MILE CHAPTER 267: DWARF VILLAGE 8
ã You all, didnât you listen to what I just said?
We have lost most of our villageâs strength.
We canât even afford to have enough medicine to cure our injured people.
And we wonât ask for relief request from the cities of humans!ã(Workshop Owner)
The Workshop Owner yelled at the girls and Mile replied with a blank face.
ãEh? Actually, you donât have to ask the city to subjugate monster, do you?
Your villager will male a second raid, the recapture operation by yourself.
Itâs just ãThe escort hunters of the merchant corp, who happens to be present, are allowed to participate in that raidã
As for money, you only need to pay for those escort hunters.
Wasnât that just doing normal business without involving the pride of the dwarves?ã(Mile)
ãHuh......ã(Workshop Owner)
...No.
In that case, the honor of their village will be kept.
Although the honor in their hearts is slightly hurt, their condition isnât allowed them to refuse such a good deal.
However...
ãIs it really okay?
The monsters here are really strong!
Not even us, who have been living and fighting here for hundreds of years, can win again the Orcs and Ogres.
Why did it become like this? We have killed countless of Orcs and Ogres in the past...
Itâs true that in this country, humans of 15 years old and above are considered as adults.
But hunters or not, you are still just minors, you wonât able to return alive.
Do not throw your life away poorly!ã(Workshop Owner)
Maybe the Workshop Owner was showing concern about the young girls, he tried to refuse the proposal of ãRed Oathã
However...
ãHaaaaaa!?ã(Rena)
Rena was upset and raised her voice.
ã Donât look down on the average C-ranked magician Hunter!ã(Pauline)
ãLikewise, donât look down on the average C-ranked swordsman Hunterã(Maevis)
ããããAnd do not look down on the average human beings!ãããã(Red Oath)
Ignoring the dumbfounded workshop owner, Mile asked the merchant.
ã Escort request is only during our traveling.
While we are staying in this village, we are free to do whatever we want during the meantime.
Itâs outside the jurisdiction of the employer, so itâs not a breach of contract, right?ã(Mile)
ã... Yes, thatâs right. However...ã(Merchant)
ãHowever?ã(Mile)
ãIf you donât come back. It will be a hindrance to the return escort mission. Isnât it a breach of contract in that case?ã(Merchant)
The merchant didnât try to critic nor blame the girls.
What he said has the meaning ãPlease come back safely without failã
For merchants, the contract is absolute.
If they allowed a breach of contract, they wouldnât be able to deal with the situation when the crisis happened. Itâs literally an âIkki Tousenâ for them. (Strength matching 1000 men)
So, when the merchant said this, he meant that ãYou are not allowed to dieã
ã...Always, I will return safely, in the name of the business Godã(Pauline)
The merchant was dumbfounded with Paulineâs reply.
And three girls followed after.
ãAs a person aiming at a knight, I bet honor and pride on itã(Maevis)
ãI bet the Honor of the C-ranked Hunter on itã(Rena)
ãIn the name of a Dagashi shopâs old lady!ã(Mile)
ããããWhoâs that!?ãããã(Everyone â Mile)
ã...But, itâs no use saying that to just me...
At least, you must persuade the village chief,
In addition, two-thirds of the workshop owners donât agree with it...
If our village prepares for another raid and it ends of failure,
It will affect the survival of our village.
Most of the workshops have the same idea as me, they might agree if you persuade them.
But no matter how the villages may say...
The village chief can dismiss it if he doesnât like it.
From the heavy pressure of taking care of the whole village, he always chooses the safest measure by all means.
But at the same time, when the village chief approves it,
Even if other workshops might complain, they have no choice but to obey the village chief.
But he is rather hard-headed, he wonât go down that easily.
Even so, the fastest way is visiting the village chiefâs house and talks to him directly,
To be honest, I donât think it will go well ...ã(Workshop Owner)
ããããã............ããããã(Red Oath + Merchant)
Everyone can understand what the workshop owner says.
From now, the hardest part is persuading the Village Chief.
ãRed Oathã has a troubled face.
And there...
ãKORRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA (HEY)!
They say they donât sell high-class distilled liquor!
What in the world were they coming here to trade for?!
Are they kidding me, GORAAAAAAAAA (scream)!ã(Village Chief)
ããHaaa... Mayor...ãã(Workshop Owner + Merchant)
Because he was talking with a merchant leader during the time when Mile was selling alcohol, he didnât know about the distilled liquor sales.
He only heard it later from those who bought plenty of Liquor
The Village Chief asked a small amount for tasting.
He raised the cry of agony for the distilled liquor.
Apparently, he seemed to have tried to buy it from other merchants and heard about where the distilled liquor was coming from.
ãTake it out, give me the Liquor right now!ã(Village Chief)
(Joke: Condition met, you can continue the quest now)
At first sight, Mile seems to be an idiot.
