210 – Couple Mercenary Corps (2)
After deciding to listen to the request, the moment Harold was about to say the request, a loud growl sounded from his stomach, so Chester and Monia went first. I was told to eat breakfast.
“I pay today for the money I paid yesterday.”
“…… It’s not something I wanted to pay for.”
“Huh?”
“Oh, no. He, thank you, I will eat.”
Yesterday, when Chester showed the same expression he showed before turning the table over, Harold, who shrank, quietly ordered a meal.
This morning at this lodging, which is quite good, is a thick meat soup that feels slightly thick, fluffy and warm white bread with a thin coating of butter on the surface, and 6 kinds of vegetables including cherry tomatoes and lettuce. Salad with eggs and sauce.
As much as the price is the price, the quality of the taste was high enough to be evaluated, and Monia, who ate meals in this inn for the first time, knelt down on her knees and cried.
After that incident, for some reason, when serving meals at this inn, I tend to give Monia’s a little more portion or pay a little more attention… Monia said she liked it, saying she didn’t care about embarrassing things and had more to eat.
It’s good to have more to eat with just one tear!
“Oh, this is pretty good.”
Harold finished his meal with his mouth that couldn’t open properly due to his swollen cheeks, and then opened his mouth again.
“So, I would like to request a request.”
“Yes, yes. What kind of request is it?”
“As I said yesterday, I believe that blacksmiths must change as much as the whole era changes. Cannons and guns will rule the world, but we can’t just make armor and swords forever!”
As technology develops, the face of war changes rapidly. The era in which knights occupy the position of the most powerful means of attack in war will quickly pass.
So, Harold believed that in order for a blacksmith to survive in the age to come, he had to be equipped with something that could be used in the age to come.
“So I looked to the past.”
“The past while looking at the future?”
“All great things come from the past! Aren’t I also born with the blood of my ancestors!”
‘Are you trying to wrap yourself up as something great?’
“And I came to a conclusion.”
Harold said firmly.
“If ancient artifacts can be reproduced with modern technology, they will be able to fully demonstrate their power in the changing times ahead!”
Chester looked at Anubis.
Certainly, I don’t know what a gun is, but when it comes to cannons, compared to Anubis, Anubis will be treated as a much more powerful weapon.
‘You’re going to reproduce something like this with modern technology?’
Is that possible?
“So, regarding the request, did you know that there is an ancient ruin around here?”
At Harold’s words, Chester and Monia looked at each other and said.
“What is that?”
“People call it the ruins of the 13 heroes because there are 13 huge stone statues, but sometimes something like a very sharp knife comes out of them.”
Harold said with a serious expression. His face was like a potato trampled by a wagon wheel, but his expression was serious.
“A rusted knife that has not been maintained for a long time can cut through an ingot of steel. Does this make sense?”
“Um.”
“Uh.”
Common sense makes no sense for a sword in such poor condition to cut through an ingot of steel, but Chester and Monia, who knew Anubis, thought otherwise.
‘Isn’t that impossible?’
Such a strange trust was created just by the fact that it was an object from an ancient ruin.
“A mess like that has that kind of power? Then, what would it be like if it were a normal object?”
“That would be great.”
“Yes! That must be awesome!”
“By the way, are there any other dangers to the ruins?”
“Uh, sometimes there are monsters that look like humans, but other than that, there is no big problem.”
“… ….”
“… ….”
As Chester and Monia’s eyes grew cold, Harold hurriedly spoke his words.
“Request fee! I’ll give you this much commission! How is it!”
“Hmm.”
“Please help! Please!”
“Can’t we just order another mercenary?”
“Others don’t have trust! At least, I’m talking to you because you seem like a mercenary who made a deal with the Golden Thrush Merchant!”
“Ah, I see.”
Mercenaries are rogue ships. Although angry at what Harold said yesterday, Chester didn’t deny it either. There were very few mercenaries with good character.
Among such mercenaries, finding a mercenary that can be trusted even a little bit is rumors about who that mercenary made a deal with, and who solved someone’s request! It is not a mercenary, but a mercenary is evaluated with the evaluation of the person or group who commissioned the mercenary.
