After convincing Touch Me from not kicking Ulbert out of the message and telling Naberal not say their adventures names with lord in it, they head to the guild headquarters to find any quest they could partake…
If it wasn't for Yamaiko discovery the buying menu they wouldn't have been unable to read the parchment. "Do you have a copper plate mission? The most difficult one I mean." The counter girl look confused at Momonga or Momon. "The most difficult one?" She asked.
[Touch Me: Why can't we pick like iron plate mission again?]
[Tabula Smaragdina: Because they wouldn't let us take higher plate mission as they don't want to send people to their deaths...]
[Yamaiko: We're going to have to work our way up until then.]
[Warrior Takemikazuchi: Well that's boring...]
[Nishikienrai: Warrior Takemikazuchi!? What are you doing!?]
[Warrior Takemikazuchi: I just here because I was bored...]
[Momonga: Everyone please be silent...]
Momonga said in message as he finished with the counter lady who come with the parchment. "Are you sure about this? Last time someone had taken this they got crippled and lost a friend…" Momonga looked at the counter lady.
"Don't worry, three of my team knows third tier magic." He said pointing a finger at Tabula, Yamaiko and Naberal. Much to the shock of everyone in this place. "I, personally, am a warrior of comparable strength to them. I am very sure that a job like that would be a trivial task for me."
"My companion Rikon is a knight who has great defense while our assassin Nagato is the best at killing unsuspecting foe…" Momonga said which cause many adventurers to look at them with awe.
"I'm sorry to interrupt but is that the only hard quest?" Tabula asked the counter lady. "Yes actually there are more." Counter lady said as she went to pick some paper.
[Nishikienrai: Finally…]
[Momonga: That took far longer than expected but at least we got some quest to take...]
[Yamaiko: I wonder type of quest it is...]
[Tabula Smaragdina: At least we can finally-]
"How about helping us with our work, then?"
"What?"
[Touch Me: You just had to jinx it Tabula!]
[Momonga: Dammit! After all that effort!]
"The job in question… it's a worthwhile assignment… right?" Tabula asked. "Mm — well, I feel it's worthwhile."
[Touch Me: He looks confident as a warrior...]
[Peroroncino: Are any little girl adventures or?]
[Yamaiko: Get the fuck outta here Peroroncino!]
[Tabula Smaragdina: Can you guys stop entering our message!?]
[Touch Me: Okay we need to deal with this Momonga...]
[Momonga: We deal with this later! Look maybe we should listen their offer and maybe build connections.]
[Nishikienrai: That is something Punitto Moe would do...]
[Tabula Smaragdina: I wonder what he's doing...]
"Worthwhile jobs are exactly what I seek. Then, let us work together. However, I would like to ask what sort of job it is."
~20 Minutes later~
After the man asked the receptionist to prepare a room for Momonga and his current team are currently standing next to a meeting table. "Please have a seat." He said which Momonga did what he told alongside his friends.
"Before we begin discussing the job, let us introduce ourselves."
The speaker was the man who looked like a warrior.
He had the typical blond hair and blue eyes of the Kingdom, and while there were no other distinguishing features on him, he looked quite handsome.
"I'm the leader of the "Swords of Darkness," Peter Mauk. That fellow over there is the eyes and ears of our team, the ranger Lukrut Volve." A leather-armored blond man nodded in acknowledgement.
"Next is our magic caster and the brains of our group, Ninya, The Spellcaster." He pointed at his mage "Pleased to meet you." He said."...But Peter, can you not use that embarrassing nickname?"
"Eh? But it's a good one."
"You have a nickname?" Momonga asked, with no idea what was going on. Lukrut explained: "He's a talent holder, and a genius magic caster."
[Yamaiko: Did the sunlight guys told us about that?]
[Tabula Smaragdina: Yes actually… Too bad that Nigun died... He have more to say...]
"It's nothing much, it's just that I happened to have a talent pertaining to that field…"
"Oh…"
[Tabula Smaragdina: Ah yes I forget mention that it is interesting… Including the martial arts something we can't have apparently.]
