Volume 1 - CH 29

Volume 1

Chapter 29-Request Failure and Poor Plan ("Thunder Pike" Perspective)

(TL:By Rafael)

(This is the perspective of Simon, the leader of Thunderpike.)

In a corner of the Morungen Underground Canal, where we could safely camp, we were taking a break and eating before going into action.

This time, the request was to defeat the Borgle that had taken up residence in the underground canal.

It was not a big request, but the request rank was B, which was high.

The Borgle could have been a D-rank opponent, but the B-rank was an odd request.

He probably didn't have any knowledge of demon monsters anyway and set a high rank for better success rate.

"Hey, don't you have any more decent food?"

"Don't complain, Jamie."

Dry bread, dried meat and a little wine.

The food was very common, but it was certainly too cheap for our A-grade food.

If Yuki, the scullery maid, had been here, he would have served one of the soups in that strange pot, but they would only be irritated if I told them now.

"Is everyone ready?How about potions?　　How's the magic power?"

"What?I didn't bring any potion with me.  Camilla's here, it'll be useless."

"Don't count on me.Even mana potions are expensive."

"You've been drinking a lot of it before. ......"

Camilla was about to retort to Barry's words, "That's ......," when she fell silent..

"...... Oh well. It's just the Borgles this time.

"I'm more than capable of taking on a Borgle on my own!

"All I have to do is blow them all away with my magic."

The members of the team are motivated enough.

"Okay, let's go then!"

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I can't believe it.

"'...... has failed again this time. Your adventurer rank may be demoted due to the subtraction of your adventurer credibility score."

"What?

"Mr. Simon Barkley. This is a suggestion, but why don't you lower the rank of the requests you accept?Currently, you're still failing at A and B rank requests. Why don't you try accepting C rank requests for once?""

The guild staff's clerical attitude irritated me to no end. I thought they were crazy for asking me to do such a menial job as taking a C rank requests.

I've been told that this request was to investigate and defeat a nest of Borgles, but the presence of the infamous Named is a breach of contract.

"I'm an A-rank adventurer!"

"I'm telling you, there is no achievement that can sustain that A rank."

"I know that.But it's not our fault that thing appeared we're the Thunderpikes, aren't we?We haven't introduced any new members in a while, and this one was unexpected!"

"It's not like you can complain about it here. That's only a part of the reason why you failed."

"Enough!"

I slammed my fist on the counter and walked away.

They're always trying to get in my way!

《Durability! Wearability! Protection!...... and beauty! Show off your beauty to the man of your dreams!》

《A New Style for the Female Adventurer of the Future! Let's go on an adventure in style and safety!》

¤Supporting all adventure scenes ... ──" Earthy's 》

I looked up and saw girls I'd seen before, their faces glowing in a commercial advertising a long-established armory.

The shadow of Yuki is flickering in some parts of the stream.

Yuki stood in the lead, defending the red-haired female swordsman.

A young-looking monk gives him recovery magic.

Yuki encouraging the dark elf hunter with a smile.

Yuki, Yuki, Yuki. ......!

Why is the guy who betrayed us so successful?

《The commercial featuring "Clover", is pretty good!The girls are really cute, and they bring out the charm of the equipment more than enough!》

《This is a video edited from  an actual dungeon attack.》　　

《'So you're talking about actual battle footage, right?I'm sure the footage of Yuki-san using the small shortsword in actual combat is valuable, isn't it?》

《 And there are also weakening spells, because strengthening and weakening are relatively large increases in strength in the overall performance of the party!I've heard that more and more parties are asking for red mages as members these days.》

《I can see how much of an impact Clover has had on the adventuring industry!　　And now for the next installment...》

The show anchor's words made me feel nauseous, and I headed to the table where the members were waiting.

"How was it ......?"

"It seems there's a possibility of demotion."

All of them made a bitter face at my words.

"No way!Why is this happening?

"Don't rant, Jamie, it's just that it's hard to get a high-rank request with four people.

"Then bring in new members!That's the role of a leader, isn't it?"

Jamie's words pissed me off.

You don't even know what I'm going through!

You're going to run out of magic power soon and you're going to drag me down, but you can say whatever you want.

"It's a good idea to bring back the ...... Youk guy, after all."

"Yes, it is. He's a well known distributor now. I think we should suggest that he return to Thunderpike."

Barry and Camilla, who must have seen the delivery earlier which mentioned the name of the Yuki"

"If you think so, you can convince him. I don't want to be the one who has to talk to that ingrate again."

"But, Simon, you said that he was your childhood friend, like a little brother.Isn't it easier for you to talk to him than for us to talk to him?:

It's true that I was a bit emotional at that time. 

I hadn't expected Yuki to talk back to me in a defiant manner.

"I understand. But I need something to convince him. I need ...... money and an agreement.

"I understand money, but an agreement?"

I let out a sigh at Barry's question.

"The only way to get his attention is to pretend to take on the Colorless Darkness. I'm sure he'll jump at the chance."

"Colorless Darkness?Why would he want to go there?It's not even any good."

"It's Yuk's dream. He want to see the end of the world. - Isn't that stupid and childish?　　Why would you  even want to go to a dungeon where you can't make any money?

(TL: For a adventure assho**s)

The three of us laughed at Yuki's imitation. I could feel the depressed air clearing.

"So, before I persuade him, let's do a live broadcast of us taking on the Colorless Darkness. We'll just pretend. We can make it a joint request with other parties or something, and after ......, we can do whatever we want. If you do that, he'll come back with his head down. You can't even challenge Colorless Darkness with a fledgling C-rank party like that.

"That's good. That's good. He'll come crying to you."

"I'll record it."

"This is going to be fun."

My friends laughed out loud at my clever suggestion.

That's what friends should be like.