「T-This is……」
Roseus raised his voice at the large magic stone that suddenly appeared in front of him.
Of course, the magic stone appearing from nowhere did suprise him, but what surprised him the most was the size of the magic stone.
Basically, the larger a monster got, the larger its magic stone would be. In addition, the quality and size of the magic stone would also changed based on the rank of the monster. The magic stone in front of him definitely had a different presence compared to ones from low ranking monsters.
「As you can see, it’s the Lemrace’s magic stone. There’s other parts as well. This is Egret’s share……」
Saying that, Rei took out a fang that was more than a meter in length. It was one of the fangs from the Lemrace’s mouth that Egret had requested as his share of the reward.
「Is this a fang?」
「Yes. One from the Lemrace.」
「……It was large enough to be seen from the city. I don’t doubt that its fangs would be this big……but, I’m sorry, but this isn’t enough to confirm that the monster you killed was the Lemrace. In the first place, what was the Lemrace doing on land when it has been off the coast, never nearing the port, all this time?」
「As for that, I can only say I used a magic item.」
Rei explained the effect of the magic item he had used.
Of course, the magic item was a complete lie, but there was no way he could talk about Grimm, a Lich who had lived for thousands of years……because of that, he had no choice but to push through with that lie.
「Is that so? A magic item……that is true, if you wanted to move the Lemrace onto land, you would only be able to use a magic item to do that. If you don’t mind, would you be able to show me that magic item so that I can study it?」
His words were soft, there was a smile on his mouth and his eyes were calm. However, there was a sharp light in Roseus’ eyes when he asked Rei to show him the magic item.
As a guild official……no, as a citizen of the Mireana Kingdom, he couldn’t ignore the existence of a magic item that could forcibly transfer its target. If someone were to use that for criminal activities, it would even be possible to kidnap nobles or even the royal family.
However, Rei just shrugged his shoulders at Roseus’ request.
「Unfortunately, it was a disposable magic item. Because its effect is so powerful, it’s not something that could be used multiple times. It has since turned into dust and scattered into the sea.」
「……」
Roseus looked into Rei’s eyes as he replied. There was a tense atmosphere in the room as he seemed to gaze into the depths of Rei’s mind.
Egret and Miroir just watched on calmly, but Hendeka had a tense expression as he seemed to have turned into a statue.
After a few seconds of silence, Roseus spoke again.
「I won’t pry any further into the magic item. However, here’s some advice for you. Whether it be superior strength, skill or tools, those with any one of them will stand out. Naturally, there will also be people who will target them.」
「Of course. I am more than aware of that.」
While saying that, Rei glanced towards the Misty Ring on his right arm.
The Misty Ring was an item box, a very convenient item. But, there were many people who targeted him because of it. Thanks to its rarity, Rei was already familiar with people targetting him for a magic item. But……
「If they attack me, all I need to do is to fight back.」
「And if they are stronger than you?」
「Well, that’s true. There are definitely people stronger than me.」
The face of skull with a crown, who he had met just this morning, passed through Rei’s mind.
「However, even if someone like that shows up, I still have my partner, Set. If it’s someone the both of us can’t beat, there’s always the option of running away.」
Grimm was a Lich who could fly through the sky as if it were nothing. However, there weren’t many creatures who could fly in this world. If you further limited it to people, the number was even less.
「……Is that so. If Rei-san is aware of this, I won’t say anything more. Ahem, pardon me. We’ve gone off topic. So, about the Lemrace. I’m sorry, but I can’t confirm that the monster that was killed was the Lemrace with just this.」
「Is it because we killed the Lemrace on land when it should have been in the sea?」
It was Miroir who interjected at Roseus’ words.
However, looking at her expression, she didn’t seem to have any complaints. Rather, it might have been something she had half expected.
「Yes. As I asked you about earlier, if there really was a magic item that could forcefully transfer it, and we saw the effect happen ourselves, there wouldn’t be any problems. ……As it is, all we can say is that your party worked together to kill a monster that appeared out of nowhere.」
「I guess so. However, if ships leaving the port tomorrow aren’t attacked……and that continues for 10 days, can you judge that the Lemrace is no longer off the coast? It’s hard to give any clear evidence considering no one has ever seen the Lemrace.」
Hearing Rei’s suggestion, Roseus thought about it for several seconds before nodding.
