Published at 10th of January 2021 03:35:18 PM
Chapter 71.3
Translator: SFBaka
Editor: Thor’s Stone
“So, Alan . What do you want us to do?”
“Oh, um, we of Shining Star would like to welcome the dragon together with Gale here . Once the dragon appears, I’m sure it’ll cause quite a commotion . I was thinking if the people saw us welcoming the dragon calmly, it would help alleviate the people’s fears . It won’t be dangerous, of course . The ones who will be the closest to the dragon will be us from Shining Star . I’m sure this won’t happen, but just in case the dragon goes on a rampage, Shining Star will take responsibility and handle it . ”
“So that’s how you want to go about it huh . Okay then . We accept . But a dragon huh… I’m really excited to see one up close . ”
If I remember correctly, Gale was a Clan with about 60 members . When combined with us, we’ll have more than a hundred people deployed . I’m sure we’ll be able to make ourselves useful .
“If that’s the case, then I’ll have some of our men from the guild help out as well . I’m sure there would be a lot of curious onlookers at the scene, so let us handle them . ”
“Thank you very much, chief . That would really help . ”
Yosh . It looks like I managed to arrange everything somehow . I honestly expected having a harder time convincing everyone, but it went more smoothly than I ever hoped . It looks like this might be the result of the trust we’ve built up in this city as well .
Karl and his men started discussing with Chief Kevin and the staff member to iron out the details .
Since there’s still three hours left before the schedule I set, I guess I’ll go back to our Home first to take a quick bath and a meal . I only ate dried jerky for dinner last night after all . I’m kinda starving already .
Come to think of it, I have to tell Selena and the others about what’s going to happen as well .
I and the rest of the Clan headed for the city gates an hour before the scheduled dragon visit . There should be no problems, but I’d better check just in case .
When we got to the gates, there was already a throng of onlookers present . It looks like the story has spread to the rest of the city . Oh, and here comes a call from Selena .
(Alan, we should be reaching Gantz in another thirty minutes . What’s the situation over there?)
After I told them the plan earlier via call, Selena split the A Team into two groups . Fifteen of them headed back to Gantz in advance and the remaining thirty-nine men escorted the captured bandits and will be arriving a bit later . Cleria, Elna, and Walter were part of the advance group as well . That’s perfect . I’d like to introduce Gloria to Cleria and the others as well .
(There are no problems here . I’ve already made the arrangements and am about to call Gloria . )
(Please wait until we arrive, Alan . )
(Okay, I understand . We’ll wait for you then . Alan out . )
Now then, I wonder which spot would be best to dump that dragon corpse . It should be a place that won’t obstruct pedestrian traffic but would provide easy access for the workers later .
“Hey there, Alan . It’s been a while . ”
Someone suddenly called out to me from behind . I turned around and saw that it was Silas-san . Aristsan, Karinsan, and Natalie-san were with him as well . They also had a guard detail of more than ten burly-looking men .
“It truly has been . It’s good to see you again, Silas-san, Aristsan . ”
“Oi, Alan . I heard you know . Did you really finish off a dragon?”
“Yeah . It was mostly just luck though . ”
“Oh come on . You can’t finish off a dragon by just relying on luck . And I was also told another dragon helped you out as well?”
“Yeah . She got pretty attached to me . Dragons are unexpectedly very intelligent creatures . ”
“It’s my first time hearing about that . I’ll see for myself later then . Something like this is exceedingly rare after all . ”
“The sight of a real dragon packs quite a bit of impact you know . I’m sure you’ll be able to enjoy seeing her later . ”
“Alan-sama, will the dragon be arriving in about an hour?”
“Yes, she probably will . But dragons don’t really mind time all that much, so I can’t say what time she’ll arrive for certain . By the way Karinsan, where should be the best place to put down the dragon corpse?”
“Let’s see… Oh, Alan-san, how large is the dragon corpse?”
“Let’s see . It should be about fifteen meters when standing straight . ”
“Fifteen meters! If so, then we’ll need a pretty spacious spot to dismantle the corpse . How about that spot over there?”
The place Karinsan pointed toward was a wide and spacious spot a hundred meters or so away from the main gate . It was about fifty meters away from the road and wouldn’t obstruct pedestrian traffic at all . Fumu . It certainly looks perfect .
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“Alright then . That place should do perfectly . ”
“Um… How exactly will you tell the dragon where to land later, Alan-sama?”
“Ah, well, I’ll gesture for it to land on the place where I’m at later . ”
“I see . Well then, we better prepare that spot for her landing . ”
I went with Karinsan along with fifteen men carrying farming sickles in order to prepare the spot she selected . Judging from their clothes, the men must be guild employees .
