Chapter 32: Guild Quest
Chapter 32: Guild Quest
“What in the world do you think you’re doing?!”
“You really need to learn about time and place.”
Even Sara and Diana couldn’t watch any longer and chimed in as they began to attack the goblins.
Dammit… I was just copying something I saw on the internet.
Left with no choice, Guwon joined the attack.
Of course, he wouldn’t use Saint’s Touch. With the two female warriors diligently tanking, there was no need for him to use it, and the aggro was unlikely to shift from Sara or Diana.
For other adventurer parties hunting monsters of this level, eight goblins would have been a handful, but for Guwon’s party, it wasn’t even a threat.
Sara and Diana attacked from a distance while Guwon distracted the goblins from behind, holding back his strength and landing light taps. The two female warriors, who had been on the defensive, soon switched to the offensive and finished off the goblin mob in an instant.
For some reason, one of the goblins was unusually tough, and Guwon had to be the one to finish it off, but other than that, it was nothing special.
“Hah, th-thank you.”
“Th-thank you for helping us.”
“…I’d be more grateful if you hadn’t spouted all that nonsense before helping.”
Once the battle was over, the adventurers collapsed to the ground, clearly exhausted. They thanked Guwon’s party while catching their breath.
The fiery-looking warrior who had yelled earlier seemed to still be holding a grudge, sneering even as she gasped for air.
Well, no one died and we saved them all, so it’s fine.
“Ahem. This man is an outsider and lacks a bit of common sense. I hope you’ll understand.”
Diana said this as she pressed down on Guwon’s head.
The sight of her standing on her tiptoes, stretching her arm up, was so endearing that Guwon simply bowed his head for her.
“I apologize.”
Not that I actually feel sorry, though!
If I could go back in time to this exact moment, I’d make the same choice again!
“Well, if that’s the case… I’m sorry for getting angry when you were helping us.”
The female warrior, feeling bad for complaining after being rescued, accepted his apology honestly.
She’s as simple as she looks.
Guwon raised his head and took another good look at the three before him.
The priestess, who still had tears clinging to her eyes, had a small frame and a cute face. The more polite female warrior had a calm impression overall, while the hot-tempered one had a rugged, wild look that matched her personality.
All three were adventurers, so their looks were at least above average.
Of course, to Guwon, whose standards had been raised sky-high by the top-tier beauties Sara and Diana, they were nothing special.
“So, how did you end up getting swarmed by so many goblins?”
“Yes. We happened to discover a goblin settlement just ahead. We saw a huge number of them and fled immediately, but we couldn’t shake off all the ones chasing us, and others wandering nearby joined in…”
“I’m sorry…”
“No, it’s not your fault, Amy.”
It seemed the priestess’s slow pace had been the problem.
Anyway, a goblin settlement… Sounds tempting, doesn’t it?
“Are monster settlements common in the dungeon?”
“Mm. The dungeon stretches on infinitely, its end unknown. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call it another world. It’s not uncommon for monsters to claim their own territory and live in groups.”
“How big was this settlement? Think we could handle it on our own?”
“I’m not sure. We fled right away, so we don’t know the exact details… but there was an incredible number of them. It would be reckless for just the three of you to challenge it.”
“Hmm. Don’t underestimate them just because they’re goblins. A difference in numbers is hard to overcome. That’s why it’s common practice not to provoke places where monsters gather in large numbers. Sometimes expeditions are formed to subjugate them, but in those cases, the Guild takes the lead, gathering several large clans or adventurer parties to match their numbers.”
Either that, or you just crush them with overwhelming power, like you did with the wolfdog pack in your past life.
So it’s too difficult… I was getting a strong feeling this could be a jackpot.
“Umm… Still, can’t we just take a quick look? I’m curious.”
“I’m against it. No matter what, it’s too dangerous.”
“If it seems dangerous, we can just run away. If you get tired, I’ll carry you.”
“N-No, thank you. Diana probably has less stamina than I do.”
Oh? Her tone makes it sound like she wouldn’t have refused if it weren’t for Diana.
“Don’t worry. I can carry both of you and run without any problem.”