No, she might be really an idiot.
She sold things without consideration, but she didnât forget to take the safety method.
But even though she has the âbackupâ (EN), she is still pretending ãI wonder if there is such a thing?ã
Pauline, on the other hand, knew the usual behavior of Mile, has listened to a lot of âNihon Fukashi talkâ
She knew it from a glance.
And when she quietly looked at Mileâs face...
Little by little
Mileâs face changed from smiling to sweat-dropping.
While Paulineâs smile became darker.
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ãThatâs why, we will go hunting down the monsters tomorrowã(Mile)
ããããOI OI OI OI OI OI OI (HEY HEY HEY HEY HEY HEY)!!ãããã(Merchants)
As expected, everyone was surprised. However,ãEvil Spirit Utopiaã and ãFlameâs Friendshipã werenât surprised that much.
Well, combine with the ãRed Oathã, they have 15 top Rank C Hunters in total.
10 or 20 of Orcs and Ogres arenât a big threat.
In addition, they have strong dwarves accompany, they shouldnât face any great danger.
When they thought about it, there shouldnât any problem.
Even the Merchants also understood.
Mile, the monstrous capacity Storage Magic User,
Maevis, the swordsman who can use ãinstant firewood split swordã
Rena, the master of magic control, who can cook with magic at the camping site.
And from the other 2 parties, they also heard about the girlsâ power after the attack of the Ogres.
ã Canât be helped! (Shoganai)...
I understand. I will go out with you.
When will we depart?ã(Wolff)
Wolff, the leader of ãEvil Spirit Utopiaã said so with a face that gave up, and Vegas the leader of ãFlameâs Friendshipã nodded.
ãEh?ã(Mile)
But Mile was surprised when she heard that.
ãNo, only us we, the ãRed Oathã will join this raid with the people of this village.
In the meantime, you all will be staying in the village in case of emergency.
The dwarves will go all-out this time.
Because all of the villagers, who can fight Ogres, will participate in this raid, if the monsters attack the village, in that case, it will really become a literal ãvillage destructionãã(Mile)
ãããããHuh......ããããã(ESU + FF)
However, after they think about it, the hunters donât think there will be a large number of Orcs and Ogres.
Then again,ãRed Oathã could easily hunt them down.
Besides, many of dwarves will accompany them, there will be no problem.
And the members of the two parties are convinced that it would be better to remain here in order to protect the village in the unlikely event.
In any case, ãprotecting the villageã also includes ãprotecting the merchant unitã
So this is also a task of their request.
ãAh, because you will act as theãvillage guardsã, you might get a fee from the villageã(Pauline)
Hearing that, the hunters came to ask Mile and Pauline for the details properly.
The village mayor actually didnât change his policy, but because he wanted to drink.
He knew the fact that they are lacking the manpower because many of them are still injured.
However, he was worried more that he would make an irreparable mistake if he refused help from humans and the second raid ended of failure.
ãWhen you asked us for this raid request,
We will heal everyone who is currently injured.
There are two of us who are healer magicians.
If we sleep overnight, our magical power will recover.
We must maximize our strength for tomorrowâs battle,
This is part of battle preparation, so thereâs no extra charge required.
Of course, it will be the same if you get injured in the battle tomorrowã(Mile)
The village mayor knew for the first time, the existence of a healer magician.
And there are two of them here.
Further, as long as they are still alive, no matter how severe their injury is, it can be completely healed with healing magic. And because they are fighting monsters, there arenât injuries such as limbs are completely cut off like the fighting with swords from humanoids. So, healing magic can heal most of the injury.
But of course, when their limbs, fingers are completely crushed or blown away, their head is crushed, the bones and the internal organs are messed up, they canât be healed.
Anyway, it is foolish to miss the opportunity to be healed by the healer magician and maximize their strength.
It was natural that the Village Chief judged so.
Whatâs about paying money and only asking for healing?
In that case, can they return after they fail to get healed?
Meanwhile, paying the money for the raid request, they will get healed for free, get support in battle?
Would anyone choose to pay the money and only get healing service?
Besides, they need to kill the monsters anyway, if they want their village to survive.
Yes, considering everything, the village mayor had no other choice.
And some of Mileâs distilled liquor, which Mile had left in her storage just in case, was sufficient to let the village chief nodded like crazy.
Mile warned to Renaâs trio when they were alone.
ãEveryone, donât let your guard down.
In the first place, the dwarves should be strong enough to deal with monsters, was lost in the last raid and suffered great damage.
There should be a reason for that.
It should be anything likeãtheir luck was badã
In that case, they shouldnât be able to survive for hundreds of years.
Thatâs why we must prepare for the worst possible situation as much as possible.
In fact, the number of monsters might be many times the size of what we thought.
Do you get itã(Mile)
Renaâs Trio silently nodded with Mileâs warning.