STGB Chapter 39

Episode 39 The Guild (4)

“Master, what do you mean by that? Suddenly seeing me go to the guild?”

“Didn’t you say that there was someone looking for you so you had to visit?”

“That’s true…”

Arua Raven, a 6th-class wizard belonging to the Mage Tower, blurted out his words with a blunt expression.

It’s true that he has business in the guild, but…

First of all, he planned to go after resting for a while and studying the ‘item’ he obtained this time, at least roughly.

“The branch manager made an official request for support. From what I’ve heard, it seems like something big has happened there too. Wouldn’t it be enough to earn pocket money?”

“…Okay. I’ll be back.”

Raven had no choice but to accept this job.

If it was a guild, it was a place you would have to go to at least once anyway.

If you go now, you can get a small monetary reward, so there is no justification for delaying it because it is annoying.

‘I spent a lot of money in the labyrinth this time…….’

Besides, it wouldn’t be bad to meet the barbarian a little earlier.

Unprecedented variant crack.

Wasn’t he the one who ate the Guardian’s essence from there?

It is a specimen as interesting as the ‘thing’.

“Then I will go.”

“Ah, take Tarzin too.”

“It’s okay. He’s not very useful.”

Raven used the warp gate on the 1st floor of the Mage Tower to move to the closest location to the branch.

It takes about 10 minutes on foot to reach the destination.

Coming out to the boulevard, she frowned.

“Why are there so many people?”

It seems to be several times more than usual.

And the closer you get to your destination, the more people you can’t even step on.

As if something big was about to happen here.

‘Come to think of it, the branch manager said he officially requested support, right?’

Raven let out a long sigh.

I was going to earn a little pocket money, but I thought maybe I would have to suffer as much.

“Hey, I’ll ask you something. What the hell is going on?”

Raven grabbed the male bystander with the most complacent impression and asked.

And I heard something that made me doubt my ears.

“The marauders trapped in the branch have escaped on a massive scale.”

It was truly an unprecedented event.

As it was not enough that the prison break broke out, some of them succeeded in escaping to the city center…

One presumed ringleader is said to have taken the daughter of the local chief who happened to stop by the branch as a hostage.

“It looks like he has no brain. There’s no way the guild will negotiate for that.”

It was a negotiation, and in the first place, the guild had no authority.

The royal family of Lapdonia ceded much of the labyrinth-related authority to the guild, but strictly adhered to the principle of the death penalty for looters.

If he had escaped outside like the other prisoners, he would have had at least some chance of survival.

“But it got a little fun.”

“What do you mean?”

“Because the hostage-taking guy is shouting that he’s framed.”

“Who?”

“That’s right. He said all he wanted was to gather the parties involved in the case and use magic to reveal the truth fairly in front of everyone.”

It’s not like asking for forgiveness or anything like that.

The hostage taker only asked for ‘finding the truth’.

Because of this, among the watching crowd, even the suspicion that what he said may be true is spreading.

‘What kind of crazy people are there?’

Of course, if the story is true, the first cause will lie with the investigators doing things wrong.

But that doesn’t mean you’re going to have a massive prison break and in the meantime take the district chief’s daughter hostage?

It is certain that the sane would never do it.

“Anyway, that’s why everyone is waiting. The branch manager asked for support from the Mage Tower.

Looking at the onlookers who clicked their tongue, Raven smiled awkwardly.

Now she knew for sure.

That the magician is himself.

Raven let out a big sigh and recited a spell.

“Batuna Corbier.”

Her body began to rise into the air with blue light blooming under her feet.

“Oh my lady! Was it a wizard?”

Raven passed over the crowd and landed on the third floor terrace of the Explorers Guild branch.

And when I found a man, I was startled.

“Bjorn… Yandel?”

Why is this man here?

***

Is it because the district chief’s daughter is being held hostage?

All work was done quickly.

“This is Koldo Birman, who asked me to come. As you said, he passed out below.”

“Thank you. You should go.”

The first to arrive was the inspector pup.

For reference, the situation has not yet returned to consciousness.

It didn’t look good, so I stuck it in the closet.

After waiting for a while, the second shipment arrived.

“Wait a minute! How can a guild do it so forcefully?”

The name of this male explorer in his 20s who walks in a huddled posture is ‘Hatsu Young’.

That idiot who lost his masculinity while trying to do something to Erwen.

“Thank you for taking care of it without asking. Then you should go downstairs.”

“yes.”

“Are you branch manager Ji? Why am I…”

Simultaneously with the sound of an employee descending the stairs.

I jumped out from behind the door and slammed my fist into his countertop.

Poo-!

The minute did not go away in one room.

