12. The Strongest Porter in History
After this and that incident was over, it wasn’t morning, it was lunchtime with the sun rising.
After politely refusing the viscount’s invitation, the hero returned to his room. In his hand was another sword besides ours.
Heilhender. It was something that Viscount Heir gave out as a reward this time. If you listen to the explanation, it is said that it is a treasured sword of their family with quite a historical value.
I don’t know why they’re giving us things like that, and they can’t even talk about swords. You are dropping out
[Would you mind not sleeping more?]
“I’m all awake.”
Even in the midst of the chaos, the warrior’s clothes were clean without a speck of dust. The hero stopped by the room, threw away the Heilhender, the viscount’s treasured sword, and went out on the road.
[Carbal······!]
The holy sword glared at me halfway through, but I just snorted and ignored it. What I’m afraid of is a warrior, not that shiny sword that only hardens as an ability.
“Hero?!”
And where the hero who diligently left the room headed was, of course, the adventurer’s guild.
Seeing that Cale was more surprised than usual when he saw us, it seemed that the hero’s destructive behavior had already reached his ears.
“Request.”
And the hero clearly ignored the reaction of the people around him and only spoke about his business. Hmmm, somehow the hero’s assertiveness seems to have gotten a little stronger?
Certainly, the hero when we first met was helplessly dragged around by me and the holy sword. However, the current warrior was actively expressing his intentions.
Anyway, it was a muffled voice, so I didn’t really feel that way.
“Of course, I know the hero’s skills, but since you completed the quest just yesterday, it’s better to take a break…”
“Request.”
Of course, the power and position she possessed made it impossible for her to be criticized, at least as a habit of talking.
In front of the hero who repeats the same words like a parrot, Cale sweats profusely.
“This is the amount of requests received right now…”
The hero’s eyebrows crooked as he saw the table where the request was placed. Certainly, most of the requests that this level could take on were trivial.
Unless you meet an ogre while robbing goblins like last time, you won’t warm up and it will feel like a pointless waste of time to the hero.
“Is there anything else?”
“Yes. I’m really sorry, but even the hero can’t make an exception.”
This is why the adventurer’s guild system, which is based on credit rather than individual ability, is annoying. I, who had been paying attention to the warrior, opened my mouth to score points.
[There are other requests, right?]
“Hee!”
No, it makes me feel like I’ve become a villain when I’m like that. The warrior’s sullen gaze was fixed on me, so I decided to speak quickly.
[Of course, those are all quests that can be done at the same level, but what about porters?]
“A porter?”
The hero’s ‘unlike a hero’ became an advantage this time. If it were another hero, it would not have been enough to express his anger, but the hero only tilted his head without revealing any antipathy.
“A porter? Ha, but the hero does such a thing…”
[Oh, noisy. Yes or no?]
“I-I do, but…”
Kale then pulled out papers of different textures from under the table. A silver grade request with a different texture. Among them, there were notes attached to them.
Mostly long term or extreme environmental conditions. Since combat personnel alone cannot cover all the burden, additional non-combat personnel are recruited.
“Please understand that I am only in the position of arranging, so I do not have the right to decide on porters. The decision is made by the attendants of the quest.”
[Ah, nothing to worry about.]
As the hero did not stop me even though I kept talking, I became more and more energetic. What word doesn’t suit the magic sword better than reflection? I’ve had enough
[Who could refuse the hero’s request?]
*
“Ji, porter?”
As soon as the hero chose one of the quests, Cale called the attendants of the quest. After lounging around at the bar on the 1st floor of the guild, the attendants of this quest soon appeared.
A party of silver-rated adventurers. The four-person party, consisting of two warriors, one ranger, and one wizard, had no peculiarities except that there was no priest, but the basics seemed solid.
And the young warrior who seemed to be the leader among them, his complexion turned black as soon as he saw the ‘porter’ introduced by Cale.
“Hello.”
There is no announcement of the Great War yet, but our warrior looks so pretty. If you knew her, especially because of her starry cosmic eyes, it would be more difficult not to recognize her.
Looking at Cale with a resentful look, it seemed that this party was well aware of the hero’s reputation.