[Yamaiko: That is pretty interesting...]
[Nishikienrai: Yeah too bad it's random and it would be pretty shitty if that person talent was magic but he doesn't know a thing about it...]
"...I'm really lucky that I was born with this ability, because it allowed me to take a step closer to my dream. Without this power, I would have ended my days as a lowly peasant."
[Touch Me: I wonder if the farmers are given proper protection...]
"Well, no matter what, you're still a famous talent-holder in this city."
"Still, there's people more famous than me."
"The leader of Blue Rose?"
"That person's famous too, but I was talking about someone within this city."
"You mean, Bareare-shi!?" shouted the last person, who had not yet been introduced yet. Momonga was curious about the name and asked:
"...And what sort of talent does that person have?"
A look of surprise came over all four of them. It would seem this was common knowledge.
[Tabula Smaragdina: You didn't think this through Momonga.]
[Momonga: Fuck...]
"I see, the reason why we don't know you at all despite that stylish full plate and your beautiful companion is because you're not from around here, am I right?" Momonga nodded at this heaven-sent mercy of a question.
Indeed, that is correct. The truth is, we only arrived here yesterday."
[Yamaiko: Damn that was luck...]
"Oh, so you wouldn't know, then? He's a famous person in this town, but he's probably not that famous that distant cities would know about him, huh?"
"Yes, I've never heard of him before. If you don't mind, could you tell me about him?"
"His name is Nfirea Bareare, the grandson of a famous herbalist. His talent allows him to use any magic item. Not only can he use scrolls of a different spellcasting system from himself, he can even use items made by the non-human races. Even items restricted to those of royal blood shouldn't be a problem either."
"..Oh."
[Tabula Smaragdina: Well then… This is something we should put our attention to...]
[Touch Me: I know right? He could probably use world champion armor with no problem.]
"I think that person is dangerous." Naberal said
"...I know. Coming to this city was the right decision."
"Momon, is something the matter?"
"Oh, no, it's fine, don't worry. Speaking of which, could you tell me about your last friend?"
"Yes. He's a druid — Dyne Woodwonder. He uses healing spells and magic that controls nature, and he's well versed in herbal lore. Let him know if there's anything wrong with your body; he has medicine that's good for stomach pains."
"Pleased to meet you!" came the greeting from the burly, barbaric-looking man with a full, bushy beard. However, he seemed younger than how Momonga appeared.
There was a very faint smell of grass from him, which came from the cloth pouch tied to his waist.
"Then, it's time for us to introduce ourselves. She is Nabe and this is her father Nagato, I am Momon. Pleased to meet you."
"I'm Rikon and these two are our support Abouna and Hermes.
"Pleased to meet you."
"Wonderful, I hope we'll get along. Then, Momon, just address me by my first name. Right, while it feels a little wrong to get to business so abruptly, we should probably start discussing the job. As for that, the truth is what we're asking you for doesn't really qualify as work."
"That means…"
Upon hearing Momonga confusion, Peter extended his hand to halt him, with the intention of delaying the question for a later date.
"This job is to hunt the monsters that appear around the town."
"Clearing out monsters, huh…?"
[Nishikienrai: Would this count as work or some special reason?]
[Momonga: I going to have to asked carefully.]
"What sorts of monsters will we be exterminating?"
"Ah, we're not exterminating monsters. After hunting monsters, the city council will pay us a reward based on their strength. What do they call it where you come from, Momon?"
[Touch Me: So that was it.]
[Momonga: I understand, in Yggdrasil it was like killing spawned monsters for their items]
"This is something we have to do to make a living," said the druid — Dyne Woodwonder — in his deep baritone.
Following that, Lukrut spoke up as well.
"For us, it's making a living, but what we do also reduces the danger to the surrounding people. The traders can come and go in peace and the country can collect its taxes. All in all, it's a way to earn money without anyone losing out."
"Nowadays, most countries with guilds do this, but five years ago, this sort of thing was nonexistent. It's quite surprising."
