Chapter 113 – 113.New Omen (4)
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The next day.
I shared with everyone what I experienced with Pamela yesterday in the Fortis Group office.
“Something that appears to be the work of the Chaos Church is happening in Bitters. Perhaps Adeline is also involved in this…”
As soon as Adelia heard her story, she had a serious face.
As expected, Adeline Laden is still in the Chaos Church, so it would be natural for her to be anxious.
To be honest, I was the exception when Adeline appeared in Chapter 1, so it is unclear whether Adeline is still being manipulated and cooperating with the Chaos Church after Chapter 2.
That’s right, Adeline was originally released in a special event story after Chapter 3, so she became a playable character.
“Are there any photos or anything?”
“I took a picture, but first I provided it to the Adventurer’s Guild as evidence. If you want to see it, you can ask the guild to show it again.”
“Does Sihan plan to participate in this case?”
“Yes, we can’t just leave it like this. Even if it’s not us, the guild or Bitters Kingdom will definitely step in… But at least we’ll be able to resolve it faster because we’re there.”
“Hehe, that’s a good attitude!”
“Captain! Captain! Is the tree red? Just! Is it red?”
“Yes. You will be surprised when you see it in person.”
“Oh!”
Myka’s face was full of curiosity.
And then we headed back to Bitters and headed to the Adventurer’s Guild.
“Ah, Fortis Group. May a brilliant light fall on you! Welcome. I’ve been waiting for you.”
“Nelia! Did you wait for me?”
“Yes. I’ve been waiting, Micah. Everyone, please come inside.”
We followed the guild receptionist Nelia into the adventurer’s guild and were guided to the guild’s reception room.
And inside the reception room, there was a beastman with deer antlers.
“Welcome, Fortis Group. I am the guild leader of this guild.”
“It’s Uncle Dylan!”
Maika seems to know the guild leader.
Guild leader Dylan cleared his throat and spoke to Myka with a kind smile.
“Hmm, Myka. You have to be quiet when people are talking, right?”
“Oh, that’s right! I’m sorry!”
“Should I go further in the back?”
“I do it!”
“Good job.”
After Maika’s temporary training, the guild leader looked at us again.
“My name is Dylan, the guild leader. Please sit down first. I would like you to compare what Sihan Lee and Pamela experienced yesterday with the information we found out from our guild.”
According to the Adventurer’s Guild’s investigation, first of all, the goblin with the dark red line clearly contains the power of chaos, and apart from that, no special power of chaos was felt in the magic stone, only amplified magical power was confirmed.〈 Br〉
And while re-explaining what happened yesterday, the results combined with the guild’s investigation results were as follows.
The power of chaos is spreading around the dark red tree with stones embedded in it.
Some plants that are eroded by the power of chaos change color, but weak plants wither and dry out.
Also, considering the appearance of Mud Goblins, which are not in their habitat at all, I think it also has the effect of attracting monsters.
There were these three.
Not only was it attracting monsters, it could be said to be a serious matter for Bitters, as it was also threatening the health of surrounding plants.
Bitters can obtain numerous resources thanks to the so-called dense forests.
However, if the power of chaos spreads through the forest itself and the forest dries out, it could have a huge impact on Vitus’ finances.
“What do you plan on doing in the guild?”
“First of all, this morning, the guild sent a trustworthy investigator to the location where Sihan Lee and Pamela discovered. We decided to come to the guild after completing the field investigation, so just wait at the guild for a moment…”
“There is no need to wait, Guild Leader.”
At that time, the door to the living room opened and a man with monkey ears and a tail, holding a long baton in one hand, came in.
“Oh! You’re here! Munton!”
Of course, that man was a man I knew.
Because the character accompanying you in Chapter 1 is Adelia.
In Chapter 2, the man who just appeared.
A man called a monkey beastman and a priest of the forest.
This is because Munton, a priest belonging to the guild, is a partner character who solves cases together in Chapter 2.
As for his character, he is a somewhat active and dependable older brother.
For your information, this character does not have a particularly bad reputation even among male users because her outfit is not particularly revealing and she’s wrapped in light armor.
The performance was fairly decent as the final skill applied a continuous recovery skill buff with high recovery amount.
The remaining normal skills were all attack skills and the damage was quite decent, so to be honest, I was a character who mainly used attack skills rather than recovery.
“It’s Munton!”
“Huh? What? It’s Myka. Why is this troublemaker here?”
“I’m not a troublemaker!”
“No, you always go out, so I went looking for you several times.”
“That was for hunting!”
