Chapter 4
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Chapter 4
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Chapter 4: The Golden Slime (1)
1.
Gafor’s Top.
It was one of the 10 largest organizations in the city of Liss, and it was rapidly gaining power.
In terms of history and tradition, it was not yet on par with the other 10 largest organizations in the port city of Liss.
Despite this, it occupied the tallest and largest building in the port city of Liss.
The number of people coming and going from the Gafor’s Top was as large as the size of the building itself.
“Isn’t that person I saw somewhere?”
“Where? I can’t tell with so many people.”
There were too many people to recognize each other.
It was even harder to recognize the faces of adventurers, let alone the names of slaves.
“Hey, there!”
“Oh, it’s Paume!”
However, El Paume was an exception. He was more famous than any adventurer at the Gafor Top Liss branch.
It was understandable.
“He’s back alive again?”
“Amazing, he’s survived again as a bait slave.”
He had been surviving and returning alive for years as a bait slave, a role that was usually difficult to survive for more than three times.
Looking at El Paume, people thought:
“Looking at him come back alive like that, it seems like the Gafor’s Top is really terrible.”
“Of course. It’s better to just die than to run away from the Gafor’s Top.”
Judging by the fact that he didn’t run away from the Gafor’s Top even though he was going through hell, the Gafor’s Top must be even more terrifying than hell.
“Wait a minute.”
However, the atmosphere towards El Paume began to change ominously at some point.
“Why are you coming alone?”
“Alone?”
“Did you really survive the Mystic Gate alone?”
After all, those who returned alive from the Mystic Gate era were treated as ominous beings.
Not to mention that El Paume was a bait slave, so it was natural that the gazes directed at him became sharp.
Sharp gazes, enough to suffocate even the strongest, flew towards El Paume.
‘It’s exactly the same as that time.’
However, El Paume didn’t care.
To be honest, he didn’t even feel it.
Compared to the six gazes from the three heads of that monster, Horntail, this was nothing.
Of course, before he returned, the old El Paume was different.
‘Back then, my mind wasn’t right.’
El Paume’s mental state was destroyed after being suddenly thrown in as bait, witnessing the deaths of the other adventurers, and narrowly escaping the incoming orange mushrooms to find the exit alone.
In fact, at that time, he wasn’t even aware that he had opened the 1st Circle.
He came here with a blank expression, only thinking that he had to report this fact to the Gafor’s Top.
However, it was different now.
“But why is his expression so calm? It doesn’t look like his party was wiped out.”
El Paume walked through the building of the Gafor’s Top with a face so cold it was almost expressionless.
“Now, wait a minute.”
And then, he willingly showed it.
“Is that... a Circle on his wrist?”
2.
Lakan, one of the executives of the Gafor’s Top.
“El Paume? Who’s that?”
His reaction when he first heard about El Paume was one of doubt.
“What, a slave?”
When he heard the following explanation, Lakan was surprised.
However, he was not angry.
He knew why.
“You’re not telling me that a single slave came back alive, are you? What’s going on?”
There was a reason why a low-ranking employee of the Gafor’s Top would come to him, an executive, on two feet.
“He opened the 1st Circle?”
That’s why it took three years.
El Paume was still a better case scenario. Most people lived their entire lives under the thumb of the Gafor’s Top.
‘I have no intention of repeating history.’
It went without saying, but El Paume had no intention of being used like that again.
That’s why he had acted strangely, and executive Lakan had reacted in the way he wanted.
‘Ebisu would be the best.’
El Paume was even more pleased when he realized that the person before him was Ebisu, the left-hand man of executive Lakan.
The left-hand man meant one of the closest aides.
‘He’s the kind of guy who wants to be the right-hand man.’
It also meant that he wasn’t satisfied with his current position.
And that was exactly what he expected.
Ebisu, who had come to this place, was thinking to himself with his thick beard.
‘He’s definitely not an ordinary guy.’
The Gafor’s Top had become a top 10 organization by handling high-risk tasks that other organizations wouldn’t touch.
