‘Can you store this?’
I said to the slime while looking at the giant dragon corpse .
It was so big that it would surely be difficult to carry, but at the same time, I thought the materials from such a strong dragon could be useful .
At worst, I would just take what I could carry and leave the rest…
‘No problem!’
The slime said . And with that, the dragon’s entire body was swallowed up by the slime .
In spite of having something hundreds of times larger than it inside, the slime looked exactly the same size as before .
‘You guys are amazing…’
How did this slime storage even work?
Was it hyper-s.p.a.ce?
…Well, as long as it’s useful .
‘Alright, let’s go back . ’
‘Yes!’
One hour later .
We escaped the forest on the Proud Wolf’s back and arrived back at the city gates safely .
“Yuji, eh? What were you doing outside of the city?”
Unusually, a guild worker was standing in front of the gate .
There was a sign up that read ‘traffic restriction . ’
It seemed like they were restricting who could go in and out .
“I wanted to get some exercise . ”
…I wasn’t lying .
Thanks to killing the dragon, my status had gone up quite a lot .
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Job: Tamer, Sage
Skills: Taming, Light Magic, Shadow Magic, Fire Magic, Water Magic, Earth Magic, Thunder Magic, Wind Magic, Time-s.p.a.ce Magic, Special Magic, Great Magic, Familiar Magic, Support Magic, Altering Magic, Ultra Combat Arts .
Attributes: None
HP: 225/2636
MP: -325152/6236
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My maximum HP had gone up from 1900 to 2636 and my MP has raised by about 1700 as well .
…Though, my actual numbers were low and I was very close to death .
“Surely you don’t have to go out at a time like this? You know what’s going on, don’t you?”
“You mean this dragon business?”
“Aye . It’s because of it that the gates are now restricted and entry into the forest is now forbidden . It will be a great tragedy if someone provoked the dragon and it started attacking . ”
…I didn’t know about that .
In any case, it seemed that it might be a good idea to keep quiet about sneaking out and killing the ‘Blue Dragon of Delight . ’
But it would also be sad to allow the guild to waste time forming a hunting party, so perhaps I could just make it look like the dragon had disappeared .
As I had collected the body, no one would find out even if the matter was investigated later .
“No one told me about any restrictions . I went out about two hours ago . Was it done during that time?”
“We closed the gates an hour ago . …Well, at least you are safe . Now, come back inside . ”
“Yeah . ”
I said as I went through the crack in the gate that had opened .
I was headed for… the guild, first .
As they did not know of the disappearance of the dragon, I would have to inform them .
They would waste so much time and effort otherwise .
It was with such thoughts that I entered the guild, but…
The manager was already there, waiting for me .
He opened his mouth as soon as I entered .
“Yuji . Did you just come back from the Delight Forest?”
“No, I was just training in a forest close to the city . When I came back, the gates were closed and I had no idea what was happening . ”
“I see… But did you notice anything strange while you were training? We’re currently thinking about sending a scouting party to the Delight Forest . ”
The manager was practically interrogating me .
…I pretended to be ignorant .
If I told them that I had snuck out and killed the dragon, it would result in more trouble than it was worth .
“Scouting party? Did something happen?”
“According to Father Shtyle, the dragon is already dead . And we have already confirmed that the sky has brightened again . ”
So they already knew about the dragon .
Father Shtyle really was mysterious…
Was this also the power of ‘Revelation’?
…Now that I think about, Revelation and Heaven Strike seem kind of similar .
Are both skills related to G.o.d perhaps?
“Why does Father Shtyle think the dragon is dead?”
“He says that G.o.d told him . …Also, he said that he will leave this city . ”
“Leave?”
Father Shtyle had lived here for over 10 years .
His sudden departure was a big deal . It wasn’t the same as when some Adventurer like me left .
If there was a reason…
“Another revelation?”
“Exactly . I asked him where he was going, but he would not tell me . ”
…This timing . And without telling anyone his destination .
It seemed very odd, but maybe it was true that Father Shtyle had only been here in order to give me the short sword .
If that was true, I was curious as to where he would go next…
But if he didn’t tell them where he was going, he probably wouldn’t tell me either .
In any case, my main priority now was to deal with this dragon business .
“That sure is a useful skill . …So, about the dragon being dead . Do you know who did it?”
“We don’t . I don’t know anyone who would be capable of killing such a thing . …Though, I do know of one person who has a power that I don’t fully grasp . ”
He said before giving me a hard stare .
…He suspected me .
“I’m just a Scout . My Tamer skills are just a small bonus . I can’t kill a dragon . …But I could join your scouting party if you want?”
“…No, that’s fine . We already finished a.s.sembling the party and they are preparing to leave . ”
“I see . ”
If the guild was going to move this quickly, there was no need for me to tell them anything about the dragon .
After all, they would still send the scouts to go and confirm it .
With that decided, I tried to move away from the manager…but he opened his mouth .
“It’s the guild’s job to deal with danger . You should rely on the guild if you ever need anything . …For instance, ‘I want to kill a dragon alone, but with your support . ’ Etcetera . ”
“And why would I say something like that?”
“Who knows . ”
He said . Then he disappeared to the back of the guild .
I didn’t know how much he knew . Should I really consider myself undiscovered?
…In any case, I felt that it would be best to leave this city soon .
The guild surely had their eyes on me now, and things could get troublesome .
Considering what happened with the Earth Dragon, I would have likely been given a reward and a rank promotion had I come out as the killer of the dragon .
But in exchange, the guild would recognize that I was the guy who could kill powerful dragons .
I wanted to avoid that .
Besides, it was all a bit of a coincidence . The dragon had not seen us as enemies and then I just happened to gain a mysterious skill called Heaven Strike . That was how I was able to kill it .
If a similar dragon appeared in the future, I was not confident I would be able to meet their expectations .
As I was finished, I left the guild . It was then that I saw Tina and Lisa walking .
They saw me too and approached me .
“Yuji . Did you come to join the dragon hunting party too?”
Apparently, they had come to partic.i.p.ate in the dragon-slaying .
…Which was pointless now .
“No . I think that is going to be canceled . There is no dragon, after all . ”
“No dragon?”
“Not even a trace . The guild is going to send out a scouting party, but I’m sure the hunt will be canceled once they return . ”
Tina looked relieved when she heard this .
Yes, no one actually looked forward to fighting a dragon .
“Then Yuji, why did you come to the guild?”