"Hmmm. So the people in the slums are coming to dismantle from tomorrow."

　Appreciatingly...but not so intriguing, Vihela gently baked oak and doused with sour fruit sauce...to Ray's taste of what could be called roast pork.
　In addition, this roast oak was made by Marina using Ray's magic kiln, and it was one of her own specialties.
　Oaks live in their own way around the village of Dark Elf, Marina's hometown.
　That's why the dark elves living in the settlement know so much about recipes for oak dishes.
　This roast oak looks like a very simple dish, but it's very difficult to cook the meat, the types of condiments and herbs you put on it before grilling, and above all, the meat.
　In that sense, it can be said that fruit sauce is easier.
　Ray also nods back at Vihela's words as he eats the roast oak.

"Oh, if things go on as they are now, the demolition won't go very far. No, I don't think the slum dwellers' cooperation will finish this winter."

　Considering the size of the gigant turtleneck, there is no way that the dismantling speed will increase to that much with an increase of 10 or 20 people.
　Even so, I thought it would be better if the dismantling speed could be increased even a little...
　Even if it is impossible this winter, I would like to end the demolition next winter if possible.
　With that in mind, Ray expected that it would take some time.

"Slums, you know... but are you all right? They may be used to dismantling cobalt, but cobalt and gigant turtles are different, aren't they?"

　Marina, who was drinking soup, said so, but the words were true to the truth.
　People in the slums are accustomed to dismantling Cobold's body, as they dismantle it almost every day.
　However, that means that we are only used to dismantling covolts.
　And, of course, the Cobold and the Gigant Turtle differ greatly in shape and size.

"I suppose so, but given the size of the gigant turtleneck, it will certainly be a long one, and you will remember the basics of demolition, so you will learn it naturally."

　Demolition of monsters requires a certain level of knowledge.
　No matter how many dead Cobolt's bodies are brought into the slums, there's no point in trying to ruin them as a practice.
　especially for fur, the more cheap it is to be bought. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
　At any rate, how do we dismantle the body of Cobboldt so as not to hurt him as much as possible?
　Of course, it would be best to have experienced people teach you.
　And there are quite a few former adventurers in the slums.
　They will pay some price for it and be taught how to dismantle it.
　...Of course, there are differences between different teachers, such as good disassembling and bad teaching, so it's meaningless to be an adventurer.
　At any rate, most of the slum dwellers who are dismantling the cobold now think that they have some skill in dismantling it.
　Then Ray's words about learning naturally while dismantling the gigant turtleneck were not beside the point.

"I hope Ray says so... What did you think, Elena? You saw the demolition of the Giant Turtle today, didn't you?"
"Huh? Well, as far as I can see, I don't think a slight increase in the number of people would make any sense... ...but I don't think it's a problem because it's going to speed up a little bit."

　Elena said so, and Marina would stop asking Ray any more if he had said so.





　The next morning, in front of the main gate... ...unusual for Ray, he was surprised at what he saw.
　for there were certainly more than fifty, if not more than a hundred, of them.

"This is... frankly unexpected,"
"Hmmm, what do you think? You didn't expect to get this many people together, did you?

　Suu Kyi proudly says to Ray, who screams in surprise.
　Ray nods at the remark, but immediately opens his mouth again.

"I'm sure you're surprised. I'm sure... do you remember the conditions I told you yesterday? I think it's simply amazing that you've gathered so many people, but if you do even one odd thing out of all the people you've gathered, it's going to bother all the other slum dwellers, let alone the others."

　I was told that if it were true, the guild would not be able to do the work, but they gave me permission to use it as long as it was used as a surprise or threat.
　That's why Ray said so...

"It's all right. These are all the people I believe in."

　Suu Kyi says so without showing any signs of fright at Ray's words.
　I didn't mean it out of force, but Ray could see that I meant it.

(Maybe Suu Kyi is a very broad-faced or influential person in the slums? ...though she has quite a few children.)

　At first, Ray was surprised by the large number of people, but when I checked with those on Suu Kyi's side, they were clearly younger than Suu Kyi...and many children were around ten years old.
　However, it is not unusual in this world to work as a housekeeper at that age.
　But... this job is not something that even children around them can easily do, and it requires a reasonable amount of expertise.

"I'm glad you've gathered so many people, but there are many children. Can you dismantle them properly?"

