Chapter 168 – The Adventurer
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This could roughly be expected.
In any case, the fact that there is a suitable place to install a safe point here… There was a high possibility that the place called the Slumber Labyrinth was the labyrinth I was looking for.
If not, is there a reason why there is a suitable place to install a save point here at the right time?
…Has anyone intervened in the quest?
Or is the system giving out quests on its own?
Well, even thinking about it now, it’s something I can’t figure out.
Either way can be said to have provided some convenience, so I decided to think positively.
‘Where is the location?’
The system displayed a triangular arrow in my view.
Still, there was a navigation function kindly.
As I followed the arrow, I saw a two-story building that looked like a clothing store.
‘Are you talking about that building?’
However, as the wagon moved, the direction of the arrow changing changed.
It seemed to give a general direction to the place where the save point would be suitable.
Still, it’s a hotel.
The save point is not urgent right now, there must be a navigation system, the installation location.
I decided to find a place to stay and think about the next day slowly.
Fortunately, in order to return to the original world, you don’t have to go back that far.
That alone made me feel a little relieved…
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The hotel Marie guided me to was bigger and more glamorous than La Venta.
Slumber Hotel.
Of course, there were other hotels nearby, but the Slumber Hotel was the largest and most splendid.
It gave off the feeling that the money had been properly spent.
According to Marie, it seemed to be a hotel run by the lord of Slumber.
Probably, of course, accommodation is also the most expensive.
I had a lot of money, but I had no intention of saving money.
A comfortable bed was more important.
It seemed that the parking space of the wagon was also spacious, and the auxiliary facilities seemed to have been given considerable attention.
“Master, I wonder if I can stay in a nice place like this…”
It could be said that it was a considerable treatment for Marie, who was only a coachman, to be given a room similar to ours.
But she is mine now.
She was my girl too, so she needed attention.
“I suffered while coming, so don’t worry about it.”
“Thank you. Master.”
I patted the apologetic Mari’s butt.
She gathered in the hotel restaurant for a light meal and discussed what to do next.
“Who will enter the Slumber Labyrinth… Ayla and Luna will enter, and what will Liliana and you do?”
“Well… Hmm… You can play the game inside too… I’m also curious about the place called the Slumber Labyrinth. Would you like to take a look?”
“Master. Can’t I come in too?
Marie looked at me and said.
“You also?”
“I’m lacking compared to the others, but I don’t want to be separated from the Master. It’s okay even if it’s a porter, so please take it with you.”
It seemed that there was a job called a porter that adventurers and mercenaries who went in and out of the labyrinth took with them.
Of course, it is convenient to have a porter to hunt monsters.
Besides, it is a world that does not care about human rights.
I can’t even imagine how awful the life of a porter would be.
But I have an inventory.
There was no need for porters.
But the way Marie didn’t want to be apart from me was admirable.
She is my girl too.
I wanted it like that, but there was nothing I couldn’t take.
Anyway, for the first time, I thought to just look around the entrance lightly and then come back.
“I’ll take a break today, and tomorrow we’ll all go to the Adventurer’s Association. I heard that they issue labyrinth passes there.”
To enter the Slumber Labyrinth, you must prepare.
First of all, I had to have a labyrinth pass.
In the labyrinth, even the status of being a wizard or a knight was useless.
At least we are better
Ordinary people pay when they enter the city, and they also need money to enter the labyrinth.
It was double billing.
Nobility could be said to be an exception, but…
To do so, they too had to get permission from the lord of Slubber.
There were two places that were issuing passes to the Slumber Labyrinth.
Slumber Labyrinth Adventurers Association.
And the mercenary guild.
The mercenary guild was excluded.
It was because the mercenary guild was a gathering of lame guys.
Mercenaries in this world are just ordinary people who know how to use their strength.
The image isn’t very good either.
These guys will do anything for money.
It is such an image.
In fact, it was not entirely wrong to say that there are often examples of turning into thieves because of money.
And among the mercenaries, there were almost no mercenaries or wizards who could handle auras.
You won’t find it if you look for it…
Being able to deal with auras.
That meant that he was a superhuman that ordinary people could not surpass.
Originally, it was similar to the Awakener of the world.
It was also an opportunity to rise.
Of course, dealing with Auras is not an easy task.
