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226. Help Request

   "I? The diplomat?"

   "It's true."

Reus showed a confused, surprised, and incredulous look mixed on his face. He turned to Ikshan and Ibane asking for help from the two so as not to call him a diplomat.

Ikshan was quite responsive to Reus' request for help but Ibane was inversely proportional, he even made a strange expression with a wide grin embroidered on his lips.

It made Reus' forehead twitch and bad premonitions groped his back.

   "Right, you're a diplomat, Reus!"

   "I thought you'd say something like that!"

   "Eh? Whatchu mean? A king's envoy is basically a diplomat, right?"

Reus was speechless unable to reply to the unmistakable words of Ibane, while Ibane stretched the triumphal arch on her lips as wide as possible making Ikshan speechless.

The head of Reus twitched for a moment to feel annoyed at the attitude of Ibane who was often provoking, but at the same time Ibane also did not say anything strange. Basically being a messenger of a king or a region can be said to be the duty of a diplomat.

Reus himself is not a graduate in politics or social, he does not know everything about diplomats. Reus cursed himself who knew nothing of this.

When Reus had begun to be troubled by the affairs of diplomats, Salvinius again raised his voice and this time gave news that lightened Reus' shoulders.

   "Well, despite being called a diplomat, you're just a delegate who's given the task of finding someone. Not that you have to do everything the original diplomat did."

   "really?"

   "I can guarantee that. After all, this status as the envoy of King Aulcrat only lasted until the task given was completed, right? We have received an explanation from him."

Reus quietly breathed a sigh of relief not having to behave like a diplomat. He turned his gaze to Ibane who was now holding back his laughter while vowing to give the 'half-so' creature a lesson someday in the heart.

   "Alright, then let's get into the main language."

Salvinius cleared his throat for a moment before changing the topic and caught the attention of Reus and the two others.

   "First, our Three Dragon Council apologized for the rude treatment and irreverence of our citizens all along. We are ready to bear the compensation for this inconvenience."

   "No need, I understand a little bit about the situation of Bailendra Kingdom which is indeed in a state of unease due to the problems with the Menschrein Kingdom. I impeached. Provided we are not suspected of being Menschrein Kingdom spies for no apparent reason it is more than enough."

Salvinius was stunned for a moment to hear Reus' reply. He was ready to hear and obey the compensation that Reus might have asked for as Aulcrat's envoy as long as it made sense, but not only did he forgive freely the young man before him nor did he demand any compensation.

Generally if any royal envoy or king gets ill treatment at the time in the country visited they will ask compensation for the bad things they received to the leader of the country or at least make a complaint, he said, but this time it opened his eyes.

   "Is that so? I'm very tere—"

   "Hey, wait a minute! How's me?"

Salvinius had not finished his sentence when Ibane grabbed and stole the attention of every eye there.

   "As long as I am in this country, every day without exception I get an unpleasant view, maki caci, maki, and the swearing of everyone just because I look human when I am Draconian, your countryman! I want kompe—"

   "Don't put salt in the wound!"

Before Ibane could finish his words, Reus quickly threw a trash item he had taken from Inventory to Ibane, causing the Draconian-blooded man to fall from the chair while expressing his protest to Reus.

Ikshan who had been silent since then finally acted. He grabs both of Ibane's arms and drags her out of the room regardless of the Ibane rebellion.

   "Hey, Ikshan! Unhand me! I still have hundreds of grievances I have to make to the leader of this country! It's a rare opportunity!"

   "Please continue your discussion."

Both Reus and Salvinius looked at how Ikshan dragged Ibane out of the room in surprise.

   "I'm sorry my partner, he's been through a lot of bad things lately."

   "It's okay, it's appropriate. Forgive our citizens who are also difficult to distinguish between humans and Draconians who are human."

Both of them scratched their heads without itching before continuing the discussion after Salvinius cleared his throat quite hard.

   "Secondly, since you're here we, the Three Councils of Dragons would like to request something from you."

