Chapter 182: I Do Mind! (2/2)

The Players who were striving hard for the God of Games everywhere definitely counted as a sacred corps, albeit one with neither military units nor organization.

However, Marni decided to directly change the conversation and casually skip the question.

“Setting that aside, why would you decided to head for Codo Bosra instead of Lancaster?”

‘Because I’m afraid you would ransom us right here and now after you learn who we are,’ the noblewoman thought.

Still, she was not supposed to say that.

“I happened to miss my old city and was about to return for a visit. Is there a problem?”

“Of course not.” Marni nodded without letting on if he was convinced by her excuse, and simply casually said, “But if you don’t mind, allow us to escort you back to Lancaster.”

‘I do mind!’

The noblewoman almost exclaimed, but ultimately repressed her impulse.

It was definitely dangerous outside at the moment, and there was no assurance that they could return to Lancaster safely without the Players’ help.

Moreover, given what she herself said, they wouldn’t just allow her to return anyway.

Hence, the Players grandly escorted her group back to Lancaster, the first time they deliberately present themselves before the nobles of a city.

However, it was a choice made after the veteran players had a discussion. The unrest in Lancaster was becoming serious, and since the Players would have to show their faces eventually, they naturally couldn’t keep hiding down at the aqueducts. Hence, it was better to take this chance, and at least when they present themselves as good Samaritans escorting the noblewoman’s group, they could hold their heads high.

In addition, they could give limited demonstrations of their power as long as they did no reveal that they were believers of the God of Games, therefore backing Marni who often visited Lancaster as a traveling merchant.

With over a hundred strong, anyone who would want to capture Marni would have to consider if they could survive the recompense.

For her part, while the noblewoman assumed that the old mayor of Lancaster who had a quirky temperament would hold off that weird sacred corps for a few days, things did not go as she thought. Corinth, who had always been seclusive had actually left his keep when he received the letter from the Players who went in to scout things out beforehand, receiving everyone outside the city and stunning the noblewoman in turn.

She realized then that old man appeared to be more interested in that strange sacred corps than the safety of herself and Gwendolyn.

In fact, the mayor was reacting even more unusual when a young blonde girl with a ponytail and was holding a flagpole showed up amongst the sacred corps. Mixed expressions of regret, excitement, and nervousness were actually showing up on his usually stoic face!

Afterward, the merchant calling himself Marni Wilf, the unidentified flag-bearing blonde girl and Mayor Corinth had a long deliberation in the latter’s private study. Later, he personally saw them off, standing by the door for a long time before finally returned inside.

And the result of that deliberation was the notification that all the Players saw.

[Reputation system for Lancaster Mayor now open]

[Players’ default reputation is ‘indifference’]