Chapter 177 (2/2)

“Then where are the pieces of the broken blade? The location of the other half…”

“The god is telling me that right now.”

She immediately told me the coordinates of a certain dimension.

I laughed bitterly.

“It happens to be a coordinate that I know. It mustn’t be a coincidence.”

Not long ago, Adam had investigated and informed me of dimensional and planetary locations that the Adgons had seized and restricted the accessibility of for other species.

Of course, I remembered the list clearly thanks to [The Successor’s Eyes].

The place that Rosuelen spoke about was among them.

“They blatantly want me to be their errand boy, don’t they?”

As an outcome of Igras-Sho’s hiring of me resulting in great success, it seemed that other gods wanted the same for them as well.

Well… It wasn’t bad for the mortals or me to build up the gods’ influence anyway.

I gave Rosuelen my decision.

“Alright, I’ll do as the god instructs.”

However, I couldn’t fly into the Adgons’ front yard to find it immediately.

Before that, there were things to be dealt with first.

*

We teleported back to the area governed by Bishop Briam.

When I got there, the first thing that I did was contact Bachurka, one of the supreme commissioners.

It was due to the thought that I would leave her to take care of the captured Adgon commissioner so I wouldn’t have to take him to Earth.

– What? Is that true?!

When Bachurka heard what I had found out from interrogating the Adgon species, her face showed her disbelief.

It would indeed be a shocking story.

I asked her a question after I finished my explanation.

“Did your species know about the concept of a System Administrator? And the fact that Adgons were in contact with them.”

– No, I’ve never heard of that…

Of course, the tribe that Bachurka belonged to wasn’t one of the five races that founded the Union.

It was natural for them to be unaware of the Adgons’ secret.

“What do you think the aftermath would be like if this were to be revealed to the Union?”

Bachurka spoke with determination.

– Just by looking at what has been confirmed so far, the Adgons have already broken countless Union laws. They won’t be able to avoid racial censure.

It was as I wanted.

– Perhaps… They may even lose their rights as a member of the Union. Of course, the level of punishment may how they respond, but… The aftermath of this is expected to be huge.

As long as the Adgons remain in their current stature, it was difficult to uncover their plot.

For the time being, it was better to drag them down from their high horse, place them as a suspect, and investigate their dimensions.

I didn’t need to go to war with them all by myself.

“A witness has already been secured, and the testimonies were recorded through magic. If we want to make full use of these, political maneuvering will be needed beyond mere armed demonstrations and…”

That’s why I had to reach out to Bachurka.

I picked the one who excelled in such politics.

– For now, I’ll be sending individuals who will secretly retrieve the witness.

It was only after handing over the Adgon commissioner to the ones that Bachurka sent that we prepared to return to Earth.

Bishop Briam and Rosuelen bowed deeply to me and paid respect.

“Oh, chosen one, I do not know how to repay the kindness you have gifted us with. If you hadn’t come, we would’ve become toys in their hands without knowing that the Adgons were plotting in the shadows.”

Rosuelen, beside the Bishop who greeted me several times, also spoke up.

“Thank you…”

With her head bowed down, she looked at the broken sword attached to my waist, the incomplete Holy Sword.

“I will do my best to be qualified to receive the sword from the great being one day as well.”

Rosuelen couldn’t take her gaze off of me.

Her eyes were smeared with feelings of respect and admiration.

*

“The god of war handing down a Holy Sword to a mortal, who isn’t even a real incarnation… I keep seeing all kinds of things.”

As if he felt extremely unpleasant due to the Holy Sword that I got to wear on me from that moment on, Genograche disappeared as if to run away as soon as we returned to Earth.

He said something about taking a breather since he was feeling violated by the intense divine power.

It was obvious what his stress reliever was. He was going to raid dungeons right away and cut down monsters.

Of course, he couldn’t enter by himself, as he wasn’t an Awakened, so he had to pick a pushover hunter walking around the guild and get judged as a ‘possession’ to enter.

Usually, he moved with Nate or Hibiki, but they had left to carry out the Main Quest in an alien world and had yet to return to Earth.

By my assumption, they would have already come back by that time, but they were taking longer than expected.

‘Still? They’re taking quite a while.’

There was one thing that felt strange.

I couldn’t see the first person I should see welcoming me when I returned from leaving my place.

‘And where’s Secretary Kim?’

As soon as I came back, news about my return was shared throughout the guild. He should be running into the room soon.

Since I had the time, I shared what happened on the Darion dimension with Adam.

And what we both agreed to was that digging more in the Adgons’ ‘restricted’ zones should be done after the Union had taken a measure against them.

Due to Igras-Sho’s magic resurrecting, the securities on such areas’ boundaries had already reached their peak.

Hence, it was only natural that things would be much easier to move after the Union carried out its attack.

After sharing some more information and ending the communication with Adam, I heard someone call for me.

“Guild Masteeeeer!”

The office door burst open without so much as a knock.

There was no need to look up and check who it was.

I couldn’t mistake who the owner of that voice was since I had heard it one too many times.

“Have you been well?”

I answered back with my eyes fixed on the documents, not giving a glance at him.

The things I had to deal with had piled up while I was away, after all.

“Guild Master!”

However, Secretary Kim urgently called me again without greeting me.

What could it be?

Only then, when I raised my head, did I see Secretary Kim’s frightened and pale face.

Presuming that something unusual had happened, I asked.

“What’s the matter?”

Then he spoke in an urgent tone.

There was a reason why he didn’t see me when I returned.

Secretary Kim was in charge of acting on behalf of external affairs when I was away, which included being an official communication channel with other dimensions.

After the Earth joined the Union, a device that could connect with other member dimensions was officially distributed to us, and he had been talking with someone through it.

His face became more distorted as he replied.

“It’s about Ms. Hibiki and Mr. Nate.”

Those kids who were still in the alien world?

My expression froze, too.

“What’s with them? Could it be that they had an accident while on the quest…?”

Secretary Kim said with an anxious look.

“The multi-racial party that the two of them joined… Had gone missing while carrying out the quest in the alien world! The Union hasn’t still haven’t found them!”