Most of the adventurers that the Gafor’s Top encountered were of poor quality in many ways.
Having met and dealt with such people directly, Ebisu’s judgment was naturally bound to be exceptional.
‘He has potential.’
To Ebisu, El Paume was clearly different from an adventurer who had just opened his 1st Circle.
“You said you wanted to change the contract?”
“Yes.”
“Changing it from a slave contract to an adventurer contract, well, that’s not a difficult thing to do. I’ll change it for you. So, from now on, I’ll classify you as an F-rank adventurer and change the contract.”
“I request an E-rank.”
“E-rank? For someone who hasn’t even received a rank from the Adventurer’s Association?”
And there was something else.
“I’ve adventured through the Mystic Gate hundreds of times as a bait slave. Even if you call me an F-rank adventurer, with that much experience, it wouldn’t be strange for me to receive a D-rank.”
After all, he had an exceptional track record.
Of course, that didn’t mean it was an easy task.
After all, D-rank treatment was not ordinary treatment.
That was to be expected, as the Adventurer’s Association originally divided adventurers into five categories:
Beginner, Junior, Veteran, Ultimate, Master.
However, with the advent of the Mystic Gate era and the influx of adventurers, the Adventurer’s Association felt the need to further subdivide the adventurer’s ranks, and from then on, they began to use a ranking system that started with F-rank.
Therefore, in terms of the old system, D-rank treatment was equivalent to a junior adventurer, not a beginner.
The difference in rank was clear.
‘That’s what I expected.’
However, Ebisu had expected El Paume to act this way.
El Paume’s background as a bait slave must have played a role in his different attitude compared to others.
And as El Paume said, it was clearly a very valuable experience.
“That’s all well and good, but it’s still just the experience of a bait slave. You don’t have any experience actually hunting monsters, do you?”
“Other adventurers are good at hunting monsters. But I’m better at surviving against monsters. That’s what happened this time too. All the other adventurers died, but I, a slave, survived.”
The virtue of an adventurer is to go on adventures and survive.
The first adventurers were able to achieve such great fame and reputation because they survived.
And it was those kinds of adventurers that merchants like Ebisu needed.
Adventurers who were willing to go where no one else would.
‘Hmm.’
Of course, El Paume wasn’t a reliable adventurer yet.
Surviving for three years as a bait slave was impressive, but the talent of an adventurer was a completely different area.
Instead, one thing was certain.
‘It’s a shame to just kill him.’
Ebisu had no intention of killing El Paume.
That left only one option.
“There’s a Mystic Gate. If you complete the request there, I’ll treat you as an E-rank adventurer.”
It was a test.
“You say you can even hunt a Horntail.”
El Paume responded to Ebisu, who was taking out a contract along with those words.
“I’ll show you that it’s not just talk.”
El Paume signed the contract.
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Chapter 4
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Chapter 4: The Golden Slime (1)
1.
Gafor’s Top.
It was one of the 10 largest organizations in the city of Liss, and it was rapidly gaining power.
In terms of history and tradition, it was not yet on par with the other 10 largest organizations in the port city of Liss.
Despite this, it occupied the tallest and largest building in the port city of Liss.
The number of people coming and going from the Gafor’s Top was as large as the size of the building itself.
“Isn’t that person I saw somewhere?”
“Where? I can’t tell with so many people.”
There were too many people to recognize each other.
It was even harder to recognize the faces of adventurers, let alone the names of slaves.
“Hey, there!”
“Oh, it’s Paume!”
However, El Paume was an exception. He was more famous than any adventurer at the Gafor Top Liss branch.
It was understandable.
“He’s back alive again?”
“Amazing, he’s survived again as a bait slave.”
He had been surviving and returning alive for years as a bait slave, a role that was usually difficult to survive for more than three times.
Looking at El Paume, people thought:
“Looking at him come back alive like that, it seems like the Gafor’s Top is really terrible.”
