Chapter 415: The Gungho Party & Laidback Mukouda
Author: Eguchi Ren
Translated by Zzonkedd
Edited by Gumihou
Gumihou: ⊠I deleted entire scenes!!! Three different scenes! Some multiple times!!!
âOi, more meat just arrived.â
ââNice!!ââ
ââMeaty~âȘââ
âHey- stop calling them meat!â
To Fer and the rest, the Gigantic Minotaurs might as well be walking pieces of meat. As soon as a group of Gigantic Minotaurs stampeded over, they immediately took damage from three different sides.
Once the barrage of firepower was over, the only things that were left were large chunks of meat, fangs and magic stones.
Even Fer grew hyped up by the sight of meat.
ââMeat~! Oh, oh, oh, meat~! Meat~âȘââ sang Dora-chan.
ââMeaty~âȘ Meaty~âȘââ
âUmu, the quality of the meat looks good. However, why do they have to Drop useless things too? Well, looks like we have no choice but to hunt more of them. For meat!â
ââFor meat!ââ
ââMeat~!ââ
[5] As Fer mentioned, the Drops were not all meat. In fact, the overall Drop rate was only about 20% or 30%, meaning that we only get Drops from 2 or 3 monsters out of every 10 we defeated. Moreover, not all of it was meatâŠ
Thus, in Ferâs words, we âhave no choice but to hunt more of themâ.
Iâm starting to feel sorry for the Gigantic Minotaurs.
At any rate, even with such, ah, moderate Drop rates, our collection of meat already reached the double digits. The meat collection spree only paused when everyone was hungry.
âItâs almost time for dinner, letâs eat a proper meal,â said Fer.
âI-â
âNaturally, dinner should be made with meat we have just collected, right?â
[8] â⊠âŠâ Fine, itâs not like I felt threatened by my own familiar at all. In fact, Iâm also curious what the Gigantic Minotaur would taste like.
First, I simply grilled the meat as super thick-cut steaks with only salt and pepper. [8] I would normally only do a small steak to have a taste of whatever new types of red meat that I come across in this world, but with my familiars drooling on the side, theyâd probably eat me if I only serve myself.
[8] So, thick-cut steaks for everyone.
As expected, the meat was excellent. Without having to change things up by turning it into katsu or even adding other sauces, my familiars devoured nearly half the amount of Gigantic Minotaur meat in one goâŠ
As a resultâŠ
[8]
âYosh, letâs hunt down more of these.â
âAhahaâŠâ
[8]
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We spent the night in the safe area and set out to hunt for Gigantic Minotaur nice and early the next day.
[5a]
âLetâs go meat hunting!â
ââOu! Letâs gather lots more, these are good.ââ
ââMeaty~ââ
âUmu, letâs stay on this floor and hunt them all. If they spawn too slowly, letâs wipe them out tomorrow too.â
ââYah! Iâm in!ââ
ââLetâs battle the Meaty~ââ
Iâm⊠feeling really bad for the Giganto Minataurs. Today is not a good day to be themâŠ
[5a]
Anyway, off we went. Things were progressing as usual when we heard some unusual sounds. It was the sound of blades slashing followed by explosions and a powerful roar.
It was coming from one of the rooms.
âShall we take a look?â wiping out âweakâ monsters and gathering Drops must be getting kind of boring for all of us since no one protested.
We peeked into the room and saw [9] six Adventurers fighting against a Gigantic Minotaur.
[10]
This was what they looked like:
Sharp-Eyed Large Adventurer with a bastard sword â slashing at the Minotaur.
Slender Adventurer with a one-handed sword (otherwise known as âswordâ) â slashing at the Minotaurâs knees.
Large Beastman Adventurer with a large axe â also going for the knees.
A Determined Looking Female Adventurer â throwing Fire Magic at the monsterâs face.
A Female Elf â shooting arrow after arrow.
AndâŠ
âA Tamer?â
A red-furred tiger, about the size of Fer, was actively launching attacks at the Minotaur under the direction of someone in the back.
This must be the elite party that everyone had been talking about. [5] Looks like their reputation was well deserved, their attacks looked very well coordinated and well timed.
[5b] [11] [5a]
ââOi, are we done yet? Can we stop looking at these boring people and go after our own prey instead?ââ Dora-chan was complaining now.
âUmu, letâs go. They are taking too long on one monster.â
âWait, ah, Fer! You shouldnât say that about hardworking people!â I hissed.
