Kochugunshikan Boukensha ni Naru

Translator: SFBaka

Editor: Thor’s Stone

After walking for two hours, I managed to catch responses that corresponded to humans via my magic sensor. There were ten of them, and they were currently stationary. Were they fellow adventurers taking a break? I took the lead and approached their group cautiously.

It looks like they really were adventurers. There were several Gray Hound corpses lying around close by. One person was sprawled on the ground as the others looked after him. Was he injured?

When they noticed our approach, two of them panicked and hurriedly drew their swords.

“Who the heck are you all!?”

“Oi! Sheath your swords, you two!”

The one who called out was Karl.

“Hey! If it isn’t Karl.”

“Alan!? Oh, so the ones behind you are your Clan members huh.”

“Yup. One of your men got injured?”

“Yeah, that’s right. Good grief… I told them not to let their guards down against Gray Hounds! Dammit!”

“I see. Can you let me check the injury out?”

I looked at the injured guy and found that one of his arms seemed to have been gnawed by a Gray Hound and was left in a bloody mess.

“If it’s alright with you, I can try to heal his arm. What do you think?”

“Heal his arm…? You’re telling me you know how to cast healing magic?”

“Yep. I can. How about it?”

“Please. Can you at least stop the bleeding?”

Come to think of it, this is my first time trying to heal such a serious-looking injury. Let’s fix up his fractured bones first.

“Yosh. I’ll have to be a bit rough, so brace yourself. Everyone, please hold him down first.”

The injured young man paled in fright after hearing my words and frowned in pain. He was immediately held down by his comrades.

(Nanom, please indicate the area of the incision for me.)

First, I’ll have to cut open his arm in order to have a clear view of the fractured bones. I’ll treat his flesh after fixing up his bones.

A red indicator line was displayed over a portion of the young man’s arm. I’d have to make a fairly large cut huh.

While reminding myself that it was for treatment, I cut his arm swiftly and decisively with my bladeknife. The young man couldn’t help but scream in pain.

I spread the cut open flesh to get a better view of the fracture. It looks like the poor guy already lost consciousness from the pain. I used the Water spell to wash the wound and found that the fracture wasn’t all that bad. The bone was broken off cleanly. That’s good. I was worried about what to do if the arm bones were broken into small pieces.

I held his arm and aligned the bones. Oops. If I don’t take time before activating the Heal spell here, I would probably get scolded by Elna again. I held back for a full thirty seconds before casting Heal.

“Heal!”

Yosh. With this, his bones are now fixed back together. Next, let’s continue to cast Heal to fully fix his arm.

I closed up the wound and concentrated to cast Heal once more. I also applied disinfectant and anti-inflammatory magic salves just in case.

The wound gradually closed up. As expected of my cute light spirits. They really do a great job.
“Yosh, he’s good to go.”

“Ooh! The wound’s already healed!”

“This is healing magic!?”

“Ooh! As expected of Alan-sama!”

“Alan, what the heck was that magic…? No, it’s fine. Just take it that I didn’t ask. I’ll definitely repay you for your help today.”

“C’mon. It’s fine. We should try to help each other out when we’re in trouble, right? Anyway, we have to check if the wound healed properly first…”

“Oh, right! Let’s try and wake him up.”

Karl grabbed the unconscious guy’s lapels and gave his face a couple of slaps. After getting three slaps to the face, the young man finally woke up.

“Oow! Leader, please stop hitting me!”

“Hey, Ken. How does your arm feel, huh?”

“Arm? Oh, right! My arm! Huh? I can move it! It doesn’t hurt! Not one bit!”

Everyone displayed shocked expressions on their faces. It looks like I overdid it again. I just focused on successfully performing the spell so I didn’t notice, but… the speed that I healed such a serious wound might have been a bit too fast. I get why they’re all shocked. However, it was an emergency, so I guess it can’t be helped.

“Hey, Karl. About my magic–“

“Yeah, I know. I ain’t gonna tell anyone else about it. Oi! You lot! Don’t you dare blab about what you saw here, alright!? Alan’s my buddy as well the leader of the bandit hunting specialists, Shining Star. I’m gonna kill you all if you ever leak anything, understand!? Well, maybe I’ll just beat you half-dead first, but you get my point, right!?”

“”Understood!””

Uh, there’s no need to kill them though.

It looks like Karl’s team was about to return to Gantz as well. Since we’ve already met up, we decided to go back together.

Karl and his team were hunting monsters as per the guild’s request just like us. Come to think of it, the area assigned to Gale was adjacent to ours.

Karl accompanied a D-rank party comprised of their younger members to give them some practical experience and pointers, but one unlucky guy got gravely wounded by a Gray Hound.

We finally got back to Gantz after roughly two hours of walking. It looks like there’s quite a long line of adventurers outside the gate. They’re probably returning from hunting as well.

