Chapter 809
809: Gathered Bonds
Yagilale bowed politely and then walked toward us. After reaching Fran, he opened his mouth in front of her.
「I would like to accompany you on your request. Is that alright with you?」
「Why……?」
The sudden appearance of the knights brought more confusion than joy.
Fran's eyes were wide open.
「Though we are not adventurers, will you still allow us to fight alongside you?」
「……Are you sure? You're a knight……」
「That is precisely the reason why. We must repay the favor we have received, or the dignity of our country will be put in question.」
Well, yes we did save your lives…… But didn't you need to survive at any cost in order to serve your country, even if it ant sacrificing your comrades?
It would be strange for the captain to participate in such a dangerous mission along with a few of his n……
But our doubts were cleared up by the following explanation.
「You see, when you saved us previously, our country's first prince was actually among us.」
「Really?」
「Yes, though he has currently moved over to the port for his return.」
Apparently, the male royalty of the Kingdom of Segilusel were obliged to fight on this continent for a certain period of ti. It was like a rite of passage, with the royals learning the hardships of knighthood by concealing their identities and working alongside normal knights.
And that prince was among the knights until just the other day.
「He will be a great ruler when his ti cos. That is why we must protect him at any cost.」
I see, that would make sense why they would use their n as bait to let him escape. That explains why they were so grateful.
The prince returned ho after his duty was completed, but his knights still remained on this continent to hunt antidemons. Apparently his escort on the way ho was different from the one in this continent.
「I have brought twelve of my best knights, including myself. Will you accept us?」
「Nn! Thanks.」
「Hold on there, you'd better count us in too!」
A familiar man and woman appeared from behind the knights. It was the Dimitris disciples.
「Colbert! And Hilt!」
「Looks like we made it just in ti.」
Not only Colbert and Hilt, but all the other students were there.
「Pant…… Pant……」
There's Phobos-kun, looking like he's about to die.
「Twenty four hours…… of non-stop running……」
「How fragile. You need to train more.」
「Guf……」
After talking to them, we found out they heard about the request yesterday. They said Brunen had given them permission to leave, so they spent an entire day running to get here.
「Don't think you can leave without us. I've been itching to fight a powerful opponent.」
「Miss Hilt… Just be honest and say we're here to help Fran, okay?」
「T-That's not it at all! I-I just can't have her dying until I get my revenge match!」
She's still the sa old tsundere. Maybe it was because she was getting along with Colbert a little better, but their banter felt a bit cuter than before.
Tch, damn couples!
Well, at least now we've got so real powerhouses! I forgive you!
「Nn! You're all welco!」
「Oh, but we're not the only ones.」
「What do you an?」
I did sense a group outside the guild, but who else did you bring?
「Co on in!」
「Greetings. Long ti no see, Fran-dono.」
「Hey there.」
The two won who entered the guild at Hilt's invitation were Chelsea, the Dragon Warrior chief, and Tzaluta, the leader of the Callia rcenary group.
「Why?」
「I've heard there is a high possibility a Unique will appear. In that case, leave it to us Dragon Warriors! I obviously couldn't bring my entire troop with , but I've brought all the elites.」
「Our reasons are more simple, I'm just here to make so money.」
「I'm the one that hired the rcenaries.」
So Hilt hired the Callia rcenaries and brought them with her. That's when the dragonkin heard about it and sent their warriors too.
「I would of course be willing to accept this request at a reasonable price in order to establish friendly relations with the Dimitris school.」
「……Thanks.」
Isn't this one hell of a force now? There were about ten dragon warriors, and each one of them would be a match for Colbert. They must be near Rank C at the bare minimum.
The Callia rcenaries only brought about twenty mbers because they needed horses, but all of them were elites too.
That brings us to about fifty mbers. This was quite the powerful army, even if only half of our target number.
At that mont, the guild door opened again. This ti, many adventurers ca rushing in.
There were about fifteen adventurers, led by a yellow bear beastman.
「Diggins?」
「Long ti no see, Black Lightning Princess-san! I saw your recruitnt request!」
Leading the group of adventurers was Diggins, the Rank B adventurer who worked out of the western port.
After fighting the antidemon horde together, he seed to have beco one of Fran's fans. That must be the beastn's racial feeling of admiration for the strong. But I would have never expected him to co all the way here……
「You ca all the way to Nocta?」
「Yeah! When you ask for help, there's no way I'm gonna overlook it! That would go against my code as an adventurer! Right, guys?」
「「「Yeah!」」」
「Thanks.」
「Hahahaha! I don't wanna beco a coward who couldn't risk his life for his comrades!」
He felt more like an underling than a comrade, right? Well they were pretty reliable either way, so I appreciate it.
That's about 65 mbers now. Not quite at our goal…… but should we just go as is?
Just as I was thinking that, a voice rang up behind us.
「……I suppose we can't keep silent after they call us cowards.」
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