Chapter 109 - Water Magic Was Useful

Water Magic Was Useful
One hour after that.
After we finished searching the area where the Blue Lesser Fire Dragon had been, we returned to Boguinea.
Ultimately, there had only been the one other Blue Lesser Fire Dragon. Still, it was said that it often took years for one to be killed, and yet we had killed two in one day. So I couldn’t complain.
“…We’ve gathered quite a lot.”
I said as I looked into my bag of Lesser Fire Dragon gemstones.
As we had stored their entire bodies, I had taken out the gemstones alone and put them into this bag just before leaving.
There were 287 normal gemstones and 2 from the Blue Lesser Fire Dragons.
The ones from the Blue Lesser Fire Dragons were blue, just like the monsters.
‘Yes!’
‘We killed so many of them!’
We talked about it as we headed for the guild.
I wanted to have the armor finished as soon as possible, but it seemed like a good idea to complete the quests first.
I entered the guild, and thankfully, there were no other Adventurers in there besides me.
Maybe this wasn’t the time that most normal Adventurers returned.
It would be good to finish everything before they came back.
“I’d like to report the completion of some quests… All of these.”
I said as I put the stack of paper on the counter.
They were all for hunting Lesser Fire Dragons.
“Y-you…did all of them!?”
“Yeah. …At least, I think I did. Could you check them?”
I asked her and then watched her go through them.
The guild had a special system in place that allowed them to confirm whether or not a quest had actually been completed.
“You…you really did complete them!”
She said in surprise as she looked at the crystal ball on the counter.
I didn’t know how it worked, but apparently, it was able to tell.
It was quite useful, given that it processed so many quests at once.
“Would you mind me asking…what method did you use?”
“I used my slimes to carry the water.”
…It wasn’t exactly a lie.
After all, I was using Magic Transfer to carry water for Water Discharge to the slimes.
“With the slimes… I have only ever seen novice Tamers bring them to a fight… Are slimes well equipped to take on Lesser Fire Dragons?”
“…Well, my slimes are a little different. It might be harder if you had normal slimes.”
I denied her words while petting the slime.
…I would feel bad if someone tried to fight a Lesser Fire Dragon without Water Discharge. The slimes would just end up being evaporated.
“Special slimes… I was wondering why it was so big. But I suppose it’s because your slime is special!”
“Yeah.”
We chatted a little until the quest completion process was finished.
According to the quests, I was to hunt 202 of them—so the reward money amounted to 50 million cicols.
That meant 250,000 per dragon.
And at the guild, they bought 1 gemstone for 50,000 cicols.
It seemed pretty high for a D-Rank monster.
Besides, you were able to accept these quests at F-Rank.
“Aren’t Lesser Fire Dragons D-Rank? Why is the rewards money so high?”
“Ah, that. The reason that it is so high, is because Lesser Fire Dragons are very harmful.”
“Harmful?”
They seemed like monsters that were really good for gathering materials to me… What did she mean by harmful?
“Yes. …They cause volcanic eruptions and burn villages. Sometimes, they destroy entire fields. That’s why there are so many hunting requests. Though, not many people want to accept them…”
I see.
So Lesser Fire Dragons were pests.
And they needed to be exterminated.
“There is another reason that the reward is so high… It’s because hunting Lesser Fire Dragons usually requires a lot of people.”
“Really?”
“After all, you need to carry a lot of water all the way to the hunting grounds… They usually just hire a lot of E-Rank and F-Rank Adventurers to do it. So there needs to be a high reward or they won’t be able to break even.”
It sure seemed tough if you didn’t have water magic.
So that was why they allowed F-Rankers to take the quest.