Volume 1 Chapter 8 The 'Strongest' Armor Begins To Peel Away (Exile Side)
In a marshy area, a lone warrior was battling the monster 'Lizard Knight.'
The warrior is an adventurer belonging to the guild 'Fang of the Beast King.'
The battle was in a disadvantageous position.
"Ugh, nooo!"
The sword he swung easily shattered, and in turn, the monster's counterattack broke his shield.
The warrior screamed and retreated.
"It's no use, I can't fight like this!"
His opponent was the Lizard Knight, a powerful monster ranked A, whom he could have easily cut in half with a single blow of his sword in the past. He used to effortlessly block the opponent's attacks with his shield.
However, now...
"Darn it, was both the sword and shield at the end of their lifespan!?"
Cursing, the warrior fled.
To be completely defeated by an opponent he could have easily defeated before was humiliating.
In another location, a female magician was struggling.
"'Fire Blast'! ...Huh, it's not activating!?"
She exclaimed in confusion.
The magic staff she held had the enhancement effect of 'magic power increase'.
Using that power, her preferred battle style was to repeatedly cast advanced spells.
But for some reason, it wasn't working out today.
She couldn't even activate the advanced spells that she could normally cast more than ten times in a row.
It was as if her own magic power had significantly decreased.
Or perhaps the staff that had enlarged her magic power had completely stopped functioning.
"N-no... If I can't use magic, there's no way to win!"
She quickly gave up and fled.
"F-fifteen quest failures in a row!? This is ridiculous!"
The Guild Master of 'Fang of the Beast King', Barrios, shouted.
At present, the Guild Master and three Vice Guild Masters were gathered, holding an emergency meeting.
"Even though we no longer have weapon and armor enhancements... isn't it too much of a defeat?"
Glenda, a middle-aged female swordsman and one of the Vice Masters, murmured.
"Our quest completion rate has dropped drastically... It used to be over 90%, but for the past few days, it's been around 20%."
Cornelius, a warrior with a wild appearance and also a Vice Master, clicked his tongue.
"These pathetic people... I've been traveling around, apologizing for the failed quests."
Gale, the last Vice Master and an old monk, said with a resentful tone.
"Was the enhancement of weapons and armor really that important? As soon as they were gone, we failed quests too much... isn't it?"
While saying this, Barrios felt anxiety and unease welling up inside him.
"No way──"
An unpleasant thought came to mind.
──Could it be that the reason we have been on a streak of successful quests with a high completion rate for 'Fang of the Beast King' was because of the power of the enhanced weapons and armor?
──Perhaps the benefits were much greater than we thought, and now that the benefits are gone, there are hardly any people capable of achieving high-ranking requests.
──Yes, now that we have lost the 'enhanced weapons and armor', we have become a second-rate guild that is far from deserving the title of the strongest guild on the continent.
"Idiot! Our glory will continue forever! Just because Rain is gone doesn't mean it's all falling apart!"
Barrios stood up and shouted.
But... the chain of failures in the 'Fang of the Beast King' quest didn't stop the next day.
The collapse of the strongest guild on the continent had already begun, and it was accelerating...
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