A little back in time. The location is the border city of Gaddis, the Adventurer's In-Guild Tavern.
After dropping off Cece and the others, Emmy sat down with two jocks next to Redo, who slowly thought it would be both booze and pleasure.
"He's gone. Hey. Aren't you lonely?
"I'm not a kid. What happened to your job, Emmy?"
"Take a break."
The apron looks like a real break when you see it off.
"Right. But Emmy put me in the right place."
I get a jock from Emmy and Redo with his mouth on the beer is so jokingly stupid.
"To what?
"This is what happens."
"I didn't do anything. Yo. Mr. Redo just took the liberty of helping and making his own disciples."
With that said, there was a little devilish grin on Emmy's face.
"Not at all...... okay. More recently, the mortality rate of new adventurers has been increasing."
"Oh, where did you get that?"
Emmy only worked at the Guild Tavern, and Ledo knew more about what was going on around there. And I also realized that Emmy knew (...) Ri (...) Over (...) and (...) I (...) Ru (...). So I put a little tear on it and saw it...
"I put in a little exploration last night."
"That's right... missing if you think I was drinking well. There's a lot of news, like, the next day that you confess to me."
"I don't know what the Alliance is in a hurry for, but I don't think the management of adventurers has been dodgy lately. Well, I don't care."
I poked at Ledo's flank like Emmy made fun of him for saying things like he took them and put them on.
"To a habit of concern ~. But I wonder if Cece and the others are okay."
"Well. It all depends on their strength. Men"... "women (...) ratio (...), average (...), etc. (...), and (...) no problems between parties. There will be hard parts of being a man full of women or vice versa."
That said, Redo lit a cigarette. Thin purple smoke rises.
"A male/female ratio?... Oh... I see... no."
Emmy sighed deliberately in Redo's words.
"Um, is something wrong? Well, put that aside, if you're hunting for the undead in the city (...) and in the middle (...) of the (...) ah (...) ru (...) tomb (...), then there's no problem with your current strength and party composition."
Redo pulls out memories of the past that it is true that the abandoned cemetery should have been on the north side of this city. You're not as far from this tavern as you should be. In the unlikely event that you don't even die, you have plenty of means to help.
I thought so. Redo was worried but at ease. Might be back as soon as this afternoon.
"... that? Is that a request?
"No, I haven't seen the details either. Recruitment was an undead hunt for an abandoned cemetery, so I thought it was that cemetery for new adventurers in the North End."
Redo had a time when he lived in this city when he was young.
Redo remembered the time with emotion that he had trained his undead opponents in swordsmanship and witchcraft in that abandoned cemetery.
"... Mr. Redo. That was over a decade ago, wasn't it? It's the policy of the former mayor, and two years ago all the cemeteries in the city have been purified. So that cemetery in the North End doesn't spring undead now either."
Redo frowned at the words.
"Wait. So those guys... went to the (...) abandoned (...) grave (...) ground (...) of this (...)?
"... I don't know. What's the rank of the request?
"E-rank. So even if we get out of town, it shouldn't be that far away."
The Adventurer Alliance sets the rank of the request independently, but the lowest rank and most varied is the E rank, and there are many requests that need to be made in and around the city.
Therefore, there is no doubt that the other elements may fluctuate, but the location of the request essentially leaves the city, the higher the rank.
Speaking of which, I've heard there was an old cemetery in the South Forest.
"... you've heard of it. Any residents in the area?
"You shouldn't be here. They say the tomb guard used to live there, but since it was abandoned and sealed off, it's been deserted."
"So... who (...) commissioned the undead hunt for such a discarded cemetery? No one will have trouble where the undead sprang up in such a place."
"I don't know. Maybe it has some purpose..."
Redo thinks while smoking.
Undead hunting in abandoned cemeteries. Even though I was a little away from where I thought I was going, it's not a very difficult request in terms of what I asked for. In the first place, we do research on the details of the request and the client on the Alliance side and rank them out. There must be no superficial mistake in the contents.
Of course the undead are the counterparts who should never be alarmed, but as long as there are priests, the difficulty decreases. So you don't have to worry so much about Cece and the others.
But Redo had a bad feeling.
Reede snuck out of her bunk late last night and headed to the city at night, so I tailed her.
Apparently, it was true that Reede was looking for people. I didn't even know who I was looking for, but it looked like I was looking for someone or something. But I was following him so shady that he wouldn't be noticed because he was so dangerous, I met an old acquaintance along the way.
