Chapter 169 – Thieves Guild
Belita and I sat down at the guild table. Before starting work, we needed to have a brief meeting first.
“Do you need anything?”
“Two ales, please.”
“Yes, two ales.”
The waitress bowed her head and returned to the kitchen. As soon as the maid returned, I brought her point to Belita.
“Do you know what the request is?”
“Are you catching the bounty? My name is Luciette. The young man’s crime is drug distribution.”
Said Belita, resting her chin on it.
I nodded.
Unlike the other three quests, this quest is about finding the Phenomenon. It was necessary to take a different approach from the previous three quests, where all you had to do was go to the place where the monsters appeared and subdue them.
“Ale is here!”
The maid put the ale on the table. Belita took a sip of ale and wiped the foam from her mouth.
“The drug he sells is probably that drug. A medicine that amplifies mana and physical abilities.”
“What? Is there anything like that?”
“There is. It’s only quiet in Kalita, but it’s already famous everywhere you know. It’s to the point that even a guy who jumped out thanks to that drug appears.”
“Any side effects?”
I asked as if it were natural. There is no way that such a drug is not without side effects. As if that thought was correct, Belita clicked her tongue and said,
“Die.”
“…The side effects are stronger than I thought. Are you sure?”
“Maybe. A lot of adventurers who came up suddenly died on the same day. Cause of death is heart attack. Black water flowed out of the holes all over the body.”
“In one day? Does that mean they died at the same time?”
“Uh. It does. It must have mixed something strange in the pills. The royal palace put a bounty on this drug. People who spread it are sentenced to death. Maybe this bounty came here to have one last bite. Because there must be someone like you who hasn’t heard the rumors.”
“Okay? But how do you know that?”
Belita shrugged her shoulders.
“I heard an explanation from the guild. While asking you to explain.”
“Didn’t you hear that from the guy wrapped in the black cloth?”
I said, remembering the man she and Belita talked to in the dungeon.
“Hey.”
Belita frowned.
“You, I told you not to mind that.”
“What are you so mean? Okay. I won’t care, so let go of your expression. I was just asking.”
Belita stared at me for a long while, then she sighed and she relaxed her expression.
“Anyway, what are we going to do now? What do you plan to start with?”
“That’s already decided.”
I drank ale
Since ancient times, if you’re weak, isn’t it a back alley?
* * *
“As I said earlier, your face is fierce… Well, you don’t have to worry.”
“This bastard.”
Belita contorted her face ferociously. It’s a good head start. There aren’t many good guys who can mess around with that face in front of them.
We went into a back alley.
Even though it is still daytime, the atmosphere is gloomy. Traces of vomit and dried blood are visible in every corner of the floor.
“Oooh…”
A skinny, red-faced man is holding onto a wall and vomiting. Seeing that, Belita frowned at her.
“Is this the original atmosphere here?”
“Almost? I’ve never been to the Kalita slums, so I don’t know.”
“Patience… So. How are you going to find it now?”
“That’s it…”
“Fuck the kid! Is it you again? This fucking drunkard. Didn’t I tell you not to vomit here?”
A man’s voice suddenly interrupted.
As he turned his head, a man was beating a drunkard who was vomiting. Unlike the skinny drunkard, he was a man with thick forearms and a fierce face.
It just went well.
I walked up to the beaten bully and put my hand on his shoulder.
“What?!”
The bully grabbed my hand and looked at me with a frown on his face. It’s as if you’ve met your parents’ enemies.
Hmm.
I hit the bully’s clown with his fist. Yangachi’s head turned. He staggered for a moment, then he regained his balance and glared at me.
“You this bird…”
Without giving me a chance to rest, I stretched out my fist again. This time it’s the front of the face.
Wood deok!
It sounded different from when I hit the clown.
“Keah..!”
The bastard grabbed him by the nose and collapsed. His nose bone is down. Of course, that’s not my job. I lifted my leg and trampled the body of the fallen man. It did not contain mana as his bones could be broken.
Because the person who guides you shouldn’t get hurt.
“Keep it off! Evil! 100 million! Now, hold on!”
As if that hurt enough, he exclaimed urgently. I stopped stamping his feet. He crouched down in front of the boy and met his eyes.
“Do you want to talk to me now?”
“I heard. I heard you!”
“How nice it would be if it was like this from the beginning. Yeah, what’s your name?”
“Oh, it’s Ogg.”
“Yeah, og. Let me ask you something Aren’t you a guy named Luciette? He’s a drug dealer and he looks like this…”
I held out a piece of paper with Luciette’s face on it. A parchment with names of crimes and bounties written on it. Yangachi looked closely at Luciette’s painting and shook his head.