“Let’s start around here . ”
At Karinsan’s orders, the men began to mow the sparsely growing grass . The stones littered around the place were also cleared out, and before long, a fifty-square-meter-wide clearing was opened up . This should be more than enough .
I saw several people on horseback when I turned back to the highway . It looks like Selena and the others are here .
“Oooh! Alan-sama! I’m so glad to see you safe and sound!”
Walter jumped off from his horse and frantically held my hands in relief . It looks like he was even shedding tears .
“Yeah . It looks like I made you worry a lot . Sorry, Walter . ”
Before long, Cleria, Elna, Selena, Sharon… Uh, all fifteen recently returned Clan-mates surrounded me .
“Alan! So you’re okay!”
Cleria and Elna also seemed close to tears even now . Ah, look at how much worry I caused all of them . I’m really sorry for worrying you, everyone .
“Yeah, of course . It’s not like I can be finished off by just some dragon, right?”
“That’s right! If it’s Alan, then I think you’ll even be able to defeat a dragon one day . ”
Cleria exclaimed excitedly with a radiant smile .
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When they heard her, a subtle atmosphere descended on the others from B Team . Now then, I better start explaining things once more .
I had the Clan members who just returned gather at a spot a little apart from the people from the Commerce Guild and started explaining everything that’s happened to them . This is definitely the first time in my life that I got to witness so many shocked faces in the span of a single day .
“…And so, Gloria will be coming over later to bring the dragon corpse here . I’ll introduce her to everyone, so it would be best if you manage to get along with her . ”
“Amazing…… You’re amazing, Alan! To think you’d be able to make a dragon one of our comrades!”
“It’s truly very surprising . Is this really possible!?”
Cleria and Elna both looked very happy . It would be nice if they don’t get scared once they meet Gloria later though .
“Oi, Alan! Sorry, we’re late! Did we manage to make it?”
It looks like Karl and the rest of his men from Gale have arrived as well . There were probably close to seventy of them .
“Yeah, you’re just in time . I’ll be counting on you later, Karl . ”
“Of course . Just leave it to us… is what I’d like to say . But we don’t really have to do anything later, right?”
“Yeah . The dragon will be landing at this spot . It would be fine if we can project the appearance of protecting the people of Gantz just in case something goes wrong later to pacify the citizens . ”
“Something like that is a piece of cake . But… uh, I’d also like to see the dragon up close, actually . Can I?”
“It should probably be fine, but wait for a bit so the dragon can get used to the presence of humans first . Once she calms down, I’ll let you come near her . ”
“Ooh! I see . I’ll do that then . ”
Karl led the members of Gale and positioned themselves in a spot I pointed out .
It’s about time . We’ve done all preparations over here, and I’d like to get things over with before evening comes .
“Yosh . Gloria should be coming over soon . Get ready, everyone!”
After my reminder, the people around made their preparations such as securing their luggage and horses somewhere safe .
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(Iris, it should be fine for you two to come here already . How about it?)
『We can come over anytime, Captain . I’ve monitored the entire situation from here as well . Gloria has already eaten all the magic stones and replenished her energy stores . We’re all set . 』
(Yosh, go ahead and come over then . )
It’s finally time . Man . It would be bad if Gloria fails to carry the dragon corpse huh .
I projected an image feed of her on my virtual HUD .
Gloria’s wings started to flutter and she took off to the skies . She then dived down and grabbed the shoulders of the dragon corpse and began to lift it up .
Oh! She managed to lift it!
However, she only managed to lift it 10 meters off the ground and was flying very slowly . It looks like it really was hard for her to carry something far larger than her .
Four drones revealed themselves and approached Gloria . They extended their Flexible Arms to about 40 meters and wrapped them around each of the limbs of the dragon corpse . They then began to fly in tandem with Gloria .
Their altitude and speed both began to rise steadily, and when they reached an altitude of 50 meters above the ground, they began to fly at a considerable speed .
Yosh . It looks like they managed it somehow . At that speed, they should be able to arrive in no time .
“It’s about time . Have the folks from the Commerce Guild move further back just in case . ”
I instructed Karinsan to retreat further along with the Commerce Guild employees . I want to introduce my Clan members to Gloria first after all .
“Understood . Please do be careful, Alan-sama . ”
“It’ll be alright . Please leave everything to us . ”
It looks like my Clan members were feeling nervous . No one spoke as they gazed intently at the sky in the direction of the Great Demon Forest .
After about five minutes, my enhanced vision caught sight of Gloria .
“Yosh! Everyone, she’s here!”