"Creak—"
Enri opened the wooden door and looked out curiously. It was already approaching evening, and she wondered who it could be at this hour.
The first person who came to her mind was Mr. Pabel, the "Night Watchman," with his terrifying eagle eyes, which always made her feel a little scared.
However, what came into view was a middle-aged man who didn't look old, but whose hair was already graying, and whose eyes were lined with fine wrinkles.
When the middle-aged man saw Enri opening the door, he forced a smile on his worried face: "Is your leader here? I am the chairman of the 'Kalinsha' Adventurers Guild."
"Chairman!"
Enri was a little surprised and quickly opened the door completely.
The middle-aged man nodded lightly to Enri, lifted his foot and shook off the mud on his shoes slightly, and strode into the room.
With the movement at the door,
Minori looked away from the pages of the book in his hand and looked at the middle-aged man who came in with surprise, and said in surprise: "Chairman Bertkin?"
Due to the Holy Kingdom's national conscription system, people with real strength and talent would choose to join the army, which also indirectly led to the extremely low presence of the Adventurers Guild in the Holy Kingdom.
However, as an adventurer, Minori would naturally go to the Adventurers Guild when he first came to the Holy Kingdom, so he knew this chairman.
"Your Excellency Minori."
Chairman Bertkin looked at the surprised Minori, a bitter smile appeared on his worried face. He opened his mouth to say hello or find a suitable entry point, but realized that the two were not familiar:
"There are two 'Adamantite' level commissions!"
The straightforward words, coupled with the serious and solemn tone, all indicated the seriousness of the commission.
The air in the room was briefly still.
The Verdant Witch opened her eyes and looked over, and even Enri subconsciously clenched her palms.
"Adamantite" level commissions are the highest level of commission tasks in the Adventurers Guild, and there are two of them at once.
Tap!
Minori's gentle smile paused, he put down the book in his hand, and slowly said: "It seems that something terrible has happened, Chairman Bertkin."
"The fact that you, the chairman of the Adventurers Guild, came here in person… so, one of these two 'Adamantite' level commission tasks is an emergency commission belonging to the Adventurers Guild, right?"
"Emergency commissions" are a relatively rare type of commission in the Adventurers Guild, generally with a higher commission level, and are mostly issued by the Adventurers Guild of the country itself.
According to the level of adventurers, "Gold" level adventurers can indeed reach this line, but "Adamantite" level emergency commissions, "Gold" level adventurers are not qualified to accept.
However, that refers to ordinary adventurer teams.
Chairman Bertkin was very clear that, apart from the ordinary girl named Enri, the strength of the remaining two had already reached the Adamantite level.
"That's right."
Chairman Bertkin nodded heavily.
"What about the other commission?"
"Although these two 'Adamantite' level commissions are slightly different, the purpose is the same."
"Your Excellency Minori, your team is the only one in the entire Holy Kingdom qualified and capable of accepting this commission. From the standpoint of the Holy Kingdom Adventurers Guild, I hope your team can accept it."
"And from the perspective of myself and the entire Adventurers Guild…" Chairman Bertkin said here, emphasizing his tone:
"Be cautious, be very cautious!"
"This matter is very dangerous and has reached a level that cannot be resolved by personal force."
Chairman Bertkin looked at Minori seriously, reminding him completely and without concealment.
The relationship between the Adventurers Guild and adventurers is cooperative and close, like some powerful adventurers or special talents with excellent abilities.
The Adventurers Guild needs to protect them to prevent unnecessary losses of powerhouses and talents!
Faced with this unusually serious atmosphere,
Minori raised his arms, spread his palms, and said helplessly: "Chairman Bertkin, although the situation you have described so far is very serious, I don't even know what kind of commission it is."
"I wonder if you can tell me the specific content and situation?"
Chairman Bertkin first shook his head slightly, then nodded: "According to the simple intelligence investigated by the Adventurers Guild, this matter is too complicated and involves impact issues."
"If Your Excellency Minori chooses to accept the commission, I will personally inform you. If you do not accept it, it will be kept confidential!"
A look of realization flashed in Minori's eyes, no wonder Chairman Bertkin reminded him like that just now.
"Ha."
Minori smiled calmly instead, his eyes gradually becoming serious: "Now that you've said that, I'm even more curious."
