Published: July 3, 2025
The Guild carriage exchanged horses in each town, and the four of them spent the night in the carriage, arriving in the City of Run the next afternoon.
"Alright, we'll move on from here. We'll return the Guild carriage and then..."
"The Run Adventurers' Guild will prepare the carriage from here on out."
"Well, the others have already entered the local village."
Nils, Eto, and Amon were all energized despite having been swayed in the carriage for an entire day.
As expected of b-rank adventurers... Ryo felt genuine admiration.
By the way, Ryo remained a c-rank adventurer.
Over the past three years, he had only completed a handful of requests, so it wasn't surprising.
"What about you, Ryo?"
Nils asked as he got off the carriage.
"I'm going to grab some books at home and then eat at the 'Feast Pavilion' for the first time in a while, and I'll head back to the royal capital right after. I probably won't be able to borrow the Guild carriage, so I'll have to take a regular public carriage."
"Well, unlike the royal capital, there are only three Guild carriages available here."
Nils nodded slightly and agreed with Ryo's thoughts.
"Alright, first we need to report our arrival to the Guild Master and discuss borrowing a carriage. We'll head to the Guild now. Take care, Ryo."
"Let's meet again in the royal capital."
"The curry at the Feast Pavilion is delicious, I'm envious."
Nils said something serious like a leader, Eto promised to meet again in the royal capital, and Amon, who loved spicy food, praised the curry at the Feast Pavilion before they left.
Without even stopping by the Run Adventurers' Guild, Ryo headed straight to the 'Feast Pavilion' at the East Gate.
The next morning.
In the lecture room of the Run Adventurers' Guild, d-rank adventurers belonging to Run had gathered.
"...And so, since we're currently out on a wyvern subjugation, there are no c-rank or above adventurers in the City of Run. You here are the strongest forces supporting the city."
Standing in front was the Guild Master, Ra.
Indeed, he was the former leader of the party 'Switchback,' which was once affiliated with the City of Run.
'Switchback' had ultimately become a b-rank party and disbanded.
Having served in positions such as sub-master, he was now the Guild Master of the largest adventurers' guild in the frontier.
For many active adventurers, being a b-rank adventurer was indeed a figure to aspire to.
The gazes of the d-rank adventurers in the lecture room were fervent as they looked at Ra.
His imposing physique reminded them of Hugh McGrath, the previous Guild Master and now the grand master in the royal capital.
"Ra, that was a good speech."
The one who praised Ra after he returned to the Guild Master's office was the sub-master, Sue.
Sue was the scout from the party 'Switchback.'
"Y-yeah..."
It was thanks to Sue's support that the Run Adventurers' Guild operated smoothly, and Ra's work didn't fall apart... Many guild staff members thought so.
And Ra himself believed it as well.
Because of that, even more than when they were a party, he still felt he couldn't surpass Sue.
However, no one knew what Sue thought about it.
Later that day at 3 PM.
The bell in Run Square rang, signaling three o'clock throughout the city.
Hearing it, Ra murmured.
"It should be about time for the wyvern subjugation to start."
"Don't worry, the Southern adventurers are tough. Besides, 'Room 10' also came all the way here."
In response to Ra's murmur, Sue nodded vigorously.
In reality, there were no magic class members in 'Room 10,' but the rest of the gathered party had a considerable number of magic users.
As a standard tactic for wyvern subjugations, it's better to have more magic users.
By that standard, they should have a good lineup.
On this day, the issue wasn't with the wyvern subjugation group but rather the City of Run itself.
"Guild Master, this is bad!"
A guild staff member burst into the office, nearly tumbling as he entered.
"A great tsunami has occurred!"
Great tsunami.
A massive outbreak of monsters that occurs in the dungeon located in the center of the City of Run every few years.