We arrived at the labyrinth city of "Gecko City" in the "Duchy of Artemina".
At the exterior gate, you'll need to show your ID, but it looks like it's just a check.
"You're an aristocrat of the [Kingdom of Kouriud], aren't you?" Please come through. "
"Thank you. I was attacked and caught by a bandit along the way. May I hand it over?"
"Eh, did you catch the bandits?Looks like there's no guards left... Oh, he died fighting the bandits.I'm sorry to hear that... "
"No, I didn't have an escort originally."We managed to defeat them ourselves.The bandits are riding in the horse-drawn carriage behind us. ”
When the doorman led the guard to the horse-drawn carriage, he opened his mouth and stiffened.
I must have been surprised because the bandits were ripped off and wrapped around with ropes and packed in cucumbers.
Did you catch so many of them?
"There are 24 of them."
"B-but... just three of them caught twenty-four of them!?"
The guards opened their mouths even further.
It seems that he thought that the three of us caught Mr. Isthil and Mr. Bloor of "Cobolt".
Lily and Chappie were eight years old, so they wouldn't have dreamed of joining the fight.
Nia is a feather fairy, so she hides in the carriage when she passes through the customs because there is a risk of being noisy, for better or for worse.
"Nh... the bandits are unharmed, aren't they?"How the hell did you do that...? Ah, nobleman, I'm sorry, but even if I'm alive, I can't get a bonus right now... "
The guard said he was sorry that he thought he was alive for a bonus.
"It doesn't matter." As long as you take it back, it's no problem. ”
"Eh, yeah, I see..." I understand.Then, I will be here to welcome you. ”
The guards were reluctant to respond to my reaction for a moment, but they took care of it.
They've called in some of their guards, and they're taking the bandits.
In "The Duke of Artemina", even if the bandits are caught, there is no reward money.
I didn't catch them for a reward, so I don't care, but my logic of making money catching bandits doesn't work in every country.
Aistil-san said that he used to get paid to catch bandits.
However, it seems that the system is no longer in place.
But since the guards and regulars don't fight off bandits, there are more and more bandits.
It seems that the [Commercial Guild] may send a request to the [Adventurer's Guild] to defeat the bandits in certain places, but it seems that this is only temporary.
Since there are two countries with labyrinths, even if it is a small country, the national expenses should be abundant, and the reward system should not have disappeared due to money, Aistil-san tilted his neck.
It is certainly incomprehensible.
It dared to leave the bandits out of the wild.
Maybe it's just negligence.
Through the gate, it is still connected to the main street.
The wide road stretches straight everywhere.
According to Mr. Aistil, this "Gecko City" is the second largest city in the "Duchy of Artemina" after the official city of Artemina, with a population of more than 50,000.
Although the area is quite large, it is a city with a strange shape.
From the south gate we entered, we turned to the north gate on the other side, and it became a vertical city.
Its longitudinal shape is not rectangular, and its north and south sides have large circular bulges.
It's shaped like an "iron array with one hand."
For this reason, it seems that each of the circular places in the north and south had a labyrinth and spread out in a circle to gather people.
The "Gecko Labyrinth" is located in the circular place on the south side, and the "Seicho Labyrinth" is located in the circular place on the north side.
"Gecko Labyrinth" is a large labyrinth, and "Seicho Labyrinth" seems to be a small labyrinth.
The "Seicho Labyrinth" is said to be a labyrinth for beginners, with monsters appearing at levels up to 30.
Previously, I heard from Hina, the founder of vampires and a former "healing hero", that one of the full-fledged labyrinths of the "Masimagna Fourth Empire" was in the "Artemina Duchy".
According to the information that was disclosed when he was an active hero, there is a second generation labyrinth and a third labyrinth of the fully operational labyrinth in the current locations of the "Artemina Duchy" and the "Apolonia Duchy".
The second-generation labyrinth is not a labyrinth with a beautiful hierarchical structure, but a labyrinth that seems to have the shape of an ant's nest closer to the labyrinth of nature.
Either "Gecko Labyrinth" or "Seicho Labyrinth" becomes the second generation of the second labyrinth.
On a scale, the "Seicho Labyrinth" is suspicious.
Either way, we're going to visit both labyrinths, so you'll know.
Entering through the south gate, he said that it was connected to the main street, but to be exact, the gate had a huge oval square in front of it.
This square is connected to the main street.
The square is crowded and busy with stalls.
There's a lot of people gathered around the stalls, but our carriages are too big and already attracting attention.
Unusually, people gather near the carriage, so slowly advance the carriage.
Among the people who came near the carriage, there were people with strange faces, waving heavily.
Grimm, I've been expecting you.
I was greeted by Maidaman of the Yokai Chamber of Commerce and a member of the adventurer party "Bibi".
Ratman in the "Healer" position as the leader, Nurikaben in the "Tank" position, Itaan in the "Scout" position, Nyamsung in the "Attacker" position as the cat, Konakin in the "Attacker" position, Kitty Row in the "Long Attacker" position, and Zunakakakena in the "Wizard" position.
Maidaman, the head of the "Yokai Chamber of Commerce", is the father of Kitty Row and the sponsor of the adventurer party "Bibi".
There were fifteen other people who had been deceived into slavery and helped where they had been sold to the "Matteo Chamber of Commerce", but they were greeted together.
They were also escorting adventurers and pedestrians in the "Duchy of Artemina", so they wanted to return to the "Duchy of Artemina" once.
The Maedamans came back to the Labyrinth City ahead of us to search for properties for us.
I flew a pigeon and was informed that I was going to visit the Labyrinth City today, so he came to pick me up.
The messenger pigeon, of course, is a member of my "bond".
“Thank you for taking the time to welcome me.”
“No, of course not. You must be tired.Please come to my house first.It's a tiny house, but I think it's better than a normal inn. ”
Maidaman's house is located in a circular area where we are now in what is said to be the southern ward of the large "Gekko City".
Apparently, it was a short distance away.
"Gekko City" is divided into the southern section, the northern section, and the vertical section connecting the two.
Don't want to stroll the stalls in this square, but let's start by interrupting the Maidaman Mansion.