“Of course. It’s better to just die than to run away from the Gafor’s Top.”
Judging by the fact that he didn’t run away from the Gafor’s Top even though he was going through hell, the Gafor’s Top must be even more terrifying than hell.
“Wait a minute.”
However, the atmosphere towards El Paume began to change ominously at some point.
“Why are you coming alone?”
“Alone?”
“Did you really survive the Mystic Gate alone?”
After all, those who returned alive from the Mystic Gate era were treated as ominous beings.
Not to mention that El Paume was a bait slave, so it was natural that the gazes directed at him became sharp.
Sharp gazes, enough to suffocate even the strongest, flew towards El Paume.
‘It’s exactly the same as that time.’
However, El Paume didn’t care.
To be honest, he didn’t even feel it.
Compared to the six gazes from the three heads of that monster, Horntail, this was nothing.
Of course, before he returned, the old El Paume was different.
‘Back then, my mind wasn’t right.’
El Paume’s mental state was destroyed after being suddenly thrown in as bait, witnessing the deaths of the other adventurers, and narrowly escaping the incoming orange mushrooms to find the exit alone.
In fact, at that time, he wasn’t even aware that he had opened the 1st Circle.
He came here with a blank expression, only thinking that he had to report this fact to the Gafor’s Top.
However, it was different now.
“But why is his expression so calm? It doesn’t look like his party was wiped out.”
El Paume walked through the building of the Gafor’s Top with a face so cold it was almost expressionless.
“Now, wait a minute.”
And then, he willingly showed it.
“Is that... a Circle on his wrist?”
2.
Lakan, one of the executives of the Gafor’s Top.
“El Paume? Who’s that?”
His reaction when he first heard about El Paume was one of doubt.
“What, a slave?”
When he heard the following explanation, Lakan was surprised.
However, he was not angry.
He knew why.
“You’re not telling me that a single slave came back alive, are you? What’s going on?”
There was a reason why a low-ranking employee of the Gafor’s Top would come to him, an executive, on two feet.
“He opened the 1st Circle?”
That’s why it took three years.
El Paume was still a better case scenario. Most people lived their entire lives under the thumb of the Gafor’s Top.
‘I have no intention of repeating history.’
It went without saying, but El Paume had no intention of being used like that again.
That’s why he had acted strangely, and executive Lakan had reacted in the way he wanted.
‘Ebisu would be the best.’
El Paume was even more pleased when he realized that the person before him was Ebisu, the left-hand man of executive Lakan.
The left-hand man meant one of the closest aides.
‘He’s the kind of guy who wants to be the right-hand man.’
It also meant that he wasn’t satisfied with his current position.
And that was exactly what he expected.
Ebisu, who had come to this place, was thinking to himself with his thick beard.
‘He’s definitely not an ordinary guy.’
The Gafor’s Top had become a top 10 organization by handling high-risk tasks that other organizations wouldn’t touch.
Most of the adventurers that the Gafor’s Top encountered were of poor quality in many ways.
Having met and dealt with such people directly, Ebisu’s judgment was naturally bound to be exceptional.
‘He has potential.’
To Ebisu, El Paume was clearly different from an adventurer who had just opened his 1st Circle.
“You said you wanted to change the contract?”
“Yes.”
“Changing it from a slave contract to an adventurer contract, well, that’s not a difficult thing to do. I’ll change it for you. So, from now on, I’ll classify you as an F-rank adventurer and change the contract.”
“I request an E-rank.”
“E-rank? For someone who hasn’t even received a rank from the Adventurer’s Association?”
And there was something else.
“I’ve adventured through the Mystic Gate hundreds of times as a bait slave. Even if you call me an F-rank adventurer, with that much experience, it wouldn’t be strange for me to receive a D-rank.”
After all, he had an exceptional track record.
Of course, that didn’t mean it was an easy task.
After all, D-rank treatment was not ordinary treatment.
That was to be expected, as the Adventurer’s Association originally divided adventurers into five categories:
Beginner, Junior, Veteran, Ultimate, Master.
