105-Chapter 37 Mercenaries in Disguise
Chapter 37 - The Mercenaries in Disguise
GG3
A day later, three people dressed like mercenaries appeared at the entrance of the Aether Empire's Horando City, needless to say, this was naturally us.
A battle priest looking like Gabriel, with his grey hair and white-washed robes, and the cross hanging on his chest, he looked really decent. But that's only natural, after all, he was the priest before.
Oyado, on the other hand, was dressed in an assassin's outfit, with black soft armor plus twin daggers at his waist, and black hair that I had changed the color of was standing on the back of his head. Thankfully the bandits had a lot of different clothes for Oyado, but it was convenient.
As for me, I had a lot of choices, after all, disguise has become my daily routine, but for the sake of convenience, I changed my hair and appearance to the way I looked when I was in the academy, but I wore those gray light armor left behind by the bandits. After all, these armors still had various signs of damage on them, and directly looked like they had been in battle for a long time.
And I found that the melee weapons were used quite well, so I carried my longsword behind my back.
"It's pretty decent."
That was Gabriel's comment to me, and I don't know what the actual situation was.
But...what actually happened was that our group entered the city straight away, and the guards at the gate didn't even look at us like that.
"Like I said, this is a chaotic border city, but people like mercenaries are completely uncared for here."
"Indeed..."
I had noticed the city since I had just entered it, the city's façade looked as if it had been repaired many times, still at different times from the color. Should I say it's worthy of being a border city?
And the inside of the city is simply a heavenly difference compared to the royal city, the dilapidated city buildings and pattern, and the city I saw before feels like a different era.
Shabby bungalows, residential buildings with severely damaged facades, it felt like a city that had just been baptized by a tornado.
"This side received more severe damage due to being closer to the outside, and the buildings inside will be slightly better."
Probably noticing my expression, Gabriel explained.
"I guess that 19th East Street is part of the inner city, right?"
"Eh? Nineteen East Street?"
Gabriel thought about it, then pointed to the other side of the street.
"That place is over there, if memory serves."
"Huh?"
Looking in the direction he pointed, what he saw was actually... a weapons house!
Hey, hey, hey, hey, is this address really okay? Such a dilapidated weapons house...and it's the next location of the mission hint? At least decorate it properly!
"That's not where the relevant location is, is it?"
"Well, please, that's what the paper says."
"So..."
The other thought about it.
"It's not incomprehensible, after all, the more likely it is that a place that looks completely unlikely to be a local base camp will be used to hide something important."
"I hope so, so what do we do now?"
"Well, I don't know even if you ask me, we can't attack them head on in broad daylight anyway, and even if we were to do anything, it would be at night."
"And yes, what does Ojado think?"
"Brother actually asked me, I'm so happy~ That... I think that's indeed the case now, but it's totally not like there's nothing we can do now, after all, we can spy on each other a bit now, people are weapons shops, and since the door is open it's natural that we can just come and go~"
"That's right, so let's..."
"No oh, brother should at least change the weapon on his body now, although that armor is an ordinary product, but that longsword is a special product of the Sime family's weapon shop, it has the Sime family's logo on it, and it also has a hidden grid."
After saying that, Oyado walked directly behind me, then pressed a button in the middle of the handle, and with a snap, the blade of the longsword moved forward a bit, and what was hidden inside the handle was revealed.
"Is this... a scroll?"
"Well, in fact, every weapon carries a Wind Mist Scroll like this, handy for escaping."
Oyado took it out and tossed it into my hand.
"That's right."
"In that case, I do think of a good reason~"
Receiving the scroll inside the ring, I replied with a smile.
"Welcome, guest, what kind of weapon are you looking for?"
Seeing the three of us walk into the shop, the shopkeeper who greeted us immediately asked.
"Haha, my sword broke during my adventure, so I'm looking for a replacement weapon. I'm a novice in the mercenary world, and I feel like the longsword isn't quite right for me this time, so I'm looking for a better replacement."
"Is that so? Then please don't worry, we have all kinds of weapons in our shop, there are models over there, the weight and feel are 100% restored, if you want to try it please feel free, as long as you don't disturb other customers... Haha, there are no other customers at this time either, so please just feel free."
The shopkeeper replied with a smile.
It did look like an amiable shopkeeper, but... it was possible to see his identity at once upon closer inspection.
It was really an ordinary introduction, but that would completely confirm the other party's identity... this was indeed the Sime family's stronghold.
In that case....
"Well then, we'll just have a good look~"
Then I went to the side of the weapons rack and looked up and down the store.
Well...the overall space is quite a bit smaller than it looks from the outside, and it looks like the walls are quite thick. No wonder that even though it looks shabby, there's no way to find a breach at all, I'm sure those worn out marks are just pretending to be there.
Then... the floor was actually made of marble slabs, and although it was a cheap item, it had a very heavy feeling when you stepped on it.
