He looked at it with wide eyes .

“This-this is a gemstone from a Blue Lesser Fire Dragon! How did you get it!?”

“I just killed it . I was able to do it by soaking it in water or using magic to cool it off . ”

“…Surely you didn’t do it alone?”

“I did it with my monsters . ”

I said while pointing at the Proud Wolf and slimes .

And then…he muttered .

“Are you serious… I had known you were strong, but not that strong . ”

“Well, the Blue Lesser Fire Dragon just happened to be a good fit for us . …So, can you use this to make the armor?”

“Of course! I’ll do it! …Should I make it so that it fits the Proud Wolf?”

“Yes . …Oh, since I have two, can you also make one for the slimes?”

I said as I offered the other one .

He looked at it and jumped in the air .

“Two…gemstones from a Blue Lesser Fire Dragon!?”

“Yeah . There just happened to be a second one there . ”

“So you got this on the same day?”

“…We were lucky . Oh, could you keep my hunting of them a secret?”

If word spread about me hunting the Blue Lesser Fire Dragons, the Blue Moon of Salvation might put me back on their a.s.sa.s.sination list . While I was unlikely to be taken by surprise, as I had the slimes…it was still better if I wasn’t targeted .

“I don’t mind… But, do you perhaps have a third one?”

“No, I don’t have a third one . But I have plenty of normal gemstones from Lesser Fire Dragons . ”

“I’ll buy all of them . ”

He said immediately .

Apparently, Master Gaiger really wanted the Lesser Fire Dragon gemstones .

“How much does one cost?”

I decided to ask first .

The guild was paying 50,000 cicols for one, so I would take anything that was above that .

“Well…I can’t say unless I see how good the quality is . ”

“Right . …Take a look then . ”

I said as I handed him the bag .

There were 287 gemstones in all .

“…This bag is oddly heavy . Is there something else inside as well?”

“I killed a lot, so there are a lot of them inside . You’ll understand when you look inside . ”

And so Master Gaiger opened the bag—and let out a cry of shock .

“They really are all gemstones! And…the quality is insane!”

“Insane… Do you mean insanely bad?”

“Insanely high! …The colors are so clear and I don’t see any impurities . They don’t come out like this unless you kill them very quickly and immediately remove the stones right after . ”

I see .

Doing it quickly helps in maintaining quality .

Indeed, my method would have been a lot quicker than slowly pouring buckets of water over it .

And the slimes had immediately put them in storage before dismembering them .

Ignoring the storage time, it would have been less than 10 minutes .

“You can sure tell a lot from just looking at them . ”

“As if I could continue with this job without a good eye for gemstones! …For stones of this quality, I will pay you 100,000 for one!”

100,000 for one . That was double what the guild was paying .

I had expected it to go up a little, but not double .

“…Well, there are 287 . How many will you buy?”

“All of them! …Wait one moment!”

He said as he went to the back of the store .

Then he returned with a bag full of gold coins .

“Here’s 28,700,000 cicols . Count them . ”

…He had that much cash in his store…

I guess it wasn’t famous for nothing .