Chapter 89 (2/2)

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“As you say . Thank you for dealing with the Wyverns . ” The Guild Master bowed to Fer who was lying on the floor next to me and then to Sui on my knee . Fer didn’t say anything but Sui trembled .

“So, how many Wyverns were there?” The Guild Master asked, moving on to business .

“There were 13 in all . ” I replied .

“Th-, thirteen you say . . . ” The Guild Master and the Knights Order’s leader looked at each other as I answered .

“If there were thirteen Wyverns then,” the Guild Master said, white-faced, “if the Adventurers and all the city’s Knights worked together to deal with them, half of us would have been killed . ”

“Guild Master, I do not think it’s just half, it’s entirely possible all of us would be dead by now . ” the Knights Order’s leader said shakily .

“I see . . . ” Hey, was it really such a big deal? Fer and Sui cut the heads of the Wyverns so easily, I sorta thought it wasn’t a big problem like these guys did . Of course when I was attacked personally at the end I was truly a bit scared . A bit . Just a bit . Really .

“It seems we were fortunate . ” the Guild Master said, glancing at Fer and Sui .

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“That may be so, Guild Master . ” The Knights Order’s leader commented . “But we can’t rely on luck from now on because we don’t know when something like this might happen again . ”

“Certainly . ” the Guild Master agreed, his face hardening .

“Most of the time this city is peaceful and the Order of Knights can usually take it easy . ” The Knights Order’s leader went on, his own expression matching the Guild Master’s . “When news of the Wyverns reached us some of my subordinates were, ah, reluctant to step forward and volunteer . When they heard that Mukouda-sama had gone off to deal with the Wyverns to kill them they apparently felt relieved . . . ”

“That was the same for the Adventurers who are members of the Guild . ” The Guild Master said in a dark voice .

“I have decided,” the Knight’s Order leader said firmly, ” that I am going to beat my Order’s members into shape . ” His gauntleted fist smote the table loudly . “I will turn them into a force that can deal with any threat to this city, even one that might appear without warning like these Wyverns . ”

“That sounds like a fine idea . ” The Guild Master agreed, nodding . “For myself, I think I need to review just what the Adventurers Guild stands for . I have come to the belief that being an Adventurer isn’t just to earn points and increases in rank . A good Adventurer is one who has endured some hardship and perhaps it’s time for them all to do so, ha ha ha . . . ” The expression on their faces frightened me even though I knew I wasn’t the focus of their displeasure . As for the Knights and Adventurers, uhhh sorry guys, it looks like you’re in for a hard time . Good luck and I hope you survive . Me, I just want to go back to the inn soon . . .

The Guild Master turned back to me . “My apologies, Mukouda-sama, I was distracted for a moment . So you collected all the Wyverns you subjugated?”

“Yes, of course I collected them all . ” I was relieved they had changed the subject .

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“How badly are they damaged?” the Guild Master enquired . I thought for a moment before answering . The Wyverns in my Item Box weren’t really beat up as both Fer and Sui had beheaded them cleanly to finish them off .

“The heads were all cut off at the neck,” I explained, “so I don’t think they’re damaged much . . . ”

“T- the Wyvern heads, to cut them off just like that . . . that’s astounding . ” the Knights Order’s leader said .

“Well, Wyverns are magically resistant so doing something like that is a tough job, even with a Mithril sword . ” the Guild Master added . Fer and Sui hadn’t had any problems cutting the Wyvern necks though, I thought to myself but I wasn’t going to say anything about THAT .

“So, will you wholesale the Wyvern materials to us?” the Guild Master asked, all business again .

“Yes,” I nodded, “Everything except the meat as usual . ”

“Ok, then then shall we move to the warehouse?” the Guild Master stood up headed for the door .

“Excuse my rudeness,” the Knights Order leader said as he stood up, a harsh gleam in his eyes, “but I have to go discuss some, ah, matters with my subordinates and the sooner I get started the better . ” He shook my hand . “Thank you again, Mukouda-san . ” I watched the broad armoured back of the Knights Order leader disappear down the stairs in front of me, heading back to the barracks . Please don’t kill all of them, Leader-dono, I prayed as the Guild Master and I headed towards the Guild’s warehouse, a place I was becoming more than familiar with .