Episode 55. The role of the healing fuse (1)

“Kyaaak!”

Meirium City Hall 1st floor entrance.

A scream rang out there.

It was the scream of the city hall servant who saw the cave troll’s head.

“Where do I go to get a monster bounty?”

“Kwaaa

“Hunted a cave troll shaman in the nearby border. To claim the bounty… … .”

“Kiyaaa!”

“after… … .”

Every female servant she encountered saw the troll head and screamed and ran away.

It was partly because I couldn’t wrap it up properly, so I could see the puffy eyes, but more importantly, the blue blood was still dripping.

“It’s so hard to get one bounty, Carl.”

“I mean.”

Then a man approached.

Dressed quite neatly, he said to Carl.

“I am the butler at Mayrium City Hall. I heard you came to claim the monster bounty?”

“That’s right. This is it.”

“Uh… … .”

The butler slipped back.

Although he was smiling awkwardly, he had a clear desire to run away like the other servants.

“There, you!”

The butler pointed out a male servant who was slipping away from the surroundings.

“Go and get the cart.”

“Yes, butler!”

Soon after, a servant brought a cart, and Carl, guessing the reason, put the troll head on the cart.

“There was a lot of blood. I am sorry.”

“no. Monsters are a danger to the citizens, and you can’t blame the person who hunted them for soiling the carpet. Please come this way.”

The place where he followed the butler was the farthest corner on the first floor of the spacious City Hall.

A fat man was dozing under an old sign that read ‘monster bounty collection and corpse collection’.

The butler approached the man and tapped the table around him.

“Hey, Henry.”

“Cool… … .”

“Henry!”

bang!

The butler hit the table quite hard, and the man called Henry opened his eyes slowly.

Sweep!

Henry wiped the saliva that flowed down his chin with his sleeve.

He looked up at the butler with a blank face.

“These people came to collect the monster bounty. It’s your job, so do it with sincerity.”

“Monster bounties… … ?”

Poof!

The butler turned around as if he had done his job and nodded at Carl.

Then, with an expression that he didn’t want to be near the troll’s head, he quickly disappeared.

“Aww, it’s really bothering me… … . Hey guys, I don’t know what you brought, but it’s not a monster so go back. It’s obvious that he’ll catch another strange-looking beast and claim it as a monster. Like a deer with three horns or a rhinoceros with two jaws? Come on back. Whoa, Whoa!”

Henry, who seems familiar with this situation, tries to send Carl and Meisa away by waving his hand.

Carl set down the troll head he had been carrying in front of him.

thud!

“uh… … ?”

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Jump!

As the thumping impact of falling on the table increased, the large leaves covering the head peeled off.

Seeing that, Henry’s bottom bounced up like a spring.

“This, this?!”

“The cave troll shaman’s head. I’m here to collect the bounty.”

“Is this for real?!”

“… … .”

Carl looked at Henry, whose eyes widened as if they were about to come out.

Because Carl understood his heart too.

‘Because they said it’s been a while since the monsters disappeared.’

In the war with the Lich King, a huge number of monsters were eliminated.

I heard that there were hardly any monsters left in the empire after that.

It’s been close to 200 years, so it’s been a very long time since the bounty collection officer in a small town on the outskirts has seen a real monster.

“It’s been almost 10 years! This is the first time since some hunter brought the goblin head ten years ago!”

“okay. I’m sorry, but we’re a bit busy, so could you start with collecting the bounty?”

“ah! Wait! You have to go through the verification process!”

Henry ran off and brought a large book from somewhere.

It was an old, dusty book with a leather cover.

It’s also very thick.

“see… … A cave troll… … .”

Henry turned over the bookshelf with an excited face.

It’s an old book, so I thought I should be careful, but he didn’t seem to mind.

“oh! Here it is! Cave troll shaman!”

He whimpered and set the large book upright.

Then he began to compare the picture with the head of the troll shaman.

“A nose that started to rot and ugly fangs, plus blue skin and blue blood… … Perfect! Exactly the same!”

Henry swallowed.

“ah… … But it’s a pity. When Carlos, the Paladin of the Dawn, was alive, this troll shaman’s hide was sold at an exorbitant price as a material for the Invisibility Cloak. However, these days, the magic tanning technique has been put into practice, and there are no priests or paladins who can demonstrate divine power… … but! Still, if it’s a cave troll shaman head, there will definitely be researchers who want to buy it. I heard that there are still such eccentric magicians in the capital!”

“okay.”

“Let’s see, the bounty… … Oh oh!”

Henry, who was reading the booklet, exclaimed in admiration.

It was Carl and Meisa who had been hunting, but he seemed to be more excited.

“A whopping 100 megakrons! OMG! It really hit the jackpot!”

The first floor of City Hall, which had been quiet until now, began to boil with commotion.

Butlers and servants in other fields, each doing their own business, paid attention to this and whispered.

“My God, it’s 100 megachrons!”

“This is enough money to buy two big mansions… … .”

“I envy you, really… … .”

Meisa somehow shrugged her shoulders.

In fact, more than 90% of the hunting was done by Carl, and all he did was shoot a crossbow while continuing to parent.

