Chapter 268 – #2-26 Magical Girl Passion (6)
“Ugh… Expensive.”
I don’t have any money right now, so I’m at the rail platform outside the precinct to find out how much money I need right now.
Then she stuck out her tongue and got sick of it.
The rail platform here is the only one that transports people to 【City of Pleasure】.
There were also places that rented camels, but I was told that it would take more than ten days to get to the city by riding them. Not even geography savvy, I probably got lost halfway through.
In other words, I have to ride this in order to properly join Danae.
‘…There’s a long way to go.’
I let out a deep sigh.
Let’s start by recognizing the problems and goals at hand.
The first goal is to pay for the inn and food expenses.
The final goal is to earn money for travel to 【City of Pleasure】.
Even for this goal, I have to earn some money in a day or two.
Desperately racking my brain, I decided to wander the streets for a while.
It’s identification. Even if you have an ID issued by 【Water City】, if you show it, you’ll find out that you’re a woman. Would that be dangerous too?
‘In other words, if possible, I’d like to find a job that doesn’t show ID cards and allows me to earn a day’s worth of work…’
This.
Would that be possible?
On top of that, on this well-mechanized planet, even in such an underdeveloped area, it seems that robots or machines handle most of the work.
‘And I don’t even know the market price.’
Is it normal to get paid for a day’s work? Rather, how is the reward given, and what kind of work is there.
There is nothing to know
“It really feels like heading on the ground…”
Anyway, I trudge through the streets with a feeling of helplessness.
『Hey, look over there!』
“They are redheads! Now that monster is over!”
“With that newest suit… It’s so tight, how much money did you spend on it?!”
…Yes?
For some reason, the street felt noisy.
No, it wasn’t a feeling, it was actually turbulent.
I saw red-haired monsters walking proudly through the center of the street as if they were holding a parade or some kind of triumphal ceremony.
Both this guy and that guy both have red hair, as if they had been covered in red pepper paste, and all of their clothes that looked like they were covered in blood were red as if they were covered in blood.
Even the barrels of the guns he was holding sparsely were plated red, to the point where they just looked rusty.
You got the concept right.
However, those people who think of the concept are walking confidently among the people who have moved out of the way.
It’s like a parade of praised heroes.
“Hey, what are those people?”
I hesitantly grabbed one of the people nearby and asked.
…Uh, what is this monster? Looks like yoda
“I don’t know? It’s the 【Red Haired Mercenary Corps】. Everyone is relieved to have finally arrived in this area.”
“…Mercenaries?”
“There’s a mutant monster in front of this area. He’s a very dangerous guy. No one has survived an encounter.”
If no one survives, how does he know he’s in danger?
It was nothing but suspicious, but none of the people who saw the mercenaries off on the roadside seemed to doubt that fact.
If not everyone is an idiot, is there something to support it?
‘Anyway, it has nothing to do with me.’
It doesn’t matter if a hundred Mekraks die or two hundred die. No, I’d rather die.
“Everyone is in trouble because they are occupying the rails heading towards the city. Tourists and immigrants alike are at a loss.”
“…That city, is it [City of Pleasure]?”
“Right. There it is It’s not just there. Why, don’t these rails extend all the way to the capital?”
“That’s a bit big…”
Yes. Even if you save money, if you can’t do anything because of the monster… It’s really bad, but I’m going to have a good time, or I’m going to have a new bad luck.
‘Please win, mercenaries.’
It was time to pray inwardly.
『I heard there is a salty bounty on that monster?』
『Even if all of the mercenaries share it, they should firmly grab their share?』
『Okay. When I heard the amount, I was a little apprehensive.”
『Arthur, Arthur. I’m just wasting my life for no reason.”
What…? Prize…?
“Mister Yoda! Wanted money?!”
“My name is not Yoda.”
“That’s why it’s wanted money!”
“You don’t even want to hear my name.”
Uncle Yoda laughed.
“What else do you ask? That money is at stake on the monster’s neck.”
“Really…?”
“Yes, how much… Yes, here it is.”
Uncle Yoda immediately floated a hologram in the air, pushed it away with his finger, and then held out a page to me.
Instead of a picture, under a large question mark, all sorts of predictions about its identity were rampant.
And only one of them, a figure of an amount far beyond imagination, was lined up under it.
