Vol 12 Chapter 225 (1/2)
Lyle’s Party Aboard
… While Lyle had departed for Cartaffs, Novem and the others had completely vacated the mansion, and headed off towards the base where they were carrying out Labyrinth Subjugation
Starting with Noveuests boarded Porter
Miranda was off preparing at the base, and the Valkyries were also eneral area
At the stage where Lyle set for Cartaffs, they already kneould come of the movements of the merchants and adventurers
Nove tray, Rauno’s partner, and a wonomian race, Innis
“I’ like this, Innis-san”
Innis shook her head, holding up her travel bag as if to ee when put beside her
“It’s alright Rauno-san told me to do so as well And…”
“And?”
As Nove’, and played the rew a little wary, wondering what ulteriorLyle
But unable to understand why the hold of potentially dangerous individuals, there wasn’t a trace of infor leaked by some Skill either
Wary as Noveathered did convince her he was seriously aiding them for now
However, they didn’t leave rooence
“I’m sure there will be so happens, just give us a shout If it’s within a possible scope, we’ll take care of it”
On Novem’s words, Innis nodded
Light streamed in from theinstalled on Porter The outside scenery she could see from it made Novem worry for Lyle
(Is Lyle-saht around now?)
It weighed on her mind how he didn’t have anyone to look after him nearby, but this time’s opponent was the adventurer Larc, who boasted a Skill that displayed high abilities against woardless of the Guild’s schemes, he should be taken out of the picture, or so Lyle said, so Noveement
(But it’s not like we couldn’t have left just one person by his side)
It wasn’t a problem if that someone wasn’t her The opti the Valkyries
That would make Miranda and Eva the runner-ups, yet they also had much work to do at the base, so they couldn’t be left at Lyle’s side
The Valkyries would leaveShannon, May, or Aria would be more a bother than assistance
Clara also had work, so regardless of how much she wanted to leave someone, from Novem’s eyes, Lyle’s decision wasn’t mistaken It wasn’t, but it was true she orried
(Even if Professor Damien has his automatons, their priority list has Lyle ranked relatively low I don’t think they’ll do anything to trouble him, but…)
Eva looked at Novem’s worried face
“Are you worrying about Lyle? It’s alright Even like that, he’s surprisingly reliable”
As Eva glanced over, Novem as well
“That’s right Lyle-sa quite reliable these days, so I’m sure it’ll be fine”
She said with a s back to when they had started the journey with just the two of theh
Or so Novem decided to believe…
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… Around the time Novem’s party set off
At Bei room rarely used, a few officials of each branch sat around a table and conversed
The head of the South Branch spoke
“It seems he’s made his move He’s already headed for Cartaffs on a Trēs House shi+p A sweeper confirmed it, so there’s no doubt about it There are also some movements in the Labyrinth we overlooked, but I do believe the time to attack is now”
Sweepers were a cleaning service With a special role of cleaning up the adventurers, they were either former adventurers, or specialists raised by the Guild
The one standing behind the East Branch’s top, Tanya… Tahnia was also a sweeper And behind each executive, various other sweepers stood
The South Branch’s executive was all aboard the assault of Lyle’s party The North Branch was specialized to sea requests, and not particularly interested As he had to lend out personnel, on the contrary, he was in ill humor
“Was there really a need to go so far? Fro power, but action and charised us into the mess”
To the pouting North Branch head, the South Branch’s head gave a slight thorny tone
“… If this tiht to use Galleria and Rusworth’s ports are your people of the North Branch, are they not? How about you hear it from the merchants?”
The North Branch executive shut his mouth There was a deal cut with Gina of the Trēs House, and as long as Roland was recognized as head, she would abdicate the rights to use both ports Such talks tied directly to the North Branch, so they couldn’t say it was someone else’s problem
They carried adventurers that specialized inbecome passive to matters on the land
The West Branch’s head ended up sending around loads of men frolare on the South Branch
“We had to send out thole first-rate adventurer parties On top of a number of our mains And yet, isn’t there a little too less frole ade, is it not”
At the South Branch, the information that ould drastically decline had spread, and e their home Guild
For that sake, the nu in this attack numbered only one They also had to deal with requests of their own, so taking up any more would influence the Guild’s credibility
“Speaking to scale, it’s aa hundred capable of battle It isn’t a proble numbers, wouldn’t that make us number one?”
The West Branch executive slammed his fist down on the table
“Cease this codswallop I’ about your scraped up riff-raff! Our conditions to classify a first-class adventurer are to breach the sixtieth floor Just how many parties capable of that do you think exist in the world? Even those in our main body are all precious parties Their value is different than your parties who’d die out in a few days, and those who fall short of second rate It’s value I say! ”
Don’t group our valuable forces with your nation The East Branch head listened to that statement, and butted in from the side
“Well, well, this tiize that an adventurer of the East Branch is troubling you all so As you can see”
As the East Branch head lowered hiy, the others retracted their venom, and restarted their conference…
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… Tahnia returned to the East Branch’s Guild, and posed a question to her superior
The tere the only ones in the roo with the scent of the coffee her superior executive sipped
“… I cannot understand it What could the Guild headquarters be thinking? If they assassinate Lyle, who assisted in the formation of this four-nation alliance, it is sure to put Beie”
On Tahnia’s question, the superior answered as he sipped He wasn’t behaving any different from usual, and spoke as if to test her
“I don’t have the authority to overturn that decision From above the Guilds, and the merchants above that, it’s a verdict that’s come down from them Well, if the mediator of the alliance dies, perhaps the talks of unions will floay Even if they suspect Beim, there isn’t a country in the area that can live without it”
That was sie the city of Beim was Even if the alliance was completed, and they went to war, the city was confident that it wouldn’t lose
It wasn’t just numbers, the quality of equipment was also no comparison What’s more, for an alliance that had only just formed, how many years would be necessary for it to take power? Would there be any countries ouldn’t withdraw from it in that time? The four-country alliance had various uneasy factors
“Tahnia, it isn’t a bad thing to hold feelings, but in your profession, it becos as a receptionist, an extent should be fine”
Recalling her own job, Tahnia focused herself Her superior put Beim’s movements to mouth
“Beie power in this area If it had the mind, it could destroy a whole country, and in truth, it’s done so before And her-ups see about the alliance, and Bahnseim as well”
Tahnia decided to listen to his opinion
“What is your personal opinion on the matter?”