"Oh, Mr. Ray, you're back... by any chance already?"

　Ray had returned the guild after the mud wall had been built and Marina and Mail had frozen and reinforced.
　But Ray was the only one in the guild, and Marina and Mail went somewhere again to train themselves in spirit magic.

"Oh, that's all right. For the time being, I don't think the average Cobolt can come into the guillem so easily. ... On the contrary, there's a possibility that a stronger Cobolt can come into the guillem."
"All right. I'll let you know about it, but now, as Mr. Ray hoped, there are more people going to dismantle the Giant Turtle than to subdue the Cobold."
"Well, and if you see that you can make more money than you can do to subdue the Cobold, you might complain about a lot of things."

　The rewards themselves are low, but selling gigant turtlenecks is certain to be a good sum.
　If anyone participates in the demolition and eats meat at least once, it is unlikely that anyone will refuse to be told to sell it.
　Therefore, it was semi-confirmed that some people would feel angry that they had not taught them until now, and others would wonder what the hardships were.
　However, if you know who the gigant turtleneck is, few will make a claim there.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
"Oh, that's no problem, but... do you go out of your way to check?"
"That's true. It's about the request, after all. We need to follow the guild's guidelines carefully and then revise the request."
"...can't I ask Marina about that? Well, she's not here right now."

　Marina, the former guildmaster, should have known what a guide to the guild should be.
　With that in mind, Ray's honest feeling was that the guild staff wouldn't have to go out of their way to where Koboldt would be.
　The mud wall won't increase the number of covolts any more, but conversely speaking, the covolts that are currently encroaching into the guillem may escape...it's not impossible, but it will take a lot of time, considering the height of the wall.
　Lenora opens her mouth with a smile at Rey's suggestion that guild officials should go out of their way to such places.

"Mr. Marina was the former guildmaster, but she is not the guildmaster at this time. As long as you submit a written request and guide the adventurers, you cannot do so."

　The adventurers around them tremble as if they were moved by Lenora's words.

"Hey, have you heard of course.
"Oh, Lenora-chan is the star of our hope..."
"Oh, stupid! Don't cry in a place like this! Well, Lenora would care if she saw such a thing."
"Saying that, your eyes are moistened."

　That kind of communication was heard by Ray, and it seems that Lenora could hear it, not only because it was a relatively loud voice.
　Lenora looked down, but Ray could see the tip of her ear and neck turning red.

"Oh, Lenora is very popular. But I'm not a lot of others, and I'd be happy with it if it was popular with Ray."

　That's what Kenny says, and he looks at Ray.
　Lenora, looking down, opens her mouth, expressing her dissatisfaction with Kenny's words.

"Oh, it's noisy. What's wrong with your work? You told me to put the papers in order before, right?"
"Putting the papers together? I wonder if you mean this."

　Kenny smiles at Lenora's words and shows the papers he has.
　Lenora skimmed through the papers and found them well organized.

"Well, what do you think? Can I do this much if I do it?"
"...why can't you do such a thing on a daily basis?"

　Kenny shrugs his shoulders slightly at Lenora's discontent.
　The movement swings Kenny's rich twin hills, attracting the attention of the adventurers around him.
　What we can't save is that some of the adventurers who lost sight of Kenny's twin hills were moved by Lenora's words.
　Anyway, Lenora and Kenny had a lot of arguments after that, but unfortunately Ray has a lot more to do.
　Lenora and Kenny can't help it, so they call out to the other receptionists.

"Do you know if the cleaning up of the Guild's warehouse is over?"
"No, I'm afraid it's not over yet, but it's going to be over by the evening, so I think it'll be all right by the time the gigant turtles are dismantled."
"...I see,"

　Even after the demolition of the Giant Turtle, Suu Kyi and her colleagues need to return to the slums.
　It's because I need to bring in my family, friends, lovers...
　There is no shortage of danger of being held hostage in an attempt to take away the money earned by dismantling the Giant Turtle.

"Hurry me up... No, I think I've made you push yourself too hard."
"No. Many adventurers were happy to have a light job."

　She was such a receptionist, but she also needed to send guild staff to keep watchful eye on things like moving her luggage and stealing valuable materials for bad things.
　There was no doubt that it was a heavy burden on the guild, as they were already busy doing so.
　Therefore, there is no doubt that this sudden incident caused trouble to the guild.
　...however, I suppose it was because I judged the guild to be profitable.

"Well, I see. So I'm going back to dismantling the gigant turtleneck, but when it's done, I'm coming back here?"
"Well, well... the guild is going to take care of people, so if you can follow his directions, it would be a problem if you could come here in large numbers."

