"I don't think I've heard anything like that . . . "
The quest is about ore mining . The name of the ore in question isn't mentioned, but apparently it's used to make a [Sturdy Building Material] .
The reward is on the higher side for a quest that doesn't involve fighting monsters . . . but it's frankly pretty low for an adventurer's quest . Since there's no other quest present, adventurers must have no choice but to take up this quest .
"Are you here to accept quests?"
A man came out of the guild's interior and approached us while we were looking at the quest form . From his attires, apparently he's a receptionist, but . . .
『Um, this is . . . 』
『Yep, a demon . 』
The guild receptionist is a demon . And the demon cast a spell chantlessly on us as he walked here .
『Thought Dampen』--In short, a spell to dull the target's judgment . This spell seems to have been adjusted to work with general populace in this era, so it's not working on us . . . but in exchange, it's hard to detect . Ordinary adventurers probably wouldn't have any clue when this demon cast the spell .
The reason why fake bandits are sent to raid on high-ranking adventurers is probably related to this magic . As there might be high-ranking adventurers capable of noticing the spell being cast on them .
Adventurers who noticed it would flee, and spread the story about weird things happening at Folkia Guild .
『Did he just cast a spell?』
『Yea . A spell that's not working on us . . . no doubt about it now . This mining quest is connected to demons . 』
I look at the demon while talking through comm magic . We'd better . . . pretend that we've been affected by his spell here . We'll infiltrate their inside in in the meantime and show everyone these sub-demons at the site .
"That's right . We're here to take a quest . "
"Then I recommend this quest . You can complete it without fighting monsters, the reward is pretty bountiful too . "
The receptionist (demon) gave us the mining quest form .
"I got it . We'll take it . "
I immediately signed the form and handed it back .
"I also need your guild cards to process the form . Do you have them with you?"
"Yea . " <TLN: If you're reading this novel at any other site than Sousetsuka . com you might be reading an unedited, uncorrected version of the novel . > I fetched four . . . fake guild cards from my bosom pocket and handed them over to the demon . Since the demons seemed to be cautious of high-ranking adventurers, I've camouflaged our cards to be of Rank E in the way here .
There's not many high-ranking adventurers in the world, disguising as one wouldn't last long once they looks at the guild register and such . . . but not even the guild note down every Rank E adventurer's names .
"Thank you . "
As expected, the demon took the cards, and handed them back after nodding in satisfaction .
『Is it really okay for us to take this quest . . . oh, is this like an undercover investigation?』
『Exactly . Declining here would make him wary of us cause his spell didn't show any effect . 』
While we were having a briefing, the demon completed the quest form processing and came back here .
"This quest has two stages of operation . Mining and refining . You're free to participate in either of them . . . which one?"
"The refining please . "
"Okay . The refinery's location is marked on this map . "
The demon handed me a map . It shows locations of the refinery, first-aid station and other facilities .
Looking at the number of facilities, this mining operation looks to be quite a large scale project .
"Err . . . This way . "
The refinery is right in the center of the town, very easy to spot . It's a very sturdy building that's been reinforced with magic .
And there's a demon standing in front of it . . . . This place is really full of demons .
"We're here for the ore refinery quest . "
I gave the demon the quest form while saying that .
"Got it . I'll have you guys work immediately . "
While saying that--the demon cast another [Thought Dampen] spell on us . Most likely, these demons cast [Thought Dampen] on the adventurers every step of the way to make them work like robots for demons .
But demons are still demons despite being a subspecies . They should be able to yield way more ore by doing it themselves rather than gathering a bunch of humans to do it for them, why would they out of their way to-- .
I got the answer of that question when the demon opened the refinery door . The ore gathered here looks familiar .
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