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Chapter 73. Ereve (1)
One.
El Palm, the moment you hear the name among the adventurers of Maple World, most of them have the same reaction.
“El Palm, the fraudster?”
The world still treated El Palm Party as a fraud.
Of course, it was different from before.
“Isn’t it a bit much to call him a conman? Isn’t it amazing that he’s survived until now?”
“You have to acknowledge that something is special.”
Now, there were quite a few adventurers who recognized the title of El Palm Party.
However, the proportion was still small.
And that was as it should be.
“If you were really confident, you would have come forward and explained yourself.”
El Palm Party has never once responded properly to such assessments directed at it.
“Isn’t it because you have something to say that you’re keeping your mouth shut?”
But not everyone was like that.
Some groups knew that El Palm’s reputation was false, a fraud, and much more.
That’s what the Knights of Signus did.
They knew El Palm Party’s capabilities better than anyone else.
That’s why.
“Getting the El Palm Party going, it won’t be easy.”
Hawkeye said when he built the Knights Templar to secure new recruits for the El Palm Party.
“If we fight, I’ll probably die a lot.”
There will be major damage.
“And we’ll probably fight.”
Plus, it seems inevitable that they will have to fight the El Palm Party.
It wasn’t because the El Palm Party was belligerent or uncooperative.
“El Palm Party does whatever it takes to achieve its goal.”
So far, the El Palm Party has not yielded to any threats to achieve its goals.
Also, the purpose of the El Palm Party was not simply money or fame.
I don’t know exactly, but it was something incomparably sublime.
“I’m also pressed for time.”
Crucially, the El Palm Party was moving faster than anyone else.
It’s as if I have a limited time left so I wouldn’t be surprised if I die tomorrow.
In that situation, you get caught by the Signus Knights? Without even knowing why? Especially when you might be caught for life the moment you get caught?
In the end, you have no choice but to choose a fight.
It wasn’t just Hawkeye who thought that way.
The same was true for El Palm’s colleagues.
‘If it’s a boss, I’ll just break through, whether it’s the Signus Knights or whatever.’
Bal knows better than anyone that El Palm is in a hurry.
That was why.
“Cooperate. Be obedient.”
El Palm, the moment he said that, not only El Palm’s colleagues but even Hawkeye looked surprised.
In fact, El Palm wasn’t prepared for this decision either.
‘There is no time.’
In any case, I would have just gone through it, even if it meant taking down Hawkeye.
‘But the current situation is not normal.’
In other words, El Palm noticed.
‘It wasn’t Empress Signus who moved.’
If it was Empress Signus’ decision to capture the El Palm Party, she would have suppressed the El Palm Party a long time ago.
In other words, this incident was not the will of Empress Signus, but of someone else.
And at this point, there was only one being who could move Empress Signus.
‘The hero has moved.’
Six heroes who sealed the black wizard!
That’s why.
Here, El Palm cooperated with the Knights of Signus.
‘If we fight here, we will make enemies not only of the Knights of Signus, but also of the six heroes.’
Honestly, dealing with the Knights of Signus wasn’t difficult.
It wasn’t that I was ignoring the Knights of Signus.
The Knights of Signus were strong.
However, the events that were happening all over Maple World were too much for even the Knights of Signus.
It means that there is no time to chase after El Palm.
‘Unlike the Knights of Signus who are busy right now.’
‘The six heroes can come and get me at any time.’
However, the existence of the six heroes was beyond El Palm’s ability to fathom.
Treat them as enemies?
The worst thing that could happen to El Palm.
Of course, this decision wasn’t made simply because I was afraid of having the six heroes as enemies.
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El Palm, his top priority now was to capture Urs inside the Mystic Gate.
‘Hunting Ursus is impossible with six heroes as enemies.’
However, if you are uncooperative here, hunting Ursus will become impossible.
In the end, it means there is only one choice.
Of course, Hawkeye had no way of knowing that.
“Thank you friend.”
He was simply grateful for El Palm’s choice.
Thanks to that, I was able to complete the mission without any damage.
So Hawkeye said.
“I will definitely repay this favor. Anytime.”
And with that Hawkeye said:
“Then everyone move!”
2.
Helena.
The news reached her, who was more interested in the progress of El Palm Party than anyone else.
“Hawkeye went to catch El Palm Party?”
The first thing Helena did when she heard that story was worry.
“It’s dangerous.”
For Helena, catching the El Palm party was both a very difficult and dangerous undertaking.
“Hawkeye is more important than anyone else right now.”
Plus, Hawkeye’s presence was too valuable a force to lose in this situation.
It wasn’t just because he was strong.
“No one is faster than him.”
Because Hawkeye’s speed was the most desperately needed element in this chaotic situation.
So Helena took action right away.
“Please pass this letter on.”
She wrote a letter to Empress Signus.
The content is to get Hawkeye to step down.
The letter reached Empress Signus faster than ever before, and a reply came soon.
“You caught the El Palm party?”
An answer I never dared imagine.