‘This, this money…!’
It’s even worth taking the train to the city of pleasure!
That’s an amount you can afford to indulge in all sorts of luxuries at an inn!
‘God didn’t abandon me…!’
If only I could defeat that mutant monster before those mercenaries.
Then maybe I can get the prize too?
‘I can’t ask him to join the mercenary party… I’ll be fine alone.’
The current 〈 hyperdimensional tool 〉 should also be able to use 3 minutes.
“Mister Yoda!”
“I don’t have that name.”
“Mister Yoda, where is the monster? Quickly! We have to go first before the mercenaries take it!”
“Because it’s not…”
I grabbed the grunting old man by the shoulder and shook him wildly.
No man, hurry up! I have to leave like a cloud like the wind now!
“That, that’s… They must be in the direction the mercenaries are going… I think they’re thinking of going out through the west gate of the area…”
“Good! Thanks mister!”
“Yes, yes… Huh?”
For a moment, Uncle Yoda’s eyes looked at Kay sharply.
“You, can’t you… Hmm…?”
“Eh, ooh, why, why…?”
“No, is it because of my mood… Heh heh. Be more careful than that. It seems that if caught by that monster, the men’s skin and flesh would melt away and die, and the women would be taken away and never come back.”
“!”
“Well, I don’t know if you are a woman or a man.”
Mr. Yoda laughed and tapped my butt once over the thick cloth for disguise! Hit He seemed to have no intention of causing a commotion, but he disappeared into the show through the crowd.
Anyway, thanks to him, he found a way out.
After she becomes a magical girl, all she has left is strength, so let’s go find her before those mercenaries and rip her hair off.
‘If I win the prize money… First of all, underwear!’
Still wearing nothing and enduring the empty feeling, I hurriedly ran in the direction the mercenaries had left.
* * *
It was easy to follow the mercenaries secretly.
In the first place, the mercenaries were following the tracks, so I, who followed them, just had to look at the tracks and follow them.
‘It’s amazing that it buzzes.’
Around the tracks, there was a jig-jik, and electricity splattered, and the air rang strangely with a boo-woog.
It must be to prevent wild animals from climbing onto the tracks.
In addition, the track itself was very unusual, and at first glance it seemed to be nothing but a polished glass plate.
I couldn’t imagine thinking that a heavy train would pass over this. It looks like it will break the moment you climb up.
I hid myself from a distance and glanced at the mercenaries.
As soon as the opportunity arose, he intended to go ahead, overtaking the mercenaries.
‘Or should I steal the last hit?’
As a boy in Korea, I can’t stand Makta.
But it’s not even a game, and she said she hit the last hit, so that’s just proof that I subjugated her! Won’t stay
If that’s the case, then it’s also a wreck.
If the mercenaries take the same wreckage, I might not get paid…
‘As expected, should I kill them all?’
It’s hard to even think about it this way.
It is an enemy of the earth that should be destroyed in the first place.
There is no need to feel guilty even if you cut all the heads in the middle of the day to intercept the achievement at the end.
‘Then let’s do that.’
I feel a little bit uneasy in my heart, but I can’t help it. This is also for living.
『Wow?!』
While he nodded his head and understood, a scream erupted from the preceding mercenary.
『This, what is this?!』
“Can you really clean this up…?”
“No, wait a minute. Still, it doesn’t look dangerous just by looking at it…”
The mercenaries, all in red, staring at them in awe.
It was a ‘something’ of enormous mass that occupied the rails where the train would pass.
Huge, white body. A dirty-looking surface.
At first I thought it was something like slime, but upon closer examination I concluded that it was not.
That huge thing wriggling around, wandering over the rails and nearby rock walls.
An unpleasant shape that stimulates people’s nerves just by looking at it. A slightly elongated body that clings to the floor. Slimy skin that feels slippery to the touch.
“Snail?”
Hit.
The thing in front of me was a slug that was bigger than I could have imagined!
“Oh My God. It’s really nasty.”
At first glance, if not up to a mountain, at least it was a size that could be mistaken for a small hill or hill.
I don’t know if it’s dangerous or not by its appearance, but it wasn’t hard to guess that it wouldn’t even be able to find a bone once it was crushed by that colossal mass.
Wow… But it’s really disgusting to see.