A shop that could use large pieces of marble must not have been simple, and such a construction should have been to conceal a possible basement underground.
However, there was a magic ban on the top of the room's windows, so trying to sneak in wouldn't work without some skill.
Well, that's almost enough to know.
Saying that, I pulled out the model of a longsword and a shortsword from the top of the weapon rack and waved them around a few times.
It doesn't feel at all!
"Boy you don't look like you're into this stuff at all, it seems."
"Well, it always feels... like it's out of reach."
"Overwhelmed? Are you guys...really wizards?"
The latter sentence was whispered, as if it had been said specifically to me.
"Why do you say that?"
"Because if it feels overwhelming, it just means that those weapons are already too light for you and you need heavier weapons to balance your power, but you're obviously a wizard..."
"Well, they say you just think of me as a freak. But you said heavier weapons...how exactly does that weight get weighed?"
"Like me, I have two crosses, one is a light magic medium above my neck, the equivalent of a magic staff, and the red cross is a magic sword, the blade of which increases in weight according to the magic input. My attacks are most effective only when the weight reaches a balance point, as the sword itself also carries weight."
"But for a normal weapon, heavier means denser materials, right?"
"Well, you can't adjust it to your heart's content, so maybe...you need weapons that can be combined."
"Combinable?"
"Just weapons that can be spliced together as needed."
"Oh, are customers interested in splicing weapons together?"
The clerk seemed to have heard us and said evenly.
"Well, what type of splicing weapons do you have here?"
"All kinds, but the last ones sold are a combination of a lance and a greatsword and a combination of a dagger and a longsword."
After saying that, the other party took down two weapons from the top of the shelf beside him, the left one was a large sword while the other side was a longsword.
The other party saw our confused expressions and smiled in satisfaction, then inserted the two weapons on top of the wooden board next to us and pressed the top button.
The sides of the greatsword popped open directly to the sides, revealing the hilt underneath la. The other side of the longsword, on the other hand, came off a section in the front and back, turning it into a dagger.
"It feels strange, but it looks so powerful!"
Wasn't the original purpose to make the weapon heavier? But do such component changes really make sense for weight changes?
Shouldn't we be using heavier materials for weapons at times like this?
But even knowing that....
"Boss, give me one of each of these types of weapons!"
You can't afford not to buy such a cool weapon!
Remus (name)
Male aged contortionist LV14
neutrality
. Obedient . Graves' servant. Combat humanoids. Housekeeping humanoid division.
GG3
A day later, three people dressed like mercenaries appeared at the entrance of the Aether Empire's Horando City, needless to say, this was naturally us.
A battle priest looking like Gabriel, with his grey hair and white-washed robes, and the cross hanging on his chest, he looked really decent. But that's only natural, after all, he was the priest before.
Oyado, on the other hand, was dressed in an assassin's outfit, with black soft armor plus twin daggers at his waist, and black hair that I had changed the color of was standing on the back of his head. Thankfully the bandits had a lot of different clothes for Oyado, but it was convenient.
As for me, I had a lot of choices, after all, disguise has become my daily routine, but for the sake of convenience, I changed my hair and appearance to the way I looked when I was in the academy, but I wore those gray light armor left behind by the bandits. After all, these armors still had various signs of damage on them, and directly looked like they had been in battle for a long time.
And I found that the melee weapons were used quite well, so I carried my longsword behind my back.
"It's pretty decent."
That was Gabriel's comment to me, and I don't know what the actual situation was.
But...what actually happened was that our group entered the city straight away, and the guards at the gate didn't even look at us like that.
"Like I said, this is a chaotic border city, but people like mercenaries are completely uncared for here."
"Indeed..."
I had noticed the city since I had just entered it, the city's façade looked as if it had been repaired many times, still at different times from the color. Should I say it's worthy of being a border city?
And the inside of the city is simply a heavenly difference compared to the royal city, the dilapidated city buildings and pattern, and the city I saw before feels like a different era.
Shabby bungalows, residential buildings with severely damaged facades, it felt like a city that had just been baptized by a tornado.
"This side received more severe damage due to being closer to the outside, and the buildings inside will be slightly better."
Probably noticing my expression, Gabriel explained.
"I guess that 19th East Street is part of the inner city, right?"
"Eh? Nineteen East Street?"
Gabriel thought about it, then pointed to the other side of the street.
"That place is over there, if memory serves."
"Huh?"
Looking in the direction he pointed, what he saw was actually... a weapons house!
Hey, hey, hey, hey, is this address really okay? Such a dilapidated weapons house...and it's the next location of the mission hint? At least decorate it properly!
"That's not where the relevant location is, is it?"
"Well, please, that's what the paper says."
"So..."
The other thought about it.
"It's not incomprehensible, after all, the more likely it is that a place that looks completely unlikely to be a local base camp will be used to hide something important."