Just as there is always darkness in a place of light, the man is the one who lives in the dark part of this city.
There were two things that bothered me when I heard from him.
Recently, the demand for new adventurers has increased.
Recently, there have been more sightings of demons in this city.
Neither is good information.
Increasing demand in the back means that so many new adventurers are sold (...) at high (...) values (...). Selling at a high price means... someone buys at a high price. The newbie adventurer involved will be in terrible sight, and there will be a tragic end ahead of good, obsolete, or worse, death.
Above all, the worst is the demonic sightings.
A demonic race is a race that is hostile to humanity.
Goblins and other demons are perceptions close to wildlife in one way or another, and they themselves are not looking to antagonize humanity. However, if you put it in the territory, it attacks, and sometimes you just look at humans as food.
But the Demons are not.
Although there are fine differences in appearance, almost the same appearance as human beings, they are trying to destroy mankind with malice, intent to kill and extraordinary intelligence.
They are better at magic than people, and have lower reproductive abilities and fewer individuals instead of higher physical abilities than people.
Above all, he worships fire and is innate in the art of manipulating them. Some of the demons are in use, and some make up for the small number of them.
Such is the sorrow of all mankind to defeat their king, the Demon King... Apparently. Such a sense of purpose unfortunately did not exist in Redo.
"What is it, Mr. Redo? Relax and shut up."
"No, I was thinking about the possibility of fake (...) outfits (...) depending (...) asking (...)"
"... it's possible."
Redo indulges in the possibility. A fake request is simply an attempt to push the Alliance side out and make the adventurer do something that is not the original purpose of the request.
This is a tactic sometimes used by residents of the back world, but, for example, when a hostile organization obtains information in advance that a back-trade is to be conducted at a location called A, it makes up the appropriate request so that an adventurer happens to run into that back-trade at a location called A. I dropped something important in a place called a, so I want you to look for it.
If an adventurer was killed by a hostile group that stumbled into a bowl, it would be a dead end. If a hostile organization eats damage in an adventurer's counterattack and the deal is cancelled, the goal is achieved. If an adventurer dies or is injured, the Alliance enters the investigation, and if information flows there, this can damage the hostile organization again.
Of course, the Alliance will investigate the clients and requests in advance so that they don't happen, but I don't think Ledo can scrutinize the huge amount of requests that increase every day.
So on the adventurer's side, I really need to figure out if that request isn't a fake request...
"Damn, I should have checked the contents... what I did made me fail to scrutinize the requested contents by assumption"
That's how Redo groaned in regret. It's a hate mistake. E-rank undead exorcisms. Because it was a kind of request that was difficult to fake, I was lazy.
"But you can't do that every time, Mr. Redo."
"That's true, though."
Assuming this request is a disguised request, what's the purpose?
Increased demand for new adventurers in the back, demonic sightings.
"... rookie hunting. I'll kill him before he sprouts... you know what?"
I said something about Redo flashing. As soon as we get the information sorted out, we'll know.
"Too much thought...... but it doesn't look like it"
Emmy also answered as she thought.
"For them, the scariest thing is not the army. Scary is good at butchering demons... adventurers"
"Are you saying that the increasing mortality of newcomers is the (...) let (...) of the demon (...) tribe?
Redo reacted to Emmy's words. Look at that, and Emmy opens her eyes only for a moment. That looked like Ledo to me, Shit.
"The (...) of (...) Ri (...). There are a handful of people who profess the Demon King who say this is the only big city. If they make a fake request, we won't be able to spot them. An abandoned cemetery in the woods... a perfect place to raid."
"... Mr. Redo, what are you going to do?
"What did they say about overprotection find out? Follow them. I'll just keep a close eye on you if nothing goes wrong... but I'll rescue you if anything happens"
"Yes, well, I have some concerns, too, so I'll do a little research."
"Oh, please"
That's what Ledo stood up for.
"Be careful, Mr. Redo. I don't know what's coming out of it."
"I know."
That's what Redo said, and he ran out of the liquor store.
Emmy exhaled loudly as she looked at that back.
In his eyes dwells a sword and swallowing light that is nothing short of supplication.
"Ahhh... chi (...) heh (...) and (...) oil (...) broken (...) and (...) su (...) gi (...) or (...)... I can't believe I distracted myself in front of an S-ranked adventurer... not like me"