same time, you’ll probably be killed- Shuya, thank you . ”

nGomez and his clan members thank me .

nHis rough fatherly character comes out, and I can see he is an excellent clan Leader .

nThem looking at me is embarrassing .

n“Iya, that was just luck . ”

nEmbarrassed, I try to brush it off .

n“Hahaha, you’re being modest about that spear handling? You’re a truly a strong person, a man among men…then, we’ll all receive our reward from the guild, everyone okay with that?”

nGomez laughs heartily and looks at his member with a heroic character .

n“Agreed . ”

n“I’ll come . ”

n“Captain Gomez, I’ll look for an inn . ”

n“Oh, let’s rendezvous . -Fran and Shuya . We’re going to the guild, let’s meet again . ”

n“Understood . ”

n“Alright . ”

nGomez and the members of 【Fist of the War God】 leave .

n“Is Shuya going to the guild too?”

nFran asks .

n“Ah, I want to look around to city a little, so I’ll go later . ”

n“Is that so…I can show you around?”

nWhile holding her red hair that sways in the breeze, Fran suddenly says such a thing .

nHer red hair sways and she gives off a lot of sex appeal .

nHowever . I’m planning on releasing Misty, she would be inconvenient…

n“I’m just taking a look . It’s not necessary . ”

n“…Understood . Well then, I’ll go to the girl first as well . ”

n“Ah, see you later . ”

nFran makes a thoughtful face before turning around .

nWell then, I’ll release Misty somewhere .

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