Chapter 584 – 584 – Dragon Extermination!
Having entered the Adventurer’s Guild, we decided to first meet with the Guild Master of the Misly Adventurer’s Guild.
“Thank you for coming. Commander Lelia, and Dungeon Crasher Rent. I received word from High Priest Maren. I am Teng, the Guild Master of this Misly Adventurer’s Guild.”
After a brief greeting, Guild Master Teng continued.
“As per High Priest Maren’s advice, only I know that the Poison Dragon is about to appear, due to the chaos it would cause. Commander Lelia, Rent, when exactly is the Poison Dragon expected to appear?”
“Huh?”
Lelia tilted her head at Guild Master Teng’s words.
“Didn’t you hear from High Priest Maren?”
“No, High Priest Maren only said that the Poison Dragon would appear in the mountains near Misly… Perhaps you don’t know either?”
“I was only told to depart for this place. Rent, did you perhaps hear anything from High Priest Maren?”
Come to think of it, Solly also said it would appear soon, but didn’t give an exact date.
Solly, when will it appear?
『According to Solly’s communication, it is expected to appear within three days.』
I shook my head and said,
“I didn’t hear anything specific either. But wouldn’t it appear within three days?”
“Three days…”
Guild Master Teng’s face darkened at the mention of three days.
Even though we came to resolve the issue, the fact that a dragon was appearing made him feel gloomy.
To reassure the Guild Master, I thumped my chest and said,
“Don’t worry. Just like I stopped the dungeon from overflowing, I’ll take care of the dragon too!”
“Oh, oh… Thank you so much, Rent. Please… please take care of it. If there’s anything you need to defeat the dragon, please tell me. I’ll do my best to provide it. And we’ve prepared an inn for your stay.”
“Yes, thank you.”
After meeting with the Guild Master, we headed to the inn he had prepared to discuss our plans.
We couldn’t talk about the dragon at the Adventurer’s Guild as usual, as it would greatly amplify the anxiety of the people of Misly.
At Sol’s Adventurer’s Guild… it’s far away, and it would take a considerable amount of time for news from there to reach here, and even if it did, I would have already resolved it.
The inn was about a five-minute walk from the Adventurer’s Guild, and the building was quite large.
And the room we were guided to was a VIP room.
It was a slightly smaller version of the orgy room in Bendina’s brothel.
For reference, Lelia’s room was a regular room one floor below ours.
“Wow♪ To prepare such a wonderful room, the Guild Master here is a really nice person.”
“It’s obviously High Priest Maren’s request.”
“Hehe, it’s obvious that he wants Rent to be with many people. Right, Elsie?”
“Haaah♡ Yes? Ah, um… N-Noa? If Rent is with someone else, you can’t touch my chest too much, okay?”
“Then laundry!”
“Me too, laundry!”
“T-Tikia?!”
“Come to think of it, the times I’ve been with Gracia have become infrequent. Hmm… Hey, Gracia, when we do it, will you try pulling my tail?”
“Huh? Is that okay?”
“Yeah, but I’ll bite your ear too.”
“M-My ear! Why!”
Gracia quickly covered her ear with her hand.
“No, honey, you secretly like seeing us caress each other, right? And… you also like it when we get it on while caressing♡”
“U-Um♡ If that’s the case…♡”
“Personally, it’s quite fun to see you get turned on!”
“Raifa!”
“Rent~♡ Today, I want to be pounded from behind a lot♡ While my butt is being smacked, paang paang♡”
“I’ll smack it nicely.”
“Kyaaang♡”
Looking at the spacious room, we were already having our usual conversation about the play we would enjoy at night.
However, we were doing it so naturally that…
“Ugh…”
We had forgotten that Lelia was also in the room.
“This is… this is what harem life conversations are like… My side… my side feels cold…”
“Ah, L-Lelia?”
“It’s okay. Please don’t mind me.”
Despite saying that, her face was flushed from our suggestive conversation, and she was trembling while clutching her side.
It wasn’t intentional, but we had given Lelia a big shock.
Let’s change the subject.
“Let’s talk about how to deal with the Poison Dragon!”
“Y-Yes, let’s!”
We sat down on the large bed in the room and started talking.
“I think I should face the dragon alone. That’s the safest way.”
“But Rent, the Poison Dragon uses powerful poison. The poisonous fumes it emits make it difficult to breathe without an antidote magic tool. This is that magic tool.”
Lelia took out a necklace with a green gem from her pocket.
“But even this magic tool doesn’t completely block the Poison Dragon’s poison. It’s useless against the breath the Poison Dragon directly emits. In the past, even S-rank adventurers used magic to deal with it without engaging in direct melee combat. No matter how strong you are, Rent, the Poison Dragon’s poison is…”
“It’s okay, Lelia. Poison doesn’t work on me.”
That’s what I wished for.
“Of course, Rent, you’re immune to most poisons. But the opponent is a Poison Dragon.”
Hmm, it seems Lelia’s anxiety won’t disappear without solid proof.
“Rather, why aren’t the others worried?”
“Well…”
“Because it’s honey. Honestly, if it’s honey, he can use magic to get rid of the dragon in an instant without even going there, right?”
Of course, that’s possible.
