I love time travel the most!

Kobayashi clapped his hands, stopping the violent act that seemed about to strip Luna naked: "Wait, everyone, don't be so hasty. Miss Luna will surely give a reasonable explanation, right?"

He was smiling, and the atmosphere around him was peaceful; he didn't seem angry at all.

But the bulging veins on his forehead and the crumpled IOU all indicated that Xiaolin was on the verge of exploding.

"Um... I'm so sorry!"

Guild employee Luna bowed deeply.

The rabbit, with its large expanse of fair skin and incredibly elastic body that bounced up and down, could not soothe Xiaolin's anger, nor could it make up for his loss.

"actually……"

Through Luna's embarrassed yet angry tone, Kobayashi and the others learned the whole story.

The kingdom did indeed issue a large bounty, which is how the other adventurers in the guild received their bounties. Kobayashi, who was originally the main force, or rather, the hero who single-handedly stopped the Destroyer, also received a large bounty.

But the lord kept all that money.

"Detained?! Why, why?!"

Aqua was the first to find it unacceptable.

She grabbed Luna's collar and shook her small body violently, causing Luna's ample bosom to sway with the force of her movements.

The guild employee who was implicated explained haltingly, "I'm sorry... because the lord said he would compensate for the losses. Lady Aqua should know that it was the destroyed plain and part of the town's reconstruction."

"Plains and some towns..."

Kobayashi fell silent.

At that time, after being resurrected by Aqua, what he saw were devastated plains and towns, so it was only natural to ask for compensation.

...What a load of rubbish!

He was the hero who saved the town, the greatest contributor to preventing Axel's destruction. Not only did they not give him a bounty, but they also made him lose money. Where could he find justice?!

I just felt very frustrated.

There's a sense of frustration, like "I defeated the headless knight, but because I summoned a lot of water that destroyed the city walls, I have to pay compensation."

“But the compensation shouldn’t be that much!” Aqua exclaimed again. “It doesn’t matter about the plains, but didn’t Wiz deploy a protective shield back then? Even if some houses were affected, it was only a portion, wasn’t it?”

"That's right! The Destroyer has a bounty of several hundred million, which is more than enough to compensate him!" Sato Kazuma realized what was going on and joined in the condemnation.

Luna felt even more ashamed.

"I'm sorry. It should have been enough, and even the compensation for the town would have been paid by the kingdom, so your bounty would have had a slight surplus, but the lord..."

She lowered her voice slightly, as if she felt it was inappropriate to speak ill of the lord in public.

Kobayashi and the others understood.

That greedy lord seized the opportunity to make trouble again.

And most importantly, the compensation was already enough, but he wanted more.

Kazuma Sato couldn't take it anymore. He yelled, "This is too outrageous! The kingdom has already paid compensation, why are we still charging extra?! Hey, Darkness! Aren't you the daughter of a famous noble family in the kingdom? You come up with a solution!"

"Yeah, Darkness, you should be able to punish that despicable lord! Please, if this continues, I won't have any money to buy bubble tea!" Aqua also begged Darkness for help.

Darkness hesitated, "Even so, I can't use my status... Besides, I'm just a noblewoman's daughter, at most I have the title of knight, I haven't inherited the Darkness family yet..."

No, there's no need to do that.

"Senior Kobayashi?!"

Xiaolin's words elicited different reactions from the others.

He waved his hand and said, "Don't rush, Sato-kun. I'm not saying we should swallow our anger, but rather that we should gather evidence secretly without alerting the enemy. As for this matter... Darkness, could you please have the head of the Darkness family report it to the kingdom?"

“Of course. I imagine the kingdom will take this matter seriously.” Darkness seemed to be oversimplifying things.

attach great importance to?

If we valued him, we wouldn't have let him run rampant like this.

Kobayashi wouldn't place his hopes on anyone else.

Reporting to the kingdom was not the goal; it was merely a means to attract attention.

In truth, lords' greed is to be expected; almost every lord is greedy to some degree. As long as they don't rebel, the kingdom will usually turn a blind eye.

However, there is one thing the kingdom will absolutely not tolerate!

That means they are colluding with the Demon King's army!

If solid evidence is found, even a Grand Duke could be hanged!

Lord Aldap of Axel is also in league with the Demon King's army.

What, you say you don't?

No, he does!

Even if he doesn't have it now, Kobayashi will make him have it, and there are plenty of ways to do it!

At worst, they could have Wiz return to the Demon King's castle and bring back some things, then dump them in Aldap's basement to confirm his collusion with the Demon King's army.

You dare to extort money from me?

court death!

