Chapter 22 (1/2)

CHAPTER 22 – THE KNIGHTS’ SUBJUGATION REQUEST

『Gaya Forest』monster subjugation request.

The objective is thinning out the monsters and investigating whether monster nests were built in the vicinity of the town and sweep them if they were.

――Gaya Forest.

A very dangerous forest with a degree of risk at rank A, where monsters run rampant in significant numbers.

It is said that the central part of the forest is the territory of monsters so powerful that no one was able to return from there yet safely.

But, that does not mean that monsters are concentrated only in the center of the forest. The monsters appear even along the border of the forest.

The monsters that escape from the central part are cla.s.sified as C-Rank and D-Rank. Nevertheless, they are still a great threat to ordinary people.

In addition, the strong monsters…… it’s not like A-Rank monsters never come outside of the forest.

When they come out of the forest, the damage to humans inevitably increases.

Therefore, to influence the vicinity of the town…… a sweeping force is needed to clean up the near forest.

It’s usually done just by knights without needing to have the help of adventurers.

This is a special case because of the place that is Gaya Forest.

Even if one enlist to knights and diligently trains, there is only a handful of people who can stride along in the Gaya Forest.

In addition, the town of Shirin is right around the border near a town in the Argo Kingdom. Although a friendly country, the town can’t be left defenseless with all influential people going to the Gaya Forest.

Because of that, adventurers are called for help.

Influential people including A-Rank and B-Rank adventurer parties are being gathered.

As for me, I have received a designated request from the Knights branch Captain Grunwald Ruven-sama to partic.i.p.ate in the joint subjugation.

One the appointed day. I stopped by the Adventurer’s Guild with Allen and Elena first. My purpose was to check the details about the request.

Honestly, I didn’t hear what sort of request this time’s request is. Just the usual situation.

I didn’t so I wanted to grasp the contents of the requests, so I won’t get in the way. The Guild is on the way to the west gate, after all.

Therefore, I scanned the request board and then went to the gathering place at the west gate.

There, Knights loading several carriages and adventurers who also accepted the request are already gathered. When the people noticed our presence, they looked at us with a suspicious and sharp gazes.

I know I stand out because I have children with me, but what an unpleasant atmosphere.

For now, I ignore the stares and approach Wald-sama who is giving instructions.

「Ou, you came!」

Wald-sama who noticed us lifts up one hand and walks towards us.