The Lord Legend Of The Raicarnated Lord
Els Request

Chapter 26: Els' Request

It was only after the incident with the Wyrm Ground when Lorist changed the impression of Els. After that, they continue more missions together and eventually their friendship develops to the point where they can talk about almost anything.

Time travel is fast. He was only 19 at the time whereas in the present, he was 24. That five-year span was enough for Lorist to mature from a greenhorn mercenary into a veteran.

Lorist wondered inwardly why he suddenly recalled the events of the past for no reason. Was it because it had suddenly severed ties with Wenna a moment before? After all, the relationship lasted for a full four years and it was not something he could forget quickly even if he wanted to. Only the slow passage of time could lift the layer of longing he had for her. He only wished that he could leave all this behind and start fresh when the sun rose the next day.

“Why did you come to the room? To watch me sulk? ”Kata Lorist while feeling tears. Fortunately there was none, otherwise he would have laughed at her just now.

"Well, when I heard about the breakup of Uncle Girald, I thought I'd be able to watch a funny scene come out of the melodrama, I thought, maybe something along the lines of revived love and the flow of passion and that will end in an affair between you and the little woman. Who expects you to act so cold and make it so ordinary about it and part with you like that. How disappointing, ” said Els, spewing out a lot of nonsense as usual.

"Hehe, sorry I let you down," said Lorist lightly.

"Don't be. I've always known that you're not acting material and won't put on a good show. Oh, and, what's with the dueling notices being set up all over the place? I just plan to go to the academy and ask Charade what is going on, ” Els said.

"Well, nothing big. The jerk old man bet with the other academy heads that I could defeat any Silver ranked instructor from another academy in a duel. He took advantage of the opportunity to take the registration fee for the duel earning additional cash as well as to improve the reputation of the academy. That's why he asked Charade everywhere to put up that notice, ” explained Lorist.

Els did not show any sympathy for her friend's suffering and only pondered to herself with an excited expression of how she could use this opportunity to make a profit as well. Lorist simply said, “There is no way you can make anything in the academy sector. The old fox probably had everything covered and would not let the opportunity to earn money pass under his nose. Who knew that he was already planning on doing something in the entire city? Well, the only place where you may be able to arrange your operations will be at the Inn. Though, it may be on a much smaller scale than you might expect. ”

“Authority is more than enough. There are 48 districts in Morante City with another 3 new districts with a total of 27 syndicate bosses managing them. I only need to set up one betting operation in an inn in all the districts. As long as I am willing to offer the piece to another boss, they will be more than happy to allow me to run it. Even if the old fox tried to pull something similar, without the connection I had, there was no way he could match the payment I could provide. We will see which betting operations will attract more people, ” Els said with excitement, impatiently waiting for the days to come.

Sighing in his heart, Lorist thought back to the Els he had known since five years ago who did not care about his responsibilities and only wanted to adventure to establish a name for himself as a legendary mercenary. Right now, however, he had the impression of a real syndicate boss who did not allow the opportunity to profit through his eyes. It seemed that these five years had not only changed Lorist but also his friend.

“Now that you mention it, your plan seems to be working after all. But you didn't even consider whether I was willing to duel with them or not. Well, it's not like I have a choice in that. What if I lose for some reason? ”

"Hehe, you think I don't know you after all these years? If you really lose, then it will really be the joke of the century. While my darkness attribute Battle Force is harder to train and Charade has overtaken me to reach the Three Star Silver rank, I believe that no other Silver Swordsman in the entire city can take us both. But against you, however, both Charade and I haven't won a single match yet. Even one time when we were fighting two against one, we could only defend up to 100 moves before losing to you. I will not believe that you will lose the Silver rank even if you beat me to submit, ” Els told Lorist confidently.

Lorist could only roll his eyes.

"Well brother, I won't let you go without anything. How about this, I'll let you take a 10% cut%? No? Then 15%! Still don't want to? Well, 20% is the most I can give you. I have to use the rest to feed my men, you know, ” Els said.

"Alright, deal," Lorist said as he extended his hand lazily. "Go look for fatty tomorrow and ask him about the duel schedule and get the information sheet about the challengers. This will help you to place your bets better. Oh, and don't forget that he'll bother you to get his share of the profits as well. ”

“I know, he gets at most 10%. After giving the rest to the syndicate boss and the innkeeper their pieces, I would be left with around 30-40%, which was still a rather good haul, though, ”said Els while slapping Lorist's extended hand. Already imagining a bag of gold coins in his hand, Els began to feel more pumped up.

“Oh, Locke, I almost forgot something else. That ... Ah, I have a student, ”Els frowned and thought.

"What's? A pupil? Are you kidding me? "Said Lorist, astonished. Come on, I'm not old enough to be someone's master, am I?

"This ..." Els hesitated a little before grabbing his head in frustration and saying, "Well, it's not something formal. You just need to let it follow you around and teach him some moves whenever you can. Treat her as your personal servant if you want. He will be perfect for the job because he is quite good and has good stamina. ”

Hearing Els describe the person, Lorist started to get interested. "Just tell me what this is about. ”

"Alright, Locke. You know that about my subordinates … "

With their ace fighters gone, the mercenary group could only disperse. After considering the worst-case scenario, Els' parents had previously made some arrangements for the remaining group members before their deaths: they provided relatives of all members with housing in the same district. Even after the mercenary group had disbanded, the relatives of the members looked after each other and they were also taken care of by the Morante City government for the contribution of their family members who were in the mercenary group.

