Chapter 80: Final day

Chapter 80: Final day

On the 4th, 5th, and 6th days of the Port Opening Festival, the four people from Room 10 ate from the shops around instead of the stalls.

Of course, they still mainly ate while walking.

There were some minor inconveniences, but they weren’t a big deal compared to the satisfaction of eating while walking.

And finally, the seventh and final day of the Port Opening Festival.

On this day, there would be a garden party in the courtyard of the Lord’s building at night so many people came and went to the building from the morning to decorate it.

In addition, the city itself was lively as well for the closing festival that would happen because it was the last night.

Among them, there were many unfamiliar vendors, but that was common since the representatives of each country brought their followers in the first place.

It was unavoidable that there would be cracks in the security.

However, the time passed quietly without any problems until the evening.

Of course, that was apart from the hustle and bustle of the Port Opening Festival.

It wasn’t until they finished eating lunch that day that the four people from Room 10 suddenly noticed.

“Hey ... now that I think about it, we’ve not been to the Adventurer’s Guild since we arrived in this city ...”

It was the first time that Niels spoke so nervously.

“Ah......”

“Must we show our faces in the guild?”

“Our seniors will have to answer that. Amon and I have just become adventurers.”

Etho who completely forgot couldn’t say a word while Amon and Ryo were clueless about that convention.

Certainly, it was not mentioned in the beginner’s lecture that they attended at the guild.

“It’s not a rule, but there are some cases where adventurers are notified through the guild. Also, if you plan to do some activities as an adventurer in the city you travel to, notifying the guild would make it less likely to face issues later on.”

At such times, it was Etho’s task to explain rather than Niels.

“Oh well, let’s pop our heads in for a short while? It’s not as though we have any other acquaintances there ... If we stop by to show our faces and nothing goes wrong, we can continue our food hunt! I didn’t expect a delicious seafood pasta shop in a complete blind spot in the alley of the north street ...”

“Thanks to Rin’s tip.”

With that said, the four from Room 10 headed for the Whitnash Adventurer’s Guild.

The Whitnash Adventurer’s Guild was quite large.

Although not as large as the one in the City of Rune, which was said to be the largest on the outskirts, this was one of the best port cities in the Kingdom of Knightley so the number of adventurers and requests was quite large.

“I’ve never seen such a large guild other than in Rune ...”

“Yeah, it’s pretty big.”

Etho and Niels were also impressed with the size.

Once inside, they found quite a few people hanging out, even though it was in the afternoon.

In the City of Rune, the guild would be quiet at this time.

“I guess there are many people in the guild because it’s during the festival?”

Ryo came to a strange conclusion but no one retorted.

That was because Niels, who usually played the straight man, had found a person he didn’t want to meet.

At the same time, the other party also saw Niels.

“Why are you here?”

“Huh? That’s my line, bastard.”

Niels and Dan started the conversation like some delinquents.

Yes, Dan from Room 1 and his followers were also in the guild.

Niels and Dan were in a volatile state, but the others greeted each other without any enmity.

In particular, the Scout that Dan dragged to join the 『30th two-seater boat race: Adventurer’s category』was having a friendly conversation with Amon who was also dragged to join by Niels.

In the end, it seemed that they formed a bond after they were involved in the rivalry and experienced the destruction of the ship, sinking, and falling into the sea.

And,

“Hey, Sasha from Room 2. It’s been a while.”

“Oh, Etho-san from Room 10. It has been a while.”

The priests greeted each other.

In the end, Ryo was left out since he wasn’t particularly acquainted with anyone so he just greeted them lightly and blankly looked at the bulletin board.

“Eh? You guys are those two on the boat.”

“You’re right. That was amazing, wasn’t it?”

“Oh, fighting here is prohibited. Rather than that, come here and have a drink. Adventurers can drink and eat as much as they want during the festival.”

So that was why there were a lot of adventurers even at this time?

Ryo and his friends were strangely convinced.

(Alcohol is absolutely prohibited in the guild cafeteria in the City of Rune, but there is no such rule here. I guess it depends on the location.)

Ryo, who had such an impression, was dragged by a Whitnash adventurer and ended up going to the cafeteria.

But, as expected of the guild cafeteria.

The food was delicious!

“Wow, this salt-baked fish, delicious!”

“The taste of seafood is exuding from this soup.”

“A wonderful smell is coming from this big shellfish when baked.”

“I can’t believe I can eat spiny lobster ...”

