Chapter 186 (1/2)

Chapter 186

Chapter 186 Strongest Sage, Receives the Pass

An hour later

We were going to left Frejia after our Guild Cards got rewritten to Rank A without a hitch

"Oy, you sure you don't want to be Rank S? Mathias, there's no doubt yer' the strongest in this countryIf the guild's higher ups are against it, I'onna make 'ehWe only need it to enter the Category 1 Restricted-Entry Zone after all"

I refused Giruas's suggestion

He insisted that I should become rank S after the test

But it's not like I've come to this country to raise h for the rank

"I seeI ain't gonna force you if you don't want toBy the hich restricted entry zone you're going to?"

"It was, rightEteris Steppe at Folkia TerritoryIf I'her right? How long does it take for the permission to be issued?"

I don't really understand the systeinia, but a rank S adventurer Giruas would know

I asked him with that in mindBut Giruas had a complicated look on his face after I said Folkia

"It's gonna take five days at most for the per's wrong with Folkia?"

"I've just got a bad feeling about the place, though not like I got a basis for itBut I heard the ed recentlyThe checkpoints on the roads around the area got stricter all of a sudden"

Afterward, Giruas pondered for a bit

And then he speaks to et yer' per 'bout it"

"You can get the pers would go smoothly if ya just talk to 'eher ups, y'know, standard negotiation tricks and stuff"

"That kinda sounds like how Mathi-kun does negotiation"

"Isn't that"

I see, that's reassuring

As Alotiation sounds kind of forceful, but well, it seems effective anyway

"We may need your help if it comes to that"

"Ou, leave it to

"ErrFolkia was 50 kilometers away from here, wasn't it?"

"YeahIt should be around that far"

"I think we'll be entering Folkia 20 kilometers before thatDo you think there's a checkpoint around there?"

"That sounds likelyWe should put our luggage inside storage ic just in case"

Checkpointscheck

We're carrying so ood idea to store theic

"Those checkpoints are probably only along the highways no? Can't we just not use the highways and go around through forests instead?"

Iris pointed at an off the beaten track as she said that

She has a point indeed

It's not like there are walls that separates territories after all

We probably won't encounter any checkpoints if we don't use the highways

However

"No, let's pass through a checkpoint normally once, we'll use the chance to also check on the situation"

"Check the situation?"

"What Giruas said ht even let us pass easily without any check if we do it norhways because we believe in ruainst the territory

Rather than doing that, purposely passing the checkpoint will let us get into the territory without alerting anyone

And even if we end up fighting, settling it quickly while they're still not alert of us would uess on't kno to deal with soo at it the honest way!"

Once we've decided on the plan, we step onward the highway

Several hours later

Several knights are standing, blocking the highway

There's a building that looks to be recently been built nearby

"ErrIs that the rumored checkpoint?"

"Seems soIt doesn't seem suspicious for now"

I tried to probe the inside of the building forthat stood out ic tools inside

Judging from the mana reaction, they're probably not intended for assaults

We kept treading on the road while thinking so

"HaltShow uards stopped us

Looks like the rumor about stricter checks was true