CH 92

Chapter 92 The Siege of <Beyond the Purgatory>

The quarrel between the Purgatory guys… or rather, the disclosure event has ended.

In the end, they decided to let the assassin attack me… and made the elite members of the first army as backup.

The only S-rank adventurers in the labyrinth city are me, Luke-san of <Elder Tree>, and the clan master of <Emissaries>.

In other words, Purgatory’s strongest member is an A-rank….

I think we can win even if we fight them right now, but 「Report, Contact, and Consult」 are important, so we decided to go back to the surface and report it.

Even if it’s in retaliation, if we kill too many people, I can’t say for sure that we won’t be charged with murder….

「Let’s leave quietly so that they don’t find out. I don’t want to leave any evidence, so throw all your stuff in the item box. We can clean up later….」

I gave orders to everyone in a low voice, and we sneaked away like a thief.

We didn’t do anything wrong, so why are we the only ones getting into trouble….

What an unreasonable world…

But well, I feel sorry for the executive of Purgatory.

They have worked hard for Nazar while running a large organization, and now their life is over because of the blunder made by the assassin and the third army….

The Nazar Kingdom is large in size and power, but it’s a country with a similar nature to Rosalta.

There’s no way they will help spies who made a mistake.

They will be executed or fall into slavery… no, they probably will be silenced before that.

We were able to escape without being found by them.

Well, the distance between us was quite large from the start, but we were able to notice them because we had the presence detection buff.

That said, there’s a possibility that they have a skilled scout, so I was quite nervous….

「Let’s hurry up and return to the surface. There are some members of Purgatory in the safe area, so we should act natural.」

I and Ian, who are scheming, and Esther, who’s a former noble, will be fine, but….

「Nina. Just in case, why don’t you rest on my or Ian’s back when we go through the safe area?」

Nina is the type of person who easily expresses her thoughts in her face, so there’s a good chance that the Purgatory guys will notice it.

It’ll be easier if she’s just sleeping….

「I’m already 13 years old, so it’s okay!」

Sigh, I’m telling you this because it’s not okay….

Four days later… we somehow managed to return to the surface.

Although we had a little trouble figuring out what to do with Nina, we got through it by distracting her from Purgatory by talking about cooking while we were passing through the safe area.

To be honest, I was more nervous than when I eavesdropped on them.

The ice area was tough, but we changed our equipment to body strengthening buff as much as possible, forced our running pace up, and made it through in a day and a half.

From there onwards, we also used body strengthening to force our way.

We ran without worrying about the eyes of others, so there might be rumors about it later, but… there were already some rumors about us, so I think there’s no need to worry about it.

We went to the guild and reported to Mona-san and the guild master.

「Seriously? I didn’t notice it at all. Damn, I didn’t notice it for more than ten years….」

The guild master was holding his head in frustration at his great blunder.

Mona-san also has a stern expression.

「So, what should we do? We can just fight them back when they attack us, but…」

「Let’s see…. How many days did it take you guys to come back from the tropical floor?」

Hm?

「Four days. We were moving desperately and we cut our breaks to the limit.」

「What a monstrous speed. But, if that’s the case…」

The guild master’s face twisted into a grin.

He seems to have come up with a good idea.

「Hey, Jink… can you take me with you on your next exploration?」

「Ha?」

What do you mean?

「Your moving speed might slow down if I join you, but you guys still can make it to the tropical floor in ten days, right? Then, they won’t realize that you brought a witness.」

According to the guild master… in order to crush a clan as big as <Beyond the Purgatory>, definite evidence is needed.

「We can’t get rid of them just because they’re spies from Nazar. The guild is a neutral organization after all.」

He’s right.

「That’s why you can leave that matter to the country. If you tell the king about it, I’m sure he’ll take action immediately.」

「I understand.」

When I return to the inn, I’ll write a report and have it delivered by express mail.

「As for the guild, we’ll arrest them when we catch them in the act.」

I see….

The guild will arrest the people, and the country will deal with the organization.

「In terms of position and fighting ability, I’m number one in this guild, so… it’s best if I go with you guys as a witness, right?」

Well, it makes sense, but….

「Of course, I’m not going to tell anyone about your skills and strategies, so don’t worry.」

「I understand. You can come with us.」

「Alright!」

He seems strangely happy.

It somehow pisses me off, so I’ll try to crush it….

「In exchange… you won’t get any share of the profit, and you have to prepare your own meals.」

「Eh…. Well, I don’t mind. You’re surprisingly stingy, huh? (My sword is broken and my wallet is in a crisis, so I wanted to earn a little money….)」

He’s clearly depressed.

I knew it, he was after Nina’s cooking.

Unfortunately, we can’t let a big man like the guild master eat our food.

After all, our share would be reduced if we did that!