The adventurers who arrived at Rei’s location were significantly fewer in number than those who had left Emoshion earlier.

Most of them were either warriors equipped with leather armour for easy movement or thieves and archers, who wore light armour. Even if they were part of the same party, those who wore heavy armour or mages who were too slow were left behind.

However, there were also many others who had given up after seeing the Lemrace, despite not knowing it was the Lemrace yet.

When those who hadn’t been discouraged after seeing the 30m monster leap into the air or those who wanted to gather more information to protect the city arrived on the scene, they saw the huge monster with most of its head shattered, clearly dead. Rei and the others were all gathered around the body, trying to recover as much of their strength as they could.

One of the adventurers approached Rei as the others were taken away by the sight of the huge corpse before their eyes.

「H-Hey. You guys were the ones who did in this monster, right?」

「……Yeah, we killed it.」

In a place that was clear of the Lemrace’s blood and flesh, Rei, who was leaning against Set to recover his strength, gave a small nod as Egret and the others nodded in agreement as well.

Hearing them confirm it, the adventurer took in a small breath at the huge size of the Lemrace before speaking up again.

「If such a huge monster got this close to the city, we would have found out immediately. Where did this come from? It didn’t come from underground, did it?」

「You’re right. It was in the sea until a short while ago.」

Rei said that as if it were nothing big, and for a moment, the adventurer didn’t seem to understand what he meant.

It was the same for many of the other adventurers who were listening in to his coversations with Rei.

Rei continued to rest on the ground, next to the dead 30m long monster. The surrounding area was a mess due to Rei’s attack, the Lemrace’s water breath and the destruction from the Lemrace leaping up repeatedly. Observing the surroundings again and again, another adventurer asked Rei before long.

「You’re not saying……it’s the Lemrace……are you?」

For whatever reason, Rei had been persistently targeted by the Lemrace. Because of that, it wasn’t that hard to guess the identity of the monster Rei had killed. However, despite having seen ships being sunk many times, it was completely unexpected for the adventurers that Lemrace had been this big.

Almost everyone at the scene, including the rest of the adventurers, looked at the dead body of the Lemrace with stunned expressions. While this was happening……

「AH-AHHHHH-!」

There was a sudden scream.

As the adventurers all turned to look in the direction of the scream, they saw a man in his twenties with a cunning face.

He shook his hands while screaming to get rid of the corrosive liquid that had stuck to his hands as well as both his daggers.

The corrosive liquid had only touched his hands for several seconds, but the man’s hand already looked like it had severe burns.

However, not everyone who looked at the man seemed to be worried. Some held disgusted expressions as they looked at him.

Most of them had realised what the screaming man had been trying to do. That was right, he had tried to secretly take away some materials from the Lemrace.

「I’ll say this now, the Lemrace has the ability to secrete corrosive liquid from its skin. If you touch it, you’ll end up hurting your hands like that man over there. ……Well, should I say as expected of an adventurer, his injuries don’t look that bad, probably because he let go of his daggers quickly.」

At Rei’s words, the man’s companions quickly rushed to pour a potion over his injuries.

Seeing that, Rei remembered the pain in his side before noticing it wasn’t as bad as when he had been fighting earlier.

(As expected of a body made by Zepairu. ……Well, even if the injury heals itself after the fight, it’s still very slow. No, maybe that’s not true if I consider the case of a drawn out fight.)

A short distance away from Rei, who was thinking to himself, a few other adventurers had serious expressions as the watched the screaming man.

They had also been aiming for the Lemrace’s material, but were now glad they hadn’t been the first ones to make a move.

「But, how can you prove that this is the Lemrace?」

The first adventurer to speak suddenly asked Rei.

Saying that the Lemrace had been forcibly transferred from the coast off Emoshion and then killed didn’t seem like it would convince Emoshion’s guild or city administration.

「That’s a good point.」

Of course, Rei had half expected to be told that. In the first place, only he knew what he had actually done, Rei had only told Egret that he had some kind of magic item. And, for the residents of Emoshion, all they knew was that a 30m long monster had appeared not far from the city. It was a fact that it would be hard to

「If Set and I fly out to sea and the Lemrace doesn’t attack us……no, that’s not good enough proof, is it?」

「Probably not. Few people would be convinced by such uncertain circumstantial evidence. It would probably be better to stay in Emoshion for a bit longer to make sure that there is no more damage from the Lemrace.」

Rei nodded as he had no choice but to agree with what the man had said. However, Rei immediately looked at the man as he asked questioningly.

「Why are you telling me this? At first, I thought you would try to take whatever was left over, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.」

The other adventurers who had also spoken to Rei nodded.

Many of the adventurers here had planned to take away as big as a cut of profit as they could away from Rei.

Of course, it would be impossible to strip any materials away from the monster without Rei’s permission unless they were bandits. But, there wouldn’t be an issue if both sides made an agreement or contract.

However, the man shook his head and smiled as everyone else around looked at him.

「What are you saying, unlike many of the other adventurers here, I’m from Emoshion. If the Lemrace is really gone, I would be more than happy.」

「I see.」

Rei, who was thoroughly convinced by the man’s explanation, finally finished resting as he stood up.

