
On his way to the Red Salamander's nest, Rigel and Natalia are attacked by monsters such as fire bats and even fire ants. But with Rigel there they're all just weak and useless. Rigel did not even have to bother and only used a Pistol to deal with it.
Natalia stared in awe at the weapons she had never seen in any country. Such weapons can certainly only be found in the Region which is now among the most developed countries in the world.
Rigel continued to search for the location of the Red Salamander's nest while taking out every little monster that approached. He was really curious, no matter how many monsters he defeated, his level had not changed at all. That is settled on lvl.998 which is quite frustrating because it does not reach the maximum.
In fact, the higher the level the more Exp must be achieved. Perhaps Rigel currently still needs hundreds of millions of Exp or more to reach the maximum limit. What would happen if he reached or broke through that barrier, if it disappeared as a human, it might be a good or bad thing.
"I'm quite surprised that you've been to this kind of place..." Rigel said as he walked the lead.
So far, all he has seen is a sea of hot larvae and granite rocks formed from frozen larvae. This kind of place is not a suitable place to visit women like him, even this is not at all beautiful to be made a tourist spot.
"Yes. I've been to this place at the sudden request of a noble who wanted a little Salamander to be made Familiar, of course because the pay was not small, I couldn't refuse the request."
Familiar is a monster that is tamed by giving a monster seal to the soul core and familiar monsters will develop into strong along with the level they have.
How else because Natalia was a merchant noble. For people like them money is power and the buyer is a god willing to waste money on them.
"Oh, yeah. I thought you were doing something like hunting Salamanders as a hobby."
"It's true that sometimes I hunt Salamanders, but not for hobbies. Except to meet market demand."
It must be very troublesome to be a trader who has branches in the corner of the country.
Inner Rigel.
Rigel stopped walking with something he found right at the end of the road. Burning Red Rock, reddish eggs and a giant red ugly lizard stuck to the back wall where the nest was. His body had a burning fire that seemed as if it would not be extinguished.
Oii, oii, doesn't he feel hot or has he even been a giant roasted lizard?
Murmuring Rigel slowly.
"Looks like our goal has been achieved, Mr. Rigel. However, I did not expect its size to be this big from the last time I saw it."
Its size is indeed something, perhaps as big as a bus car on earth. What kind of power does the lizard have besides fire.
"Just leave this to me, Mr. Rigel. It might take a little time to finish."
Natalia was about to attack but Rigel shook his left hand and stopped her. Natalia certainly understood his point without needing to be explained in more detail, especially with a smile on Rigel's lips that made it all clear.
"Give this grilled lizard to me. This creature is no match for me at all."
Rigel broke the fingers of his right hand and did a little stretching as he approached Cicak—Salamander.
Seeing him approaching his nest, Salamander jumped off the wall as if trying to protect his eggs. He stared at Rigel observing, until he finally thought of him as an enemy.
"Ahh~, it just so happens that I've never eaten a grilled egg, about what it's like."
Rigel closed his eyes while stretching his neck. With his smile that even an ape would be provoked by, Rigel brandished his middle finger towards the Salamander. Even though he knew that the lizard would not understand.
"You go, ugly lizard. Otherwise, I'll make your eggs a snack."
As if provoked, Salamander attacked using his tongue which even had fire. Surely the attack was nothing and was so easy to avoid Rigel by jumping high.
Hmm, I was a little curious about what would happen if I extinguished the entire fire in his body.
Inner Rigel.
Because of such a great curiosity Rigel reached out his right hand and pulled out enough water to fill a swimming pool and point it at the Salamander.
"A huge amount of water even without a spell... As expected of a Hero."
Natalia just watched from a safe distance while being amazed by Rigel who was so relaxed. The Red Salamander was not a weak monster, if it was an adventurer Quest, it would be an A or even S rank Quest.
Water vapor gathers, as the water released by Rigel soaks into the Salamander's body. Rigel returned to foot on the ground and impatiently wanted to see what happened to the lizard.
The water vapor began to disappear, the figure of Salamander was again visible. The blazing flames burning his back were now shrinking, but not completely extinguished. It seemed that it was not an ordinary fire that would be extinguished so easily.
Just like a fire made from gasoline, it will not be able to extinguish easily using water.
Feeling annoyed at being flush with water, Salamander now spewed out liquid fire from his mouth and headed straight for Rigel.