But since I’m going to fight a dragon, I really want to fight it head-on.
“Besides, honey has the power to overwhelm even the reincarnated Demon King. A dragon is nothing to him.”
“Lelia, you’ve sparred with Rent, so you know how strong he is, right?”
“Hmm…”
Lelia was troubled by everyone’s words.
It made me grateful that they were all worried about me.
I wondered what I could do to reassure Lelia and asked her,
“Lelia, do you happen to have any poison?”
“Poison? I have some poison for killing monsters.”
She really had some.
“Then please take it out. I’ll prove it to you.”
“S-Surely you’re not thinking of drinking or applying the poison to your body? It’s dangerous. Even if it’s not as strong as the Poison Dragon’s, the poison I have is quite potent…”
“Lelia, please.”
“Ugh… Okay, I understand. But just a little. Just a little bit. If it’s a little, I can heal it with my divine magic.”
Lelia took out a bottle with a purple liquid from her inventory.
“It’s originally meant to be applied lightly to arrowheads. It contains a strong acidic poison.”
As she said that, Lelia took out an arrow and opened the bottle, lightly dipping the arrowhead into it.
A careful movement.
It showed her determination to conduct the experiment cautiously.
But to make Lelia believe me, I thought I needed something more impactful.
“Excuse me.”
I snatched the arrow from Lelia’s hand and rubbed the arrowhead against the back of my hand.
“R-Rent!? No! If you do that, your hand will melt… melt…?”
Lelia tilted her head and stared at the back of my hand.
“It’s not melting? Rent, are you okay?”
“I’m perfectly fine.”
“What? Could the poison have gone bad?”
Lelia showed a reaction as if she had seen something unbelievable.
Then, Tikia took a piece of tissue from the room, tore off a very small piece, and dropped it on the back of my hand.
Chiiiiiiik…
The tissue burned away the moment it touched the drop of poison on the back of my hand.
“Wow, that’s some strong poison.”
“I-It doesn’t seem to have gone bad. But to not even flinch like that… R-Rent, you’re amazing.”
“I could probably drink it and be fine.”
I licked the poison on the back of my hand.
“Rent Niiiiim!?”
The poison had no taste, it just felt like water.
Lelia immediately moved behind me and patted my back.
Paang! Paang! Paang!
“Spit it out! Spit it out right now! Spit! Spit!”
“I-I’m fine, Lelia.”
“Huh? Really!?”
Lelia immediately moved in front of me and put both her thumbs in my mouth, forcing it open.
“A-Are you really okay? Your tongue isn’t melting or anything…”
“I told you, poison doesn’t affect me at all.”
“B-But… I never thought it wouldn’t affect you this much…”
“If I wanted to, I could drink all the poison in that bottle and be fine.”
“That poison is expensive, so please don’t do that.”
“Okay.”
Lelia took her fingers out of my mouth and sighed deeply.
“Haa… Even if it doesn’t affect you, please don’t do such sudden things. You scared me half to death.”
“I’m sorry. But I didn’t think you’d believe me unless I went this far.”
“Hehe, this proves that Rent is fine, right?”
“Yes, I’ve learned it thoroughly.”
“Hehe, then let’s leave the dragon to Rent… How about we go around Misly? Lelia, do you know any of this town’s specialties?”
“No. I’ve passed through a few times on missions, but I’ve never stayed… I’m sorry, Ninya.”
“Oh, you don’t need to apologize. Then let’s all go around and find out together♪”
“B-But even if we leave the dragon to Rent, we can’t just relax and play…”
Raifa patted Lelia’s shoulder and said,
“If you don’t want to walk around the streets, how about sparring at the Adventurer’s Guild again? Then you can think of it as training for the worst-case scenario.”
“I agree with that idea. I’d like to spar with Lelia a bit more too.”
Raifa and Gracia wanted a rematch with Lelia.
“Raifa, Gracia, we can spar later. Right now, we should prepare for when the dragon comes rather than sparring…”
“Are you still saying that?”
Tikia tapped her magic staff on her shoulder and said,
“Even I can see that Lelia is the second strongest after the Beast King, excluding Rent. Rent himself proved that. But you felt yourself that you’re not enough to fight the dragon. And you know that Rent is immune to poison.”
“T-Tikia…”
“Well, I understand. Rent is so absurd that it’s hard to accept at first. But if you keep experiencing it, you’ll change your mind like this. Let’s throw away common sense. It’s possible because it’s Rent.”
“Um… Lelia. I know this mission is important. But if it’s Rent, it’s okay. Rent is a hero… no, he’s stronger and more amazing than a hero.”
“Even Elsie…”
Lelia was silent for a moment, then nodded.
“I understand. Thinking calmly, even if the dragon appears right now, Rent would leave alone immediately if he wanted to.”
“Because someone else might be affected by the poisonous fumes if not me.”
“Haa… Maybe High Priest Maren called me here not to assist Rent, nor to fight alongside him, but just to be a witness to the dragon’s defeat. Raifa, Gracia, I’m sorry. I’m happy about the sparring request, but first, as Ninya said, let’s walk around Misly together…”
Just as Lelia relaxed and was about to suggest exploring the streets.
Kuraaaaaaaah!
A huge roar was heard.