　Suu Kyi caresses the child's head close to her with an air of course at Ray's words.
　...and the children seemed a little frightened, partly because there were so many adventurers in front of them.
　Adults in the slums don't seem to be scared unlike their children, but in rare cases no one is pretending to fight with adventurers.
　Not every adult living in a slum has a grudge or jealousy against a non-slum dweller... but in that sense, the adults in the slum right in front of them are rational.

"Don't worry about it. They dismantled the cobolts almost every day, so they're used to the work itself."
"Really? ... Well, since Kobolt is not such a big monster, even children can dismantle it once they get used to it."

　It would be common knowledge that children should be dangerous to hold knives.
　However, children around the age of ten may cook to help their families.
　Ray, too, thought it wasn't that strange because he had cooked in elementary school... yes, half way through.

"Yes, it's okay. In fact, they're pretty good at dismantling. ... They even got a little injured at first."
"...okay. If you're going to be responsible for these guys, I won't say anything more. ... Can I ask for the rest?"
"Yes,"

　The guild staff member nods with a smile on his face.
　Guild officials were surprised to see if they had ever expected so many slum dwellers to gather, but... they wouldn't show it.

"Well, let me explain the treatment of the slum dwellers."

　While he was looking at the guild staff, who were beginning to talk to Suu Kyi, the guards were taking steps to get out of the guild.
　Fortunately, as Ray had told Suu Kyi before... no, the treatment is better than that, so the pay story is settled without any problems, and it's free for slum dwellers to get in and out of the city through the guild's intermediation while they're dismantling the gigant turtled.
　Originally, adventurers are free to enter the city if they show a guild card, but slum dwellers naturally don't have an adventurer card.
　So while I was doing this work, I was granted a special permission, but this was not difficult because non-adventurers were sometimes recruited as people to dismantle, and it was applied to them.

(And yet, the number has increased considerably.)

　Ray's impressions were not only of the slum dwellers, but of adventurers and ordinary collaborators.
　The rewards themselves were low, but the fact that they gave us Gigant Turtle meat as a souvenir would have been enough to attract a lot of people.
　In this season when there is not much entertainment, food is naturally a great pleasure.
　In the midst of all this, it is possible to eat even a little delicious meat that even princes and nobles rarely eat.
　If you get such meat, you'll get some reward.
　...even if you are not an adventurer now, it was only natural that anyone with dismantling skills would want to participate.
　While Ray thinks so, the guild staff and Suu Kyi finish discussing the terms and conditions, and the guards finish their procedures and go out.
　The surroundings are still dim, and the number of spectators is not as high as it was in the daytime. ... The more people are looking for entertainment in the slightly existing neighborhood, just because it's not so high.Out of the guillem... in the dark, Seto senses how many monsters are coming, and then Ray senses a few seconds later.

"It's a monster! Come here! Get ready for battle!"

　Adventurers employed as bodyguards in the group and those who are adventurers by profession when asked to dismantle Ray respond immediately.
　Contrary to this, however, many of the people who took part in this request because they had dismantling skills, and some of the slum dwellers who took part in this request from today, have never experienced combat.
　They were so upset that some of them hurried back into the guillem."

"Gurling!"

　Seto's screams echo throughout the surrounding area.
　It's the king's pressure.
　However, this time Seto was used with less power, and the listener never fainted.
　Those of a certain strength or more were only slightly affected... ...even though it was unexpected for Ray and Sett that some of the monsters that came towards them stopped moving.

(As I expected, it was Goblin who stopped moving.)

　It was still dim, but a nocturnal ray could tell that the goblins stopped moving away.
　Others like oaks and wolf monsters have slowed down a little, but they still don't seem to stop.

(Even though Seto is there...is it because of yesterday's demolition?)

　The prediction was not overthinking, given the possibility that the smell of Gigant Turtle's blood had not completely disappeared overnight.
　Thinking this way, Ray pulls the spear of death and twilight out of Mistilling.
　Coming monsters are by no means powerful monsters.
　Still, many people had never experienced battle behind them, so they needed to defeat the approaching monsters.

"If you're not confident in fighting, don't get in the way of it! You can leave the fighting to an expert! As long as Ray, nicknamed crimson, fights against monsters like that are perfectly fine!"

　Ray steps forward, listening to guild officials screaming behind him.
　The sagging death size halves the oak's torso.
　Seto also goes around behind the enemy to keep the enemy alive and kills the Goblin, who had stopped moving under the pressure of the king.
　For Seto, low-ranking monsters like Goblin should be trampled down rather than fighting.
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