When I wondered if something was wrong, the carriage came to a slow stop with the sound of horses chirping.
– haha! Are you going through a forest like this without a single guard without fear?
A hoarse voice echoed from outside the carriage.
I wished
‘A thief?’
In this medieval-style fantasy world, thieves and monsters were often encountered along the way.
It wasn’t until I headed to Enrok from the Overlord Castle that there were a lot of escort knights, so I had never encountered a band of thieves, but not now.
It wasn’t something I hadn’t thought of, but it seems like we’ve already encountered it.
– There, get off the wagons too! Give up everything you have and go… Whoa!
And the screams continued.
The sound of something being ripped to pieces and a terrible scream echoed over and over again, and soon there was silence outside.
He gently opened the window and poked his head out to see the scattered corpses, and between them, Baros was wiping the blood from his glasses.
Around him, something like the wind took shape, oscillated and disappeared… Is that a spirit?
Baros met my eyes and bowed his head as if sorry.
“Sorry. Trash has stopped moving for a while.”
“······okay.”
Baros got on the road coach and the wagon started again.
It seemed that Ashel had no intention of dealing with the thugs.
***
After that, the movement continued, intermittently encountering swarms of thieves and monsters.
After a long time, we finally arrived at our destination, Salogal, the 5th monarchy.
The city of Korwechen, a large city on the northern frontier.
After spending a day at a luxury inn to wash away his fatigue, the next day he immediately went to the city’s Adventurers’ Guild.
“That’s why, at that desperate moment, I grabbed the horns of the monster chick and kept it…”
“Cilia, how about a drink for the two of us tonight? Huh? You can buy a lot of expensive alcohol from the last quest.”
What to say inside the guild building, the atmosphere was exactly what I had imagined.
The person who carefully scans the request forms on the wall, the person who brags about his saga, and the person who jokes with the staff at the counter…
After looking at the scene for a while, as I approached the counter, a beautician woman at work greeted me with a smile.
“Welcome, Confucius. Do you have a request you would like to apply for?”
She asked if she thought that I was the one who came to apply for the quest by looking at my clothes.
I nodded and asked.
“Who is the brightest adventurer in the geography of the Tyrrell Mountains in this city?”
She answered without any hesitation.
“You’re looking for an adventurer who knows the geography of the Tyrell Mountains. Do you want a guide?”
“okay.”
“Doesn’t it matter if it’s not an individual but an adventure group?”
“Does not matter.”
“Then I’d recommend the Blue Fox Adventure Team. The leader, Mr. Rodin, is a top-notch adventurer and has a great reputation here in Korwechen. They’re sitting there right now, would you like to meet them?”
Where the woman pointed, several men and women were sitting around the railing on the second floor and talking.
I followed her up the stairs and as I approached her, I looked at them with questioning eyes.
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Five adventurers, men and women, each wearing various weapons such as swords, spears, and bows.
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Among them, the staff woman spoke to the man who had a huge sword standing next to the table, the highest level among them.
“Mr. Rodin, this is a request. Confucius here said that he was looking for a guide to the geography of the Tyrrell Mountains.”
“·······Huh? Request?”
He said to her, scratching his beard, taking turns looking at me and the woman.
“Chelsea, we’ve already agreed to commission an upward escort to Polyp in three days. Didn’t you know?”
“········Yes? Did you?”
“Yeah. I’m sorry, but I don’t think I can accept the quest, okay. Find another adventurer.”
The woman had a bewildered expression on her face as if she was unaware of the fact.
I asked her.
“Are these people the brightest in the guild’s geography of the Tyrell Mountains?”
“Yes, it is, but I’m sorry, Confucius-sama. I already have a request for you, so I’ll introduce you to others.”
I shook my head.
Looking at the levels, the skills seemed to be clear, and I wanted to bring the best manpower if possible.
“If it’s a request, I’ll pay more, so don’t you want to cancel your request and take on mine?”
At my words, a man named Rodin laughed a little and answered.
“I can’t do that, sir. If you want to cancel the quest, you have to pay several times the amount you have already received as a penalty.”
It was natural that if the adventurer side canceled the quest at will, it would harm the client side as well.
I asked again.
“How much is the penalty?”
“The advance payment I received is 5 gold, so I should ask for double 10 gold.”
“I’ll ask all of you instead and hire you for 20 gold. How about this?”
Rodin’s eyes widened as if my conditions sounded quite extreme.
But in the end, he shook his head.
“The penalty is also a penalty, but there is such a thing as trust with the client. If you break the quest you were given first to take on another quest, what will you think of our adventure team there?”
“Raise the request to double the amount of 40 gold.”
Rodin’s pupils shook.
“I’m sorry, but I really can’t, I’m fine. With the client….”
“Three times, 60 gold.”
“······Credit······ There is such a thing as….”
“5 times, 100 gold. This is the last.”
Rodin’s words were cut off.
The other members swallowed their saliva and looked at Rodin.
Druck.
He slowly got up from his chair and bowed his head.
“Welcome, client.”
Floating Veil (2)
Under the contract signed by pushing with money, we had a more detailed discussion with the adventure team about the work to be commissioned.
Rodin, who had been quietly listening to my story, asked with a bewildered tone.
“So… you mean you’re going to search all the peaks of the Tyrrell Mountains?”
“okay.”
It sounded very absurd even as I said it, but I couldn’t help it.
Unlike Super Regeneration, that’s all he remembered about the place where the floating curtain was hidden.
