Is It Bad That the Main Character’s a Roleplayer? Chapter 53

◈Episode 53 But (1)

We counted the number of casualties while the dragon was leading the ship.

As a result, what we learned was that in reality, the damage was less and more than expected.

“Did you bring alcohol?”

“Why are you bringing that heavy thing?”

“So there really aren’t any?”

“Of course there is.”

Two of Wind Hand’s subordinates. There are four former adventurers who have recruited my friends, saying they are indebted to me. Three of the talented sailors that Dev had inquired about and hired.

Half of the priests who followed the temple died due to excessive use of sacred power, and on the wizard side, two people died after accidentally breaking their heads while hitting and rolling here and there.

An adventurer also went missing.

These were painful deaths. The reason for death is that most of the cases were swept away by a tsunami without even a bird knowing, rather than injuries, so there is nothing that can be done about it.

“Sprinkle.”

The sailors scattered the drinking water (alcohol) they had brought with them into the sea just in case. The adventurers and priests who had come to their senses were also there.

“I guess that’s sailors’ way of commemorating.”

Meanwhile, Dev, who had been away for a moment, sat down right next to me. His head seemed to be looking at the wizards surrounding me, and then it turned slightly towards me.

“…Dharma Master Nari has deep internal injuries and needs to recuperate for a few days. Interrogator Nari said that he was simply asleep from exhaustion and that there was a high possibility that he would wake up sometime today or tomorrow. “At least neither of us have to worry about our lives.”

That was… at least some good news. I feel even more sorry for Baramson, who got caught up in this incident and lost his men.

“Hey, can you pour me a drink?”

They said that a tiger would come if I told them, and at that moment, Baramson asked me a favor.

“If the dragon slayer mourns, they will be happy too.”

I glanced at the bottle of alcohol that was being held out and grabbed it roughly.

Most of the people who are going out have already left, so there is no one pouring alcohol on the boat anymore. I was last.

But that doesn’t mean it’s too bad to shamelessly pour drinks there. Swish. I threw my drink.

Suddenly!

Two Hender quickly pulled out and cut the liquor bottle in half, causing it to fall down. The alcohol spread very widely in all directions.

“Nari….”

“Hahaha, so hot!”

“Wow, if it were that bad, all the bastards would have taken it at once!”

“You bastards, you should be honored to receive the dragon slayer’s drink!”

“If you show me the dragon’s head…”

“Oh, you guys, get out of here!”

Fortunately, no one was offended.

That was the end of the seafarer’s memorial service, mixed with a bit of noise.

* * *

Coincidentally, the place where the dragon led the half-wrecked ship was the same village we had once visited.

Perhaps because of the water level, the dragon stopped at a certain point, but the creatures carrying the boat eventually accompanied it to the beach. The tattered ship was completely erected in the sand.

“What is this…”

Led by the village chief, whom I had never seen before, the villagers rushed out, holding weapons and torches. Since they were all skinny, they didn’t look that threatening.

“They are not dangerous! “I’m not a pirate!”

However, this side also lacks stamina. If a fight breaks out here, it will only cause unnecessary damage.

Baramson, who got off first, took the lead, and Dev, who had been watching me, joined him. Since I was familiar with Dev, the negotiation atmosphere seemed to calm down quickly.

Kiiii.

Meanwhile, the dragon slowly began to retreat. I was able to see it because I stayed on the boat until almost the end.

“…?”

Not only that, but I was also able to receive something.

The bead came out of the dragon’s mouth, crossed the air, and landed in my hand. My heart is pounding. A small vibration came from the palm holding the bead.

[As long as the child who ate me and would become the next owner died, the circulation of the sea was interrupted. This sea will no longer have a master.]

…Hey, wait a minute. Could you tell?

[It is the last strength I have and what my child originally had to eat. I will give it to you as a gift since it is nothing more than a return to nature now that the circulation has been cut off.]

I felt a truly profound sense of betrayal. Of course, you are free to say anything, but no, no.

[Keep it. It will be helpful to you.]

…That’s it. I don’t know how much easier it would have been if we had talked to each other during the fight, but it was still after I caught him. They even gave me a ride here.

I don’t know what it was, but first of all, they gave me a reward. The problem is that the item description doesn’t pop up so I don’t know what it is, but whatever.

[Thank you for saving my child.]

