Information Guild
“flaw.”
A rough breath came out.
It was not due to fatigue, but it came out of its own accord to cool the heated body from excitement.
I’m not doing my best, but I can’t remember how many people I’ve defeated so far, I’ve been fighting non-stop to get here.
Well, it was a one-sided violation that was too embarrassing to call it a fight.
“mum… … !”
Cacan!
I swung the knife right at the guy who suddenly jumped out, but it was unexpectedly blocked.
Looking at the face, it was a familiar face.
“Kirk, right?”
“What’s my name?!”
I remember that he was a member of the Golden Bird Guild, but it wasn’t to the extent that I couldn’t deal with him.
After splitting the sword a few times, I roughly drove it into the wall and headed forward again.
After that, a few more guys similar to Kirk appeared, but they met the same ending.
Even though the Golden Bird Guild was an information guild that valued stealth, its own combat power was not inferior.
It is because you have to have power to protect the information you hold.
But even so, for me it was just a pointless target for venting my anger.
Quaang!
After kicking the last door open, I walked over and sat down on the sofa.
As if he had been waiting, the person sitting across from him lightly waved his glass and said,
“The intruder can be shameless.”
“Because I’m not the type to notice in other people’s houses.”
I came this far without a single wound, but I still felt a little tired.
As I was catching my breath for a moment, a drinking glass slipped from the other side.
Without hesitation, I immediately grabbed the glass, drank it in, put it back on the table, and examined his face.
However, its face was covered with a crude iron mask.
Her face was hidden so meticulously that her voice was also blocked by the mask, making it difficult to guess her age.
“Did you hear the business?”
“Guild acceptance, it was already out of fashion 50 years ago. Besides, I don’t know what they’re trying to do with the use of force.”
“I’m sorry. I was in a bad mood and wanted to move my body. I beat you up enough, so will you forgive me?”
“I wouldn’t even step forward if it was only going to be resolved with words.”
Galera, the head of the Golden Bird Guild, lit a cigarette and put it through the hole near her mouth and sighed.
The acrid smoke lingered in the air for a moment, and Galera spoke again with her head tilted crookedly.
“If you covet this guild that much, will you cut my throat? Seemingly, I knew all about this to the point of being strange, so I wondered why I needed it.”
“I want you, who has grown this guild to this point. You know that the Golden Bird Guild is just a side bridge, right?”
“There was no information that he liked indigo.”
Galera chuckled and took another sip of her cigarette.
I also laughed at the confidence that was not befitting the attitude of a person who destroyed his guild.
I opened the space expansion bag, took out a heavy bundle, put it on the table, and pushed it toward Galera.
“You mean you want to buy a guild? I don’t even know what to say, but I have no intention of selling it unless it’s for a tolerable amount.”
I made a chin gesture, telling me to stop talking and check, and Galera, who couldn’t read her expression, boldly untied the bundle as if tearing off the knot… … I just stopped holding my hand.
“You, the alternate identity… … .”
“That’s what you, the information guild, need to find out. You’re not trying to say that you’re incompetent to the point of not knowing yet, are you?”
I took a more relaxed posture with my arms crossed on the back of the sofa.
Galera looked at me, unable to hide the embarrassment she felt even beyond the mask, and soon dropped her gaze to the object on the table.
It was none other than a human head.
“If I’m not remembering it wrong… … It looks like the face of the leader of the Four Dark Alliance.”
“If you want to know the truth, I will contact you soon, so wait a little bit.”
As soon as I could say it, someone rushed inside with a sound of hasty running.
“Guild leader! It’s a big deal!”
“Did you bring any news about this guy?”
“omg?! uh, how… … !”
When I showed him the head on the table, he looked in disbelief, and Galera nodded and sent his men back outside.
Galera sucked the cigarette from the hole and extinguished it, pulling it out roughly and driving it into an ashtray.
“Why did you bring this all the way here? Are you trying to threaten to kill someone like me at any time?”
“I told you. Did you come to the reception? This guy is the person you guys hate the most.”
