Chapter 296
Chapter 296 Strongest Sage, Heads to Deserted Guild
"For the time being . . . Let"s report our quest . "
"Yes!"
"Oh right, we took several quests to raise our rank . . . It"s all over before we did though . "
Then Alma skimmed over her guild card .
We"re currently Rank E . . . Beginner"s rank .
We were trying to raise our rank straight to A to take on a quest [Warmongers] posted in their quest for challengers . . . But since they ended up coming to us themselves, we didn"t need the Rank .
"Yeah . . . Well, since there"s no disadvantage in having better rank, might as well take what we can . "
There might be time when we need guild ranks in the future after all .
Let"s just take all the rank we can take .
We took quests that would get us straight to Rank A and all .
We went into the guild while talking .
However . . .
" . . . It"s deserted . "
Not a single adventurer was inside the guild .
There"s a lone receptionist who looks completely unoccupied .
Rather, she"s dozing off .
The time is currently a bit before the sun goes down .
Though it"s not exactly the time when the guild is usually crowded . . . but would it even be this empty .
This city is supposed to be a city of adventurers--where many adventurers reside and with a prosperous guild .
Something must have happened to make it this vacant .
I should go ask .
"Can I have a bit?"
"Yes . Anything I can help you with?"
The receptionist raised her sleepy face when I called her .
. . . This . . . doesn"t seem like an emergency that necessitated adventurers to a.s.semble has occurred or something .
"I don"t see a single adventurer in the guild . . . What happened?"
" . . . Ah . You mean that . . . Those adventurers are currently scrambling for spoils! . . . Aren"t you going to partic.i.p.ate?"
"Spoils?"
. . . Wonder if some monster with rare pricey parts have appeared around here .
I didn"t see any monster like that on our way back here though . . .
The receptionist replied back while I was thinking .
"A little while ago lights fell down the sky . . . Then monsters in many cities suddenly died out! Didn"t you see it?"
Lights falling from the sky, monsters suddenly dying . . . ?
. . . Ah, they got caught in [Genesis] huh .
When I used [Genesis] to defeat the surrounding monsters, I had it set on default preset--in other words, its range was 100 kilometers in radius .
Since this spot is less than 100 kilometer apart from where the [Broken Star] was, all monsters around Haigis must have dropped dead .
And . . . since [Genesis] only destroy souls, the parts of those monsters have remained as is .
Magic similar [Genesis] were also used in the past whenever one wanted to preserve monster"s parts .
"I see . . . So they"re all competing to collect those suddenly dying monsters . "
"Yes . No one has any idea as to what just happened . . . But we"re very lucky! It"s the best time to make a killing!"
" . . . Glad to hear that . "
Thanks to getting back the sensation from the past, I inadvertently killed all monsters within range .
Since monster occur naturally in nature, their numbers should go back up in time . . . I"d feel a bit bad if the excessive amount of dead bodies caused trouble .
Of course I don"t plan to claim ownership of the monsters I defeated, so I don"t mind if people go and pick them up .
"Since even high ranking monsters seem to have perished as well . . . Adventurers have been running all over for a chance to get high ranking materials without fighting! . . . We have even set up a temporary purchase counters at the city"s entrance so they can focus on gathering materials!"
Looks like the guild is supporting the gathering as well .
This probably has turned into a bit of treasure hunt .
. . . You could live leisurely for a while if you managed to get your hands on high ranking monster parts after all .
I probe the surrounding mana .
And found out that there was a crowd of people near the city"s entrance .
We didn"t notice since it was a different entrance from the one we took to get in .
"We"re not here for selling but to report subjugation quest completions . . . Can we do that here? We"d also like to sell parts of monsters we defeated . "
"Ah, you"re here for quest! Of course, it"s okay! . . . Rather, we"re thankful for bringing those parts here . "
"Is that so?"
"Yes! . . . Since we"re storing the monster parts bought at the temp purchasing counters to the warehouse behind this building . . . We"re even employing townsfolk to help transport those parts to our warehouse!"
Now that she mentions it . . . I can sense mana reaction coming and going between the city"s entrance and the guild .
Since it"s moving slowly, they must be using carts of some sort for transportation .
Looks like the guild is having it rough during this busy time .
So that"s why there"s only one receptionist left here .
All other staff must have gone to handle the temporary purchasing counters .