Becoming an Extra in a Trash Game

Chapter 47

We took a step back, so you should step back too.

That’s the meaning I tried to convey with my gaze, but.

[Hula Patina – Chief of the Patina race]

Representative Traits: [Herbalism (A)] [Leg Strength (B+)]

Hidden Traits: [Suspicion (F)] [Pattern Sorcery (D)]

“…Do you have any proof whether that’s true or not? And you might be wagging your tongue to deceive us. Let’s make you kneel first and then think about it.”

I knew it would be like this. I’m not sure if it’s an original trait or one developed recently from being harassed by hunters.

This paranoid patient, really?

“If you insist on refusing the offered drink and choosing punishment instead.”

I opened the closed Codex while trying to combine attribute stones with my other hand.

“For now, don’t kill them.”

“Alright.”

“Understood…!”

Seemingly offended by my words, the mountain goat race Hula shouted while firing a crossbow,

“Humans, just crush at least one part of them!”

Kane deflected the crossbow bolt shot at us with the shield part attached to his arm like a dark shield, then swung his sword still in its sheath to strike the ribs of a beastkin who charged at him.

Don’t, don’t kill them…

“Ugh…”

Fortunately, it seemed only his ribs were broken as he rolled on the ground clutching his torso. Luna dashed past him.

She kicked the head and waist of a beastkin at an angle difficult for my eyes to follow, then twisted her body to kick the stomach of another attacker coming from a different angle using the rebound.

“The trajectory of water.”

Instead of Wind Arrow with high penetration, I mixed a thunder attribute stone with Aqua Arrow which has strong knockback properties. Several beastkin rushing at Luna and Kane were pushed back and momentarily paralyzed.

Bang- Bang bang-

“Shoot more! Do you know how expensive scrolls are? They’ll run out soon!”

When one disappears, another one.

And when that one disappears, two more this time.

While attaching shield parts near Kane and Luna’s bodies, I smiled at those words and tore six pages of the Codex with Aqua Arrow written on them simultaneously.

“Just how much are you using!”

“Is this all you’ve got?”

I aimed and fired all six Aqua Arrow shots. As they struck the beastkins’ bodies, they pushed and burst, spreading a paralysis effect thanks to the thunder attribute stones.

Though we were only three and there were many more, they were all getting their bodies bent by Kane’s sword sheath and Luna’s kicks.

“Zero, tie up the beastkin who have completely withdrawn from the battle.”

“Yes!”

What poses a threat to our party is not a large number of mediocre forces, but one definite strong individual.

Unless it’s someone like that, a small difference doesn’t matter at all.

Sharp crossbow bolts and claws. Fangs and weapons can inflict at least one fatal wound, but I can block it, and Luna and Kane are agile enough to not get hit easily.

Moreover, with plenty of potions prepared in advance.

‘This is why money cheats are a deep-rooted evil.’

A leopard race member who got one eye swollen from Kane’s sword sheath hit and couldn’t even judge distances properly, with a broken instep from being trampled by Luna, was still trying to block Hula’s way to the end. I pushed him further away with Magic Missile.

Then Luna, who was measuring the distance, kicked off the ground with her strong leg strength to close the gap with Hula. Hula erased Luna’s shortest path once with her crossbow, then similarly kicked up dirt with her hooves to obscure vision and retreated.

‘Well, but I’m here too.’

And there’s Kane as well.

As Hula tried to retreat, Kane went around to her back to kick him, but Hula turned her body to block with his arm to reduce the impact and tried to counterattack. I spread grease under Hula’s hooves as she was about to kick, causing her to fall, and Luna jumped on top to subdue her.

“L-Let go of this! So you’ve indeed sided with humans! Traitor to your race!”

“That’s not it. Shut your mouth.”

“Who was it that refused when we said to resolve this through dialogue? And if we had bad intentions, you’d all be dead already.”

“You bastards… If our race’s great warrior was here, you…”

I looked down at Hula, who was grinding her teeth, with a snort.

“So what if they’re not here? You’re talking big for someone who lost to just 3 people.”

“Human! You cowardly used scrolls …!”

