Chapter 22


    Note: We have merged previously splited chapters.


    After leaving the Commerce Guild I head to the Adventurers and Mercenaries Guild. Like its name, its a ce where adventurers and mercenaries gathered.


    The Adventurers and Mercenaries Guild used to be a separate organization Well it still is a separate organization. It just, there are many times when the work between an adventurer and a mercenary ovep so each guild is set up side by side in the same building. The building bes a ce for both the mercenaries and adventurers to exchange information and job opportunities.


    On the first floor is a bar which is typical for a Mercenaries and Adventurers Guild. Is the reason why there is no other Mercenaries and Adventurers Guild in the capital except for this one because this world is originally a game?


    Hm I think I need to confirm the existence of this kind of guild in the town that didnt appear in the game.


    I received many stares the second I entered the building but thats all. The reason why I didnt receive the typical newbie bullying is the recent demon outbreak.


    Ive battled in the frontline. I also shared my potions with many adventurer parties that participated in the battle. I dont know if they are thankful for me or not but at the very least only the people thats been living under the rock wont recognize me here.


    Surprisingly information travels fast among the adventures and mercenaries. Well, thats not surprising considering the nature of their works. No one wants to invite danger to themselves by receiving amission from a strange person or an idiot. Though some mercenaries or adventurers might take up amission from that kind of employer in exchange for absurd pay.


    Wee to the Adventurers Guild. What can we do for you today?


    I want to hire some people.


    So you want to put amission. Pleasee this way.


    The receptionist is a beautiful woman. I wonder if she could deal with the rough adventurer? No, maybe its because shes a beautiful woman the adventurer wont dare to do anything to her.


    The room the receptionist invited me to is soundproof. This is because there are somemissions where its dangerous if the information about it were to leak.


    The staff member who is in charge of listening to mymission is a man. No! Of course, Im not disappointed by fact that the beautiful woman left me here with a man.


    How may I help you?


    I want to make an investigationmission. I want to hire severalpetent scouts.


    Specifically how many scouts do you wish to hire?


    There are several ces that I want to investigate so its hard to determine the exact number. My estimate is I need about 20 people since if any scouts excel in working independently I dont mind letting them work alone.


    I see.


    The man writes on the board in his hand. Its a record board that serves as a notebook. After writing in a piece ofmbskin parchment or demonskin parchment, the surface of the board will then be thinly carved and will act as a notebook


    The wood shaving will then be used as firewood. If you throw it away I heard your superior will get angry at you. In a sense, its an eco-friendly thing that produces no waste.


    Here is the list of ces I want to investigate ordered by their priority. I will assign suitable ces to those who want to work with groups and those who prefer working alone.


    I certainly have received it. In that case, is there any options for our adventurers to refuse after listening to the detail of the ces you wish to investigate?


    Yes. After all, not all investigations are safe. I will offer more pay aspensation for the more dangerous ce.


    While nodding his head, the man continues to write on the board. Well, rather than saying he writes its more correct to say he filled the carved ce on the board with ink. He used a quill pen. The feather of the pen is made from the feather of a bird-type demonic beast. Its said that the feather of a demonic beaststs longerpared to a feather of a normal board. I dont know if its true though.


    Other than a pen made by a demonic beasts feather, theres also ink made using a demons blood. I wonder if its simr to ink made using squid ink. I used to be surprised by the fact that demons and demonic beasts various body parts that are sold on the market can also be used to create everyday stuff like ink and pen.


    By the way, a ckboard-Esque thing also existed in this world. But the quality of most chalks is so bad to the point that a little rub will immediately make the writing unreadable.


    Lets forget the fact that high-quality chalks do exist and It was made using hardened ashes from burning the bone of A magical beast named ck Bullhorse. Its a cringe name.


    Hmm But if we follow your system it would be impossible for me to record the exact amount of pay that will be received by our adventurers.


    There will be base pay and additional pay depending on the danger of the site. Of course, the pay for the guild will also be calcted using the same form with extra.


    Thank you very much.


    Needless to say, a guild isnt a volunteer organization. They need to pay the sries of their staff, the building maintenance cost, and even the damage caused by some random drunkard that goes on a rampage and destroyed their facility.