However, with the advent of the Mystic Gate era and the influx of adventurers, the Adventurer’s Association felt the need to further subdivide the adventurer’s ranks, and from then on, they began to use a ranking system that started with F-rank.
Therefore, in terms of the old system, D-rank treatment was equivalent to a junior adventurer, not a beginner.
The difference in rank was clear.
‘That’s what I expected.’
However, Ebisu had expected El Paume to act this way.
El Paume’s background as a bait slave must have played a role in his different attitude compared to others.
And as El Paume said, it was clearly a very valuable experience.
“That’s all well and good, but it’s still just the experience of a bait slave. You don’t have any experience actually hunting monsters, do you?”
“Other adventurers are good at hunting monsters. But I’m better at surviving against monsters. That’s what happened this time too. All the other adventurers died, but I, a slave, survived.”
The virtue of an adventurer is to go on adventures and survive.
The first adventurers were able to achieve such great fame and reputation because they survived.
And it was those kinds of adventurers that merchants like Ebisu needed.
Adventurers who were willing to go where no one else would.
‘Hmm.’
Of course, El Paume wasn’t a reliable adventurer yet.
Surviving for three years as a bait slave was impressive, but the talent of an adventurer was a completely different area.
Instead, one thing was certain.
‘It’s a shame to just kill him.’
Ebisu had no intention of killing El Paume.
That left only one option.
“There’s a Mystic Gate. If you complete the request there, I’ll treat you as an E-rank adventurer.”
It was a test.
“You say you can even hunt a Horntail.”
El Paume responded to Ebisu, who was taking out a contract along with those words.
“I’ll show you that it’s not just talk.”
El Paume signed the contract.
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Chapter 4Translator PrksProofreader PrksChapter 4: The Golden Slime 11.Gafor's Top.It was one of the 10 largest organizations in the city of Liss, and it was rapidly gaining power.In terms of history and tradition, it was not yet on par with the other 10 largest organizations in the port city of Liss.Despite this, it occupied the tallest and largest building in the port city of Liss.The number of people coming and going from the Gafor's Top was as large as the size of the building itself.Isn't that person I saw somewhere?Where? I can't tell with so many people.There were too many people to recognize each other.It was even harder to recognize the faces of adventurers, let alone the names of slaves.Hey, there!Oh, it's Paume!However, El Paume was an exception. He was more famous than any adventurer at the Gafor Top Liss branch.It was understandable.He's back alive again?Amazing, he's survived again as a bait slave.He had been surviving and returning alive for years as a bait slave, a role that was usually difficult to survive for more than three times.Looking at El Paume, people thought:Looking at him come back alive like that, it seems like the Gafor's Top is really terrible.Of course. It's better to just die than to run away from the Gafor's Top.Judging by the fact that he didn't run away from the Gafor's Top even though he was going through hell, the Gafor's Top must be even more terrifying than hell.Wait a minute.However, the atmosphere towards El Paume began to change ominously at some point.Why are you coming alone?Alone?Did you really survive the Mystic Gate alone?After all, those who returned alive from the Mystic Gate era were treated as ominous beings.Not to mention that El Paume was a bait slave, so it was natural that the gazes directed at him became sharp.Sharp gazes, enough to suffocate even the strongest, flew towards El Paume.It's exactly the same as that time.'However, El Paume didn't care.To be honest, he didn't even feel it.Compared to the six gazes from the three heads of that monster, Horntail, this was nothing.Of course, before he returned, the old El Paume was different.Back then, my mind wasn't right.'El Paume's mental state was destroyed after being suddenly thrown in as bait, witnessing the deaths of the other adventurers, and narrowly escaping the incoming orange mushrooms to find the exit alone.In fact, at that time, he wasn't even aware that he had opened the 1st Circle.He came here with a blank expression, only thinking that he had to report this fact to the Gafor's Top.However, it was different now.But why is his expression so calm? It doesn't look like his party was wiped out.El Paume walked through the building of the