Chapter 118
The next day, and we were waiting for the doors to the Forge to open. Several other groups of adventurers stood and waited with us, mostly guys that live in this region. The opening of the Forge’s inner areas is a popular event, but it’s limited to this region. Not to mention you need to register your team with special tickets which are only obtained from this "village". Just how did Blot obtain these?
All the entries are supposedly filled, meaning 60 parties are participating in this event, so it should be at most 354 other participants, but it’s probably around 300 or less.
Among those Parties, there’s no one that I’ll say that’s a direct threat to us. Most of them are people that can handle D-rank monsters at most. It seems that the local high-ranking adventurers team up with them to teach the low-rankers how to act as true adventurers. Let’s not get in their way.
Some idiots are, from the look on their faces, blinded by greed and the treasures promised to those that can fell one of the seven Djiins, but honestly, they’re gonna end up dead before they reach Area 4 at most.
The ones I’m concerned about are a few groups that originate from Wakoku. We’re not too far from the port town that’s connected to the kingdom through the seaway, but there’s no reason for so many pure Wakoku-Parties to participate in the event. Let’s hope that they’re not after trouble...
And the last Party that’s giving me a bad feeling is a group from the Dragon Kingdom Loitan. How do I know? Because the whole group’s made outta Dragons! They’ve disguised themselves to look human, but as someone that’s encountered the real deal, I can recognize that "aura" or whatever they have.
...Let’s leave them, and the problems they come with, alone.
"Garami, the gates opened." - Iron
"Just let the riff-raff go first. Those herbs aren’t that much sought after, not to mention that people aren’t gonna reach the fourth Area on the first day." - Garami
"So you say, but the real reason is that you hate the crowd." - Alf
It’s around 150 people entering that Forge! Who wouldn’t hate that!? And why’s there only one entrance!?