Chapter 624 – 624. Unidentified Dungeon Exploration (1)
“… I will not accept your offer.”
Eleanor looked slightly surprised and asked her father, Avros, again.
“Father. Are you really?”
“Okay.”
After much deliberation, Eleanor’s offer, which Avros accepted, was the principal’s position at her soon-to-open Armitas School.
Avros was no longer going to take on a position of great responsibility.
He, who had the greatest authority in the kingdom of Pernias after the king, failed to properly raise his son, Ashton, and as a result resigned from his public position to take responsibility for greatly damaging the kingdom’s honor.
It was a big incident that could have dealt a big blow to the estate and the family, but it was thanks to Eun-hyeon’s help that it was alleviated at this level.
That’s why I was hesitant about Eleanor’s proposal.
Could he, who failed to properly raise his son, be in charge of managing the school for educating children?
Her daughter Eleanor’s intentions were known even to Avros.
Trying to give her meaning and vitality to herself, who had been lost in her skepticism by a big mistake.
And it’s obvious that Eun-hyeon is also actively helping.
“But I’ve never managed anything called school, so I want to rely on you a lot too.”
As the military minister, the experience of nurturing soldiers and knights was overflowing, but the method itself would be different from educating children who have not yet reached adulthood.
The schools that Eunhyeon and Eleanor were trying to build in the dukedom were educational institutions so that children could adapt and function well as members of this territory.
“It is the same for me.”
Eleanor responded with a wry smile at Avros’ words.
Like her father, Eleanor has experience caring for many children as a temple priest, but guiding her to a proper personality and teaching her specialized knowledge is outside her realm.
“Thank you anyway. Thank you for accepting her offer.”
She put on a look that let go of her sighs as Eleanor sighed in relief.
It was also intended to cheer up her father, but in fact, it was also true that there was no one more suitable than Abros in this estate.
So while I was happy about Abros’s consent, I thought that she was glad inside.
“There is still time to prepare for the opening soon, so I will slowly inform you about the direction and plans of the work.”
“Hmm.”
Abros listened to Eleanor’s explanation and gave her a small nod.
Having just reached the age of 50, he briefly listened to the contents of the school principal’s work he was going to do and sorted them out in his head.
Contrary to the vague expectations that he would spend his entire life in the military, hand down his family to his son, and meet the end of his life, the new role he took on at this age was very strange and strange.
As Avros accepted Eleanor’s proposal, preparations for the opening of the school were being prepared step by step.
“Has he departed?”
“Yes. He set off with Erin this morning.”
“… Right.”
The ‘he’ Abros mentioned was Eun-hyeon, who married his daughter, Eleanor, and became his son-in-law.
Eleanor showed a surprised expression when Avros asked about her grace, which was rare.
“Are you concerned?”
It was because he rarely asked about Eunhyeon.
It wasn’t that he didn’t care at all, but rather than worrying about him, he felt ashamed and apologetic about how he had troubled the situation and almost suffered damage because of Ashton, his son.
“… To be honest, I am very concerned about this time.”
Avros nodded his head earnestly.
Abros had also heard about the news of the newly appeared dungeon near Tyrnis.
2nd party in the same rank, 1st party in the silver rank.
And the danger of the dungeon increased even more as the news of the first party of adventurers in the golden ranks was cut off.
The life and death of more than 30 adventurers in total became unclear as news broke, and they didn’t want to admit it, but the adventurer’s guild in the Tyrnis region thought they were dead in the worst case and asked for support from the royal family.
It was a decision that was made based on a reasonable judgment that there might be a monster in that dungeon that even the gold-tier adventurers, who were treated as high-ranking forces, could not do anything about.
Just like the Stampede Incident that happened in the Mograf Territory, if the dungeon went out of control and the monsters inside the dungeon flowed out.
The nearby villages and the people of Tyrnis will be damaged.
The lord of Tyrnis and the adventurer’s guild, who had to stop that much, requested support from adventurer’s guilds in other regions, promising huge rewards and support.
It wasn’t a relatively big event compared to the case where hundreds of thousands of demonic beasts appeared and attacked the Mograf Territory, but the potential danger was more than that, never less.
“It will be fine. Because he is that person.”
Eleanor laughed and relieved Avros of his worries.
She was not without her worries about her husband’s endangered limb, but she believed in her grace.
As always, she will finish her work and come back to herself, to Illyana and Lily.
“… Okay.”
Confirming Eleanor’s deep trust in her, not as her daughter, but as a woman, as her wife, Avros gave her a small nod.
She was somehow glad that at some point her own daughter had become someone’s woman and she had become a woman mature enough to support him.
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The meeting room of the adventurer’s guild in the Tyrnis region was very quiet.
Rather than being quiet, it is more accurate to say that the interior of the guild building has a gloomy atmosphere.
The meeting should be conducted through open mouths and conversations, but the guild staff were not able to come up with a suitable alternative while looking at each other.
The agenda of the meeting was to deal with the sudden appearance of an unknown dungeon.
