4. Omen – (6)
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Glia city mercenary guild combination.
“I heard that the price of by-products has gone down.”
“Recently, the number of monsters has increased and the supply has increased so much, but unless it is a drake’s claw or an ogre’s tendon, it is half the price of the old one.”
“Ha, f*ck. This is why I don’t want to go out to fight beasts in the fall.”
All sorts of mercenaries, on the one hand, idly inside the noisy union. Hargan, the manager of the Glia branch, leaned his chin and stared blankly at them.
Ting!
Good.
Hargan throws and receives coins to make fun of his hands, watching the mercenaries talking.
The main concern of the mercenaries within the Mercenary Guild Guild.
False Most of the stories were full of stories about by-products of demons whose value plummeted.
It was a story that directly touched their livelihood, so it would have been strange if they weren’t interested.
However, Hargan was also quite surprised at the fact that the price of the beasts’ by-products had already dropped to half the price.
For traders who specialize in buying by-products based in the north already beat the price of by-products so much, it meant that supply had really increased to an absurd level.
‘It must be autumn, but…’
A time when the number of monsters pouring in from the northern unexplored lands exploded.
It is the season when plants and trees turn red and show off their colors. It was autumn.
However, I wonder if it is worse this year. The number of requests related to the subjugation of demons was increasing unexpectedly even to himself.
“Galia. Are there that many witches these days?”
“Hargan-san, why don’t you go outside and kill a bit of a beast? It looks boring if you’re hanging around inside the guild every day.”
A-class mercenary Gallia. Since this minuscule guy made a fortune on anything, he spent most of his time messing around with guild unions.
Since the number of face-to-face encounters has increased, it is natural that now we are exchanging information and words.
“Stop talking nonsense and answer me.”
Harzan asked in a languid tone, glancing at Gaul who was talking playfully.
“Well, the average number of subjugation requests is doubled. I’ll just tell you that the number of certain monsters has increased up to three times.”
Looking at Gallia talking with a tired expression, it seems that she has recently completed the request. Harjan felt a little subtle about that appearance.
“There are so many…”
It has been more than 10 years since he took his place as the manager of the Glia branch. However, it was rare in his memory to have received such an unusually large number of requests.
“Come to think of it, did the mercenary party sent as minions to the unexplored area 1 come back?”
Harjan asked, turning his head towards the nearby receptionist.
“Ah. No? I understand that the request report has not come in yet.”
“Really? Hmm…”
Considering the level of their party, I didn’t think it was such a difficult quest, but they still haven’t returned.
It’s probably just going to scout the mountain range.
It was reasonable to see that something happened in about a week.
Ting!
Hargan reached out to catch his bouncing coin, but when he felt no sensation, he averted his gaze.
There was Gallia who stole my coin with a mischievous expression.
“Ha. Are there any idiots who still accept unexplored land requests?”
However, Gallia’s voice was quite heavy compared to her mischievous expression.
Hargan frowned at Gallia’s outspoken words, but on the other hand, he understood.
Because this guy in Gaul had experience with quests related to unexplored lands.
“Galia, watch your mouth. Because there are mercenaries like that, the North is a little safer.”
However, even so, the unexplored land itself is an honorable quest. It was a special request among the requests.
That’s because they were quite meaningful mercenaries who were dangerous, had high achievements, and helped the safety of the North.
Since they were mercenaries who were different from simply chasing money, the mercenary guild had no choice but to give them preferential treatment just by accepting the unexplored land request.
“Well… It’s not my job, so I won’t mind, but if it’s a mercenary party, aren’t you talking about guys with some experience? Is it because he has a swollen liver or is he stupid to accept a request from an unexplored land?”
“This time, though, some talented kids took it.”
“So, will there be 2 A-class people in that party?”
“Three people.”
Gallia, who had been talking negatively, changed her expression to a little interested in her answer that it was Harzan’s three people.
“So did you come back?”
“…Well.”
Generally, if the backcountry commission report didn’t come in on time, it was likely to be bad news.
However, the level of the party is quite high, so I didn’t know it might be delayed, and I haven’t been able to confirm it yet.
The party that went on patrol to Area 1 was led by Carlos.
At that party, there were a lot of seasoned kids with their own careers, so I didn’t think they would have been defeated so easily.
After hearing the halfway answer, Galia looked at Harzan for a moment and flicked her coin.
Ting!
Good.
Harjan watched her coin go up and down in contemplation, but her head suddenly turned.
ㅡ Puck!
Clap.
No, Harjan wasn’t the only one whose head turned.
Most of the eyes turned to the suddenly opened entrance of the guild.
And some of them immediately looked away. The appearance of In-young covered in blood was not in good condition.
“Anyone is fine… Help me… Please… Please.”
As soon as he heard her voice, Harjan raised himself. It was a face she knew well.
The figure at the entrance of the union was definitely one of the members of the Kalos mercenary party that went out to investigate the unexplored area 1.
However, the one at the entrance now is not the Kalos mercenary party, but a single woman.
A bizarre figure painted red all over her body, as if covered in blood.
