Escort Quest
One day before the quest to escort the hero summoning ritual materials, Delia had a dream. She dreamt about her meeting with Novar that happened 3 years ago. Where she brandished a sword at the vampire nicknamed the king of blood. Delia's body was trembling because she was only a Rank C adventurer who had never faced a demon at that time.
"Hoho... you dare to brandish a sword at me...?"
Novar exuded his intense killing air in front of Delia, making her even more frightened. She fell down out of fear, and Delia even wet her pants. Delia's sharp instincts make her can feel how terrifying Novar's killing intent was.
"hmmm… "
The smile on Novar's face disappeared when he saw the miserable-looking woman in front of him. After brandishing the sword at Novar, Delia looked scared to death.
"Should I kill you now...?"
Novar used magic to bring out a large black scythe. When Delia saw the figure that embodied her death, her self-esteem was completely destroyed. All her common sense, self-respect, and courage turned into survival instincts. Delia quickly disarmed her own weapons, equipment, and armor. Then she prostrated in front of Novar wearing only her underwear.
"Please spare my life Mr. Great Vampire... I will do anything if you spare my life…"
"Anything…?"
"Yes, whatever you want I will do...!"
Novar removed his black scythe and created a magic circle. The familiar magic circle created by Novar also summoned a goblin. A goblin who is the lowest-class demon race summoned.
"Then... I want you to become a slave of this goblin…"
"Eh…?"
Delia was very surprised when she heard Novar's words. She never thought that Novar would ask her to become a slave.
"Your Highness... what is this...?"
"Ah, I'm sorry, Mr. Goblin... I might cause you some trouble this time... but... can you take her as a slave... and then infiltrate the human race's territory...?"
The Goblins summoned by Novar are not monsters from the dungeon, but a tribe of Goblin races that have been recognized by the Demon King for having high intelligence. They are almost the same as humans, except that their skin is green and their bodies are small. But the goblins summoned by Novar are different from most goblin races.
He cannot evolve into a hobgoblin and instead gains the gift of a fairly high status. His strength, agility, and intelligence points are all above 60 points. He even easily earned the position of elder in his tribe for defeating the goblin champion. Then the reason Novar respected him was that the goblin was almost 200 years old.
"What do I get out of going with this human...?"
"This woman said she would do anything for her life... so you can treat her like your toy."
"Hmmm, interesting... by the way how old is this human...?"
Novar and Mr.Goblin turned to Delia, causing her to flinch. She got carried away because he saw a huge beam of energy from a goblin.
"I will be 22 years old this year... I am a senior adventurer who has been an adventurer for 3 years... now I am a Rank C adventurer… My name is Delia Agenis... thank you for considering not killing me…"
"22 years old… Then you pass the first assessment."
"Thank you, Mr.Goblin…"
"Then... have you ever given birth to a child...?"
"No... I haven't... because I don't even have a husband yet."
"Hahaha… Good…! Then I will take my king's request…"
After seeing the satisfied smile on Mr. Goblin's face, Delia woke up. She opened the window of the inn and saw the sun beginning to rise. Mr.Goblin was still sleeping on his bed as they had been having fun all night.
"Today we have to run a quest for escorting the hero summoning ritual materials… it's time to get ready for the day."
That morning Delia gathered with the other members of the Birdhouse. Then they used the teleportation device to move to the Capital. From the Revilion Kingdom Capital, they will escort the materials carried by horse-drawn carriages to the Neutral Zone. The Material escort was so tight that even an adventurer Rank S joined the escort.
"Hey isn't that guy over there…"
"Rank S adventurer... he's called the Sky Knight."
"So it's him... the rank S adventurer from the Revilion Kingdom who is said to have killed 2 Dragons by himself."
"I don't want to get into this... but reportedly he only faced 2 evolved Wivern… everyone is mistaken because the evolved wivern is almost the same size as a Dragon."
"Oh, so you know about the rumors too… as expected of a white ghost."
The journey to the Neutral Zone began, with 40 elite troops and 20 high-class mages as the main escorts. They are closest to the horse-drawn carriages carrying the ritual materials. In the front row were 5 first-class magic knights and the back row was filled with adventurers.
"Is it okay if you don't send the strongest person we have for this mission...?"
"No problem... We have 3 kingdoms that are major allies... So no need to be afraid... At least we will have one or 2 heroes to train in this kingdom…"
The man wearing the crown watched the departure of his soldiers with a smile. He was the king of the Revilion Kingdom, Haul Lantos De Revilion. The escort mission went smoothly before crossing the border of the Santos Kingdom. It took 3 days to reach the border between Revilion Kingdom and Santos Kingdom.
"It's been 3 days and we haven't had any monsters or bandits…"
"How do we want to meet monsters or bandits if we walk with the people who are there…"
Delia pointed at the elite troops and magic knights who were resting. In the eyes of the bandits, it would be impossible to attack a group escorted by elite troops. Moreover, the number of bodyguards is more than 50 people. While for weak monsters, just feeling the magic energy emitted by the five 1st class magic knights is enough to make them scared.
"That's right... this number of bodyguards is almost equivalent to a king's escort…"
"I guess only super strong bandits or wivern-class monsters would dare to attack this group… but I'm sure our troops can still win… because the difference in quantity also has a big effect."
"Even an adventurer squad of just 24 people is made up of average rank B adventurers and above... our numbers are enough to subdue a Nyn rank Demon."
As the members of the Birdhouse chatted casually and talked about the strength of the bodyguards, there was one group staring at Mr. Goblin. They are the Black Flag group consisting of 1 Rank A adventurer and 4 Rank B adventurers. Their leader Garilan is a Rank-A adventurer who has been recognized by the guild. The other four members are Torpan, Kurika, Japus, and Zitao.
"tch... just because they're all A rank... they can bring in low-level demons like goblins as carriers... "
"Ssh... don't talk too loudly... each of them has great achievements... as a fellow A rank... I can tell the difference in their strength with us…"
The leader of the black flag group warned his members not to stir up trouble with the Birdhouse group. He didn't want to have any trouble with the 5 A Rank adventurers who were very famous for their strength.
"If the boss says so... it means... they are indeed that strong…"
"So how is the plan going...? Is it going well...?"
"Take it easy bro... the people who are with the boss's colleagues are the chosen ones... most of them have the strength of a 1st class magic warrior... so we just have to bide our time... right boss...?"
Garilan smiled as he heard Torpan's explanation of the people who cooperated with the Black Flag.
"That right… We just have to bide our time... especially since they have a trick up their sleeve to overcome the royal wizard… And this is my last warning to you... don't talk too much anymore... because I've used sound-conceal magic."
All the Black Flag members fell silent when they heard the warning from the leader. The fifth day of the material escort mission was almost at the Neutral Zone site. They were now in the largest agricultural area of the Santos Kingdom.
"wah wah... when it comes to places like this we should be able to calm down…"
"Linda Tasikan… You shouldn't let your guard down on escort quests…"
"Yeah I understand... just relax I won't let my guard down…"
As it approached the rural area closest to the Santos Kingdom border, a puff of black smoke appeared.
"All soldiers stand by... Adventurers, please monitor what is happening in the village…"
"Yes Sir…!"
Delia turned her head towards Mr. Goblin and after seeing a slow nod, she immediately moved toward the village. Delia and the adventurers who had the ability to scout moved simultaneously. The closer they got to the village, the more the pungent smell of blood became.
'Maybe some bad things will come our way... at least my instincts tell me that… but please... just for once... make my instincts wrong...'
Delia looks uneasy when she senses something bad coming from the direction of the village in front of her.
To be continue~