25. The Good, the Bad, and the Weird
The conditions for this promotion request Kayle explained were as follows.
1. The warrior chooses one position. It doesn’t matter if you’re a warrior, a wizard, or a cleric, but you can’t change your choice during the quest.
2. The hero must hide his identity during the quest, and can only use the ability of the position he has decided on, and can only use that power to the extent that he looks like a silver-class adventurer.
3. In a situation where the above conditions are satisfied, the hero must fulfill his role as a party member, not as a party leader, and details and party members will be revealed on the day the request is executed.
When I saw the details as if they had been prepared in advance, a feeling of displeasure surged in my head.
This is the place where horses are requested for promotion. The hero, who had been playing around without paying attention to others in the Daeshinjeon, came to the city and wrapped his actions in a good way.
In addition, it showed a willingness to adapt to the current world situation through the form of a request. In this way, a bait was thrown from the upper line to the conflicting moves.
Unreasonable and malicious conditions even for a promotion request. Will the hero accept this request meekly, or will he play a game? They must be trying to find out the hero’s disposition through that reaction.
[Let’s change the contents of the quest. The new promotion quest is to cut the head of the guild leader.]
[Are you crazy?]
[No, think about it. If I put a knife to your throat and threaten you, can you refuse anything I ask?]
The adventurer’s guild is a global military organization, and its influence on the continent is great, but we have already turned our body into a large-scale war.
Besides, because of the uniqueness of being a warrior, they cannot openly oppose us. If you don’t want to be labeled as a minion of the Demon King.
There was a warrior who declared the king of a certain country as the demon king, killed the demon king, and then seized the throne. Once a hero committed an act of depravity, there was no limit to his actions.
[Carbal! Do you dare to challenge the hero’s choice?]
[I-I’m sorry, but I’m not a religious person, so your authority doesn’t matter to me? Besides, you should know how to stop your master if he falls into the wrong path, you bastard!]
[Go, treachery, what kind of absurd stigma…]
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[Since ancient times, if you are a true loyalist, you must also know how to speak directly to your master with the feeling of spitting poison! Just like me!]
The Holy Sword was stunned by the verbal abuse that I was a loyalist and you were a crook. After a moment of silence, the warrior’s hand came down and stroked my handle.
“Ai, cute.”
What is it, did I just receive love? Of course, the handle was sealed, so I didn’t feel any touch.
[Profit······! See you next time!]
Why are you disassembling again? I hope you stop saying lines like a third-rate villain.
Anyway, the hero’s promotion request has already been confirmed. Now, if you want to overturn the hero’s request, like I said, you’ll have to kill the head of the adventurer’s guild.
This strictness, regardless of social status and no exceptions, was the reason the adventurer’s guild had been able to maintain its neutral position. Although I can’t shake the feeling that some parts are inefficient.
Well, what can I do? It seems that the hero has already made his decision, but if so, I have only one thing to say.
[This is the quest you chose. Endure it with evil.]
[You are the one who said something sinister!]
*
An adventurer’s guild day like no other. While the adventurers were talking loudly at the tavern on the first floor, the door burst open.
In-young, wearing a robe, entered. Her face was not visible, but her short, slender figure suggested that the subject was not very old.
“What, why are there so many new recruits these days?”
“Leave it alone. I won’t be able to go far anyway, so I’ll run away crying.”
However, not many adventurers were interested in the figure. In-young ignored her nasty joke and stuck her ass in a corner of her bar.
I’m not like other adventurers, ordering a drink and peeling the nogari, and I’m not hanging around in front of the request board. She was just sitting there blankly.
“That, over there…”
The purpose of such an adventurer was usually one. When waiting for other colleagues to carry out a quest together.
How bruised she must have been. A shadow fell over the table in the corner where In-young was sitting. When In-yeong looked up, she was scratching her head by a large, good-looking warrior.
“Are you the mage who will subdue the orc colony with me this time?”
Yes. In this quest, the position the hero chose was neither a warrior nor a priest, but a wizard. With just a single hit with a sword or divine power, he would die, so there was no choice.
Compared to that, magic had a strong auxiliary character. Until now, because the hero was so strong without assistance, there were few opportunities to use magic, but even so, the skill was real.
Magic is invisible, so it’s best to pray in the middle of nowhere.
“Hey?”
No, but why is this nobleman as stiff as a stone statue? The hero who flinched a step later looked at his warrior and nodded slowly.
I was hanging on the warrior’s waist right now. Of course, since my appearance is so famous, I remain hidden under the robe. The Holy Sword that sprinkles light couldn’t even come with it.