The lord of Tyrnis asked for support from the royal family and informed the Adventurer’s Guild that the Artia Knights had decided to take charge of the dungeon raid.
The fact that the Knights of Artia, who were no different from the highest ranking force in the kingdom, came forward as news like sweet rain falling from the dry sky in the worst situation.
The knights of the Artia Knights were certainly the best in the kingdom in terms of combat, but in the field of dungeon raids, the case was a little different.
Attacking dungeons was mainly the domain of adventurers, and a small number of people in a party had the advantage of being able to flexibly deal with sudden situations, even if the size and power were small.
In particular, in the case of a scout dedicated to the field of search and exploration in the wild, the experience and sense are very important as it is a role to detect the danger approaching the party in advance by scouting the enemy camp and identifying the presence or absence of traps.
It was definitely a difficult experience for knights who spent every day at the training ground and devoted themselves to fighting and training.
So, in general, when the knights are in charge of clearing a dungeon like this time, cooperation between the knights and experienced veteran adventurers is an essential condition.
The reason why the atmosphere in the meeting room of the adventurer’s guild in the Tyrnis region was so gloomy was because of the anxiety that cooperation between the knights and experienced veteran adventurers might not work properly.
“Ten people…”
“… Yes.”
The guild staff responded with a heavy expression to the adventurer’s guild leader’s short words.
“Even that, there are only nine adventurers in the silver ranks and only one in the gold ranks…”
At least the number of adventurers willing to participate in the capture of Tyrnis Dungeon was too small.
In particular, in this situation where even the strength of the enemy in the dungeon is unknown, there is only one support from the gold-tier adventurers who have strong power.
In the adventurer industry, it was treated as a high-ranking force that could be treated as a veteran even if it achieved silver rank, but in this case, it was somehow uneasy.
The reason why the number of applicants is so low is also the fact that the number of adventurers residing in the vicinity of Tyrnis is also relatively small compared to the capital, Pernin, or the Duchy of Armitas, which are just as vibrant.
However, the fundamental reason was that the level of danger of the Tyrnis dungeon, which was scheduled to be attacked, could not be measured.
All adventurers had no choice but to be extremely careful about their own survival because their bodies and equipment were their property.
During the previous stampede incident in the Mograf region, the reason countless adventurers supported the monster army that might sweep the frontier was because they were able to assess the level of danger.
All the adventurers who applied at that time had decided to participate out of the expectation and confidence that they would be able to survive the battle and make a lot of money.
No fool puts his foot in it without knowing what is there.
If there were applicants, they would either have the complacency of thinking that they could survive, or they would be adventurers with such desperate circumstances.
However, in a situation where even the power of such adventurers was very disappointing, the low number of participants was enough to make them sigh.
“Has the request for support from the adventurer guilds of other branches been answered yet?”
“Not yet. The time has come for a reply, but…”
The slurred attitude of the guild staff implied that it might be difficult to meet positive results even with that.
“Still, the only thing I can trust now is that. If we can’t clear that dungeon, we don’t know what kind of damage the Tyrnis territory will suffer.”
When the head of the adventurer’s guild in the Tyrnis region told the gloomy worst situation, someone hurriedly opened the door to the meeting room.
“Guild leader!”
The eyes of the guild leader and all the staff in the conference room were focused on the guild staff, who had cold sweat on their brows because of how quickly they ran.
“Two adventurers came from the Duchy of Armitas!”
“… Duchy of Armitas?”
The guild leader tilted his head.
The Duchy of Armitas and the Territory of Tirnis are located relatively far apart, so it will still take some time for them to reply to their request for assistance.
Arrived faster than expected.
But what bothered me more than that was that there were only two adventurers who came.
“Only two…”
I was disappointed that there were only two volunteer adventurers from outside, but the employee who delivered the news seemed to have found a ray of hope somewhere.
“But one of them is a gold-tier adventurer!”
“What?”
The guild leader and other staff’s eyes widened at the words of the following staff.
“Isn’t there someone who is making a fuss among guilds and adventurers these days! An adventurer who was a rookie adventurer and achieved a gold rank in 2 years while working solo!”
“Ah!”
She had only been heard in rumors and had never been seen in person, but since the story of ‘her’ was a very unusual case, she was quite famous among adventurer guilds in other branches.
The head of the adventurer’s guild at the Tyrnis branch recalled two nicknames that had attached to her.
One is the ‘blue fox’ that sweeps the battlefield as fast as the wind.
And another nickname was pretty shocking, so she came up with it right away.
“That ‘Mad Dog’ woman?”
Along with her astounding nickname, her resume is very glamorous.
Her beautiful appearance is rumored to bewitch people of the opposite sex just by looking at her.
A genius adventurer who achieved a gold rank in two years.
A special ability to control nine soldiers following her based on her dense and vast magical power.
She survived the monster stampede incident in Mo Graf’s territory, and the incident in which only two people, accompanied by one, destroyed a famous guild called Cheolho Dan with their bare bodies was also very famous.
The head of the Adventurer’s Guild urgently told the staff who had delivered the news.
“Right now! Bring them right now!”