Dark Alliance.
Literally an alliance of four dark guilds, it was a group that controlled the back world of Rogarden.
It’s a bit grandiose, but in the end, it was a group of guys who live on people’s backs.
Even so, when the crisis of the world shut up, the garbage that says I don’t know.
Hitting the head here does not mean that the future will go badly. No, I don’t know if it helps.
However, it was certain that it was one of the current Rogarden forces, and its influence could not be ignored.
The Golden Bird Guild was also in a position to notice their shadows, and because of that, they were unable to expand their forces any further.
In other words, what I brought was the best gift for the Golden Bird Guild.
“I will make sure that you guys become the best information guild. Instead, ask for the information I want from under me.”
“It’s a very simple request after taking over a guild. If that’s the case, isn’t cooperation enough?”
“What do I believe in you guys?”
“Then what the hell am I looking at to dedicate the guild to you? strong force? If that was the case, I would have already bowed my head to this guy.”
Do you think there is a strong force?
Even though they were clearly at a disadvantage, they did not want to back down.
That’s why I chose it.
I briefly tapped the table, then spread my fingers one by one and continued my conversation calmly.
“I want three things. First, more accurate and faster information than anyone else, second, absolute trust that does not tell lies, and third, an excellent sense of which line to stand in.”
He folded two of his extended fingers and pointed at his head, which was still sitting on the table, with only his index finger.
“There are any number of suitable information guilds. It’s just that you were the first to notice me. I could go find another guild, but in that case, wouldn’t it be natural to trample on the competitor?”
“Is this a threat after all? If it’s like that, take it as you like… … .”
“What is the purpose of creating this guild? What is the goal of expanding the guild? Would you just risk your life for something so trivial, Gilbert?”
“… … !”
When Galera heard her real name, she almost jumped out of her seat, shaking for the first time.
It was a scene I had seen many times, so I sat calmly and added a few words as I always did.
“The Mad Knight of Fire is in the North.”
“How could you do that… … !”
“The ‘how’ doesn’t matter. The truth is more important. You didn’t even have to look for eyewitness stories of a knight whose whole body was burning. Wouldn’t it be a story if we were waiting for it to cool down in the northern ice caps and wait for it to settle down?”
“Did you just say it as a simple guess?”
I just shrugged my shoulders without answering. Regardless of the veracity of my words, this was Galera’s only hope.
A beast that burned his hometown and lover, and even made his face sore.
Galera created the Golden Bird Guild to chase the monster called the Mad Fire Knight.
However, for over 10 years, he couldn’t find even the smallest traces, and he became so pessimistic because it was difficult to expand the guild anymore.
It was also through the Fire Knight that I first came to know Galera. After defeating it with difficulty, he suddenly came to say thank you and said to tell me anytime if you need help.
Since then, it has faithfully been my limbs. At that time, though, the force was considerably reduced.
When I didn’t defeat the fire knight, I attacked with that force and was annihilated.
The hatred was so great that he almost gave up, but when he learned of its existence, he recklessly attacked it.
“sh*t… … .”
A person who knows such a past and delivers a plausible clue to the Mad Fire Knight appeared.
In addition, the obstacles to guild expansion were removed.
Even if the proposal takes the form of obedience, if you know that the essence is nothing but absolute cooperation, then in the end there is only one option.
“good night. cooperate.”
“Do you speak short?”
“As the guild leader, I will serve you.”
“You should continue to take the position of guild leader. I’m not comfortable enough to take care of that. Like this time, I’ll take care of things that the Golden Bird Guild isn’t enough for. I promise you that you won’t regret your choice.”
After saying that, I took out a small piece of paper from my pocket and held it out towards Galera.
“First of all, trace the whereabouts of these two right now. Record each time you move so that I can check where I am at any time.”
The first instructions were, of course, for Douglas and Scarlett. I didn’t want to create any more variables to confront her like this time.
“And make a branch in Findel as soon as possible. I’m on that side, so it’ll be easier for them to keep in touch.”