Somewhere at the top of the peaks in the mountain range… and probably a canyon-like terrain.
If you go and check it yourself, you may get a sense of it, but there was nothing else that came to mind right away.
In order to find this mystery, I had to be prepared to work even harder than when I first reborn.
However, the only good thing is that the Tyrell Mountains are smaller than the Luthers Mountains.
“How long do you think it will take, assuming you’re going through all the canyons on the peaks of the Tyrell Mountains?”
Rodin drooled and answered.
“It’s so vague that I can’t get inspiration from it… But if I had to ask, wouldn’t it take at least a full week?”
it’s a full moon
In fact, as the saying goes, it was a very vague thing, so in the end, you had to do it yourself to find out.
Rodin opened his mouth again and asked.
“But may I ask who you are?”
A client who pays a lot of money to ask for a guide to the mountain range.
It was natural to ask questions about his identity, so he answered appropriately.
“He came from a family in another city nearby.
“Then why do you want to climb the Tyrell Mountains?”
“I’m looking for something.”
“What do you mean?”
“It would be a bit difficult to say.”
“Oh, yes….”
For a moment, there was silence in the place.
Rodin and the members looked quite disturbed, perhaps unaware that the assistant was such a quest.
I took the money bag out of my pocket and laid out five or six gold coins on the table.
Their attention was focused on the gold coins piled up on the table.
“I’ll give you 30 gold right now as a down payment. I know it’s not easy, but the cost is not too much.”
“············”.
“Still, if you can’t take on the quest, it won’t be a big deal. So, will you do it?”
Rodin, who was worried, seemed to exchange glances with the members, and eventually nodded.
“Are you two the only ones going to climb the mountain?”
Rodin asked, taking turns looking at me and Ashel standing behind me.
I nodded.
He nodded and briefly introduced himself and the members in turn.
“This is Rodin, the leader of the Blue Fox Adventure Team.
Two men armed with swords, shields, and spears, a woman with a bow, a woman who looks like a wizard without any weapons, and a total of five including Rodin.
A woman with a bow called Sien smiled and looked at the gold coins stacked on the table, then smiled and said:
“Actually, there are no other adventurers around the geography of the Tyrel Mountains as bright as we are. You’ve come to the right place, Confucius.”
“Look that crazy bitch, you’ve turned your eyes to gold again…”
A man named Rudra, who was sitting next to him, muttered, then slapped him in the back.
I also simply gave my name.
“This is Ron. This is the escort, Ashel.”
“Yes, I wish you well.”
So Rodin’s Blue Fox Adventure Team finally accepted the quest.
***
It didn’t matter if it was me, but they also needed preparation, so I had an extra day to spare.
Early in the morning of the next day, the adventurers and the group decided to gather in front of the eastern gate of the city.
Baros didn’t have to be there, so he stayed in the inn lodging and only Ashel accompanied me.
“Then go.”
“············”.
As I came out of the inn room, I felt Ashel looking at me with a strange gaze.
To be precise, he’s looking at the bows and arrows I brought out.
In her eyes, I could read enough questions about why she wanted to take that, but I ignored it.
Who knows what kind of unimaginable danger he will face again, like Bellevagora?
Even the smallest complacency can lead to death at any time.
Preparing everything that could be prepared was the right posture for survival in this harsh world.
“Are you here?”
I met the adventurers who were waiting in front of the gate and headed straight to the Tyrell Mountains.
Tyrell Mountains.
One of the characteristics of this mountain range was that there were a lot of orcs.
Orc, it is a common monster that can be seen anywhere, but it inhabited a lot in the Tyrell Mountains.
But they were only at level 20 at the highest, so there was nothing to worry about for safety.
A few hours after I started climbing the mountain range, I now have a super regeneration and I was able to keep pace with the pace of the adventure group without running out of stamina any more.
And not long after, he also ran into a group of orcs.
quiick.
Large green-skinned monsters protruding from the bushes approached with low cries. It looks just like what you see in the game.
eight in total. Some had rusty iron swords or spears in their hands.
“Are these bastards going crazy and hunting all the way down here?”
Rodin and his crew did not hesitate to step forward and start slaughtering the orcs.
Those with spears fought in front, and from behind they assisted with the battle by firing arrows and magic. Me and Ashel silently watched the scene.
Especially since there were more than 30 levels of Rodin, the battle was simply over.
We sat down for a while and chatted with adventurers while resting.
“Orcs are smarter than you think, so even seasoned adventurers can be hunted down and killed if they make a mistake. The weapons the orcs I met earlier were originally used by stealing other adventurers’ weapons.”
“Right.”
Of course, it was a fact I knew.
Orcs also lived in a community in a tribal unit, so they had superior intelligence for monsters.
As I listened to the conversation, the adventurers also shared more stories.
“Do you know how the orc monster wave happens?”
“Isn’t that what happens when a mutant king appears?”
“Yeah, you know. Because of their ferocious nature, those who can’t even unite in large groups will unite under the king when a king is born, and it will be a total horrific disaster.”
Monster Wave.
It means, as the name suggests, a phenomenon in which a huge group of monsters come rushing in like a wave.
There are several causes, and one of them is the existence of a ‘king’, a mutation that occurs very rarely among monsters.
The monsters from which the king is born are typically orcs or lizardmen. When the king is born, an overwhelming army of monsters is formed and invaded the realm of humans.
‘If it’s an Orc King, even a guy over 70 levels has appeared.’
Anyway, such monster waves were major events that often occurred in the story of the game.
After resting, we started moving again.
***