There were four adventurers from the City of Rune who enjoyed the seafood more than eating outside.

“How is it? Do you think it’s a go?”

“No problem.”

“Have those that planned to leave left?”

“The City of Rune adventurer’s guild Guildmaster has left the city. A substitute will participate in the garden party.”

“Okay, then do as planned.”

The sun was setting and around 6 o’clock in the evening, the garden party was about to begin at the Lord’s building.

“Abel-dono. I see you are standing in once again?”

“Fiona, didn’t you come with your men? Do you have a way to get in touch with them?”

Hearing those words, Fiona raised her face as if she had been struck.

“I have!”

Then, she released five black magic bullets from her right hand that went up to the sky as colored bullets and five red magic bullets burst in the sky.

“If they see it, they will rush to our aid. Even if they don’t look see it, my teacher will sense it.”

“Teacher ... Oscar? I’ll be relieved if he comes.”

Then, Konrad sat with his back against the wall.

The summer house, where the two of them moved to, was difficult to spot from the main venue of the garden party, and there were no assailants, guests, or knights.

(As long as we can buy some time here ... teacher will come.)

But, they were not given such leeway.

“There he is.”

The moment he said that, the assailant might have considered that he had screwed up.

This was because Konrad’s powerful gaze shot through the thief.

“I see, this attack was aimed at me.”

“We were the target ...”

Fiona trembled a little from Konrad’s words.

“Fiona, you don’t have to keep them alive. Kill everyone.”

“Yes, brother.”

The assailants approached cautiously.

Konrad chanted in a soft voice.

After they are closed in to some extent.

“<Stone Javelin>”

Konrad chanted the trigger word and four stone spears launched from the ground toward the assailants.

At that moment,

The assailants, who were not the target of the Stone Javelins and were safe, start running toward them all at once.

“<Piercing Fire>”

Fiona’s chantless magic caused four white-flame extra-fine arrows to fly toward the assailants.

When an assailant dodged the arrow of fire coming from the front, the arrow made a U-turn and stabbed into the assailant’s neck from behind.

After that, three more Piercing Fires were fired, decimating those who could be called the vanguard of the assailants.

At the very least, there were no enemies in sight ... but they heard a tiny, soft chanting.

Hearing the chanting, Konrad’s complexion became even worse.

“No way, this chant is ... Fiona, full defense forward. No, absolute defense, Sanctuary.”

“<Sanctuary>”

The moment Fiona chanted, the tiny soft chanting ended and the magic was released.

The spell’s name was

“Bullet Rain ...”

One of the highest-grade Wind-Attribute Magic used by Rin to deal the finishing blow for the Goblin King at the end of the Great Tidal Bore.

That magic with enormous attack power, that even the defense of the Goblin King was pierced like paper, and its body riddled full of holes.

It was impossible to defend against it with ordinary defensive magic.

That was why he called for <Sanctuary>.

Absolute defense <Sanctuary> said to be a miracle of God.

The ultimate light defense magic said to prevent all magic and physical attacks.

It was a spell that could only be cast by high-ranking Priests, but Fiona could cast it ... and she could use it since childhood.

However, Sanctuary consumed a terrifying amount of magical power compared to other defensive magic.

Even Fiona, who boasted hundreds of times more magical power than ordinary people, had continuously cast magic barriers, Piercing Fire, and now, Sanctuary.

She knew that her remaining magical power was quite low.

(If the opponent who fired the Bullet Rain attacked seriously ... it will be a pretty tough battle ...)

Thinking so, Fiona got ready, but the presence disappeared.

And multiple other presences appeared.

(Three, four ... five people? I feel their presence but I don’t know the location.)

“It’s a spell I don’t know.”

The chant was too soft for Fiona to hear.

Konrad heard a little but have never heard of that spell.

“No ... this is mixed with the Earth-Attribute? But the main chant is that of the Fire-Attribute’s explosiveness? What is this?”

“Earth? Explosion?”

At that moment, Fiona looked at Konrad.

Then, she sensed the magic that was being built up on the ground on which Konrad sat.

“Brother, danger!”

Fiona body-slammed into Konrad and pushed him away.

And she chanted at the same time.

“<Sanctuary>”

At that moment, the ground burst.

Flames and soil blew up like a geyser.

Fiona was blown away by it.

However, while Fiona was blown away, she confirmed that her reliable comrades had rushed into the courtyard.

“Teacher, please take care of my brother ...”