How to Live as a Half-Dragon

076. Arena Slayer

The thing in Xian’s hand was absolutely not made of metal.

‘paper?’

It was thin and smooth, and Xian took it out and listened.

Stain, who was watching with interest, said as Xian unfolded the half-folded document and checked the contents.

“This is a slip.”

“chit?”

There are several large-scale merchants on the continent, and it was not easy to trade in currency every time because they were doing a lot of transactions involving large sums of money, and that is why the slip was created.

It was something like a so-called IOU, in which money was paid by bringing the slip made with the credit of the merchant as collateral to the merchant.

“That, too, is a slip from the Morton Merchant Chamber.”

“Are you good?”

Stein replied in a tone of asking what the obvious question was.

“Of course, because the Molten Merchant is one of the best on the continent. There is no problem in using it without having to exchange it for money. The amount is quite large, 100 gold… .”

Stein asked what he would do with the money.

“What are you going to do?”

“That’s right. Asking for something obvious.”

The money you originally picked up is spent quickly.

* * *

Xi’an immediately purchased a number of slaves.

It wasn’t the money she saved with blood and sweat, and it wasn’t because the newly discovered slip wasn’t a small amount either.

It was unexpected money anyway, and it’s not difficult to count on doing good things.

Xian, who bought all four of the prisoners, took the remaining money back in slips and gold coins.

“But are you really going to let them go?”

“then? Will you take me with you?”

Of course that doesn’t sound right

Now, the amount of food Stein eats a day is enough, but he couldn’t increase his mouth any more here.

Stein also said that the reasons may be different, but the direction was the same.

“Of course not. I was just curious, so I asked.”

“Interesting? what?”

“Some people say they spend money meaninglessly like this.”

Of course, the look on Stain’s face when he said that didn’t sound like he was serious.

Rather than being surprised again, it was closer to feeling good somewhere.

I don’t know what.

“Anyway, let’s just let it go.”

When Xian waved to the prisoners watching from afar, the prisoners who nodded and left one by one.

Xian checked until it completely disappeared and then moved on.

I must have done all my business, finally it was my turn to head to the arena with peace of mind.

“It’s nice to do a good job.”

“You’re surprised.”

Xian was taken aback by Drake’s voice.

I turned around and saw Drake, whom I didn’t know when.

“uh… Where have you been?”

“Where are you? I met Ophelia for a while.”

“Why are you there? What did you leave behind?”

said Drake in awe.

“I left it behind, your friend.”

No, of course it wasn’t that he had forgotten Cecily or anything like that.

It was only because, strictly speaking, Cecily had nothing to do with Drake.

To be honest, it had something to do with Xian.

When it seemed that he had been there because of Cecily, Xian asked.

“So what about Cecily?”

Speaking of which, I was quite curious.

Anyway, I’m trying hard to forget it, but there is affection in the meantime.

It is impossible not to care.

Drake said.

“Looking at the results alone, it seems like you’ve made up your mind.”

“I see.”

Xian was a little relieved.

Contrary to what I was worried about, I’m glad it turned out well.

As Xian nodded, Drake snatched the money bag and said.

“But where did you get the money from? I’m sure you would have retrieved them all.”

“ah… ! my money!”

“How are you? There are many.”

Drake confiscated the money bag and turned it inside out as if it were obvious, and collected all the money except for the remaining money.

I didn’t know yesterday, so I was robbed, but Xian protested, as if I couldn’t sit down twice and be robbed.

“No, are you afraid I will cheat you? I won’t, so just give it to me.”

“Not because of that.”

“yes?”

Then, when I looked at him as if he was impatient because he couldn’t get enough money, Drake showed an absurd expression.

“Wouldn’t it use it up if I left it on you?”

“… ?”

“It’s because you’re doing good things like now.”

As Drake said, he was in a position to know what had happened between Cecily and Xian.

That’s why he must have sympathized with what kind of heart Xian had acted like that a while ago.

“So I got it back.”

“Doing good is good.”

When he told Cecily’s story, just like before, when he praised himself for doing well, where is the law like this?

“It’s not like that.”

“sure?”

“There are quite a lot of slaves here in Semain, as many people who have lost their way to go flow in.”

There was nothing to do, so it was easy to become a slave if you made a mistake.

Xian was aware of the fact that there were many slaves.

“So?”

“So what’s the matter, every time I see you, I’m afraid you’ll spend money like you’re doing now, it’s good to do good things. But if I spend too much compared to my ability, that’s out of the way.”

