The Guild Master of Demon Hunters that the Empire is Obsessed With

92 – No Matter How Fast You Regret, It Is Too Late (7)

The fact that they came at this time means they moved at night, saying they were hunting kobolds.

Leana and Lucene, who had already heard the story from me, were not surprised, and Ornette, who had no interest in others, was the same.

Only Celestine blinked her eyes and stared at Renzo with a dumb expression.

“What? Am I dreaming now?”

Then, instead of pinching his cheek, isn’t he taking a big bite of the steak?

I guess the intention is to tell whether it’s a dream or reality based on the presence or absence of taste?

That idiot. It’s cute.

“Director!”

Renzo came stomping over and shouting.

“What the Secretary said was true!”

“Is that so? What did I say? But what is the exact type?”

“It’s a Rocktail Lizard! It’s so big that even at the gathering point, you can see it swinging its tail!”

Rocktail Lizard.

“What is a Rocktail Lizard?”

“It’s a dragon, Celestine Dragon.”

Lucene answered Celestine’s question.

“Huh? That dragon? What is that?”

“It’s similar to a dragon, but it’s chubby, can’t fly, and is much more stupid.”

“A chubby and stupid monster…”

“So it’s a Celestine dragon, right?”

Lucene giggled, teasing Celestine.

“What is the situation on site?”

“There is no chaos right now! A group of kobolds ambushed us all at once, leaving many injured and the chain of command in disarray!”

“Are the guild members safe?”

“Oh, yes. Like you said, I only went to the ridges. But that’s not the problem now!”

If an experienced mid-sized guild leader is so flustered, it is obvious even without looking at the situation on the ground.

“What about Neuron Alp?”

“We are fighting hard, but there are so many kobolds that we are outnumbered!”

Kobolds reproduce very quickly.

The mining company estimated it to be two hundred, but in reality it was more than that.

No matter how weak a kobold is, there will be no answer if it is pushed back with a human attack tactic.

It’s even worse when you’re being oppressed and pushed away by a vicious monster called Rocktail Lizard.

It would be even more difficult since we wouldn’t have organized separate healers and wizards with the intention of using our guild.

“Then the priority should be to save people.”

When I stood up, Lucene and Ornette followed suit.

Celestine also pushed the remaining meat into Waguwagu’s mouth and got up from the chair.

“Leana. I’ll be back. I’ll probably be back before lunch tomorrow.”

“Okay. Everyone, be careful.”

When we left the guild with the guild members, Renzo hurriedly followed behind us.

“I really don’t know how this happened. Oh my God, Rocktail Lizard.”

Renzo spoke gibberish.

It seems like only cute requests have been done here in this peaceful principality.

Well, the size of the guild is not directly related to the guild leader’s personal career.

As soon as I crossed over, I quickly told the guild members what to do and entered the portal.

* * * * *

Ornette’s new portal led right next to the place where the Neuronalf guild was said to have been ambushed.

As soon as we crossed the portal, we saw a kobold with his back to us.

Before I could even draw my sword, Renzo’s polearm pierced him.

The place where we got off is slightly higher than other places.

The noise of fierce battle was coming from the valley below.

Those idiots, moving into the valley at night while dealing with kobolds.

Following a prior order, Ornette launched a large luminous object into the sky.

A luminous object almost as large as a hot air balloon floated to the top and soon exploded with incredibly bright light.

For an instant, the surroundings became bright as daylight, and the kobolds mixed in with the guild members stiffened.

Since it is a nocturnal monster that mainly digs tunnels or lives in caves, it temporarily becomes paralyzed upon seeing bright light.

But it was the same for humans as well.

Due to the sudden magic, the Neuronalf guild members also froze and were unable to do anything.

“Ornette. Illusion magic.”

“It is impossible to separate only the kobolds from that melee. If you make a mistake and include people, you will become a murderer.”

Ah, there were these restrictions.

In the end, Ornette has to designate illusion magic that makes people look like demons.

Then in the end, that is the only way.

“Lucene. Lightning of Twilight.”

As Lucene jumped forward, the lightning current generated by Thundermite dragged her tail for a long time.

Lucene held her Thunder Mite high above her head and hit the floor at the same time she landed.

The waves of lightning that spread around Lucene engulfed the entire valley in the blink of an eye.

“Ornette. Shield.”

Ornette, who saw a wave of lightning flowing back up the slope, deployed a magic shield.

However, strong magical power swallows up weak magical energy.

Ornette’s defense shield was shattered by the power of Thundermite, a mythical weapon created through magic materials.

The moment when a torrent of lightning is about to engulf us.

“aah!”

Celestine screamed and stretched out her hands.

The normally invisible halo above my head blinked like crazy, and a sacred shield so strong and thick that I could see it with the naked eye sprouted from the ground, completely blocking the lightning.

After all, a Halo saint.

“Oh my.”

As her lightning dissipated, Celestine collapsed to her floor and let out a sigh of relief.

“Well done.”

I pat her on the shoulder, but her clothes are wet with sweat.

She was so tense and focused that her whole body was covered in sweat.

