Chapter 18: XVIII. Adventurer’s Guild
Londen City, adventurer's guild.
As an NGO spread across multiple countries, its operations required a significant endorsement of credibility, as well as a terrifying amount of financial power.
Naturally, there's no need to elaborate on the facade of the building; whether it was the design, the materials, or the construction, all were extremely exquisite.
Especially the adventurer's guild in a major city.
The sun was high in the sky, but the Monsoon Cold Current offered no warmth.
The colossal building, clad in pure white and laced with natural marble veins, stood proudly within the inner ring of Londen City. It occupied a considerable area, and even in the costly Londen City, it boasted a garden square, complete with fountains adorned by noble statues of adventurers that seemed to narrate legendary tales of slaying evil dragons and conquering Sea Demons; they inspired a yearning for adventure.
Even though some of the adventurers coming and going were of questionable character, the staff always kept an eye out to ensure cleanliness, and the square, paved with stone bricks, was exceptionally tidy—a completely different world from the slums of Londen City's outer ring, where houses were crammed together.
The most mixed and chaotic place in a city was undoubtedly here, where adventurers, spies, criminal organizations, and even officials all liked to mingle.
The guild couldn't manage what happened outside the building; in some sense, the adventurer's guild served as the most legitimate and upright trading platform on the Western Continent.
Liszt and his two companions were very low key, all wearing hats, not wanting to be recognized. Many adventurers were also part-time Bounty Hunters, and though the deal with the sheriff still stood, others didn't know. Recognize you, flip through the Bounty Order, and they'd slash you without a second thought.
On the way over, Archer had also cleared his thoughts, exclaiming that the Tiger-man will forever be divine; if Black Sail really rose to power this time.
