Episode 46.
Fortunately, there were no casualties among the villagers of Lugi.
The vitality is gone, and the body has no strength.
After confirming that everyone was fine, I approached Lord Deor.
“Could you keep silent about the fact that I drove out the demons?”
“That is impossible. Since the matter is an issue, I have to report it.”
also.
“Rather than that, do you know what an organization with that strange power is?”
Lord Deor seems to doubt me. I understand. I also have strange powers.
“Honestly, this is the first organization I have ever seen. But I think I know one purpose.”
“For what purpose?”
“I hear that they want to bring in the demons and cause chaos.”
Sir Deor drooling.
“It is a dangerous organization. Besides, even actually summoning demons…”
“Still, the deal with the demons failed.”
“Everyone in it is dead, but if there are any living…”
The danger is not over yet.
It seemed that a suspicious organization was plotting dangerous things.
“Come to think of it···.”
I remembered what I had heard from the Sword Saint before.
“Noblesse, a street performer.”
“yes? What is it?”
“I heard that a street performance troupe called Noblesse uses strange abilities like me.”
A performance troupe that disappeared from one day ten years ago. It was clear that it had something to do with this incident.
“You’d better get wanted right away.”
“Yes, as far as I know, they said they suddenly disappeared ten years ago.”
If they are the identity of this organization, why are they doing this?
Somehow I guessed. I heard the story through the owner of the exorcism sword.
I was able to figure out exactly what the story was about to unfold.
‘Somehow, those with special powers left for the Pandemonium, and those who remained must have been ostracized.’
Basically, those with combat abilities went over to the Pandemonium, and the remaining ones would have abilities that were not much different from combat.
Taking this as an opportunity, those without special abilities would have rebelled. Hunting those with special abilities.
‘Those who have this special ability must have been reduced to commoners or slaves.’
I think they are trying to regain their lost status, ‘nobility’.
Or maybe the goal is to destroy the world out of simple grudge.
Lord Deor spoke to me and awakened my thoughts.
“Why did you disappear ten years ago?”
“Oh, I don’t even know that far. I guess it’s also necessary to find people who know about Noblesse.”
“all right. You’d better get out of here as soon as you have a report.”
“yes.”
Sir Deor hurriedly gathered the investigation team.
Since the demons appeared, it was not something to be taken lightly.
So I had to go back quickly.
I also agreed to that.
‘Because I want to go home quickly and see Haru too.’
I left the party on the same day, and thanks to taking a minimum of rest, I was able to quickly arrive at the free city I was begging for.
Sir Deor took my hand and spoke.
“Thank you very much. If it wasn’t for you, Hans, we would surely be dead.”
“I was lucky.”
and broke up
I went home with Patrick. As I approached the house, I felt something running towards me.
it was har Haru ran up to me and hugged me.
I held Haru in my arms.
“Oh, I missed you so much.”
Soon, Har put his snout into my arms and took the snack I bought and got away from me.
“Ah… Har, the nose is really nice.”
It was a snack I bought for Har.
Feeling a little sad, I went inside the house.
Inside the house, Number 1’s party was sweating and resting.
“Are you here!”
“Oh, you’ve been working pretty hard, haven’t you?”
The sudden return did not surprise me, it seems that he is working hard.
I told them
“Today’s work can end here! You can go home and rest!”
Then, Number Wan’s party rejoices and packs their belongings. disappeared with great speed.
“Now I should rest too.”
I couldn’t get a proper rest after the battle. My whole body was exhausted, and my head ached.
I thought I would just sleep for a few days.
I collapsed on the bed and went to sleep.
***
“Master, this is great!”
I woke up to Patrick’s voice. I slept when it was light, but it was still bright.
It seems that he slept all day.
“What is the jackpot?”
“I entered the meeting to raise Master’s mercenary rank.”
what did i just hear Raising my mercenary rank?
The current mercenary grade diamond. There is only one more. black grade.
There are less than 10 black-ranked mercenaries in existence.
“What are you talking about!”
“The guild heard that the master drove out the demons.”
As far as I know, to go from diamond to black doesn’t require only skill.
Achievements are set up and promoted through meetings within the guild.
For now, he’s in a meeting, said Patrick.
“I hope you don’t get promoted.”
“yes···? Why? It’s black grade. There are less than ten people in the world.”
“Think of me as being black.”
The concentration of the public is a natural fact. Besides, like Patrick, he may come to you to become your disciple.
Or, there are cases where people who want to engage in sparring come to visit.
“As a disciple, my shoulders will go up!”
I quickly hit Patrick on the top of his head.
“It sounds like you’re getting tired differently from your current life.”
“It can’t be helped. It is the fate of a person with power.”
It was an answer that made me sigh.
First of all, at the meeting, I had to ask for my promotion to be put on hold.
“Anyway, why are these guys so late?”
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Number One’s party was unusually late.
Haru seemed bored as he didn’t have the number wan he used to play with.
