"Mo, monsterrrrrrrr!?"
"What is the Ganesha Familia doing?!"
Amidst the citizens fleeing in panic, a certain boy was running towards the monster.
"Ahahahaha!!!"
And sadly, that boy was me.
"Wh, what is that?!"
"Is he an adventurer?"
"Judging by the size of his bag, he looks like a supporter?"
The citizens, seeing the boy drop his bag and run madly towards the monster, stopped fleeing and stood in place to watch.
"Snort! Snort snort snort!!"
It was my first time seeing one in person, but based on the information I heard from Misha, that large monster with a boar-like head and green skin was probably an orc.
'Wow... look at the muscles on his forearms.'
It was slightly different from the fat, chubby orcs commonly seen in comics—more like a muscular gym bro who bulked up on purpose?
'The belly is a bit protruding, though...'
"Come at me, you basement-dwelling pig bastard!!!"
'...This damn bastard? This hurts me a bit too?'
Fortunately? The taunt worked, and the orc charged at me in a rage, but
"Boooooooo!!!"
"You're too slow, you pig bastard!!"
Its speed was a bit lacking to overcome this insane personality specialized for combat.
"Snort?!"
I dodged the orc's thrown punch with just one step while closing in, then swung my fist holding the push dagger upward towards its head, and
"Guek!?"
Fortunately, I managed to drive the push dagger right into the center of its chin.
"I'm sick of hearing that pig's grunting, so shut up!!!"
'Crack!!'
Not stopping there, I kicked the push dagger embedded in its chin, causing its head to snap back, and
"It's annoying to lift my head every time, so let's adjust the eye level!"
Taking advantage of its shifted balance, I quickly moved behind it and shoved the remaining two push daggers into the backs of its knees.
"Gueeeek!!?"
The orc tried to swing its arms back forcefully in response to the unfamiliar pain, but
'Grind!!'
"Guek!!!"
When I forcibly twisted and pulled out the push daggers stuck in its knees, it collapsed forward weakly.
"Come to think of it, I heard its recovery is better than other monsters?"
'Huh? Wait, why is this bastard suddenly like this?'
There was no mirror, but since it was my body, I could clearly feel the change in expression depending on emotions.
'Grin~'
So, I was sure this bastard was about to do something crazy.
'Crunch!'
"Guek!!"
"Aha!"
'Crack!!'
"Kueeeek!!"
"Ahaha!!"
'Crunch!!!'
"Gueeeeeek!!!!"
"Ahahaha!!!"
As if a child had found a fun toy, I started playing by shattering the orc's bones one by two in front of the people, and
"Wow! He bent its arm back and made a ribbon with its fingers!! That big bro is awesome!!!"
"Ah, son, you shouldn't imitate that..."
As expected, the watching citizens and adventurers who rushed to handle the monster started trembling from my bizarre actions midway.
"Wow..."
"This is the first time I've felt sorry for a monster..."
"He must have some grudge against monsters..."
After a while of adjusting to not kill it while breaking its body,
"Hoo..."
The faint anger that remained seemed to have completely disappeared with this play, and an inexplicable fullness washed over my body, and
"The play went on too long."
Uncharacteristically for someone who goes berserk at the sight of monsters, I spoke with a hint of gratitude towards it, but the orc, foaming at the mouth and unconscious from the continued torture, didn't hear it.
"Now for the execution!!"
Thus, the short yet long fight ended with the orc's head splitting open, and having regained my senses, I hurriedly grabbed my bag and ran towards the guild without even thinking to collect the magic stone.
"Whoa..."
"It's my first time seeing Kai fight, but it's terrifying..."
Unaware that my receptionist and her friend were also there among them.
.
.
.
Although my speed slowed considerably due to the bag full of magic stones, I somehow arrived at the guild and quickly checked Misha's seat, but no one was there.
"She must be busy with the festival..."
Unlike guilds in other fantasy novels that only manage adventurers, Orario's guild is a group that handles tasks like a government or administrative agency, so besides managing adventurers, they create laws to prevent adventurers from harming ordinary citizens, and on days like today when a festival is held, guild employees directly oversee citizens and adventurers.
"Calling them guild members is nice, but they're just powerless civil servants..."
Moreover, following Uranus's will to avoid unnecessary fights, there wasn't a single adventurer who had received a blessing within the guild.
"How on earth is peace maintained..."
Thinking she might have just stepped away briefly, I waited at the seat for about 10 minutes, but Misha didn't return, so I had no choice but to head straight to the exchange.
"The quantity is quite large, is that okay?"
"Huh? What, did you fill that entire bag?"
"Yes"
By the way, the bag I was carrying was that duffel bag that anyone who has been in the military would know.
'In the navy, they call it a seal bag instead of a duffel bag, right?'
I found it by chance while looking for a large-capacity bag.
'Whoosh!'
"W, wait, don't pour it all out there?!"
The exchange employee, who looked somewhat older, was momentarily flustered when the joke became reality, then hurriedly got up from the chair, took my bag inside, and after a long wait, returned carrying three heavy-looking pouches.
"I let my guard down too much because of the festival day. Here is 90,000 valis."
90,000 valis. Based on the prices of items I'd seen and the wealth of the main customer base, I had concluded that 1 valis was worth about 100 won, so what did that make this total?
90,000 valis = 90,000*100 = 9,000,000 = 90,000 valis is about 9 million won in Korean money.
"Wow..."
Although I hunted like crazy for three days, dying and reviving repeatedly, this was beyond imagination.
'Later on, there was no space in the bag, so I just chewed and swallowed them...'
"No... why are you surprised when you brought this much?"
"I knew it would be a lot, but I didn't expect it to be this much..."
"Hmm... looking closely, you're that rookie from last time. I thought you died somewhere since I hadn't seen you for a while, but were you holed up in the dungeon hunting monsters?"
It might seem rude at first glance, but since adventuring is a profession where people die day after day, guild employees are under a lot of psychological stress, so among themselves, they even bet on whether their assigned adventurers return safely or not.
'They were all doing it with a half-desperate mindset...'
"Ahem... I misspoke. Sorry, young man."
When I didn't respond, perhaps thinking it was because of what he said, he cleared his throat and suddenly apologized to me.
"Ah, no, it's fine. Ahaha..."
Thus, with my wallet inadvertently heavy, I bought a few things on the way back that Miach and Naza would like, then headed to the Blue Pharmacy where Miach and Naza were, and
"You're late."
"You're late..."
"I'm sorry..."
I was scolded like a child who snuck out to play late at night.
"As expected, the black tea you brew has a good aroma, Kai."
"Hmm... not as good as the cookies you baked, but it's not bad..."
Of course, thanks to the gifts I brought along, they quickly softened.