The dragon hid back to the bottom of the sea. The night sea began to take on its original shape.

“What does it mean that there is no longer a master of the sea?”

“Eat it and become the next owner! What a cycle! “This is a great discovery!”

“Wow, the dragon is moving around, I haven’t fully observed it yet!”

At the same time, the wizards next to him began to shout loudly. I couldn’t bear to participate in the conversation between me and the dragon, and it became chaos as soon as it ended.

“The power gifted by a dragon… what on earth is that? A conglomerate of magic power? “Damn, I want to research it!”

Some of them even looked intently at the marble I was holding and the dragon head. It wasn’t something new because I kept getting stares on the ship, but it was still a bit burdensome.

“Hey, that driver…”

But the concept is to just walk my way.

I ignored the stares and the words coming my way and looked at the beating beads.

There is still no item description. Following a common cliché, it takes a dragon’s word to treat it as an egg.

You said it was strength, didn’t you say it was eggs? There was no mention of asking for the child or anything like that.

Above all, even though it vibrates, it strangely does not give the feeling of being ‘alive.’ At least it doesn’t look like it’s a living thing.

“Please, can you please show me a little bit? “Because it’s good at least a little bit!”

“Please, sir!”

“I’ll give it back to you graciously!”

Yeah no.

I quickly put the marble in my inventory. It felt like the malicious inventory in my inventory had increased again, but it was better than leaving it out in front of the wizards.

Anyway, the wizards of the Magic Tower that I met on the way back were… on the good side, they were pure scholars, and on the bad side, they were crazy about research.

He’s like a common eccentric scholar character, or a type of person who loses his cool when there’s an interesting topic or material. I mean, they have those kinds of personalities.

For your information, this is also why the wizards looked at me before setting sail. I thought I was getting ugly hairs because of the three harpoons I had eaten, but it turns out that he just wanted to study me.

The reason I even learned about this was because the wizards themselves told me about it. More precisely…

『Can I study you! I wanted to research it before setting sail!』

『I would have suggested it earlier if Archmage-sama hadn’t stopped me! Please, not just one drop of blood, no, not just 5ml, no, just 500ml!』

『I wonder if you could just sign the test list once… Ah, the fact that I made this suggestion is a secret to the Archmage.』

He said roughly like this. It’s close to what I noticed. It was a fact I didn’t really want to know. Now I understand why the Archmage told me not to get involved.

“Please, please, just this once—!”

Archmage teacher, what kind of fight were you fighting in a place I didn’t know about? What on earth did you do to be able to control these crazy scholars?

I jumped out of the boat, hoping that the fainted Archmage would wake up early.

“Devil knight niiiiim—!”

The desperate cries of the magicians, who were too weak to catch up with me, continued.

“Wow, your popularity is enormous.”

Was I nervous enough to reach land and settle down? A sailor approached me, giggling. He was a former adventurer who had recruited his friends, saying he was indebted to them.

“Shut up.”

“haha. I didn’t know wizards were that weird. “You must have seen a wizard-turned-adventurer.”

He chatted and sat down on the rock near where I was sitting. I thought only wizards left their livers overboard, but this one was no easy feat either.

“…Is that it? “The dragon that harassed our ship?”

Then the former adventurer looked at the dragon head I had dragged along. Although it was split in half, a head as tall as me was lying on the sand, making its presence felt.

Honestly, if it weren’t so light, I would have just cut off the horns and teeth.

“It’s really pathetic.”

It was cut in half, the brain and eyeballs were spilled into the sea, all the blood was drained, and the muscles in the cross section were flabby, so it was indeed a miserable sight. However, that may not necessarily be what the former adventurer is pointing at.

“It’s so… pathetic.”

He lost four friends today.

“Can I smoke?”

Those words were closer to notification than permission. A former adventurer lit a cigarette of unknown origin.

As someone who once smoked, I really craved it.

“Please take care of the youngest!”

“Don’t worry!”

Then, suddenly, I saw a person running across the village. This will be the person who will contact the personnel who will be waiting in the bay.

“When I get back… you will receive the Medal of Merit again.”

A former adventurer who was watching it with me suddenly said.

This was something I wasn’t sure about. This is not a request I received through the Adventurer’s Guild. Should I give it to you?

“The castle lord might call you.”

Oh… that might be a bit of a hassle. I don’t know much about the ceremony here and it doesn’t seem like they have anything like that in concept.