“Please help… ! Everyone… everyone… is dying!!”
A woman who screams so loudly that the mercenary guild resonates with her distraught appearance.
She said the woman’s name was Lien.
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Pleaa, who took a tour of the Glead Mansion with the guidance of a servant, admired the scale of the mansion on the outside, and was once again impressed by the level of the knights who were training.
But all of that was because the servant who was guiding me was guiding me so zealously that I showed that way without even realizing it.
Since he had lived with the Kalua family before, the scale and size of the Glead Mansion was certainly surprising, but it was not to the extent of admiring it.
The Kalua family wasn’t a weak family either.
Even if there was not much inspiration, there was such a subtle feeling that I wanted to repay the servant’s sincerity.
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And now, the servant’s guidance is over to some extent, and the night has arrived.
The attendant tried to lead him back to the drawing room.
However, at the sight of such a servant, Plea shook her head slightly and chose to wait in the garden near the entrance of the mansion.
As time passed, I looked around the Gleaard Mansion as close as possible to the drawing room, so I realized that Chersha-sama hadn’t come out of the drawing room yet.
And that meant the conversation wasn’t over yet.
It hadn’t been long, but the atmosphere she felt was not an atmosphere she could be part of.
‘Ed Gleaard.’
From the outside, he seemed like a person who would speak up if he was treated kindly, but it was strangely difficult to read the emotions and attitudes contained within.
‘I don’t know.’
Will the person named Ed give an answer that suits Chersha’s will? He wasn’t even sure about it.
Then, suddenly, he felt that the magic he had hung on the door of his living room was dispelled. That meant that the parlor door was open.
Soon, the head of Plea, who was sitting on one side of the Glead family garden, lifted.
And then, as Plea looked in the direction of the drawing room, she involuntarily held her breath.
“…What is it?”
Chersha-sama was smiling.
She was smiling with a face she had never seen before, with an expression of bliss.
Ms. Chersha took a few steps out of the parlor and revealed herself.
Then she suddenly turns her body back and looks at the door to the parlor. Then he was a man who put his body there for a while. I saw the figure of Ed Glead.
Due to the distance, even the sound of the conversation could not be heard, but Chersha-sama and Edra seemed to be exchanging some words.
And Chersha’s eyes widened at the action that followed.
A man named Ed grabbed his outstretched hand without hesitation, and suddenly, Chersha-sama threw herself at it.
No. What should I say?
‘I fell into your arms…?’
The lofty Chersha?
Playa just stared blankly at Chersha’s unexpected appearance.
Now, anyone could see that he was treating his lover.
And to see him smiling so happily in his arms.
“What is this…”
My heart was beating strangely even though it wasn’t something she was experiencing.
All the way to the North, Chersha-sama’s heart wasn’t a simple love affair, but I had been thinking about it a long time ago. He honestly never imagined that he would see Chersha’s self-restraint with his own eyes.
Because of that, the appearance of the two men and women she now sees in her own eyes was miraculous.
Pleaa, who unknowingly lit her eyes as she put her hands on her chest, turned her head involuntarily.
‘Huh…?’
It was like his own instinct.
A beautiful woman with blue hair in a knight’s uniform with a beautiful appearance was standing at a distance and looking somewhere at her.
There was no problem with its appearance.
Just. I felt a very deep and secretive life in the female knight’s appearance.
Even that was so condensed that no one looked at her strangely, as if it were not her own now at close range, most of her couldn’t even feel that woman’s life.
Tight.
While he wasn’t even aware of it, Plea grabbed her staff and reached a near-instantaneous combat readiness. He quickly closed his eyes deeply.
Just after that, until just a moment ago, none of the existences that exuded excitement or admiration at Chersha’s appearance had disappeared. She just stares at the blue-haired knight with her emotionless eyes, as if imprinting it on her mind.
The female knight’s life was clearly aimed at Chersha-sama.
It was the figure of a female knight who couldn’t even figure out his true identity. That in itself felt like a huge risk factor.
Then suddenly. The gazes of Plea and the blue-haired female knight met.
Looking at each other from a distance of just over 3 meters.
“…Ah. Eww?”
At that moment, Plea’s mouth moved in a strange way.
Facing the wall of the knight shining brightly as if embracing the starlight, Plea let out a strange sound like an animal facing its natural enemy.
Horror.
Fear.
Despair.
Anxiety.
What should I call it?
She went into battle and transformed herself so that she could not be shaken by any event. A distant sense of despair, as if her own will, so armed, was collapsing just by looking at her female knight’s gaze.
Her bizarre sense, as if facing an uncontestable being, seemed to be destroying her own instincts.
Plea’s gaze went down very slowly, little by little.
As if trying to avoid the gaze of the female knight.
As if trying to run away, Pleaa’s gaze descended and ended up avoiding the female knight’s gaze.
Her Plea’s hand, clutching her own wand, trembled relentlessly.
Her light mana, like a blue haze, restlessly wrapped around her entire body and repeated countless times to disappear.
“…A monster…That’s it.”