Clan (1)
After the royal army returned, people learned that the army did exist and the reason they weren't visible at the Dinsional Plaza was because they had gone underground to raid an empty house.
However…
‘What happened?’
…no one knew the outco.
Therefore, all sorts of speculation began to run rampant.
From whether they won or lost, to groundless conspiracy theories that the royal family was only pretending to fight the underground city.
New hypotheses arose among gossipmongers every morning, and eventually, a few days later, the royal family officially posted notices throughout the city.
To briefly summarize the content:
We, the aweso royal family, won, and even conquered Noark. So stop worrying.
I couldn't know how much of it was true.
But assuming that the notice was based on so truth, let's supplent a few missing points.
‘There was definitely no battle.’
I couldn’t find any traces of battle on the knights who were returning to the royal palace.
‘They probably ran away.’
Then where did they escape to?
It was a world surrounded by walls.
It didn't make sense for them to hide on the surface.
After all, there would inevitably be traces if that many people ca above ground.
‘Then they’re still down here…’
“Bjorn! Stop slacking off and co carry this!”
Right, I should just move luggage.
Would I find an answer by worrying all day?
It was wise to wait for the Round Table with Clown to open.
Therefore, I ended my thoughts and moved my body.
“Ah, can you put the bed over here?”
I was currently at an orphanage run by the Leathlas Church, acting like a moving company employee and taking out luggage from a building that was scheduled for demolition.
It was ti to start accumulating achievent points.
Whenever there were requests from the church, those of us with free ti would go and complete them.
“Ainar! Did you think you wouldn’t get caught slacking off?!”
“I, I wasn’t slacking off, I was playing with the kids!”
“Waaaaaaaaah! This lady broke my doll!! She’s a doll murderer!”
“That’s… I was trying to teach her about vital points, and it couldn’t be helped…!”
Although there were various incidents today…
…we finished moving all the luggage after an hour or two.
Therefore, today’s request also ended here.
We then had a simple al at a restaurant near the church, and I heard sothing interesting from Misha.
“You know? That orphanage we went to today, it’s that place.”
“That place?”
“You know, the old building that was scheduled for demolition, the one Dwarkey said he lived in for a while when he was young. That was it.”
“…I see.”
“Anyway, just saying! I’m going now! Ah, and I’ll be late today, so take care of dinner yourselves.”
We disbanded after the al.
Misha left, saying she had an appointnt with a forr companion, and Ainar headed towards the sanctuary.
And…
“Huhu, it’s just the two of us now?”
“I have sowhere to go, so go ho first.”
“…Huh?”
I sent Erwen ho since she didn’t have anything scheduled and headed towards the guild alone. I didn’t have the escort knights who used to follow everywhere.
Because they had all left last month.
They said they received orders to return.
‘I just accepted it back then, but they probably called them back because of the Noark operation.’
I wondered if they would send knights again if those Noark bastards had all escaped safely and were hiding sowhere underground…
But I didn’t get my hopes up.
One of the knights even told before leaving, as if he felt a sense of camaraderie after spending a month with us.
[Please be careful. If assassins co again, the higher-ups judge that it’s more likely to be the work of a large clan than Noark.]
It seed like ‘Antler’, who assigned bodyguards, thought that the ‘assassination’ Clown ntioned referred to a large clan.
Well, it had already been almost a month since he said the assassin would co ‘soon’.
[But then shouldn’t you protect even more? The large clans’ target is the royal family.]
[…You don’t have to worry about that.]
And judging by his tone, it seed like the royal family was fully prepared to block the large clans’ attempts to influence public opinion.
So they didn’t need to protect anymore.
‘Well, it’s more convenient for too without them.’
I reached the Explorer’s Guild while organizing my thoughts. But I didn’t have to draw a number and wait like before.
There weren’t many explorers in the first place…
“Viscount Bjorn Yandel, your identity has been confird. I’ll escort you to the branch manager’s office.”
…and I had to enjoy the benefits of my hard-earned noble title.
“Not the branch manager’s office, but the regional manager’s office.”
The employee asked if I had an appointnt, but I just used my noble authority to crush that trivial matter.
“Are you rebelling?”
It was the Barbarian Noble Mode, a combination of a barbarian who didn’t understand words and a noble who didn’t intend to listen.
“…I’ll escort you right away.”
We went up to the 4th floor, and the employee knocked on the door and announced my arrival. I heard a deep sigh from inside, and then the door opened.
I imdiately entered and sat down on the sofa.
And I put my feet on the table and said arrogantly,
“Greet .”
“…….”
“Aren’t you going to?”
The regional manager, who was working at his desk, got up and bowed as soon as I finished speaking.
“Vis… count Yandel… welco…”
Geez, isn’t he used to it yet?
“Right, sit down.”
The regional manager sat down across from after I allowed him to. It had already happened several tis, but it was still thrilling.
Is this the true taste of power?
“…What brings you here today?”
Nile Urbans, the regional manager of the 7th district of the Explorer’s Guild.
He, who had a history with , spoke to politely, unlike in the past.
Of course, it wasn’t like this from the beginning.
He originally tried to talk to as equals, but he started using this tone after I exploded in anger, asking if he was insulting a noble.
“I’m here to check if there are any explorers who applied for the recruitnt notice.”
“You can do that at the branch manager’s office…”
What the hell is this guy talking about?
The reason I ca all the way to the 7th district headquarters was because of him.
“Talking back… to a noble?”
“…I’ll check right away.”
“Just in case there’s a mistake like before, do it yourself. Don’t send soone else.”
“Yes…”
The regional manager then went downstairs to do what I told him, and I waited, munching on the snacks on his desk.
After so ti…
“Here it is.”