“Mo, I don’t know. He’s the first one I’ve seen.”
“Really? Take a closer look again It could be someone you know.”
I held out the parchment a little closer. Luciette’s picture met Yangachi’s face. Yangachi shook his head even more vigorously.
“…You really don’t know?”
I put away the parchment. Instead, he lowered his head a little more and met Yangachi and his eyes.
As Yangachi shuddered and tried to turn his head, he pulled his hair up and made them meet his eyes again. Then, this time, he rolled his eyes.
“Hey. Look into my eyes.”
I deliberately lowered my voice. Yangachi trembled and forced his eyes to meet again.
“Really, don’t you know anything?”
“That, that…”
“Don’t you know?”
“I-I don’t know, but the people who should know know…”
“Look at that. If you think about it, you can think of it.”
I slightly raised the corners of my mouth.
Just like that, he slammed Yangachi’s head on the floor. Kwajik! Along with the sound of the blow, Yangachi let out a moan of pain.
“But why did you just say you didn’t know? Did you mean to give a rough answer and move on?”
“Oh no! I really couldn’t remember until recently. It just came to mind. Really!”
“…”
“Really! Trust me!”
“…Okay, believe me. But keep in mind. No two times Tell me about those people who seem to know.”
“Go, thank you..!”
Yangachi immediately spoke about the guys who thought they might know about Luciette. After hearing Yangachi’s answer, my eyebrows furrowed.
“Thieves Guild? Did I just say thieves’ guild? Those who are active in Bahran?”
“Yes? Yes, you are probably right.”
Yangachi stopped explaining and nodded his head.
Thieves Guild…
It’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time. Around the time I lived as a pickpocket in Bahran, it was probably a new gang that invaded the slums of Kalita.
In the war against them, the organization I was giving back was pushed back, and I met Seris while I came to Kalita to ask for reinforcements.
After that, I heard that the thieves’ guild won the war and took over the slums of Bahran…
“Why are they in Kalita?”
“I don’t even know why I came. It’s just that he came when other organizations were robbed and grew up without much check…”
Come to think of it, in the past, there was a time when the slums were wiped out, led by a group of prophets. Did you come in then?
Is it luck or meticulous?
“Anyway, the thieves’ guild also handles medicine, so if you go there…”
“Okay. Then guide me now.”
“Yes, I see… Yes?”
Yangachi widened his eyes. Like I heard something wrong.
“A guide… I mean?”
“Uh.”
“That’s kind of…”
“What?”
I stroked the dagger on my waist with my hand. Yangachi’s complexion turned white.
“Ah, I see. Let me guide you.”
Yangachi said in a crying voice. I grab his hand and lift him up, and he trudges helplessly.
“Belita. Now if I just follow him… What, what’s wrong?”
“That’s what I want to ask…”
Belita pointed at the bully who trudged along with a trembling face.
“Are you okay? Even like this?”
“Huh? Ah.”
I waved his hand, meaning it was nothing.
“All slums are like this.”
“…I see.”
* * *
A two-story building located in the center of the slums. This building, with wooden pillars and brick walls, was gigantic compared to other slum buildings. Especially when you consider that other buildings are made of rotten wood.
This is the home of Kalita’s thieves’ guild.
The entrance was guarded by Khan and Hek.
“Hey, hey! Why is the King here?!”
…While playing card games.
Even if they defend the entrance, they are third-rate bullies wandering in the slums. It’s just that I was hired for a pittance after wandering around with nothing to do. He had no thoughts of dedicating himself to the thieves’ guild, nor of working hard.
“Why are you out? It came out when it was time to come out. Didn’t you win a lot before too?”
“Is that kind of penny the same as the money you’re betting now? This is a scam. Again.”
“I’m fucking stupid. Hey. Won’t you put your hand off the card? Just flip the plate. I know how to put a knife in my mouth.”
“Damn… Huh? Hey, who’s coming stand up.”
“What? Mistress, at this time… Hey, leave the plate as it is. If you tip it over, you really fall behind.”
The two stood up and greeted the approaching people. A man with a bloody face is walking in the front, followed by two armed men.
Khan looked over the three and narrowed his eyes.
“Ah! Is that guy that guy? The guy who stabbed the money bag the other day when he said he wanted to join the thieves guild.”
“Ah…”
Heck nodded at Khan’s explanation. He also remembered it. Was your name Ogg? I can still clearly see the guy stabbing the money bag with a servile smile.
The price was pretty good. I wasn’t in a position to recommend anyone, but I couldn’t introduce him to the thieves’ guild.
