Chapter 364: Visiting The Guild.

Chapter 364: Visiting The Guild.

“... and then I just smacked them straight in the jaw! You should have seen the stupid look on that moron’s face!”

“Stop lying, I saw him the next day and he looked fine. I bet you just passed out in a ditch somewhere and dreamt it all.”

“Buahaha, that sounds like him.”

“Hey! Are you calling me a liar?”

“What if I am? What are you going to do about it?”

“Why you little, I made bigger shits than you.”

Two men were glaring at each other, the loud one was on the larger side which made him feel superior to the man that was confronting him. The other people that were gathered around them didn’t do much to stop them and instead just egged them all on.

“I wouldn’t let him talk to me like that.”

“Yeah, are you just going to take it?”

“Are they going to fight?”

“Fight, fight, fight!”

People started cheering while looking from the sides. Some had large mugs filled with cheap beer while others started moving away to not get involved. One man looked like an average warrior while the other was a more nimble rogue or archer. The larger man seemed to have the advantage when it came to plain fisticuffs but one well-placed punch could turn the tide quite easily.

“Hey, what are those people doing? Someone needs to stop them!”

“Those idiots have been getting rowdy lately, it’s all thanks to the guild masters' bright idea of expanding the bar area. Just leave them be, we’ll just subtract the damage from their earnings and give them a penalty.”

An elven woman shrugged while talking to a new co-worker that had joined up a few months ago. The flood of new adventurers had allowed them to expand the whole guild that was starting to fit the name more. There were slight problems with the new people that continued to join. The new adventurers continued to get into fights while trying to assert dominance over the others. Everyone wanted to be the alpha wolf in the new budding city with a higher-ranked dungeon.

The scuffle was taking place in the newly expanded eating area. There were a lot of benches and tables placed in a larger room. Adventurers could order proper food and drinks while waiting around for their party to assemble. It was more or less an inbuilt tavern for them to spend time in. However, whenever alcohol was introduced things tended to get rowdy.

In their haste to meet the demands of the new customer base, they had to skimp out on protection services. There were no bouncers around to toss people out and not many would take on a job like that. Fighting seasoned adventurers in a bar setting was a good way of landing in a clinic with missing teeth and broken bones. There was no way of knowing how strong a person was and accidents always happened.

The two men started sizing each other up before attempting to land a few blows. The smaller gentleman was fast on his feet and was able to land a couple of body shots while also evading large haymakers. His opponent wasn’t as quick but even one of those large swings would be able to take him out.

“Is that all you got?”

“Stop moving, is running the only thing you are good at?”

It seemed that the two were somewhat equally matched. The faster fighter was unable to make any substantial progress while the other continued to tank all the hits. Probably the one that could land the first big shot would be victorious but before a winner could appear, the door to the adventurer guild opened up.

“What is this? Make way you fools!”

A voice called out from behind the door but was ignored by the rowdy adventurers. No one was paying attention to the people coming in nor did anyone care. With how long the fight was taking, they started taking bets and became invested in the scuffle. Their shouts drowned out the man that was speaking.

“Have they lost their mind?”

“What’s the problem? Why have you stopped?”

“C-commander it’s nothing, I’ll have these adventurers moved out of the way in no time!”

The man that was shouting started trying to shove some of the people out of the way but instead of them moving, he was the one that had to back away.

“Fuck off, I’m watching the fight.”

“Don’t you know who this is?”

“An idiot? I don’t care, now fuck off I don’t care who tha... uhh...”

His tongue started twisting as he noticed something. It wasn’t that he was afraid of the man who was dressed as a guard but behind him was a strange individual. There was something terrifying about this person and how his visor started glowing red. Before he knew it a foreboding feeling of fear took over his body. There was something about that armored man that activated his survival instinct. He was in full-blown fight mode without even once thinking about fighting.

The chair that came flying was just the icing on the cake as he could not turn back anymore. As a noble Knight Commander, he could not look past such behavior. He did not want to kill the two adventurers, instead, he chose to give them a smaller punishment. After making the two look like mere bugs, his actions were somewhat excusable and no one would probably think too much into it. They would probably assume that he was unwilling to lose more time on the two idiots.

“You’ve caused quite the commotion down below, I almost had to intervene...”

“Maybe if you created some rules, they would stop acting like little kids...”

“Ho ho? Now that is an attitude worthy of a Knight Commander~”

Aurdhan’s face was all smiles and his pearly whites were out on the forefront. Ever since arriving in this city, Roland was forced to go along with this man but now things were a bit different. His status was higher and his power as well. After defeating Emmerson and the party of adventurers below he was feeling rather well. However, his confidence was lowered after a glance at the Guild Master’s status screen.

Name:

Aurdhan L 274

Classes:

T3 Destroyer L24

T3 Aura Axemaster 100

T2 Aura Barbarian L50

T2 Spirit Axeman L50

T1 Axe Warrior L25

T1 Warrior L25

The man was apparently already in his second tier 3 class. It was not one that he had ever heard about or read. He was not like that platinum party that was only filled with experts and the higher level was also a problem. He managed to contend with the gap against Emmerson but this man here seemed to have a lot more prestige classes than the Knight Commander.

‘Why would someone like this come to a small city like Albrook?’

There was something that didn’t add up after going through his status. This made even less sense when he considered that this man loved money. In a small city with a C-rank dungeon, the ceiling wasn’t that high, there weren’t that many opportunities for earning. It was as if he was either forced to be here or knew something that Roland didn’t know.

“I won’t take up much of your time, I just came to report an incident from the dungeon and also some other things.”

After his run-in with Brylvia the new dwarven union Chief, he had improved his status scanning capabilities. It came out that she had a specialized runic item that reacted whenever someone attempted a scan or broke through it. Thanks to their new partnership he was able to study it and could counter similar effects. Roland could tell that the guild master here was in possession of such an item and fooling it was not a problem anymore.

“Yes, I’ve heard already but what do you hope to achieve? Do you want money? Do you really want to hold the guild responsible for what happens in the dungeon?”

“The guild? No, just you guild master.”

“Me?”

A short pause arose as the two men in the room started staring at each other. While adventurers were free souls, they still were managed by the guild. It was up to the guild to give out adventurer cards that allowed these people to make a living. If some of them came out to be criminals, it was their fault for allowing them to persist without getting punished.

While both of the men in the room here knew that it was impossible to keep track of everyone, it didn’t really matter. Whenever an adventurer caused havoc, the guild was tasked with taking care of it. If they failed to do so and someone like a knight beat them to it, then something like a fine would be given.

“You know the laws and I intend for you to uphold them, the guild will pay for the damages.”

“Damages? You look just fine to me.”

Aurdhan shrugged while smiling and it seemed that he was trying not to comply with the order. Roland was here to show that the guild was not running the show anymore and was just part of the larger machine that was the Valerian house. However, without getting this blockhead to agree to compromise nothing would be done.

“Do you intend to go against the Valerian House?”

“Go against the Valerian House? Nothing of the sort!”

“Then will the guild comply or...”

“Comply? I’m not so sure, it depends on what you actually want...”

The guild master laughed again while also standing up. Roland met his gaze and the two started walking forward. Soon the two ended up in the middle of the office, it didn’t happen often but the large frame of the guild master overshadowed even the bulky armor that increased his height.

The whole room started shaking as a strange red aura was produced by Aurdhan and collided with blue mana exuded from Roland’s armor. Silence fell upon the room as the two men continued to size each other up. Neither one was willing to back away and perhaps more drastic measures would need to be taken to resolve this conflict...