Everyone in the team nodded as Ninya spoke. They began chatting amongst themselves, leaving no openings for Momonga or his friends to cut in. Still, it would be odd to know absolutely nothing about this country, so they decided to shut up and listen to what they said.
"It's all thanks to the Golden Princess, long may she live."
"She proposed a policy through that would waive taxes on adventurers, although it never got passed."
"Oh, to think she paid so much attention to adventurers."
"Indeed. Some rulers would treat armed organizations who were not loyal to the country as enemies. Even the Empire isn't so generous."
"That princess sure is brilliant, coming out with all these great proposals… although almost all of them were shot down."
"I want to marry a beautiful girl like that~"
"Then, shouldn't you work on getting ennobled?"
"Ah—no way, no way, I couldn't live a stifled life like that."
"I think being a noble's not bad. After all, the Kingdom pretty much allows a noble to trample the peasants and do as they please."
[Nishikienrai: I think Ulbert would like this guy...]
[Touch Me: I would like to teach those "Nobles" a lesson...]
There was a strong undercurrent of mockery hidden beneath Ninya's words. Momonga furrowed his nonexistent brows within his helmet, but Narberal remained still, a nonchalant look on her face. Lukrut replied in a jovial tone:
"Uwah~ that tongue of yours is still so vicious. You really hate nobles, don't you?"
"I know that some nobles are honorable, but my big sister was taken away by that pig. I can't not hate nobles."
"...We're getting sidetracked here! We shouldn't be talking about this sort of thing in front of our comrades, Momon and his companions."
After Dyne tried to get everyone back on track, Peter coughed in an incredibly fake manner before continuing:
"And so, we'll be searching for monsters in the nearby region. We're close to a developed region, so the monsters shouldn't be too strong. Does that displease you, Momon?"
Peter spread a piece of parchment on the table. It looked to be a map of the surrounding region. The map showed villages, forests, rivers, and so on.
"Basically, we'll be heading south and looking around this area."
His finger moved from the center of the parchment to the vicinity of the southern forest.
"We'll be hunting monsters in the forest bordering the Slane Theocracy. The only creatures who can hit the back line are Goblins with magic items that grant flight."
"However, we won't get much for killing such weak monsters.
[Touch Me: Their confident attitude would be a problem.]
[Momonga: I know that goblins can be formidable in Yggdrasil, but here they're that weak?]
"...What if a powerful Goblin shows up?"
"While it's true that powerful Goblins exist, they won't show up in the forest we're heading towards, because these Goblins are usually tribal leaders. They won't mobilize their entire tribes just for us."
"The Goblins know about humanity's area of influence, so they're fully aware of the retaliation that'll be headed that way if they launch a large-scale attack. It's especially true when it comes to the stronger Goblins, since they tend to be the higher-ranked and more intelligent members of their species."
"Plus, Nabe can use third tier magic. So it should be fine even if we encounter high level Goblins, right?"
"I see. However, I'd like to remind you that there are Goblins who can use third tier magic. Just for my reference, could you tell me about the monsters we might encounter?"
The Swords of Darkness turned in unison to look at Ninya. Picking up on their thoughts, Ninya began explaining with a teacherly look on his face.
"We're likely to encounter Goblins and the wolves they raise. As for other monsters, there haven't been any strong ones sighted around this area. The most dangerous monsters we might encounter on the plains are probably ogres."
"We won't be entering the forest?"
"Yes, because the forest is very dangerous. We can still deal with things like Jumping Leeches and Giant Beetles, but the Hanging Spiders which spit webs at you from the trees and the Forest Worms which maul you from the ground with their huge jaws are harder to handle."
[Tabula Smaragdina:No wonder.]
[Momonga: I agree to that...]
Momonga nodded in acknowledgement. So their aim was to hunt the monsters from the forest which made their way onto the plains.
"That's how it is, Momon. How about it? Want to lend us a hand?"
"...Mm. Then, we'll be in your care… although before that, could you tell me about the pay for this?"
"Ah, yes, that's right, the payment is very important. Basically, since Momon's team and our team are working together, the plan is to split it evenly."
