120. Detection
120.
“Gee, fuck!”
A thick curse word and a glass slammed hard on the table. As if he couldn’t control his mood with that action, the person who spat out abusive language shouted harshly.
“Hey, boss! Bring more drinks!”
The owner of the store who saw that scene flinched. It was obviously a violent action, but he couldn’t stop it.
Certainly, it is difficult for any troll man of enormous build, who must be over four cubits tall, to be restrained.
But besides that, there was another reason why the owner couldn’t step forward.
“Then I will break the table again!”
The voice of a woman giggling in front of me cut through thick curse words. However, contrary to her lively voice, the woman’s appearance was hideous. She didn’t even seem to want to hide the hanging daggers inside her long dress.
As the troll was about to smash the glass down on the table once more, he widened his eyes at the screeching voice.
She was a sight that would frighten even the bravest of people, but the woman sitting in front of her looked at her casually. Rather, it was the trolls that killed the momentum. Said the troll, taking a sip of the drink from his goblet.
“Damn it, how many days has it already been? It’s a month. If an order is issued, what should I do? Lampaid and Shirvane called and went, but the two-year-olds are not far behind, and the captain is in command of us? So I left it and followed you, and you’ve been sitting here for a month without doing anything. Fuck it.”
The woman nodded her head in understanding at the harsh but reasonable protest.
“Still, the person giving the money told me to stay still, so what can I do? Am i good If you do nothing and get paid, isn’t that the best? Let’s think good. Even a month ago, I think I would rather live here in the southern continent than in the desolate plains of the eastern continent. You can enjoy the tropical sea to the fullest.”
At that, the troll let out her roar as if it were absurd. The bronze goblet in her hand was shattered.
“Oh shit…… ! You are a gnome! I don’t know if it’s good for you to play and eat with money, but I’m not!! What’s the fun of being still! Break something to have some fun! So it’s never nice to sit around while calling us!”
“Legash is right, Latia.”
The two men and women looked away at the sudden hoarse voice. A slender human male was sitting at a table in the corner. The man tossed the coin he was holding into the air.
A bright light shimmered with a cheerful sound, but the man’s eyes looking at it were gloomy. The man who grabbed the coin with a light motion continued.
“Isn’t it because they called us, and they called ‘everyone’ at that, for a reason? There is a price to pay for calling us, but not using them after calling us is also a loss in terms of efficiency. Will definitely use us. But what does it mean to wait like this?”
The man stopped his words and tapped the table with a coin. I glanced at the troll and gnome as if waiting for an answer, but all I could get was their gazes urging the man to answer. The man shrugged his shoulders and spoke again.
“There is something. Even if it puts us on standby for a long time, there is something we should ‘definitely’ hold on to.”
The troll said with a slightly surprised look on his face.
“What the fuck. Was it like that? I thought you were calling me just to make money.”
Then the gnome looked at the troll for a moment as if he was bewildered.
“Hmm…… , Ben Yago, have you heard anything? Aren’t you the one with the highest rank now?”
Benya Go slurred his words.
“Well… ….”
Benyago, who seemed to be pondering something for a moment, then slowly rose from his seat. He picked up the two longswords that had been leaning against his chair. As he stood up, the troll Legash and the gnome Latia also stood up.
Although virtually the only guests left, the owner could feel relieved.
If a man with two longswords, a troll with a Morgenstern the size of his head, and a gnome with at least a dozen daggers under his clothes are leaving, perhaps the owner of another shop would have thought so. Something to do.
The owner turned his gaze to the seat where the slender human man had been sitting. He was at least trying to clean up a less messy spot. As the owner approached, something sparkling came into his eyes.
It was the coin the human was flipping.
The three of them left the bar and slowly started walking from the back of the alley toward the main street. The three people walking were silent.
Suddenly, a strange sense of incongruity began to surround the three of them. It was the kind of discomfort that you could notice if you paid close attention.
However, the three did not show any unusual behavior. As if familiar, it was just moving slowly.