"Are you sure, Your Excellency Minori?"
"That's right."
Hearing this answer, Chairman Bertkin felt complicated again and breathed a slight sigh of relief, took out a parchment scroll with a faint magical reaction from his arms, and handed it over:
"This is the content of the commission."
Minori took the parchment scroll and opened it with a slight force. The magical reaction on it immediately dissipated.
"Confidential magic blessing method."
Minori felt the dissipating magic and thought to himself, his eyes fell on the scroll, and his mind moved:
"Decoding magic!"
Chairman Bertkin watched Minori's expression as he checked the contents of the scroll, changing from calm at the beginning to gradually becoming stunned and shocked, without any surprise.
When he first received the news,
He was even more surprised than the other party, and even thought someone was joking. Thinking of the current situation of the Aberian Hills?
Chairman Bertkin's expression became more and more heavy.
With a muffled sound of "Pa!"
Minori pressed the magic scroll in his hand on the table, stood up suddenly, and stared at Chairman Bertkin: "Is this content true?"
"It's true."
"According to the information we have already learned, tens of thousands of undead have appeared in the Aberian Hills, and the specific number is still increasing."
Chairman Bertkin's face was gloomy, and he said in a deep voice:
"The content on this parchment scroll is a commission jointly signed by the Adventurers Guild and Her Majesty the Holy Queen Calca."
The conversation between the two fell into the ears of the Verdant Witch and Enri.
Enri's face turned pale all of a sudden.
The Verdant Witch was surprised at first, then thought of something, her bright yellow pupils looked at her master who showed a shocked expression, and the corners of her mouth curled up imperceptibly.
"Don't tell me that we are the only adventurers currently involved." Minori stared at Chairman Bertkin and said quietly.
"Such a big thing naturally cannot be handled by the Adventurers Guild."
Chairman Bertkin said, turning his head to look out the window at the drizzling rain. The sky outside had already darkened:
"According to the time, the Holy Kingdom's most elite Holy Knight Order and Divine Official Order set off several days ago and will arrive in 'Kalinsha' by midnight at the latest."
"In addition, the Slane Theocracy has also sent an elite army, which will arrive by dawn tomorrow at the latest."
This series of information all shows the seriousness of the situation. The relationship between the Holy Kingdom and the Slane Theocracy is not good. Under such circumstances, they can actually reach a brief cooperation.
It was evident that the two countries had already reached some kind of tacit agreement.
Minori narrowed his eyes slightly, considering the timing of everyone's arrival and the Adventurers' Guild's request.
It was clear that things were still somewhat chaotic, with a sense of urgency!
However, this situation was also normal.
The living beings killed by Death Knights would continuously transform into undead, expanding their numbers. In the game "YGGDRASIL," this number was limited, but in this other world, there was theoretically no limit.
The longer it dragged on, the more undead there would be, and the more uncontrollable the situation would become. The most terrifying thing was the possibility of tens of thousands of undead gathering together, potentially giving birth to even more terrifying undead.
Therefore, they had to act quickly to contain and eliminate them.
"The Guild Leader has really stirred up a big commotion."
Minori thought to himself, but he vaguely felt that the Guild Leader's true purpose was not the so-called construction of a Death Kingdom in the Hill Country as he claimed.
"What about the other request?" Minori continued.
"Without delay, let's go see the client now," Guild Master Bertkin replied immediately.
Minori noticed this and his eyes flashed.
"Verdant, Enri, you two prepare. Take out all the potions we've stored and be ready to depart at any time."
After Minori gave his instructions, he left with Guild Master Bertkin.
Enri couldn't help but feel a little nervous. Since joining the "Free Will" adventurer team, she had never accompanied Captain on a request mission.
She never expected that her first request would be a "Mithril" rank mission!
As Minori walked out of the inn, he saw a carriage quietly parked in the rain and mist.
Guild Master Bertkin didn't say much, quickly getting into the carriage, holding the door open, and gesturing for Minori to join him.
"Where are we going?"
Minori was genuinely curious this time.
Guild Master Bertkin's expression was slightly complicated: "You'll know when you get there."
Clap!
Rumble rumble~
With the crack of the whip, the carriage quickly set off, the wheels spinning rapidly, spraying out rainwater.
