Episode 26. The road to the tower
Central part of the continent.
‘Legion’, a country where the best forces of the empire are gathered according to the orders of the emperor.
I arrived at the Strange family villa there.
“I will find a place to stay at my Adventurer’s Pavilion, so please take care of me until then.”
Deacon ‘Diberi’, the owner of the villa and my father’s old friend, answered.
“Thank you! “You may stay as long as you wish.”
He tipped the kettle and filled my cup with black tea.
Grumble.
“Thank you for your words. “As I said earlier, I won’t be here for long, so don’t worry too much.”
“All right. But how can we know that you are trying to enter the adventurer’s coffin? “There are a lot of uncivilized people there, so it would be better for you to stay here.”
Devery didn’t know why I came to the capital.
They probably guessed that they had come to rest for a few days, or that they were going to the academy via here.
Because he also knows my age.
“Because I want to experience it.”
“experience?”
“Yes, as long as I stayed here. I want to see how trainee knights live and grow. “Because one day they too will have to meet each other on the battlefield.”
Diberi was quite surprised by Verdin’s answer. A child of only eight years old enters the adventurer’s coffin with such thoughts.
Usually, children of noble families dislike low-class lodgings that are noisy and crowded with barbarians.
“I understand what you mean. “Then, let us make preparations so that you can stay in peace during your stay at the mansion.”
“Oh, and one more thing.”
“Please speak, master.”
“I’d like you to check the Legion’s VIP auction house.”
“You mean the auction house?”
“I have a few things I want to buy.”
“What is?”
I wrote the list down on a piece of paper and showed it to him.
“This is enough.”
“Mana control necklace… . Random lucky dice… . Octagonal penduram… . huh? The body of a beast giant?”
Devery tilted his head.
“Master, do you know how to find the body of the beast giant?”
I continued talking, tapping Rox, who was standing next to me, on the shoulder.
“Because I need my friend.”
“Is it the body of a beast giant?”
“Yes, we need as many as possible.”
“that… . Sorry, but one beast giant is bigger than a tree. “I think it would be impossible to ask for a lot.”
“Still, try to save it.”
“… … .”
“Even if it’s not the castle, most of the mountains near the Legion’s castle are owned by my father, so there will be plenty of land.”
Devery raised his head and looked out the window. There was a mountain densely owned by Strange called the Blade’s Edge Mountains.
“All right. Then, let’s get everything that comes up for auction.”
“I will take the beast giant in a month. “We need to take care of the body so it doesn’t rot, so let’s appoint an alchemist.”
* * *
I walked with Rox to the center of the Legion, the Peace Square.
As expected, this place was noisy. Adventurers from all over the continent were busy.
Although each person had a different purpose for coming here, the destination they were heading to was the same.
A huge gray tower guarding the center of the continent. I took a deep breath right in front of him.
Write it! Puhu-
‘I’m back.’
Lord of the tower.
The top of a tower that rises through the clouds and has no end in sight.
How hard did I try to get there? It’s a new feeling to see it again like this.
Not only me, but Siegfried and Brunhild also looked like they were pledging something.
“Is this a tower?”
Rox, who was accompanying me, scratched his head and asked.
“okay.”
“I can’t see the end?”
“The top of the tower cannot be seen from the outside.”
“why?”
“Because God’s protection is blocking it.”
“… It’s so close here that you can’t see it. “Can’t you see it from afar?”
I also had that same thought in the past. So I climbed the highest mountain on the continent, but I still couldn’t confirm the top of the tower.
“No, there are clouds above clouds.”
“Clouds upon clouds?”
“okay.”
“What does that mean?”
“There are more layers of clouds above the clouds we are seeing now. “No matter how far away you look, you cannot see the end.”
Rox shrugged his shoulders.
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“Where is that? “I’ll check later.”
“do whatever you want.”
I walked with him to the crowded square.
Now that we have confirmed that the tower is the same as before, we need to find a way to get inside.
And I know how.
Since entry to the tower is not permitted to just anyone, it was obvious what an adventurer had to do to satisfy the conditions.
“Who is the continent’s strongest knight? “Welcome to the Legion Arena!”
As I opened the arena door and entered, a young woman with pink pigtails shouted loudly.
Gorgeous gestures and greetings greeting adventurers who come to the arena. She did her best in her duties.
“… “Why is she like that?”
“what.”
“It’s strange. “You’re making such a big fuss about just saying ‘hello’.”
“don’t mind. “Because it’s all commercial.”
“specification?”
“The arena is a place where there is fighting to make money. “He can make as much money as the number of players he has.”
“What does having so many players have to do with that woman making a fuss?”
“That’s how novice adventurers sign a contract to participate in the arena without knowing anything about it. “There is no man who wouldn’t like it when a pretty woman talks to him lively during a tiring trip.”