Suddenly, several people were walking beside the three of them. The routes of their emergence were diverse. There were liquor stores in the alley, shadowy walls in the alley, and some who woke up from lying on the floor like a vagabond. At first glance, it seemed that by chance people with the same destination were going through the same route.
It was Benyago’s murmur that informed him that it was an illusion.
“Come to think of it… Currently, the saintess is ill and has been shutting herself up…….”
Everyone who heard that was startled. People quickly glanced around. Fortunately, there was no one around except for them. No, because it was such a place, Benya Go would have brought out his words. They were taken aback by their reaction. Originally, it shouldn’t have been. Even Legash, who was closest to him, almost shouted with his eyes wide open.
“What?! What we need to find is the castle…… !”
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Right away, the gnome Latia kicked Legash in the ankle. It just felt like something had been knocked over, but he turned to Latia, who was resting in his familiar comrade’s senses. Latia raised her index finger to his mouth with a frightened expression. It was only then that he bit his mouth shut.
Benyago glanced around. There was no one but them in this deep alley. Because the bars have to go further inside. Benya Go quietly nodded his head. Latia had no choice but to open her eyes wide at the information.
“…… I heard you.”
“As you said, I am the one with the highest rank now. And it’s because it’s cautious information to take out in such a place. Latia.”
Benya Go, who actually spoke up, shrugged his shoulders as if nothing was wrong. First of all, it was the time when I was about to take out his words to go back to the knight commander.
“By the way, what kind of saint are you talking about?”
“…… What?”
At Legash’s remark, Benyago had no choice but to let go of his expressionlessness and put on a dazed expression.
“There are several saints, right? Which of these saints are you talking about?”
Latia put her hand on her forehead as if her head was pounding.
“…… When the hell are you talking about? Now, the saintess is only coming out of the church that holds her total church. How is it that your level of knowledge remains even a thousand years ago?”
Benyago cleared his throat for a moment before continuing.
“…… That’s right, Legash. Even if he’s not interested in religion, it’s good to know something about it. If you don’t know the information related to the money giver, it might interfere with the request. No, I’d rather talk about it now.
You might not know what she looks like because it’s hard to meet her unless it’s urgent or she’s dying. Besides, we weren’t very high in rank until the other day.”
At Benyago’s words, Latia’s eyes sparkled with interest.
“So you’ve seen her before?”
Benyago took a deep breath.
“Yeah, half a year ago? He had seen it once when he went to Rampide’s aide. He used to escort her on occasion. Of course, I had no choice but to look at it from a distance because the rank was the rank. I could still tell at a glance. Short, with rich platinum hair.”
They stopped talking again. Before they knew it, they were almost on the main street. Benya Go gave a hand signal to his teammates.
‘Now go back to the knight commander.’
It was a time when each of them turned their steps in different directions to disperse as naturally as they had gathered.
Benyago’s gaze returned to one place.
“…… ? What are you looking at, Benyago?”
Asked Latia, who turned her head at Ben Yago’s sudden stop. But Benjago had no answer. His gaze was still fixed on one spot and did not move. After looking at him for a moment, Latia tilted her head and then moved her gaze to where he was looking. A man with a large physique in the distance immediately caught my eye.
“Wow~ It’s so big. It’ll be bigger than Legacy. Did Philed do that much?”
At those words, Leg breathed out his snort.
“What bullshit. I was bigger than Philed!”
“Then that man is taller than you.”
After her words, Latia shrugged her shoulders. Although the man was of enormous stature. He certainly won enough to look back once on the road. But that was all. Moreover, what they were looking for in the first place was a woman, not a man.
But Ratia was mistaken.
It wasn’t the man Benjago was looking at.
A hoarse voice came out of Benyago’s mouth. It was like a squeeze.
“Legacy… Latia… ! Tell anyone who just left…… ! Tell the captain…… !”
“…… What?”
“What do you mean, you suddenly.”
“I think I found ‘her’…… ! “