It was already approaching evening, and with the rain, there weren't many pedestrians on the street, so it didn't affect the carriage's speed.
The atmosphere inside the carriage was a bit quiet.
With such a big event happening, Guild Master Bertkin's mood was naturally not good, his face full of melancholy and worry.
Although the location was in the Hill Country, it was too close to the Holy Kingdom. Even if they hated demi-humans, they were nothing compared to the undead.
Minori also remained silent, a thoughtful look in his eyes.
The development of events was much smoother than originally planned. Compared to the threat posed by demi-humans alone, the threat of the undead was of greater concern to the Holy Kingdom and the Slane Theocracy.
What he was curious about was what kind of power the Slane Theocracy would deploy.
Furthermore.
Next, there would likely be a two-pronged battle, that is, the simultaneous appearance of the "adventurer identity" and the "mysterious red-robed mage" identity.
Minori had long been prepared for this, and that was the [Ninja]'s class skill "Shadow Clone."
Although the ninja's clone had shortcomings such as being unable to speak and having a stiff expression, the identity of the mysterious red-robed mage he was disguising as was wrapped in a red robe, and his face was also tightly covered.
So, problems such as expression and inability to speak were not considered anything. In addition, as a magic caster, he didn't need to have close contact with others.
The real difficulty.
Lies in the fact that "Shadow Clone" can only be maintained for 10 minutes, with a full hour of cooldown in between. 10 minutes is clearly not enough to deal with the situation ahead?
However!
He had already found a solution, although it was a bit of an "overkill," it was the only way to operate.
Minori raised his eyes, looking at the vibrations caused by the rapid driving of the carriage, and the window curtain that was occasionally blown up by the cold wind outside.
"This route…"
Minori was slightly startled. Through the streets outside and the direction the carriage was traveling, they were leaving "Kalinsha" and heading east.
That direction was the city fortress!
After nearly an hour of carriage travel, the central keep of the city fortress appeared in front of the carriage.
Even in the rain!
A squad of more than 20 soldiers was still stationed at the city gate.
And at the front of this team stood a thin figure, wearing a black round hat, his face wrapped in black cloth, revealing only a pair of sharp and fierce eyes.
The other party was Pabel, one of the "Nine Colors," known as the Captain of the Night Watch.
The rain and mist made the distant view very blurry, and even the rumbling sound of the carriage was masked by the rain.
However!
Pabel's eagle-like eyes seemed to easily see through the rain and mist, his gaze falling on the carriage that was approaching in this direction.
"I knew you would take this request."
Pabel raised his hand and tugged at the round hat on his head, but a hint of ease and a smile appeared in his terrifyingly narrow eye sockets at this moment.
The events that had occurred in the Aberian Hills had far exceeded the scope that adventurers could handle. This was no longer a simple matter of acting as guards, eliminating monsters, or collecting items in dangerous areas.
To be more realistic.
This was a problem that required the national level to solve.
Normal adventurers, faced with such a thing, the most appropriate reaction would be to avoid it.
What's more, the "Free Will" adventurer team was not from the Holy Kingdom, but from the Kingdom.
Shua!
The carriage pierced through the rain and mist.
With the sound of the horse's neighing, the carriage stopped at the city wall gate of the central keep.
"Tear—crack—"
Guild Master Bertkin took the lead in opening the carriage curtain and stepped out of the carriage, lightly jumping down despite the rain.
"Mr. Pabel."
Guild Master Bertkin looked at the figure walking towards him, his tone carrying a hint of respect, and spoke softly.
Pabel nodded, his gaze not lingering on Guild Master Bertkin for too long, but instead looking at the figure who followed closely behind from the carriage.
The pure white, loose-fitting, slightly modified priest's robe was somewhat bright in the dimly lit environment.
"Today is really bad weather."
Minori got out of the carriage, wiped his wet hair, and opened his mouth with a half-complaint and half-joke.
Pabel silently walked forward, came to Minori's face, suddenly stretched out his palm, and said seriously: "Thank you."
"The undead are the enemy of all living beings, aren't they?"
Minori was stunned for a moment, then also raised his arm, grasped Pabel's outstretched hand, and smiled gently: "Friend."