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Chapter 21 Mysterious Cargo
The guards were cleaning up the messy attack scene, and some of the guards were always on alert. The Goblin reconnaissance troops were highly intelligent, and they prioritized destroying the wheels of the carriages transporting the goods, making it impossible for the caravan to leave with the goods.

Either stay where you are and fight fiercely, risking being attacked by a large army of goblins and stay there to collect your goods, or you can abandon your goods and run away.

But contrary to the nervousness of the guards, Herbie helped up an elegant antique table among the scattered goods, invited Blazer to sit down and leisurely made scented tea.

"Oh, that really scared me. I always thought it was a rumor that the Black Beast Knight had regained his sanity."

Herbie handed a cup of tea to Blazer, but Blazer didn't drink it and pushed it to the chicken aside. The chicken stepped its paw into the tea cup and let out a long sigh of comfort.

"Hmm...it doesn't look like it's completely untied."

Herbie stared at Blaze's helmet, her golden eyes sparkling between thick eyelashes. Blaze was a little frightened by Herbie's gaze. He felt like he was being studied from inside out.

"You guys should be fine, so I'll take my leave now."

"Don't leave in a hurry, [Hermes' Brigade Hat] hasn't repaid your kindness yet." Herbie rolled his eyes and pointed to the body of the fast-moving ostrich with a smile.

"how about this?"

The guard not far away couldn't help but look back at his employer. Even the nomads living in remote areas knew how noble the blessed person was, and he actually used a corpse to save someone.

But what surprised the guards was that Blaze really stopped.

this person……

Even when attacked by goblins, he remained calm despite casualties. It could even be said to be indifferent. After Blaze appeared, he analyzed Blaze's every move as if he were studying it with a magnifying glass. Even the tiny movements of Blaze turning his eyes to look at the fast-moving ostrich were isolated and used as bargaining chips.

If it weren't for wearing a helmet that made Herbie think that his analysis was just a speculation, then he might have been completely manipulated by the opponent now.

So Blazer decided to take back the initiative.

"No need, you have a blessed partner, and he is also a very rare [Singer]. If this [Singer] takes action, you can easily deal with this group of goblins yourself."

Although Blaze lowered his voice, the guards around him were always paying attention to him, the blessed one, so they could hear every word he said clearly.

"Maybe I'm being nosy."

Herbie's expression froze. She knew that the guards around her were dissatisfied, but they were just suppressing it. But Blazer's words were like holding a torch and approaching the pile of explosives repeatedly, ready to explode at any time.

"No, no, no! Please take a seat, please take a seat, please take a seat! Please accept the body of the ostrich that is leaving!" Herbie pushed the antique chair next to Blazer with a hint of flattery, and at the moment when their faces were extremely close, he said with He whispered in a voice that only two people could hear.

"I want to make a deal with you."

"can."

Blaze did not return to the table that was filled with the scent of relaxing scented tea. Instead, he walked to the body of the fast-moving ostrich and began to dissect the body with the goblin's worn dagger.

Creatures that are defeated by the blessed will turn into dust, and those that are killed will become corpses. Someone once complained that the blessed cannot survive alone in the wild, because the animals and plants they defeat will all turn to dust, unless there are food drops.

But if there is a profession of [Chef], the corpse can be left behind. "Ugh—" Herbie covered her mouth and took a step back, her golden eyes not daring to look at Blaze.

This is Blazer's purpose. The other party's observation ability and thinking that are comparable to skills are too terrifying. Only by bringing the other party down to his own level can fair trade negotiations be carried out.

But this level is not enough, Blaze whispered [Translation].

[Skill proficiency has increased]

【Translation FE】

The soul of the fast-moving ostrich is standing next to its own body. Because it did not die at the hands of the blessed one, the soul will become a wandering soul.

The language of the dead is opposite to that of the living. [Translator E] can perform a translation, allowing Blaze to understand the language of the wandering soul of the dead, but this language is limited to human language. Being able to talk to chickens is purely because chickens can understand human language.

When you reach [Translation E], you can perform two translations. After translating the language of the dead into the language of the living, then translate it into a language he can understand.

[Day! I'm so unlucky. I was carrying out secret transportation with a secret identity. I couldn't find a blessed person as a guard. As a result, I was stabbed to death by a goblin. I'm just one day short of perfect attendance this month! ]
[That woman in the carriage can’t even do her job well. She’s so useless. No wonder she was kicked out]
[Looking like this, I still want to go to the theater to participate in a performance]
Walk quickly. The soul of the ostrich stayed there for a while and then disappeared without any regret. The bird's mind is unexpectedly simple.

"Actually, there has been some power struggle within the running branch of [Hermes' Brigade Hat] recently. As a senior partner, I have become a target of criticism because I am an ordinary person, so I do not have enough funds to hire strangers."

"I originally thought that well-trained soldiers would be enough to cope with it for a while, but we didn't expect to be attacked by goblins, and it happened to be a very rare group of goblins, which resulted in our casualties."

Herbie wiped the tears from his eyes and told them about their tragic experience.

But Blazer was completely immersed in the dissection of the corpse and didn't show any sign of it.

"You...have been dissecting corpses and didn't listen to me at all."

"Because you don't tell the truth."

The strangers are willing to accept commissions even if they are paid with cheap herbs, especially as Herbie is the senior partner of [Hermes' Traveling Hat], the strangers will rush to accept the commission as soon as they open the door, even if they don't receive it. It also sticks like brown sugar.

Judging from the words of the fast-moving Ostrich, this embarrassing situation of being able to hire ordinary people as guards is probably related to the person in the carriage.

[The leg bones of a fast-walking ostrich*2/The spine of a fast-walking ostrich*1/The claws of a fast-walking ostrich*2]

Blaze stood up after placing the bones in the warehouse. Herbie had no expression on his face, and his golden eyes looked like some kind of cold-blooded snake. I'm afraid this is [Hermes' Brigade Hat], the real appearance of Hermes Hermes, the senior partner of the Running Division.

"There's a reward on her life."

"Then you should look for strangers. They are numerous and powerful."

"The one who put a bounty on Audrey is the stranger."

(End of this chapter)