The Guild Master of Demon Hunters that the Empire is Obsessed With

90 – No Matter How Fast You Regret, It Is Too Late (5)

“Ah, Eleanor. It’s been a while.”

He said hello with a smile on his face.

“You’re not that surprised?”

“Is there a benefit to being surprised?”

Then Eleanor’s creepy smile grew even wider.

“I guess it’s because of the mysterious ability of that last bastion, right?”

“Well, but I don’t think now is the time to share the joy of our reunion.”

I said this while looking at Renzo Montaigne, who was surprised that I knew the leader of the New Rhône-Alp guild, and the mining company employee who was standing blankly because he did not get the chance to speak.

“Okay. We’ll talk about the details later.”

Of course, I have no intention of doing so.

When our conversation came to an end, the mining company employee cleared his throat and opened his mouth.

“First of all, thank you for supporting our Brontes Mining Company’s request to eradicate a horde of kobolds. I am the office manager of the mining company.”

As the names were shouted one after another, Secretary Brontes cleared his throat again and took out a scroll map from his side and unfolded it.

Then, the other employees who were standing behind us quickly brought a small table in front of Director Brontes.

The map spread out on the table even had the contour lines of the Brontes Tertiary Copper Mine area marked in great detail.

And on top of it, I saw messy lines that looked like an operational plan.

Still, you can roughly understand what it means by following military codes.

No, but this…

“I will tell you the operation plan right away. Even now, the damage caused by the kobolds is severe.”

Secretary Brontes cleared his throat again and took out a small pointing stick.

I wonder if my lungs are bad because I work for a mining company.

“Eh, so this place is the Brontes Tertiary Copper Mine. And this area is an area where kobolds appear.”

The range that the pointer points at is quite wide. And it’s not right.

At least to my knowledge.

As Lucene said, the area is not one that kobolds like.

Still, the mining company wouldn’t have said that there were kobolds that didn’t exist even though they were offering a lot of money, so there definitely are.

“Ahem. It’s the type of kobold you commonly know. I’m not sure about the number, but I would guess there are more than two hundred.”

Two hundred. That really doesn’t make sense.

Kobolds live in groups, but no matter how large they are, the number does not exceed 20.

But there are two hundred of them…

“So, we ask each guild to carry out a clearing operation starting at noon today.”

Secretary Brontes informed the missions of each guild.

“First of all, this is the Neuronalf Guild. Please divide the mobilized company into three platoons and proceed here, here, here.”

“No problem.”

Eleonol answered clearly.

“The Montaigne Guild is, uh, the size of a platoon, right? You can take charge of this.”

“I understand.”

Dividing areas into platoons is not a bad idea. But it’s strange.

Our guild’s area of ​​responsibility is not visible.

Could it be that the sign displayed at the meeting place is our guild?

“And ahem. Lucas Guild can provide rear support at the assembly point here.”

“Rear support?”

“Yes. You have healers and wizards in your team, right? Here, I would like to use portals, long-range attack magic, and treat the injured.”

“There are also demon hunters and heavy warriors.”

“You two, please protect the gathering area. Ahem.”

When you come here, are you telling me to clean up behind other guilds?

“Then you won’t split the request fee equally?”

“Ehehem…”

Oh, look at this. Suddenly doing something ridiculous in a place like this?

Money is money, but the reason I bid on this request is because of the guild’s reputation.

The plan was to use Lucene as the leader to raise the ransom by making an entire group of kobolds electric roasted and becoming famous.

In this case, only Neuronalp, which has a relatively wide search range, is eaten raw.

This is difficult.

“I’m sorry, but this is the first time I’ve heard of such a thing. Surely it wasn’t mentioned when bidding?”

“Of course it was. Originally, we thought we could organize ourselves into at least a platoon or company-level guild. But what can we do in such circumstances?”

Then, Secretary Brontes glanced at Eleanor.

The moment I looked into those eyes, I could guess everything about what happened.

“Really? Then we’ll leave.”

Director Brontes looked very embarrassed at my declaration.

“You’re falling?”

“Yes. This is against the terms of the contract. And do you know how much it costs to move healers and wizards?”

“No, but that’s…”

“I guess you’re planning to throw up labor costs just because it’s a small guild, but I’m not stupid enough to play around with something like that. Wouldn’t it be better to specify from the beginning that it’s rear support and pay the daily wages of healers and wizards?”

To replace a healer who uses divine power, a significant number of related medical staff are needed.