After starting an inn to be able to educate better and look for the descendants of the mercenary group members, Charlando placed his hopes on the children and hoped that one day they would pick up their group banner once again. Els was the unofficial leader of the group of children because she was the oldest and also the strongest among them. He also paid close attention to them as if they were his blood-related siblings from a young age.

Seeing the children grow up and become adults and given that Els is about to graduate from Dawn Academy, Charlando is overjoyed and predicts that the glorious days of the mercenary group will come again. What caught him off guard was the event that led Els to take the position of syndicate boss.

The Forde Trade Union has a unique system of government that cedes the administrative rights of various districts to several syndicate bosses who have their own subordinates and groups. While it legitimized the syndicate and greatly reduced the crime rate, bosses operating outside the law were unheard of before. One such person is the syndicate boss in charge of the Els district and his friends live in.

While the syndicate boss has the right to tax the residents in the district, this one is even worse because he even collects taxes for clothes drying, land occupation and even for road repair, he said, and it sparked the anger of residents in the district and almost allowed violent conflict to erupt. The Els gang even refused and sent tax collectors to medical centers given their youthful recklessness.

However, the syndicate boss is not happy to hear it and believes Els is a bad example for the rest of the district and is the main cause of the resistance he faces. Intending to forever relieve the pain in his ass, the boss started thinking of ways to handle it. It was at this moment that one of his subordinates brought him news that made him very angry. It seems that the entire district is planning to protest in an attempt to force the city council to remove the syndicate boss from his position.

After paying a management fee to the city council he had not yet obtained from the taxes he levied, the syndicate boss racked his brain and let out an idea: he plans to kill Els and make an example of her to deter future protesters.

But his own gang did not have the strength to take down Els because he had the Golden Swordsman standing behind him. Unwilling to hire a high-paying professional assassin, the syndicate's boss chooses to burn down Els' house and hopes he will perish in the burning embers.

Unfortunately, just when his subordinates arrived, they were discovered by Els and her gang and beaten to the point when they acknowledged their boss' intentions. It incites the citizens and encourages them to surround the syndicate boss house to move it once and for all. Unable to escape, the boss is captured by Els and has been destroyed by the rampaging citizens before Els can react.

With the syndicate's boss position now vacant, the district elders discuss with each other and choose Els to replace that position. Els, not wanting to disappoint the people, could only accept it without complaining.

Given that he did not accept the position willingly, Els relaxed the responsibility of the syndicate's boss. Fortunately, he had many trustworthy subordinates who handled everything without any problems and did not worry him. In the years to come, Els only learned that the other two districts were also under his jurisdiction without him noticing. That's how Charlando's ideal mercenary group turned into one of the most active and thriving district syndicates in Morante City.

Back when the mercenary group was disbanded, the Silver-ranked member who was Charlando's best friend was ready to return to his homeland in the Romon Empire. Before he left, he expressed his hope that the descendants of his comrades would one day pick up the banner of the mercenary group again. Just three months earlier, Charlando met a beggar from the Romon Empire who revealed that he was the son of a comrade from the Romon Empire.

After further questioning, Charlando learned of his colleague's death a year ago. After returning to the village, the Silver Sword joined the garrison there and settled down two years later and gave birth to a son who was a beggar in front of Charlando. Just two years ago, an epidemic broke out in the village and her mother died, followed by her father who survived for half a year. On his deathbed, he ordered his son to go look for Charlando in Morante City to join a mercenary group.

Although it only took less than half a month to go to Morante City from his village by car, the, his son did not realize it and traveled for half a year on foot along the way and begged as he ran out of money for food and slept outside in the wilderness for the entire trip. It was already an achievement that he had not been captured by slave traders the entire time.

After hearing of the difficult journey his friend's son went through, Charlando let out tears and treated him with great care and even told Els to consider him as his own brother. However, after learning that the mercenary group would no longer be formed, the beggar turned around and refused to join the Els group. Problem is, Charlando can only send the boy to school just to receive a notice that he has been expelled for beating up all his classmates.

“This is already the third basic academy that he has expelled. To think that we hope that he will be able to apply for a place at Dawn Academy after one year of foundation courses. The old man asked him what he wanted to learn. He only said that he wanted to learn the ways of the sword and become a mercenary one day to wander the continent. The question is not whether he has the desire to learn, but more than one of his talents … "

Els continued his words, “The boy lived all his life in the village and often toyed in the forest. Coupled with his carefree parents, he develops a stubborn and wild personality and will stop at nothing once he sets his mind on something. I believe that the staff will be more menacing in his hands than the sword at this point. He was already a Second Star Bronze fighter at the age of sixteen and had an extremely large body which made him seem almost twenty. Given his innate strength, you would think that he would be a talent worth cultivating. But in reality, he was quite slow and would forget a move he taught in ten minutes. The way he swung his sword like a crazy barbarian really irritated me.

“Even the old man could do nothing. That's when I thought: if anyone can teach him a sword, it must be you, ” Els said.

Making a loud laugh, Lorist said, “Even a Golden Swordsman like old Char cannot teach him swordsmanship. What can an iron rank like me do? ”

"Locke, I know you're different. Your swordsmanship skills definitely outweigh my uncle. Please help me and give him a chance, if he really isn't a swordsman expert, you can send him back to me, ”please Els.

Lorist thought for a moment before nodding and saying, “Alright, I will give him a chance. ”

Author's note: Most of the highly ranked academies in Morante City such as Dawn Academy don't just allow one to enroll as a student. An applicant must be able to pass an entrance test that determines their level of cultural intelligence and knowledge. That's why there are many elementary academies in the city that specialize in preparing students for exams, such as college classes that prepare students for university entrance exams in Lorist's previous world.