If the inspector was the first contributor for things to come to this point, the second priority was this bastard.

If this guy hadn’t given false testimony, the investigators wouldn’t have had any reason to sentence me to death.

“Ah! What are you doing! Who are you—!”

“Okay, let’s get it right.”

One to two, three to one……

As the fists were slammed into the face in succession, before long Hearts Young fainted in a bubble of blood.

This time, it was also not good for aesthetics, so I put it in the closet likewise.

Thanks to the scaffolding inspector, it looks a little cramped, but it shouldn’t be a big problem.

The more I looked at them, the better they looked as a pair.

After watching for a while, the branch manager cautiously spoke to me.

“…what the hell do you want?”

Oh you haven’t told me that yet.

But there’s no need to say it twice.

It’s a fact that you’ll naturally know even if you don’t want to know after the next preparations arrive anyway.

With that thought in mind, I kept quiet.

But…….

“Chief! It seems difficult to attend a priest.”

The key card for this work, the Priest, was missing.

The reason is that the official priest associated with this branch is currently absent.

It was also impossible to call another priest.

No matter how much it was an explorer’s guild, you couldn’t call a priest who worshiped a god like some kind of neighborhood friend.

‘Even at the request of the branch manager, it would take at least one day.’

In this worldview, priests are nobles.

It’s just what you do, not your identity.

Suddenly, my appetite was bitter.

‘Nothing has worked out properly.’

I wanted to do things as quietly as possible.

If the branch manager had heard it, he would have made the situation to this point and shouted what kind of bullshit it was, but…….

Prison break can be dismissed as an ‘accident’ somehow.

But what if the guild sentenced an innocent Level 9 explorer to death?

The moment this is known to the outside world, the prestige of the explorer guild will literally be thrown into the poop.

‘For now, it’s because they claim to be an organization that protects explorers.’

That’s why he asked for a priest.

As long as I can prove my innocence in front of the priest, I can handle things relatively quietly.

Even so, the Explorers’ Guild wouldn’t dare cover this up either.

However, from the beginning, the plan was disrupted.

“Thanks for the news. Go downstairs.”

“Yes! Good job, branch manager!”

Listening to the footsteps of the staff walking away, I finished my brief thought.

‘If it’s impossible to entrust the notarization to a priest…’

There’s no choice but to make the plate even bigger.

That’s how it should be, but the Explorers Guild won’t be able to kill me and silence me.

Among the many methods that came to mind, I chose the most unconventional and effective one.

“Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”

“What are you doing!”

As I went out to the terrace with a sword pointed at the daughter of the local chief, I saw people gathering on the main street.

It seems that they are the onlookers gathered for the previous prison break incident.

“Up there! There’s a monster up there!!”

One of them spots me and exclaims.

Attention gathered in an instant.

“Keuh hmm hmm.”

After clearing his throat once, he shouted using his natural barbarian voice.

“My name is Bjorn Yandel! I am the 9th level explorer the guild tried to frame and kill! I swear to God I am innocent!”

The reaction was immediate.

“What is that guy?”

“Are you an escaped prisoner?”

I don’t care if they believe me or not.

Since rice cakes were thrown, even more people would gather because they were curious.

No matter how much an explorer’s guild was, it wouldn’t be possible to simply bury an incident that everyone was watching in real time.

Now you just have to hold out until the wizard comes.

Instead of a shield that has become a lump of scrap metal and has disappeared

…

By making good use of the local chief’s daughter’s shield.

***

How long has it been since the prison break?

“What is it? Why is Mr. Yandel here?”

“I never thought the wizard sent by the Mage Tower would be that one.”

Hearing the conversation between the two unknown men and women, Koldo Birman opened his eyes.

The surroundings were dark and the body did not move.

‘what? Are you locked up? why?’

Leaving behind the swelling headache, he recalled. There were a few scenes that immediately came to mind.

Prisoners escaping from prison and running amok.

I ran away from them and locked the door to the interrogation room.

And that barbarian who broke down the door and punched himself in the face!

‘Oh, but what happened after that?’

I don’t know.

I can’t feel it at all.

So he focused on hearing.

“It would be quick to talk about the situation outside.”

“How fast is that fast! What the hell are you thinking! Do you think Mr. Yandel has any number of lives?”

“I wouldn’t have done this if it had been a few.”

Mr. Yandel?

what? Could it be that the barbarian is out there?

“Okay, go ahead and use magic.”

“If you promise to do me a favor later.”

“I don’t know what it is, but if it’s within the possible range.”

“Okay. I promised. Dertei Narvas! Uh uh…? Why doesn’t this work? Mr. Yandel, do you have any magic tools like mental barriers?”