It wasn’t an exaggeration. If things got tough, he could just invest some of his overflowing bonus stats into Stamina.
“Why are you so desperate to go?”
In games, places like that usually have hidden items or special monsters.
Of course, he wouldn’t say that out loud, or they’d treat him like a lunatic.
“It’s just curiosity. Let’s just go once. Huh? Please. Just a peek. All we have to do is take a little peek.”
“W-Well, if you put it that way…”
As Guwon uttered a line that nine out of ten strangers would find perverted and applied a strange sort of pressure, Sara finally relented.
“Alright! Diana, you’re okay with it too, right?”
“Mm. With you here, just taking a look shouldn’t be a major problem.”
Since Diana knew Guwon had power-leveled, she was easy to persuade.
“So, it’s not much of a reward for helping you, but would you mind showing us the way?”
“Of course. First…”
“Wait. We can’t do that.”
Just as the calm woman was about to pull out what looked like a map, the wild one cut in again.
What’s your problem now?
“Seeing as you’ve come this far, you must be here for the Guild Quest, too, right? We’re grateful for the help, but that’s that, and this is this. Sorry, but we can’t just give away information we worked hard to find.”
Ugh… So that’s the issue.
Guwon asking for the way—in other words, the map—could sound like a thug demanding they hand over the entire reward for the Guild Quest. After all, Guwon could just memorize the map, run back to the Guild, and report it first.
Moreover, for adventurers hunting in this area, the money from a single Guild Quest was probably far more than what they earned from picking off monsters one by one.
Adventurers were a breed that risked their lives for money.
Even though he’d saved them, it was entirely possible they wouldn’t be happy about just handing over a large portion of their day’s income.
He’d hoped they might tell him since he’d saved their lives, but it seemed things weren’t going to be that easy.
To be honest, Guwon was more interested in the goblin settlement than the Guild Quest. He wouldn’t mind promising not to report the location to the Guild if they just told him where it was.
Still, it wasn’t something he could decide on his own without consulting Sara and Diana, and more importantly, the other party probably wouldn’t trust him so easily.
What should I do…
Since the path is a straight line anyway, maybe we can find it on our own if we just keep going?
“So, how about this. Why don’t we team up?”
While Guwon was pondering, the wild woman made an unexpected proposal.
“Team up?”
“Yeah. You guys seem pretty confident in your skills. We’ll guide you to the goblin settlement, and in return, you cut us in on the action.”
“Hmm…”
It wasn’t a bad offer.
Even if they cut them in, it wasn’t even decided if they would actually fight at the goblin settlement. At the very least, it didn’t seem like Guwon had anything to lose.
“Alright. I’m Guwon. Nice to meet you.”
“Oh! I like your style! I’m Kanna. We’ll only be traveling together for a bit, but let’s get along.”
“I’m Serena.”
“I’m Amy.”
The calm woman and the priestess introduced themselves in order.
Following them, Sara and Diana also exchanged names, and they finally got around to butchering the goblin corpses they had been ignoring.
“Huh? The magic stone in this one is pretty big.”
“It’s a Hobgoblin. Don’t tell me you fought it without knowing?”
I see. I just thought it was a bit tougher than the others.
Now that he looked, it had a small, horn-like bump on its head. They should make these things easier to tell apart.
“So? How do we split the loot? Even if we’re teaming up, we need to be clear about this stuff.”
“Can’t we just split it 50/50?”
Kanna, true to her appearance, said it bluntly and decisively.
“Everything from these guys to the Guild report, all profits are 50/50. You guys might do more of the fighting, but we’ve mapped out more of the area since we got here first. There shouldn’t be a problem with that, right?”
I guess that makes sense.
This was a Guild Quest that the Guild, which already paid handsomely for information, was offering a bonus for.
Considering the money they’d make from combat from now until they returned, Guwon’s party would be taking a slight loss, but he supposed he should think of it as a fee for the information on the way to the goblin settlement.
Thinking about it that way, is Kanna smarter than she looks?
“What are you doing? Let’s get going!”
No, looking at her now, she doesn’t seem like that type at all.
She probably just suggested splitting it in half without thinking too deeply.
