Act 3: Chapter 15: Blood Cup


    I had yet to understand the situation but, the assants had been apprehended for now.


    「《Heal》」


    Pomera went and used heal on Bet and the one-eyed knight.


    「Are you okay?」


    Both Bet and the one-eyed knight were beaten quite badly by our assants.


    Though their external wound had been healed with Pomera’s magic, the same couldn’t be said about their psychological burden.


    「J-Just what kind of C-rank adventurer… Can kill high-rank spirit like that from the front.」


    Bet was looking at the fainted Dogma as he muttered so.


    The one-eyed knight was still too exhausted to speak.


    He was conscious, so there should be no problem with him but, the poisoned knife seems to take huge chunk of his stamina.


    「But, properly speaking, we wouldn’t have any problem fighting them under normal situations. The only reason we get pushed back is that ambush. Though you guys are somewhat talented, you let your guard down way too much. Not to mention that our top priority is protecting the item, not suppressing the enemies.」


    「Haah, Yeayeahyeah…」


    「What’s with that attitude?」


    「Can you at least thank us properly for saving your life?」


    Pomera asked so to Bet with a dumbfounded look on her face.


    Bet looked at the captured assants and clicked his tongue.


    「Tch, seeing this situation, it seems someone had leaked the information beforehand. 《Dogma of Fire Dragon》 is top brass of the thieves’ gang called Blood Cup after all.」


    The knights seem to be tasked to deliver some sort of item to Manarak’s adventurer guild.


    And their assants seem to be a group called 《Blood Cup》.


    … But, the fact that they’re attacked right before their arrival at the adventurer guild means that the assants were looking down on the knights.


    In fact, they would’ve been annihted if we didn’t save their as*ses.


    「But, we somehow managed to repel them. On the other hand, being able to apprehend 《Dogma of Fire Dragon》 is a huge achievement in itself. This is a blessing in disguise. Now we’ve to regroup with Noel immediately.」


    Noel might be the name of that purple-haired knight.


    So they’re going to make the apprehension of Dogma as their achievement.


    … I didn’t want to butt in but, someone who got beaten so badly by Dogma actually had the gall to say such shameless things.


    「Uhm, don’t you think that this situation is rather strange, Kanata-san? We’re so close to the adventurer guild, yet no onees due to thatmotion.」


    The moment Pomera spoke so with an anxious look on her face, the wall of the 2nd floor of the adventurer guild was crumbling down.


    The windowpane broke open, there was clearly a fierce battle ongoing inside.


    「This ce isn’t the only one that got raided by them!」


    In addition, the scream resounded from another direction.


    So it wasn’t just the adventurer guild.


    The 《Blood Cup》 wasunching an all-out attack simultaneously in the entire Manarak.


    I guess we underestimated their nning capabilities.


    But then, I was confused.


    If their goal was truly to take the item delivered by the knights, they didn’t have tounch such arge-scale attack in Manarak.


    I mean, their preparation was way too good.


    This was clearly a carefully nned tactic.


    … Did they aiming something other than the item brought by the knight?


    「L-Lies…? 《Blood Cup》’s members should’ve scattered all over the kingdom. This scale of attack… Are they by chance gathered all their member in Manarak? If that’s the case, we’ve to fight a few others 《Dogma of Fire Dragon》’s ss enemies. No… Is that means we’ve to defeat their boss, 《Bosgin of Giant Arm》 too?」


    Bet spoke with a dumbfounded voice.


    Though this was the first time I heard about them, the organization called 《Blood Cup》 seems to be a huge pain in the a*ss for the kingdom.


    At this rate, they might end up making a mess of Manarak.


    「… Pomera-san, let’s split up into two teams. Take Philia-chan with you to repel the assants and heal the injured people.」


    Since the other party wasunching arge-scale attack, we could only suppress the damage by splitting our manpower.


    Though I was anxious since Pomera’s levelling had yet to resume, the current here should be considered as one of the strongest war potentials in Manarak.


    「R-Right away!」


    Pomera nodded.


    Kotone was in the adventurer guild too.


    Though I was worried about her safety, Kotone was an S-rank adventurer.


    I had to go around the other ces too.


    But, Bet suddenly caught my leg the moment I was about to run.


    「W-WAIT, C-RANK ADVENTURER!」


    But, it was toote, I had already kicked the ground.


    As a result, Bet was dragged along with me across the ground.


    「OBH! OBHU!」


    「M-My apologies, no bad feeling okay, it’s your fault for suddenly seizing my leg after all.」


    I stopped and turned around to face Bet, and raised him up.


    「… I’m worried about the safety of myrade who take the magic pouch, Noel. P-Please, cooperate with me in looking for her.」


    I pushed him away since Bet’s face was too close to mine.


    And yet, Be clung to my leg again immediately.


    「WAITWAITWAIT! SHOULD I BOW MY HEAD!? I’M A KNIGHT YOU KNOW, IT’LL BE A GREAT HONOR FOR YOU!」


    「… I have no reason to save you guys, I will go to subjugate 《Blood Cup》.」


    「T-They’s an extremely dangerous criminal organization you know, and something really bad gonna happen!」


    「Something… really bad?」


    Bet squinted his eyes, he was serious.


    「Yeah, the promotion of the chivalric order in which I belong to is at stake. I will be abandoned by my parent and disinherited by them even though I’m the oldest son.」


    What kind of joke was this guy talking about?


    I tried to leave that ce for real this time and yet, Bet hugged my waist.


    「M-M-MY APOLOGIES! PLEASE-PLEASE COOPERATE WITH US! SOMETHING REALLY BAD GONNA HAPPEN IF THE 《RED AUTHORITY CANE》 IS MISUSED!」


    I stopped for a moment upon hearing that.


    Sure enough, the item that the knights are transporting had been weighing on my mind since a while ago, and I definitely wanted to know more about it too.


    I also had no idea about the details of the assants.


    「… I understand. I shall escort you till you regrouped with Noel-san.」


    「T-Till regrouped with Noel-san? What are you going to do after that!? Please reconsider your choice since you might identally run into 《Bosgin of Giant Arm》!」


    Why was this person’s condescending attitude and servile attitude so striking?


    「Leave it to me when that happens.」


    「Great, at least there’s somepromise! Sorry for dragging you into this kind of situation.」


    I heaved a sigh, wondering just how long I had to stick with Bet.


    If possible, I wanted him to tell me only the necessary information.


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