ââMeatâŠââ
âSui! No attacking that monster, okay? There are other people battling that monster!â I hurriedly called out. These guys looked too gungho and serious to let us off easy if they think weâre out to âsteal their kills. [11]
We were just leaving when an arrow landed in front of us.
âYikes, friendly fire?â I whipped my head to look at where the people were still battling the monsters.
It was a friendly fire⊠right?
[5a][5c]
Extra scene:
[Side Character Adventurer Party ~]
The battle ended shortly after Mukoudaâs party left.
Naturally, it was a win for the elite and gungho party. Even though they were a bunch of rotten people, they were still a talented lot.
âHaahhh⊠Iâm tired~â Determined Looking Female Adventurer sighed as she slump to the floor. She looked up at the Sharped-Eyed Large Adventurer with the bastard sword and said, âBy the way Leader, whatâs going on!? Arenât we supposed to be pioneers in this dungeon?â
âI wish to hear about this too,â said the Large Beastman Adventurer with the axe. [Gumihou: You know, to distinguish him from the other Large Beastman Adventurers loitering around.]
âI donât know. However, I could hazard a guess,â said the Sharped Eyed Large Adventurer, who is also the party leader. [Gumihou: As opposed to other Sharped Eyed Large Adventurers]
The man had an unpleasant look on his face, as though he had swallowed a bug.
âWho?
âThereâs been talk about an S Ranker Tamer with a Fenrir,â the Tamer said as he stroked his tigerâs red fur.
âTsk, how annoying. To think that our honour will be snatched by an inexperienced tamer of all things! Everyoneâs been talking about that Fenrir, but has anyone seen it fight? Itâs all baseless rumours,â spat the Slender Adventurer with a sword.
[Gumihou: ⊠I canât. One repeat is fun, but three repeats just make things tedious]
[12]
âIâm angry too. We all worked hard to get here and yet⊠that is why I ordered the attack. Who cares if itâs unethical? Iâm the party leader, we are in the middle of a battle, accidents happen.â He frowned at the Female Elf, âWhat happened? Why did you miss? Did you chicken out?â
âNo, I did shoot at him. Not at a vital area but it should cause severe injury at least. To the point that even if he has Advance Potions on him, he would still have to return to the surface if heâs smart. However, the arrow was blocked somehow. I suspect he must have a defensive magic tool on his person.â
Determined Looking Female Adventurer snickered, âWhatâs that? Youâre saying that your much prided enchanted elf bow canât penetrate a little magical defence?â
âWhy donât you try and attack him with your much prided Fire Magic instead?â
âHumph, only if you want him dead.â
âEnough. Thereâs no point quarrelling over this. Regardless, we shall be the ones to clear this dungeon first. We will not give up no matter what. Understand?â
Since the leader had spoken, the others nodded.
[Gumihou: I canât help the notes in the chapter. Itâs just⊠it was getting too ridiculous⊠Also, Eguchi-san, your villain characters are so⊠very soâŠ]
[1] Structural Change: Combine 2 paragraphs
[2] Structural Change: Combine 3 paragraphs
[3] Structural Change: Combine paragraph & dialogue
[4] Structural Change: Change passive sentence to dialogue
[5] Delete Repetitive or Pointless Information⊠starting to delete pointless scenes now
[a] Deleted âOoo raaahhh! Meat!â scene. It was kind of repetitive.
[b] Deleted scene where Mukoudaâs grip on Ferâs fur loosened, since⊠it basically went nowhere.
[c] Deleted scene where Mukouda âSuper Paranoidâ Tsuyoshi suddenly lost his sense of danger, grew an ahoge on his head and go âeh?â at real danger.
[6] Additional Information for Aesthetic Purpose
[7] Add Dialogue Tag
[8] Creative Licence Taken â Add a little extra details to explain the dynamic between Mukouda and Fer. Instead of leaving it to plot convenient chances.
[9] Six Adventurers? I thought you had 2 S Rankers and 4 A Rankers, with one sent away due to their lost limb, shouldnât it be 5? Anyway, adjusted the earlier chapters to accommodate this.
[10] The descriptions for the villains are weird and repetitive, letâs just use the bullet point system.
[11] Replaced [5b] with âvalid worriesâ and reference the subtitle
[12] The âvillainsâ are very badly designed. Anyway, gave them some plausible reason and more realistic dialogues rather than âwe evil, rawr!â. Also, turned their descriptions into proper nouns, otherwise, itâs the âgirl in the goose-yellow dressâ all over again.