Rigel's eyebrows slightly raised in surprise. He thought, could it be that liquid fire was his saliva?
If so, then he is very sure there is nothing that can be used as a snack other than the eggs. As a curiosity, Rigel did not dodge but formed a wall of iron that was not used for a long time.
The liquid fire and the iron wall clashed against each other, but unexpectedly the iron wall melted so easily. Ordinary salamanders would not be possible to do so, it seems true that the Red Salamander is much stronger than its kind.
"Mr Rigel! Should I help?"
Rigel shook his head lightly in response.
It seems Natalia is beginning to show a trail of worry that is completely unnecessary. Rigel sighed softly while taking some distance from the melted iron wall.
Well, it is not good to play around in one second should not be missed.
Inner Rigel.
Despite still wanting to play around with this Salamander, Rigel undoes his intention to do so. He doesn't have much time to waste and will end this now.
Rigel casually leaped closer to the Salamander and walked leisurely.
Salamander regarded his attitude as carelessness and attacked him using his tail full of smoldering flames.
Rigel simply stared boredly at the tail, he turned in the opposite direction and raised his left hand to grasp the tail of the Salamander. Rigel clasped her so firmly and drained all her strength and slammed her very hard.
The ceiling trembled slightly because of it and the blood from the Salamander flooded the ground around Rigel.
Using just one hand to slam such a huge monster... How much power does it have?
Inner Natalia.
With a single stroke, the Salamander died and stained the surroundings with his blood.
"Snake lizard, yes.it may not be bad, but unfortunately I don't eat lizard." Rigel muttered softly and smiled faintly.
This monster felt so weak, or he alone was so strong. Any one doesn't matter to him because power is justice.
Natalia walked over. He observed the Red Salamander and confirmed that it had completely died with a single strike without any magic energy.
He hoped to see more about Rigel's strength and was so envious of the people who had watched him fight.
Rigel ignored Salamander's corpse and walked to the place Salamander was trying to protect. There are four red eggs about the size of a car. He looked carefully at the egg and found signs of life in it.
Natalia followed Rigel and saw what he was looking at. Four Red Salamander eggs.
"Do you intend to take him too, Mr Rigel? Red Salamander eggs also have many properties, especially in the treatment section. It is said that eating its eggs can eliminate burns and strengthen resistance to fire."
"Do you know what Red Salamander will eat? especially the newborn."
Natalia was a little surprised by the question that had absolutely no relation to what she thought.
"From what I've heard, Red Salamanders generally feed on the heat energy that is around, so the parent doesn't have to bother raising them. What's the matter, Mr Rigel?"
Natalia was so curious about Rigel's intentions. Carrying the eggs had become commonplace, even among merchants, so Natalia still did not guess the intention that Rigel had.
"No. I just thought maybe I didn't have to carry these eggs, anyway I didn't really need them."
"E-uh?"
Natalia was surprised. That was already a reasonable reaction, considering he was a merchant.
"If you look again, so far there is only one Red Salamander in this place. I don't think it's necessary to carry these eggs in order to preserve the ecosystem in this place and I don't want to name the hero who made the Red Salamander extinct."
As far as Rigel understood at the moment, the Red Salamander was not a Monster that was so easy to meet.
Not even the Ainsworth family had a single cloak coming from its skin, indicating that the Red Salamander belonged to the Rare Tier.
Natalia was certainly surprised and never expected there to be such a way. It is not a disadvantage to leave the Salamander eggs here.
One day they will be born and grow up in this place and will give birth to other eggs and make this place a large nest of Red Salamanders. Surely it will look like a Red Salamander farm, but much better than taking the eggs and making the Red Salamander increasingly rare until finally extinct.
"As expected of Mr. Rigel. I never even thought of something like that. For traders like me, take advantage of everything that can be used and turn it into money." Natalia smile.
"Haha, really a genuine merchant." Rigel smiled faintly as he turned to look at the corpse of Salamander behind him.
"I'll take that as a compliment."
"With this size, how many robes can be made?"
There was no way it would be lacking, Rigel was sure that at least it was enough to make twelve robes.
"yes too. According to my estimates, at least this is enough to make 27~30 robes."
It was a little more than he expected. But not a bad thing, to have more than you need.
