"If that's all you want to say, I can take the village chief's request."
"What?"
"Of course I have a condition."
It was necessary to move in advance in order to swallow this condition.
Remove one piece of paper from the storage ring.
I was surprised when the village chiefs suddenly circled their eyes at the phenomenon of objects appearing, but ignore such things and write letters on paper. I thought about the text beforehand, so I'll finish writing soon.
The text is the content of the contract when accepting the request.
Pass the paper with the contract details to the village chiefs.
"It says a lot, but in summary...
1. I'll take on the demon crusade by myself
2. The reward is ten gold coins
3. A person who unilaterally breaks the contract shall pay the other person a hundred times the gold coin of the remuneration
4. The village chief contracts on behalf of Adventurer Mars and the village of Dayton
That's four points. "
"Are you kidding me? Didn't I just say you need over a hundred adventurers to defeat about a thousand demons? Take it on your own…"
"It depends on how you do it, demon opponent."
"But..."
I guess my image of being among the village chiefs remains that of the villagers three months ago.
So I decided to stick to the facts.
"Village chief. The only option left for you is to destroy the village by demons or hire me to bet on it. Then you'll have to read the contract carefully (...) and sign it"
……
He told me to start reading the contract again.
Finally the village chief noticed the third option written in the contract.
"What happens when you fail?
"Pay 1,000 gold coins as it says there"
100 times the 10 gold coins of the reward for success - 1000 gold coins.
The village chief was laughing with his nose when he heard the amount.
"There's no way I can have that amount"
Normally, I think so.
It is about the aristocrats who have such an amount. It's not the amount you can have for being an adventurer and making a little money.
"Yes."
Remove 100 pieces of gold from the storage ring.
Both the village chief and the soldier chief were surprised to see the amount of gold coins they saw for the first time.
"This is..."
"A hundred pieces of gold is the best amount you can have right now. But if you go home, it should be a few hundred pieces in gold coins because there are some gems or something that you haven't redeemed. As for the rest... I'll pay you back even if I owe you again from the Count."
"Oh, oh..."
The mayor of the village, who has lost sight of the gold coin, has reached out and gives it to Mr. Rooty, who sits next to him.
"This is a deposit in receiving a request. If I fail to make a request, please pay for it first."
"Okay. I'll certainly keep it in my guild."
This is one of the reasons I asked Mr. Rooty to be present.
"Now you know you can get at least a hundred gold coins"
"But there must be a chance of escape without paying the rest of the money."
Even a hundred pieces of gold should be a fair amount of money, but the village chief wants to get 1,000 pieces greedily. That's why he was afraid I'd run away.
Of course I'm taking measures there too.
That was answered by Mr Rooty, who was in a neutral position.
"You don't have to worry about that. The paper on which this contract is written is a pledge (Gears Roll) that incorporates magic and special magic. The effect is simply to make sure that the contract details written in the contract are complied with. So, Mars, when you fail to crusade the demons, a thousand gold coins are to be forcibly collected by forces similar to the curse."
Some adventurers knew the pledge, and they were surprised at me for bringing it up to something like that in a different way.
"And you were willing to have this stuff ready a lot. This is an expensive substitute for the cost of ten gold coins, although it's extremely effective."
Ten gold coins can be purchased in Wangdu if the method has already been established.
But I used the power of the Labyrinth to get a pledge that wasn't in Alistair's city if I hadn't been to the King's Capital. However, this consumes a lot of magic. Specifically, it consumed three million to prepare one. Since it is yet another plan that will be needed, the pledge alone will have consumed six million.
"So, as you can see from the current explanation, when I fail the request, a thousand pieces of gold will surely be yours."
"Right."
Taking my word for it, the village chief nods with a serious face.
But looking from the front, I could see that the village chief's mouth was burning.
The village chief's soul and guts are easy.
I don't think I can ever succeed on my own against the number of demons, and I guess I'm going to use 1,000 gold coins I've got to move to a big city as well. With all that money, I can start doing business or anything.
"So, what do we do?
I don't know what else to do.
I have no other choice but to sign the contract.
My name is already written, so now a contract has been signed between me and the Dayton Village Chief.
"Then we leave tomorrow morning. I'll get a carriage in front of the South Gate, but you want to come with me?
"Oh, let me do that"
The road to Dayton Village isn't always free of demons either.
I guess it's a stomach buzz to have me escorted too.
I don't have a problem with that.
"Hmm. It's about coming without running away"
The village chief and the soldier chief follow the guild to the inn.
"Hey, are you sure you're okay?
Mr. Blaze, who became familiar with me when the two of them were gone, talks to me.
"What makes you okay?
"No, I got a contract to pay 1,000 gold coins."
He seems to think that a crusade of demons is impossible among Mr. Blaze.
"No problem. I'm not going to pay 1,000 pieces of gold in the first place, and if nothing happens, I'll get 10 pieces of gold to finish it."
"I know how strong you are, but it's not like you're dealing with Wolff alone."
I'm fine. Someone other than me affirmed me when I tried to.
"You'll probably be fine"
Mr. Rooty assured me.
"Mars, I kind of know where your aim is."
I noticed my aim because it was Mr. Rooty who could have known the most about the village chief in the guild besides me.
"Is there a problem?
"No, you don't particularly. The Alliance is only an organization that mediates clients and adventurers. I have deposited the deposit, but I have nothing to say here."
I could have gotten permission from the guild for now.
"Hey, were you going to take this request alone from the start?
B-rank adventurer seniors asked.
Given the circumstances, you'll get to that much of an answer.
"I know you've already noticed, but I kinda asked the Count to temporarily hire the adventurers,"
I give him about fifty gold coins as a deposit.
And since it also explains what plans it has, it has also been accepted to rent three knights.
"You mean you had to ask those village chiefs from the beginning?"
"Right."
Unlike the village chiefs, I had a lot of rooting to do in advance.
The number of demons that occurred in the woods was also kept under constant surveillance using labyrinth magic that could put the eagle of an animal called 'Labyrinth Magic: The Eagle Servant' under control.
Thanks to this, we know that we can just defeat 970 demons at this morning's stage. Some quality demons, but mostly just goblin-like miscellaneous fish.
The fact that I have an overwhelming amount of information made the village chiefs roll funny over my palms.
- So far, as planned.