Chapter 214 – Episode 214 – Date!
“G-Guild Master, what is this…”
“It’s exactly as I said, Rent. You will be recognized as an S-Rank adventurer. It’s a bit delayed because we have to deal with the aftermath of the flood and report data to each country, but in a few days, you’ll be recognized as an S-Rank adventurer.”
“But S-Rank… Shouldn’t I go up to A-Rank? Last time, I went from F-Rank to C-Rank…”
“The situation is different from then. Even if you destroyed the dungeon, what you did was catch a heinous criminal. No matter how skilled you are, the level of your achievement in catching a criminal and the period in which we could properly verify your personal information were short, so C-Rank was the limit.
But what you did this time was essentially stopping a dungeon flood, which is like a disaster that would have taken more than a month to resolve.
It’s a great contribution to stopping that. If you weren’t there, Pledan would have suffered immense damage, and even with support troops from Abyss, Bridan, and Solario, they wouldn’t have been able to completely stop the endlessly produced monsters.”
I remember that during the last flood, it took a month for the combined forces of four countries to stop it.
Thinking about it that way, what I did was definitely a big deal.
“Because you were there… Because you were there to destroy the dungeon, we were able to stop this disaster in just a week with the support of the Escal Kingdom army and the mages of the magic city.
This is a truly great achievement comparable to defeating a Demon King, Rent. Moreover, we’ve been able to learn a lot about your character over the past month. You’ve been going to the dungeon almost every day and achieving an unimaginable number of subjugations.
Thanks to you, the blacksmiths have a very good reputation, saying they’re not having trouble with iron.”
I guess the blacksmiths like me because I’ve been collecting and delivering all the weapons from the monsters I’ve defeated to my inventory.
“Well… It seems your relationships with women are a bit complicated, but they seem harmonious, so that’s not a problem either. Rather, isn’t it said that heroes are fond of women?”
“Huh…? Ah, do you know?”
“Of course. It’s already well-known that you’re going to dungeons with your party members, all lovey-dovey.”
“Ah, ahaha…”
“Well, I don’t know how far things have progressed, but it’s good that you all seem to get along well.”
Yesterday, I not only had those three but added three more and had a wild, happy, lovey-dovey sex session.
“This is just my personal meddling… But it’s clear that someone like you can have enough wealth, so if necessary, it wouldn’t be bad to persuade the women and form a harem. You have the ability to take on that responsibility.”
I’m already more than ready to take responsibility.
These days, as things are stabilizing, I’m even thinking about whether to have children in order or all together when the time comes to plan for them.
“Yes.”
The Guild Master looked a bit serious.
“Rent, when you become S-Rank, things around you might get noisy.”
“Noisy? Do you mean people will be jealous and try to pick fights with me?”
“Huh? Hahahaha! That’s a funny thing to say! At least among the adventurers living in Pledan now, there’s no fool who would pick a fight with you! All the adventurers who dealt with the flood saw with their own eyes the traces of you destroying the dungeon.
Of course, I saw it too… Haha, I wonder how a person can leave such traces.”
If it’s about traces, it must be about the destruction of the terrain caused by me using techniques like the Buddha Palm, the Become Light Hammer, and various other skills.
Looking at that, the only people who would pick a fight with me… Well, it would be someone who doesn’t know me at all.
Even I think my question was foolish.
“Hahaha… Y-Yeah, I guess so.”
Rather, how about this kind of development?
A strong, competitive female adventurer A from another town, seeking out the strong.
She’s so confident in her own skills that she’s arrogant, believing she can beat anyone.
Then, she hears news of Pledan, a city of adventurers famous for having many strong people!
Adventurer A comes to Pledan to test her skills!
She’s so arrogant and provocative, believing she won’t lose, so she says this to a cocky-looking adventurer who seems like he’d fall for her provocation!
『Hmph! If you can beat me, you can do whatever you want with my body.』
Solli’s voice support has been activated.
But how did you know?
『I predicted the development of Rent’s delusion, and it came out naturally.』
As expected, Solli’s basic knowledge is based on me.
We’re a good match.
The female adventurer’s rank is C-Rank.
Considering the situation outside of Pledan, where not many dangerous monsters appear, she has enough skill even at C-Rank.
But alas, unfortunately, the person she picks a fight with is a notoriously bad-tempered A-Rank adventurer!
Originally, to become A-Rank, you should have a good personality, but let’s ignore that setting.
The female adventurer A, who started the fight, is thoroughly defeated by the A-Rank adventurer!
And the A-Rank adventurer approaches her with a sinister smile!
『N-No! Don’t come closer!』
The female adventurer A, frightened, tries to back away, but the A-Rank adventurer immediately subdues her and says this.
Hehehe, then as promised, I’ll do whatever I want with you.
From today, you’re my dick case!
And then begins the days of training!
The female adventurer A, who was full of arrogance, has her pride shattered and realizes how lowly and foolish she was!
And all that’s left for her is the desire to be cute and fawn over her master, who showed her the truth, so as not to upset him!
What do you think, Solli?
『It’s been a while since your hard delusion.』
Recently, I’ve been having fun defeating monsters, and just yesterday, I was full of happiness, so as a reaction, a hard delusion came to mind.
It’s still a bit soft because my happy mood is suppressing it.
『Shall we do a role-play today in our adventurer outfits? Rent, you’ll play the role of the bad adventurer in the delusion.』
Then Solli, you’ll be the arrogant female adventurer A!
I’m already looking forward to tonight.
Ah, please wear a bikini armor, Solli.
