Next day.
After getting my grades for the semester and starting my summer vacation, I decided to focus on collecting materials for awakening and evolving.

This time, the destination was a dungeon near the royal capital.
There are two reasons why I chose the dungeon as my destination instead of the island of self-determination.


The first reason is that I know that the owner of the dungeon near King's Landing is a demon that can be used as a material for the awakening evolution of [Mechanism].
This was told to me by Plex while I was spending time with the members of Knuth's Arrow Hope on Self-Determination Island.

Of course, Plex himself hasn't conquered all the levels of the Labyrinth Lord, but based on the pattern of demons appearing in each level of ...... he mentioned, it's very likely.

The last time I went to the Island of Self-Determination, I encountered gold horns, silver horns, and lignum baida golems in rapid succession. ...... No matter how many times you go to the Island of Self-Determination, it's quite a stroke of luck to have encountered them with such frequency.

In addition to that, considering the fact that there will be a lot of evolutionary materials from the monsters that we will encounter in the future, ...... the efficiency of collecting evolutionary materials on Self-Determination Island will drop drastically in the future.

In such a situation, if you can find a dungeon where you can get awakening evolution materials that you don't have yet.
It is far more efficient to go there.


The second reason is that Azathoth's corpse can be used as a material for the awakening evolution of [Power].

I don't want to consume Azathoth as a material if I can help it. ...... Still, it's true that he can be a material.

And if you take that into account, the acquisition of the awakening evolution materials for the [Mechanism] this time will mean that we will have all the awakening evolution materials for all six species.

That's quite reassuring.
That's why I'm choosing to attack the dungeon instead of the island of self-determination.



Well, that's the thing.

I'm planning to do something on the way to the capital to get to the dungeon.
In order to prepare for this, I decided to stop by the Merkel's Adventurer's Guild on the way to the capital from the Elite Academy.

It's Mr. Valerius!

When I entered the guild, it was ...... deserted, perhaps because it was before noon, and the receptionist who had fallen ill when she saw Knuth's Arrow Hope waved at me.

The receptionist, who had fallen ill at the sight of "Knuth's Arrow Hope," waved at me.

"No, I had no idea it was such a great party. ......

I didn't expect it to be such a great party. ...... Well, maybe you've never seen it before, Mr. Valius. ......?

When I turned to look at the direction the receptionist pointed, I saw a portrait hanging on the wall of the ...... guild.
The portrait depicted the leader, Plex, Ragham, and Tyrion in a very realistic manner.


Come to think of it, I hadn't really paid attention to the wallpaper.
I wonder if a legendary party would make something like that.
I hear I'm going to have an audience with the king in the near future. ...... Maybe I'll be asked to make a portrait.

While thinking about this, ...... I decided to get down to business.

I'm not sure if there are any requests for escorts to King's Landing right now.

Basically, escort requests are not posted on the board.
This is to prevent bandits pretending to be adventurers from seeing the posted requests and finding out the travel schedules of nobles and merchants.

Therefore, you need to ask the receptionist directly if there are any escort requests.

"Well, ......, how about this?

The receptionist took out a sheet of paper from the stack of documents and showed it to me.

The request was for an escort for a merchant.
The request was for 10 C-ranked, 3 B-ranked, or 1 A-ranked adventurers.
I'm an A-rank adventurer, so I can accept the request by myself.

That's right, I'll take this one.

The conditions seemed good, so I decided to accept the request and head for the capital.



I've made some important achievements for the country,......, but I also want to build up my credibility by making small achievements.

It's good to receive such requests.

It's good to receive such requests.



"I am the client.



"I'm Raus, the client for this case. Nice to meet you.

I'm Valius, a rank A adventurer. Nice to meet you too.

In the afternoon, it was time for Raus the merchant to leave.
After a quick introduction, I decided to get down to business.

"Shall I stow the cart?

"Yes. That would be great.

First, I decided to put the merchant's cart, which was conspicuous and a hindrance to movement, into the storage spell.

If the merchant were to misuse the storage spell to steal the goods, he would be punished severely by the guild.
On the other hand, if the merchant were to make a false report to undermine the guards, the merchant would be expelled from the commercial guild.
It is because of such a situation where both parties cannot cheat that the merchant is able to entrust us with his goods.

After that, ...... I decided to propose a new idea to the merchant.

And you don't need to rent a horse this time. I'll drive the carriage.

First of all, I decided to return the horses of the carriage, which were getting in the way of the new experiment, to the carriage lender.

The carriage and horses are rented by the merchant Raus, and if I don't use the horses, I can get a small discount on the rental fee.
Since there is no loss for Rouse, he immediately agrees.

"But ......, what the hell do you mean you're towing us?

Raus asked me curiously after I had sent him on his way.

This is how it works.

I then tied a rope from my storage spell to the part of the ...... carriage that held the horses together.
Then I tied the other end of the rope to my dire cloud.

As was the case when I towed the ship back to the island of self-determination, the rope that belongs to me can be tied to the myotrope in this way.
Since the maximum speed of the myotrope is much faster than that of a horse, I can speed up my journey by doing this.

But to be honest, towing it at high speed just like this ...... is quite dangerous.

At the speed of the Muscular Dipper, even a stone caught in the wheels of the carriage could cause it to overturn.
The only way to prevent this is to drive on a flat road.

"Caucasus.

"What is it?

Can you put a counter-physical field in the air, horizontal to the ground?　I'd like to drive a carriage over it to King's Landing.

"It's that simple.

...... Yeah.
If running on the ground is dangerous, then run in the air.