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Chapter 107: The Horns of the Murder Buffalo

We were sailing toward Orb, the port town of Barbar.

Three longships led the way, followed by the fleet of Argeas galleys.

The season was early autumn.

Three months had passed since leaving Barbar.

In that time, we had visited the Argeas Kingdom, the Norne Kingdom to the north, and the Ring Kingdom to the west, concluding talks on trade.

In the Ring Kingdom, monster pelts sold!

In Argeas and Norne, they hadn’t, and to be honest, we’d been stuck with the stock.

But the Ring Kingdom, lying westward, had few large beasts and few monsters, so big hides were prized.

They were used as rugs, hung on walls like tapestries, fashioned into cloaks, or worked into tack and armor decoration.

The merchants of Ring rejoiced, happily buying them.
They promised to handle them henceforth as a rare specialty of Barbar.

However, the horns of the Murder Buffalo did not sell.

Merchants of Ring shunned them: 「Bones evoke death, an ill