"M-Maal… Maybe you should take a break yeah? You have been taking a lot of subjugation missions recently…" The Adventurer's Guild Master said as he watched her go to the receptionist's desk.

"I already take a lot of breaks nya. I just need to clean everything so when they get back, they can't take any nya. This will leave them bored until there are new ones nya." Maal said as she placed the mission she took in front of Illya.

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"Aiya, don't you get tired from doing missions every day, Maal?" Illya said as she asked for her ID card so she could scan it.

Maal gave her ID card as she replied, "Mmm… It's already tiring just coming here to get the missions nya… I'd rather just go out and eliminate all the monsters nya… However, the guild master will get angry at me nya…. nya nya."

"Ah… That's too bad then. You already almost emptied out all the high ranked missions that are for individuals. Anyway, good luck Maal." Illya said as she caressed Maal's soft fluffy cat ears.

"Mmn…" Maal blushed a bit as she nodded. She then left the building leaving behind a crying guild master who was left with many complaints from other adventurers asking where all the missions went.

'It's not my fault! Tell her to stop taking all the missions then! I am merely the guild master! I don't restrict freedom!' Frank thought to himself as he went back into his office.

'Though I have do have to say… When will her group come back? There have been so many people visiting my branch due to them. Can't they be any less popular? So many questions left and right asking me where their group is… They're always on missions! Or dining at some restaurant!' Frank cried internally as he started to read documents to sign or pass them off.

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Back on the bridge that crossed over the Lurking Waters of Death, there was a strange sound. The adventurers were confused to as what the sound was as they looked around.

"Hey, do you guys hear that?" An adventurer asked his friend.

"Yea… It's kind of eerie don't you think? Especially in an environment like this where it is all foggy and all…" His friend replied as she hugged herself, feeling a strange and cold breeze.

"If I recall correctly, in the textbooks it said this sound even though it is eerie, it kept away all the creatures. This is kind of a death sound for the creatures thus, keeping them away." Sylvie said.

"Is that so. It makes it even more convenient then." Chad said when he heard her.

The other adventurers also heard her. They weren't high ranked adventurers for no reason after all. Thus, the party leaders agreed to advance as far as they could before the eerie sound disappeared.

"Are there any myths or legends revolving around the sound?" Chad asked her.

"Yeah, there are many. Do you wanna hear one?" She asked.

"Sure, might as well since we're just going to be walking for a while." He nodded his head.

"Alright then." She said.

The adventurers who heard this also got curious as they started paying attention to whatever she said.

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