Chapter 369 - Slave
Souta narrowed his eyes as he looked at their face one by one.
Gyun, Johnie, Mae, Rini, Limber, and Ginji subconsciously gulped and they said, "We"ve decided that we"re going to help you."
Souta opened his mouth and said, "Whatever, just remember that you can"t turn back. The things that we will do could put you in danger."
"It"s fine. We"ve made our resolve." Gyun and the rest said.
"Oh?" Souta raised his eyebrows as he looked at them before he sighed and said, "Okay, good. You"re better than I expected."
"Then, can I ask what you"re planning to do?" Gyun asked him.
"Me? I"m planning to free a slave, as simple as that." Souta replied to him nonchalantly.
"You"re planning... what?"
"I"m planning to free a slave," Souta repeated what he said. It seems that these guys didn"t hear it clearly.
"You"re going to free a slave?!" Gyun"s party was surprised. Before they could say anything Souta said something.
"I don"t care about the rules and regulations of this land. I"ll just do what I want to do." Souta said to them.
Well, once the Great World Imperium discovered this sub-world, this world will change. Its rules and laws will crumble down, everything will fit to the Imperium"s d.e.s.i.r.e.
That"s why he didn"t care about the rules of this sub-world. Since Isabella will come to Imperium, he was sure that this world will be discovered by one of the forces in the Great World. So slavery would be gone.
...
Souta asked them to gather information about that guy called Orlando. Orlando was a member of a large mercenary guild called Dopheos. Dopheos had hundreds of members and dozens of them were Knight Level.
They were one of the most powerful guilds in this city. Orlando was a normal member of the guild yet he was also special as he was one of the sponsors of the Guild.
The leader of Dopheos was a powerful individual named Synny. Some people said that she was a Knight Level but other people said that she was above Knight Level.
Their headquarters was in the eastern part of the city. It was pretty noticeable as their base there was large with a four hundred meter diameter. They would instantly know it as there was a large word "Dopheos" at the entrance of the headquarters.
There were hundreds of members of the Dopheos Guild and there were only a few of them. The disparity was large but Souta didn"t worry about the difference in their number. The only problem was the Knights of the guild. He didn"t know to what extent Knights could release in their powers. But that wasn"t a big problem for him.
Knight was powerful but he estimated that their power level was just C-rank maybe B-rank. He didn"t have a problem with it as he had Yuko, a third evolution monster.
Also, they were inside a city. His attributes would increase by 5% as it was the effect of the [Dominator of the City] skill that he gained from defeating Curdova in the Moon Tower.
"Are we really going to fight Dopheos Guild just to save one slave?" Gyun asked with hesitation.
"As I said before, if you don"t want to follow us then you can go elsewhere. I will do what I want." Souta replied to him. He then turned to Alice and said, "Let"s go!"
The two left and Gyun"s party followed them.
...
Souta and Alice sneak inside the Dopheos Guild. They memorized the structures of the base and the buildings.
While the two were inside the building, the Gyun"s party was standing by close to it with Yuko. Souta said that they should just wait for them with Yuko. They don"t have to do anything except waiting.
Souta knew that their power levels were low. Against a large mercenary guild, Gyun"s party was like an ant standing in front of a giant predator. They could die with a mere stomp from the predator.
While they were waiting a woman approached them.
Gyun and the rest recognized this woman. This woman was the one who won the fighting compet.i.tion by defeating all of her enemies by one hit.
"Is this your pet?" The woman asked while glancing at Yuko.
"No," Gyun replied to her.
"Where"s the owner of this bear?" The woman asked.
"He left saying that he had something to do. So we"re waiting here." Gyun replied to her.
"I see..." The woman nodded and she turned her head to the direction of the Dopheos Guild.
Gyun and the rest narrowed their eyes as they observed this woman. They didn"t know what she wanted but it seems that she knew that Souta was the owner of the bear.
If she did something wrong or say something wrong, then they wouldn"t hesitate to attack her. They knew that she was strong so they had to attack as fast as possible and quickly end the battle.
