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Never touch Eldmia Egga - Episode 303

While I was thinking that this is the season when we encounter more people who think they have gone their separate ways, including Yan Tiedo and the guy whose arm was cut off, the woman who guided us to the roughly prepared guest table prepared warm tea..

The sight of a woman with red hair tied up and wearing glasses, which is rare in Etisel, looked much different from my last memory. Her clothes were neat, and the dark circles under her eyes and the poison beyond them had disappeared..

After preparing for a brief conversation, she sat across from me, noticed my gaze, smiled awkwardly, and showed a markedly different attitude from before..

"At that time, I wasn't in a good mood so I couldn't even speak properly. My name is Ciel. She now works as a member of the guild and is in charge of managing the village's population.."

He looked a little tired, but it was just fatigue from work and he seemed relaxed. By the way, in that short period of time, she was assigned to a guild and was in charge of management work, so I thought she was a strong woman, but I guess she had the ability..

"This is Eldmia Egar. This is Asiliego, and I have come as a proper adventurer after receiving a request for assistance from the capital. I don't know how you are, but... you seem to be healthy.."

I didn't add any unnecessary greetings like, "I'm glad." Surviving while the village is being destroyed is not something that can be considered fortunate, and being alive does not mean that you are doing well. I wasn't sure if he understood my intention, but Ciel nodded and answered without saying anything..

"I'm doing okay. I've been having a hard time with work lately, but now that Eldmia is here, it might get better.."

"I briefly heard from a person named Jacob earlier. They say there were frequent attacks from monsters.."

"you're right. Goblins coming in droves was a problem... but recently even orcs have appeared and the damage is gradually increasing.."

According to Ciel's explanation, the current village has 60 residents, 6 professional construction workers, 2 priests with divine powers and 2 priests without, and the number of combatants is 10 mercenaries and 20 adventurers. Even so, most of the residents are of working age and are contracted to help with the work in the form of benefits for moving in when the village is fully formed, so it can be said to be a fairly large-scale project..

I'm sure when the village is completed, it will be able to accommodate up to 200 people. But, putting all that future work aside, I decided to start by asking questions that are difficult for me to understand right now..

"Can we find out what level the adventurers from Raviel are??"

It is true that goblins are troublesome. Not only are those little monsters dirty, but they also have the cunning to use their filth as a weapon and the strength of a child..

Even if something that can't even touch your waist tries to stab you with a low posture and aims for your legs, it can be threatening, but imagine that there are dozens of them. No matter how proudly you are a public figure at the bottom of the monster food chain, if you do not position yourself skillfully, you will be surrounded in an instant and are likely to die from being pelted with stones from a distance or with weapons covered in feces from a close range..

However, such a threat only applies when they clearly act as a group, and at the same time, it only applies when they are a minority..

Stamina, speed, strength, intelligence, etc. are all at the level of children, so if you know how to deal with them clearly, you can easily cut them down. In an open area like this, even if the goblins were slinging stones, a blue-level adventurer alone could easily cut down twenty goblins, so it goes without saying how clear their limits are..

However, the 'problem' was that those guys were gathering in groups, and since the orcs started appearing, the damage was increasing. From my perspective, I have no choice but to ask about the level of adventurers. This is because it only sounds like the Raviel Adventurer's Guild shamelessly requested rank from the capital, but only composed of blue and yellow rank adventurers..

"Four are at the red level, ten are at the blue level, and the remaining six are at the yellow level.."

Fortunately, Raviel's Adventurer's Guild didn't seem to be that shameless..

"Then, the adventurers who were injured this time..."

"Two Hwang-jung and two Cheong-jung who were leading them were injured. In addition to them, a total of four people are injured, including a red-level adventurer who was slightly injured while fighting alone against a group of goblins who initially attempted an all-out battle, a blue-level adventurer who is recuperating from an upset stomach, and two mercenaries who were injured while fighting goblins. Yes."

It was an understandable situation since 30 people had to protect and fight against 70 non-combat personnel. I put aside for a moment the disbelief toward the Raviel Adventurer's Guild that was blooming inside me and nodded at him..

