Chapter 73: 73
Aftermath Part 2
I used Search magic one more time to make sure that I hadn’t missed anything .
After that, I took the mysterious fragment with me and got out of the water .
Ario looked serious as he asked me,
“Did you find something?”
“I found this . ”
And then I showed the mysterious object to all of them .
Serulis looked at with an intent expression .
“But what is it?”
“It’s a part of something…”
Josh looked like he had no idea .
“Sniff-sniff-sniff . ”
Grulf sniffed at it earnestly .
“You don’t know what it is, Mister Locke?”
“I don’t . I’ll have to investigate this later . ”
And if I still couldn’t figure it out, I would have to ask the Alchemist Association to look into it .
And then I said to Grulf,
“Grulf . Can you tell if there are any other demon rats around here?”
“Groof!”
Grulf wagged his tail boldly . He probably did know .
“This place is quite big . I don’t think it will be possible to kill them all, but we should at least hunt all of the ones that are in this area . ”
“Grr . ”
“Grulf . We’re counting on you . ”
Groof-groof!”
Grulf went bounding off and then stopped . He started to sniff the ground .
The stench of the sewers was quite harsh, which made things difficult for him .
Grulf would sometimes mark his territory as he walked .
“Groof!”
He barked once before bounding off again .
“Are there demon rats over there?”
“Groof-groof!”
I followed after Grulf and encountered two demon rats .
They were just about to try and escape when Josh’s arrow caught one of them .
Serulis ran quickly and killed the other one .
“Grulf, that was great! You can become a hunting dog . ”
Josh said as he petted him . Josh was a former hunter .
“Groof!”
Grulf wagged his tail proudly . And then he looked at me .
I guess he wanted to be praised .
“Good, Grulf!”
“Groof-groof!”
After that, Grulf happily discovered twenty demon rats that had been hiding .
We took all of the corpses with us and left the sewers .
“We’ll deal with the corpses in my garden . ”
“Are you sure?”
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Ario looked a little worried .
The garden would become very dirty if we were opening rats on the grass .
He probably didn’t want to inconvenience me .
“Of course, it’s fine . ”
“If you say so, Locke…”
Ario did not look too convinced .
When we arrived at the mansion, Luchila was waiting by the door .
I had asked Luchila to buy food supplies .
“Luchila . Thank you for going shopping . ”
“Were you able to buy everything?”
Luchila looked a little surprised when he saw us .
Well, it was not too surprising, since we were covered in sewage water .
“I-I was able to buy everything…but what happened to all of you?”
“We just went down into the sewers to kill a few rats . ”
“Oh…”
Luchila frowned .
“Cluck!”
Gerberga flew out and went over to Luchila .
Perhaps he didn’t like the smell .
“Thank you, Lord Gerberga . ”
“Cluck!”
I left Gerberga to Luchila and the rest of started work on the rats .
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We had to take the corpses out of the bag .
“So many!”
Serulis said excitedly .
However, Ario and Josh seemed a little worn out .
“So we have to open all of these and take out the magic stones…”
“Not too exciting . ”
Still, they went about the work quickly and with precision .
Of course, I also helped them .
As I had just taught Serulis how to do it, she also did her best in helping us .
“Serulis . You’re very good at this . ”
“Do you think so?”
“You only just learned how to do it, but you move just like an experienced Adventurer . ”
“Heheh . ”
Serulis chuckled bashfully .
But she really was good at it . And so quickly .
The whole process went smoothly .
When the sun had started to go down, we finished taking all of the stones out .
Josh counted all of them and said,
“If we count the magic stones, we can see that we killed two hundred of them…”
“So many…”
Even I was surprised .
It was more than just a horde .
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“So many in the sewers of the royal capital . Don’t you think that this would have become a horrible incident if we had been delayed in dealing with it?”
Ario looked pale .
Rats multiplied very quickly . Like rabbits .
Besides, demon rats multiplied even faster than normal rats .
If we had waited until tomorrow, then maybe we would have had to kill five hundred of them .
“And also, what is this?”
Serulis held up the mysterious fragment .
It was the fragment that I had found that the rats had gathered around .
Similar fragments had been found in some of the other rat carcasses .
There were thirty in all .
Josh looked grim as he said,
“They were mostly found in the largest demon rats . ”
“Perhaps it causes them to grow larger? I sensed some magic inside of them…”
Ario said as he looked at the fragments .
“Well, we could try putting them together…”
“You can put them together?”
“I don’t know, but it is worth trying . ”
“That’s true . ”
I poured oil over the demon rats and burned them .
It smelled horrible . The bodies were soaked in sewage water, after all .
“Ggherr…”
Grulf barfed .
“Grulf . You should stay in the house . ”
I said as I patted his back .