What if I lose my temper and end up getting chased?

“Phew. Solving such huge cases one after another? “If there were a hero, would it be like you?”

Those words made me feel a little strange.

From the looks of it, he didn’t seem to know that the Inquisitor was a warrior, but he had unintentionally guessed the facts to be similar.

“If you are a hero… those who die will be those who were with the hero.”

The almost burned cigarette fell to the floor. It is another cigarette that is newly exalted amidst the acrid scent.

There is no mercy for chain smoking. I turned my head.

“…It’s probably good to be a hero or something. Instead, if possible, please give me more names in the future. “So that the families of those who died can be proud.”

The cigarette caught embers and white smoke billowed out. It was like a scented candle.

“…what am I saying? Forget what I just said. You have done enough. “Just take a break.”

The person who constantly cursed me to be involved in accidents should now come and speak kindly to me.

I crossed my legs and didn’t answer once. As if he had expected it, the former adventurer smiled and left.

All that remains now is the moon, stars, and the sound of waves.

Shoot ahhh.

I still enjoyed the noisy silence of the noisy town. I could slightly hear Dev jumping here and there, but it was nothing I could tell.

My concept never helps!

“Oh, there it is…”

“You guys told me to shut up! Do you want to die by being cut by a sword!!”

…I can’t help you any more because of the wizards!

“Hey wizards, get away from me.”

“The wizards of the Magic Tower are acting so vulgarly just because their leader is gone…”

“Are you done talking now, priest?!”

Fortunately, others stopped the wizards instead. People who wanted to take care of something for me also told me to just leave them alone.

If it was what the Wind Hand ordered, it was a very good decision.

Thanks to this, I feel like I can think about my physical condition, my future, and the questions I have from this raid very comfortably.

Slurp, slosh.

I checked my HP and fatigue while watching the waves coming nearby.

Everything was fine. Maybe because I slept for about three hours on the way back, my HP was full and my fatigue level dropped to the 20s.

The wounds on the arm and ankle that were bitten by Yong A-byeong were not serious enough to incur an injury penalty. It’s healed more than that, so I don’t think there’s any need for a bandage.

Well, the only problem is that I still feel uncomfortable… This is largely due to motion sickness. It will be resolved over time.

This is a very sweet situation compared to when Tatara was in tatters.

Unlike me, Archmages and Inquisitors are completely stretched out, but that’s okay as long as their lives aren’t in danger.

“….”

Then the next thing to worry about is the entire story of the incident and the aftermath.

Honestly… is there anything to worry about?

Of course, it’s not like there weren’t questions. However, thanks to the dragon’s last words, I was able to notice quite a few things.

So, fantasy reader Jjambop worked hard thanks to the comment, “I eat my own children.”

So, if you roughly guess the whole story, the sea dragon and the black dragon are parents and children, and it is a cycle of passing the master’s position by being eaten by the offspring, and this incident has broken that cycle.

I still don’t know the reason for the corruption, but there is absolutely no clue to find out. I didn’t necessarily want to know.

If it’s related to the cancer story, I’ll tell you later. If not, it’s just for self-satisfaction. Do you really need to know? I wasn’t the type of person who needed to know every detail to be satisfied.

Rather, I was more curious about what would happen in the future rather than the cause of this incident.

For example, when will the negativity spread by the black dragon disappear? Should we find the dragon disease it may have spread and eliminate it all? I wonder if this will happen again.

It can be seen as a gamer mindset that cares about whether or not there are some kind of additional quests. Even if I come out, I won’t be able to complete it because another quest—Wind Hand’s—is compulsory.

Oh, the compensation part is also important. They say the sea dragon gave him a strange bead, but it was given by a dragon.

I’m very concerned about compensation or the distribution of dragon corpses based on contribution.

If I had caught it on the coast, most of it would have been taken by the Magic Tower and the Seongju… but now I think my contribution is very high.

I don’t want you to have everything, so I hope you give me at least enough to make a sword. It’s a bit of a question whether it’s possible to make a weapon from a dragon’s corpse in the first place, but anyway.

“system.”

Now, finally… let’s talk about the long-awaited new skill. If we go a little further, about the game itself.

Now, putting it off has reached its limit.

“Let’s talk.”

To put it more bluntly, let’s stop deceiving each other.