"The capital adventurer's guild also said they were willing to send additional people, so I don't think it's an issue worth worrying about right away. Who can I talk to about work-related matters??"

"A red-level adventurer named Bardna Beckhen and the head of the mercenary group, Mr. Carl Gulls, play a central role. I think they are eating in the hall now. Oh, by the way, how are you going to eat? The ingredients are provided by Raviel, so you can use them as you wish, but if you don't cook it yourself, you will be charged an additional fee outside of the designated time.."

Although it was not information I knew in advance, it was something I had fully anticipated. I took out her scroll that I had received from her guild and handed it to her, and Ciel, who opened her scroll and read its contents, looked at me with her strange expression and asked.

"As I would like to inform you in advance, adventurers and mercenaries are staying and lodging at the village hall.."

"I thought so."

"If I find out about this... I think the mood will get worse. Are you okay??"

I responded with a smile to Ciel's concern for me. Her point was correct, but it was none of my business..

If there is a complaint, you should raise it with the client..

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After that, I only had a short conversation with Ciel about the current situation and then left. It wasn't a very nutritious conversation. All he said was that there were other people here besides him, and that some of them were staying in the gateway city..

Still, it is said that there were no people who dreamed of revenge..

There was no need to ask for directions as we left the temple. Even though it was in a driving snowstorm, the presence of the building with many lights clustered together and swaying was clear, and the street was closer than expected..

At the entrance of the hall, where I arrived alone with the still excited Leika in front, two men who were clearly mercenaries were standing like guards. Even on this cold day, it looked like crazy people putting out their bulky arm muscles outside, but the heat inside flowed out from the open entrance of the hall, so it didn't seem that cold..

"...Is this your first time seeing this face? Who are you??"

Well, judging by the short story, his personality is average for a mercenary. Then there’s no need for me to be polite either..

"I came after receiving a request for assistance from the capital adventurer guild. When I talked to the manager at the temple, he said that for work-related matters, you should meet people here.."

The two mercenaries who were looking at me and Laika carefully saw Asilier and spat on the floor, their faces contorted in jealousy, as if they had made a promise. Only then did one of the mercenaries, who had quietly moved out of the way and announced that he would not block the road, open his mouth with a sullen expression..

"Go inside and find Vadna. Because he takes care of the adventurers. Go in and find a big, brooding looking blonde. It will be easy to find."

"sad looking blonde?"

"I know it when I see it."

The conversation was a bit short, but since they were noble people, they ended up spitting and it was over. If Seneran had been here, I'm sure they would have said a word and fallen. If they were bad-tempered guys, they would have done some shit..

There was no need to get tired right from the start, so we nodded and entered the hall, taking off our cloaks without the slightest hesitation. It was a warmth that made me understand why they were standing there in short sleeves. It seems that the architects put a lot of effort into heating when building this hall..

"It's quite noisy considering there are injured people.?"

"I know. I guess it's not that serious."

I took a quick look around the hall, where dozens of people were scattered about, eating and talking. Should we say that they just increased the size of the hall of a popular inn and knocked it down? The tables lined up around the bonfire in the center felt just like the Viking halls seen in old dramas and games. Not just the placement, but also the people who eat, talk, hit, and hit each other..

"If you feel relaxed, Seneran may have been right.."

There is no attempt to lighten the mood on purpose; they are just busy eating and drinking. Hmm, after playing and eating like this, we gather together and sleep in this hall. It was a good idea to put conditions on accommodation in advance..

"Blonde...Blonde... Ah, there it is. sad looking blonde."

"Anyway, no matter what, it's true... It's true.."

At first, I thought it was just a disparagement of the mercenaries' appearance, but that wasn't the case. She looked at the place that Asilier had first found and pointed to with her fingertip, and there she saw a really tall, blond man eating quietly with a gloomy face, like someone who had heard stories about the world collapsing..

Not only is his face gloomy, but he is also playing with his spoon in a way that will wow the viewer's appetite. It's amazing to see people around him laughing and chatting and eating without paying any attention to such a man..

"It's surprising that there are people around even when you eat like that.."

If the person who prepared the food saw it, it would be enough to slap them in the back and ask if they were dissatisfied with the meal..