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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Vine
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“Is there a problem?”
“No, everything is fine…!”
“Is that so? Then, can you please come this way?”
The receptionist who had dragged him into the building earlier approached them, spoke casually, and guided them to a new place.
He followed her. He didn’t care if the Arthur-possessed idiot was there, as long as he didn’t try anything stupid.
They arrived at a stage. A dozen other adventurers were gathered there.
The receptionist told them to wait and disappeared.
The adventurers looked confused.
The vampire arc was supposed to lead to the beach arc.
He had Yui, so there shouldn’t have been any more events in this territory.
What was with this sudden event?
Was this because of Arthur?
He was glad he dropped out of the academy.
Past Luke, I’m proud of you.
The person who appeared on stage was Isaac Devon.
“Hello, adventurers. I am Isaac Devon, the lord of this estate.”
He had come here instead of them going to see him.
“I have submitted an emergency request to the Adventurer’s Guild, and they have thankfully approved it.”
The emergency request was about an Iron Golem that appeared outside the territory.
It was moving towards the town, so he needed to ask adventurers for help.
He didn’t know what an Iron Golem was. It wasn’t in the original novel. But if he needed to hire all these adventurers, it had to be powerful.
The reward was 1 gold coin per person. A decent reward compared to his 45 silver coin request.
“We want to help too!”
That voice…
“Hm? Who are you?”
“We’re students from Gemini Academy. We were passing by and thought we should help.”
‘Passing by’, my ass.
He was clearly here to hunt vampires.
He was cleaning up other’s messes.
“Oh, the more the merrier. Please assist us.”
“Yes!”
The Count was too happy about it.
He didn’t even know why his territory was being attacked.
“Luke. Why aren’t you doing anything?”
“What do you mean?”
“Usually, you would have already killed or humiliated them.”
He wasn’t a psychopath.
“That’s because I’ve cleaned up his mess.”
“…”
If Arthur died, he’d have no one to clean up his messes.
He needed to be alive, even if he was mangled.
“Alright, adventurers! Please head to the designated location!”
The adventurers all started heading in one direction.
He had been spacing out.
He followed the others, Luna and Yui in tow.
The destination was the entrance of the territory. Many soldiers were also gathered, checking their equipment.
“Do we really need to do this much for an Iron Golem?”
There weren’t as many adventurers as in the Empire, but there were still a dozen of them. And all the soldiers, too?
Arthur should be able to handle this alone.
“…You weren’t listening when we explained, were you?”
“What was it?”
Luna told him the details of the Iron Golem: a Named monster of the Stone Golem, which was made of steel. That’s it. It was just stronger and more durable than the Stone Golem.
A Stone Golem was a low C-rank monster, so the Iron Golem was probably an unlucky B-rank, or high C-rank.
Most of the adventurers were E-rank or D-rank, so it was necessary to gather all of them.
“If we kill it, will we reach C-rank?”
“Maybe…”
“Can you even move properly?”
She had been walking strangely when they left the inn.
“It’s your fault…”
“Is a slave blaming their master?”
She should be grateful that he gave her his precious seed.
She must not know proper etiquette.
Arthur approached them. The heroines were following behind.
“What is it, toilet?”
“Just watch, I will show you the power of the protagonist. I came here to tell you that.”
“Really?!”
“U-uh… yeah!”
He was cleaning up someone else’s mess. He was such a good public toilet.
Arthur left to prepare with his heroines and soldiers.
“He’s going to take care of it, so I’ll just rest.”
“Where? There’s no place to rest here.”
“Luna, lap pillow.”
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“Why does that guy call you names?!”
“Don’t be angry, Tia. People are always jealous. They must be jealous of us.”
“Hmph.”
“We’ll prove our skills this time.”
He was much stronger now. He had gotten stronger through his encounter with the demon, his training, and his plot armor.
And he had developed his relationships with the heroines, which enabled him to come here.
He was going to show them the power of the protagonist. This was an opportunity for him to bond with the heroines!
All he needed to do was draw his sword.
He was waiting for the signal.
“Am I… really going to be helpful?”
“Have confidence, Stella.”
Stella was small with a big chest. She was timid, but she was a pure soul. He could easily gain her favor.
And then there was Riche, whom he had dragged along.
She had initially refused to come, but Tia had convinced her.
He believed that she would eventually open her heart to him.
He was the protagonist, after all. It was their destiny.
“It’s coming.”
*Boom!*
A gigantic monster appeared in the distance. It was over 4 meters tall. A glowing core served as its brain, and limbs made of steel made up its body.
Can we really defeat this…?
Arthur shook his head, clearing away his doubt.
“Okay, I’ll take the front! Riche and Tia, use magic when you see an opening! And Stella, protect me from attacks from behind!”
“Leave it to me!”
“Okay!”
“…”
Arthur charged forward along with the soldiers when the Count gave the signal.
The mages attacked first. Fire, lightning, earth, wind, water, ice. Various elements crashed into the Iron Golem. Especially the heroines’ attacks, they were far stronger than the other adventurers.
The Iron Golem held up its arms to defend.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Dust rose from the impact. The attacks did little to no damage to the golem.
The Iron Golem was unharmed.
The melee fighters attacked next.
The golem lifted its arms, and the melee fighters tried to defend.
Clang!
It took several people to stop its attack.
Taking that opportunity, Arthur jumped onto the Iron Golem’s arm, aiming his sword at the core.
But the Iron Golem defended with its other arm, repelling him.
Then, an attack was aimed at his flank, but Stella’s rocky barrier saved him.
They continued their fight for several minutes.
The Iron Golem finally started to falter.
All they needed to do was destroy the core.
“We did it!”
That voice came from behind. It was Luke.
That idiot…!
A flag was set. The ground vibrated with the force of something huge.
The Iron Golem was getting back up.
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