Chapter 88: “Before the Final Battle”
Wayne never imagined that he could ever visit the royal castle. Of course, other games also had places like this, but in this game, the level of craftsmanship was on a completely different level. Just from seeing the outside, he already thought that it was majestic, but the inside was just as magnificent.
Wayne followed behind the knight, steadily going up and further into the castle. The hallways were vast and winding; he didn’t think he would be able to find his way back out on his own. During this event, it might even just be faster for him to die and revive outside. If he had known this might happen, he would have gone to an inn in the castle town to log out momentarily first, but if he were to die now, he’d just be playing roulette again.
At some point, he started suffering the piercing stares of the people they passed. Sellswords probably weren’t supposed to come into this area, he speculated. Wayne didn’t know why he was being brought all this way, but whoever called for him must have thought that a single knight would be able to keep him under control. As far as he could tell from the way the knight carried himself, that idea wasn’t wrong. The knights from the capital certainly were powerful.
“Pardon the interruption! I have brought one safeholder with me!”
They had finally arrived at a massive door. The knight knocked on it, received permission to enter, and opened it to step inside. Wayne came in after him.
“Hello there…”
“Ohh, I’m glad you’re here, Lawson! You were only able to find one safeholder?”
“Yes sir. It appears that none of them have shown up at the guild since yesterday.”
“I see. I have heard that many more safeholder sellswords are helping to defend the border than usual. Perhaps they had already started heading out that way yesterday. The capital is currently peaceful, after all.”