“I will make it as soon as this thing is sorted out. … … Can I ask just one question?”
I nodded in approval, and Galera opened her mouth, pointing her hard mask at me.
“What is Irvin’s true identity?”
Of course, I would have found out the basic information, but even so, the actions and words I showed would be completely incomprehensible.
A skilled A-class mercenary.
I couldn’t help but wonder because this was all I could find out.
“If you really want to know, find out. If you find out my greatest secret, I will give you a chance to decapitate the Mad Fire Knight.”
“… … !”
Originally, I was planning to entrust it to Rize, so it was a really big concession.
There was no reason Galera wouldn’t pay attention to the fact that he was giving him a chance to take revenge himself.
“But if you show too much enthusiasm and harm me or the people around you… … It would be better to be prepared rather than empty words.”
The first time I spoke with a straight face, I heard the sound of swallowing through the mask.
Then, with a heavy sigh, he opened his mouth again.
“I will give up. I met a person who said he would take revenge instead, but I won’t do anything stupid to blow the whole opportunity.”
“good. that’s my favorite word Let’s do well together in the future.”
When I said that and held out my hand, Galera took it without hesitation.
It was a little more aggressive than usual, but in the end, Galera was taken under his command.
Once you have a relationship, you won’t betray easily, and if you gradually experience the benefits of following me, you will become an absolute ally.
As always, I believed that he would do well this time too.
What I want to do through the Golden Bird Guild is blocking variables.
With the level of his actions so far, there would be no twisting of big events, but he was thinking of figuring out possible variables through the Golden Bird Guild.
It was a kind of insurance, so to speak.
I couldn’t be sure that Rise’s existence, which could be said to be the biggest variable in the current world, wouldn’t affect the world.
so… … I had no choice but to be careful in this way.
* * *
The town of Raw Garden, in front of a fountain.
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“My lady, please.”
“sister… … How long are you going to repeat what you said earlier?”
“Because I am anxious.”
Rize’s eyes narrowed at Irina’s calm expression.
No matter how much I liked her next to my dad, sometimes I was a little tired at times like this.
Either that or not, Irina repeated the request she had made several times, even if she was hated.
“I’m going to meet someone for a while, very briefly. So just be quiet here for five minutes. If you are hungry or thirsty, you can eat what we bought in advance. Lady, please, please don’t get out of here unless it’s an emergency.”
“If you had gone while you kept saying the same thing, you would have already come back, sister.”
“It’s okay if we leave now, it’s right on time for our appointment. I really will go, so remember what I said.”
Rize nodded her weak head, and Irina turned her head sideways and opened her mouth again.
“Martin, please take care of the lady.”
“Do not worry. If something happens, I will definitely protect Rize.”
“Yes, please.”
Irina, who left a tragic scene as if going to a battlefield, looked at Rize with a vague look. Actually, Rize waved her hand with a calm face, and Irina quickly flew away and disappeared into the crowd.
“Ah.”
Rize put a piece of bread in her mouth among the food piled up next to her, took another with a happy expression, and held it aside as if she had suddenly remembered it.
“Do you want to eat too?”
“No, I am fine.”
Martin waved his hand, calming his slightly flushed cheeks.
As expected, Martin couldn’t let the opportunity to be alone with him go to waste, so Martin brought out a slightly tense voice.
“But I am surprised. I knew Rize would run away right away.”
“Because Irina told me to stay calm. I don’t want to cause you any concern.”
Even though she was like a tomboy, Rize showed a much more mature side at times like this.
Martin stared blankly at it, as if possessed by something.
“It’s not fun because I’m not watching with my dad… … .”
However, the next words brought him to his senses, and he shook his head as if he was ashamed of himself.
The moment Lize, who seemed completely unaware of Martin’s intentions, brought the bread back to her mouth.
“… … screaming.”
Rize, whose expression hardened in an instant, stared at one spot, and Martin made a puzzled expression.
“uh? I’m nothing, Lee, Rize?!”