âAlright, now we can move onto the quest. Leaving this mysterious dragon aside, we need to collect the reward for the Earth Dragon.â
Tina declared once we were finished speaking to the manager.
âI hope itâs a lot!â
âThere is a reward for the bandits as well.â
So saying, we moved towards the guild counter.
As they were more accustomed to it, Tina and Lisa went to negotiate.
I didnât know anything about the usual rates.
âRiel. Iâm here to report the completion of a quest.â
Tina chose the counter furthest to the left.
Judging by the fact that she knew her name, the girl was probably an acquaintance.
âUnderstood. The Earth Dragon, I see. Hmm, but Mister Rodis is not with youâŚâ
âRodis was with the bandits, so we killed him.â
Riel heard these words and her eyes widened in surprise.
Then her eyes moved down to the crystal ball on the counter.
It was probably a lie detector.
Considering the way that it was used, it didnât seem like it was that usefulâŚeven for determining the completion of a quest.
Still, the crystal ball did not glow. Riel looked at us apologetically.
âI heard bad rumors about him, but a bandit⌠It is the guildâs fault that he was not discovered. I am truly sorry and glad that you are safeâŚâ
âWeâre only safe because of Yuji. And I donât blame the guild for being fooled. After all, this was Gelios and his bandits.â
âGelios!?â
Rielâs expression was now even more shocked than before.
Apparently, Gelios was a bandit whose name meant a lot.
âGe-GeliosâŚI can hardly believe that youâve come back aliveâŚâ
âWe didnât just come back alive, but we killed Gelios. âŚWell, Yuji did everything.â
âWhat?!â
Riel looked down at the crystal ball again.
It still wasnât glowing.
âThe other bandits we killed were Eiji and Jilion andâŚâ
Tina said the names of the bandits.
So she had known all of themâŚ
I didnât know if it was because her memory was that good or they were that famous⌠Perhaps it was both.
Riel listened to her and then said,
âTheyâre all famous bandits⌠I suppose thatâs to be expected of Gelios⌠With all of them combined, the reward will be 4,000,000 cicols!â
4 million.
I was sure that Gelios was 2.5 million, so that meant the others were 1.5 million.
It showed you just how big Gelios was.
â4,000,000⌠That might be more than the actual quest we were onâŚâ
âWell, the original quest should pay a lot too.â
Riel heard Tinaâs words and looked puzzled.
Then she asked us,
âWhat? You three went on the Earth Dragon Investigation quest, didnât you?â
âYes, that was the original request. But we killed it.â
âKilled it? Killed what? âŚSurely you donât mean the Earth DragonâŚâ
âI do. Of course, it was Yuji that did it.â
Riel looked very confused at this.
She seemed like she could not comprehend what Tina was sayingâŚ
And then she shouted with an expression of shock.
âWHHHAAAAT!? Two E-Rankers and one F-Ranker!? That is impossible!â
âWeâre not lying. See, just look there. That being said, it wasnât us three. It was just Yuji.â
âAll we did was hide by the cliffs.â
Tina said as she pointed at the crystal ball.
âTh-thatâs true, it isnât glowing⌠If you did kill the Earth Dragon, the reward is 10,000,000âŚif you add the reward for the investigation, it is 10,070,000 cicols!â
We were being paid that much?
They were adding the original investigation reward, which now looked like some kind of error.
âUhâŚso the total reward money is 14,070,000 cicols⌠As it is a large amount, please wait one moment!â
Riel said as she ran to the back of the guild. She returned with several other guild workers.
They counted the money together and then handed it to us.
âThis is an incredible amount⌠Uh, how should we split it?â
Tina asked as she handed me the bag of gold coins.
As for splitting it, we had already decided that.
âWe decided in the beginning that it would be split evenly. Besides, 1407 can be divided into three. Each of us can take back 4,690,000 cicols.â
ââŚAre you sure? You did almost all of the work, Yuji.â
âYeah. But I wouldnât even have known those bandits had prices on their heads if I was alone.â
And so I took out their amount and handed it to them.
I then had the slimes store my own share.
âKeep this safe.â
âOkay!â
I watched the slime put the gold away as I thought of the mystery dragon.
If we got 10 million for the Earth Dragon, how far would it go for a much stronger dragon?
âŚWell, I would rather not fight it if I could.
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