Rudy then goes to the place where she will meet with Commander Charlotte, while on the way, Rudy keeps thinking about his decision of letting Galad join the subjugation force. Rudy accepts his request because Rudy feels that he is different from any low-rank adventure, and there's something in him that he didn't understand. Rudy thinks that Galad is a mysterious person, but he didn't feel any dangerous aura from him, he keeps thinking are his decision will be right or not.
'That Galad boy… I don't know if he just wants to take glory from the subjugation beast or not, but…'
He keeps thinking about him. The requirement to subjugated high ranked beast is to have, minimum 2 S rank Adventure and the party of A rank, but this time subjugation there are full of high ranked one like Rudy, Arsya, and Clarisa even though they're A rank adventure, their power is considered by all people is on par with S rank adventure.
"Well, it's not like he will immediately die when he faced beast ranked monster, I'm sure he has something that worth keeping him in the front line besides this time Clarisa will join us, if the subjugation becomes dangerous I can make that Galad boy keep Clarisa safe in the rear since she is a bow user"
He then talks to himself, Rudy then made the decision.
Then someone calls Rudy name in behind him
"Guild master Rudy!!"
Rudy turns around and finds Clarisa is run in his direction.
"Clarisa, Kah? Are you already prepared for the subjugation? Do you feel nervous, you little girl?"
Rudy then tease Clarisa
"Please don't tease me like that Guild Master, you know that this is not a first time I subjugated beast ranked monster right? Also, there's no way I'm not prepared if there's subjugation like this, I'm a disciple of Arsya the shadowless, I can't shame her as her pupil and this will be the first time I see the two of you become serious again, Grand Arbiter and Shadowless"
She boasted her teacher name proudly. Arsya is same as Rudy even though they're A-rank class the two of them have a nickname. Rudy nickname is Grand Arbiter, and Arsya nickname is Shadowless. since the two of them is not an S rank, but the guild decided to give them a nickname, a nickname is only for the high ranked adventures like S class or SS class, but for the A rank adventure is to get a nickname, that means the guild headquarter recognize them as someone who is on par with S rank adventure.
The two of them are a famous adventure that can't be underestimated when the two of them still active in the ground job they have a ton of achievement that the guild is recognized it, the guild recognized them as high ranked one. their contribution is the same as the other S rank the difference is they didn't get time to be recognized by some country to become an S rank class that is the reason the two of them didn't get ranked as S Class.
"Clarisa!!"
Jade then hugs Clarisa, they like to skinship each other. The two of them are close friends, though their relationship is more like a sister than a friend.
"Jade, so you're with the guild master, huh? I've been searching for you, you know"
She returns her hug, the two of them hugging each other.
"Is that so? Sorry, I'm busy guarding Alcott before, with master"
"Master?"
Jade slipped out calling Galen master, Rudy who is beside Jade heard that she slipped out calling Galen master, jade then panicked she scratch her head and her eyes are avoided Clarisa, she tried to find an excuse, but her head right now is blank, she can't find any lies to Clarisa.
"Ah… yaa... I mean, master, umu, master Rudy."
"…???"
Clarisa tilts her head, she knows that Rudy isn't her master, and in the first place jade isn't Rudy's pupil, Clarisa is confused as to why did she call Rudy master, she vaguely knows that Jade is lying though she didn't know the reason why jade lying. Rudy closed his face with his hand, facepalm. Jade is the worst when it comes to lying to the people she knows, Rudy know this, he then helps to cover jade.
"By the way, Clarisa, are you already meet with Agata before?"
Rudy then brings another topic to divert her attention, it was a nice save that jade finally can breaths freely.
"Ah, Agata huh? I've already met him before in the receptionist, he is still the same as ever, haha, oh yeah Rudy where is Master Arsya? Rarely, I didn't see you with her?"
Clarisa then asked the question.
"Well… she will catch up with us later, I give her another assignment to her in the guild"
"Is that so?"
"Yeah"
Of course, it's a lie, there's no way Rudy can tell her that Arsya is called by his master, the existence of his master and the village is a secret even from Clarisa, she is not yet have been told about the village and his master.
The 3 of them go to the south gate where Charlotte is waiting for them. Rudy is the one who have control of the army and the adventure, it was stated by Deston that he is the only one who can command if there's an attack of the flood. The Guild Master in this city is qualified in command an army and qualified in giving an order, they must have the training and some test to have been acknowledged to become a guild master in this city, the test is only for Conrad City only, the reason why there is training like this is, that this city is getting attacked by the flood sometimes, the one who gets this position someday will command an army for protecting this city. Rudy has already finished the test and training that's why he can become Guild Master.
