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

93 – No Matter How Fast You Regret, It Is Too Late (8)

“In the first place, didn’t the Secretary plan the plan with the concept of a solo battle in New Ron Alp with support from the rest of the guild?”

This time, it’s Director Brontes’ turn to be embarrassed.

“Oh, yes. That’s…”

Then he looked at Eleanor’s eyes

“Anyway, the important thing is that the Rocktail Lizard has appeared here, dragging a swarm of kobolds with it, and has built a nest, and once the surrounding area has been cleared to some extent, it will attack the mine in earnest.”

“Ugh!?”

The Brontes manager let out a strange scream.

“You mean, you’ve been quiet all this time?!”

“Just because there is a good restaurant near the house you just moved into, you don’t stop moving and start eating, right?”

The office manager’s face turned gray at my analogy.

“It’s not exactly a restaurant, but it would be more accurate to think of it as a beehive or something annoying. Rocktail Lizards like quiet, so how annoying would the noise from the mine be?”

“Wow… “

Renzo looked openly confused, and Eleanor also had a look on her face, but it seemed like it was her first time hearing this.

Rocktail Lizard is so rare that very few people know about its ecology.

“Then what will you do?”

“What do you mean?”

Secretary Brontes asked back in bewilderment.

“The first reason we recruited guilds was to clear out a horde of kobolds, but now the situation has changed. We need to kill the Rocktail Lizard, but then the existing quest fee does not fit the unit price.”

“How to chase them instead of killing them…?”

“It’s easier to kill them. If you chase them away, they will inevitably come back and take revenge.”

“Is that so?”

The Brontes manager was embarrassed as he wiped the sweat from his forehead.

“I think I should report to the boss first… But if it means killing him, then how on earth…?”

“You can just go and cut off his head. It’s not difficult. The problem is that it costs a lot of money.”

“How much… “

The Brontes manager’s eyes were about to pop out at the price I suggested.

Renzo took a deep breath, and Eleanor widened her eyes as if she was somewhat surprised.

“You mean… It’s that expensive…?”

“Well, if it doesn’t work out, there’s nothing we can do. We don’t want to risk our lives for a small amount of money.”

When I got up from my chair, the Brontes manager shouted.

“Just wait! I’ll report it to the boss!”

Renzo asked as the Brontes manager opened the door and ran out.

“Director Leonard. Is there a way to kill it?”

“I told you. If you cut off your head, you will die.”

“Of course it is, but how on earth can you cut off the neck of something that big? And its scales look like rocks.”

“If you don’t have a knife, just break it with a hammer.”

The more Renzo listens, the more puzzled he looks.

Eleanor stared at the hilt of Nightrend’s sword.

“Are you going to use that knife again?”

“I don’t have any other weapons other than this.”

“If you keep using it, you will be punished later.”

“You can take it.”

Renzo, who was listening to our conversation, asked.

“So, are you two spherical?”

“We worked together before becoming guild leader.”

Eleonol smiled.

“Leonard is truly an amazing person. He is not someone who would rot away in a countryside like Sule.”

Eleonol, who intentionally fed me and unknowingly fed Renzo at the same time, smiled again.

“So you are. How on earth did you become the leader of the Neuron Alf guild? Weren’t you originally scheduled to join the Imperial Knights?”

“There were some circumstances. Still, I’m happy. I became the guild leader and we were able to meet again like this.”

Eleonol lied casually.

“I can’t tell you how fortunate I am to have you. Please take the lead in subduing the Rocktail Lizard this time. Wouldn’t it be better if the guild leader of Neuron Alp takes the lead?”

“Ahaha…”

As expected, an embarrassing laugh.

Seeing that they keep doing that, it’s obvious that even if they go out to subdue them, they’ll be behind them, using their innocent guild members as shields.

I guess I didn’t really want to run a guild in the first place, but I just wanted the guild leader’s business card from the best guild in the western part of the empire.

“I have received instructions.”

Secretary Brontes has returned with a red face.

“We will do as Lucas Guild suggests. However, we cannot give you all the requested fee. We are currently suffering too much loss due to kobolds. This is the amount we are proposing.”

“Ugh?!?!”

Renzo was surprised again.

“That huge amount of money!”

But I wasn’t surprised.

Before coming here, Leana told me about the financial structure of the Brontes Mining Company and the profitability of the tertiary copper mine.

After hearing that, it was a large amount from our perspective, but from the company’s perspective, we decided that it would be economically better to spend that money to protect the mine, and we came up with an appropriate amount that the company could afford without too much burden.

The price I suggested was a little more.

And now, the company has reduced it a little more and given me the amount I originally wanted.

“Good. We have different circumstances, so we have to compromise to some degree. Then we will have to come up with a new strategy. If it’s okay, can I do it?”

Secretary Brontes, who was already very frightened by the Rocktail Lizard, took the map without a second thought and spread it out on the table.

Picking up a pen, I started drawing a plan on the map without even asking the other guild leaders.

Eleonol, who had unknowingly lost the initiative, flinched.

But what can you do against large monsters?

“First, the location of the Rocktail Lizard. He is definitely here.”

“How do you know?”

“Because it’s the only place due to the terrain.”

