A large-scale raid was carried out at a site near the barony street, the next day... Ray was, as usual, conducting procedures in front of the main gate of Gillum to dismantle the Giant Turtle.
　Naturally, it takes a certain amount of time for such a large number of people to go through the procedures all at once.
　As I listened to the people talking around me in such a waiting time, yesterday's incident was still quite a topic of conversation.

"The man who was manipulating the cobolt was caught, I hope, and that he would not appear in large numbers."
"What? Really? I heard that he ran away with a shadow warrior."
"Oh, according to what I have heard, they sacrificed the Cobold King and produced the Cobold."

　There are various voices, some of which have absolutely nothing to do with the content, others of which there is truth.

"It was yesterday, today, and there's a lot of information coming and going."

　She must have noticed Ray listening to what's going on around her. Vichela says with a touch of fun.
　For Vihela, the current situation of so much information coming and going must be interesting.

"Well... well, that's how many people have been coerced into it. Of course, the information will be leaked from somewhere."

　Yesterday's case was a guildless nomination request, so after the enforcement investigation, there were some rewards.
　Those who went to bars for the reward and talked about the case of a forced investigation while drunk, or who slept in a brothel and told their heroic stories.
　Dusker understood it, so he said he wanted it to be as quiet as possible, but he didn't make such a strong reprimand.
　As a result, the situation may have turned out to be the way it is now.

"First of all, I'm curious whether the Cobold is here again today."
"Ah... for the time being, if that tentacle was the cause of the Cobolt's abnormal occurrence, I think it'll come to-day."
"A good number of adventurers and guards have been sacrificed,"

　Vyhela mutters quietly, perhaps recalling the many dead bodies she saw in the basement yesterday.
　The information they knew was that by sacrificing red cloths to the tentacles, they would prepare large quantities of covolts -- though they did not know how to summon them, produce them, or call them from somewhere.
　But yesterday's raid ended the underground property and captured Javis, who was likely to be the mastermind.
　If that were the case, the act of offering sacrifices itself would not be possible...but probably because there were many people killed by tentacles in the underground space yesterday, there were enough sacrifices.
　However, given that he was hurt by Vichela in his hands and was severely damaged by Ray's throwing spears after that, it was unclear whether he could prepare Cobolt as before.
　While Ray and Vichela are having a conversation, the proceedings go ahead, and eventually they all go out of the main gate.
　and it came into the view of those who went out."

"Yes, it was Cobold,"

　Many Cobolts were in front of the Ray's eyes, caught by the smell of blood and bits of meat from yesterday's demolition of the Gigant Turtle.

"Set, please."
"Gul-l-r-r-r-r-r-r!"

　Seto, who had been playing a little far away, immediately reacts to Ray's call.
　Scratch your face apologizing to someone who caresses you, and then leave.
　With Seto's attitude, those who see him off naturally give him a shout of support.

"Seto, do your best."
`I'll feed you dried meat when I'm done killing the covold!'
"Oh, then I'm a sandwich,"
"Hey, that's your lunch, right? Is that okay?"
`It's nothing like this for Seto!'

　Backstruck by the voices of Seto lovers, Seto runs up in the sky with wings flapping in a few steps.
　As if they were already used to it, firebreaths are released from the sky and the cobolts on the ground are burned down one after another.

"Peace,"

　Vihela mutters next to Ray, watching such a scene.
　But when Ray hears it, he quivers, wondering if the scene is peaceful.
　Even now, as Covold, wrapped in the flames of his firebreath, rolled screaming and tried to put out the fire, the sight was not so great, but far from the word peace.

"Where do you see the word peace in that sight.
"Isn't it peaceful? Rather than fighting the tentacles that extend from the cracks in the underground space?"
"... well,"

　When Ray was told so, he was surprised to see this scene peacefully.
　While we are talking about it, what could be called the unilateral genocide of Cobold by Seth continues, and eventually only countless Cobold bodies remain around us.

"It would be interesting if there were any powerful monsters, even if it wasn't peaceful."

　Rey has no energy to rush into her behavior and welcomes Seto, who defeats Cobold, running up to her to compliment her.

"Glu! Glu! Glu! Glu! Glu!
"Oh, well done. Firebrace from above Seto is very effective for weak monsters like Cobold and Goblin."

　Ray compliments me and makes me happy.
　However, the effect is outstanding, but as long as it is a burned body, the materials cannot be stripped off, and depending on the conditions, the parts that prove the punishment have been burned down.
　The only thing that could be ripped off would be the magic stones, but it would be better to get more rewards and meat for the demolition of the gigant turtleneck than for collecting the cobalt magic stones.
　Even those from slums would choose to dismantle the gigant turtles rather than rip off the cobold... and it's easy to see how much the pay difference is.
　Of course, if there were people in the slums who didn't participate in the demolition of the Gigant Turtle, they would try to secure only the magical stones that sell the most among the monsters.
　At any rate, Ray immediately takes the gigant turtleneck out of the Mistilling as the Cobolt, which had occupied the usual place, disappears.