…he ca back up with a few docunts.
I snatched them from him without even thanking him for his hard work and read them, and there wasn’t much difference from two days ago.
“There’s only one more applicant, and even he’s not very good.”
“I apologize.”
“It’s not your fault.”
I showed my generosity as a superior and then read the docunts again. There were exactly 31 explorers who applied for the companion recruitnt notice I posted a few days ago.
There weren’t many applicants, contrary to my expectations.
It was because there weren’t many explorers who wanted to enter the labyrinth in the current situation.
‘But I thought there would be more applicants since the clans were all destroyed.’
I dismissed my disappointnt and put the docunts down.
There weren’t any explorers who were worth interviewing, at least on paper.
I still couldn’t find the ‘special class’ I was looking for.
So I had no choice but to wait.
“Um, but…”
“Just say it.”
“Is there a specific class you’re looking for?”
“Not really, I just need soone competent. But why?”
“Because there’s a famous na among the applicants.”
The regional manager then started talking about how competent, trustworthy, and promising that explorer was.
It seed like he wanted to find a companion quickly and not have visit him anymore.
But…
“Stop!!”
I threw the docunts on the ground and stord out of the regional manager’s office.
No matter how good his specs were…
“Just do what I tell you!”
…was he crazy to suggest adding Hans to the team?
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Almost two weeks had passed since the fire. I could summarize the things I had done during that ti into a few categories.
Grinding achievent points at the temple.
Sparring with the chieftain at the sanctuary.
Checking prices in Comlby, the comrcial city.
And relieving stress by bullying the regional manager at the guild every three days.
Although I had a productive schedule, there weren’t any significant results yet.
The value of currency would continue to rise for a while, so I decided to hold onto it for now.
‘It seems like it will take at least two or three months for the priest to reach the minimum achievent points…’
And it was the sa for recruiting companions.
There was no sign of the special class I needed for the 6th floor, and I couldn’t find suitable candidates for the two remaining spots to fill the 10-person limit.
‘So we have no choice but to go up with just six people if the labyrinth opens before then.’
It was a bit disappointing.
Usually, when you split into two or more teams, you would et up on the 5th floor.
It’s because you would lose a lot of ti if you had more than five people and had to go through the 4th floor.
It was a painful loss for explorers, whose ti was gold.
‘…But we’re still not ready to split into two teams of three. It’s better to et on the 2nd floor and go up safely.’
Of course, it was a bit of a premature worry.
If the labyrinth’s opening was postponed for a few more months, it would all be aningless. The important thing was when the situation would stabilize.
‘Maybe I’ll know today.’
The 15th, the day Ghostbusters opened.
I prepared to enter the community from the morning and headed towards the sanctuary.
Because I couldn’t just enter this ti.
‘GM.’
The GM suspected of being an evil spirit.
He would probably target today.
If I were him, I would have done the sa.
12 hours in the community.
In other words, 12 seconds in reality.
This short period of ti was a huge weakness for community users.
Because they were cut off from reality for 12 seconds.
Since they couldn’t even get up if their neck was stabbed with a knife, it was possible to distinguish between players and non-players if you used this ti well.
But…
‘It’s still a bad move to not enter.’
I decided to enter the community.
I judged that there would be a lot of information since there was a major incident between the royal family and Noark.
And besides, the GM’s right-hand man, ‘SoulQueens’, had joined the Round Table as a new mber last ti.
If ‘Lion’ didn’t participate, she might even be able to connect with Lion later.
‘…Is that a bit of a stretch?’
Anyway, the point was this.
Life is all about preparing for the unexpected.
I didn’t know if the GM would try to confirm my identity during those 12 seconds, but there was no reason not to prepare.
“Bjorn, you called for ?”
“Ah, I have a favor to ask.”
“Favor?”
“Can you try wearing this on your face?”
I arrived at the sanctuary and summoned Karon, then handed him the ‘Golden Mask’, a hidden item I obtained from the Crimson Fortress.
“What’s this? I like it because it’s shiny…”
“It’s a magic tool that changes your face for 30 days.”
“Huh? But why are you giving it to ?”
“Because you have the most similar build to .”
I then asked Karon to drink in the city while wearing my face until tomorrow morning.
“It’s not a difficult request, but why are you doing sothing so troubleso?”
“I have sowhere to go secretly tonight, without my companions knowing.”
“…It seems like that beastman isn’t very understanding.”
Huh? Why is ‘beastman’ suddenly being ntioned?
I didn’t understand what he ant…
…but I imdiately understood after his next words.
“It’s a warrior’s instinct to have children. Is that why you ca to the sanctuary today?”
I hesitated for a mont and then nodded.
I judged that this excuse would be better for keeping secrets than the one I had prepared.
“Anyway, don’t worry about this! I’ll make sure that beastman woman doesn’t suspect anything!”
No, she’ll definitely find out if she cos.
That’s why I told him to just drink outside all night.
“I’ll trust you. You’re the second wisest warrior after .”
“Re, really?! You think of like that?! I’m happy!”
After explaining the precautions and the route, I sent Karon, who was now disguised as , to the city, wearing my equipnt.
And…
「Character has used ‘Golden Mask’.」
「Character’s appearance changes for 30 days.」
…I put on the mask and then took it off, changing my face to Karon’s.
I had to hide my face in the sanctuary.
If there were sightings in two places, everything I had done today would be aningless.
‘I should also go back to the city.’
I quickly put on Karon’s equipnt and left the forest, heading towards the city, in case soone who knew Karon recognized .
And I got a room at a random inn and stayed there.
After so ti…
「The character’s soul resonates and is drawn to a specific world.」
…Phew, I hope he didn’t cause any trouble with my face.
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