"Going by the numbers in our teams, it seems awfully generous."
"However, when the monsters appear, I hope you and your team will take half of them as well. We can only use spells of up to the second tier. So when we factor your abilities in, that division of the money seems quite logical."
[Yamaiko: I wonder if there are many.]
Momonga pretended to think for a while before nodding his head in agreement.
"I have no problems with that arrangement. Then, let us fight shoulder to shoulder. Also, since we're working together, I guess I should let everyone see our true faces " Momonga and his friends remove their helmet/mask much to the surprise of the sword of darkness.
After some questions regarding their origin on their 'land' and some comments on Naberal…
[Nishikienrai: I'm not going to let him...]
[Tabula Smaragdina: Peroroncino would probably like him...]
They walk downstairs intending to take the quest until some boy appear and asked for the Momonga's team which cause Naberal to battle position until Nishikienrai karate chop her.
[Touch Me: We should of got someone who doesn't hate humans!]
[Nishikienrai: Hey come on now, don't be like that!]
[Momonga: He has a good point Nishikienrai...]
[Nishikienrai: Well I'm just taking care of my daughter!]
[Tabula Smaragdina: I wonder what people react if they see us with our… children.]
"And who is this person who has asked for me by name?"
[Momonga: Of course I know who this is! We just talked about him...]
"That would be Nfirea Bareare."
I just heard that name — as Momonga thought this, the boy approached him.
"Pleased to meet you. I was the one who put out that job."
The boy nodded slightly, and Momonga returned the gesture.
"Actually, this request—"
Before the boy could finish speaking, Touch Me raised his hand to interrupt:
"Our deepest apologies, but I've already made an agreement with someone else for a job, so I cannot accept your request right away."
The air in the room seemed to shudder as he said this. The reaction of the Swords of Darkness was more intense than Momonga's own:
"Momon! He asked for you by name!"
[Tabula Smaragdina: I wonder if this is something to be surprised at.]
[Momonga: Let me take care of this.]
"That may be so, but should I not carry out the job I've been requested to do earlier?"
Momonga's decision seemed to have been the right one. Some of the adventurers around him were nodding in approval.
"However… our job is hardly a request. If we don't meet any monsters, there won't be any pay to speak of…"
Peter's words to Momonga trailed off, and he sounded reluctant to speak them.
[Yamaiko: This is a far cry from the others quest right?]
With that conclusion in mind, Momonga gently said:
"...Then how about this, Peter? Bareare has not told me about the job's details, payment, timeframe, and such. I will hear him out and make my decision then."
"I'm alright with that, of course. Though I'd like to finish it quickly, it can wait a day or two."
"Then, please allow my friends from Swords of Darkness to be present during the job briefing… no, I should say, if the negotiations fall through, I would like the privilege of carrying out my previous task first."
"Eh? Momon, is it alright for us to come with you?"
"Of course. I hope you will be party to the discussion and provide your opinions."
After the Swords of Darkness gave their approval, Momonga and company returned to the room from just now.
He felt very busy.
~The Great Tomb of Nazarick~
"I am very jealous right now..." Warrior Takemikazuchi said bitterly. "Oh please you're not the only one jealous." Peroroncino mention. "Well we have to wait for us to shine…" Bukubukuchagama argue. "At least I'm taking some needed rest." Ulbert looked at him.
"Seriously? How many times did you to wake up to damn early last time we met?" He asked. "Too much sadly…" Herohero answers. Everyone look at the now opened door which reveals the homunculus maids carrying foods.
'Oh well at least we can eat delicious food except Momonga… Poor guy... '
Author's Note: Okay I was able to make it to 3,000 words... I was not as busy as before so I was able to finish this in time so three chapters left until I do the same with my other stories, by a way should I change the rating for both of my overlord stories to T? Like I put M because of potencial gory scene but I'm not planning anything involving sex however it will be implied... Anyway if you guys found my forum I talked about last chapter, what do you think? I appreciated some advice or suggestion at my forum.