Of course, there are many cases where a mercenary who shows strong reliability and a good attitude to a strong force turns into a rogue ship for a personal request, but this was the best way to determine it.
It is difficult to judge based on the rumors of an individual mercenary… The mercenaries bluffed so well and lied so much that there were so many messed up rumors that I couldn’t believe them.
Harold followed such a general mercenary identification method and found Chester and Monia, who had heard rumors that he had resolved the request of the Golden Thrush Merchant who stopped by this village.
“By the way, is there anyone who manages the ruins?”
“Uh, the government manages it, right? It was neglected at the beginning of the discovery, but as dangerous weapons were unearthed there, management began several years ago.”
“…… So you can’t go in?”
Monia said with an absurd expression. Then Harold said confidently.
“You can sneak in!”
“Is this crazy now? Where do you implicate people in crime?”
Chester clenched his fist to beat Harold once more.
“No, kidding! Just joke! In fact, you can get in by giving back money to the soldiers who manage it!”
“Ah.”
“Everyone who has a job that requires weapons goes in pretending not to be. Sometimes knights and even soldiers who manage the ruins go inside to pick up weapons.”
The escort nodded in agreement, then frowned for a moment.
“If it’s such a good weapon, I think I’ll get it and use it somehow, but why didn’t I see it?”
“Yes? What?”
“The Golden Thrush Merchant escorts don’t use weapons like that.”
“Ah… That’s right, golden thrushes have to care about their appearance for the sake of fame and reputation. No matter how good the performance is, isn’t it a bad image to use old and rusty things at the top?”
Chester nodded her head in agreement and looked at Monia.
“Monia, what do you want to do? I want to go?”
“Hmm. Wouldn’t it be dangerous? It is an ancient ruin.”
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Monia remembered her pyramid.
I had to go through life-and-death just by dealing with one Anubis in the Pyramid, but I heard that there are many such monsters in the Ruins of the Thirteen Heroes.
Of course, it might be weaker than Anubis as other ruins, but on the contrary, it might be stronger than Anubis.
Overcoming the Pyramid and obtaining Anubis was a great reward, but Monia did not want to take that risk again.
“Oh, that’s fine.”
Harold opened the map of the ruins of the 13 heroes.
“As many people come and go, information flows, so a map was created, and looking at this, you can see that the monsters go around a certain section repeatedly.”
On the map inside the ruins, there was a red line where the monsters were walking.
“You just have to look at this and avoid the monsters!”
This map did not guarantee complete safety, as existing monsters sometimes disappeared and new monsters appeared, but Harold hid that part.
If I say this, Chester and Monia will really not accept the request, and then Harold will be scared and won’t be able to enter the ruins.
I’m trying to save a mercenary because it’s scary to enter the ruins alone, and if the other person is a mercenary, I can abandon them and run away without any remorse.
A mercenary may find an artifact and turn a blind eye to attack himself, but… If that happens, I plan to shoot and kill him with a gun I bought with expensive money.
‘Accept the request quickly!’
While Harold was thinking that to himself, Monia frowned at her.
“Chester.”
“Why?”
“Don’t accept commissions.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. I think he has a bad plan.”
When Monia read Harold’s mood and said that, Chester nodded.
“Okay. I refuse the request.”
“Huh? Oh no, hey?!”
“Now, go. Did you listen to the request?”
Harold, who was kicked out by Chester, looked at the inn with absurd eyes and inevitably grinded his teeth.
However, he was afraid of Chester who had beaten him up yesterday, so he went back to his house without being able to do anything.
Then, a really unexpected luck happened to Harold who returned home.
“Harold. I heard you are looking for mercenaries to go to the ruins by yourself.”
Harold’s father, who usually didn’t respond to Harold’s story, had heard from his subordinates that his son had been beaten up in a mess while looking for mercenaries.
“Don’t go with unreliable mercenaries, go to the ruins with these people. I also told the ruin manager beforehand.”
“Oh, Father!”
“I still don’t understand what you said, and I’m worried that I might be losing my duty as a blacksmith… It must be a father’s job to trust his son who is working hard like this.”
The next morning, Harold took the people his father had saved and headed to the Ruins of the Thirteen Heroes.