Gafor's Top with a face so cold it was almost expressionless.Now, wait a minute.And then, he willingly showed it.Is that... a Circle on his wrist?2.Lakan, one of the executives of the Gafor's Top.El Paume? Who's that?His reaction when he first heard about El Paume was one of doubt.What, a slave?When he heard the following explanation, Lakan was surprised.However, he was not angry.He knew why.You're not telling me that a single slave came back alive, are you? What's going on?There was a reason why a low-ranking employee of the Gafor's Top would come to him, an executive, on two feet.He opened the 1st Circle?That's why it took three years.El Paume was still a better case scenario. Most people lived their entire lives under the thumb of the Gafor's Top.I have no intention of repeating history.'It went without saying, but El Paume had no intention of being used like that again.That's why he had acted strangely, and executive Lakan had reacted in the way he wanted.Ebisu would be the best.'El Paume was even more pleased when he realized that the person before him was Ebisu, the left-hand man of executive Lakan.The left-hand man meant one of the closest aides.He's the kind of guy who wants to be the right-hand man.'It also meant that he wasn't satisfied with his current position.And that was exactly what he expected.Ebisu, who had come to this place, was thinking to himself with his thick beard.He's definitely not an ordinary guy.'The Gafor's Top had become a top 10 organization by handling high-risk tasks that other organizations wouldn't touch.Most of the adventurers that the Gafor's Top encountered were of poor quality in many ways.Having met and dealt with such people directly, Ebisu's judgment was naturally bound to be exceptional.He has potential.'To Ebisu, El Paume was clearly different from an adventurer who had just opened his 1st Circle.You said you wanted to change the contract?Yes.Changing it from a slave contract to an adventurer contract, well, that's not a difficult thing to do. I'll change it for you. So, from now on, I'll classify you as an F-rank adventurer and change the contract.I request an E-rank.E-rank? For someone who hasn't even received a rank from the Adventurer's Association?And there was something else.I've adventured through the Mystic Gate hundreds of times as a bait slave. Even if you call me an F-rank adventurer, with that much experience, it wouldn't be strange for me to receive a D-rank.After all, he had an exceptional track record.Of course, that didn't mean it was an easy task.After all, D-rank treatment was not ordinary treatment.That was to be expected, as the Adventurer's Association originally divided adventurers into five categories:Beginner, Junior, Veteran, Ultimate, Master.However, with the advent of the Mystic Gate era and the influx of adventurers, the Adventurer's Association felt the need to further subdivide the adventurer's ranks, and from then on, they began to use a ranking system that started with F-rank.Therefore, in terms of the old system, D-rank treatment was equivalent to a junior adventurer, not a beginner.The difference in rank was clear.That's what I expected.'However, Ebisu had expected El Paume to act this way.El Paume's background as a bait slave must have played a role in his different attitude compared to others.And as El Paume said, it was clearly a very valuable experience.That's all well and good, but it's still just the experience of a bait slave. You don't have any experience actually hunting monsters, do you?Other adventurers are good at hunting monsters. But I'm better at surviving against monsters. That's what happened this time too. All the other adventurers died, but I, a slave, survived.The virtue of an adventurer is to go on adventures and survive.The first adventurers were able to achieve such great fame and reputation because they survived.And it was those kinds of adventurers that merchants like Ebisu needed.Adventurers who were willing to go where no one else would.Hmm.'Of course, El Paume wasn't a reliable adventurer yet.Surviving for three years as a bait slave was impressive, but the talent of an adventurer was a completely different area.Instead, one thing was certain.It's a shame to just kill him.'Ebisu had no intention of killing El Paume.That left only one option.There's a Mystic Gate. If you complete the request there, I'll treat you as an E-rank adventurer.It was a test.You say you can even hunt a Horntail.El Paume responded to Ebisu, who was taking out a contract along with those words.I'll show you that it's not just talk.El Paume signed the contract.Translator PrksProofreader Prks