『Yes. I will choose the bikini armor with the smallest area.』
Solli really knows my heart.
“What I meant by things getting noisy is that various countries will be paying attention to you. After all, you’re the first S-Rank adventurer in 130 years.
Moreover, you’re the youngest S-Rank adventurer at the age of 20, who became an adventurer less than two months ago. Haha, even I think it sounds like something out of a fantasy novel.”
“From various countries?”
“That’s right. Being an S-Rank adventurer means you have that much influence. In fact, there are many organizations or upper echelons of countries that are not interested in your age or personal information but will send you requests just because of your reputation as an S-Rank adventurer.
Dungeons are full of monsters that are more dangerous on average than those outside, but that doesn’t mean it’s safe outside the dungeons. Rather, even more heinous things happen outside the dungeons, and sometimes monsters or beings that are even more threatening than the monsters in the dungeons appear.”
“Like the Poison Dragon?”
“Oh, have you heard of it?”
“Yes. From Elsie… My party’s priest likes legends and stories, so I heard about it.”
“I see. Yes, as you said, the Poison Dragon is a prime example. The Poison Dragon Kali appeared about 200 years ago. Back then, the S-Rank adventurer of the time, along with his companions and the demons, worked together to drive Kali away.
If a dragon reappears or if powerful monsters like disasters appear in other countries, you may receive a designated request.”
“Can I refuse those kinds of requests?”
Of course, I wouldn’t refuse if it’s about monster subjugation, but I asked just in case.
“Of course, you can refuse. But… I don’t think you’d refuse, given your personality. Did you ask just to confirm?”
“Ahaha, yes.”
“Hahaha, that’s why I acknowledge you becoming S-Rank. Ah, if a war breaks out in each country and one of them requests your support, I will refuse it on my end.
Adventurers sometimes deal with bandits or criminals while fulfilling requests, but… they should never be used in conflicts between countries.”
“Thank you, Guild Master.”
“Hahaha, this is something I should do as a Guild Master, so there’s no need to thank me, Rent.”
The Guild Master smiled kindly and picked up his pen again.
“That’s all I have to say. Go to the dungeon and come back safely, Rent. If you find anything unusual, please report it. In a week… the procedure to officially recognize you as an S-Rank adventurer will be complete.”
“Yes, Guild Master.”
I left the Guild Master’s office and went down to the first floor.
“Rent, are you done talking with the Guild Master?”
“Yes. The Guild Master told me to report if anything unusual happens.”
“The Guild Master is meticulous, so I don’t think there will be any problems… Please do your best, Rent.”
“Yes, Leni. I’ll be back.”
And I headed to the dungeon.
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At the cave entrance of the dungeon, I waited for my turn, lost in thought.
S-Rank… I’m S-Rank…
“Hehehehe…”
Thinking about it again, I can’t stop smiling.
I never thought I’d reach the highest rank so quickly.
S-Rank adventurer Rent.
Even I feel my heart pounding.
Could it be that if I continue to be active, a new rank just for me will be created?
SS-Rank, SSS-Rank, or even Z-Rank.
The thought of me pioneering a new boundary made the corners of my mouth rise.
“W-What’s that… Huh? D-Dungeon Crasher?!”
“Why is he in the dungeon again today? I don’t see any other C-Rank or higher adventurers…”
“That’s the adventurer who made those incredible traces…”
“You’re D-Rank, why are you out? You said you didn’t want to go to the dungeon.”
“I have to earn a living!”
“Scary…”
“Why is he smiling?”
“Maybe he enjoys killing monsters? He must like blood and slaughter to be able to kill monsters so brutally!”
“T-That can’t be!”
“The mountains of corpses and the crushed bodies of monsters we’ve seen for days… Ugh! Thinking about it again makes me want to throw up.”
“He’s alone today? He’s always with other women…”
“Does he enjoy the slaughter of monsters more than being with such beautiful women?”
“Scary…”
Somehow, it seems like there are a lot of exaggerated interpretations going around.
Enjoying killing monsters… That’s a misunderstanding.
I just enjoy using new techniques to my heart’s content against monsters, and now I’m just having fun recreating various techniques that only existed in my imagination.
In the process, I destroyed a lot of the dungeon’s terrain and monsters, but that was just an opportunity to perfectly recreate the techniques in a situation where I was stopping the flood.
I don’t enjoy killing monsters, I just enjoy killing monsters using the techniques I’ve thought of!
…Hmm? Is that the same thing?
Let’s not worry about the small things!
And one more misunderstanding to clear up, if I had to choose between going to the dungeon and being with my lovely lovers, it would definitely be the latter!
It’s good to go to the dungeon and earn money by catching monsters, but the happiness of spending sweet time with my lovers and then having a sticky time at night is incomparable to the happiness and satisfaction I get from earning money by catching monsters in the dungeon.
If I wasn’t using suppression magic right now, I would already be fully erect just imagining the time with my lovers.
“Hehehe…”
Thinking about the dates with my lovers starting tomorrow, the corners of my mouth naturally loosened.
“He’s… smiling again!”
“He must be enjoying imagining the slaughter of monsters!”
“He tasted the blood of countless monsters in the flood and became addicted to slaughter! And the taste of destruction too!”
“S-Scary…”
Even if I explained it myself, it didn’t seem like the misunderstanding would be resolved.
Anyway, this is just a temporary rumor.
Once I become S-Rank and show that much activity, good rumors will spread more than these rumors.
Wouldn’t there be girls who would come to me later saying, “Kyaa! Please hug me just once!”
Imagining such a positive future, I ignored the surrounding whispers and waited for my turn.