At least, if it was a family of knights with a vision of the Auror, it would be a little better.
However, it is almost impossible for ordinary people who do not know anything to deal with Auras unless they have a fair amount of talent.
That’s why it is said that humans who can handle Auras are given knighthood in exchange for a contract for a certain period of time in any territory.
If you qualify as a knight, you are already a semi-nobility.
And beyond simply dealing with auras, if you knew how to use sword auras, you were like a noble.
After the contract is over, it is a choice.
There is also a way to swear allegiance to the lord and become a knight of that domain.
Or, there is a way to become a free knight.
Therefore, there was no reason for humans who dealt with Auras to turn down knights and become mercenaries.
Needless to say, it was harder to become a wizard than a knight.
But adventurers were a little different.
Originally, there weren’t that many adventurers.
It usually refers to humans who, with the support of nobles, explore remote areas and dungeons to find mysterious objects.
The speed wasn’t that great.
It’s not easy to get the support of the nobility.
In that respect, strictly speaking, the elf hunters of Erfu could be said to be close to adventurers.
This is because elves also belong to rare items.
However, their numbers were so small that it was embarrassing to compare them with mercenaries.
But in this slubber, it was different.
As the slumber labyrinth was created, many adventurers flocked to this place.
A labyrinth that has not been conquered for over 10 years.
Pouring magic stones.
It was an element that could appeal to nobles and adventurers.
Originally, there was no such thing as an adventurer’s association.
It was created because there were so many adventurers that an adventurer party was formed just for this slubber labyrinth.
Adventurers, of course, didn’t have a worse image than mercenaries.
There were cases where even aristocrats registered and acted as adventurers.
The party in which nobles were involved was usually made up of people with considerable abilities, so it was easy to find wizards and knights.
In a word, compared to mercenaries, adventurers have a high-class image.
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Next day.
As the day dawned, we headed to the Adventurers Association.
The Labyrinth Adventurers Association was a large four-story building.
A small square in front of the building.
Armed people gathered there in threes and threes. They seemed like adventurers.
The carriage was parked in front of the Adventurers Association building and we got off the carriage one by one.
I could feel the eyes glancing at us as we got off the carriage.
I didn’t care much because it was a familiar thing that I felt tired of coming here.
As we entered the Labyrinth Adventurers Association building, the eyes of the people inside turned to us, and as if the volume of the speaker had been turned down, it became quiet for a moment, then grew louder.
There were quite a few armed people here as well.
(What is that again… It’s fucking big… Is it a knight… Is it a wizard?)
(…I see a woman who looks like an aristocrat in the back, and it’s strange that all of them are women except for that big guy…Is it an aristocratic outing party?)
(You look like a wizard dressed up, but your eyes are bloody…Are you a wizard?)
– Hung-seong-gung-seong.
We received people’s attention at a glance and moved to the labyrinth pass issuance window.
The teller was a young woman.
“I need a labyrinth pass.”
“Would you like to register as an adventurer? Then you can get a discount of 1 gold.”
“Adventurer?”
“Yes! Those who receive requests related to the labyrinth and solve them.”
Be an adventurer… Do you really need to do it?
I had no intention of making a living out of this.
“Do I really need to accept that request?”
“It doesn’t matter if you don’t accept it, but… Wouldn’t it be better to do it together with the request rather than just hunting monsters?”
I heard it was like that.
It would have been a win-win if he could hunt and fulfill the quest.
The price of the labyrinth pass is also reduced.
There is no coercion of the request.
There was nothing to lose.
“Would you like to register as an adventurer?”
“Please.”
The woman at the window seemed a little surprised when Liliana registered as an adventurer, but she didn’t say much.
She seemed to think of her as a patron of aristocrats who had come to watch.
She was not uncommon for nobles to register as adventurers, but she was considered rare because she was dressed like a noble lady.
Wouldn’t you think of the eccentricity of the nobility?
I looked at the request of adventurers.
Monster by-products were the main part, and there were many other things, but they seemed to be items that could be obtained from the labyrinth.
‘This is similar to Hunter…’
Since she still doesn’t know anything, she didn’t intend to be commissioned yet.
After receiving the adventurer registration and the labyrinth pass, we headed straight for the slumber labyrinth.