The three of them finally meet with charlotte in the south gate.
"Oooo Rudy, Finally you already arrived"
She then looked at Clarisa and Jade
"Oh, you two are coming already, just before Agata meet me and now he is already in his position"
"Hello Commander Charlotte, is that so? Well then, we will join them"
Reply Clarisa, she told her that Jade and she will join Agata in the front line, the two of them are in the frontline to subjugated the high ranked beast and thinned some low ranked monster that comes to the frontline. The two of them then leave, leaving Charlotte and Rudy alone.
"Yo, Charlotte, how's the preparation?"
"Yo, the preparation is almost complete, the B rank adventure that you order before already put a quicksand trap, thorny trap, and any other trap"
"That was good, how about the army preparation?
"Well, the catapult and ballista is already in the position we are ready to launch it any time, I too already bought all low grade and mid-grade weapon in all the blacksmith in the city, since we will need it for our spare weapon"
"As expected you're fast, I'm glad that you're the one who stationed in this city"
"Haha, thanks"
The low grade and middle-grade weapons are needed, not only for the army but all the adventure are need it, they are didn't know when our weapon will break that's why Charlotte buy all mid and low-grade weapon in this city because they're affordable. For high-grade weapon isn't that charlotte didn't buy them, it's just that charlotte will save them for latter she didn't want to use the high-grade weapon recklessly, she will buy it if the city is in the verge of losing their defense.
"Oh, and we got another 700 people in our force"
Charlotte then says, she got another 700 people that join the army.
"700? Is that a volunteer? Or…"
Rudy then looked at in front of the gate, there are about 500 people in it, all of them have a choker on their neck, they are the slave.
"I see so you're buying the slave, how much the slave that you buy?"
Charlotte then replies to Rudy with a smile. Rudy is understood what that smile means
"Don't tell me… you're buying all the slave Including those who aren't battle slave?"
She still keeps her smile, replying to Rudy's question, and Rudy sighed.
"Sigh… I know that you hate the slave system, but isn't you will be scolded by the minister of finance if you buy all of them? I'm sure it will take an amount of the budget that is been reserved for this battle"
"Hump, let he be Like he dares enough to complaint in front of my face"
She grumbled.
"Well, if you ready for the consequence I guess it will be okay, I bet you're promising them a reward right?"
"Yeah, I told them, that if they survive this battle and the city save they will be free from the enslavement"
"Hah…."
Rudy is Exhausted hearing Charlotte's Answer.
In the time of the crisis, the Army will buy all the battle slaves in order to increase the force to battle the monster, the battle slave will be purchased by the military and then they will be equipped with the spare armor and weapon that they have in the barrack. Some battle slave has battle value like high rank and low ranked adventure, in the first place battle slave is an adventure who broke the rule, like a murdering without a reason, thief, scamming, Etc they're the scum that does anything for money, the guild can't tolerate their behavior and then sent them to the slave store.
Charlotte hates the slave system, she have some past about the slave that she didn't like, that's why for her own reason she buys out all the slave to save them, she even gave them a promise to save them from the enslavement. The number of the battle slave that she buys is 500 and the other she put them in behind wall to be in the medic team.
"So including all the soldier and the adventure combined with a slave, we have about…. 3626 people, that can fight?"
"Yeah, it should be enough to hold this city until the help arrived"
There's an addition in our battle force, the battle force should be enough, for now.
"By the way Rudy, I don't see Arsya with you, it's really rare to see you without her, where is she?"
Charlotte is asked Rudy about Arsya, the two of them is like peas in a pod, there's no way Rudy and Arsya separated that's why she asked it.
"Ah.. she…"
Before Rudy answers her question, someone then interrupts them.
"Excuse me, Guild Master Rudy"
It was the soldier from the bureaucrat's place.
"We have a message from Duke Deston"
The soldier then gives him the letter, which then Rudy accepts. Rudy then read the letter, and finished reading it, Rudy showed his serious expression after he read the letter, he looks at the guild building direction, he thinking about something.
"What's inside the letter?"
Charlotte asked Rudy she is curious about the content.
"No, it's not important"
Rudy replied, he lied, he lied to charlotte.
But in his mind
'It looks like what Master Galen guessed is right…'