Chapter 173

Chapter 173 Strongest Sage, Exits the Country

"Uwaa, that's quite a line . . . "

"Being the national border means it's the door to foreign trade after all . Must be lotsa merchants around . "

"This looks like it'll take a whole day if we get in the line . . . . "

I look around after saying that .

Wagons fully loaded with luggage are forming a long line .

They're probably checking the inside of those luggage, the line looks almost like it's not moving at all .

The town itself is quite different than your ordinary town .

There's only a few stores, and instead, warehouses are all over the place .

It's a true blue base of trade .

"Are you lots going to exit the country? Then line up here . You've got an exit permit with you, don't you?"

A nearby guard called to us as we were looking at the line .

It appears that we have no choice but to join the queue here .

"Yeah . We only need the exit permit right?"

I showed the permit to the guard .

And then . . . The guard suddenly became polite while turning pale .

"C . . . could that be Category 2 exit permit?"

"That's what written here . "

I look at the permit given by the king .

It's written with 『Category 2 Exit Permit』, 『Emergency』 .

Category 2 huh, does that mean there's Category 1 .

"P-please excuse me . There is no need line up, if you would please come this way!"

We look at each others .

Looks like the permit we got was special .

Thus, we were led to a small gate away from the huge national gate .

And there .

"Category 2, it's an emergency!"

"Understood! . . . excuse me, could you show me your ID . "

We showed our guild cards .

Then the guard hurriedly stamped some documents and left with them somewhere .

"That is all for the procedures! Please take care!"

The guards opened the gate and sent us off afterward .

That was really simple, perhaps it was thanks to the 'Emergency' label .

" . . . That went off really easy, didn't it . "

"Now I'm worried if we stood out too much . . . "

"We'd look more suspicious if we were sneaking about instead, might as well go at it with a bang right? It's not like we're doing anything wrong, and we'll be standing out when we quickly rise through the guild rank anyway . "

"Ah, you were actually aware about that . . . "

We look around at the surroundings while talking .

There's a town on the other side of the gate .

Being a national border, it looks to be mainly used for trade warehouses .

However, since the atmosphere of the town is quite different than that of Eis Kingdom, it makes you feel like you're in a foreign country .

"Shall we head to the guild for now?"

"Nope, let's go to the next city and enter Fredia Territory . We'll comb-through the quests in the guild there . "

" . . . Instead of a nearby city, we're going out of our way to some faraway one?"

"Yeah . Because apparently, Fredia's ruler is on good terms with Eis Kingdom . It'd be easier to talk with them . "

Taking and completing all the quest will of course draw attentions to us .

There is a chance that some problem might occur that would result in us getting banned from taking more quests .

Thus, we're gonna raise our ranks in a territory governed by a ruler who's on friendly terms with Eis Kingdom .

Even though they most definitely won't make the requirements to raise our rank to go in our favor, simply having them not getting in our way will make a big difference .

And once we've ranked up, we'll get the permission to enter the restricted zones .

Guild rank is shared inside the country, thus it should be possible to enter a restricted zone in another territory even if we raise our rank in Fredia .

While having such conversations, we arrived at Fredia territory and immediately went to the guild .

"Could I use this here?"

I showed the Raginia Federation Guild Card inside the quild .

This card was kindly included in the letter the king delivered to us .

It's of the lowest rank (Rank G) since it's a new card, but it'd save us the trouble of registering anew if it's usable .

Guild registration and procedures are surprisingly bothersome .

"Yes, of course you can . "

Fortunately, it is usable, as expected of a gift from the king .

Now then . . . the next question is the most important one .

Our efficiency will differ greatly depending on the answer to this .

"Is there a limit to how many quest you can take?"

"There is none . . . . However, we do not recommend taking too many quests because you will be given penalty for breaching contract if you went past the quest deadline . "

–Alright .