Chapter 192


Chapter 192 Strongest Sage, Ordered


" . . . Was Folkia a mining town?"


"I don"t think I"ve heard anything like that . . . "


The quest is about ore mining .


The name of the ore in question isn"t mentioned, but apparently it"s used to make a [St.u.r.dy Building Material] .


The reward is on the higher side for a quest that doesn"t involve fighting monsters . . . but it"s frankly pretty low for an adventurer"s quest .


Since there"s no other quest present, adventurers must have no choice but to take up this quest .


"Are you here to accept quests?"


A man came out of the guild"s interior and approached us while we were looking at the quest form .


From his attires, apparently he"s a receptionist, but . . .


『Um, this is . . . 』


『Yep, a demon . 』


The guild receptionist is a demon .


And the demon cast a spell chantlessly on us as he walked here .

『Thought Dampen』--In short, a spell to dull the target"s judgment .


This spell seems to have been adjusted to work with general populace in this era, so it"s not working on us . . . but in exchange, it"s hard to detect .


Ordinary adventurers probably wouldn"t have any clue when this demon cast the spell .


The reason why fake bandits are sent to raid on high-ranking adventurers is probably related to this magic .


As there might be high-ranking adventurers capable of noticing the spell being cast on them .


Adventurers who noticed it would flee, and spread the story about weird things happening at Folkia Guild .


『Did he just cast a spell?』


『Yea . A spell that"s not working on us . . . no doubt about it now . This mining quest is connected to demons . 』


I look at the demon while talking through comm magic .


We"d better . . . pretend that we"ve been affected by his spell here .


We"ll infiltrate their inside in in the meantime and show everyone these sub-demons at the site .


"That"s right . We"re here to take a quest . "


"Then I recommend this quest . You can complete it without fighting monsters, the reward is pretty bountiful too . "


The receptionist (demon) gave us the mining quest form .


"I got it . We"ll take it . "


I immediately signed the form and handed it back .


"I also need your guild cards to process the form . Do you have them with you?"


"Yea . "



I fetched four . . . fake guild cards from my bosom pocket and handed them over to the demon .


Since the demons seemed to be cautious of high-ranking adventurers, I"ve camouflaged our cards to be of Rank E in the way here .


There"s not many high-ranking adventurers in the world, disguising as one wouldn"t last long once they looks at the guild register and such . . . but not even the guild note down every Rank E adventurer"s names .


"Thank you . "


As expected, the demon took the cards, and handed them back after nodding in satisfaction .


『Is it really okay for us to take this quest . . . oh, is this like an undercover investigation?』


『Exactly . Declining here would make him wary of us cause his spell didn"t show any effect . 』


While we were having a briefing, the demon completed the quest form processing and came back here .


"This quest has two stages of operation . Mining and refining . You"re free to partic.i.p.ate in either of them . . . which one?"


"The refining please . "


"Okay . The refinery"s location is marked on this map . "


The demon handed me a map .


It shows locations of the refinery, first-aid station and other facilities .


Looking at the number of facilities, this mining operation looks to be quite a large scale project .


"Err . . . This way . "


The refinery is right in the center of the town, very easy to spot .


It"s a very st.u.r.dy building that"s been reinforced with magic .


And there"s a demon standing in front of it .


. . . This place is really full of demons .


"We"re here for the ore refinery quest . "


I gave the demon the quest form while saying that .


"Got it . I"ll have you guys work immediately . "


While saying that--the demon cast another [Thought Dampen] spell on us .


Most likely, these demons cast [Thought Dampen] on the adventurers every step of the way to make them work like robots for demons .


But demons are still demons despite being a subspecies .


They should be able to yield way more ore by doing it themselves rather than gathering a bunch of humans to do it for them, why would they out of their way to-- .


I got the answer of that question when the demon opened the refinery door .


The ore gathered here looks familiar .


『 . . . Rankine Ore huh . 』

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