The Rumor of the “Raijin”
Everyone has heard it at least once.
They say he is faster, more accurate, and stronger than anyone else.
“Eh, is that person the rumored ‘Raijin’?”
“Ah, that’s right. He’s the captain of our 6th Knight Order, and one of only three Rank A knights in this country.”
Knights, like adventurers, have ranks.
There are three Rank A knights in this country, and two adventurers.
“Good work! To think you’d defeat an army of 200 in just 10 seconds… As expected of you, Captain!”
“No, there weren’t that many… Maybe around 100.”
“Eh, that’s strange. It’s different from what I heard at the Adventurer’s Guild…”
“Ah! Sorry, I think it’s because I defeated about 100 of them…”
“Eh, you defeated them? 100 of them? There were Rank C Monsters too, right?”
“No, the ones I defeated were Rank D and below. So they weren’t that strong.”
“No, no, even so, that’s amazing! You look young, and to be able to face an army of monsters at your age. Do you have some kind of excellent Skill?”
“Ah, hahaha… I don’t really have any good Skills.”
Seeing my troubled face, Kuuga-san misunderstood.
“I see… I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have pried. It’s not good for adventurers to talk about their Skills.”
Anyway, he seemed convinced.
I was carried by the knights and returned to the Guild together.
“Leave the rest to us knights.”
I was bothered by Kuuga-san’s words on the way back.
I arrived at the Guild.
Then, the Guild Master came out and said,
“Oh, I’m so sorry for the trouble my trash caused. He’s really just a piece of garbage with no decent Skills, and there was no need for the knights to go out of their way to help him… Oh, don’t worry. I’ll deal with him accordingly.”
“He”… He was planning to abandon me…
I was more dumbfounded than angry.
Then, Kuuga-san’s face suddenly turned serious.
“You’re the Guild Master, yet you don’t know the rules set by the Adventurer’s Guild? To think you were planning to leave Cain-kun to die…”
The Adventurer’s Guild has several rules.
One of them is, “Save any life that can be saved.”
That doesn’t mean taking requests for free.
It means that if you see someone about to be killed, or know they are in mortal danger, you should help them with all the power you have.
But the Guild Master’s actions this time clearly ignored that.
There is no specific penalty for breaking it, but if the Guild Master doesn’t follow the Guild’s rules, it will look bad.
“No, that was just a figure of speech. Come on now. Besides, it’s true that this incompetent caused trouble for the Guild and the knights.”
“Incompetent? Cain-kun? He’s much more competent than you. You incompetent Guild Master.”
“I’m incompetent? …I don’t know what you’re misunderstanding, but please stop joking.”
“You neglected to investigate even though you knew there was an anomaly in the forest, didn’t you? It’s the Guild’s duty to investigate when an anomaly is found.”
“There’s no way. Just because the Goblins decreased, it’s not an anomaly.”
“But in fact, the Demon Lord’s Army was hiding in that forest. If you had investigated sooner, you could have taken swift action. And, you tried to subjugate the Demon Lord’s Army, right? You were supposed to hold them off until the knights arrived from the country…”
“That is…”
“You probably thought you could subjugate them and gain achievements, but adventurers who haven’t trained can’t possibly fight in a war.”
“But, I thought I could defeat them after seeing the difference in strength…”
“In the end, you couldn’t defeat them, and many people were sacrificed, right?”
The Guild Master had nothing to say and fell silent.
“You will have to go to the Guild Headquarters in the Royal Capital. There are also suspicions of embezzlement of reward money and sexual harassment of subordinates. It seems this Guild branch needs a change in awareness.”
“Sh, shut up.”
The Guild Master, shouting, drew the sword at his waist and tried to slash at Kuuga-san.
However, the sword strike was easily stopped.
The knights carried away the Guild Master, who had been punched and knocked unconscious.