Chapter 185 – Chapter 185 ― If You Are on My Side (3)
Episode 185 ― If you are on my side (3)
‘There must have been a place like this.’
The guild leader guided us to the lavishly decorated living room at the top of the guild.
The receptionist came to serve tea, shaking his hand.
Roan and Helen sat in luxurious chairs and accepted the teacups.
The guild leader took a look at it.
Few people can spend hundreds of gold on a simple letter delivery request.
Perhaps it was someone connected to a high-ranking aristocrat or church somewhere, or perhaps a royal family.
The quest reward Roan suggested was 200 gold.
If the request is successful, dozens of gold fees will drop in the guild.
If it’s tens of gold, it’s an amount that would come out after catching a few wyverns. And the wyvern is a very precious beast.
The corner of the guild leader’s mouth went up when he remembered the fee.
“Thank you, guild leader, for taking care of this convenience. I would like to receive a reply to the letter as soon as possible, so please make arrangements and deliver as soon as possible, even if the number is a bit large.”
“Is it possible!”
The letter Roan brought was a letter from humans currently active in Basel to their families.
There is no word on where, but they are doing well, and maybe they have prepared a place to spend a new life, and the cost will be supported.
Please write in your reply how you are doing and whether you intend to come to where I am.
If there are people who wrote a positive answer here, even if it takes time and money, we will have them gather in the capital and move to Basel via Waypoint on the next day.
Anyway, unless you saw Roan illuminate the waypoint with starlight, you can’t pinpoint where the waypoint is. It’s a ruin that ordinary people can’t find, so there’s no way to stop or harm it.
It is time-consuming and cumbersome, but
Not a bad way if you have the money.
Evirgio said they would accept a human
The decision to set foot in a country with no connections is never an easy one.
At least in the state where there are humans already established in Evirgio, if the number of families and priests for them increases, the resistance to Evirgio will be much less for humans.
To entrust such troublesome work to His Majesty the Emperor… Aranya was worried, but Roan waved her hand. Wasn’t it Sprouse who was supposed to come anyway?
“Because of the trust, many mercenaries are exchanging requests through our guild. We will give you good news soon.”
“I believe.”
Roan looked at the guild leader with narrowed eyes, then leaned back in the chair with a relaxed attitude.
Looking at that natural gesture, the guild leader was convinced that this person was a high-ranking person.
The head of the mercenary guild in the capital is a person who can have a private conversation with the pope and emperor if necessary.
He is not intimidated by him at all, and his attitude of ordering as if asking for something is smooth.
It is already difficult to measure the strength of the female swordsman who follows him, and the strength of this man is not even measured.
He thought that no matter how much he retired, he would not lose to an active player. The guild leader gulped with a smile as he measured Helen and Roan’s strength.
“Guild leader. Before we wrap up, there is something I would like to ask you.”
“Yes. Please say anything.”
The guild leader bowed his head to Roan.
It looked servile, but it was an act that came from the heart. Tens of gold is an amount of money that has the power to do so.
“Are there any interesting requests or trends recently? I think the guild leader knows the news about the guild best.”
It was a question to find out how much the flow in the game and the flow in reality have changed.
In response to Roan’s question, the guild leader presented several requests and information.
Since it is the spring season recently, the active season of the monsters has begun, and the information that requests to subdue the monsters are coming in from here and there.
The North and South Plains, which are supposed to be farmed, are suffering from a headache not only in subjugating the beasts but also in preparing for farming as there are not enough men due to the war.
The church and the royal family do not interfere with the line of the original mercenary guild, but recently, it is seen that they are contacting high-end mercenaries by skipping the guild.
And.
“Ah. Have you heard of the Dragon Relic?”
A story that Roan had never heard before came out of the game.
“If it’s a dragon, you mean the guardian dragon Wiltz?”
When Helen asked instead of Roan, who kept his mouth shut, the guild leader nodded.
“Yes. Some say it is a relic of Wütz. But for us humans, it doesn’t matter who the artifact belongs to. What matters.”