「Hm, that would be fine. The decision on this matter is up to me, so I will accept that. However, with regards to the bounty prize, is it okay if you only get paid when we confirm the Lemrace is gone after the 10 days?」
「I have no problems with that, what about the rest of you?」
Rei looked at the other three, who nodded to indicate that they didn’t have any issues with that.
「Then, starting from tomorrow, if the Lemrace doesn’t appear for 10 days, I will judge that you have killed the Lemrace. Aside from that……」
Roseus pointed to the magic stone on the table.
「With regards to the magic stone and materials that you got from killing the monster you said was the Lemrace. What do you plan to do with them? Are you splitting it between the four of you?」
「No, all the materials, except for the fang I got, have been given to Rei. Anyhow, even if it was a disposable magic item, Rei had still used a magic item that could be considered a national treasure.」
「……Rei-san, would you be willing to sell the magic stone and the materials? Of course, it’s an unknown monster, so I will give a suitable price for everything we buy.」
「That’s right……」
Seeing Roseus’ eager gaze, Rei thought for a few seconds before speaking.
「Since it was a kind of Sea Serpent, we’ve stripped all the materials we could, but I’ve only got its bones, skin and some of its organs. Most of the blood was spilled during dismantling due to my incompetence.」
Saying that, he took out a few bottles of blood from the Misty Ring.
「With regards to the blood, bones and organs that I have, I can sell you as much as you’d like, aside from a small amount I would like to keep for myself. If I do sell the skin though, I will only sell a small part of it.」
「Why is that so?」
「Because I have a use for it.」
Rei just said that without explaining his planned use for it.
Roseus nodded with a disappointed expression, as he had wanted to use it in blacksmithing and alchemy. After that, he turned his eyes to the magic stone, which was his greatest goal.
「As for the magic stone……I’m not selling it.」
Roseus sighed in resignation when he saw Rei’s expression, not even needing to hear the rest of his words.
Seeing Roseus like that, Rei nodded with a small smile.
「I’m sorry, but I like to collect magic stones. I’m greedy, so I usually like to keep one to preserve and second for display. However, I don’t think there’ll ever be a second Lemrace, so I don’t want to give this one up.」
「Collecting magic stones? That’s a considerably expensive hobby.」
「Not really. Normally, it’s a hobby that you wouldn’t be able to sustain unless you were rich. But fortunately, I’m an adventurer, so if I kill monsters and collect their magic stones myself, it’s not that big of a burden in terms of money.」
「……I think that’s only possible for Rei-san. Normally, magic stones are the most expensive material, so most people wouldn’t keep them unless they were really eccentric.」
「Well, I guess I’m just that eccentric.」
「……」
Roseus seemed to be quite surprised by Rei’s response before suddenly turning serious as he asked Rei.
「Rei-san, I know you’re not willing to sell this magic stone. But……could you lend it to the guild for a few days? Of course, I’m not expecting to be able to learn everything about the Lemrace just by looking at the magic stone, but I still think we should be able to find out some information. ……Would that be possible?」
「What benefit is there for me to leave the Lemrace’s magic stone at the guild? I don’t want to be rude, but it could be stolen by someone. If I had it, I could store it into my item box and it would be safe.」
「That is……I guess we could give you the information we get from investigating the magic stone? Of course, on the honour of Emoshion’s guild, we wouldn’t let anyone take it away.」
Rei frowned his eyebrows slightly at the heated gaze Roseus directed towards him.
(Certainly, any information about the Lemrace would be greatly appreciated. Especially since only either Set or the Death Scythe can absorb the magic stone. I don’t know how much information I would be able to get, but if I could get any on places where it would likely live……)
Collecting his thoughts, Rei nodded slightly.
