Cleaning Up

"Welcome back, warriors."

　When I returned to Drad, the royal capital of the Dragonis Mountain Kingdom, His Majesty Hoscat himself greeted me. Well, even though it was called a meet-and-greet, it took some time from when the magic airship landed to when we disembarked.

"We have already received reports from the warriors of our kingdom about the results of the battle. They said that they completely destroyed the monsters' nest. do not have"

"That was also due to the support of the brave warriors of the Dragonis Mountain Kingdom. We also witnessed the strength of the dragoons that the Dragonis Mountain Kingdom boasts."

"I hope we can continue to work together like today to build a better future."

　His Majesty Hoscat nodded with satisfaction. And so, when the ceremony of gratitude was over, the Flying Biter, which was brought back as a result of the battle, appeared.

"Oh, this is big"

　His Majesty Hoscat raises his voice in surprise. Dozens of dead Flying Biters lined up at the wyvern's landing site. Even the smallest individual was lightly over 15m in length, and the largest one was over 20m long.

"I could only secure the things that rolled onto the ship, so I could only bring back about this number. It's not an exaggeration, but I defeated more than ten times this number."

"Umu, I heard it from Sindriel too. It was really fortunate to have Kosuke-dono's help this time. It would have been difficult to destroy them with our own strength alone."

　Certainly, it would have been difficult for the Dragoons alone to deal with that many Flying Biters. Judging from the number and size of the dragon house near the landing site, it seems that the number of dragoons would not reach fifty at most. If it's a total war, it's possible to destroy the Flying Biters, but there's no doubt that you'll have to make some sacrifices.

　Well, the dragoons in the royal capital Dorad may not be the full air force of the Dragonis Mountain Kingdom, so I don't know what the true total force is.

"This biggest guy is in good condition, so should we cut off his head and use it as a trophy?"

"That's a good idea. Let's display it in the square in front of the royal castle."

　The largest, over 20m in length, was displayed for several days as a symbol of this battle, after which it was stuffed into the Dragonis Mountain Kingdom's collection as a souvenir. It seems that a magician from the Dragonis Mountain Kingdom regularly cools it with ice magic so that it doesn't rot during the few days of the exhibition.

　His Majesty Hoscat left this place to give instructions, leaving only Isla and me here. Grande ended up sleeping on the bridge the whole time. There was no sign of waking up, so we left it to the mages who checked the ship on the bridge and only we disembarked.

"Come to think of it, Isla, can you eat this meat?"

"I don't even know that."

　When Isla shakes, she shakes her head sideways. Is there anything even the knowledgeable Isla doesn't understand? Well, if you eat it, you'll understand. For the time being, if you cook it properly, you won't break his stomach.

"Does anyone know how to handle it?"

"It's best to ask the locals about this."

　So I asked the people around me - mainly the soldiers of the royal castle - but no one seemed to know. Since it can't be helped, I ask one of the soldiers to bring someone who seems to know.

"Should I draw some blood now?"

"I feel like it's too late, but I'll try it as much as I can."

　The condition of the corpse cannot be said to be very good because it has been hit by large-caliber bullets from magic guns here and there. However, I'm sure any meat will smell fishy if it's not drained of blood, so I'll try to drain it as much as possible. First of all, it's big, or rather long, so it's hard to hang. this is.

"Well, if it's up to me, it's nothing."

"be careful"

　Once all the corpses are stored in the inventory, a stone wall block is installed. Jump up on it, jump and set a block at your feet. I piled up the blocks at my feet with the feeling of jumping and setting up more, and for the time being I built a tower of stone wall blocks with a height of 22m. The size of one block is exactly 1m, so it's enough for 22 blocks. Then, line up the blocks horizontally from the top, extend the width to 10m, and extend the stone wall blocks to the ground while hanging a ladder this time. With this, a platform for hanging huge prey――a blood-draining platform was created.

　Then, add a ladder to the pillar on the other side so that you can climb up from either pillar. Yeah, it's normal to be scared when you look down from above. I won't say where, but it makes me hymn.

　There's a fall control bracelet, so I don't think I'll die if I miss my step... For now, let's put a metal railing on the top passage. Safety is important. If you attach a lifeline to the metal handrail, it will probably reduce the number of unforeseen accidents.

　Then, with the help of Harpy-san and the magic musketeers, I hang the corpse of the Flying Biter from the upper aisle with a rope.

"Damn it's heavy!"

"Dangerous, dangerous! Falling, falling!"

　I managed to hang the corpse of the flying biter while making a lot of noise, so I adjusted the length of the rope so that it would hang in the air, and then dropped the head and started draining the blood. Ayra says the blood might be of some use, so she decides to keep it in a barrel.

"What do you use blood for?"

"The blood of snake-type monsters can be used as an ingredient for detoxifying alchemy. Also, depending on the item, it can be used as an ingredient for tonics and recovery medicines."

"I see"

　With a body this size, you should be able to get a decent amount of blood. If you can use it to your advantage, it's better than that. Well, blood had flowed from the bullet wound before I hung it. I'm still going to bleed though.

　While I was doing that, the soldiers I asked from the castle to find someone who knows how to handle and cook flying bites, and some cooks wearing white aprons. people show up. You have a knife that looks like a sword. Something like a tuna knife?

"This is amazing. There are only a few flying bites per year, and if things go wrong, we won't bring in even one per year. Twelve of them. We need to deal with this quickly. "

　Saying that, looking at the hanging flying biter was a very strong Lizardman. You can't tell the age of Lizardman at all by looking at him, but he's a man of considerable dignity. He is probably old enough.

"Let's peel off the skin first. The skin also has value."

"I'll leave the details to you. Feel free to use our soldiers as manpower."

"thank you"

　The fact that the chef changes the color of his eyes must be edible. I'm looking forward to seeing how it tastes. As I watched the Flying Biter being peeled off under the command of the Lizardman's chef, I had high hopes for its taste.