Chapter 81 – Great Mountain Range – 1
“Ah, why is the request like this these days?”
Trestle, an adventure city north of Franz Castle.
The closest city to the Great Mountains. If Brahms and all the adventurers in the south centered on the center, the final target city, it would be Trestle.
“Haha. Hans. It is true that there is no request, but even if there is, there is nothing you can do, right?”
“Shut up, Ben.”
Despite the precarious location of the city under the Great Mountains, it is considered the safest city next to Franz due to the numerous knights and adventurers of Franz. That’s why it’s size is comparable to that of Franz, and the number of adventurers is enormous.
In order to handle such adventurers, there is usually one adventurer’s guild in a city, and this city is divided into classes.
The adventurers guild with Hans is a guild targeting low-level adventurers, and most of its quests are only for low-level adventurers. Of course, if the work was easy, it would be easy, but either the harder it is, the less rewarding it is, or both.
“Anyway, isn’t the control of the Great Mountain Range too strict these days?”
“But it must have been better than last month?”
“… Sniff! It’s a clan that goes to the upper levels, man. Solos like me and small parties are the same.”
Distracting from Ben’s words, Hans looked at the request posted on the bulletin board.
I don’t know the text, but the important thing for such people is that most of the quests depicted in pictures have little reward, are dirty and annoying. There was no request that Hans liked.
“Yes? Kinda, what is that? It’s comfortable and the rewards are hefty…”
“Stupid bastard. It disappeared early in the morning. If you want a request like that, get up early. Look at the smell Are you saving?”
“Huh. There’s no way an adventurer who eats knives can save money!”
Hans shouted confidently, but Ben sighed as he saw Hans like that.
Hans, who has some experience as an adventurer, is objectively inferior in skill, but he has some experience, so he could aim for an intermediate level with a little more effort. However, he is lazy by nature and likes to play, so he can’t improve his skills. Whatever he does, he tries to do something easy, so it was difficult for the guild to give him a good evaluation.
The reason why he didn’t say anything was because there was evidence that he had completed even the failed requests among the requests that Hans had taken so far with his skills.
He wasn’t the only adventurer like Hans.
Most of the low-level adventurers are just these guys. Ben sighed and looked around.
He smelled of alcohol, was tired, wore dirty clothes, and all the weapons and armor he was equipped with were flawed or rusty. Probably half of them will die soon, and new low-level adventurers will come in.
Because this is where the guys who are that far away come from.
The only ones who have already left the lower class are those who are working on a request or are training for a more distant future. The only ones here are those who have given up the idea of going up and stay at the lower level forever.
I don’t even think about preparing for the future just because I’m saving, I drink and gamble all day. And the ephemera who spend their lives on prostitutes.
I’d rather live on a little more if I go to the capital or another place, but because of the many adventurers, I’m staying at Trestle, where my average skill has risen that much, and I give up even thinking about it, and those who are addicted to gambling and casinos developed to attract adventurers just live day by day. There is.
“It’s okay to complain, but don’t get into trouble. It’s because I’m in a bad mood these days.”
“Ah, I get it. I’m not even a rookie. I understand that kind of atmosphere.”
At that, Ben nodded his head. He’s usually lazy, but he’s smart enough to live an adventurer’s life here for 10 years.
“Oh, shall we rest today?”
“Are you talking about living expenses?”
“I can still eat and live for a few more days with the pay I received before…”
– With my daughter!
While Hans and Ben are chatting. The sound of a door opening was heard. Hans, who had no interest anyway, was just stuck in a corner, staring blankly at the bulletin board, and Ben, too, didn’t care who entered a place like this, he was just doing his own thing.
He had a reason for being in charge of this place.
“Well?”
Then it was Ben who noticed something strange.
It is already afternoon. Those who are going to work work, and those who have left don’t even come in. At this time, the adventurers living the lower life in the guild naturally had no manners, and the guild, which had been noisy and chatting with each other, quickly became quiet.
Ben, who felt strange at the sight, and Hans, who noticed it belatedly, slowly turned their heads to look at his entrance.
“Wow.”
Hans stared blankly at the three entering.
Aside from the handsome brown-haired man in the middle, his eyes went round to the women coming in next to him.
