Chapter 416: Not My Problem Pt.12

Chapter 416: Not My Problem Pt.12

Less than an hour after Lake arrived, Lucas exited his bedroom. "We'll be leaving in a few hours. Was that the only thing you wanted to ask?" Lake wasn't surprised Lucas knew why he was here, but he did have another question, so he said. "How long will we be gone?"

"A few days at the most, but you'll be free to leave any time if you need to. You could give back to the guild in a few hours with your speed." Lake knew Lucas was correct, so he nodded and said. "I'll see you in a few hours then." He wanted to stock up on things like food just in case Lucas was right, and they did end up staying away from the guild for days, and he still hadn't tried on his armor yet to make sure it would fully fit without any adjustments. The chapters is up by N0vEI__bin

The armor looked his size, but he wouldn't really know until he put it on for the first time. Thankfully, even if he was wrong, most armor came with straps that he could adjust himself, and it would only take a few minutes if that needed doing.

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A little under 2 hours later, Lake returned to Lucas' office and took a seat to wait. He knew Lucas would tell him to leave if it wasn't close to the time for them to go to the Metal Domain yet. Three minutes later, Lucas looked up from his desk and said. "There are a few things I want to say before we leave. First, your money for the items the other day is ready, but it's enough that I wouldn't recommend you carry it on this trip with us."

Lake didn't need the gold right now, so he nodded and let Lucas continue. "Second, there are still Demon Worshipers in the Metal Domain, and I wanted to make sure you thought about returning after what you'd done while there."

"You're right; we should probably split up before we get into town. I was planning on getting my reward, and if the Demon Worshipers are still around, they might know who I am after I do." Lake didn't want to go into all the things he had done because he would have to explain killing thousands of undead and Demon Worshipers and ruining a large part of the Demon Worshipers' plan when he killed all the gargoyles that were underground with him.

"What kind of rewards? I doubt it would be worth it if it's just more gold." Lucas was probably right, but the thought of passing up what should be a large amount of money really bothered him when he didn't think he would be in danger by retrieving it.

"By not active, you mean he used to be a thief, right?" Getting a nod, Lake followed his first question up with a second. "How did he become a member of The Guild? Did you recruit him on purpose?"

"No, I found him on a raid of Thieves who had stolen from the Guild. I was going to kill him, but he shouted something about having a legendary skill before I could and deciding it would be a waste if he was telling the truth, I made him take the loyalty curse then and there. He's been working for the guild ever since."

"Is he a fence? I know they're the criminal equivalent to shopkeepers, right."

"It's definitely one of his jobs." Lucas stopped speaking as they'd arrived at Felg's office already. Going in, Lake saw Felg dealing with what he assumed to be customers and was about to get in line to wait. Lucas seemed to think their business was too important to wait, though, because he waved Felg into the back room with them, completely disregarding the people who had already been in line.

"Felg, get in touch with the people you know in town and have them set up a deal for at least 20 items like the ones you received the other day. We might not bring that many back, but if we do, I want them bought within an hour." Felg started to nod almost as soon as Lucas started to speak and didn't stop even as he began to answer. "That's no problem. Everyone would be happy to have such things."

"Good, we'll be back in a few days. Come on, Lake, it's time for us to go." Giving Felg a small wave as they left the room, Lake saw another way he could make money in the future. There were loads of criminals around that needed to be dealt with, but instead of just killing them, he could probably ask Lucas about hunting them down for the guild to hire.

They would need to take the loyalty curse, but he had faith that he could force someone to drink it, or whatever. "Lucas, how does the loyalty curse work, is it a potion you make someone drink?"

"That's the most common way it's used, but the ones who know how to make that potion can just curse you like they're casting a spell."

"Would you pay me to gather people with legendary skills for the guild?" Lucas actually took a long time to answer this question, which made Lake think he'd say no, but this turned out to be incorrect. "I would, but now is not a great time for something like that. We would also need to find good targets for you in advance to avoid starting any wars."

Hearing his proposal get accepted, Lake had a new line of questions for them to talk about on the way to the Metal Domain. "Lucas, would you tell me about curses on the way there? I'm not at all familiar, and I feel like knowing even a bit would help me if I'm ever face-to-face with someone trying to curse me."