4 – Master of the Dark Sword 2

The world is always a harsh place for the weak.

Those without power must live trampled on.

Such a cruel reality… she found out too quickly.

She has lived a life crawling on the bottom since childhood.

She needed to train herself to survive, and decided the best way to survive.

adventurer.

Aside from grandiose names that convey freedom and excitement, it refers to countless mercenaries struggling to survive.

People who take on reckless ‘adventures’ who commit themselves to missions that may kill them for a penny.

The head of the Adventurers Guild, where such people are gathered, was the place where she was struggling to survive, she thought.

A place where the person you talked to yesterday becomes a corpse today and is buried in the ground.

Although the story will be different for those who are strong enough to be noticed by nobles or merchants, for her and others now, this is a case that is as rare as picking a star in the sky…

With no interest in such a futile dream, she…

Ophelia Crimson, a low-level adventurer who has been on this ground for exactly two years now, was quietly refining her weapon while waiting for the recruitment announcement to be posted shortly.

A longsword with a black blade.

It was a weapon she accidentally obtained after entering this floor, and it was a friend she could trust more than anyone else, saving her life several times.

‘I hope I get a little bit better this time..’

In general, there were two types of requests received through the Adventurer Guild Head.

One is a nomination request targeting middle and high-level adventurers whose names are known.

Most of the quests were related to escorting long-distance trade with the East, and the rewards were quite good.

However, it was unreasonable for the majority of low-level adventurers because it basically required a lot of skill, and the period could also take a few weeks if short, up to a year or more.

Another type of assignment involved recruiting people through formal announcements.

Relatively simple missions completed in a few weeks at the most, small and medium guilds hired small mercenaries to trade with neighboring countries or cities.

Of course, you can only expect a level that will not starve to death.

Of course, the mission that Ophelia, a low-level adventurer, was waiting for belonged to the latter, but unexpectedly, there were times when she received missions corresponding to the former.

The reason is that…

“Ophelia. The nomination request has fallen. Please come out.”

“.. All right.”

A nomination request that other low-class adventurers would have been happy to hear, but Ophelia’s face showed no trace of it.

There was no hint of joy.

For she knew that this was not the result of luck or anything like that.

‘It’s a nomination request.. This time, it’s definitely… a similar case.’

With that thought in mind, Ophelia slowly began to walk towards the place she had been guided to.

The place she arrived at is the most spacious and always neatly arranged room in the union hall.

It was a part that allowed us to roughly know how much power this client had.

Ophelia goes inside while preparing her mind in her own way.

In front of her eyes, along with the clerk here, sat a man she had never seen before.

A young man with a moderate body and a sharp feeling.

Ophelia quietly stood in front of the two, thinking that she would be a little better than the old or fat pigs she had met.

“Is this the person?”

“Yes, yes, Bahamut-sama. This child is the child named Ophelia Crimson you mentioned.”

“Okay, then I’ll take care of the rest, so let’s go out and see.”

“I understand, Bahamut-sama.”

With those words, the clerk got up from his seat, and on the way out, he lightly tapped Ophelia on the shoulder with a bitter expression on his face.

“Are you Ophelia Crimson?”

“..Yes, it is.”

A man named Bahamut, who looks at himself the next moment and shows strange excitement and curiosity in his eyes.

At the time when Ophelia was feeling strangely suspicious about his actions, Bahamut’s words flowed first.

“Well, first of all, nice to meet you. My name is Bahamut Fernandez. I made this personal request because I wanted to sign a contract with you.”

“Contract.. you mean.. I understand. Then we will proceed immediately.”

“It’s good that the story is fast, then read this first and sign it… .?”

Ophelia speaks in a subdued voice at Bahamut’s words.

In response, Bahamut thought that the work was going to be easier than he thought, and took out the documents he had prepared in his arms.

By the way..

-“Tuk!”-

“… to?..”

The next moment, Bahamut, who was taking out the contract, stopped moving.

Ophelia, who was looking at him right in front of his eyes.

She suddenly started undressing in front of Bahamut.

Ophelia’s body was exposed naked as soon as she took off the black robe with a robe on top.

Unlike Isolda, who had a voluptuous body that played with Bahamut’s hand last night, Ophelia’s body had a strong sense of being slim overall.

It’s not that she doesn’t have breasts, but they weren’t that big, and her body type reminded me that her hips, thighs, and other areas were thin.

However, unlike the feeling of looking weak overall, her waist showed solid abs without any flab, and in addition to that, small muscles were visible here and there, showing that she had been training her body well.

However, before he even thought about appreciating Ophelia’s body like this, Bahamut started shouting out of deep bewilderment rather than excitement.

