Chapter 496: Insight (2)
"And, what else do you have?"
"For the Goblin King subjugation reward... we can offer ten gold coins...."
...Does this bastard have a death wish?
"Do you usually put ten gold coins on a Goblin King subjugation request, or are you confusing it with a Goblin Lord?"
"W-Well, without a formal subjugation order from the domain, there’s no additional funding. And for the Goblin King, the parts that could be sold as materials... well, you mentioned they were destroyed in the explosion."
"Then you shouldn’t have sent E-rank adventurers into an area where a Goblin King might appear in the first place."
"T-That part was unforeseen. We had no way of knowing...."
...Unforeseen, my ass. They sent three rookie E-rank adventurers to "clear out" a goblin nest for an obvious reason.
It was because the cost of a low-ranking adventurer’s life is cheaper than hiring a higher-ranking one.
"So, you sent us to check the danger level because it’s cheaper than using high-ranking adventurers."
"N-No, that wasn’t the intention...."
"F and E-rank adventurers are expendable to you. You slapped on the label of a promotion test, sent us to scout, and figured if we returned safely, all was well. If there was real danger, we’d die, so there’d be no need to compensate us. That’s why you did it, you bastard."