“Money is a weapon too. Right? The fact that you’re desperate for food now is proof of that.”

To be precise, I have no weapons other than money.

After tying up Hula, who seemed to have her brain frozen from excitement for now, and confirming that Zero had brought and tied up the other scattered beastkin, I gave a sip of potion each to those with severe injuries.

Well, it’s not like I’m going to completely abandon them… Since I’m planning to swallow up things that are really important to them.

I can’t afford to be hated too much.

“Well then, shall we start the conversation again?”

When I took out a table and chairs from subspace, Zero flinched.

He even turned his head slightly… Thanks to the sense of affluence, I didn’t feel too guilty.

“…Crazy person.”

After I took out chairs, a table, and even water from subspace, and then fruits for Luna, Kane, and Zero to eat, Hula made a shocked face.

“Just selling one subspace artifact could probably buy 5 years’ worth of food for our race…”

“If we gather seeds, we could even be self-sufficient…”

Pretending not to hear the murmuring from behind for now.

I put on the villain smile that I’ve been making often these days and opened my mouth.

“Have you calmed down? Then I’ll untie your arms at least.”

“I… Have.”

“I don’t believe you. Is that statement true or not? Do you have any proof? You might be wagging your tongue to deceive us. Let’s make you kneel first and think… Oh, you’re already half kneeling, aren’t you?”

Since you’re tied up and can’t do anything.

When I threw his words right back at him, his face turned red.

You should have had a better attitude, huh? If I wasn’t planning to form an alliance later, I’d be treating your personality even worse. I’m really being considerate because I have a bigger picture in mind.

At my gesture, Zero acted like a newly enlisted private – quick in action but clumsy with his hands – and awkwardly untied only Hula’s hands.

“Then let’s summarize. You know there’s not much you can do if we kill all of you and escape from Chavid, right?”

“…That’s right.”

“If you’ve realized that we weren’t trying to resolve this through dialogue because we’re weak, I’d like to hear an apology. Honestly, you were the ones who provoked this, weren’t you?”

At my words, Hula ground her teeth.

What if one falls out from doing that?

“Hoo. Aaargh! Damn it.”

Only after Hula let out a scream while tearing at her own hair did she look at me with a slightly relieved face.

“Fine. I made a mistake. I’ve been too harassed by hunters lately, so when I saw you, a human, I acted narrow-mindedly. I apologize.”

As expected of the chief leading the top race of Chavid, it seems her mind isn’t completely rotten.

[Hula Patina – Chief of the Patina race]

Representative Traits: [Herbalism (A)] [Leg Strength (B+)]

Hidden Traits: [Suspicion (F-)] [Pattern Sorcery (D)]

Seeing that even her Suspicion trait has a minus, it doesn’t seem to be just empty words.

I threw him a fruit, then rested my chin on my hand after glancing at Zero, who excitedly retreated.

“…Then let me ask again. Is that statement true? That you know information about them?”

“Well, I can’t say it’s 100% certain even for me… But it’s probably right 8 or 9 times out of 10.”

“Who are they?”

I lightly tapped the table with my other hand that wasn’t supporting my chin and smiled.

“You rejected my offer earlier, so I don’t seem to have any reason to tell you kindly.”

“That’s…! Right, that’s true. It wouldn’t be pleasant for you. Honestly, I believe you because you didn’t kill all of us and subdue us, and you captured me, the chief of the top race, without mentioning ransom. If that wasn’t the case, we would still not trust you.”

Hula took a sip from the water bottle in front of her as if her throat was dry, then sighed.

“Even now, I haven’t completely let go of my suspicions. Actually, among the hunters, there are some who spent years building trust… Before kidnapping people.”

That suspicion, there’s an easy way to resolve it, but they won’t mention it first in front of outsiders.

I spoke to Hula in a nonchalant tone.

“You have a prophet on your side, don’t you?”

“Huh? What? What? What are you talking about? Prophet, what’s that?”

No, you should deny it like ‘A prophet? That’s nonsense.’

I laughed out loud as I watched Hula noticeably faltering and the other beastkin suddenly lying flat on the ground pretending to be dead.

“About fifteen years old now?”