　Many are now at work -- mostly on the cobolt -- but by the end of the demolition of the Giant Turtle, many other adventurers will return to the guild.
　With that in mind, it was clear that there were about 50 slum dwellers, even if they didn't enter the guild directly, and they would gather in front of the guild.
　Many adventurers... no, they don't like it just because they live in a slum.
　Given the circumstances around it, it is undoubtedly the best option to have them go directly to the warehouse.
　Judging from the receptionist's appearance, Ray probably understood the whole story. He nods back.

"All right, let me do that,"

　That's all I have to say and leave the guild.
　... behind Ray, I could still hear Lenora and Kenny's interaction, but Ray didn't seem particularly concerned about it.





"This is again... well, I had expected it, but I didn't expect it to flow this far."

　the demolition site of the Giant Turtle, a short distance from Gillum
　When Ray arrived there, he saw a large body of Koboldt.
　It would be obvious that Ray could not enter the guillem as a result of building the mud wall and that it had flowed over here.
　Others watched adventurers knock down monsters who had been drawn to the demise of the Gigant Turtle and its stench of blood, but they looked creepy at the sight of a large body of Kobolt.
　You would have seen the very body of Cobold yesterday.
　But the number of dead bodies of the same Cobold is different today.
　That's probably why so many people feel uncomfortable, frightened, disgusted at the number of dead bodies in Cobold.

(I don't particularly care if there is only one insect, but is it the same as feeling sick if there are dozens or hundreds of insects?)

　While thinking like that, Ray also thought this might be a good trend in a way.
　If you were a resident of Gilm, you would have known and felt uneasy about the fact that Covolt is now invading Gilm.
　But some seem to take it easy, judging that adventurers can defeat them all.For such people, the sight of an adventurer knocking down a large number of cobolts in front of them was a real sight of the dangers of the cobolts, and there was no doubt that they had a lot to think about.
　However, a single Covolt is not a very strong opponent.
　...the problem is, after all, that the number of Cobolts is large.
　Quality can easily outweigh quantity in this world, but it's only a few people, including a few nicknames.
　For the general public like the spectators here, being attacked by dozens of cobolts is only synonymous with death.

(Well, I hope this will give you a strong sense of caution against Coboldt... a little late.)

　A mud wall was formed, and most of the cobolts were blocked from entering the guillem.
　So even if I felt threatened by Kobolt now, it was a little late, as Ray had expected.
　It's not, however, meaningless.
　Fear of monsters is essential as long as you live in guillem.

(And the fact that the mud wall prevented the covolts from entering the guillem any more means that many covolts would come to the site of the demolition of the guillem. It was fortunate that there were not many people coming in and out of the guillem in winter.)

　With that in mind, Ray now uses a white cloud to look at Bune, who has cut off the head of Cobold... and sees signs of approaching him.

"Ray, you said you had something to do. Are you done?"

　It was Vihela who asked me so.
　That's how he spoke to Ray when he saw him back here.
　Vihela is here as a charm to Bune, but if she is just a Cobolt, she is no longer an enemy of Bune.
　Although Vichela had hoped that there would be a strong presence of rare or superior Kobolt species... Ray had seen that unfortunately there was no such thing so far.

(That cobolt I knocked down at the site of the extension work... I wonder what it was after all. I could have guessed that it was simply a cobolt I was used to fighting against.)

　Cobboldt, who was fighting an adventurer with a big sword, was clearly stronger than a regular Cobboldt.
　Also, perhaps because he was fighting with his bare hands, his nails were longer and sharper than the usual Kobolt.
　That's why I thought Ray was either a rare species or a superior species, so I gave Seto a magical stone... but it ended up without any announcement in my mind.
　However, an unknown monster may not necessarily be able to acquire skills, so maybe... really, maybe, but in fact, that covolt may have been a rare species or a superior species.

"You look free,"
"Well, it's been strange that only Cobold has been attacking me."
"Oh... I guess it's coming this way because I've prevented them from coming into the guillem. But I think it's a little unusual that they've been killed so many days, but they haven't decreased at all."
"Oh, it was Ray's fault. ... Well, Kobold is a low-ranked monster, not as good as Goblin. Considering that, it could be more fertile."

　Saying so, Vihela put a depressive look on her face.
　It's worth noting that most of the monsters that are attracted to it are Cobolts, even though they're dismantling a high-ranked monster called the Gigant Turtle.

"First of all, I pray that a powerful monster will appear."

　Ray told me so, but when an unknown monster actually came out, he or Seto needed to attack him to meet the conditions of witchcraft, which would make Vihela a little grumpy.