However, if it was a reward like this for the first divine security mission, I felt very good.

Money is money, but people’s gazes in particular made me feel good.

“ah… … This, the bounty is much bigger than I thought, so it’s no big deal with the money in our department. I guess I’ll have to get permission from the mayor. Then it will take a few days, will you be okay?”

“It doesn’t matter. As long as it’s not something like taking money in the middle.”

“no way! No matter how small the city is, it is definitely the city hall. It can’t be.”

“Then please.”

“yes!”

Henry put the troll head back on the cart and dragged it somewhere.

Then he suddenly turned around and asked.

“By the way, where are you two from? Are you a member of the hunter guild in the big city?”

“I am the priest of the Temple of Dawn.”

“Eh? How did the priests handle the cave trolls… … ? A dangerous sorcerer… … ?”

“A battle priest.”

“Eh eh!”

thud!

Henry dropped the cart handle and came running.

“Battle fuze?! Is there really a battle fuse in the Temple of Dawn in Meirium?!”

“Any problem?”

“No, no! Not like that! For a while, the Meirium Temple of Dawn had almost no presence… … Oh, sorry if I have offended you!”

“it’s okay.”

“yes! I did anyway! But to think that there were two reassuring combat priests! In fact, I was worried that I should ask for support from my neighbor Tournoble because there have been a lot of strange reports these days!”

“If it’s a strange report… … ?”

“Please look at this!”

Henry ran again and came with a roll of parchment.

It was a considerable amount of more than ten sheets.

“Look here. Starting with the goblin, the two-legged werewolf Gnoll! There is also a report about a half-man, half-bird siren who hunts people by luring them with a song, and a harpy who freezes at the slightest eye contact!”

“… … .”

“Actually, I thought this was all a false report! However, these days, reports like this keep coming up, and just now, the two priests even caught a cave troll shaman, so my thoughts are a bit different. If you don’t mind, could you take a look at this tip?”

“If the monsters reported here are real, the bounty on them will also be executed without a hitch, right?”

“Of course! Because the sacred security of the region is more important than anything else!”

“All right.”

Carl grabbed the scroll.

Then Meisa quickly came over and helped him.

“I will contact you after I return to the temple and inspect it.”

“yes! I’ll see you as soon as the bounty comes out!”

nod

Carl, who had taken the scroll, turned around and left the city hall.

‘The monsters are returning… … .’

It is a feeling that something is not good.

The riots of monsters meant that there was a gloomy atmosphere in the empire, but there was always a culprit behind such a thing.

Like the lich king who was killed by the sword.

Of course, this might not be a problem for the entire empire, but something that only happened around Meirium.

Then, you can guess the culprit by looking at a black magician hiding somewhere, a familiar who lost his master, or a servant from hell who came to this world by mistake.

If you track down the monsters written on the parchment you just received, you will surely find a clue.

“I was a little surprised. 100 megakrons.”

Meisa said with a flushed face.

“What do you mean?”

“The amount is significant. Wouldn’t 100 megakrons be enough for the average person to live for several years?”

“Unlike a lady from a noble family, you seem very interested in the lives of the people.”

“Because I am also a citizen of the empire.”

Whoa… … .

Carl smiled slightly and nodded.

This guy named Meisa, the more I look at it, the better it gets.

It wouldn’t have been difficult to live if I just quietly did what I was told to do at home, but it’s quite nice to leave a stable environment to do what I want to do.

Guys who can do anything are usually of this type.

No matter what the surrounding environment is, being able to go your own way with perseverance no matter what others say.

Carl felt that the most usable paladin titles in the Meirium Shrine were like Hanson and Meisa.

Of course, I had to find out what kind of potential the other priests had.

“It’s closer than I thought.”

Carl and Meisa soon arrived at the Temple of Dawn.

From the attendants sweeping the front of the temple to the others inside, everyone was surprised to see the two.

In particular, Tira, who was humming along while carrying the laundry, dropped the laundry basket.

“knife! Meisa! What is all this?!”

Tira approached with round eyes and wiped the blood from the two faces with her sleeve.

“I thought you were going somewhere in the morning, but what the hell are you doing?!”

“It’s the way to catch and sell a cave troll.”

“Yeah?! A troll?! The two of you did that dangerous thing?!”

“Mystery Meisa’s skill was better than I thought. It was a huge help.”

“Ohhhhh! Priest Meisa!”

Tyra looked up at Meisa, her eyes twinkling.

By then, all the other servants in the backyard had flocked here.

“Priest Carl said he came hunting cave trolls!”

“oh-!”

Bright eyes like children waiting to hear the adventure story of a hero.

Carl passed the role to Maysa and was about to walk away when someone collapsed on the way.

It was Old Muir, who was in charge of the reconstruction of the temple.

“Old man!”

Tira ran first, followed by Carl and Maysa.

When I arrived, there was blood on the back of old Muir’s clothes.

And even yellow pus.

“Ahh! I think my back window has burst! We need to get you to the hospital room quickly!”

At Tira’s words, Carl embraced the fallen Muir.

“It is too far to the hospital. Let’s go near the divine tree for now.”

“yes!”

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