Now, the problem is how to carry the body. Using Teleportation was not an option considering Rigel had yet to mark Ainsworth's residence as a teleportation point.
As if reading Rigel's mind, Natalia proposes something.
"Regarding the body of this Red Salamander, it can be moved through the Spatial gate by dragging Salamander's body through the gate."
Of course Natalia won't be able to drag him down, not just because she's a woman. In addition to his large and heavy body, his body temperature was also very high and if his skin touched it, it might burn instantly.
Rigel's left hand was made of the number 1 iron in this world, no matter how hot it was, his left hand would not melt. Even for him alone would not feel any heat from touching him.
"Then there's no problem. I'll take him, you prepare your Spatial magic."
With the command, Natalia began chanting the incantation without a sound, while Rigel grabbed the Salamander's tail casually and waited for the gate to form.
It didn't take long for Natalia to prepare her Spatial magic. Once the gate is available Rigel goes first while pulling the Red Salamander so easily.
Of course Natalia could not not be surprised, considering that such a large and heavy body can be carried so easily.
Is it possible for a human to have as great and terrible a power as iru?
Inner Natalia.
Surely asking him directly was the same as seeking death. It is possible that his words offended Rigel. He could only hold it and let it pass like the wind.
At the Ainsworth residence, the guards and the people who saw were speechless and simply left their mouths wide open.
They were expected by the corpse of the giant Red Salamander that came out of the Spatial gate. It wasn't the corpse that interested them, but the person who brought the corpse. Only one person took him by dragging him. He did not even show any signs of difficulty or fatigue.
The person who brought him was Rigel. Hero Creator who brings great wonders to this world. Reason and logic seem to be useless in the presence of Heroes. There were no words other than 'Crazy!' which is suitable to describe it. The soldiers and people who were looking started to whisper.
"Lu-remarkable... I suspect that the Hero is indeed strong, but this is far beyond my estimation."
"Is it, Hero Creator? I heard some visiting nobles say that Hero Creator is able to fly Tortoise into the sky. It seems that it is not mere hearsay."
"Not only is she strong, but she is very charming. Ahh~, I wish I could marry her."
"You won't even get it in the dream."
Even the servant girls started to hue just by staring at Rigel from a distance. If only his current self was his former self, it was possible that he would build a palace containing his own personal beauties!
As if noticing the commotion outside, Walther and her twins came out and found the corpse of the giant Red Salamander. There stood Rigel who pulled his tail, not long after which Natalia also came out of the Spatial gate.
"Yeah, I've never even seen a Red Salamander this big. It's amazing that you beat and took him alone, Mr. Rigel!"
Even his twins were greatly amazed to see the corpse of a huge monster in front of them. Especially the boy named Razen who was very beaming because of something.
"Yes, in this way the problem of the Salamander robe is solved. Now just stay—..."
Ciel gave notice that there was an incoming call. Rigel took his little radio and picked up the call. He discovers that Marcel is the one who contacted him.
"Hello, Rigel? its me. Regarding the problem of maintaining body temperature, how have we found it and I'm sure it's very useful 8 How's it there?"
"good job. Here I have found the right material for his robe, it is only a matter of time until it is completely finished. I'll call you back when all the puzzle pieces are complete."
"I understand." Leaving those words behind, Marcel turned off his call. Rigel put the radio back into the infentory.
A smile that was no match for a Hero grew on his lips. Rigel quickly returned to his flat face with the rest of a thin smile on his lips.
"The preparation is much faster than I expected. If this was only a matter of time until Takumi reached his location. Walther, how many days does it take to make this Red Salamander robe?"
"According to my estimation, it will take at least 11 days to turn his entire skin into a robe."
"Do that in 7 days, and I want it all done when the messenger I sent comes. Surely, I'll pay a fair price for it."
Walther shook his head hearing that.
"No, no. You don't have to pay for it. We will make the whole request in 7 days. Think of this as our aid to the conquest of the Phoenix." He smiled gently.
It is not good to reject those who seek to do good. Only idiots feel awkward with the kindness of others.
Rigel nodded silently and turned to leave while waiting for news from Walther.
All my preparations are done. Whether it's Phoenix, or Takatsumi. I'll get you guys done as soon as possible! The day of vengeance will come.... Wait for me, Priscilla.
Inner Rigel.
After quite a long time, the fight of the three Heroes facing the calamity of the world has approached!