The guild leader bent down and sat close to the table.
“There are rumors that they are looking for it in the royal castle.”
“The dragon’s relic.”
Roan’s eyes narrowed.
Roan knows what the artifact is.
The land inherited by the descendants of dragons,
An artifact found in the border area between the Duchy of Wiltz and Merde, it is a jewel that enhances magical power.
In the game, the hero controlled by the player discovers it at the end of the adventure.
If you look for it in the royal castle,
Among those who can enhance magic, the most powerful person must be a court mage.
The guy I saw before, with a beard like an ascetic and dark eyes.
“Does the guild leader have any reason to guess?”
However, the guild leader gave an unexpected answer.
“I can’t figure it out. That’s odd. I heard that it was an urgent request and contacted high-class wizards and adventurers without going through our guild. There seems to be something that needs to be timed, but beyond that I don’t know either.”
The guild leader put on a cold expression.
“It is against morality to secretly use mercenaries without going through a guild in the first place. That’s why we thank you once again for officially passing through us such a large commission.”
The guild leader bowed his head again.
Roan thought about the dragon’s relic for a while, then got up from his seat after being greeted by the guild leader.
A new story was created that was not in the game.
Finding relics in the royal castle is,
In the end, it would be right to see it as the result of the butterfly effect that Roan came to this world and worked on.
If there was a quest like that in the castle, there was no way that Grunent in the game wouldn’t have delivered it to the hero.
Then it might be a leap
It may be that finding the dragon’s relic in the royal castle is highly likely to act as a bad outcome for Roan.
“Listening to the guild leader’s words, I think I only knew a handful. We will come back often to hear from you in the future. Thank you for your request.”
After exchanging greetings, Roan left the guild.
“A dragon relic. Why are you looking for something like that in the royal family?”
“It’s an item that amplifies magic.”
“Amplify magic… ? You need to find magic amplification in the alternate royal family…”
Helen’s eyes widened, and she shut her mouth, frantically thinking about something.
“Is it Schlaner? However, according to the guild leader, she said hurry… Maybe a re-invasion.”
Helen’s face darkened.
She saw the meeting with Roan and how Grunent prepared a truce by her side.
I heard from Roan that people were finally returning to the country of demons.
The possibility of such a life being ruined again was very sad for her, her clergyman.
Because countless lives may perish again.
“Hmm. Information is lacking. However, once Jim heard the words of the guild leader, a good feeling did not come to mind. If possible, it would be good to figure out the front and rear.”
Wearing the necklace she received from the guild around her neck, Roan shrugged.
“You can do it even when you go back. Let’s go back now, Helen.”
After checking the magical power of the transformation tool at her lodgings, she decided to return to Basel. He takes Helen away, and with Aina meets the forest nymph.
Right now, the day after tomorrow is the wedding.
You’d better hurry as much as possible.
Erenia thinks Roan went on a hunt to clear her mind right before her wedding.
“All fine. Master. Shall we go?”
Unlike when they entered Sprouse, the two of them walked out the gates confidently.
Streets leading in and out of the castle and countless horses, carriages, and people.
Roan was very envious of the green fields and forests in full bloom of spring.
“Evirzio will be like this someday.”
Said Roan, who slipped off the main road and entered the forest path.
“Sure. It will be soon. If that happens, the forest near Basel will also grow thick.”
Helen answered Roan with a smile.
“Because it’s cold near Basel or Geno, apples might grow well.”
“Apologize… !”
Helen’s eyes twinkled.
Around the time Roan and Helen got closer to the ruins while talking about how Evirzio would change in the future.
Roan suddenly stopped walking.
“… Master?”
Helen looked at Roan’s unusual expression and asked cautiously, but Roan turned his head as if he was nailed somewhere in the forest.
“… ?”
As Helen engages her senses, she tries to figure out what’s going on.
“A lot of people. One witch. Chased.”
Helen opened her eyes wide, but all she heard was a rustling sound.
‘I’m dying.’
