After leaving the top of the Arcane, Eric spat on the building at the top and walked out.
“You crazy bastard. Because you’re only thinking about saving money, you’re unable to judge the situation. Tsk.”
No matter how angry he thought about it, he hit the wall of the building at the top hard.
Then, in an instant, the building shook and part of the wall broke along the shape of his fist.
“W-what!”
“Didn’t the building just shake?”
“I don’t know?”
“You bastard! “I was fooling around instead of working!”
The voices of people at the top could be heard from inside the building, but Eric simply ignored them and went to where his crew was.
When he entered the entrance of a back alley tavern that had not yet started business, a skinny man with white hair greeted him in the lobby.
“Leader! “What happened?”
“Anyway, I won’t do any business with the Arcane merchants from now on.”
“yes? Why are you doing this? If we break off our relationship with Arcane, it will be a loss for us too!”
“noisy. “Then I guess so.”
He clutched his pounding head and laid down on the back of the chair. Place your feet on the table while maintaining proper balance with the chair, which tilts backwards at a risk of falling over. He put his hand in his pocket, took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth.
“Albino, fire.”
The albino silently took the candle on the table, lit it, and waited until he took a sip.
“I think I’ll buy something now.”
“Then tell me. “What are you so angry about?”
“Whoa… … .”
Pure white smoke fluttered in the air like a cloud. The albino frowned at that and narrowed his eyes.
“Oh my, what a deal!”
“You mess with Ren Argen’s family.”
“yes? “Whose family do you want me to mess with?”
Eric didn’t bother to answer. Because I knew he wasn’t asking because I couldn’t hear him.
“Seup! under… … .”
As if to represent Eric’s complicated state of mind, cigarette smoke obscures his blank vision.
“Isn’t that bastard Eloi?”
“He’s more of a miser than a brat. You petty bastard. “To save money, I called for the third unit that was on that tight line.”
“Isn’t that what it is!”
“Elroy probably thought that half of Ren’s rumors were exaggerations. “It was so absurd.”
“Anyway, that’s true. “By Eloi, you will have a general idea of the extent of the rumors, right?”
“That’s also true. “That makes it even more sh*tty.”
Perhaps there was an intention to bring in the 3rd Division to check whether Ren’s rumors were true or exaggerated.
The albino shook his head. This was a different problem from the captain sometimes being stubborn due to his dirty temper.
“If we hadn’t gone all the way to Rosaria and seen Tyrant’s body, we would have been in real trouble.”
“Yeah, if we hadn’t seen it ourselves, we probably wouldn’t have fully believed the rumors.”
“This is why information is important. Leader. “It’s not a world where everything is done through strength.”
“Tsk. noisy.”
He had a feeling that the nagging would start again, so he roughly threw the tobacco on the ground, extinguished it by rubbing it with his foot, and stood up.
“But boss… … “Isn’t it too sad to go back like this?”
An albino who calls Eric over with a meaningful smile.
“Well, what should we do?”
“Normally, I would just go back, but isn’t this a fight for the survival of Arcane and Full Gather? It’s attached to the full gather, right?”
“what? Don’t talk nonsense. No matter how much of a bastard Eloy is, that’s true. This is the guy who made Arcane a large top here at Redpil. “Do you think he’ll stay still if he’s on the other side after receiving a request?”
“Under normal circumstances, yes. But that’s it. Leader. hehehehe.”
The albino looks at Eric with an unpleasant smile.
“Didn’t I tell you earlier? “Information is power.”
“… … “What else did you pick up?”
“If you pick it up, you speak straight. “It looks like you picked up a rock from the floor of a market somewhere, right?”
“So, what is it?”
“Did you know that a major incident occurred at Brilliant this time?”
“okay. Meanwhile, Ren Argen went all the way to Brilliant and put out the fire, right?”
How absurd I was when I heard that. Eric wondered if there was something magical about Ren Argen.
“This is information that only a very few people know… … . “It was the devil.”
“devil?”
“yes. “It’s the legendary devil summoned by a secret organization called Black Star!”
Eric, who frowned at the albino’s words, glared at him and then turned around again.
“ah! “Is it real?”
“It will probably be announced soon in the Holy Kingdom as well.”
“… … Really?”
“yes. But the important thing is that the Arcane top may be involved with the Black Star.”
“what? But why are you saying that now? “What are you going to do if this contract goes through?”
“Because that’s not certain either. And even if that were the case, what would we have to lose? I just worked for money. There’s no way Full Gather can beat Arcane, so shouldn’t we just take a lot of the commission money and pretend not to know?”
After hearing it, I found it to be true. Even if it is later revealed that he was involved with the Black Star, the Holy Kingdom will not blame the Grealish Mercenary Guild. Of course, there may be an investigation.
It is even better if the black star appears during the request. All you have to do is use that as an excuse to just accept the commission and leave midway.
“But now that it’s come to this, let’s destroy Arcane, right? Captain, aren’t you upset? Eloi, didn’t that bastard try to kill the captain? “Abusive language.”
Eric frowned, took out another cigarette, lit it, and put it in his mouth.
Whenever I talk to that guy, I feel like the beginning of the year is coming.
“Is this something worth doing?”
“Hey, Captain, am I an albino?”
“Tsk, I understand. Instead, Arcane is carried out completely without anyone knowing.”
“Of course.”
* * *
Full Gather upper Red Pill branch.
“mother! No matter how I think about it, this seems dangerous.”
Rayman fidgeted and stopped Seia.
