Wortenia Senki (WN)

Western Continental Calendar August 8, 2812 [to the Peninsula] its 5:

"Welcome home...... Did you stay at the Count's residence last night as expected by Bolts"

"Oh... that's quite a welcome, huh?

When Zhongwong, who welcomed him to the front door of the inn, received Liangzhen's coat, "Cloak," he folded it up and held it in his hand.

"Hmm... that's it. Looks like there's something dark going on back there."

Jong-won gently recieves Ryo True Word.

The same voice tone as usual. What does it mean...

Liangzhen immediately became suspicious.

"Oh... that's not the thing that figured out what you're doing back there... Jin-wong... you're not surprised at all, are you?... Is there a harvest there too?

"Yeah...... but that's later. Everyone is waiting in the Lord's quarters."

Liang Zhen flaunted his shoulder at the words of Zhongong Ong.

"Absolutely... those are brilliant people to make... you say you've already done your research... then why don't you just go"

I don't have time to come home from the Count's mansion and breathe in my own room.

(Totally panicked...... but well I can't help it...... I kind of have a bad feeling...)

If you don't look behind the Count, it could be about your own life. Such thoughts passed Ryo Tru's heart.

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"Then the boy is back, and let's say I start with Sassa... starting with Atai's report"

When Liang Zhen sat in the chair, Rione handed out the bundled parchment to everyone, just saying he had been waiting.

"Mister...? He is."

"Here's a list of all the mercenaries Atai has interviewed in the last few days!

To Bolts, who raised his voice of doubt, Rione answered with his chest stretched.

"Is this all..."

It is also impossible that the Bolts raised their voice of surprise. The size of the A4 paper details the mercenary's name, rank, and impression when Rio was interviewed.

The parchment says it's for two on the table, apparently on the back too. More than ten of them.

It will actually have a history of nearly 50 mercenaries.

In the name of being a member of the mercenary regiment [Red Lion], she seems to have recruited mercenaries.

"This guy is also... not just his name or rank... his origins, his request, the achievement rate of Quest... even when it comes to weapons and magic that he's good at... Besides, does Mr. Rione have a detailed impression... well, that's all in a matter of days..."

Ryo Jin is blinded by Rione's comment, which is surprisingly written on parchment paper.

Starting with a simple first impression, the way you talk and the way you pay attention to your eyes. From his human behavior, a fine addition had been made.

"I just want a guy with a little arm up, but hey... you put an unreliable guy in there and he hung himself up... right? And you can't have guys who don't work together... you can interview about 50 people and say 10 people are likely to be able to hire them... they're the ones who are thinking about hiring them around the name in red circles."

As far as it goes, there are mercenaries surrounded by red circles with their names, as Rione said.

"?... I know you surrounded your name with red circles... but who's drawn the horizon in this red?

When Liang Zhen passed Za's eyes through the parchment, there are about three other people with horizontal lines in their names besides those who have nothing written as it is and those who have their names surrounded red.

If Red Maru is an accumulated mercenary to hire, a mercenary that doesn't say anything but doesn't hire, what the hell does a mercenary put in the horizon mean?

"Ah... the problem is sleazy..."

Rione clouds the words.

"What? Is there a problem, too?

"Johann the Black Wolf... Ceres the Red Earth... and Lewie the Far Arrow... you always suck at the top of the line"

Blocking the Ryo True question, Bolts reads it out, checking each and every name written on parchment paper.

"Are you famous?

"Yep... the only thing I don't know about these two names in a mercenary is the rush I signed up for yesterday. Come on"

"You're the ones with arms...?

"Yep. But these guys are lone wolf mercenaries... they ignore their surroundings when they go out on the battlefield and go into the front line alone..."

In response to Laura's question, Bolts answered with a smile on his face.

"I see... right. It turns out Mr. Rione cares."

"Sure... that's too puzzling"

Liangzhen and Zhongwong nod at each other.

"Oh...... all three of my arms are top notch. So much so that even Atai is pretty dangerous if he hits one... he's just the ones who always believe his skill is the best... he's not the kind of guy who thinks about joining a mercenary regiment very much... and all three of them are the type to stick tokoton to money... I wouldn't hesitate to even get paid that it would be a dirty job. It just seems like Atai has something behind him, to be honest."

"I'm here to put my exploration in... is that the place?

Rione nods silently at Ryo Tru's words.

"Uh-huh... if you're pulling a thread in the back, you're in a place called Lupis or Count Salzberg..."

"No. Honestly, those two are the most powerful, but we can also think of a possibility of being hired by another country, right?

Makoto shows another possibility.

Indeed, given the presence of the Waltenia Peninsula near the border, it was also well thought out that other countries planning to invade the Kingdom of Roselia would unleash intermediate "espionage".

"Other countries... Can't we just narrow it down with current information..."

All we know at this stage is that the three people we interviewed are suspicious.

Extreme stories, whimsical attempts to join the mercenary corps could also be possible.

"In the meantime, I'm supposed to say no at a later date... but should I say no?

Rione's words are the least dangerous opinion. She herself must be lost in judgment.

But Zhongwong shook her head at her words.

"No, I can't say that's a good idea... if you have any thoughts, if you say no here, another human being will just be sent in again. I hope Lord Rione notices next time, but it is possible that he will not be able to do so. I think we should hire three people to keep an eye on their behavior."

"Right... is that the best... but who would do surveillance? You can't talk to all the Red Lions, can you? I have a job I'd like to ask you to do at Sunset."

Ryo Jin says so, arms up and roars.