The straight path soon ended, and beyond it, the trail split into several different directions.
We would’ve been in big trouble if we’d just parted ways, trusting that it was a straight path.
Besides, teaming up with Kanna’s party had an unexpected advantage.
That advantage became clear in the very next battle.
“Alright! Let’s do this!”
As soon as they encountered a group of goblins, Kanna and Serena charged forward to hold the front line.
Huh? This situation is…?
The biggest reason Guwon hated using Saint’s Touch was that, as the party’s tank, he had no choice but to use it while facing the monsters’ junk head-on.
But with Kanna and Serena tanking up front, Guwon didn’t need to be in the front line.
In other words, he could fight from a perfect blind spot, completely out of sight of the monsters’ privates.
Kanna and Serena on the front line might have a rough time, but who cares? If the battles are shorter, it’s good for them too, right?
“I didn’t want to have to use this technique…”
Guwon muttered a ridiculously pretentious line before slipping behind the goblins while Kanna and Serena drew their aggro, and activated Saint’s Touch.
“Scatter. Sperma.”
“Gah!”
“Kyaa!”
The moment Guwon’s hand swept over the goblins as he uttered another pretentious line, the goblins’ bodies twisted, and they collapsed, spraying white fluid from their groins.
“Hmph. Combat is such a fleeting thing.”
“Hey! What is this?!”
“What is it? It’s exactly what you see. Once caught in my hand, no foe can escape death by orgasm. Heh heh heh.”
“Does that mean… Come to think of it, you said you were an outsider. Do you perhaps have a special job?”
“Exactly! This body is the owner of a technique that can bring any opponent to climax! What do you think? See me in a different light now?”
“Hah! Different light, my ass! A man’s job is to squeeze the jizz out of other males? Doesn’t sound like a normal job to me.”
L-Look at this bitch digging into my sore spot.
“Th-This body merely has the ability to bestow pleasure without boundaries, regardless of gender, age, or race! Do not insult this body with such absurd slander again!”
“Does that mean it works on people, too?”
“Of course! If you want, I can let you experience it with your own body.”
“N-Not right now…”
‘Not right now’ means later is okay, right?
At Guwon’s words, even Kanna’s eyes began to sparkle with interest. Even the quiet-looking Amy had the same reaction.
Yes, this is it. This is the reaction I wanted.
Learning from the mistake of acting too naively when recruiting Sara, he decided to show off a bit, and the results were excellent.
Do you see, Sara? This is the normal reaction of an adventurer. Remember it well.
As long as one was an adventurer, sex was an inseparable part of daily life for leveling up.
But adventurers were still human. It was only natural to want to have sex with good-looking people, and it was only natural to want it to feel good.
It wasn’t like they lost anything by reaching climax. For men, there was a limit to how many times they could go, so they might be hesitant if their partner was too strong, but women had no such restrictions.
That’s why Guwon’s ability to guarantee his partner’s climax, as long as the level difference wasn’t too great, was incredibly valuable.
His value had been relatively low until now because of his low level, but if word got out about him now that his level was considerably higher, there would be a lot of people clamoring to recruit him.
Using Saint’s Touch in front of Kanna’s group was part of that calculation.
He would never abandon Sara and Diana to join another party, but there was no harm in raising his own stock value.
“How in the world do you do that?”
Even as they finished off the fallen goblins and butchered them, Kanna’s group’s curiosity was endless, and they kept peppering Guwon with questions.
As Guwon answered the flood of questions one by one, he glanced at Sara with a “what do you think of that?” expression, only to see her eyes shooting fire.
Why is she being so scary again? Does she hate seeing me show off that much?
I was wrong. I’ll apologize. I’m sorry.
Dammit. When she glares at me like that, I feel like I’m at a disadvantage because I’ve actually done something wrong to her.
In any case, with Guwon’s sealed technique now unleashed, the party’s exploration speed increased even more.
It probably wasn’t a pleasant situation for Kanna and Serena, who had to face it head-on, but the battles were much easier, and even if they got splattered, the mess would disappear as soon as the magic stone was removed, so it seemed to be bearable.
Before long, they finally arrived at the goblin settlement.