Chapter 296 Strongest Sage, Heads to Deserted Guild
"For the time being . . . Let's report our quest . "
"Yes!"
"Oh right, we took several quests to raise our rank . . . It's all over before we did though . "
Then Alma skimmed over her guild card .
We're currently Rank E . . . Beginner's rank . We were trying to raise our rank straight to A to take on a quest [Warmongers] posted in their quest for challengers . . . But since they ended up coming to us themselves, we didn't need the Rank .
"Yeah . . . Well, since there's no disadvantage in having better rank, might as well take what we can . "
There might be time when we need guild ranks in the future after all . Let's just take all the rank we can take . We took quests that would get us straight to Rank A and all .
We went into the guild while talking .
However . . .
" . . . It's deserted . "
Not a single adventurer was inside the guild . There's a lone receptionist who looks completely unoccupied . Rather, she's dozing off .
The time is currently a bit before the sun goes down . Though it's not exactly the time when the guild is usually crowded . . . but would it even be this empty .
This city is supposed to be a city of adventurers--where many adventurers reside and with a prosperous guild . Something must have happened to make it this vacant .
I should go ask . <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 . > "Can I have a bit?"
"Yes . Anything I can help you with?"
The receptionist raised her sleepy face when I called her . . . . This . . . doesn't seem like an emergency that necessitated adventurers to assemble has occurred or something .
"I don't see a single adventurer in the guild . . . What happened?"
" . . . Ah . You mean that . . . Those adventurers are currently scrambling for spoils! . . . Aren't you going to participate?"
"Spoils?"
. . . Wonder if some monster with rare pricey parts have appeared around here . I didn't see any monster like that on our way back here though . . . The receptionist replied back while I was thinking .
"A little while ago lights fell down the sky . . . Then monsters in many cities suddenly died out! Didn't you see it?"
Lights falling from the sky, monsters suddenly dying . . . ? . . . Ah, they got caught in [Genesis] huh .
When I used [Genesis] to defeat the surrounding monsters, I had it set on default preset--in other words, its range was 100 kilometers in radius . Since this spot is less than 100 kilometer apart from where the [Broken Star] was, all monsters around Haigis must have dropped dead .
And . . . since [Genesis] only destroy souls, the parts of those monsters have remained as is . Magic similar [Genesis] were also used in the past whenever one wanted to preserve monster's parts .
"I see . . . So they're all competing to collect those suddenly dying monsters . "
"Yes . No one has any idea as to what just happened . . . But we're very lucky! It's the best time to make a killing!"
" . . . Glad to hear that . "
Thanks to getting back the sensation from the past, I inadvertently killed all monsters within range . Since monster occur naturally in nature, their numbers should go back up in time . . . I'd feel a bit bad if the excessive amount of dead bodies caused trouble .
Of course I don't plan to claim ownership of the monsters I defeated, so I don't mind if people go and pick them up .
"Since even high ranking monsters seem to have perished as well . . . Adventurers have been running all over for a chance to get high ranking materials without fighting! . . . We have even set up a temporary purchase counters at the city's entrance so they can focus on gathering materials!"
Looks like the guild is supporting the gathering as well . This probably has turned into a bit of treasure hunt . . . . You could live leisurely for a while if you managed to get your hands on high ranking monster parts after all .
I probe the surrounding mana . And found out that there was a crowd of people near the city's entrance . We didn't notice since it was a different entrance from the one we took to get in .
"We're not here for selling but to report subjugation quest completions . . . Can we do that here? We'd also like to sell parts of monsters we defeated . "
"Ah, you're here for quest! Of course, it's okay! . . . Rather, we're thankful for bringing those parts here . "
"Is that so?"
"Yes! . . . Since we're storing the monster parts bought at the temp purchasing counters to the warehouse behind this building . . . We're even employing townsfolk to help transport those parts to our warehouse!"
Now that she mentions it . . . I can sense mana reaction coming and going between the city's entrance and the guild . Since it's moving slowly, they must be using carts of some sort for transportation .
Looks like the guild is having it rough during this busy time . So that's why there's only one receptionist left here . All other staff must have gone to handle the temporary purchasing counters .
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