“is it.”
“Well, in our case, on the contrary, it is not a contract. “They probably thought the rich boy was bored and came here for speculative purposes and did something like that.”
“It’s for speculative purposes… ?”
“Because no one at this age comes to the arena to risk their life and fight.”
“ah!”
I approached the arena staff with Rox. A female employee with pigtails welcomed us with a big wave of her hands.
“welcome! “Our two wonderful little brats, how did you come to the Legion Arena?”
“contract.”
“A contract? I… . I don’t know what family you are from, but I’m sorry. “Only prepared adventurers can register in our arena, so if you come a little older-”
Fluffy.
I took two silver coins out of my pocket and handed them to her.
“contract.”
The female employee swallowed her saliva as she looked at the two silver coins. Maybe it would never have happened if it had been the currency used by others.
The reason she is so surprised now is because of the Strange family cross pattern depicted on the silver coin.
“The contract is here.”
She pulled two silver coins between her fingers and handed him a contract with her other hand.
I nodded briefly with a bright smile.
“When is the next game?”
“Which class are you planning to apply for?”
“Gold.”
“… Master, no, knight. Sorry, but Gold Class is not accepting applications.”
“Why?”
“Only those who have shown appropriate skills in the Bronze and Silver classes can enter the Gold Class.”
bang!
Someone kicked down the door and came in.
The eyes of everyone on the first floor of the arena were turned toward the front door. I also couldn’t help but turn my head.
Turf, plod, trudge.
Five people wrapped in black cloaks walked forward with great strides.
All five of them seem to be putting some effort into the arena, as they walk with a menacing spirit.
Chop rock!
One of them lifted his mask.
He had green spiky hair and three long lines drawn on his face from the left eye.
“Lily.”
At his words, the employee with pink pigtails who was talking to me ran out.
“yes! Ferreira!”
“I came. Instead of coming out and saying hello right away. “What were you doing?”
“sorry… . “I was busy receiving guests for a while.”
“customer?”
Ferreira slowly looks away.
He looked me up and down, snorted and said to the employee.
“You like customers. This bitch is missing. “Aren’t you going to straighten your face?”
“Well, that’s not it.”
“shut up!”
slap!
I slapped him mercilessly. The force of the hand was so strong that the female employee’s head turned. Not only that, but my legs became so weak that I collapsed.
dump.
Ferreira did not stop his evil behavior and spat on her head.
Ugh.
“You are looking after me today because I have done something good, but I know that if you do this again next time, I will cut off your head.”
The female employee answered while holding her reddened cheek.
“sorry… .”
“Are all the items ready?”
“Oh that… . “The porters haven’t arrived yet-”
“Bring everything to my room by afternoon. “If there is no stuff when I come back, everyone here will die.”
“Ah, I get it.”
The conversation is over.
Ferreira put on his mask again and headed inside the arena with his colleagues.
“That bastard… .”
Rox clenched his fists. Bae Hu-ryeong, the clown floating above his head, seemed to want to fight and danced excitedly, causing chaos.
I blocked his path and shook my head.
“no.”
“why?”
“not now.”
“That bastard, didn’t you see what he just did to that woman?”
“saw.”
“But you’re holding it in?”
It’s a shame what happened to her at the hands of the Black Cloak, but that woman has nothing to do with us.
Even if I helped, it wasn’t a situation where I could receive anything in return, and I wasn’t a good person enough to fight for someone for no reason.
“Oh, don’t waste your emotions needlessly.”
“… Hey, Verdin.”
“say.”
“In this situation, you have to help that person.”
“why?”
“A weak woman is being abused by a villain-like man.”
“That woman is not weak. “That guy from just a moment ago might not be the villain.”
“what?”
“If you help in a situation where you don’t know anything, things may get more complicated.”
“What does that mean?”
I held the female employee’s hand and helped her up and continued speaking.
“If only I had stood up to that guy named Ferreira to help this person… .”
The female employee who was listening to our conversation was startled.
“No way! Just a moment ago, you should never touch them.”
“Why?”
“They… . These are knights belonging to Brubon. “If he had done that, he wouldn’t have left not only the driver but me alone!”
Right.
I didn’t think they were ordinary guys, but it turns out they were from Brubon.
With this, it was clear that the guys from earlier were the knights of Pierre de Bourbon, the richest man on the continent.
‘That’s fun.’
“Did you hear? Rocks.”
Rox thought for a moment and answered while looking at the female employee’s swollen cheek.
“understood.”
“Okay, then let’s end the useless thoughts here. “Let us proceed according to plan.”
“okay.”
After rewriting the contract, I placed a few silver coins underneath it and handed it to the female employee.
“Catch all the fastest races to the gold class.”
fantasy,
