Chapter 404 – Mercenaries
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The way to easily contact Terra was blocked.
In addition, the condition of the avatar was not very good due to the recoil of the sage time.
No, her condition was so bad that she couldn’t control her body.
Should I say that it is fortunate that there is no pain because it is an avatar?
It is an unidentified avatar made by demons, so you can’t call a doctor or a priest. I had no choice but to wait for it to heal naturally.
When Karen and I were stuck in the room and didn’t come out, Judith’s friend Hestia came to see if she was curious about that.
I don’t know if she should be happy about this…
Seeing him hovering around me like this, it seems that he has no doubts about me.
“How did this happen?”
Hestia is surprised to see me lying helplessly on her bed and asks how she is doing.
“While training.”
She groped in moderation.
Even if I told the truth, it wasn’t something worth listening to.
“Did you hurt your core?”
“That’s not right.”
“How about going to the temple?”
It was Hestia who secretly told scary stories.
It was a sad situation that she could not accept her invitation as pure favor.
“…No, it will get better after a few days of rest. If there is no improvement even then, please.”
She gave me some space, as it could have been seen as strange if I refused too firmly.
“…I get it.”
As she talked with Hestia, she suddenly thought that she might have the means to communicate with her goddess.
“Hestia, can you talk to the goddess?”
“Hmm? Are you talking about the revelation of the goddess? Why are you asking about that?”
“There is something I want to ask the goddess…”
“…Do you want to become a devotee of Terragyo?”
Hestia asked, showing off her face.
“No, that’s not it…”
“Hmm…Receiving the revelation of the goddess is not easy. We cannot receive the revelation of the goddess just because we want to. It often does.”
In a word, it’s a story of Tera doing whatever she wants.
Even if I were to convert to the religion of Terra, there seemed to be no answer.
“Then, take good care of yourself.”
Hestia saw me muttering and went back. She might have been relieved on the inside.
I lay in bed and thought about my future steps.
It’s not that I haven’t thought about going to the slubber. However, this is a small town called Kreara in the Raun Kingdom.
If you go to Slubber, you will have to spend a very long journey through the Trion Empire to the Barulas Kingdom.
Even if you arrive after suffering so much?
In this state, you cannot use save points, and you will not swear allegiance to the demon king.
I can’t even think of anything in particular to do.
Whether it’s a demon king or a high-ranking demon… I’m curious about his face… But it’s not enough to go through such a long distance to see the face of a man who’s not even a beauty.
The most urgent thing right now is talking to Tera.
Listening to Hestia’s story, even within the Church of Terra, receiving the revelation of the goddess was no different from a lottery.
It is almost impossible for me to inform Terra of the current situation through Terra Church.
Then, the only thing to rely on is wise man time.
But Avatar can’t stand it.
Isn’t that the story of making the current avatar stronger?
Level up your avatar to develop the ability to withstand my Sage Time.
And make contact with Terra.
I thought it was a good way.
Celestia and Sunni are looking for Helena.
It didn’t seem too bad for me to look for a direction this way.
To strengthen the avatar, you had to defeat monsters or whatever.
Coincidentally, Pantera has a decent job that does that kind of work.
A knight, an adventurer, and a mercenary.
Rather than just hunting ignorantly, receiving a commission and doing the work earns money and has the effect of getting the best of both worlds.
After a few days of rest, the condition of the avatar improved a lot.
Fortunately, being taken to the temple by Hestia did not happen.
When she was able to move her body, she headed to the mercenary guild with Karen.
I was thinking of doing mercenary work.
Knights, adventurers, and mercenaries, among the three, mercenaries are the lowest in rank.
Still, I couldn’t help it.
Becoming a knight or an adventurer is currently impossible.
A knight has to go to the capital of the kingdom and get something like a license.
Adventurers are usually recruited by nobles to find newly discovered dungeons or treasures in the territory.
In the first place, except for Slubber, there was no such thing as an adventurer’s association.
The slumber was just a strange form of power composition created by the labyrinth.
The lord of the slumber created an adventurer’s association.
Seeing that, the outside forces created a huge adventurer’s guild and confronted it.
In such a situation, it was only natural that the mercenary guild would not be able to exert much effort in the slumber.
However, unlike Slumber, the mercenary guild in other cities had a stature enough to give him some strength on his shoulders.
