Sky World Vol 2 Chapter 3.8

VOLUME 2

Chapter 3: Raid Guild
Part 8

Acts of violence in town were inexcusable.

The Imperial Guard stationed in the city piloted Knight Golems and could teleport anywhere. As they were incredibly strong fighters, even members of a large scale guild would not stand a chance against them. Big and booming cities like Payang had over a hundred Knight Golems at their disposal. In addition, the skillful Guard would usually keep watch over the town through their magic, looking out for bad-intentioned adventures causing trouble.

Sure enough, though Illusionary Brigade’s restocking team would soon pick up on Jun’s little trick, they wouldn’t be able to interfere with Jun’s squad or any of the merchants around town. They could do nothing but grind their teeth.

“If you don’t want anything bad to happen to you, listen to us,” threatened members of the Illusionary Brigade inside hidden alleyways. However, just as they wanted to go through with the threats and a.s.saulted a group of local alchemists, a Knight Golem appeared behind them.

Afterwards, when Jun heard of this situation, he thought that somebody clever had reported that the Illusionary Brigade was probably causing unrest in advance. Even the city itself knew of the Illusionary Brigade’s outrageous mannerisms and watched their members well.

“I thought that the Guard didn’t really think much of adventurers,” Eri said, laughing happily, as she heard the report from the first floor of their usual inn.

On the one hand, Kasumi, who had been sitting next to her, said, “Really? But whenever I greet them, they respond with a smiling face,” slanting her head.

It used to be that Jun would have surely chuckled and added, “That’s just because your affinity with them is high.” Since she repeatedly completed a lot of quests, Kasumi had maxed out her Affinity in Payang.

The current Jun had a different point of view.

Kasumi Yukasaki, even without using her Affinity or other numerical values, had a certain charm about her that attracted people to her in Sky World. That’s what he thought now.

From the start, the denizens of the city and the Guard had never been boring, one-sided NPCs…

“Here’s the takeaway. I still have a long way to go. Preoccupied only with adventurers, I forgot that the people of this world were not just NPCs.”

Practically speaking, it’s not unlikely that they would try to trip us up.

Though he didn’t make any facial expression, Jun stroked his chest in relief. This was a gamble he couldn’t afford losing. Double and triple checking was quite necessary.

“It’s not too late. We can ask players who get along well with the regular residents of the city to contact the influential NPCs. Though I don’t know how much they would understand our cause… if they could make sure that there was no animosity among the townsmen, everything would be fine.”

“If you say so, I can…”

“No, Kasumi-san, you asking them yourself won’t work. This might be bad, but we need to make you out as a tragic heroine.”

“A tragic… heroine, huh?”

“In fairy tales, an obvious heroine, and a clear-cut villain is necessary. Not to mention that our opponents are perverted otaku, right?” He quickly made eye contact with Eri, who understood immediately and puffed out her cheeks in discontent.

“Being a perverted otaku doesn’t have to be bad!”

“Speaking of that, Kasumi-san. You ought to know somebody who’s proud and prideful. Please introduce me. I want to entrust him with the job of telling our story to the soldiers. About the tragic heroine and the adventurers rising to save her.”