"Then, please... it's been quite a while since the demolition started, but somehow it hasn't gotten that far. I knew it."
"Well, in any case, Ray said it's almost impossible to dismantle everything this winter alone, maybe it's going to take a couple of years... it hurts to be able to do it only during the winter."

　It's not impossible to dismantle even in the fall or spring season, but in autumn or spring, many adventurers will head for their work, and monsters will move more actively.
　And above all, it was certain that Gillum's extension work would require a lot of manpower and would be extremely busy.
　Not very much, but we don't have the manpower to dismantle the Gigant Turtle.

(Some of them may be motivated and want to make a little money, but most of them are tired of building extensions and can't afford to do another job early in the morning.)

　It was Ray's impression of last year's extension.
　Originally, a large number of people gathered to build an extension to Gillum because they could earn a decent amount of money in a short period of time.
　For them, it is highly likely that they will be tired of dismantling the gigant turtleneck and not be able to work on the actual extension work.
　Or for a short period of time... a few days or so, it may not be a problem, but it's physically challenging to do that for a long period of time.
　Above all, if you could only work for a few days, it was likely that you would finish your work after you had gotten used to dismantling it.
　With that in mind, it's arguably best to dismantle the Gigant Turtle in winter, when extension work has been suspended and many adventurers who have done so have not worked.

"Well, I've been paid for the dismantling, and if you think you've brought me a job in guillem over the winter, that's fine. I've been able to get the gigant turtleneck almost every day, too."

　If you disassemble a large amount of meat at a time, you will get more meat, but you will not be able to eat up that large amount by yourself.
　With that in mind, I think it's a good idea to get a certain amount of meat almost every day...
　However, in the case of Ray, there is a mistling, so even if you receive a large amount of meat, it won't rot.
　Well, those who are concerned about it are probably dismantling it.

"Ah, it would be helpful if you could say so. Then, immediately..."
"Oh, wait a minute."

　Ray calls out guild workers who are about to start work immediately.
　Ray opens his mouth to the guild staff who look at him like, "What is it?" and so on, as it's rumored.

"How far do you know about yesterday's incident near the barony?"
"Well, I know most of it, but the guards have been sending information to the guilds."The reason why they seemed to be slightly dissatisfied was because the adventurers who took part in yesterday's raid had been asked for nomination without going through the guild.
　As long as it's not going through the guild, it's only natural that the intermediary fee doesn't go into the guild and that's how much you've lost.
　However, Guillum's guild has enjoyed a rare boom in recent years due to an extension project.
　Even now in winter and without extensions, Ray's demolition of the Giant Turtle has undoubtedly kept his pocket very warm.
　The materials have not yet been sold to guilds, but Ray has also promised to sell them to guilds.
　Also, since they understand why the guards had to do so, Guild officials probably can't blame the guards.

"Well, if you know what is going on, you may have guessed it, but you could not defeat the one who kept letting the Cobold go around Gilm, but you succeeded in injuring him, and you could not give him any more sacrifices, because you succeeded in catching the one you thought to be the mastermind."
"The cobolt is gone. Is that the case?"
"Oh, of course, it's not absolute, it's probably not."
"But there was a Cobold a while ago, wasn't there?"
"...because the adventurers and guards died in the underground space yesterday. It is highly likely that they were sacrificed. If that is true, I think that from tomorrow there will be no Cobolt at all, or fewer."

　Nevertheless, Ray was angry that the pink tentacles would not be sacrificed, and predicted that they might come out of the underground space.
　Langa said he would do something about it, so I think it's probably okay, but he didn't say it out of sheer confidence.

"Well, then, I don't think we'll have to worry too much about Cobold from tomorrow. ... Then, should we reduce the number of guards a little more?"
"No, Cobold isn't the only monster that's attracted to the smell of Giant Turtle's blood, is it because he came out near Gillum, but there are monsters other than Cobold, so we should need a bodyguard to deal with them."
"Well, there are many adventurers who wish to be escorted, and I think they will be pleased."

　a grisly guild official
　You don't have to dismantle the gigant turtles, but you can get meat just by guarding them.
　Moreover, it's not a struggle for many adventurers under guard, as they fight against monsters as small as Kobolt.
　A large number of Cobolts may struggle, but Ray uses topographical manipulation to prevent it.
　Given the circumstances, it was only natural that more adventurers wanted to escort the demolition of the Giant Turtle.

"I don't think it's just a pleasure to think that there's a possibility of powerful monsters coming out even if there's less covolts."

　That's what Ray was going to do, and he was going on with his guild staff about dismantling the Giant Turtle.