“… … .”

“If it’s not enough to feed all three people, I’d say put it away for a while until the poor people are out of sight.”

When Xian looked around at Drake’s words, there was a person walking around watching him.

It seems like he was trying to beg for a penny, but he seemed unable to approach him because of Drake.

Seeing that, I couldn’t help but follow Drake’s words.

“all right.”

Drake stroked Xian’s hair roughly and looked at the arena.

“I wish I knew. let’s go.”

* * *

There was a small incident in the morning, but after arriving at the arena on time, Xian watched the game straight away.

However, it was not like yesterday that I bet money recklessly.

‘Because I shouldn’t have left it to chance.’

As long as I knew the purpose of the training, there was no point in relying on luck.

All Xian had to do was money, but understanding victory and defeat was the key.

Excluding the dividend rate, it was truly meaningful only when it reached a level where it was possible to predict the winner with a high probability.

“Hmm… .”

So today’s Xian just watches the game.

The reason was simple.

No matter how large the arena is, the number of fighters is limited.

In the end, it was said that if you watch over a certain amount of time, you can get everyone’s information in your hands.

Xi’an lost about two silver coins yesterday and has completely changed his strategy since.

It was my intention to start betting money after I had all the information in my hands.

‘So I’m watching… .’

I also thought it was great.

The skills of the fighters were astonishing.

The minimum standard seemed to be a trainee level similar to Xian, and among the strong guys, there was an apprentice slayer level.

‘It’s really high… .’

Yesterday’s match against Basto was the same, but there were many who used aura instead of using normal mana.

There was no way ordinary adventurers would use the Dragon Slayer.

It was because if it wasn’t dealing with the Dragonians anyway, there wouldn’t be a stark difference between dragonskill and basic auras, and in terms of efficiency, investing effort in other things would be helpful for growth.

But even so, there were people who used the dragon slash in the arena.

In other words, at one time, it was said that he had gone through the formal process to become a Slayer.

Whether that level was a trainee or an apprentice Slayer.

‘Oh that’s… .’

And that was the time when I was watching two games in one game.

A man caught my eye by chance.

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My name is Kahn.

It was the first time I heard the name, but the skill was real.

Sian was sure.

“At least Slayer level, right?”

Of course it’s not accurate.

Xi’an itself stays at the level of a trainee, but his eyes for judging a stronger person higher than himself cannot be accurate.

However, judging from the experience of sharing swords with Slayers several times, Khan was at the level of a Slayer.

Xian asked Stain next to him.

In my mind, I wanted to ask Drake there if there was one, but it was impossible because he only accompanied me to the arena and quickly disappeared somewhere.

“That’s a Slayer right?”

“I will. clearly.”

Indeed, Xi’an’s prediction was correct.

That’s what even Stein said.

But there was something I didn’t understand.

“Why are you in the arena with each Slayer?”

Oh, of course, you may need money, and if it’s for training, you can.

But once he became a Slayer, Xian was sure it wouldn’t be because of the money.

Originally, most of the Slayers came from aristocrats, but it was an obvious fact that if they were that strong, they would be treated wherever they went.

‘Then the only thing left is for training… .’

But Xian thought that that was not the case.

It’s because his opponent today was too weak to explain with that alone.

There is more to learn from sparring with the strong than learning from confrontation with the weak.

“Then why is there such a person in the arena?”

I asked Stein just in case, but he replied that he didn’t know that either.

“I don’t know about that.”

“okay? Is that so… ?”

I guess I had no choice but to ask Drake.

Xian got up from the stands and left.

It was late, and there were no more games left.

When we arrived at the inn and it was time to eat dinner, Drake came.

Xian asked Drake the questions he had during the day.

“So you’re saying that it’s questionable that Slayers are sparring in the arena?”

“Yeah, if you think about it, it is. It’s like, what’s wrong with being a Slayer at a time, so you’re doing that?”

To put it bluntly, at the very least, being treated as a knight of a great aristocrat would be better than that.

Or it would be nice to aim for a position as a royal guard in the palace without having to leave Semain.

“And it seems that there are more Slayers of a similar level.”

I think there might be one because it’s a different species.

But what mattered was his history.

He fought over hundreds of times and won most of them, but there was also a match he lost.

Apparently, that would be proof that there was another Slayer.

“hmm… .”

Drake thought deeply before opening his mouth.

“Well, that’s good, because one day I needed to tell you.”