“Don’t you know just by looking at me that there’s no such thing? After all, I have no choice but to wake these guys up. Do you know how to use ‘image memory’ magic?”

“Yes. Can I record everything from now on?”

The more I listened to the conversation, the more confused I was.

“Oops! Aaaagh!”

The space suddenly widens and the center of gravity is tilted downward. He fell down with a crash and raised his head hastily.

The branch manager’s office on the third floor, which he had never been to before.

“What are you already awake for?”

A total of four figures were looking at him.

Barbarian and branch manager.

A woman presumed to be a sorceress and a woman of a fairly noble status.

I don’t know what it was, but he shouted and looked at it.

“Chief Ji! It’s him! He orchestrated the prison break!”

“It’s a fact you already know.”

“Yes yes…?”

My head went blank temporarily.

I didn’t understand at all.

If you know he’s committed an outrageous crime, why are you just watching?

“I heard that you were in charge of investigating Lee. Is that true?”

“That’s right…?”

Only then did he feel the heavy air covering the room.

I knew it because I was only aware of it while working as an investigator.

That the air in this place was never kind to you.

“This barbarian… No, Mr. Yandel here is claiming that you have identified yourself as a raider based on dubious information. What do you think of this?”

“It’s not worth it!”

“That… must be true. It won’t end with just one of you taking off your clothes.”

“What do you mean by that! Aren’t you only a 9th level explorer!”

“Be careful what you say! How can an employee working in a guild of any rank say something like that!!”

“Yes yes?”

A thunderous roar left Birman completely bewildered.

Why is the person who was the best in regards to lower-class explorers suddenly acting like that?

As if to be conscious of the external gaze.

‘ah! Come to think of it, I said ‘image memory’ magic earlier!’

It seems that the conversation we are having now is being recorded in the crystal ball held by that wizard.

“Keuheum! As much as we judge right and wrong, the guild’s events must be prudent and perfect. Tell us the basis for your judgment.”

Waking up, he recited the contents of the investigation as directed by the branch manager.

Because I thought that was the only way to live.

“Uh, first of all, the magic stone. At the checkpoint, he put out a magic stone that far exceeded the average income of a 9th-level explorer, and he was suspicious of it.

“so?”

“After investigation, the authenticity of this part could not be confirmed, as magic did not work.”

“By the way, on what grounds did you make the final judgment that Mr. Yandel was a looter?”

“It’s because of a separate incident. A message stone was found among the possessions. Based on this, we traced the original owner’s whereabouts and obtained testimony from the same clan member that Bjorn Yandel murdered innocent people and robbed the goods.”

As he talked about the investigation, his voice grew more and more confident.

I don’t know why the branch manager is treating him as if he were reprimanding him, but it’s clear that there was something wrong.

“There is nothing wrong with my verdict, Chief. If you suspect that I have told a lie, you may use magic to determine the truth.”

“I’m doing it without looking at it like that. First of all, everything I’ve said so far is true.”

The wizard who had been watching quietly nodded.

But at that time, the barbarian did not even know the subject and made a sarcastic remark.

“Even so, it was only the testimony of the same clan members. It was not confirmed by magic, so it has no effect.”

“Is Mr. Yandel’s words true?”

“That’s that’s right…”

“Why didn’t you confirm that part?”

The voice of the branch manager became cold again at some point.

It wasn’t that there was nothing to say.

“First of all, this barbarian’s constitution is a problem! He was uncooperative and made false statements as if he knew that magic did not work!”

“A false statement? What exactly do you mean?”

Birman answered confidently.

“Once, he said he survived being stabbed in the neck. But since there was no trace, he questioned me. Do you know what he said?

“You ate the essence of a vampire?”

“Yes! Branch manager! Does this make sense? A vampire emerges from a crack on the first floor?”

From start to finish, this barbarian was gibberish.

“To cover up a lie you’ve told once, to spits out a new lie. This is the most common statement pattern of criminals. But how can you only listen to this guy’s words and let the precious wizards suffer in vain?”

Of course, there were times when I had thoughts of doing it in case of repeated claims of innocence.

But I thought it wouldn’t matter too much.

After all, what would happen if an innocent, newly-adulted barbarian died innocently?

‘…Besides, if I call a wizard, the amount of money I’ll take will decrease.’

Nonetheless, I was fortunate in my misfortune.

Nothing else, a vampire on the first floor?

If it is confirmed that he made such an absurd statement, he will be able to convince everyone of his judgment.

‘If you’re going to do it, you should have told a better lie!’

Soon he looked at the barbarian with triumphant eyes.

But even for a while.

“Is that right?”

His thoughts stopped at the mage’s blunt words.