“Yeah, why would someone as strong as the hero become a porter?”
“Because of the Bronze rating.”
The hero took out his guild card and shook it lightly. Seeing the splendid specs of average ability S+ and representative characteristic S+, the leader’s complexion became even worse than before.
“I-I’m sorry, but…”
It must be burdensome to hire such a person as a porter. After hesitating for a moment, the party leader got out of luck as if he was going to reject us.
[You will accept me as a porter?]
“What is this voice?”
The leader shakes his head to and fro, as if to check who has spoken. Soon, the gaze turned to the warrior’s waist. To be precise, to the black sword hanging from the inside of the waistband.
[Hey, Nara.]
“Hey! M-wasn’t the magic sword sealed?”
[Because a sword this brutal cannot be sealed perfectly. Also, since you don’t know when the black magic will be performed, the hero-nim decided to supervise the sword for the time being.]
Of course, the Holy Sword made desperate excuses to protect the hero’s reputation without me stepping out. Seeing that tearful scene, I giggled.
[Of course I was sealed, but if I still refuse to do this… Ughgyak.]
When his handle was covered with a seal and unable to channel his divine power, the warrior snapped his fingers against his scabbard. I shut my mouth as the resounding shock reached me inside.
However, the members of the adventurer’s party seemed to be more impressed with the performance of the warrior who subdued such a demonic sword overnight than the threat of the demonic sword.
“No, will you help me?”
“Ah, ahahahahaha. Of course I have to help.”
“Zach!”
The young wizard who was watching the situation from behind rebelled against the leader’s arbitrary decision. For reference, it’s a woman.
“Shh, shh. Emily. Come here for a while…”
The other two didn’t react, so the party leader took the wizard to a corner for a while. Their whispering voices could be heard from here.
‘Are you crazy? To accept such a dangerous molecule as a porter.’
‘It can’t be helped. He’s a hero, you don’t know what kind of misfortune will happen if he refuses. Besides, even if you don’t know anything else, that one skill is certain…’
‘Chit, okay.’
Unfortunately, they didn’t seem to know that a warrior’s senses are so good that they can overhear such a flimsy whisper.
Of course, the hero wouldn’t suddenly go wild saying ‘How dare you insult me!’
“By the way, are you really okay with being a porter? As you know, porters don’t get paid properly…”
“I don’t care.”
“In that case, I understand.”
Since it’s a bronze rank in the first place, if you’re not a porter, you can’t even join a silver rank quest.
After it was confirmed that the hero would join, the party leader took out a request from his bosom. It was a copy of what Cale had taken out, but it was crumpled as if he had been touched a lot.
Having spread it out on a suitable table, the leader began to explain. The hero moved his chair closer to see if he was interested, and the party members huddled together in different corners of the table to avoid the hero.
“The silver grade quest we’re going to do this time is a dungeon exploration. It was discovered in the neighboring territory, Viscount Tefer, but we took on the task because the adventurers of Tefer Territory were convened to subdue the ogres.”
Oh, it’s not the guy the hero beat to death.
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“Mmm. I don’t know which era the ruins belonged to, but judging from the size of the ruins and the results of measuring the concentration of magic power, it doesn’t seem to be a very dangerous place. Not to mention, the warrior is with us right now.”
It’s a dungeon! It was a really adventurous word. Come to think of it, the place I died was also a dungeon. Even dragon rarity is classified as a kind of dungeon.
However, as the leader said, there were warriors in this party, and the dungeon that came down with the silver rank request wouldn’t be that dangerous.
If it was a large-scale ruin that really made money, the nobles would have set up a large-scale excavation team instead of the adventurer’s guild.
“Then, right away, let’s go.”
“Yes? Right now?”
“Yes.”
The word dungeon must have aroused the hero’s interest, and the hero jumped up from his seat with a little more enthusiasm than usual.
“Well, what about preparations in advance…?”
“What, ready?”
However, not everyone ran faster than a horse like a warrior, was always clean without washing, and was not always full without eating.
In the end, the start of the quest was postponed to the next day as the wagon was arranged and supplies were prepared. The hero pouted his lips, but it wasn’t something that couldn’t be done.