For reference, Munton is a character who lives in the same Suzar, so he is also related to Maika.
You can think of it as a relationship between a troublemaker nephew and an uncle.
“Mungton, give me a report first.”
“Yes, Guild Leader Dylan. First of all, I put out the urgent fire.”
Munton removed the dark red jewel that had lost its shine from the subspace ring he was wearing! And he put it on the table.
“This!”
“Yes, it is an ominous jewel stuck in a tree. When I went to the site, I found the dark red mud goblin that was reported yesterday. I was looking for a way to exterminate the mud goblin and thought that if I left it like this, it would only have a negative impact on the surrounding area. I found this jewel. I found a way to neutralize it and brought it here.”
“A way to neutralize it? What is that?”
“I knew it was a product created by the Chaos Church…”
Munton lightly tapped his shoulder with the baton and grinned, showing his teeth.
“I tried using divine power. As I poured divine power into this jewel, it lost its power. This makes it clear that this jewel contains the power of chaos. The power of chaos and divine power are opposites to each other.”
“I see.”
“After purifying this jewel with divine power, I looked around, but there was no tree with the same jewel embedded in it. That’s what I saw. But… Why is this troublemaker here?”
“Well, that’s it.”
“I’m not a troublemaker! I’m a Fortis member!”
“What? Are you Fortis? Is that possible? If you’re Fortis, you’re referring to the Fortis group that fought and won against the Holy Water of Water and liberated it from the Chaos Cult. If you had such a great ‘fight’ with your personality, it means you fought a really great guy in the neighborhood. It must have been rumored.”
It would take a long time if Myka continued talking, so I decided to intervene.
“Nice to meet you. Mr. Munton, my name is Sihan Lee and I am the former general manager of Fortis Group.”
“Oh, you are Sihan Lee, the famous hero of Ra-den and the rising divinity of the academy.”
“That’s too much praise. First of all, let me explain: It hasn’t been long since Micah joined the Fortis Group. This was right after we solved the case in Raden.”
“Aha. So that’s it. Are you okay with this? I brought this troublemaker into the group. My skills are as good as Maika’s, but he doesn’t know where he’ll go.”
“Me! Listen to the captain!”
“Really?”
Munton had the look on his face like an uncle who did not believe anything his accident-prone nephew he said.
“I lost to the captain! And I got caught in the crowd! So, you have to listen to the captain!”
“Actually, Myka is following my instructions well.”
“That’s right! I listen to the captain!”
Seeing Maika nodding her head and wagging her tail, Munton pressed his temples as if his head was pounding.
“… Why are you so wild, Myka? I’ve never seen a beastman as wild as you.”
“Huh?”
“Take this to mean active and healthy, Myka.”
“Oh! I’m active! I’m full of energy!”
“Haha, it looks like you already know how to handle Myka well.”
“It was easy to get to know Myka because she was pure in many ways. She was more like Mr. Munton than him.”
I asked with a serious expression.
“How effective was the divine power in purifying the gem?”
“Well, what should I say? First of all, I infused divine power, and there was an immediate response. It emitted a fierce light as if resisting. Not being defeated by the light, I continued to infuse divine power into it, and this jewel with the power of chaos It was neutralized.”
“I see. Thank you for letting me know.”
“What? But what are our heroes who destroyed the Chaos Church’s plan in Raden going to do from now on?”
Munton looked at me with an expectant face.
“It’s the same as before. I’ll take on requests and travel around Vitters. In the process, if something like today happens, I’ll just deal with it.”
“Yes. Those are very reassuring words, right? If you find it again, please report it to the guild. I will come and purify it like I did today.”
‘Huh?’
I couldn’t help but wonder after hearing Munton’s words.
This is because according to the story, after talking with the protagonist who accidentally discovered a contaminated tree, Munton accompanied him and completed several missions to delve deeper into this incident together.
“If you’re going to do that, how about you come with us when we go out on a quest?”
“Hmm, that would be a good idea, but I think it would be better for me to work alone. I have a lot of colleagues there, so there would be less risk.”
I realized why Munton wasn’t accompanying me.
In the game, it feels like you pick it up through a gacha and take several people with you, but in the story, the main character travels alone.
That may be why Munton accompanied him in the story.
But now I created the Fortis group and 6 people are going together.
There doesn’t seem to be any shortage of power, so there’s no need to take care of it.
So, he thought it would be more efficient to move separately.
‘I never thought there would be such a difference.’
It is surprising that Munton did not join, at least temporarily.
‘Rather good.’
This side was better for me.
Because it’s like having another excuse to recruit a healer.