Volume 5 - CH 11

Act 5-11: The Signal For The First Test Sponsored By The Strongest Monster

「Oi, are you absolutely sure that there’s a beastfolk settlement around this area?」

A group of robbers was moving along the north east of the northern block, the female leader of Sad Terror―― Sad glanced menacingly from her shoulder as she asked her subordinate,

「Y-Yesh, it just right around there.」

She approached the black haired youth who replied with stuttered voice and,

「Then why didn’t you leave any marks!?」

Seized the youth’s collar and asked with enraged voice as she brought his face closer.

The scout of Sad Terror had always left behind the most optimum route toward their group’s next hunting ground.

Everything went very well till midway. Until black mist suddenly appeared in the forest, straying them for a while in the forest. When the black mist vanished, he forgot about the mark, even the retreat path was gone.

「About that, I…」

The black haired youth shook his head in bewilderment.

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「DAMMIIIIIIIT!」

The enraged Sad slammed the back of her subordinate to the nearby tree.

She heard the rumor from the peddlers who went into Northern Forest located in the north east of the Northern Block and after careful investigation, she found that the supposedly no man’s land was actually hiding a village of beastfolk deep inside the forest.

The women and children of beastfolk can be sold for a high price. They were so exquisite that the money they would get from selling dozens of them was enough for them to live their lives leisurely . Though things are getting more difficult lately due to the inspection of the kingdom’s officials, the risk was worth the money.

But, there was one problem. There’s a possibility of there being powerful beastfolk amongst the villagers. For that reason, they made several preparations to prevent accidents.

「A~~~h, getting lost in the forest due to mere mist, are you alright?」

A blue-haired lean man with partial parted hair asked while letting out a huge yawn. The man who wore a coat with crest of a feather on white was Sugar. An assassin employed for this job. His name was rather unknown even in the underworld but, as a recommended personal from information broker, his abilities were real.

「Don’t panic.」

Sad’s subordinates moved in hurry as soon as she signaled to them with her eyes while bluffing their opponent.

And then, after a long time, her subordinates returned when the sun had set.

「Too slow!」

Upon receiving such criticism, the lackeys seems bewildered and,

「The village is there but…」

The hestitated to finish their remark.

「BUT WHAT! SPEAK PROPERLY WILL YA!」

The lackeys straightened their back and,

「Yes! It’s actually not a beastfolk village but cat-like monsters!」

The report was beyond their expectation.

「Cat-like, monster!? What in the world are you doing!? As if there’s such monster in this Nothern Forest!」

The monster living in this Northern Forest was powerful but most of them were individuals who didn’t live in groups. Thus, it was hard to imagine those kinds of monsters forming a group.

「It’s true! It really is cat-like monster!」

Seeing the lackey’s unusual desperation, Sad’s anger subsided.

「Is that really cat-like monster?」

She used more strength to press the answer from her subordinate.

「Yes! I saw it with my own eyes!」

「Y-Yes… There’s super rare monster ahead…」

The cat-like monster, otherwise known as 【Sheep Cat】. They’re super rare monster. They’re monsters whose figure is infinitely closer to that of a beastfolk, a pervert noble with a weird fetish for monsters was willing to pay far higher than when they pay for the beastfolk.

Originally, a highly intelligent monster which was smart enough to form a community could only be found in Northern Grand located in the north of East End. And Northern Grand located on top of a steep cliff, right on the north of it was the territory of one of the four demon kings, Aldebaran, thus no human was stupid enough to go there. To express the degree of the difficulties, maybe only the strongest hunter in the world could go there to capture 【Sheep Cat】, that’s just how difficult it was.

「NICE! NIIIIIIIIIIICE!! IT REALLY ISN’T A BORING JOOOOOOOOOOOB! HOW DOES IT TASTE IF I KILL THEM I WONDER!!」

Sugar shouted so while hugging his body with entranced look on his face.

「Hey, your part is――」

Sugar frowned upon hearing Sad talking about their contract in hurry, glaring at her and…

「I know. You can take the young women and children. Leave the strong ones to me.」

「Yes. That’s correct!」

The conversation ended really fast since their interests didn’t go against each other. Hiring a skillful homicidal maniac was truly worth their value. Sad couldn’t help but marveled by the choice of the information broker. They’re really skillful in spite of their age.

「So? What are you going to do now? Shall I start fi~rst?」

「There’ll be too much victim from our side if we make a move first. Let’s follow the original plan first.」

She wasn’t joking. The price for damaged goods was far cry compared to when they’re in perfect condition. Sugar was insurance to make sure that nothing goes wrong with their plan.

「I’ll follow as you say but, I really hope you start faster.」

Sugar replied so with undisguised joy on his face.

（Geh! Pervert(Homicidal maniac)!）

Sad heaved a sigh and then glared at her subordinates,

「We will go as planned. Everyone remember each of your role!」

Her subordinates started moving the moment she finished speaking.

（Lucky! To think that I get this kind of chance!）

She muttered so while imagining her future, wealthy self swimming in her own wealth.