She was so beautiful that it couldn’t be compared to the cheap prostitutes Hans usually used. The black haired woman with her short hair was wearing clothes that clung to her body, as if valuing her activity. Because of that, her skinny legs, leather clothes clinging to her hips, and sharp eyes. And the scars that cut through her face showed a wild charm.
The same goes for the woman on the other side with her hair in a ponytail. Compared to normal adult women, she has a small body, but she looks expressionless and cold, but her beautiful face attracts more attention and her overall balance is not bad enough to be recognized as an adult woman. Hans, who had a theory, was also taken away without even realizing it.
As I was staring blankly at them, they slowly walked towards me.
“Here, who is in charge?”
“Oh, welcome. This is the 44th branch of the adventurer’s guild. What did you come for?”
4, which means low-level adventurer, and 44 branch, which means to inform that it is the 4th among them. Ben said and stood up. As the eyes of the three turned to Ben, their bodies trembled without realizing it.
It was a normal look, but it felt strangely pressured. He was even more strange because he also possessed magical powers and was once active as an adventurer. Because he didn’t have the magic that I felt once. Ben looked at the three of them, feeling strange inside.
Three people. Or, to be precise, among the others who were blankly staring at the two women, Hans turned his gaze to the man. Seeing a man with a handsome face and an interesting look around him, he wondered if the rich boy came because he was interested in adventurers?
In particular, a woman with black hair is not like an ordinary woman, so an adventurer who doubles as an escort…
Thinking that far, the man looking at Ben opened his mouth.
“I want to go to the beginning of the great mountain range.”
“Yeah?”
I can’t even notice the natural bottom.
Ben was taken aback by the man’s words.
For ordinary people, the Great Mountain Range is a place to enter with the intention of dying unless you are an adventurer. Even if you were the son of a rich family who was interested in adventurers, this crossed the line.
Ben’s gaze returned to the two women standing next to the man.
“Hmm.”
The silver woman was looking at Ben with an expressionless face, and only the dark haired woman was looking at Guild with a frown on her face. What to do with his undisturbed appearance, Ben thought for a bit.
It doesn’t matter if you accept the request and send it while receiving the reward, but no matter how introductory it is, a great mountain range is a great mountain range. If anything happened, it was Ben who would bother.
It is a position obtained through experience, so if problems continue like this, you may be fired. When he thought of that, Ben was about to say no, but Hans intervened.
“Oh, good. Is it a field trip? Can I guide you?”
“Hey, Hans!”
“Why is that Ben? If the client requested it, the guild members should accept it.”
Seeing the bewildered Ben, Hans smiled.
He knows what he’s thinking. Ben, who hates accidents, wants to refuse, but a request from a man who seems to be the son of a rich family isn’t bad. He really just goes around the beginning and comes out, and if something happens, he just needs to run away.
“You?”
“It’s Hans. 10 years experience. If you are a beginner, you can go up to the upper floors and take a short break in the middle. Even if I look like this, I often played in the Great Mountains.”
“Hoo. 10 years. I’ve been active for quite some time. Then, do you know the yellow hill well?”
“There? You know well do you want to go there It won’t take long.”
As if they were interested in Hans, the three eyes immediately focused on Hans.
Hans grinned, ignoring the sound of tongue clicking around him.
“Including that, it’s in the palm of your hand if you’re a beginner. However, it guides you anywhere. I can deal with small monsters, but I will run away immediately if they are too difficult for me to handle. Well, if it’s a yellow hill, it’s not that high, so it’s probably only small guys who come out.”
“Can I say so confidently that I am running away?”
“Hey. I don’t want to die Did I just have to be active for 10 years? It’s good to tell them in advance just in case. That way the guild won’t say anything.”
At Hans’ words, the man laughed as if he was having fun and looked at the woman with black hair.
The woman frowned and turned her head away.
I don’t know why it’s like that all of a sudden, but that’s not the point.
“So what about the pay? Of course, I don’t intend to receive as many guides as I do. If you give me enough money…”
“Can I get 1 gold?”
“… Oh oh. 1 gold. It’s good.”
Jackpot.
Hans suppressed a laugh at the man’s casual remarks.
1 gold. Not bad. It’s not a huge amount, but 1 gold just for guiding you for a day?
“Hey! Ben! Prepare the contract immediately!”
“You get a fee.”
“Big, little boy. Good good.”
Prepare the contract immediately before anyone else intervenes.
The two women sighed as they watched the man smiling at the two preparing the contract.