It was nice to tease the holy sword left alone, but uh. Wouldn’t it have been better if I was left alone? I can already hear the creaking.
“hahahaha, you seem to be the quiet type.”
“·······.”
“Ha ha ha. Then shall we go over there? Others have already come and are waiting for you.”
When the sweaty warrior pointed in one direction, the warrior stood up. We left the Adventurer’s Guild and entered a nearby tool shop.
“What is this thirty silver coins? I buy a lot, but give me a little more!”
“If you’re not going to buy it, go!”
“That’s true, Grandpa. If you treat regulars like this, your business will be ruined!”
There, a young woman wearing a hood and an old man presumed to be the owner of a tool store were using a pickaxe.
“Isn’t it a bit noisy? hahahaha, since my colleague is so eccentric… Please wait for a moment.”
Soon after a desperate struggle, a woman who achieved the feat of sharpening a quiver and various tools for 1 silver coin and 50 copper coins approached us. Seeing her face, I was shocked.
The beauty is closer to an elaborately modeled 3D character than a real human. Above all, the ears that are exposed through the hood. That woman was a fairy.
“Taka, is this guy the colleague you’re going to be doing the quest with? It looks insincere.”
“That, Layla. Speak softly… If I should introduce myself now, I’m Taka, I’m a warrior, and this one.”
“I am Layla. An excellent warrior, a ranger, and a follower of the sun.”
As you can see, the red-haired fairy girl had a hot personality. It is said that he is not cheap. I wanted to dig out the eyes that looked down on that person beautifully, but I held back for now.
I’m not a psychopath who catches and kills everyone just because I’m wrong. Above all, the group assignment, no, the request hasn’t even started yet, but I can’t do that already.
“······Wizard.”
The warrior also opened his mouth. Due to the power of the mask she had received for her request, her voice was mutated.
As if the sound was annoying, the fairy flipped the warrior’s robe over. If she tried to stop the hero, she would be able to stop it, but for some reason she stayed still.
Of course, even if the robe is turned back, the face inside is covered by a mask, so it’s the same that you can’t see it.
“Are you even advertising that I am suspicious? Taka! I wondered why the two of us suddenly put someone else in a request that was enough for us.”
“Ugh… But you know. It was the adventurer’s guild’s ‘recommendation’ that saved my companion.”
Anyway, it seemed like the two of them had always been together. Even while the hero and I stared blankly at the sight, the argument continued.
“And this person doesn’t seem that bad either…”
“Ha? What are you talking about? What’s wrong with the suspiciously wrapped up body?”
It was an inevitable measure to cover the hero’s identity. Anyone would have noticed her true identity if they saw her unique, dazzling white blonde hair or her jet-black eyes filled with stars.
“Still, being too rude to a colleague with whom you’re going to work together…”
“Hey, big. Okay, look away.”
The warrior by her name, Takara, was not worth it, and she was swung around in front of a fiery, angry fairy. Layla shoved him and stepped forward with a sharp shot.
“Looking at the guild yelling at our party, it looks like it has a bit of a backlash, but I don’t know what the purpose is, but it’s better not to do anything suspicious.”
With that said, Layla spread her stigmatized palms at us. What are you implying?
“Unless you want to end up being a well-roasted skewer on my fire arrows.”
Ah, judging from the twinkling stigma of the sun, it must have been some kind of show of force. Of course, it’s not at all intimidating, but rather cute.
What a shame! Since I decided to stay quiet for this request, I barely managed to hold back the burst of laughter. What a threat to a warrior like that!
It’s like a candle threatening to burn a volcano. There was such an overwhelming difference between that fairy and the hero. Whether in martial arts or in divinity.
“Hey, Layla. Now stop······.”
“Huh.”
With a light snort, the fairy turned around and walked out of the tool shop. That’s not cheap. While I muttered inwardly, the warrior came to us and groaned.
“Ugh, sorry. Leila isn’t such a bad kid, but maybe she’s sensitive these days.”
Well, one thing is for sure. This party sucks.
One year is arrogant, probably because he received home education as a world tree, and one guy looks good in character, but is too weak and withdrawn. He is the worst to have as an ally either way.
“What are you doing! If you’re not going to buy anything, get out of here!”
As I was being chased away by the tool shop owner’s shout, I sneakily inspected the hero’s appearance. The hero had been silent again since he had spit out the word ‘wizard’ earlier.
His face was covered by a mask, and now he was restraining himself as much as possible, so I couldn’t read the warrior’s expression even when I was close to him.
Why did the hero accept such a playhouse-like request? There was no Holy Sword to ask about the hero, so I just kept quiet and guessed in my mind.