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The Otherworld Conquest Method of a Reincarnated Porter Chapter 126 Part 1

Suppon Hunting

Chirp, chirp, chirp.

After ejaculating twice into the vagina of the woman I paid for last night and giving her some extra tip, I return to the inn where Lunamilia is and have breakfast with her.

「I see, so that adventurer is…」

「Yeah, so I’m thinking of tailing that guy for a bit, but… how about you drop by the church, Luna?」

「No, Sei-sama, I’m also going to tail that man with you. I believe this can be considered part of the monastic journey, too.」

Together with Lunamilia, who has a strong sense of justice, I decide to tail that adventurer named Rex. After finishing our breakfast, we gather information at the reception desk of the Adventurer’s Association. We speak to the elderly receptionist from whom I used to source my information.

「Ah, you are…」

「I want information on suppon.」

I put a large silver coin on the counter. The receptionist shows no signs of taking the money.

「Information on suppon, huh… You’re one step too late. Another adventurer took that request yesterday, you know?」

「No, I simply want to learn more about suppon, unrelated to the request.」

「I see.」

The receptionist, realizing my intention, puts the large silver coin in his pocket. I take out the map of this area that I used to use from my storage and listen to his explanation.

「There’s a river to the south, no? Suppons live in the lower reaches of the river, but it should be hard to find them this time of year. Apparently, they stay still at the bottom of the river during the winter. However, I’ve also heard that their movements are dull in winter, so it’s easy to catch them if you find them. Suppons don’t leave the water’s edge, so even if you do manage to lure them out, the riverbank is as far as they will go. Which means, if you want to escape, you can just get away from the river. In any case, they’re a dangerous monster. Their rank is above 20, and if they were to bite you, it’s so strong that even a high-level warrior would lose a limb.」

「I see, thanks for the info.」

Seriously? Even Lunamilia’s sacred magic can’t heal missing body parts, as expected, so we need to be careful. In particular, I should warn Lunamilia not to get close to a suppon ever.

Now that we have obtained the information we need, all that’s left is Rex. As we’re on the lookout in front of the Adventurer’s Association, Rex soon shows up with three comrades. Perhaps because of my prejudice, I get the feeling that his comrades are also ill-natured. Adventurers are carrying our recruitments in front of the Association, and Rex is looking around at the rookie adventurers. After a while, he starts recruiting adventurers.

「We’re going to hunt in the southern forest. Five small silver coins per person. Level and job don’t matter.」

I see, so that’s how he goes about it. Five small silver coins is too small a reward for a full-fledged adventurer. If the reward is low and your level and job don’t matter, that’d make it a sweet job for rookie adventurers. Now then, let’s get into action before the rookies fall prey to those guys. Taking Lunamilia along, I talk to Rex.

「Is it true that our level and job don’t matter? In that case, please let us join you, the two of us.」

「Yeah, sure. Hmm? Is the woman behind you a priest?」

「Ah, no, the clothes she bought at the second-hard store seem to belong to someone from the Holy Church, and her job is warrior, while mine is porter.」

「Hmm.」

Rex and the others start to discuss among themselves in a low voice. They are staring fixedly at Lunamilia, so there is a possibility that they are plotting something bad. Lunamilia is wearing leather armor, which hides her large breasts, but there’s no change to the fact that she is a beautiful girl.

「Hehehe, very well. However, the condition is that you join the party without going through the Porter’s Union. What we need is not a porter, but an adventurer, after all.」

「Got it. Please take care of us.」

If a porter who is contracted through the union ends up dying or getting seriously injured, they will get penalized, after all. As expected, perhaps these guys are intending to sacrifice our lives to collect the suppon’s lifeblood.

Rex is carrying a long spear, and a sword hanging from his waist. The other three are carrying a bottle of wine and three small bottles in total, and when I offer to store them in my storage, they refuse. How fishy. If a porter dies in the state of having items stored in their storage, you won’t be able to take those items out again, so as expected, it looks like there’s no mistake that they are intending to use me as a decoy. They keep giving Lunamilia vulgar looks, so they are probably intending to rape her. At the very least, I don’t think they’ll use her as a decoy for the suppon. I did tell Lunamilia never to go near the river, so she should be safe until we’ve collected the lifeblood.

Along with Rex and the others, we leave the town and head south, walking through the forest for a while until we reach the river. I’ve been here before. Beyond the river is a stretch of grassland, in which there are rabbits that will relentlessly target your ankles. I don’t know how strong these guys are, but I don’t think Lunamilia would be able to keep up with the speed of the rabbits, so let’s warn her never to get too close to that area.

Several low-ranked monsters appear from time to time, but Rex and the others are probably quite strong, as they defeat them without much difficulty. When I appraise them during the battle, I find that their levels are all around mid-twenties. They’re probably fairly strong, but it doesn’t seem like they have extraordinary battle sense.