「Fine then. If you really want it, I can leave the magic stone with you. But, you’ll be carefull with it, won’t you? If it’s damaged or is stolen by someone……Set and I won’t forgive you. I won’t let anyone in the guild get away with it, even if it means a bounty if put on me. You’ll see why I was given a title in the war against the Bestir Empire.」
「……Yes. There will be absolutely no problems with regards to security.」
Roseus probably realised Rei’s seriousness. If there were any mistakes, the whole city of Emoshion would probably go up in flames. Because of that, Roseus nodded as he looked straight back at Rei with a serious expression.
Then, gently reaching out towards the magic stone, making sure Rei didn’t make any moves to stop him, he gently touched its surface.
Being over 30cm in diameter, it was a very large magic stone. Even Roseus, who had worked in the guild for many years, had only seen magic stones of this size several times. In addition, it was also a high quality magic stone. Comparing this to the magic stone of a Goblin, one of the lowest level magic stones, was like comparing a jewel to a stone on the roadside.
「This is amazing……it must be B rank at worst, it might even be close to A rank. Whether the monster was really the Lemrace or not, there’s no doubt that this magic stone belonged to a powerful monster.」
「I thought the same. It’s one of the most powerful monsters I’ve fought before. As for monsters I’ve seen that are stronger than it……」
Rei recalled the Silver Lion, the S rank monster, that was the boss of the dungeon he had gone into with Elena.
Although Rei hadn’t seen the Silver Lion directly, he had still felt how powerful the monster was.
The Lemrace was clearly not comparable to such a monster, but Rei still agreed with Roseus’ words.
Rei half instinctively understood the difference between A and S rank and he finished his sentence.
「I’ve only ever seen one.」
「……Even C rank monster are rare around here. No, I guess this one did come from the sea.」
Rei looked at Roseus, who gave a sigh, before turning to face the other three.
「Well then, that’s all I’ve come here for. All that’s left is the party in the bar that I promised everyone. ……Roseus, everything at the bar will be my treat today, can you handle that? We’re going to have a big celebration for killing the Lemrace.」
「That can be done. However, there are a lot of costs that will make it expensive……are you fine with that?」
「No problem, take off the cost from the Lemrace materials I sell.」
Nodding as he replied, Rei left the meeting room with Roseus, who hid the magic stone so that others wouldn’t find it, before returning to the first floor.
「Looks like everyone has already gathered.」
When Egret turned to look toward the bar on the first floor, there were already a large number of adventurers there.
Seeing that, Rei, who wasn’t that good at interacting with people, asked Egret to shout out to them.
「Hey, all of you! As promised, today is Rei’s treat! Drink and eat as much as you’d like! We all did a great job today!」
Along with his shout, the adventurers in the bar gave a loud cheer.
……Aside from that, Rei also took out some of the Lemrace meat that he had in the Misty Ring. It was cooked in large dishes and everyone got drunk as they ate the meat of a high ranking monster.
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A party of kings, although I guess in this case it’s adventurers
I almost want something to happen to the magic stone to see Rei’s reaction lol
Thanks for the chapter!
I think that Rei really should start collecting magic stones. What happens when someone calls him a liar and demand Rei to show some proof of his collection? Also it is started getting annoying that Rei doesn’t want to stand out (yeah I know it is a forced trope to mold japanese youths reading this kind of novel into this kind of people) if Rei wants to get together with Elena at the end he needs a high position and achievments.
Thanks for chapter
Honestly I feel like his whole approach is stupid.
First; of all has he ever confirmed the he can only get 1 skill per type of magic stone? Any chance multiple of the same type will rank up, or maybe you need several to unlock a new skill?
Second; he has a ton of magic power why is he only using beast magic? Shouldn’t he be able to learn spells the traditional way as well; like you know everyone else in the world?
Third; collecting is a stupid excuse to begin with. Just say you intend to use it in your personal alchemical experiments or whatever it is the country uses them for (magic tool creation?).
Besides the limited ammount of testing Rei did on his own, the information about monster core restriction came from the person who summoned him, and spent years resurching and testing the limits of those restrictions.