Anyway, what happened to the bottom?

She looked down and saw the kobolds lying on her floor coming to their senses and running away in a hurry.

The Neuron Alf guild members also regained consciousness, but they seemed unable to chase after them due to the heavy damage.

“Get up! Get up right now and chase after them!”

Only the guild leader, Eleanor, was screaming and kicking the guild members who were staggering and raising their upper bodies.

You are still as greedy as ever.

It’s a shame that Rocktail Lizard didn’t step forward, otherwise he wouldn’t have been able to commit such evil acts.

This time, thanks to Lucene, the Neuronalf guild was able to avoid annihilation.

Kobolds are vicious monsters when they form a group, but they are basically fearful.

He believed in his numbers and attacked them, but was hit hard by a sudden wave of lightning and was driven away without looking back.

Lucene, who knew that habit, avoided electrocution, but cast Twilight Lightning with enough detail to briefly stun her.

As expected, he is the original character I raised.

As we went down the slope, Eleonor looked back.

“Ah, Leonard.”

Eleonor, who made eye contact with me, hid his anger and smiled politely.

“I thought you left. “What are you doing here?”

“I heard you were in trouble, so I came running after a month.”

“Oh, thank you. But what can I do? It’s not something that Leonard would personally do.”

Eleonol looked up at the luminous body that was slowly fading away.

“If it weren’t for that luminous body, we could have slaughtered all the kobolds right here.”

Of course, Eleanor.

If you take away greed and pride, you are a corpse.

“I see. It certainly seems like we stepped in for no reason. We ended up getting involved and helping dispose of the warrior boxes for no reason.”

Eleanor’s face stiffened slightly as she laughed while looking at the guild members who were falling and groaning here and there.

“As you know, it is difficult to chase a kobold that is running away in the mountains at night. And if you chase after it, there will be a Rocktail Lizard.”

Eleanor’s face became even harder when she heard the word Rocktail Lizard.

“So, I think the priority is to come down first and do maintenance.”

Eleonol looked at me for a moment.

It feels like I’m bouncing the abacus a lot in my head.

As soon as the calculation was completed, Eleonol smiled.

“Leonard is right. Everyone, wake up!”

Eleonol shouted at his men.

“Go down to the staging area and come back up after maintenance!”

However, it is impossible to go down the mountain in that condition at night with the injured and dead.

At my glance, Ornette opened a portal to the gathering place.

“If it’s okay, I’ll use the portal.”

“Please be considerate. Then, I will use it gratefully.”

Eleanor’s mouth she was smiling, but his eyes she wasn’t.

Getting help from me would hurt your pride.

I know that and I keep scratching her on purpose.

If I keep accumulating it, I will be able to use it at a critical moment later.

“Still, I’m glad Lucas Guild came. Otherwise, a catastrophe would have occurred.”

Renzo sighed as he watched the Neuronalf guild members crossing the portal.

“Let’s go too. I have something to discuss with the company and the guild leaders.”

* * * * *

The guild leaders and the Brontes secretary gathered at the mining company’s office.

The atmosphere was heavy, and Director Brontes cleared his throat and repeatedly bowed his head to me.

“I’m sorry again and thank you again, guild leader.”

“I’m the office manager.”

“Ah, yes…”

Currently, Celestine is treating the wounded with assistance from Montaigne guild members, and Ornette is walking around with Lucene, setting up traps and defensive magic on the approaches to the gathering place.

This is all because the Brontes just recently agreed to pay the normal wages of healers and wizards.

To be honest, even I was surprised by that huge amount.

Was it this expensive? I was using them almost for free.

“Then would you like to hear what I have to say about the current situation?”

“Yes, yes, please tell me.”

Secretary Brontes bowed, and other guild leaders also listened.

“It looks like a semi-adult Rocktail Lizard has become independent from its parents and built a nest in this area. The swarm of kobolds was suppressed and brought in to help them protect their nest. Ah, oppression is a unique characteristic of some large-species monsters. They immobilize weak monsters and eat them or treat them like servants.”

This is why I made a show of anticipating and withdrawing in advance.

It was thought that it was unnatural for there to be hundreds of kobolds in an unsuitable terrain, and that it was probably due to oppression.

We didn’t know exactly who was oppressing us, but we calculated that it would be a large species anyway, and if that was the case, we would need a wizard or healer and they would quickly come looking for us again.

“What on earth is that Rocktail Lizard?”

Secretary Brontes asked.

“It is a large monster that grows bigger than a dragon when it grows up. It has a certain level of intelligence, so when we attacked, it sent out a swarm of kobolds.”

At those words, Secretary Brontes’ face became pale.

“Why is something like that here…”

“It’s nothing strange. I like terrain like this. The problem is that in order to solve the kobold swarm, you also have to solve the swarm. To be precise, if you eliminate the swarm, the kobold swarm will naturally leave this place.”

“Well, how do you get rid of that…?”

“It’s not difficult. Isn’t the guild leader of New Ronalp, the best guild in the western part of the empire, here?”

“Ahaha…”

Eleonol let out an awkward smile at the sudden nomination.