I remember there was a two or three-year age difference with Kane.

At my words, Hula suddenly started opening and closing her mouth like an aquatic beastkin rather than a land one. I took a sip of water while watching her.

“There’s no way… Information could have leaked… No, before that, no, that’s not it. I don’t know.”

“Go and find out. The probability of the prophecy coming true is likely high.”

Still young and unable to prophesy what they want when they want, they’re just being victimized by hunters, but when the beastkin prophet grows a bit more and undergoes their coming-of-age ceremony, they will prophesy about the future beastkin king born together with them.

Then Chavid will unite around the king instead of being centered on races like now, and that power will swell like a flood before the dam bursts towards humans.

‘I need to reap benefits and lay the groundwork before that happens.’

I looked at Hula, who was staring at me like she was seeing a ghost, then had Zero untie his ankles too before putting away the table and chairs.

“Of course, we need a safety measure too. You’ll have to accompany us for a while.”

Kane is the protagonist. In the original work, the prophet made a prophecy when Kane came to Chavid, so I’m trusting that.

‘It would be troublesome if the prophecy that Kane is the savior hasn’t come out yet since it’s before the coming-of-age ceremony.’

So I have no choice but to safely use Hula as a shield and bring him along.

Hula was startled at my suggestion to accompany us and waved her hands.

“What! I’m the Chief. Me being away from my position for long itself would cause big problems.”

“For your reference, as you can see from the things I carry, I’m a wealthy Nobleman. If I retreat now and lodge a complaint with my country backing me, do you think the issue would be bigger or smaller than if you come with us?”

“I’ll go with you…”

When even obtaining a subspace artifact is difficult with ordinary wealth, I’m using magic scrolls lavishly.

Hula reluctantly agreed, then requested to untie the other beastkin and gave them time to talk.

“Um. So do I have to go with that violent person?”

“It’s cumbersome.”

“Ugh… The Chief of the top race… My parents will be burdened too.”

Feeling like I decided everything on my own, I casually asked and got unfavorable responses.

I’m not really an authoritarian person.

I nodded, accepting the words of the three.

“Then let’s just go by ourselves. I feel uneasy leaving future troubles behind, so should we kill them all?”

“On second thought, I think it’s fine to go together.”

“……”

“My parents… Might like getting acquainted with the chief of the top race…”

“See? That’s right?”

Their gazes seem somewhat ominous, but I shrugged it off.

Let’s get along well, get along well.

You never know when we might join hands. Right?

* * *

The sound of horse hooves going clop clop mixed with the thud thud of the giant sheep Mei’s footsteps.

In the case of Mei, who lives in Chavid where desert and grassland mix, the hooves are wide like a camel’s rather than normal hooves, making that sound.

Thanks to that, Hula was grinding her teeth on Mei’s back which had less shaking.

‘That arrogant and annoying person!’

Of course, It’s true that he made a mistake, but as all people do, it’s unavoidable to get emotionally angry even about things you did wrong.

But what he does is too annoying.

He confiscates everything except clothes while smiling, and takes her, the Chief, along in a way that anyone can see she’s a hostage while smoothly saying with words that he’s hiring her as a guide.

‘But he’s strong…’

Looking at that face that gets by with smiles, he doesn’t seem strong at all, but she could understand why this cheeky human was the leader of this group.

‘If it’s just about who’s strongest, it would be the handsome human with black hair, but…’

‘He somehow leaves me speechless.’

The way he manipulates people at will, rolling them according to his intentions…

“By the way… How did you know about the prophet?”

“You want to know? If you want to know, you have to offer something too.”

Even now, the matter of the prophet is top secret, and only a handful of people in the top race know about it.

So her racesmen pretended to be dead earlier to avoid misunderstandings, even though they didn’t know the details.

But how did this human know about the prophet?

“…What information do you want?”

See? In the end, he makes this side yield.

If there really is a traitor in the race who leaked information…

Hula swallowed once with a subtle tension and looked at Adelian, who opened his mouth lightly.

“I’m a precognitive.”

“What?”

At that bomb dropped so casually, Hula’s mouth opened again like a clam.