On a side note, it also makes a nice easily explained limiter for power creep. If it was that Rei and Set could get more then one chance at a skill per monster stone type, it would just devolve into yet another OP skill theft novel. This way the skills dont become the driving force of the novel and allows the author to pick and choose what skills they get. TBH I find this preferably to the normal smorgasbord route other authors
It was confirmed near the start of the story and said seceral times throughout that Rei only has an aptitude for fire, none for anything else, which was said to be weird as even his master (the guy that summoned him) had a small amount of aptitude for water magic, but Rei has zero aptitude for anything but fire.
He has a tiny bit of talent towards other elements, but it’s not worth practicing if even with a magic tool he can only make a tiny drizzle of water, and I think it was similar with other elements.
He isn’t using Beast Magic, Rei and Set are both products of Beast Magic, he tested it with some lower level monster stones, but the stones only unlock skills once, it’s why he tries to get two of each type, and even then they need to be fairly strong.
Correction Rei is a product of Zepairu (or whatever he is spelled) spell. Set and Death Scythe are the products of Beast Art magic if Rei.
And second correction Rei is collecting pairs of magic stones because first is needed for Set and the second for Death Scythe (indirectly for Rei).
Even if he has a tiny or no aptitude to other magic than fire why doesn’t he try. With his magic talent and enormous mana pool he can make even insignificiant magic powerfull but author doesn’t want to explore this field for whatever reason and made the MC too lazy to even try. Also Rei is too lazy to even practice the magic he already knows, maybe invent new fire spells or other uses for them but not Rei.
Rei actually used a spell that wasn’t 100% made of fire ONCE and it drained so much of his mana that he almost collapsed. I’m talking about the fire + holy spell that burned the corpses after the harpy subjugation.
Thanks for the chapter desu~
Thanks for the chapter.
FYI typo at “Especially since only either Set or the Deatch Scythe can absorb”
Thanks, fixed.
I gotta call bullshit, whether that was killed in the water or land nobodys seen it before, that just sounds like the guild never had an endgame where the lemrace was defeated they’d just claim we don’t know what that is….
And then the Bestir Empire sneaks in, steals the magic stone and turns it into a Demon Soldier. Or something like that, I can definitely see that something is going to happen, and Rei is only barely going to be convinced not to burn the city to the ground
It would be a waste to just burn the skin for an attack. It’s not as if the corrosive liquid cant be removed from the skin. Afterall, it’s the liquid that’s corrosive not the skin itself. The skin was able to chnage color to match its environment, and secret corrosive liquid, it could be made into a strong magical equipment.
I disagree with what the author wrote about the monsters lvl. If it was a A rank, set wouldn’t have had a tough time with the monster. Because it’s already been established that Set is a high A rank monster. And with Set and Rei, who others have said has the abilities and talent of at least a A rank adventurer. Being stuck at a C rank currently. Because of the system in place. I don’t agree with it making sense it was a A rank sea serpent. Because it was literally two A ranks against one A rank monster. Plus it wasn’t good the author wrote the corrosion stuff, to nullify Rei’s scythe abilities. Because he’s already held back with only having a good affinity with fire element. And no other with the other elements. I don’t see Rei being in a situation again, where he can’t use his main weapon again. As i mentioned in a earlier comment, this arc could have been done better. And the author made it a bit worse with writing in that statement about the monster. lol I’m sure one day Rei will end up fighting really high end monsters. Mainly S ranks at some point, due to quests. But it should have started out with this monster. Could have put in that there are even tiers to S ranks, like other stories put in with the monsters and ranked adventurers. I know about some later arcs coming up. And from what i remember, they are better arcs then this one. So i’ll just have to read up to those arcs.(read the WN using google translate. so i wanted to read this story properly translated.) Side Note: Also translator overall you’re doing a good job. 🙂
I feel sorry for Roseus. He’s probably gonna be a wreck while responsible for that stone. I looked that he also tried to warn Rei about the kind of attention he is/could/will be attracting.
Thanks for the chapter!
Why is he hosting a party for these theives and losers? even if they helped dismantle it (badly) why did he let them do that? you lose tasty meat and money for literaly no reason, so some randos who tries to rob you like you? tf?