Chapter 73 (1/2)

Volume 1

Chapter 74

Ch 74 — Lean Steak

When we got back to the Adventurers Guild I went straight to find Johan-ojisan . The Guild Master was out having discussions with Count Langridge about the Mithril Lizard subjugation and its consequences so he wasn’t in his office, however the Guild Master had told us we could deal directly with Johan-ojisan who of course knew all about the Bloody Horn Bull herd subjugation request .

“Excuse me . ” I caught Johan-ojisan’s attention .

“Oh, it’s you guys . The Guild Master told me what’s going on . You were subjugating the Bloody Horn Bulls today?” When I nodded, he gestured for us to follow him . “Let’s go to the warehouse . ”

“The herd was kinda big . . . ” After warning him I started pulling Bloody Horn Bulls out of my Item Box .

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven . . . . . . . . . . 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 . . . .

“Hold on,” Johan-ojisan abruptly stopped me . “Tell me, are there a lot more?”

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“Yes, I still have quite a few more . There were 58 Bloody Horn Bulls in all . ”

“58 Bloody Horn Bulls? That’s a big herd, they’re usually around 40 individuals, you know . . . ” Johan-ojisan mused . Huh? Is that so? I thought that it was quite a lot but I didn’t think it might be an unusually large herd . “Well, if it’s you guys it’s not that surprising . ” Johan-ojisan added with a laugh . Is he insinuating we’re at fault somehow for bringing in too many monsters? Well, it’s Fer who did the subjugation, not me . Blame him . . .

“Disassembling 58 monsters is gonna be a big job you see . ” He shook his head .

I’m sorry, really . “I’ll wholesale half of the meat to the Guild . Thank you for working so hard on this for us . ”

“That’s okay, the Guild Master told me that you guys are my top priority . ”

Oh, yes, I think I should keep a skin as well . “Would you please give us a Bloody Horn Bull skin?” I asked .

“Okay,” said John-ojisan, squinting appraisingly at the mountain of Bloody Horn Bull monsters before him . “You’re wholesaling half the herd to us, you want to keep the meat of the other half and you’re wanting a single skin too . Is that about right?”

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“Yes, that’s it . ” I agreed .

“That’s still gonna be a bunch of work for me . Can you come back tomorrow? I’ll have the meat and that skin ready for you then . ”

“I understand, I’ll come back tomorrow . ” As I said that, I headed for the warehouse door but Fer who had been lying down and not taking part in the discussion lifted his head and said “Hold on” .

“What’s up, Fer?” I asked .

“Where’s the meat for tonight?” Fer said .

“Because there are a lot of monsters for Johan-san here to deal with, it won’t be ready until tomorrow . ” I explained .

“Huh, that means we can’t eat any Bloody Horn Bull meat today?” Fer grumbled . We’ve got plenty of other kinds of meat in my Item Box but Fer wants to eat Bloody Horn Bull right away . What a surprise .