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Chapter 282 - A Howl in the Snowy Plains 2. A Delicious Proposition

As Yuri listened intently, wondering what it could be, Guild Master Naval opened his mouth.

"It seems the prey that young master was after was a Tyrantbot."

"A Tyrantbot… you say…"

Searching for a lost person in the snowy mountains was troublesome enough. If a B+ rank monster like a Tyrantbot was involved, the level of trouble and danger would skyrocket. After all, they would be dealing with a ferocious beast that excelled at hiding and could disrupt magical attacks with its elemental magic. Advice from someone with subjugation experience was absolutely essential. And the cooperation of Yuri, the true hero of that subjugation, went without saying.

Due to these circumstances, Guild Master Naval had come with a heavy heart to ask for Yuri’s help. But Yuri was looking at this event from a completely different perspective.

"A Tyrantbot, huh… I’m running low on fermented meat…"

According to Adon, who spoke with a somewhat resentful tone, the whole mess started with the subjugation of the Tyrantbot by Yuri and the others. To be more precise, it stemmed from the fact that Yuri had monopolized the Tyrantbot’s materials and refused to sell them.

It was a rare and powerful monster, and its pelt was beautiful. The beauty of the Tyrantbot pelt was spoken of by those fortunate enough to witness its carcass, making it the object of desire for nobles and merchants. Last year, Yuri’s monopoly on it had only heightened the calls for another Tyrantbot. But to this day, Yuri was the only one to have obtained its materials. What’s more, Yuri had not sold them but had taken them back to Salt-Sour Mountain. Even if one wanted to negotiate with Yuri, the owner, to obtain the pelt, the person himself was in the middle of Salt-Sour Mountain. One couldn’t help but hesitate to visit.

In that case, there were many who wished to get their hands on a second Tyrantbot, no matter what it took.

"The adventurers searched high and low for it, I hear."

"There were reports of sightings, but they were all false leads."

"Well, for those of us who’ve seen its stealth ability, the idea of it being sighted is doubtful in the first place."

Rumors flew in various places, but none were ever confirmed, and eventually, the talk died down.

"However, this time there was physical evidence, footprints."

"Last year, I had you sketch the Tyrantbot’s footprints, remember?"

"And the fact that you were generous enough to let us take a cast of its foot from the carcass also helped."

Knowing that this time it seemed to be the real deal, the adventurers grew excited, but…

"The young master in question, who happened to be visiting Laurenzen, unfortunately caught wind of the story."

"Don’t tell me he went into the mountains to beat the adventurers to it?"

"Well, that’s about the gist of it."

"Honestly… what a troublesome thing to do."

That foolish son had gone hunting for a Tyrantbot solely because of its reputation, especially its rarity. In that sense, it could be said that Yuri was the one who had brought about this situation.

Thus, the Tyrantbot had the nobles and merchants changing the color of their eyes, but for the moment, its reputation, aside from its rarity, was focused on the beauty of its pelt. Well, the beauty of the pelt was obvious at a glance, but its taste was something you couldn’t know without eating it, so that was understandable.

However, for Yuri, the true value of the Tyrantbot lay more in its meat and organs than its pelt. The meat was also exceptionally delicious, but the fermented meat made from its organs was so exquisite that it made Yuri, a reincarnator, think that there was no greater delicacy in either of his lives.

But, unfortunately for Yuri, the Tyrantbot was not prey he could encounter so easily. Once he finished the small amount he had left, he didn't know when he would get his next supply. He had resigned himself to this.

And yet, into this situation came Naval, bearing what was for Yuri the best of all possible news. Yuri could only be grateful, forgetting all about the trouble or danger.

At the same time, it became Yuri’s paramount mission to head to the scene as quickly as possible and hunt the Tyrantbot before it could escape.

...The lost person? Ah... come to think of it, there was someone like that, wasn't there.