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"Mr. Ars, Mr. Byte, the destination mine is in sight. It's that way."

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"It's pretty deep in the mountains. We'll need to build a road to make it easier to transport the iron from the mine. We'll have to check with someone familiar with the mountains to see if there are any other roads.

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"I think you're being a bit hasty, Ars. We have to defeat the demons first.

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"That's right, brother Bite. Thinking too far ahead now will only catch you off guard. I'll be careful.

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"Oh, be careful. And about the demons... did you listen to the explanation?

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"Of course. But I thought that if my part-time brother was talking to me, then he must be a strong demon. It wasn't about strength, was it?

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"Yes. In terms of strength, it's not that big a deal. Even a knight of the House of Barth could win. But it was too much trouble so I put it off. I had other things to do.

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"Of course. This is tricky. I didn't think we were dealing with a humanoid monster.

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"Ah, this time it's the dog people who have taken up residence in the mine shafts. Their bodies are only about one meter tall at the most, but they are dog-like creatures that walk on two legs. The trouble with them is that they work together."

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"A humanoid demon with dog-like features that walks on two legs and acts in groups with a spear or bow in its hand," he said. Dogmen approach with weapons in the narrow and dark tunnels. It's dangerous by any measure."

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"I heard that they process stones and iron that have fallen down in the tunnels to make weapons. And even in the dark, they seem to be able to see clearly and have a good sense of smell. If we have lights out, they will target us there, so it's hard to get at them."

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　He was making his way with his brother Byte and other members of the Baltic knight family toward a mine where iron could be extracted.

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　Finally, they came close to the mine.

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　There, we heard once again about the demons that had settled in the mine from the Bite Brothers.

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　Apparently, it was not just one strong demon that had settled in the mine.

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　On the contrary, the demons called "dog people," which are not that strong individually but are troublesome to deal with, have settled in the mine in packs.

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　It is said that the Inukinin demons are like Kobolds in fantasy stories.

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　They are bipedal creatures with small bodies and dark black or other body hair, and a face like a dog.

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　Such dog people are said to have settled in the mine.

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　The presence of these creatures, which attacked us in the dark using their sense of smell, was troublesome, but what made them even more difficult to deal with was the magic that they possessed.

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　Their magic was a little like mine.

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　The Inujin had a magic that could change the shape of iron and other materials as long as they were large enough to be held in their small hands.

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　In other words, the Inujin who live in the mines can pick up iron and other objects, clutch them in their hands, and use them to make spears and bows and arrows.

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　By the way, it is said that they eat goats and other animals living outside the mines.

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　They make weapons in the mines, then go hunting outside the mines and bring back their prey to eat.

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　Moreover, they do so in herds.

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　I thought to myself, "What kind of highly social creatures are there?

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"Well, it can't be helped. We have to make the mine usable somehow. I'll give it a try."

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　Thus, I began to exterminate the dog people who had taken up residence in the mine.

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"All right, let's get into the mine, Ars. It seems that the dog people are living in a slightly larger area at the back of the tunnels. But that was only the last time I checked, and they may have expanded their habitat since then. We'll keep a close eye on them as we go.

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"What?　Are you going into the tunnels, Brother Bite?"

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"Of course. What are you talking about, Ars? Aren't you here to conquer demons?　Don't tell me you're scared of them?"

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"No, it's not like that. ....... From what I've heard, the dog people live in these tunnels, but their food comes from goats or something outside, right?　So, they'll come out from the other side, right?"

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"That's true, but we don't know when they will come out. It would be better for us to go out there and beat them than to wait for them to come out.

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"What are you going to do when I say I'm going to beat him, Brother Bite? Don't tell me you're going to fight in this narrow tunnel wielding a weapon?"

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"...... If you can't wield a weapon, why don't you fight with magic?"

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"But they're going to attack us in the dark, right?　You know, there might be damage, right?"

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What are you trying to say? After all, you don't want to go in there, do you?"

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"That's right. I'm not going in. Let's just play it a little safer than that, brother byte.

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What do you mean, "safety measures"? Don't you mean we wait for the dogs to come out and take them down?"

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No, let's be safer than that. Let's use poison."

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"What about ......?　Poison?"

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"That's right, brother Bite. We'll hunt the goats nearby and leave their carcasses near the mine entrance. Inject poison into the goat meat. What do you think will happen then?"

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"......The Dog People do not eat their hunted game on the spot. They bring it back to their homes and share it with the whole pack."

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"Yes. Whoever has the right information, if it is correct, this method would destroy the dogmen's herds. There were some poisonous plants in the mountains on the way here that we could use. See, it's easy, isn't it?"

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"...... You're the worst idea I've ever heard. You're a holy knight!

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"I wish you'd call it reasonable. Well, let's try it this way for now, brother Byte. We can try several poisons and if that doesn't work, we can send poisoned smoke into the mine. Let's get rid of the dog people quickly.

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"You're never going to have a good death, Ars. But okay. Let's try it that way."

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　Apparently, my explanation made sense to him.

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　As I had planned, I immediately hunted goats in the surrounding mountains and poured poison into their meat so that the dog-man would bring it back to his home in the tunnels.

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　The dogmen are bipedal and even made weapons to attack us in coordination.

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　We thought that maybe they would notice our poison baiting strategy and not bring back the goat carcasses.

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　But that did not happen.

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　Apparently, they were not that smart.

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　Thus, after several days of eating poisoned meat, the pack of dog people were poisoned to death.

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　However, it took me a few more days to realize that I had made a mistake of having several dead bodies in the mine, which I had to take care of.

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