    Plus, the guild is also responsible to held a joint funeral of deceased adventurers that have no family. I mean its going to be big trouble if the deceased adventurers body is left as it is and ended up causing a gue.


    Thats why children arent allowed to be adventurers. Frankly, if the guild epts weak children that are going to die soon the funeral cost alone might put the guilds finances in the red.


    The guilds main ie is from the sale of various materials from purchased demonic beasts and demons carcasses and the guildsmission fees. most troublesomemissions like mine are sent to adventurers via the guild. Theres an unwritten rule that you must pay an additional 20% of the total adventurers fee for the guildmission fee.


    The typical posting of themission on the walls existed but the postings often only contains a bare minimum of information.


    I guess thats to be expected. Theres not enough space to write the detail of themission. There are also cases where the client is someone in a delicate position or when themission involved a spying activity in which the detailed information cant be easily disclosed.


    Thats why when adventurers decided to take amission, they will first ask the guild the detailed information about themission. The client often already told the guild the information beforehand so the guild can exin it to the adventurers.


    But the clients exnation to the guild can take a considerable time. This is because to ensure the guild can provide a reliable exnation to the adventurerster on the guild will ask many detailed questions. There are also cases where the basic exnation without the guilds question can take several hours toplete.


    Though you can still know the rough content of amission by looking at the symbol on the upper right corner of the postedmission. If the symbol is a double circle its a subjugationmission, If its a triangle and a circle then its an escortmission, and so on. With this even adventurers that cant read will be able toprehend some information.


    Other than providing a detailed exnation and payment, the clients must also abide by various rules and regtions of the guild. Unless themission is simple stuff like looking for a lost cat, making amission to a guild is quite troublesome.


    Back to the topic ofmission, if the guild cannot exin themission in detail, they will ask the adventurers to contact the clients directly. I think mymission this time will follow this pattern.


    Then, may I ask for the contents of the investigation?


    All I can tell you now is that I want to investigate the frequency of demons appearance in the suburb of Gulbelk, the situation of demons appearance in the Heat Haze Ruins near Delmenln, and the state of security in Bielelitz Bridge.


    Because some ces Ive talked to are located outside the kingdom the guild official looked at me doubtfully. Well, sending scouts to foreign nations might seem to be a preparation for war.


    The reason he asked me for the content of the investigations is to make sure Im not trying to investigate the actions of the kingdoms nobles. Its the guilds policy to stay far away from the kingdoms political strife.


    You see, I need to buy some goods from the ces I mentioned so Im going to send a merchant party there. But because of the recent peculiar demon outbreak, Im trying to be cautious.


    Ah, so thats why.


    Obviously, the information about a devil causing a demon outbreak has reached the guild. I made amission to hire scouts to ensure that a simr demon outbreak didnt happen in another era.


    If the information I want is just the simple the lord of this ce is ipetent so theres been an increase of bandits! I can just buy it from the guild. But for information concerning a possible demon outbreak, the information should be real-time information hence the need for scouts.


    My n is for the scouts will go first to the location and will gather the necessary information. After that, they will join the merchants and share their information with the merchant. Then after the merchant finished their business, the scouts will return here together with the merchants.


    I understand. Then, in the case that the scouts are involved in protecting the merchant


    I will provide additionalpensation. But, if the information gathered by the scouts leaked outside, I will deduce theirpensation as a penalty.


    What if there is someone among the scouts that wish to return to the capital first?


    They are free to do so as long as they reported to the person in charge of the merchant party. In that case, they will only receive the amount stated on the original contract.


    Thats fair. As for the cost of investigation?


    It depends on where they are going to investigate. I expect an investigation in the town will cost some money but I cant provide an unlimited amount of money for the cost. The amount of money given to the scouts for an investigation will be decided after a discussion with the scout in question.


    Thats how I finished exining the detail of mymission and various condition for payment to the guild. I need to share as much detail of themission as I can because If I dont there are risks that various trouble will ur in the future.


    Im pretty sure when the scouts return, they will report thetest local information to the guild.


    I have to assume that this is a matter of course and, because of the revival of the demon king, Im sure that the frequency of demons appearance in various ces will drastically increase. The guild should have up-to-date information about demons appearance rate.


    Because with an urate up-to-date information, the number of potential death can decrease.