“Hey, Karl. How long would it take for the guild to judge if a stampede would occur or not?”

“Let’s see. One week at the earliest, and one month at the latest. But judging from today’s results, it doesn’t look like there’s gonna be any stampede.”

“You can actually tell?”

“Yeah. I managed to experience a stampede when I was younger. At that time, things were more intense than right now. The monsters were practically flowing out of the forest. But the monster numbers right now seem normal.”

“I see… If that’s the case, then I hope they retract the request soon.”

We finally entered the gates after a while and headed straight for the Adventurer’s Guild.

“Alan, you wanna go for a few rounds?”

“Uh… I dunno.”

It looks like Karl wants to go drinking for a bit after work.

“Alan-sama, I’ll handle handing over the magic stones to the guild, so go ahead.”

Ooh! Good going, Walter! How kind of you.

“Okay then. Let’s drink a few rounds.”

“Great. Hey! Ken. You haven’t thanked Alan yet, right!? You gotta express your gratitude properly!”

“Ah, I’m sorry! Thank you very much for today, Alan-san! You really saved me! Um… how much is the healing fee, by the way…?”

“I’m gonna discuss that with this guy later. You guys return to the inn after cashing out our spoils.”

“Yes! Understood!”

He actually wanted to discuss payment for the treatment so he invited me for a drink, huh. We headed for the usual pub near the guild. Karl called the waitress over and ordered ale and snacks. It looks like the order was pretty large this time.

“You really saved our hides today, Alan. Thanks. With that kind of injury, it wouldn’t have been strange if Ken lost the function of his arm.”

“I told you earlier, right? We should try to help each other out whenever possible. Don’t sweat the small stuff.”

“Man. But that would make it seem like we took advantage of you for nothing. How much should the treatment fee be? You go ahead and name your price, Alan.”

Uh, I guess I can’t say something like wanting to practice my healing spell so it’s fine if it’s free, huh.

“Okay then. How about owing me a favor first? You guys can then help us out if ever we get ourselves in a pinch as well.”

“Umu, a favor huh… Giving you money would have been way simpler though. Well, I guess you won’t ask anything unreasonable if it’s you, Alan. Okay. A favor, it is then.”

“Great! I don’t know when you’ll get the opportunity to repay us, but we’re counting on you just the same.”

“Please go easy on us. Well, anyway, today’s my treat. Don’t hold back and drink till you drop, man.”

We chatted about everyday topics and recent rumors as we drank our ale, but since I was a bit tired from walking and treating that young man’s wound, we decided to end today’s drinking session early.

I went back to our Clan Home and took a nice, hot bath. I then proceeded to the dining hall for dinner.

I didn’t get to drink my fill earlier, so I ordered some ale from the kitchen. Ella brought the ale tankard over to me as usual.

“Big bro.”

She called out to me and carefully handed me the tankard while trying not to spill a drop.

“Thanks, Ella.”

“Un.”

She skipped back to the kitchen with light steps.

The cold ale wasn’t free, but it’s been rather popular among the Clan members lately, probably because Ella was the one who always delivered it to the tables.

Captain Dalshim spoke to me while lightly picking his dinner.

“Alan-sama, I heard a rather alarming rumor from the Adventurer’s Guild. It seems that the city of Sistina in the Cecilio Kingdom was attacked by a dragon.”

“Dragon!? But isn’t Cecilio Kingdom our neighboring country? How was the damage?”

“Unfortunately, I couldn’t get a hold of that information. Perhaps it was a stray dragon.”

(Iris.)

『Yes, Captain.』

(What’s a stray?)

『I am not one hundred percent sure about the exact definition, but to put it simply, it’s a dragon that got separated from its flock. According to the accumulated data from discussions in taverns and inns, stray dragons are supposed to be far more dangerous than normal dragons.』

(I see… What was the extent of the damage done to Cecilio Kingdom?)

『It wasn’t much. It just flew above the city for a short while. …I can look for it if you’re worried, Captain.』

(Please do. We can’t let ourselves get surprise-attacked by such a monster after all. Please look for its current position for me.)

『Roger.』

“Are you worried about it?”

Captain Dalshim seemed to think I was deep in thought when I suddenly turned silent.

“Yeah, that’s right. Are stray dragons rare?”

“Well, one appeared in Starveek Kingdom only once when I was still young. Fortunately, there was no damage or casualties that one time…”

I see. So stray dragons don’t always pose much danger.

“I see… I hope nothing untoward happens.”

By the way, our kills for today were fifty-seven Gray Hounds, twenty Orcs, and thirty-five Goblins. All in all, we managed to earn 36,350 Guineas.

It was still a respectable amount of money compared to our previous daily earnings, but it would probably decrease gradually as we continue to thin the monster numbers down.

We have no choice but to wait until the request gets rescinded by the guild.