「Hey, rookie, time to work.」

When we reach the lower reaches of the river, Rex hands me a spear. I wonder if there are any suppons in the river around this area.

「Listen, there are suppons at the bottom of the river, so use that to poke around and lure them out. No need to worry, we’ll do all the fighting, after all. Besides, since suppons’ movements are dull at this time of year, they won’t attack you, so be at ease.」

「Got it. So, where are they?」

「Suppons blend in with the colors of their surroundings, so it’s hard to tell. Just poke, poke, and poke around randomly.」

I see. If you know a suppon is there, you can just poke it and then retreat, but if you don’t know where it is, even if you poke around, you won’t notice it until it shows up. And by the time you see it, you’ll get hit by a surprise attack. They’re probably planning to take the opportunity while I’m bitten by the suppon to cut off its head and collect its blood. Now then, what should I do?

I jump onto the rocks that pop up here and there in the river and look over the riverbed. The water is quite deep, so I can’t check where the suppons are with my eyes. When I use my magical energy perception skill, although I can’t tell the exact location, I can sense magical energy in the water. As I circulate the magical energy in my body and focus my consciousness on my magical energy perception skill, I succeed in pinpointing the exact location. There it is, appraisal!

Round Suppon, Rank 23

I’ve managed to confirm the appearance of the suppon at the bottom of the river and appraise it. It’s big, probably around two meters long. Alright, now all I have to do is lure this guy in the direction of Rex and the others. On the riverbank, Rex and the other three are talking to Lunamilia, who is waiting at the back, with lewd looks on their faces. These guys, we aren’t here to play, you know? I wonder if they think there’s no way I would be able to find the suppon so easily and are making light of it.

*Knock, knock* I try poking the suppon’s shell with the tip of the spear. Hmm, no reaction. Maybe it’s hibernating. *Bam, bam* When I poke it with more force, the suppon pops its head out and looks at me from the bottom of the river. After giving it another heavy poke, I head back to where Rex and the others are.

「Huh? What’re you doing here, rookie? Don’t slack off. You’re getting paid, so do your job properly.」

「I know, but I can’t seem to find it. Is there any trick to it?」

「As if there’s such a thing, you dimwit, just hurry up…」

It’s coming, the suppon I’ve been tracking with my magical energy perception and presence detection is approaching us right there. Here it comes, the suppon peeks out of the river, flaps its legs, and comes at us, stretching its head out launching a bite attack at us.

「Whoa, that was close.」

The suppon launches a bite attack at me, as I’m closest to the river, but I twist my body and manage to somehow dodge the attack by a hair’s breadth while doing an Ina Bauer.

「Huh?」

The suppon bites the elbow of one of Rex’s comrades who was having a good time chatting with Lunamilia right behind me. These guys are not prepared for battle and do not seem to grasp the situation. The suppon pulls the adventurer by the elbow it’s biting into itself.

「Gyaaaah~」

The adventurer screams as he gets dragged towards the suppon. The elbow on which he is being bitten is bleeding, with a cracking sound of the bone being crunched and crushed.

「H, hey, prepare the bottle.」

「Huh, yeah.」

At Rex’s signal, one of them gets the bottle at the ready, and Rex and the other move to the left and right of the suppon, aiming for its neck and swinging their swords down. I see, that suppon, perhaps out of instinct, it looks like once it bites onto something, it won’t let go even if it is attacked. It doesn’t defend itself or run into the river, but single-mindedly sinks its beak into the elbow it has bitten. Rex and the others swing their swords down on the suppon’s neck again and again. After a while, the suppon’s neck is cut off, and it starts bleeding little by little from the cut part. Then, the adventurer that’s holding a small bottle collects the blood in the bottle.

「Aaaargh, do something about this thing!」

The suppon’s head, which has been severed from the body, continues to bite the adventurer’s elbow as if it doesn’t realize it has been severed, and finally bites it off, falls to the ground, and dies a short time later. Even so, the suppon’s beak doesn’t let go of the elbow it bit off. It’s a truly terrifying monster. Thinking that I might have become its prey if I had made one wrong move, chill runs down my spine.

The adventurer who lost his arm from the elbow down drinks a low-grade red potion and manages to stop the bleeding, but ends up collapsing as he has lost a lot of blood. The adventurer who has collected the suppon’s lifeblood in a small bottle adds a little wine into it. It seems that mixing it with wine prevents the suppon’s blood from clotting.

「Hey, you! Rookie, you bastard!」

「Yes, what is it?」

「!….」

Rex threatens me, but all I did was earnestly do what I was told. I’d lured the suppon out as instructed, but it was their fault for not getting ready for battle. No matter how you put it, it’s just too unreasonable of him to take out his anger, which he has no place to vent on, on me.