(Tell everyone in the Red Lion why and watch? No, that's too blatant then... you'll feel these three are being watched and)

The problem is clear. I don't have enough hands. On top of the small number of people, the work to be done is in a pile.

Even Liang Zhen has a headache.

"If so... would you like to call in a few from my clan of eagles?

"Is it Jong-hoon's?

"Yes. Now all the Lord needs is a handkerchief... and those who can be trusted. If it's my family, I'm sure it'll live up to your expectations."

"The reward... is the same as last time?

"Fine, sir"

To Liang Zhen's enquiry, Zhongong bowed his head respectfully.

"Ok...... Mr. Rione. Put a few of Jong-hoon's clans in the mercenary regiment. Have them do internal surveillance. Is that okay?

"Aye! Your career will be well misguided by Atai."

Rione nods loudly.

"Then it ends once and for all when it comes to hiring mercenaries. Please report any problems in the future… Bolts next. How much information have you gathered on the peninsula?

Liang Zhen asked the Bolts.

"That's right, Yas... I glanced at the information stored in the guild, as the young man ordered. However, when it comes to the topography and current state of the peninsula, there can be no difference from what we have examined beforehand. Monster and Subhuman Nest, by the way."

"Nest hey..."

Ryo Jin takes a deep sigh.

"Heh. I don't have any information about the river or the lake yet, and Yas has more information about the monster that lives there, so if you look at it, you can see that Yas is just a fairly high-ranking monster, Monster, and the average person, then, I can't stop living there... it's falling to feed the monster Monster."

With that said, the Bolts also spread the parchment they have prepared.

"What the heck... at least an E-rank... just about every guy who classifies above D!

As soon as he saw the name of the monster Monster on parchment, Rione screamed.

That would be natural, too. The name of Monster, a high-ranking monster that I rarely encounter, is written as Biscilli.

The monsters "Monsters" were ranked in 10 levels, starting with the S-rank at the top, A ⇒ B ⇒ C ⇒ D ⇒ E ⇒ F ⇒ G ⇒ H ⇒ I, based on their guild. And this is linked to the Alliance Rank, which shows the power of the mercenaries.

The power of the individual is not necessarily consistent with the Alliance rank, but it can be a rough indicator. Judging by that, the monsters that live on the Waltenia Peninsula are more than E. This will be the highest ranking for Monster, a monster that has done no harm to humans.

The only thing that can be classified from C to the top rank is the stuff that is causing human damage, which I said attacking villages and towns, nesting in traffic rushes and feeding travellers. That's the first time I've been classified as C-rank because of that kind of damage. In other words, it would be said that the highest rank classified as race is up to D.

"At least E means... there's nothing you can do if you can't use magic..."

"That will be Yas... indeed, it is also Yas that the kings of history have abandoned this land. Bringing in the people will cost you too much to defend the town... if you are not a knight or a mercenary capable of using magic, you will not even be able to protect it... and if you do not expect immediate profit..."

Rione and Bolts, mercenaries of war, also have extensive experience in action against the monster Monster.

That's why I understood the difficulty of the peninsula more accurately than anyone else on this occasion.

Between humans and the monster Monster, there is a wall named Thick Physical Ability. muscle strength, reflex nerve, endurance. Which very humans were significantly inferior to the creatures called monsters Monsters.

As life form, man is overwhelmingly inferior.

Mercenaries and adventurers learn moves through training and fill in the difference, but the difference in physical specs cannot be filled either. Somewhere you're bound to hit a wall you can't get over.

But man overcame that wall by producing one technology. That technology is what combat technology is called magic. Techniques created by humans who are weak to counter the monster Monster, which boasts tough vitality.

However, in today's Earth Earth world, it has become a means for people to compete. The ability or inability to use the technique has become a clear barrier to identity. There is no way that a ruler, a king, would recommend the people to master magic, even though it is for territorial development.

As it turns out, the Waltenia Peninsula has been abandoned.

"Magic...... hey"

Liang Zhen, too, already has it as knowledge. I have a basic education from the Malfist sisters to return to Earth. But I haven't mastered it myself.

It takes at least April to master magic.

During the civil unrest in the Kingdom of Roselia, we didn't have time to master it, nor did we have time before to learn the common sense of this world or find a way back to Earth.

(Sort only people who can use magic? No, you can't do anything about that. The first gold is too much. I said mercenaries and knights, people who can use magic are treasured and should be well paid... then we just have to let the average person master the magic... or... no, the other way around, you just have to take advantage of this. A country where all the people can use magic... it becomes an overwhelming force of war... the magic itself can be mastered by anyone... but the problem is that there are no people to teach... can we manage this if we all educate the mercenary corps? Later...... who to teach...... solicit the inhabitants of the town...... is not tasty...... every lord would be pissed if they took their own people......)

Ryo Jin quickly calculates in his head, but he can't come up with a good proposal.

It's not a problem that I can handle with simple ideas.

"Well, let's talk about that later. Think about it, folks... The Bolts will continue to get information on the terrain."

"Copy that. Come on!

When Liang Zhen concludes by saying so, the Bolts nod loudly.

(Totally... The next thing I know, the next thing I know, the problem comes up...)

There's no need for Ryo to mourn.

Either way, only two people have finished reporting.

There are still reports of the Malfist sisters and Zhongwong.

(Especially the report of Zhongwong...... that mouthful earlier...... I must have grabbed something......)

Ryo Jin switches her sinking feelings when she leaks a deep sigh. I don't have the option of not listening to their reports here. No matter how harsh it is, it doesn't change the reality.