I gave a short answer to Eleanor’s question.

“This is its nest. The kobolds will spread out around the area and be on guard, and some will be feeding. You can’t deal with the kobolds and the guy at the same time, so you have to separate them.”

I looked back at Renzo Montaigne.

“Can you lure a horde of kobolds from the Montaigne Guild?”

“Maybe it’s possible?”

“Then lure the kobold away from Montaigne. Maneuver here, hit it here, and drag it along this contour to here.”

The route of movement of the Montaigne Guild was drawn in detail.

“If Montaigne lures the kobolds to this valley, our wizard will use the glow magic from last time. At this time, the Neuronalphs who were ambushing on the left and right…”

“Wait a minute!”

Eleonol intervened, slamming down the map.

“Since there is a wizard, shouldn’t we just move to the nest and make a surprise attack? If not, can we make a long-distance attack right here?”

“You cannot mix with kobolds. And Rocktail’s scales cannot be pierced by long-distance magic.”

Of course, Eleanor.

I have no knowledge other than how to stand in line well.

So, I was able to do crazy things like fight hordes of kobolds in the valley at night.

“Anyway, Neuronalf ambushes here. If we block the retreat properly, the kobolds will be annihilated.”

“Hmm…”

Even though it is possible to wipe out an entire horde of kobolds, Eleanor seems to be dissatisfied with something.

“Then what about Rocktail Lizard?”

“Our guild goes there.”

“No!”

Eleonor squealed.

“We can’t just send Lucas! Let’s move with a squad of Neuron-Alps.”

Well, that’s right. She has two hands, but she seems like a greedy woman who wants to hold several apples.

The Rocktail Lizard is a bigger achievement than the Kobold, so there is no way it will be left out.

Plus, I must have been very proud of myself for continuing to help, so they’ll even take care of Rocktail Lizard for me? I’m so mad.

However, seeing as there was no word telling us to leave, the intention is that Lucas will be more talented and Neuronalf will take the credit.

He’s greedy and stupid, so even if he turns his head, he can clearly see it.

“What will Montaigne do?”

Renzo shook his head at my question.

“That’s it for us. We don’t want any guild members to die, and just having a swarm of kobolds is a great achievement.”

“Then Lucas and some of Neuronalph will go to the nest.”

“When are you leaving?”

“Let’s go right away. There’s no benefit in wasting time. It’s nighttime, so the kobolds will be in high spirits, so let’s take advantage of it.”

In this way, each guild began to move according to my command.

Ornette opened several portals.

Some head to the valley where Neuron-Alph will ambush, some head to the ridge where Montaigne will lure the kobold horde, and the rest head to the Rocktail Lizard’s nest.

During the process moving to the portal, I found Valehi, a senior guild member from New Ronaldp, and grabbed his shoulder.

“Mr. Valehi, come with me.”

“Huh? With you? To the place where the Rocktail Lizard is?”

“Yes. From now on, listen carefully to what I say.”

When I told Valehi about my future plans, he nodded with a somewhat nervous expression.

When news came from Neuron-Alp, who had crossed the portal, that the ambush preparations were over, the Montaigne guild members crossed the portal.

Next is us.

More than a dozen guild members, excluding Ornette, who went to the ambush, and members of the Neuronalf guild, including Eleonol, crossed the portal one after another.

After getting off the ridge, we hid in the bushes for a while and waited for the signal.

Lucene sat leaning against a tree and kept muttering, wondering if Celestine, who was squatting with her arms around me, was scary compared to how carefree the world was.

“It’s a fat and stupid dragon. It obviously doesn’t communicate well, and if it encounters it, it’ll try to eat everyone, right? Then it will eat me, the fattest and softest one, first. Hoeng… “

She smiled and tugged on Celestine’s ear, quietly giving instructions.

Celestine was shocked when she heard what I said, but she nodded her head.

Eleonor looked at that from the other side.

A moment later, a bright light flashed across the other side.

The ambush was successful.

We, who had been scattered and hiding, quickly formed into a single file.

“We are behind!”

Eleonol got angry, hitting the back of the head with the guild members standing in front.

We are the shield.

The final formation was me, Lucene, Celestine, guild members, and Eleanor.

When I looked back and made eye contact with Valehi, he nodded briefly.

“Then let’s leave.”

The moment they took a step, with a short scream, the Neuronalf guild members, excluding Valehi, tumbled down the slope to the right.

“Good job, Celestine!”

“Phew. My heart is shaking.”

Celestine wiped the sweat from her forehead and sighed.

As they formed their formation, they tilted the flat sacred shield that had been secretly placed under the feet of the Neuron Alf guild members to the right.

During or after the fight with the Rocktail Lizard, Eleanor will definitely stab us in the back and steal the ball.

That’s why I planned to elude him in advance, and that’s why I told Eleonol to follow me.

If we said from the beginning that we would go alone, it would be a disaster.

“Damn… That’s huge.”

Valehi looked down the slope, wiping his forehead with the hook that replaced his left hand.

Valehi is a senior guild member who is friendly to me and will prove that our Lucas guild has defeated the Rocktail Lizard.

“Leonard!!!”

Leaving behind the noise from below, we started running up the ridge.