“yes… Hey.. what are you doing right now? Why are you taking off your clothes?”

“B.. Yes?.. Ha.. but.. he apparently signed a contract with me..”

Bahamut’s reaction, which was completely different from what he had expected, rather took Ophelia’s bewilderment, and Bahamut, looking away from her, spoke in an urgent voice.

“Do you think I’m here to hire some kind of prostitute? Get dressed quickly.”

“ah. Yes.. I’m sorry.”

Hearing the words of Bahamut, who raised his voice slightly out of embarrassment, Ophelia bowed her head and hurriedly began to put on her clothes again.

‘Really… what kind of situation is this again? Was the Ophelia I know originally such a character?’

After barely getting dressed, Ophelia blushed with her head bowed in shame in front of Bahamut.

However, from the point of view of Bahamut, who knew the future, this was an appearance that felt a considerable sense of separation.

Ophelia Crimson.

One of the strongest swordsmen in the future, and a woman who appears as a mid-boss in the fight against the main character, Isaac.

She was a villain who was hostile to Isaac, and a villain who was notorious for her cruel personality without blood or tears on the battlefield, but she was a fairly popular character because of the story of her unfortunate past and her subtle sympathy with Isaac.

Although classified as a villain, she is a pitiful person who can never be seen as a bad person.

Crucially, Ophelia at this point was literally pure, not having done anything wrong.

In this respect, Bahamut had no reason to have any ill feelings toward Ophelia, unlike the time of Isolda.

Rather, it’s a situation where you feel friendly in that you have an unfortunate family history like yourself.

However, apart from that, it was unavoidable to feel embarrassed by Ophelia’s behavior at this moment.

‘He was a guy I liked personally. I never thought it would develop like this from the first meeting..’

I knew the setting that the past was dark, but I really didn’t know that I would be engaged in prostitution like this before making a reputation as an adventurer.

It must have been because the situation was so bleak that he had to sell his body in order to make a living.

‘Well… if you think about it, it’s rather fortunate in that respect. It’s because I can meet like this before I become a named.’

After calming down his hectic emotions for a while, Bahamut looked at Ophelia and spoke to him again.

“Sit down for now. I guess I should explain it from the beginning.”

“Ah.. yes.. excuse me..”

Ophelia sat down while timidly answering Bahamut’s words.

After catching her eyes for a moment, Bahamut took out the documents he had prepared and spoke to her.

“The approximate contents are written in this. To sum it up, I want you to be formally hired by our Beden Merchant Army and work next to me.”

“Yes?.. Be.. Upper Beh.. at the top?”

Although he didn’t know Bahamut’s name or face, Ophelia knew about the Veden Merchant, of course.

One of the few upper guilds that is the largest in Schwyz and has a base that enables trade with the East.

Ophelia was feeling a sense of surprise at the fact that she, a low-level adventurer in such a place, was about to formally sign an exclusive contract, not a temporary one-time contract.

‘No matter how you look at it, it doesn’t seem like sex slavery… Then what the hell is it for? With a top rank like this, it would be easy to recruit great people other than me..’

Ophelia is at a loss whether to rejoice at such an unexpected fortune or to worry.

However, in any case, it was too much of a waste for her to turn down this golden opportunity, and if she refused it, she would be disadvantaged in some way.

Ophelia carefully looked at Bahamut and asked a question.

“I…really… are you okay? Even if you take a low-level adventurer like me like this…”

“Of course, I’m a low-level adventurer, but what I really need right now is someone I can trust more than my skills.”

Seeing Ophelia questioning her, Bahamut put a light smile on his lips and spoke to her in a friendly tone.

“I know that you have diligently carried out small requests up until now. There were no notable moves. That alone is enough reason for me to live in high regard for you. You can be proud of this.”

“ah… ”

At Bahamut’s words, Ophelia began to feel a warm feeling in her heart without realizing it.

Even in difficult circumstances, she always did her best to live.

Even though no one knew about it until now, she thought that at least she had always lived a proud life for herself.

In front of her, for the first time, someone who praised her efforts appeared.

Rejoicing at the fact, although she couldn’t express it outwardly, Ophelia blushed slightly and lifted the fan lying next to her.

And, seeing Ophelia like that, a triumphant smile automatically began to appear on Bahamut’s lips.

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Now she seemed completely oblivious to it, but she was Ophelia who later learned magical powers and grew into a monster who could destroy a castle single-handedly.

In the eyes of Bahamut, who knows this fact, she is the same as an investment that will bring about a jackpot in the future.

The gains that the villains would have seen as she ran amok were no different from stealing them.

‘The profit is huge for a first investment. With this, I have obtained the strongest black sword, so I can relieve myself in terms of power.’