"I hope so, so what do we do now?"
"Well, I don't know even if you ask me, we can't attack them head on in broad daylight anyway, and even if we were to do anything, it would be at night."
"And yes, what does Ojado think?"
"Brother actually asked me, I'm so happy~ That... I think that's indeed the case now, but it's totally not like there's nothing we can do now, after all, we can spy on each other a bit now, people are weapons shops, and since the door is open it's natural that we can just come and go~"
"That's right, so let's..."
"No oh, brother should at least change the weapon on his body now, although that armor is an ordinary product, but that longsword is a special product of the Sime family's weapon shop, it has the Sime family's logo on it, and it also has a hidden grid."
After saying that, Oyado walked directly behind me, then pressed a button in the middle of the handle, and with a snap, the blade of the longsword moved forward a bit, and what was hidden inside the handle was revealed.
"Is this... a scroll?"
"Well, in fact, every weapon carries a Wind Mist Scroll like this, handy for escaping."
Oyado took it out and tossed it into my hand.
"That's right."
"In that case, I do think of a good reason~"
Receiving the scroll inside the ring, I replied with a smile.
"Welcome, guest, what kind of weapon are you looking for?"
Seeing the three of us walk into the shop, the shopkeeper who greeted us immediately asked.
"Haha, my sword broke during my adventure, so I'm looking for a replacement weapon. I'm a novice in the mercenary world, and I feel like the longsword isn't quite right for me this time, so I'm looking for a better replacement."
"Is that so? Then please don't worry, we have all kinds of weapons in our shop, there are models over there, the weight and feel are 100% restored, if you want to try it please feel free, as long as you don't disturb other customers... Haha, there are no other customers at this time either, so please just feel free."
The shopkeeper replied with a smile.
It did look like an amiable shopkeeper, but... it was possible to see his identity at once upon closer inspection.
It was really an ordinary introduction, but that would completely confirm the other party's identity... this was indeed the Sime family's stronghold.
In that case....
"Well then, we'll just have a good look~"
Then I went to the side of the weapons rack and looked up and down the store.
Well...the overall space is quite a bit smaller than it looks from the outside, and it looks like the walls are quite thick. No wonder that even though it looks shabby, there's no way to find a breach at all, I'm sure those worn out marks are just pretending to be there.
Then... the floor was actually made of marble slabs, and although it was a cheap item, it had a very heavy feeling when you stepped on it.
A shop that could use large pieces of marble must not have been simple, and such a construction should have been to conceal a possible basement underground.
However, there was a magic ban on the top of the room's windows, so trying to sneak in wouldn't work without some skill.
Well, that's almost enough to know.
Saying that, I pulled out the model of a longsword and a shortsword from the top of the weapon rack and waved them around a few times.
It doesn't feel at all!
"Boy you don't look like you're into this stuff at all, it seems."
"Well, it always feels... like it's out of reach."
"Overwhelmed? Are you guys...really wizards?"
The latter sentence was whispered, as if it had been said specifically to me.
"Why do you say that?"
"Because if it feels overwhelming, it just means that those weapons are already too light for you and you need heavier weapons to balance your power, but you're obviously a wizard..."
"Well, they say you just think of me as a freak. But you said heavier weapons...how exactly does that weight get weighed?"
"Like me, I have two crosses, one is a light magic medium above my neck, the equivalent of a magic staff, and the red cross is a magic sword, the blade of which increases in weight according to the magic input. My attacks are most effective only when the weight reaches a balance point, as the sword itself also carries weight."
"But for a normal weapon, heavier means denser materials, right?"
"Well, you can't adjust it to your heart's content, so maybe...you need weapons that can be combined."
"Combinable?"
"Just weapons that can be spliced together as needed."
"Oh, are customers interested in splicing weapons together?"
The clerk seemed to have heard us and said evenly.
"Well, what type of splicing weapons do you have here?"
"All kinds, but the last ones sold are a combination of a lance and a greatsword and a combination of a dagger and a longsword."
After saying that, the other party took down two weapons from the top of the shelf beside him, the left one was a large sword while the other side was a longsword.
The other party saw our confused expressions and smiled in satisfaction, then inserted the two weapons on top of the wooden board next to us and pressed the top button.
The sides of the greatsword popped open directly to the sides, revealing the hilt underneath la. The other side of the longsword, on the other hand, came off a section in the front and back, turning it into a dagger.
"It feels strange, but it looks so powerful!"
Wasn't the original purpose to make the weapon heavier? But do such component changes really make sense for weight changes?
Shouldn't we be using heavier materials for weapons at times like this?
But even knowing that....
"Boss, give me one of each of these types of weapons!"
You can't afford not to buy such a cool weapon!
Remus (name)
Male aged contortionist LV14
neutrality
. Obedient . Graves' servant. Combat humanoids. Housekeeping humanoid division.