...
It took them half an hour for Souta and Alice to memorized everything that they needed to know in the headquarters of the Dopheos Guild.
Now it"s time to met Isabella to know what"s her answer.
Isabella was currently inside the lab. She was brewing potions but she couldn"t focus that much because of what happened today.
Her master said that man wouldn"t come and even if that man came back the Dopheos Guild would punish him for daring to touch the property of the guild. So she should focus on brewing potions and give them profits for the food that they"ve given to her.
Dopheos Guild was a large mercenary group and that man couldn"t do anything about it.
She wanted to follow the man who taught her potioneering. She wanted to become a great potion master but life was hard. She couldn"t become like that with her status as a slave.
She shouldn"t dream about becoming free and removing this collar on her neck.
"I should focus on brewing potions..."
She shook her head and said to herself but still, she couldn"t remove those thoughts in her mind.
Suddenly, she heard a voice behind him.
"You have a talent. If you want I can provide rare ingredients to you so that you can brew different potions much to your liking."
She was shook as she jumped and turned around to see who just talked to her. But what she saw was outside of her expectations.
Souta was leisurely sitting on a vacant chair with his chin resting on his palm while looking at her.
"Yo! You didn"t expect that it was me, right?"
"...sir?" Isabella didn"t know what to say.
Souta sighed as he couldn"t believe that this timid girl was the Great Potion Master in the game. He recalled that in the game, she had a cold and n.o.ble demeanor befitting her position as one of the greatest potion masters in the Great World.
He opened his mouth and said, "As I said before, I will come back here to know your answer. Do you want to work for me for just five years or stay in this place for your whole life? I will provide everything that you wanted so that you could advance your knowledge in piotioneering."
"I..." Before Isabella could finish her sentence, a group of people burst into the room and interrupted her. One of the people was Orlando, Isabella"s owner.
"I didn"t think that you will come back," Orlando said while pointing at Souta.
Souta turned his head to Orlando and said, "Do you really think that I"m joking when I said that I would come back?"
"Yeah, but let"s stop here. I will praise you for your courage to step inside the territory of Dopheos Guild." Orlando said as he pointed at Souta and the rest of the guards charged at Souta. "Capture him!"
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One of the guards slashed his sword at Souta. Souta simply s.h.i.+fted his body to the side and avoided the sword. He then saw several swords slas.h.i.+ng at him.
Oh?
He kicked the ground and gained some distance away from the enemies. But behind him were already the walls of the room so he couldn"t back away anymore.
He glanced at Isabella and asked, "Isabella, tell me what you want? Forget about the Dopheos Guild for a moment and think about what you want. Then, you can tell me about it."
"You!!" Orlando was enraged so he pulled out a sword and joined the group that was fighting Souta.
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Souta simply avoided all the enemies that were attacking him. It was easy as they were too slow for his power level.
"Why are you doing this, sir?" Isabella asked.
"Why? I simply didn"t want a talent like you to rot in this place. If that talent is going to rot why not take it so that it wouldn"t rot?" He replied while dodging the swords left and right.
"Do I really have a talent in potioneering?" Isabella asked in a loud voice.
"Can you please shut up for a moment, you f.u.c.k.i.n.g slave?!!" Orlando turned to Isabella and threw a punch at her face.
Souta appeared between them and he blocked the punch with his hand. He then turned to Isabella and said, "Yes, you have a talent. Just be confident with your skills and show the world that you can become something great."
"I..." Tears formed at the corner of Isabella"s eyes as her vision turned blurry but she could clearly saw Souta confident face, believing that she would become a great person in the future. "I want to be free! I want to remove this collar and become a great potion master in the future!!"
*Ding!*
[Quest Triggered!!]
[Slave]: Isabella wants to be free. She wants to remove her status as a slave. Help her in her goals.
Rewards: 10,000 exp, 3 skill points, and 5 free attribute points
Souta smirked and said, "Good. I heard you. Just leave everything to me."