Kobayashi had already begun to think about how to kill that greedy lord, and an extremely wicked smile appeared on his lips, making Sato and the others tremble with fear.

Chapter 186 Several days of hard work, all gone in one fell swoop.

After two consecutive major financial losses, the team's wallet was completely empty, and all of the Headless Horseman's bounty had been spent.

Only then did Xiaolin finally understand what it meant to feel utterly humiliated, like being back to square one.

"In conclusion, our team needs to end our winter hibernation early and go back to work, otherwise we might not even have enough money for food for the next week," Xiaolin said with a heavy heart.

Kazuma Sato quickly said, "This is not your fault, Kobayashi-senpai."

Seeing Kobayashi's expression, he probably thought Kobayashi was taking the blame on him, but in reality, Kobayashi just didn't want to do the mission so soon.

think carefully.

Since returning from "Machine-Doll", Kobayashi has been constantly on the go and hasn't had a break at all.

Just when he thought the matter was over and he could collect a large sum of money and enjoy himself, this incident happened.

This only intensified their hostility towards that greedy lord.

"Are we all capable?" Huihui asked with some concern. "With Darkness not here, can we really complete the mission smoothly?"

That's right, Darkness isn't here.

When Kobayashi asked her to relay the lord's matter to Lord Dastianis, Dastianis immediately returned home.

As for Megumin, her best partner, it's understandable that this delicate little girl, who has no one to protect her, would be afraid.

But has she forgotten something?

“Me? Me too!” Kazuma Sato pointed to himself and said confidently, “Although I’m the lowest-ranking adventurer, I’m perfectly capable of being your bodyguard. As for the main attacker… I’ll leave it to you, Kobayashi-senpai.”

"Ah, no problem." Kobayashi readily agreed.

It might be difficult for one god to carry four eyes to win a game, but two gods can easily carry three useless ones.

With Kobayashi and Ryuuichi together, the two of them could carry the remaining three people into the air. In fact, they didn't even need to lift a finger; bringing the three along was just to give them a sense of participation. After all, they were a team, a unified entity.

Next, you need to choose which task to do.

At this moment, Aqua raised her hand and exclaimed, "I suggest we do exorcism quests! With me, the goddess of water, I can easily purify any lich! That's right, that lich selling things in town and bewitching people! And she's from the Demon King's army, purifying her will definitely bring a high bounty! Hehehehe..."

The sinister laughter was completely devoid of the demeanor of a goddess. She had previously generously declared that she wouldn't harm Wiz as long as the tribute was paid on time, but now that she was out of money, she was thinking of purifying Wiz to collect the bounty.

That's so despicable!

As expected of the goddess of despicable behavior, I would call you the strongest when it comes to being inhuman!

Kazuma Sato rolled his eyes at her, annoyed, and said disdainfully, "You idiot, have you forgotten what happened when you took advantage of them? Besides, have you forgotten that Wiz doesn't have a bounty in the kingdom?"

"...Tsk."

Aqua clicked her tongue in disbelief.

This guy……!

Kazuma Sato clenched his fists, wanting to punch someone.

Then, he looked at the team leader and asked, "Senior Kobayashi, what do you think? Although this silly goddess has the characteristic of attracting zombies, she is still a goddess, and her purification ability is quite powerful. Doing this kind of mission is not a bad choice."

"Yes……"

Kobayashi nodded in agreement.

Kazuma Sato's suggestion was very pertinent and coincided with his original thoughts.

There are two reasons for doing this kind of thing.

Firstly, although these types of tasks are few, the rewards are very high, and they are mostly issued by nobles or merchants.

Whether out of fear or because they've done something wrong, whenever evil spirits or similar things appear, they panic and cry out loudly, offering extremely high bounties to adventurers to drive them away.

Secondly, almost no one does this type of task.

The prerequisite for exorcising evil spirits is that the party needs to have an adventurer of a higher class, such as the High Priest, or an undead monster of the same attribute at a higher level, like Wiz.

In the starting village of Axel, the [High Priest] class is very rare, and coincidentally, Aqua, who also serves as the goddess of water, has the [High Priest] class as her main profession.

"Wait, it should be the other way around!"

Aqua shouted loudly.

After finalizing the task, the group quickly accepted it and left the guild.

Just like Kobayashi thought.

The mission might be difficult for others, but it was just right for Aqua. In addition, the mission rewards were exceptionally generous, and the team accumulated a large sum of money in just a few days.

Although it can't compare to the hundreds of millions in bounty that could be earned by pulling off a big heist before, at least he has found another way to get rich, which is much easier than before.

It's just that Aqua has become a little more stressed.