Well… Anyway, he’s a familiar face.
That made me more curious. What did that guy do and he got hit and burst and came to this place?
Ogg looked at Hek and Khan, then noticed the men and women behind her. She closed her eyes and sprinted towards Sun Khan and Hek.
“Do, help me!”
“What?”
“Me, those humans are trying to break into the thieves guild at will. They beat me when I was still and forced me to guide them!”
Ogg gave particular strength to the word “Forced.” He did it to make it clear that it was not of his own will.
Khan and Hek panicked for a moment, then hit Ogg one by one.
“Stay still. Crazy.”
“Oh, you sick bastard. So, you mean those guys have business with the guild?”
Ogg shut his mouth like a mute and nodded his head. Khan and Hek then turned to the approaching man and woman.
“Ha, fuck. Armed good. Aren’t we screwing up?”
“Damn it. It’s a thieves’ guild here. Do you think it’s just the two of them to get into trouble? Hey there! Stop there!”
Belita and Yoosung stopped at Heck’s cry. Heck took a deep breath and spoke.
“This is a thieves’ guild. According to this friend, you guys have business with the thieves guild, is that correct?”
Then a man from among her men and women came forward. He is a man with black hair and a cold expression.
“Okay. As you said, I came because I wanted to ask the guild about something for an adventurer. We are both in the same rank.”
“Do, same grade.”
Kahn murmured in a trembling voice. An adventurer of this rank is at or above the level of a well-trained guard. In other words, it means that two people who are just wandering in the slums can’t even touch each other.
“Do-dong rank, what’s going on here?”
“You said it earlier. I have something to ask you.”
“I did… Uh, so what’s that going to ask?”
At that, the man took out the parchment from his bosom and unfolded it. On the parchment was the face of a handsome young man.
“It’s called Lucietra, but do you know who it is?”
Khan and Hek looked at each other and shrugged.
“It’s okay if you don’t know. Is the thieves guild boss inside? I need to meet you sometime.”
“The boss is not someone you can easily meet.”
“Okay?”
The man took a step forward. Khan and Hek took a step back in surprise.
“Okay. Got it. Wait a minute I’ll ask the boss and come back.”
Khan hastily entered the thieves’ guild.
There was an awkward silence at the entrance where only four people remained.
Ogg quietly raised his hand.
“Um, can I just go?”
“No.”
He quietly lowered his hand to Yuseong’s line. After a while Khan returned to his hard face.
“They say the boss isn’t there. I’m sorry, but if you come back later…”
“I knew it would.”
He didn’t think that he would meet easily from the beginning. Yuseong sighed deeply and moved toward his entrance. Belita followed him.
Khan and Hek hurriedly raised their weapons. It is a sword of moderate length.
“Oh, hey. You can’t come on your own! This is a thief…”
“Know. I know.”
Meteor, who had been walking slowly, suddenly rushed at a high speed. He stretched out his palm toward the khan. Kahn was taken aback and did not react.
Baka-!
The back of Khan’s head hit the wall hard. Yuseong looked to the side of him as he brushed his hand off Khan’s face. Belita had already knocked Heck down and grabbed Heck by the collar.
“Sah, save me…”
“Don’t kill me.”
Belita wrapped her left hand around Ogg’s neck. At first glance, the posture of being embraced. In that state, he kicked his knee hard.
“Keuk…”
Og, who was hit hard in the pit of the stomach, collapsed helplessly. He vomits and wriggles while holding his stomach.
Yuseong nodded his head and pointed at the building. Belita kicked the wriggling og to silence and followed Meteor.
The front door of the building was as big as a mansion.
When I opened the door and went in, a loud noise leaked out. It was the sound of the Thieves Guild members inside the building talking and playing.
The man who had been drinking his drink from the bottle turned his head towards Yoosung and Belita.
“What, who are you?”
He got up and walked towards the meteor.
“What is this lump of blood? The girl next to you is your girlfriend? Wow, nice to sell. Who…”
Dump.
The man who had been laughing cheekily collapsed. Where the man’s chin had been, Belita’s fist was located. She patted her fists against her frowning face.
The loud voices disappeared in an instant and silence came. The thieves guild members slowly moved their hands to their weapons, looking at the sudden intruder.
Yuseong rolled her eyes and counted the number of them.
“Fifteen.”
“I need to get rid of this guy.”
Belita pointed at the fallen man.
“He’s already been taken out.”
Yooseong said while pulling out his dagger and spinning it with his finger.
“Worth it?”
“What if I can’t? Will you do it for me?”
“If you split your wages in half.”
“Patience.”
Belita drew her sword.