The moment she heard that answer, Helena was taken aback. Of course, the takeaway was only for a moment.
“So where is the El Palm party going?”
Regardless of the question, it was an opportunity to chase the tail of El Palm Party, which I had not been able to chase until now.
“I beg your pardon?”
And soon, Helena could not help but be surprised again when she heard the destination of the El Palm party.
“Where are you going?”
3.
The Knights of Signus, who had secured new recruits for the El Palm Party, moved immediately.
First, they rode a crane and moved back to Muling.
“I’ll show you outside. Please follow me.”
After that, I left the paradise of Wuling with the guidance of the panda bear, and the Nihal Desert appeared right away.
And everyone could see what was on the desert.
“I will travel by airship.”
One prepared unfair battle.
It’s been a truly incredible journey.
Personally, traveling by airship was a luxury that even the wealthiest people in Maple World could not afford.
And you get that luxury for free?
Something that is hard to imagine.
“Hey boss.”
But there was no sign of joy on the faces of the luxurious El Palm Party.
It was natural.
“What the hell is going on? Why did the Knights of Signus come to capture us?”
No matter how much I thought about it, there was no reason for the Signus Knights to capture the El Palm Party like this.
“No matter how much I think about it, I didn’t do anything wrong.”
Furthermore, although the El Palm Party has been somewhat rude or reckless in their adventures so far, they have never done anything that could threaten the values of the Maple Alliance.
On the contrary, the El Palm Party has been very cooperative with the Knights of Signus so far.
He took on the difficult missions of the Knights of Signus and saved countless lives of the Knights of Signus.
That’s why I was even more anxious.
If I knew I had done something wrong, I would have found a way to make excuses or defend myself, but I couldn’t even do that.
“I don’t know why.”
But here El Palm could not tell what he expected.
After all, it was only El Palm’s expectation that the six heroes would be involved.
Even if it wasn’t expected, I couldn’t tell you.
‘Six heroes are out to get us, no one will like hearing that story.’
Because if you hear that, you’ll despair even more.
“driving me crazy.”
In that situation, there was only one person that everyone could see.
“Hey, Kiri. How the hell is it going? Don’t you think you know the situation better than we do?”
Kiri is a member of the Signus Knights.
Kiri answered his colleagues’ questions.
“I can’t figure out why either.”
Of course, this was an unexpected event for Kiri as well.
“But don’t you know how things will work out?”
“situation?”
“How the Knights of Signus operate.”
What his comrades also wanted from Kiri was the way of the Knights of Signus, and to that question, Kiri answered.
“There are three main ways to deal with adventurers captured by the Knights of Signus.”
“Three?”
“Those who commit minor crimes will be turned over to the police of each city or town or to the Adventurer’s Guild.”
“What next?”
“Judgment is immediate.”
“what?”
Everyone was shocked by the explanation that followed.
There are three, the second is summary judgment? Then, isn’t the remaining one even worse?
“Usually it ends with a summary judgment. But if it’s worse than that, we take you there.”
“Where is that place?”
“Ereve.”
Everyone tilted their heads at Kiri’s subsequent explanation.
It’s not that I didn’t know Ereve.
I couldn’t not know.
“Isn’t that the headquarters of the Knights of Signus?”
Ereve.
It is an island floating in the sky, and was originally where Empress Signus stayed to inspect Maple World.
However, after the founding of the Knights of Signus, Ereve became the headquarters of the Knights of Signus.
It has become the safest place in the world.
“Why are you going there?”
But why on earth is going there so much worse than being summarily judged?
El Palm provided the answer to that question.
“Ereve is a place where only the Knights of Signus can enter.”
“yes?”
Everyone tilted their heads at that answer.
“What’s the problem?”
“It’s literally true. Only the Knights of Signus are allowed to enter. That rule is absolute.”
“ah!”
And only after hearing the explanation that followed did everyone finally understand.
“Those who are not members of the Knights of Signus may enter, but they may never leave.”
As El Palm said, adventurers who entered Ereve could never come out again.
“It’s as the boss said. Of all the adventurers who entered Ereve, no one has ever left Ereve. Not a single one.”
It can only be worse than summary judgment.
Of course everyone thought so.
“You wouldn’t go that far?”
El Palm Party may have committed mistakes, but it has never committed a mistake that deserves such a severe punishment.
It was the same with Kirido.
“That’s right. The adventurers who go to Ereve are the ones who committed the worst crimes. They are the worst, to the point that it would be considerate to give them a quick judgment. They are the ones who are not even worthy of atonement for their sins by being locked up for life. There is no chance of us going to Ereve.”
There was one exception.
El Palm, he knew.
Where is this unfairness going?
And El Palm’s colleagues also became aware of this fact.
“Uh, uh!”
The airship that was flying suddenly began to rise rapidly.
At breakneck speed.
“that?”
An island soon appeared before the eyes of the airship that was soaring into the sky.
“Kiri, really?”
The moment she saw that island, she said, Kiri.
“That’s right, Ereve.”