Roan’s body stiffened, and his lips were tightly shut.
Roan thought for a moment.
Can I help humans now?
Helen, who has already noticed that the situation is not serious, waits for Roan’s command while quietly fiddling with her sword.
Reading the uneasiness in her eyes, Roan made a decision.
It doesn’t matter if you’re human.
It’s the same person.
Let’s look for it and think about it.
“It is over there.”
“Yes.”
With short words, Roan started running into the forest. Helen followed him with an answer.
Within the range of detection anyway.
It is hidden by a tree, but the place where the incident took place is not far away.
“Ah!”
“Ugh… Help… , Main…”
“Oh, oh, don’t come… !”
Several bloody people were rolling around, moaning in pain, and some passed out.
Screams, fear, and despair were all humans could express.
It is a monster resembling a puma that trembles and snarls while revealing its teeth to the person who wields the staff.
In the spring, the demon beasts, whose range of activities expanded, used to come down from the mountain ranges north of Spross to the forests near Spross in search of food.
Looking at the outfit, merchants.
It seems that they tried to cross the forest because they had to go around the gate to use the main road.
“Hey.”
Roan raised his voice and drew the beast’s attention.
The puma, who looked at the human with eyes that the wand wielded was annoying, glanced at the two new arrivals.
“Go, go, save me…”
As Helen drew her sword, the human wielding her staff trembled and said:
The moment Helen moves her steps as if to protect humans. The Witchbeast roared as if on alert.
And Roan took a step forward, one step ahead of Helen.
“No, look at me.”
And,
The Witchbeast screamed.
― Kyaewung?!
‘Overwhelm’ was thrust down at the demon.
Faced with ‘overwhelming’ similar to killing oneself, the Witchbeast hesitated, staggered, and shook his head with a strange sound. An act of trying to calm down.
When the witch looked at Roan, he could no longer live in those eyes.
Most of the emotions are fear.
And Roan, who was making eye contact with the witch, realized what the witch was trying to do.
“Oops. No, if you run away.”
Roan finally put his hand on the hilt of his sword.
– Huh? What is it?
Roan grinned.
Fiora would be delighted.
“It’s a monster hunt.”
― Oh, blood! Is it blood!
Hearing Fiora’s excited words, Roan flung lightly.
The moment the Witchbeast quickly turns around and tries to run away toward the mountains again.
Fiora’s eerie blade flashed.
Single sword.
The Witchbeast died as his throat was pierced without being able to scream any more.
There was only a thud and the sound of the large body collapsing to the ground.
Those who groaned and those who shouted. At this moment, everything is quiet.
“Helen, from treatment.”
What broke the silence was Roan’s low voice. Fiora has already pierced the beast’s throat deeply.
Curiously, not a single drop of blood flowed, but no one could point it out at the time.
“Yes. Master. May I ask for treatment for the minor injuries?”
“I get it.”
Helen would have much more experience in the current situation. Roan nodded and started looking at the others as she listened to her caring for the dying patient.
The wand wielder collapsed in relief that he lived, and someone struggled to stop the bleeding from one of the heavily bleeding men.
After retrieving Fiora, Roan sat beside her.
He has learned healing magic with his knowledge rising to 60, but this is the first time he has actually encountered it.
Roan felt a slight excitement and focused his energy.
“Ugh… Save me…”
The man who was bleeding terribly from his thigh became a face like a sheet of paper and clung to Roan. There is no strength in that hand anymore.
Sensing signs of new people appearing in ‘Detection’, Roan used his power.
Power to heal.
“Hold on.”
And the light gathered on Roan’s hand and began to cover the wound where his blood was pouring out.
Because there are not many wounds,
The power used and the light emitted were tremendous.
Roan unknowingly bit his lip.
When he removed his hand, no more blood flowed from his wound.
‘I’m still lacking in strength.’
Feeling lightly fatigued, Roan tried to get up to see another patient.
“How did… , Uh, you… ?”
Roan met an unexpected person.