“Should I go down?”
I don’t think these guys came late on purpose. It was because he was diligent while working.
I decided to go down to the freedom city I was begging for.
“Harya, come to work!”
I picked up Har, who slowly approached me, and put him in my arms and went down to the free city I was begging for.
“hmm···.”
The freedom city that I was struggling with was the same as when. There was no sign of anything happening in the city.
“Did you really run away?”
I thought the intensity of the work and the salary were properly taken care of.
I thought you would never run away.
“Where the hell have these guys gone?”
I headed to the street where I first saw them. After all, Number Wan’s party was not there.
After thinking about it for a moment, I didn’t think Number-Wan would have run away without a word.
It was clear that he was caught up in something.
“He’s a native of this place, so he’s nowhere to go, and there’s no way he would have run away from me without a word.”
I wandered the streets recklessly. Just in case, one of Numberwan’s companions might find it.
“None either.”
I searched all over the street, but I couldn’t find it.
“Have you ever crossed paths?”
It may be simple perception.
The moment I went down, Numberwan and the others must have been coming up.
Thinking so put my mind at ease.
“Shall we go back?”
The moment I turned around, I felt a presence approaching me urgently.
After confirming the presence, I couldn’t help but panic.
A woman I had never seen before was approaching me crying.
“Mercenary, please help!”
“yes···?”
“My brother was kidnapped by a monster.”
The woman pulling my pants dance.
“Calm down first, and speak slowly.”
“My brother was kidnapped by a monster while climbing a mountain with his friends for work.”
Are you climbing a mountain with your friends?
I hoped.
“Could your brother’s name be…”
“It’s Number One.”
Also what happened I hurriedly got the woman up.
“I will find you. Have you heard anything about the monster that kidnapped Number One?”
There are quite a few monsters that kidnap people.
But there is one problem.
There is usually only one case where a monster kidnaps a human. food right away.
“I haven’t heard anything. I just heard that you were kidnapped by a monster.”
There were two cases. Leave them alive or kill them.
Whatever it was, it was clear that it was urgent. You shouldn’t delay like this.
“Did you hear which way you went?”
“yes!”
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Number-Wan’s sister showed me the side road Number-Wan frequented.
I ran right away as instructed.
As I was running, Thoth spotted me.
“Oh, look! Your promotion to black rank is almost certain.”
“There is no time. There are times when you need to go quickly.”
“I can’t do that. Now you have to come to the guild. If he doesn’t come, the black mercenary promotion will be put on hold.”
“Yes, yes.”
In the first place, I had no desire to become a black mercenary.
More than that, Number Wan’s party is more important.
I passed Thoth and ran back to where Numberwan and the others might be.
“Look!”
I heard Thoth’s cry from behind, urgently trying to stop me, but it went in one ear.
Climbing the mountain path, I found the place where Number 1’s party must have been devastated.
“Is it here?”
It is an artificially disturbed place. I must have been devastated here.
I found traces of them being dragged. And I quickly found a trace.
“…”
As we followed the trail, we saw a cave. That must be the place.
I spread mana and grasped the situation inside.
“Excluding Number Wan and his party, there are three… four.”
But it was strange.
Contrary to what I heard, it was not a sign of a monster.
“Are you mistaken that your brother was kidnapped by bandits?”
The presence felt inside must be human.
I slowly approached the cave.
The presence was kept to a minimum.
‘As expected, he’s human.’
He looked more like an armed mercenary than a bandit.
Sensing something was wrong with my sister’s words, I approached them and stunned them without killing them.
Then he approached Numberwan’s group, who were tied up.
“uh? Brother, are you here soon?”
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Number One’s words, which seem to have no sense of danger.
It’s embarrassing. Was Number One’s courage good?
“No, putting aside the black mercenary’s promotion and coming to save us.”
Something was out of the ordinary.
Those who fainted in mercenary outfits woke up.
“It happened in an instant. He is also a diamond mercenary. No, are you a black mercenary now?”
I couldn’t understand the current situation at all.
Just in case, I asked Number Wan.
“Do you have any sisters?”
“No, I am an only child.”
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Number Wan’s sister, who couldn’t exist, asked me for help.
And why does Number One know about my black mercenary’s promotion?
“no way···.”
Heavy breathing and applause began to be heard from the entrance of the cave.
It was Thoth.
“You are very fast. Anyway, congratulations.”
“Yeah… what?”
“What is it? A promotion to black mercenary.”
I must have refused
“The black mercenary is the face of the mercenary guild. Would you use such a face if you put your own honor ahead of people?”
“Then, the current situation is…”
“It was a test for black mercenaries.”
I thought something was strange.
How the hell did my sister know?
A city dweller was kidnapped by a monster, but why didn’t Toth, the leader of the mercenary guild, know?
The moment I realized something, I was frustrated.
“Then… I… Now… I’m a black mercenary.”
Everyone around clapped and cheered.
In it, I was silently frustrated.