The mercenary guild is a huge service company.
Being a mercenary is the easiest thing a human with a little strength can do.
Entering the building that was written in large letters as a mercenary guild, I saw armed and menacing men.
I felt that some eyes were on us, but I ignored it and headed towards what seemed to be the reception area.
“It’s the first time I’ve seen this face. Why did you come here?”
Instead of a pretty receptionist, a man with a stern look greeted us.
“To do mercenary work.”
The man glanced at me and opened his mouth.
“Name.”
“Bark.”
“The registration fee is 1 gold. Who is the woman in the back?”
The receptionist glanced at Karen behind me and asked.
“She registers her too.”
“Okay, 2 gold.”
After paying 2 gold, they simply received mercenary plaques with their names engraved on them.
“Keep it well so you don’t forget. You have to pay 1 gold again to get it reissued.”
The mercenary plaque was made of metal, and the quality did not look good.
For 1 gold, it can be seen that they ate a lot of leftovers.
This will also be their means of making money.
There is no such thing as qualifications for mercenary work.
Anyone can become an F-class mercenary.
If only there was gold.
I knew that the grade would go up depending on the achievement of the quest.
I think I heard that high-level mercenary plaques also serve as identification cards.
After receiving the mercenary plaque, we headed to the request board.
There were many requests posted on the bulletin board.
I took off one of the requests and took it to the receptionist.
From my point of view, other things seemed to be possible, but there was a separate grade that could receive a request.
At my level, this was the best.
The receptionist who received the request form glanced at the two of us and asked with a frown.
“Could it be… Are you two going to do this?”
It is an expression that does not know that the one-day puppy is afraid.
“Okay.”
“Haa… Newcomers don’t even organize parties, are you really going to do it with this?”
“It’s very remote.”
The receptionist glared at me for a moment before opening his mouth.
“…The deposit is 1 gold. After a week, it is considered a failure. If it fails, the deposit disappears. Well, if you die, it’s meaningless, but… If you get the confirmation stamp from Mayor Lawton here, the request will be over.”
Then, the receptionist handed over a piece of paper.
I accepted the documents he gave me and left the mercenary guild.
There was no need to work as a mercenary in this city.
But I was captured by Hestia.
Rather than blindly running away, it was necessary to dispel her suspicions.
And just because I ran away, I am not Hestia to give up.
Rather, there was a possibility of amplifying suspicion and sticking to it more.
There’s no reason to hate being pursued by a pretty girl… But if you’re a girl with a knife, she’s something to think about.
There is a way to give up this life and do Rise Mara, but abandoning Karen now that she realizes that this place is real is something her man cannot do.
After leaving the mercenary guild, we started shopping.
I bought clothes to look like a mercenary and bought the necessary supplies.
The fur on the thieves shrunk the coin pouch.
Why is the game more brutal than reality…
Oh, isn’t it a game?
Anyway, it wasn’t a common people experience… It was the financial pressure I felt after a long time.
No matter where I heard the news that I had recovered, Hestia came to eat dinner.
Funds were tight, but I thought it was good.
“Are you working as a mercenary?”
“Okay.”
“Is there anything I can help you with?”
“Help me?”
“Okay.”
“Huh… Hestia.”
I called her quietly and seriously.
“Why…?”
“I thought about it before, but you are too kind. You know that too, right?”
“…”
“Hestia, you can’t…”
Hestia’s face hardened.
It’s an expression that the time has come.
“Did you fall for me?”
– Pooh!!
“That, what kind of stupid thing is that!”
“You’ve been so good to me, to the point of being overdone. As a man, I didn’t think it was polite to pretend not to know your feelings anymore.”
“That’s not it!!”
“No? Then, why are you hanging around me?”
“That, that’s…”
Her speechless Hestia purses her lips.
“There’s no need to be ashamed. You’re a genital accident and a clumsy, third-rate mercenary. If you’re hiding your feelings for fear that I’ll be embarrassed, don’t do that. I’m not the kind of keuty guy you reject because you’re burdensome.”
“Because that’s not it!”
With that said, Hestia ran out of her inn.
The men around me who were eating at the inn were looking at me with envious expressions.
Well… I don’t think Hestia will fall apart with this level of prank… But won’t it be hard to see her face for a while?
