Chapter 76

Ebelheids ambition to rule the world had quietly come to an end, almost unbeknownst to everyone .

By the time the investigation team led by Wegener woke up, it was all over .

Seeing the ruins reduced to a pile of rubble, Wegener was in a state of apoplexy .

This man must have been shocked because he too had been so proud of his big job .

Although, it wouldnt be comparable to Ebelheids .

After Wegener had calmed down, Mea explained to Wegener what happened this time .

The ruins went swoosh and bang, then Abel went with a wham, and then it glowed with a blinding light and a boom!

Hey, go get a translator .

Since the offender that destroyed the ruins that matched is nowhere, that is the thing that we precisely explained again .

The fact that Ebelheid used hypnotic magic, that I carried everyone out with the golem, that the ruins flew away, and that he shot it down safely .

No no, this is very troubling trying to curry up to this Wegener and exaggerating it for the merits

. . I explained it again, but they didnt believe me about the matter of shooting down the ruins .

The party involved, Ebelheid, also just had empty eyes while looking at the wreckage, so I decided to deceive them appropriately .

Well, even if I had them believe that I destroyed the fortress poorly, there was a possibility that it would have been troublesome later on in that case .

This would have been good .

However it was painful for not being able to bring back the golem .

They cant even put it on a carriage, and apparently, if its activated poorly, itll get caught in the ordinance .

I dont know how far its legal, but I let the fact go that you moved the golem while I was unconscious . Originally, I would have had you in jail for being a danger yourself! You can thank me for my generosity of spirit!

In the end, with the lords authority pushed through, and the golem settled on Wegener recovering it all over the days .

Wegeners position would be in jeopardy if the ruins were shattered and no credit was given to him, even though he had been entrusted by the Lord to do so .

It seemed that Ebelheid had received quite a bit of financial support as well .

However, its hard to say that we have so much done and have no return, so we took a look at Wegener and decided to sneak some useful-looking ores from the wreckage of the ruins .

Distracting Wegener was aided by Allen, a member of the investigation team .

After returning to the city of Lomarn after a few days, we headed to the Adventurers Support Center .

The purpose of this is to have the parts of the demonic beasts that we defeated in the ruins and along the way redeemed for cash .

We brought a hounds fur, a Sufis tail, and hobgoblins ears .

The Sufis and hobgoblins were mainly killed by the investigators, but they gave it all away to us without Wegener knowing .

I should have carried the gryphon out of the ruins as well, I think to myself now .

That was already underneath the rubble .

Its a shame because I heard that the Demonic Beasts with a cla.s.s B danger level were rewarded with an order of magnitude difference .

The defeat report is usually written by the party leader, what do we do? If Abel wants to write, Ill give it to him, but

I dont know, so just do what Maizen wants .

They need to write a report in order to get the parts they kill to be redeemed .

Many of the adventurers grew up in the slums, so there are people who earn pennies by instructing or subst.i.tuting for their counterparts who cant write .

Are you sure? Its the content of the report that determines an adventurers promotion . Especially at the lower levels, where the screening process is looser .

According to Maizen, its rather standard practice for the party leader to write whatever he or she wants to write to his or her advantage .

There are many E and F cla.s.s parties that would not be possible without a leader, so they tend to be leader-absorbed .

I dont have any problems with F-cla.s.s for now If I can find a concrete goal, Ill raise it then .

youre putting it mildly . Well, Its true, If its you, youll have no problem in doing whatever you do . Then Ill write it down for you, just check it out .

Yes, yes! Mea will! Mea will write! Ive been kind of longing for something like this! My handwriting is a bit suspicious, but if I could write for me!

Then its up to you, Maizen .

Sorry, but Meas lack of expression is already confirmed .

If it were left to her, half of the report could be filled with onomatopoeic words .

The only thing we can use as the material is the hounds fur, and apparently Sufi tails and goblin ears mean little more than proof of defeat .

The main purpose of the reward seems to be to support adventurers and maintain the number of adventurers rather than directly improving security by reducing the number of demonic beasts .

The demonic beasts that we hunted this time were not specifically requested to be defeated .

We also cant expect any special reward from the lord .

Wegener, the head of the investigation team, didnt seem to have a good impression of us either .

Each one may not be exactly the same value, but due to the large number, the original value was obtained for the time being .

At the rest stop, we discussed our share of the money .

We decided to subtract food, carriage fees, and other expenses from the reward money and divide the amount into three equal parts .

Thats a little over 100,000 Gs for each head .

We would have been in the red if the investigation team hadnt gave the ears of the hobgoblins to us .

However, as far as defeating them, neither I nor Mea had done much of anything, so I had my thoughts but I was forced to take it by Maizen .

Honestly, it helped . With this much, well be safe for a while for now .

Well then, Ill give Meas portion to Abel . Mea hasnt done anything after all .

After we parted with Maizen, Mea tried to hand me the small bag of money .

No, I have my debt, so Id rather want you to collect my share of the compensation but

You dont have to return that one, do you? See, if you think of this as community property and Abel can manage it .

Mea smiled and grabbed my wrist as she tried to shove the sachet back .

Shes surprisingly strong .

But look

You dont have to be in such a hurry to settle your account . Mea doesnt know what to do with the money or anything, so Abel should hold it . Okay? Okay?

Yeah, well

Shes not smiling in her eyes .

Oh no, this girls a bit scary

Next time I see that peddler, James, It be better to talk to him about it .

When the distribution was settled, the voices of a man and woman talking behind me came into my ears .

Hey, did you hear that? You see, the story of the warding ruins .

Its not much . Did it explode somehow?

A couple of people who looked uncharacteristically bada.s.s were talking about the Zeshum ruins .

I couldnt help but stop talking and listen towards the voices .

The Elf that the lord hired tried to take it all to himself, in the end spectacularly exploded, they said . Now hes in jail . So stupid right .

Uwaa Being greedy and in the end, no one gains a thing is the worst I had an image of an elf being more intelligent than that, you know .

. . I couldnt bear to listen to it, so I gently removed it from my consciousness .

Ebelheids case was treated as the rampage of a greedy elf .

It seemed to have saved Ebelheid from being executed because of it but I honestly dont know which was better .

Perhaps this rumor will continue to follow Ebelheid until he dies .

Will Ebelheid, who is proud of his race, be able to withstand this?