Likewise, Egret, who had also gotten up, spoke to Rei.

「Rei, you’re going to split the rewards as promised, right?」

Egret looked to be in a great mood despite his treasured poleaxe being destroyed by the corrosive liquid. The reason became clear to Rei the moment he turned around. Egret had a sharp fang in his hands.

「……When did you even get that. You’ve got good eyes.」

Rei had thought of Egret as a battle maniac, but he nodded after seeing what he had.

「Yes, no problems. As promised, you have priority on any materials that can be made into a weapon. ……That said, I don’t know how you managed to find a whole intact fang after I blew its head up.」

「What, when its head was blown up by your attack, it happened to fly near me. ……To be honest, if it had flown a little more to this side, I would have been in danger.」

「You say that, but you’re still laughing about it.」

Rei gave a sigh, maybe it was Egret’s mental resilience that made him a B rank adventurer.

Looking around, Rei could see a lot of people looking to get their hands on fragments of the Lemrace’s fangs, which had been scattered around its body.

「Now then, how are we going to dismantle this? I don’t know what could be used as material in the first place, and how do we even strip the skin with all that corrosive liquid? It would be a waste to let the meat rot as well, since it would definitely taste great.」

High ranked monsters……it was known to the general public that the meat of a monster which had a lot of magic power would taste delicious, so Rei wasn’t going to give up this huge mass of meat.

There was also Set, who gave a happy cry as he looked at the body of the Lemrace from behind Rei. But most important of all, Rei wanted to eat it himself.

(Long strips, kabayaki……no, it’s too thick to broil. In the first place, there’s no soy sauce either. Should I just grill it with salt?)

As he thought about how to eat the meat inside, he first took out a spear from the Misty Ring to test something.

Seeing that, the adventurers in the surroundings spread out as if they didn’t want to get involved. With a large swing, Rei tried to cut the skin of the Lemrace with the tip of the spear. However……

「Tch, it’s no good.」

As soon as the spear tip came in contact with the corrosive liquid on the skin, it corroded and broke apart within a few seconds.

「Hey, Rei. As you can see, there’s no way we can dismantle it as long as there is corrosive liquid around, in that case, why don’t we just start from somewhere without it?」

「……You’re right.」

Rei nodded at Miroir’s words, who called out to him from behind.

Because he had only considered stripping away the skin from its body, he hadn’t considered starting from somewhere without the corrosive liquid, the neck area near its head that had been blown apart.

「But, what about the skin then……is it no good with the corrosive liquid? ……No. Maybe that’s not the case.」

At that moment, Rei recalled the fire whirl that he had last used in the war against the Bestir Empire. At that time, with the goal of causing as much damage as possible, he had thrown barrels of scrap iron and blade fragments into it, just like with the Lemrace. Similarly, Rei thought that if he threw in the skin of the Lemrace, covered in the corrosive liquid, it would be a vicious force alongside his fire magic.

(But in that case, it would create corrosive smoke that would spread out. So I wouldn’t be able to use it if the wind is too strong. If I use it, it would be best indoors.

Thinking like that, he took out the knife he used to dismantle monsters from the Misty Ring.

「An ordinary knife is no good huh?」

The tip sunk into the skin, but there was no sign of cutting through it.

Even when he tried to cut the skin from where the head had been blown off, the blade still couldn’t do it.

Thinking that there might be something wrong, he tried cutting the grass on the ground, but the blade cut through that easily.

「Then……that’s the only way. I didn’t really want to use it to dismantle monsters with corrosive liquids or poison.」

Giving a sigh, Rei took out the Mithril Knife from the sheath at his waist and pushed the blade against the skin as he poured magic power into the knife.

「It looks like this works as expected. The meat should be find to handle with an ordinary knife」

The skin couldn’t be cut without the Mithril Knife, but fortunately, the Lemrace’s flesh could be cut with his ordinary knife. Rei shouted out to the adventurers around him.

「Magic weapons can be used to remove the Lemrace’s skin. As for its meat, it can be cut with ordinary weapons. If anybody wants a share of this, help out to dismantle it. I’ll give you 20% of the meat you can take out as a reward.」

「30%!」

「No, give us 40%!」

As soon as Rei said that, he heard several voices from the adventurers in the surrounding.

It seemed like they wanted to increase their share by as much as they could……Rei and Set glanced at each other before nodding as Set gave a cry.

Set understood that if they had to pay out more of the meat, he would get less to eat. That was why he immediately understood Rei’s intentions.

「If you have any complaints, you don’t need to help out. If you do help out, Set will be keeping an eye on you from the sky. His main role will be to keep an eye out for any monsters that might be drawn over to the blood and meat of the Lemrace. However, he will also be watching if anyone dismantling the Lemrace tries to hide anything. If any of you think you can hide from a Griffon’s eyes, you’re more than happy to try.」

「Gurururururu~!」

Hearing Rei’s words, Set gave a loud cry.

After hearing Rei’s final offer, the adventurers compromised and agreed to 20%. The adventurers who were reluctant to do any dismantling were also hired to guard the surroundings on the condition that those who did the dismantling would split half their share with them.

Fortunately, it wasn’t even noon yet, so Rei and the large group of adventurers immediately started on dismantling the Lemrace.

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