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Chapter 9. Traps (3)
8.
When adventurers form a party, the most important thing is position. Who will play what role?
Such positions were broadly divided into three categories.
Tank, dealer and support.
The most unique position among these was the supporter.
Originally, supporters were largely wizards.
Among wizards, it refers to those with the talent to use support magic, that is, healing or recovery magic.
However, even in the wizarding world, supporters were classified as a completely different profession.
At the same time, supporters were treated differently even within the adventurers.
“Before going on an adventure, adventurers decide on a priority for who will die first in a dangerous situation. Except for the supporters.”
Supporters are treated with the utmost respect within an adventurer’s party.
The reason was simple.
“Because if the supporters die, everyone else will die anyway.”
The supporter’s ability is directly linked to the lives of party members.
That is why adventurers put a lot of effort into recruiting supporters with outstanding abilities.
It was the same with Devo.
“Now the party is finally starting to feel like a party!”
He was initially delighted to hear that he was going to find supporters.
‘I guess I won’t die.’
For Devo, who always has to play the role of a tank on the front lines, the presence of a supporter is more reliable than anyone else.
At the same time, there was anticipation.
“If the boss remembers your name, you must be amazing, right?”
There’s no way El Palm would bring in an ordinary supporter.
“So where is this Ralph?”
El Palm said to Debo, who was excited with anticipation.
“It’s over there.”
Divo, who saw where El Palm was pointing with his finger, soon tilted his head.
“Isn’t that the slum ground over there?”
Slum ground.
It refers to a part of the northern part of the port city of Leith, and it was an area filled with all sorts of bad things, just like the expression slum.
Of course, most cities had slums. They couldn’t have not. There were slums in Kerning City, and there were slums in the magical city of Ellinia.
“Boss, isn’t that a dangerous place?”
However, Lee’s slum grounds were reputed to be the worst of all slums.
That’s understandable, as it is a port city, adventurers from Victoria Island and all over Maple World gather in Leith.
Naturally, criminals also gathered there, and the security and quality of life were worse than in other slums.
Even the most adventurous of adventurers find it difficult to set foot there.
“It could be dangerous.”
Of course, it was a meaningless risk for El Palm.
El Palm, he’s already in the 3rd circle.
Moreover, El Palm was confident that hunting adventurers was easier than hunting monsters.
“Don’t worry too much, I’m not going there to cause trouble.”
Crucially, El Palm wasn’t out to hunt anyone.
At El Palm’s words, Divo let out an awkward laugh.
‘Who cares about the boss?’
It’s not like Devo didn’t know that.
Even for the moment, the mediocre criminal adventurers here weren’t all that scary.
‘I’m worried about taking a human to a place like this.’
The problem is that the adventurers here aren’t all real people.
‘Even more so the bishop.’
Moreover, the ones we were looking for this time were the Support Bishop adventurers.
Those responsible for the life of the party.
But why put a criminal in such an important position?
El Palm also said that he knew about Debo’s worries.
“I am not a criminal.”
“Yes?”
“I just like money.”
“yes?”
El Palm did not explain any further to the surprised Devo.
Just take a step.
So El Palm visited the gambling dens that were abundant throughout the slums of Leeds.
Finally, El Palm arrived.
“found.”
The one he had been looking for so desperately.
At those words, Divo, who had suffered a lot following El Palm, smiled and said.
“Who are you?”
“excuse me.”
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Debo tilted his head at El Palm’s words.
“Huh? Isn’t that just a bear-like human being with an incredibly large body and a scary face?”
“That’s it.”
“yes?”
“It’s that guy.”
“No, so Bishop is the kind of guy who could take down a bear with his bare hands. He looks like a warrior to anyone.”
Devo reacts as if he can’t believe it at all.
“You didn’t see things wrong, did you?”
El Palm did not answer Devo’s repeated questions.
There was no reason to do it.
“It is certainly.”
If no one else knew, El Palm knew Ralph, because he knew him well.
‘I can’t forget the moment when that bastard killed all of my colleagues.’
At that moment, memories of that day came to El Palm’s mind.
9.
The moment monsters started to burst out of the Mystic Gate, the world became hell.
Everyone despaired at the appearance of the monster.
So the world didn’t know.
Taking advantage of the confusion, the followers of the Black Mage began to move in earnest.
So the followers of the Black Mage gave Maple World an absurdly fatal blow.
The most representative of these was the death of Knight Commander Mikhail, who could be said to be the heart of the Knights of Signus.
The group of adventurers who follow the Black Wizard, known as the Black Paradise, killed Mikhail, the commander of the Knights of Signus.
Since then, Black Paradise has wandered around Maple World, hunting countless adventurers.
El Palm’s party was one of them.
Actually, it couldn’t even be called hunting.
One-sided massacre.
Only one person survived, El Palm.
It was four years later that El Palm succeeded in avenging his dead comrades.
At that time, El Palm hunted down all the adventurers who belonged to Black Paradise and followed the Black Wizard.
The last person they encountered at the end of such a hunt was Bishop Ralph.
He was one of the core members of Black Paradise and survived until the end, so El Palm was able to hear.
“Why did you follow the Black Wizard? There must be a reason.”
Ralph, the reason he followed the Black Wizard.
“He just said he would give me the most money.”
It was a ridiculous reason.
And that ridiculous reason brought El Palm here.
“Ralph, right?”
“Is that right?”
“I have a proposition for you. I would like you to join my party.”
El Palm, he proposed a party to Ralph.
It wasn’t easy to understand.
El Palm and Ralph had a bad relationship. A really bad relationship, really.
