“This is the Yokai Extermination Magistrate’s Office.”
Karen led us to a certain building.
“Yokai? Aren’t they monsters?”
“Yes. Well, in this country, monsters are also called yokai.”
Karen answered Anje’s question.
“This Yokai Extermination Magistrate’s office is a magistrate’s office that specializes in exterminating yokai.”
Apparently, the administrative body in Edou country is called a magistrate’s office. There doesn’t seem to be a private organization like the Adventurer’s Guild, but this magistrate’s office seems to be doing something similar.
“They collect information on yokai sightings and publish them in the bulletin. Then they will reward those who defeat them. We can also look at it from time to time to see if there is any good information.”
However, yokai with high rewards are quickly defeated.
It was said that a nearby swordsmanship dojo keeps an eye out on the bulletin as a form of training, and as soon as a yokai sighting was published, they head out to the given location to defeat them.
By the way, anyone who brings in a yokai corpse can receive a reward.
Inside the magistrate’s office, there are illustrations of monsters posted. This was extremely helpful for foreigners like us.
“What’s that? Kappa, Tengu, Nurikabe, Nue, Kamaitachi…… There are a lot of monsters that we don’t see in the west.”
“But that little yokai looks just like a goblin.”
“So, they live here too huh….”
Goblins have a high reproductive rate. There are other monsters that look similar in the west like the giant spiders and snow trolls.
“As expected, the monsters with high rewards have been hunted down…… All that’s left is not worth it.”
It seems that there are many monsters that are not worth it, such as the distance of the location, the limited time of hunting, or are difficult to defeat compared to the given reward.
No doubt. This place is the same as the Adventurer’s Guild.
“This Nue guy looks strong.”
According to the illustration, it was a chimera-like monster composed of monkey, tiger, snake and raccoon.
“Nue is a formidable enemy. It has a special ability to hide in the darkness, making it a monster that appears and disappears at will. It is also very agile and can run away quickly. Because of this, few people are willing to try to defeat it, considering the reward.”
“Hmm, on the contrary, it’s a good target.”
“You’re right, Fana-oneechan. Just defeating one is worth a million yen.”
The reward for defeating a Nue is 1,000,000 yen. Compared to the rewards of other yokai, it was unbeatable.
“You seem to have a great deal of confidence..… In that case, I have no objection. I will follow you guys.”
So just like that, we came to the place where there was a sighting of a Nue. It is a dimly lit mountain pass even in the daytime.
“How do we find the Nue?”
“Enemy Search”
I used my search magic to find out what was going on around me. Then, a few hundred meters away from the pass, I could feel a strong mass of magical power.
“Probably this way.”
“……Don’t tell me you can tell where the Nue is? To think that you have that kind of ability… The latest karakuri is truly amazing…”
Karen still seems to think that I’m a karakuri.
“Does Lill feel anything?”
“Well, it smells a little stinky, like a mixture of animal odors.”
Lill’s keen sense of smell also has a high search performance. We deviated from the pass and entered the forest.
“Oh? Did it notice that we are approaching?”
“It’s very likely. There’s a slight tension in its scent.”
The response of my search magic weakened.
Nue was said to have the ability to hide in the dark. It may have been wary of us, so it hid its presence a little. However, it has not completely disappeared from existence.
Although it was dark in the dense forest, it was still daytime with the sun high above.
“Over there. You can see that vague shadow, right?”
“Hn, now that you mentioned it…”
“If it’s night, we can never tell.”
Perhaps realizing that it was useless to hide, the figure of the Nue emerged from the darkness.
“There’s no doubt about it, it’s a Nue! I can’t believe we found it so easily…”
It looks exactly like the illustration in the magistrate’s office. The face is a monkey, the body is a raccoon, the limbs are a tiger, and the tail is a snake, and the total length is five or six meters.
By the way, raccoon is an animal that can only be found in the East.
“Kiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!”
The Nue let out such a strange roar and rushed to us at a breakneck speed.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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