Friendly Reincarnator Chapter 89: Port Town Amphenel

Support the translator on lazytranslations.com

　After staying only one night at the inn introduced by the guild, we left for the south immediately the next day.

　According to information from the guild, it takes about two weeks to reach the port town near the sea by Raptor’s legs.

　Villages were scattered every two to three days, so we could take lodging wherever we went and rest under a roof as we went.

　I killed the monsters that appeared along the way and threw them into the Infinite Storage, sometimes letting Huey absorb them to strengthen him.

　After about two weeks, we arrived at the port town of Amphenel, passing through five villages according to the information we had received from the guild earlier.

　The people were lively, as in a port town, and there seemed to be a lot of rough-looking old men.

　On the other hand, the buildings and signboards seemed to be faded and deteriorated from the sea breeze.

　I left my Raptor outside the guild and entered the guild.

　I paid the person in charge at the guild for 10 days’ worth of food and care and asked him to take care of the Raptor.

　When I left the Raptor with the guild, it subtly rubbed its neck against me as if it was lonely, but I couldn’t help it.

　I paid 5 silver coins from the Amphenel Guild to send the letter, just like I did with Bosque.

　It was just a letter stating that I had arrived at the town of Amphenel and was able to reach the sea.

　While I was asking the guild to buy back the monsters I had killed along the way as usual, I checked the quest board and found a request for defeating a monster I had never seen before.

　It was a Kraken subjugation request.

　Kraken is a big squid like the one in Jules Verne’s novel “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea,” which I read as a child, right? Huh? Was it an octopus? I laugh at my vague memory of about 50 years ago.

　The request was for 60 gold coins per Kraken killed, either alone or in a party, and the purchase of materials was not included.

　The receptionist told us that the area where they would appear was around Vesan Island, which is about 30 minutes to an hour away by small boat with sails, and a little over an hour by rowing boat.

　Defeating monsters on the sea is more difficult than on land because the life force of the monsters is stronger.

　Just thinking about fighting on a boat makes it hard to imagine how difficult it would be.

　On Vesan Island, fishermen have been unable to go fishing for more than a month, but it seems to have been prolonged because of the monsters that cannot be easily defeated.

　I asked at the reception desk and was shown an encyclopedia of monsters, and it is said that they are large squids, ferocious, has strong vitality, and likes to attack people.

　By the way, no one seems to plan on getting their hands on it, and won’t a subjugation team be formed? When I asked if the reward would go up or not, I got a clear answer.

“Actually, we already have a C-rank party of five and a C-rank party of four who have each been sacrificed to the Kraken around the island, and the rewards have already been raised. The C-rank and above parties are not making progress in defeating the monsters because they are more likely to enter the dungeon than to defeat them.” (Receptionist)

　The receptionist answered with downcast eyes.

　I see, so the dungeon is more profitable than defeating the Kraken here.

　That’s pretty straightforward.

“If I say that I want to challenge it solo, can you send a boat for me?” (Louis)

　After I asked without expecting anything, she simply replied that I would need to have to row boat on my own. That’s it!

　The fact that no one will be accepting the request for a while probably means that it’s okay to bring in the quest form after the subjugation, so I’ll check the surrounding situation and then make a decision.

　First of all, I need to get a meal.

　As a former Japanese, I am very happy to be able to eat fish from the sea.

　I searched for fish dishes in the dining hall attached to the guild, but there were only boiled fish and grilled fish.

　There is no dried fish, herb-grilled fish, sauteed fish, steamed fish, deep-fried fish, etc…?

　I focused and ordered one boiled fish and one grilled fish.

　A salted grilled white fish and a fish just simmered in salted broth came.

　The grilled fish was just ordinary or rather salty, but the boiled fish was a little disappointing because there was no soup stock and no sweetness.

　If the food is not tasty, I can’t get excited.

　After finishing the dish, I went to the market from the guild, but only a few fish were sold.

　I don’t have any trouble except for fish, since shellfish and seaweed are sold in addition to fish, but it’s no good that the star of the market is not there.

　I asked some people at the market about it, and they told me that the prices are getting higher because there is no fish coming in from Vesan Island, so there is not much to sell.

　I was told that the waters around Vesan Island are the most fish-rich in the region.

　Incidentally, when I asked them about a good fish restaurant, they told me it was a restaurant attached to a guild, and I almost lost my temper for a moment. Isn’t that horrible?

　After buying seafood other than fish, we wandered around the harbor looking for a boat to take me to Vesan Island, but there were no fishing boats, just long, narrow boats with triangular sails for three or four people.

　Would I take the plunge and buy one of these boats? No, I can’t use it, and they wouldn’t sell a boat that is directly related to their livelihood in the first place.

　Hmmm, I’ll have to get Huey to build one for me.

　I asked Huey if he could look at the boats around us and make one like it.

　He replied lightly, “No problem, I can do it.” I also instructed him to make a small canoe without a seat, in other words, it is a boat with waterproof floats on both sides, using hardened mucus.

　Huey built it in a few minutes, and I stroked and praised him with all my might. Huey’s jiggling and wobbling soothed me. I wonder if slimes can actually do everything.

　The finished boat was a two-person canoe in the center, with spindle-shaped floats made of hardened mucus on both sides.

　I will telekinetically propel it to Vesan Island

　Hmm? Huh? Could it be that I can fly if I telekinetically move myself?

　I imagined myself falling off by mistake and getting flattened, so I’ll think about it when I have confidence in controlling my magic.

　put Huey on my shoulder, got into the canoe in the center, and telekinetically propelled the canoe.

　Whoa. It was so smooth and fast that I almost squealed.

　We had Vesan Island in our sights, so all we had to do was go straight, and fortunately, there were no waves or wind today, so we were able to move forward quickly.

　After about 20 minutes of sailing, Vesan Island came into view.

　There were many reefs near the island and the waves were splashing, so we decided to make a large detour to find a place to land on the island.

　As I rounded the island in a counterclockwise direction, I found a sandy landing spot in an inlet on the eastern side of the island, 90 degrees to the left of the mainland side, so we brought the boat ashore and threw it into my Infinite Storage.

　I exhaled with relief that I had made it ashore, looked around, and noticed that there were only two boats at the port.

　I assumed they were not fishing because of the Kraken, but it was a day with few waves and winds, and I wondered if they were fishing to avoid the Kraken. In fact, I made it into the cove without incident.

　As I was thinking and paying attention to my surroundings once more, I heard a yell from a hut near the landing.

“That’s why! I’m going to exterminate them!” (Voice 1)

“You idiot! Even adventurers are no match for it, and you’ll just die!” (Voice 2)

　I thought it was a terrible idea to get involved in a fight and was about to walk past when a man jumped out of the hut in front of me.