Chapter 509: Joining the Famous Adventurers?
Inside the special room at the Adventurers’ Guild in the royal capital.
The kingdom’s top adventurers, who had appeared for the first time in six months, finally settled the accounts for the treasures and items they had obtained in the dungeon and received an enormous sum of money.
The A+ rAnkh “The Five Virtues of the Dragon”, A rAnkh “Light Tiger”, A rAnkh “Blue Tortoise ”, and B+ rAnkh “Heavenly Flying Steed” each confirmed the amount they had earned with the guild staff, then piled leather bags filled with money on the table to pay the agreed 30% to Tauro.
“Should we mix in some platinum coins too? That way it won’t be too heavy to carry,” suggested the female leader of Blue Tortoise , trying to be considerate.
“I also have a Magic Storage, so it’s fine,” Tauro replied, and in an instant made the pile of money on the table disappear.
“You have a Magic Storage ability, not just as a magic item?! Even more reason to want you in our team! How about joining Light Tiger with your whole team?”
“Hey! He just turned down your offer!” the female leader of Blue Tortoise interjected.
The leader of Heavenly Steed nodded in agreement.
These were comrades who had risked their lives together in the dungeon for half a year, entrusting their lives to each other.
Their banter was friendly and natural.
“Even so, you guys from the Black Golden Wings have only recently been promoted to B-rank, right? Before becoming an honorary viscount, you were D+. But your equipment is already top-tier, isn’t it? Can’t even appraise it… You seem to have a lot of secrets,”
said Kars, the leader of The Five Virtues of The Dragon, clearly having already inspected the equipment not just of Tauro but also Aeris, Ragune, Ankh, and Zion.
“Your equipment is amazing too. So, for top-tier adventurers, do you also get them from special sources?”
Tauro asked, shifting the question from himself, genuinely curious.
This would be a point of reference for any ordinary adventurer.
Since they were among the kingdom’s finest, learning their methods was precious.
“I think that everyone gets their equipment from different sources, but… Most of our equipment that we,The Five Virtues of The Dragon have came from items we obtained in the dungeon this time. Before that, we got our equipment from royal auctions, illegal auctions, or even custom-made equipment that we visited and negotiated directly with famous blacksmiths. Since our lives depended on the gear, we didn’t spare any expense,” Kars answered while casually checking his comrades’ equipment.
“Same here. Before diving into the dungeon, we invested heavily in our equipment. When we found even better gear in the dungeon’s depths, we were so excited we forgot to even calculate its value… Look at this armor—it has multiple abilities, you know” the leader of Light Tiger boasted, showing off the armor he had obtained in the dungeon.
When Tauro appraised it with hisTrue Eye, it has indeed been endowed with “Poison Resistance (Weak)” and “Paralysis Resistance (Weak)”.
But compared to Tauro and the others’ equipment, it was honestly a bit mediocre.
However, on closer thought, almost all of the materials and magic stones used to make Tauro and his companions’ equipment were rare drops from monsters that appeared deeper than the 200th floor of the Dragon Tribe village dungeon, the “Starting Dungeon.”
Tauro had created the items using the extravagant’Creation Magic’ and ancient magic circle technology that has now been lost, which made them undeniably exceptional.
It was at this moment that they realized for the first time that even the equipment of the adventurers, who were said to be the strongest in the country, was no match for Tauro and his friends.
“…That’s amazing,”
Tauro’s impression was brief, limited to just one word.
“Right? …Though, your reaction is kind of weak. Well, whatever. Dungeons are treasure troves. If someone like you, who can freely traverse it, joins our team, we’d be able to conquer them far more effectively. That’s why I’d like you and your whole team to join us.” The leader of ”Light Tiger” went from boasting about his equipment to another attempt at recruitment.
“No one likes persistent men, you know? So, Tauro-dono, you’ll deliver us to the 100th floor of the dungeon a week from now, right?” the female leader of Blue Tortoise asked, seemingly giving up on recruiting him.
“Yes. You all should take the week to rest and recuperate. We’ll go back to the dungeon for a bit to check if the dungeon clearing members’ ‘Spatial Transfer’ is working properly, so please meet us there in a week.”
Tauro replied, nodding to Aeris and the others as he left the guild’s special room.
Together with him, everyone, all the members of The Five Virtues of The Dragon left the room.
The guild lobby was packed with adventurers, as if they had been summoned from the royal capital.. They weren’t there for Tauro’s team; they came to see the strongest adventurers—The Five Virtues of The Dragon and others.
When the adventurers emerged from the special room, cheers erupted.
“Wow! They’re the real deal!”
“Kars, can I have your autograph?”
“Everyone from Blue Tortoise , look over here!”
For ordinary adventurers, these top-tier teams were objects of admiration and aspiration.
With four such teams present, excitement was inevitable.
Tauro’s team, the Black Golden Wings, blended in almost comically, but the “The Five Virtues of The Dragon” team stood out so much that they were treated as non-existent.
In an instant, Tauro and the others were pushed out of the guild by the crowd.
“They’re so popular… I’m surprised,” Tauro said, realizing just how well-liked Kars and the others were.
They were friendly when talking, humble, and easy to relate to—so I felt a sense of closeness to them, but it made me realise once again that they are some of the best adventurers in the country.
“Yes. But we don’t adventure for fame. They feel like people from another world,” Aeris commented, understanding Tauro.
“Exactly. We’re having fun adventuring with our friends. We’ll leave the popularity to them,” said Ankh.
“Ankh’s right. We are all friends who have fun adventuring together with Tauro. Tomorrow, we start again,” said Ragune .
“I’m here because I want to adventure with Tauro-sama!” said Zion.
“Yeah. Becoming an honorary viscount suddenly has me feeling a bit light-headed, standing next to all these amazing people. I want to get my feet back on the ground and go on an adventure again!”
Tauro joined everyone in shouting together, “WHOOOOH!”