Moreover, to replace the wizard’s magic, you would probably have to bring in a modern artillery battalion.

Sweat began to form on Secretary Brontes’ forehead.

Since it’s a small guild with less than ten people, you probably thought that if you brought them in and notified them like this, they would cry and decide to eat it up, right?

Because it was a big company, I got used to the abuse of power, so I made a big mistake in judgment.

“Then, you two, guild leaders, have a hard time.”

Without any hesitation, I turned and walked towards the tent.

“Uh, I shouldn’t leave like that… ?”

Behind the scenes, Secretary Brontes muttered to himself in an embarrassed tone.

As I was walking to our guild tent, I turned and headed towards where the Neuron Alf tents were gathered.

“Are you here with a senior guild member?”

When I stop and ask a passing guild member, he tells me to go that way, even though he doesn’t understand the meaning.

As I entered the tent I was told, the guild members who were laying out the map on the table looked at me at the same time.

“What is it?”

“Is there a senior guild member here?”

“Huh?!”

One of the guild members opened his eyes and pointed at me.

“Leonard?!”

“Hello, Mr. Valehi.”

Senior guild member Valehi hit the table several times with the sharp hook he used in place of his left hand and then approached me.

“You’re alive!”

“Then you’re dead?”

“Haha!”

Valehi hugged my shoulder and laughed out loud.

“But where is the guild leader?”

“Oh, you mean the guild leader?”

Valehi’s expression suddenly darkened as he dragged me out of the tent.

“I saw earlier that the woman I saw for the first time was the guild leader and I was making fun of her.”

“That’s right…”

Balehi took me to a corner of the gathering area where no one could hear our conversation and opened his mouth heavily.

* * * * *

Immediately after hearing Valehi’s story, I whispered to him.

“Huh? Just to the ridge? Are you acting separately from the guild leader? Is there something going on?”

“Yes. There is such a thing. Anyway, if you don’t want to commit suicide, just do it.”

I returned to the guild tent and ordered the guild members to return.

“Huh? Just leaving?”

Lucene, who had been lying down, half raised her body.

Celestine and Ornette also looked at me, wondering what was going on.

“Yes. They wanted to use healers and wizards cheaply by leaving us out as rear support.”

“Huh? Does that mean I can just leave like this?”

In response to Lucene’s question, Celestine waved her hands, not knowing what to do.

“I don’t understand what you’re talking about… But what if a bad rumor spreads that the guild doesn’t keep its promises… ?”

“No, that won’t happen. I’m sure within a few days, you’ll be begging our guild to come.”

“What kind of bullshit is that?”

Lucene placed her index finger on her temple and twirled it.

I motioned for Lucene to come closer.

“Why?”

“You told me something earlier, right? About the horde of kobolds.”

“What is that?”

“Looking at the map the company manager just showed me and the location of the sighting, I think this is probably correct.”

When he whispered into Lucene’s ear her her her, Lucene frowned at first, but then quickly nodded in affirmation.

“I see. I guess that’s true? Is this because demon hunters are demon hunters?”

“I specialize in devils and monsters, but this is the basics. Then there is no objection to returning.”

“It’s more beneficial for us to get out of the room right now.”

Lucene stretched out both hands and picked up his bag her her and Thunder Mite.

“Then let’s go back.” If you pray with tears in your eyes, we’ll come back later.”

Celestine, who still doesn’t know what’s going on, is still confused.

When I asked Ornette to go, she had already packed her bag and stood next to me.

As I was leaving the tent, Renzo Montaigne caught me.

“Director Leonard. Are you really going?”

“I have to go. It doesn’t meet the terms of the contract, and the company’s behavior of trying to use high-quality workers cheaply is reprehensible. Above all, if you stay in the back line, you won’t be able to specialize in anything.”

“That’s true, but…”

Renzo just scratched the back of his head as if he had nothing else to say.

“Before I leave, let me tell you one thing.”

I made Renzo bend down with a hand gesture and whispered into his ear again.

When Renzo heard those words, a subtle light flashed in his eyes.

“Is this true… ? What is the basis… ?”

“Knowledge, experience. And intuition.”

“Is that so…”

Renzo nodded his head with a somewhat stiff expression.

“Then I’ll go. Take care of yourself.”

I sent the guild members through the portal first and finally looked back.

In the distance, in front of the company entrance, Eleonol was smiling, looking at us.

After smiling at her, I crossed through her portal.