Black Paradise, which Ralph belonged to, had killed all of El Palm’s comrades, and El Palm had completed their revenge.
They fought each other to the death.
Even Ralph was a follower of the Black Wizard.
Nevertheless, there were two reasons why El Palm made this offer to Ralph.
One is that Ralph is a very good supporter.
‘If it weren’t for him, Black Paradise would never have been able to kill Mikhail.’
Not only was he outstanding, he killed the great Knight Commander of the Signus Knights.
There was no doubt about his skills.
What’s left is character.
“You suddenly came here and said something like that, so I don’t think you’re normal. Are you sick or something?”
There’s no way it’s going to be good.
But whether it was good or not, it was good anyway.
I’ve seen El Palm countless times.
In a world overflowing with monsters and run by followers of the Black Mage, things like humanity don’t really matter when it comes to survival.
El Palm did just that.
The last adventurer, El Palm, did not earn that holy and noble title because of his good character.
There was something else that was important.
“Give me the deposit.”
For the ridiculous reason I mentioned earlier,
“Deposit? How much can you give?”
“10 million mesos.”
He loves money more than anyone else, to the point of following a black magician for money.
El Palm’s prediction turned out to be correct.
The moment the 10 million mesoran amount appeared, Ralph’s expression changed.
It was the same with Devo.
“Boss, what are you talking about? Ten million mesora?”
Devo also can’t afford to waste money.
From his perspective, it was hard to accept that a stranger would suddenly offer him 10 million mesos.
To be more precise, I couldn’t understand this conversation itself.
‘No, boss! You don’t have 10 million mesos?’
El Palm had spent most of his money on paying off his debt to the Gapor Group, let alone the 10 million mesos he had.
It means that there is no way to show money right away.
“Do you have 10 million mesos now?”
“If you sign a contract with Gapor Top soon, you can receive it as a deposit.”
“soon?”
So, even if I say something like that, to the listener it’s just empty talk that’s not worth listening to.
“Against the top of Gapor? Crazy about that money?”
That’s usually how it was.
But El Palm knew.
The person in front of you was a follower of the Black Wizard for money and fought with the commander of the Signus Knights, Mikhail.
That wasn’t normal.
Most sensible people wouldn’t fight Signus Knight Commander Mikhail even if he was paid 100 million mesos.
That Ralph was a man crazy about money.
For him, the mere bait of 10 million mesos was more than enough to get his body going.
“That’s an interesting story.”
That was when.
“El Palm, you are here. Excuse me for a moment.”
An intruder has arrived between El Palm and Ralph.
“I am Beiju from the upper reaches of Kania. I have come to make a proposition to El Palm.”
10.
“My name is Beiju, and I come from the top of Cania.
“When they heard that, Debo and Ralph were both surprised.
I couldn’t help but be surprised.
‘What about Beige?’
‘Isn’t that the left arm of Ivok, the top lord of Cania?’
The port city of Reese, it was a name that anyone living here would know.
Of course, El Palm was different.
“I would like to make a recruitment offer to El Palm.”
The moment he heard those words, El Palm thought.
‘The trap has arrived.’
Top of Kania.
El Palm also knew it well.
‘A follower of the Black Wizard.’
What kind of people they are.
In fact, El Palm had known for a long time that the tail of the upper part of Kania was attached.
I couldn’t not know.
There are twelve gambling dens roaming around the slums of Reese.
If El Palm hadn’t noticed that he had a tail despite traveling to so many places, he would never have become the last adventurer.
Of course, it was unexpected for El Farm that Kania was making a recruitment offer at this time.
But I could see the intention.
‘You came in after realizing the situation I’m in.’
From the perspective of the upper echelons of Cania, who had to somehow entice El Palm, the situation of bargaining with Ralph must have seemed attractive.
El Palm, who was pushed back in the negotiations, had no choice but to welcome the appearance of the upper ranks of Kania.
“What if it’s a recruitment offer?”
“I heard the story. That you demanded a deposit of 10 million mesos at the top of Gapor.”
You can’t help but be tempted by this offer.
“Will you give it to me?”
One, Kania’s boss isn’t stupid and he didn’t really step in to give 10 million mesos.
“I’ll give it to you if you pass the test.”
As I said before, the Kania top is just trying to take advantage of this situation.
But Ralph, who didn’t know that fact, was different.
Ralph’s eyes changed.
‘Is it real?’
Because the 10 million mesos that El Palm spoke of is no longer an absurd idea.
There was a condition attached that he would be given it if he passed the test, but it was true that a lot of money was at stake.
It was a good opportunity for El Palm.
‘Ralph has already made up his mind.’
The money-mad man will now give his okay to El Palm’s proposal without the slightest hesitation.
Of course El Palm knew.
“Are you talking about a test?”
‘It must be a trap.’
At the top of Kania, he had no intention of giving himself the 10 million mesos deposit.
Beiju said to El Palm:
“There is one Mystic Gate. It is orange in grade. It has three wounds.”
The moment they heard those words, Debo and Ralph had the same thought.
Not a bad place to test it out.
Orange rank is the optimal rank for El Palm, a 3rd circle adventurer.
Also, three wounds is not a small number, but it is an appropriate number to test one’s skills.
In other words, there was not the slightest hint of a trap.
El Palm’s thoughts were the same.
This alone didn’t tell us whether it was a trap or not.
So, more information is needed.
“Where is the Mystic Gate?”
To that question, Beiju said:
“It’s in Hennessy.”
At that moment, El Palm was able to recall one memory from his mind.
‘Is that the guy with the hundred scars, Mystic Gate?’
