Dai Katana Manga Chapter 15

This is the fifteenth chapter of the Goblin Slayer Side Story II: Dai Katana manga.

Full Summary
Rumors and gossip swirl around as Captain and Female Warrior walk through the town, and Captain remarks that the people living there talk about adventure the way people elsewhere talk about the weather. Female Warrior continues to tease Captain as they make their way to the shop she has in mind. On an out of the way street, in a run down building, they find Smith's shop. Smith greet's Female Warrior who says she's there for new and inquires if Captain is there for something himself or just to pay the bill. Captain asks if he has any single edged sabers in hopes of getting an upgrade for his unremarkable katana. Smith doesn't have anything that would meet Captain's specifications, but can at least sharpen Captain's swords, noting as he does so that while they lack a maker's mark they are well made.

A Female Warrior begins to discuss what she's looking for in the way of armor, Captain looks around the shop. As he looks at the impressive and varied collection on display, he notes that some of the equipment looks slightly used. Smith explains that rookies don't always last very long, and in fact there's been a high rate of deaths lately which he puts down to there being plenty of idiots and fools out there. As Captain reflects on the obvious conclusion - that the hardly used gear is sold back by either their comrades or another party discovering their - his thoughts are interupted by Female Warrior pointing out that it's time to have her measurements taken, meaning Captain's in the way. Going outside the shop to give her some privacy, he has a seat and reflects on the city as he waits for her.

His reverie is interrupted by an unknown women coming out of a nearby alley and greeting him. Captain is wary of her and asks who she is, to which she replies that she's a fan of adventurers and likes watching them and bringing them bits of news. She then asks to tell Captain what's bothering him which he questions. Undeterred she being talking about newbie hunting, pointing out that Captain was attacked in the dungeon by scruffy men. Rather than quibble over the details of it being rogues that Captain's party attack, he agrees and she continues on to talk of people selling a lot of almost new equipment. She says that there are those who hunt rookie adventurers down in the dungeon and strip them of their equipment. That they used to just get the kids drunk at the tavern to get their guard down for an easy mark, but since that's illegal they learned to do it down in the dungeon where it could be written off as a monster's fault.

Captain thinks it doesn't make sense as they'd inevitable make themselves a target. In turn the mysterious informant suggests it's not about profit or gain, that maybe they just enjoy it or are possessed by The Death. Captain is troubled by what she says. He thinks about how they did slay the rogues and take their loot, but he doesn't want to get diverted into battles like that which don't advance their progress through the dungeon. Still, the news of newbie hunting troubles him. At which point the Informant tells him that she hears they have a hideout on the second floor. Captain questions why she's telling him this, and she laughs saying she has no real reason. She says it's just how the dice roll of fate and chance turned out as she departs into the alley she came from.

As he ponders what to do with this information, Female Warrior emerges from the shop and shows off her new armor. Shopping done they head back to the tavern to get some lunch, with Captain saying there's something he wants to ask everyone. They arrive to find that Female Wizard and Female Bishop had been studying a spellbook they'd purchased from a dark elf trader. Captain is skeptical of the source but concures that the book itself is genuine and should prove useful. They have a little more small talk as Half-Elf Scout and Myrmidon Monk return from their own ventures into town. Then with everyone gathered, Female Warrior inquires about what he wanted to ask the party, and Captain begins by informing them that there are "Newbie-Hunters" in the dungeon.