“But I’ve been receiving help as a customer so far, so how can I pretend not to know and run away?”
“But our presence won’t help.”
“Rayman, you are there, right? Aren’t you pretty strong? “I heard you learned a lot from Ren?”
He flinched at Seia’s question and then let out a sheepish laugh.
“ha ha ha… … . fit… “Yes.”
Rayman was speechless. Even if we talked further here, I didn’t have the confidence to persuade Seia with words.
“And Rayman, you always eat here for free, so why are you trying to run away because the top of Full Gather is dangerous? “It’s too much.”
Even Lesia joins in and scolds him.
Rayman felt a little unfair. In fact, if I were alone, I would have bravely stepped up and fought for the full gather.
But aren’t the shooter’s mother and younger brother here? I trusted the gunner and entrusted him with my family, but I didn’t want to create a situation that would put him in danger.
“ha… … .”
At that time, the doorknob of the room turns and someone comes in.
A man with smooth hair without a single hair. He was Acro, the general manager of Full Gather Sangdan and immediately below the Sangdan leader.
“You are here. Since they are Ren’s family, I feel like I should tell them in person.”
Acro’s expression was not very good. The situation seemed to be more serious than they thought.
“It looks like they called Grealish’s mercenary guild from over there. I think it will probably be around number 4 or number 3, but if that is true, we may not be able to withstand it with our own strength.”
The reason Acro came here was to send Ren’s family away. I still haven’t forgotten the kindness Ren gave to Full Gather during the last journey to Travis.
If I hadn’t done something immoral in Arcane, things wouldn’t have gotten this difficult.
Paul Gather was planning to hold on somehow, but he tried to advise Ren’s family to leave in case of an unexpected situation.
“You can’t pretend not to know the difficulties of the person you helped.”
“Seia-sama… … .”
Seia patted his shoulder and spoke in a soft voice.
“Don’t worry too much. As you all know, my son is Ren, right? “You can’t mess with us.”
Even as he felt sorry, he felt her warm heart and his heart tingled with emotion.
“thank you… , and I’m sorry.”
“Oh my! Uncle Acro! This is not the time, is it? What if the general manager is like this? “I have to go quickly and take command of the upper level.”
Lesia straightened his sagging shoulders and turned his body around.
“I will do my best to prevent any harm to you.”
“thank you.”
Acro was pushed out of the room by Resia.
“Mom, this is okay, right?”
“It does look dangerous. “If Ren finds out about this, he’ll say something.”
Seia said as if she was worried.
“oh my! Mother, I don’t think the gunner will say anything about you. Maybe me… … “Ugh.”
He shivered as he remembered Ren’s demon-like face.
“Don’t worry too much. “I will tell Ren that I was stubborn.”
Rayman couldn’t refuse her words.
“By the way, I heard that the attack on Brilliant was successfully resolved, so doesn’t that mean you can come?”
Seia stopped Lesia, who was thinking of Ren out of sheer anticipation.
“Your brother is so busy, and the situation in the Brilliant Kingdom is now chaotic. “How do you get here?”
“Hey. I think it would be reassuring if Oppa just came. “Your brother introduced you to the Paul Gather top, right?”
“As long as the gunner comes, we have nothing to be afraid of! Even though there are ten arcane peaks, I am not afraid at all! ha ha ha!”
“But the important thing is that my brother is not coming. “If you said you were coming, wouldn’t you have sent us a letter in advance?”
“That’s also true.”
The three felt regretful about Ren’s absence and waited for the coming war between merchants.
* * *
“Hey!”
“Kuhung!!”
– Me!!
“I mean let’s go quickly, man.”
“Crrrm”
– A guy without a father.
“what? “This bastard.”
To get to Red Pill quickly, you had to cross the mountain, but to do that, you couldn’t ride a horse.
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So, he visited the gray wolf tribe living in the mountains along the route and brought back the largest and strongest wolf there.
“Crrr!! Karakkakka… !”
– This is a mistake! Habitually… !
As I grabbed the guy’s mane as if I was going to pull all his hair out, he made an excuse.
“Actually, the right time is the worst. okay?”
“Crung… … .”
I feel sorry for this guy for suddenly dragging me along, but what can I do? My situation is urgent right now.
Since getting married last year and rescuing the Gray Wolf tribe from the snakes, they have now established themselves in the mountains and are acting as their masters.
Isn’t it all thanks to me? Now that I think about it, there’s nothing to be sorry about.
“I can see it over there.”
Redpil, a huge city visible below the ridge.
Because I took a shortcut by riding a wolf, I arrived really quickly.
“I was thinking of sending a letter, but even if I had sent it, I probably wouldn’t have received it anyway because I would have arrived first.”
“Crumbling.”
– I’m dying from exhaustion.
“If you go, I’ll feed you a lot of meat, so just hang in there a little longer.”
“Karak! Kak! Kak!”
– You have to give me a cow! Not pigs! cow!
“Why do you argue like this when you can just eat anything? Anyway… … . “I’ll buy you what you want, so cheer up.”
There is enough money anyway. I received money for my work in the North, and this time, Rosaria also gave me a huge amount of gold as a token of gratitude. A few cows, maybe.
‘But these probably didn’t touch your mother or Lesia, right?’
It is said that Full Gather is opposed to Arcane, but does it really mean that it has touched my family?
‘If even one fingertip is hurt, I’ll just have to turn it all over.’
With that in mind, Ren headed to the Red Pill.