Dungeon of Pride, Laplace

The guard warned, from his view, provisional adventurer's cards are only issued to those newbies who have only just registered and do not have any adventuring experience before. Hence, he couldn't be blamed when he thought that the two in front of him were total greenhorns that have picked this task for its high reward.

After all, there are no shortage of novice adventurers who wanted to make it big in one go. The job this time required powerful and experienced people, even they the Silver Guards of the Serene Palace Merchant Guild weren't certain that they could protect the convey until it reached the capital without incurring any loss.

It did not make sense to involve some newbies in this mission who could potentially become a burden.

The young man knitted his brows at those words; he still appeared to be somewhat fine. Though the same couldn't be said for the little girl beside him. When she heard the guard in silver armour slighting her, a sliver of her aura suddenly leaked out but was quickly restrained by her.

When she thought that this trip to the capital might bring her closer to her search for her disciple, she couldn't help but swallow her anger.

"What is happening there?".

At this moment, a sudden voice interrupted them. From the direction of the caravan, a figure could be seen coming over.

After the person approached closer, the silhouette of theirs came into view. An alluring figure that could make anyone gulp, a poise as sharp as a sword and those well-rounded curves that would evoke intense reaction.

The person that came over was none other than Alvara. When she was dealing with the staffs and preparing everything for the travel, she heard some commotion from the outer perimeter where the guards were and swiftly came over to check.

To her surprise, the ones that were held by the guards were none other than the two new adventurers, Simon and Adalinda that came over to their branch office a few days ago. \\

"It's you two!" Alvara cried, startled.

"Hehe" Simon smiled and nodded towards the woman who was at this moment wearing a tight fit leather clothes and lightweight armours. Her garb was made in a way so that it made extremely agile movements possible.

While it gave her a warrior's aura, it also made her figure more mesmerising.

"Commander do you know them?" the guard leader asked in a somewhat perplexed manner.

Alvara nodded before telling the guard to move back to his position. "It's good that you have arrived early. Follow me, miss has been expecting you" throwing her words, she turned around and started walking towards the line of wagons.

Simon and Adalinda quietly followed behind and arrived near the wagons, all of which had the emblem of Serene Palace Merchant Guild carved on them. While on the way, he let his gaze roam and swiftly detected that there were more than thirty soldiers currently making a perimeter around this place.<br/><script>ChapterMid();</script>

There were also a few groups of adventurers that have been hired by the merchant guild donning various armours and weapons. Other than them, there were approximately fifteen or so staff on the wagon not including the woman he had met two days ago who was also their client and Alvara.

Simon's gaze scanned every corner of this place before stopping on some few individuals with certain high levels. His eyes just finished roaming through the staff when suddenly his instincts flared some signals.

When he tried focusing on where this feeling came from, a certain voice rang out halting his line of thought.

"Haha, it's you guys. I knew it, that crafty old man planned on roping the two of you into this mission" a burly man wearing a somewhat greyish armour giving off a slight gold tinge walked over.

When Simon gazed at him, he immediately recognised the man as this wasn't their first time meeting. He had met the man twice, the first time was when the man was surrounded by enemies in a mountainous gorge near his dungeon and the second time was inside the Adventurer's guild.

The man that walked over was none other than Chuck the adventurer. At this moment, he was decked out in a full plate armour and releasing a warrior's aura. Following behind were two people whose strengths were all above level 300.

Looking at their outfit, it was clear to Simon that one was a mage and the other an assassin. Both had a unique set donned on that highlighted their classes.

Simon nodded towards the man coming over and greeted back. Although it couldn't be said that they were acquaintances, he at least had a favourable opinion of the man who had stood strong even while facing numerous enemies he knew he couldn't defeat with his wound ridden body.

While he kept a composed face externally, Simon was panicking internally since he never expected a familiar face to pop up during this mission. Since Chuck was here, didn't that also mean that woman who was the user of the light attribute was also here?

Though he had changed his appearance somewhat with the help of the item Adalinda had given him, his face remained the same. If that woman was here, she would be immediately able to recognise him.

Out of all of the people that has seen his true appearance, that light user woman was one of them. Chuck had fallen unconscious at that time and hence did not see his face.

Simon's eyes roamed around his surroundings without letting the other party know his inner thoughts. Only when he couldn't find any other presence nearby that matched with the light attribute of that woman, he sighed in relief.

"It seems that you two have become adventurers huh. Well knowing that old man, he wouldn't leave you guys alone until he squeezed as much from you as he can" Chuck revealed a bitter smile when he remembered what happened back at the adventurer's guild.

"Ah, that's right… these two are my party members, Ken and Brim. You guessed it, our guild has also accepted the mission on requested by the old man" Chuck introduced, the two people nodded their heads in greeting.

While their eyes seemed unfazed when they saw him, they immediately frowned when they saw a little girl who looked no more than fourteen years old tagging along beside.

Adalinda noticed their sudden stare, but did not spare them a glance.

"Are these all your party members?" Simon inquired, it would be quite troublesome if that woman were to join them on this mission later on.

Unknowingly, these words of his poked at their wounds and the mood of the three immediately became gloomy.

"It seems that you are not aware but… this is all the strength our guild has currently got to offer" Chuck shifted his gaze and clenched his hands while talking with much difficulty. He did not blame Simon since he knew that the latter was new to this town and might not have heard about the events relating to his guild.

Although this did not answer his question, Simon did not probe further, he understood that the topic was a delicate matter for them. Especially when he was aware of what had happened to their guild.

He could only hope that light user woman would not be participating during this mission. Seeing the atmosphere surrounding them had become stifling, Chuck laughed and broke the silence.

"It seems that you going there to meet with the client, it just so happens that the three of us are also heading there. Why not go together then?" the adventurer proposed.

Since there was no reason to deny, Simon simply nodded his head and approached the biggest wagon in the middle of the convoy that was surrounded by silver armoured guards.

At this moment, the early morning mist was starting to dissipate and the sun was beginning to rise as its gentle rays fell onto the place.

When Simon and the other approached near the centre, they could see a beautiful woman dressed in purple dress busily commanding the people around her. Every move that she made, had a feminine charm and the slightest movement of her cloth accentuated her breathtaking curves.

Her violet hair at this moment was tied with a silk ribbon and gave her an otherworldly look. After the staff left and she finally had a moment of respite, Alvara who was quietly standing beside her chose this moment to speak.

"P.. ahem Miss the adventurers are all here". Hearing the words of her closest aide, Cynthia arched her brows and gazed in the direction where she was pointing before seeing a couple of adventurers coming over.

She nodded towards Alvara who matched her pace and strode towards them.

"Adventurers I thank you on behalf of my Serene Palace Merchant Guild for accepting this mission. The travel might be full of peril this time but like the commission mentioned, all your losses will be fully compensated and rewarded adequately, so I hope that you will guard the convoy with all your strength".

Being requested so politely by a beautiful woman, how could these barbaric adventurers that mostly only know how to utilise their strength, be unaffected? The surrounding adventurers roared intently as their blood boiled and they suddenly felt a strong intention to protect this beauty with their life.

Simon narrowed his eyes and curled his mouth at this display. Only a short few words from her mouth was enough to make the blood of these adventurers boil. He had to admit that the woman knew how to encourage and win over the hearts of these people.