Reus' forehead immediately shriveled to hear the words of Salvinius. This matter should not be long considering his feud with a group of Bailendra Kingdom soldiers three days ago did not shed blood.

   "True, exactly ask for help from you."

   'Ah, I can guess where this conversation is going.'

There is no need to be too smart to know what Salvinius wants to say after this.

   "We have heard rumors of someone willing to face a kingdom with just a few people, then if what King Aulcrat described in the letter is true, it is true, so we're going to ask Mr. Reus for help."

   "Let me guess, help Bailendra Kingdom in the war against the Menschrein Kingdom that is going to happen in the near future?"

   "I-that's right...."

Salvinius shed one or more cold sweaty hairs on his forehead when Reus managed to guess the next words coming out of his mouth, while Reus sighed heavily while folding his chest.

Reus has a dilemma. Actually, the main purpose of traveling to Bailendra Kingdom is to find information about the Arshwind seal that is most likely spread throughout the Plainfest, not to seek war between countries.

Arshwind is a dragon and the dragon is a nation that is said to have gone extinct or at least almost never seen appearing in Plainfest in recent times so the only option he can take for starting the Arshwind granting Quest was Bailendra Kingdom.

Reus himself was not very concerned about whether Bailendra Kingdom or the Menschrein Kingdom controlled this land as long as he could still find information about the Arshwind seal, but it seems that it will not be easy if the territory of Bailendra Kingdom falls into the Menschrein Kingdom.

Even if Reus could search Arshwind's seal information throughout the Dungeon scattered in Bailendra Kingdom, it didn't mean that it would take a while. It could be just for the sake of finding a Dungeon that has to do with Arshwind can take a week or more, not to mention a trip to the destination.

If there was anything that could shorten as well as narrow down all the time and possibility then the quickest way would be to ask the King of Bailendra Kingdom or one of the Three Dragon Councils.

Then, if he refused to help Bailendra Kingdom most likely everything he wanted to do in this country would be rejected outright or even expelled. Is there any other option like this?

   'Yes, for Arshwind's sake what can be done.'

Just as Reus wanted to receive a request for help from Salvinius a semi-transparent Quest panel suddenly appeared before his face.

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Quest Giver: Salvinius Dragnova

Quest Type: Series

Difficulty : C- – A+

Salvinius Dragnova, the head of the Dragnova clan, enlists the help of the envoys of the Three Councils of Dragons and King Bailendra Kingdom to assist in the battle of Bailendra Kingdom and Menschrein Kingdom which may be imminent. Win this battle with Bailendra Kingdom!

Warning: Receiving this Quest would result in a very bad relationship with the Menschrein Kingdom.

Reward: exp, Byl, Respect, Title, Item

Penalty: Death, becoming an enemy of the Menschrein Kingdom.

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Reus blinked his eyes several times looking at the difficulty level of this Quest. Even though he had received an Arshwind Quest of unknown difficulty, only this time did Reus see a Quest with varying difficulty levels like this.

   'Oh, there's a warning too? Well, no wonder it would be commemorated like this if it sided with one side.'

Reus understood little of the consequences of his relationship with the Menschrein Kingdom, but he thought it was not a problem considering that the Menschrein Kingdom was indeed a foolish kingdom that allowed a fool to lead his country.

   "Ah, isn't there Gaia's Tree and Adventador? If so, this could be my chance."

Reus stroked his chin for a moment while muttering in remembrance of his revenge plan against Hiruma who must have been the high ranking Adventador, plus the possibility of Rea also being on Hiruma's side. This is a golden opportunity that cannot be missed.

He immediately shook the hand of Salvinius who offered to shake before the Dragonewt man changed his mind.

   "Well, I accepted it as if there were satisfactory rewards for our hard work."

   "Oh, of course, Mr. Reus. We are not an ungrateful nation."

The two of them both put on a smile after agreeing on this cooperation.