Chapter 180: Departure From Axutar Village! (1/2)
Because of the Murderous aura emanated by Pedro, none of them was even able to lift a finger. Thus, Pedro can't help but to sigh and shake his head—clearing off the strong murderous aura that his body emanated.
He glanced towards Meerak Axutar and said, ”That is as much as I could say to you, respected village chief!Other details about the adventurers are still being observed by my men. We are yet to establish a plan on how will we handle them. But… We highly recommend to be cautious against them. Nothing would be lost if you establish a few countermeasures against them, right?”
”O-Of course, Young sir!” Meerak Axutar said, ”I-In fact… Eikzitor and I had a talk about what we would do to the adventurers, just a few days ago. There was a sudden increase of adventurers appearing in our teleportation platform to the point that it crowds the central area of the village. Luckily, the adventurers were brave and enthusiastic in helping the village, even if they needed to be sent to the battlefield and help the soldiers fight the monsters.”
Meerak Axutar paused for a second and glanced towards his son, Neerak Axutar. Then, he pointed his hand towards Neerak Axutar and said, ”Speaking of which… Last night, the number of adventurers appearing in the teleportation platform had suddenly increased—highest than I had even seen before in my life. Fortunately, my youngest son, Neerak Axutar, was able to control the crowd of adventurers by creating another office that specifically gives task to the adventurers that arrives in this village. Though our treasury needed to release a huge amount of funds, it was worth the price as the adventurers had been organized and where even able to help our soldiers in fighting monsters.”
”I see…” Pedro rubbed his chin and nodded whilst staring towards Neerak Axutar. He thought to himself, 'Not bad… To think that an NPC would be able to think of a way to manage the players this early in the game. This kid had a lot of potential. However, such strengths do not come without any draw backs. Based on his actions earlier… Perhaps it is his attitude. It would be troublesome to bring the kid with me but… His ability to manage people is something rare among NPCs. I have no choice but to bring him with me… If I can! Whether they come from a Kingdom, or a village, it does not matter! Talent is talent, period.'
”Is he amongst the people that you are going to send with me?” Pedro asked to Meerak Axutar.
Meerak Axutar nodded in response and said, ”Yes, young sir! Forgive me for being seemingly biased but… I do think that my son would be of great help to you, especially in managing people and their needs.”
”Hmm… Is that so?” Pedro said as he glanced towards Neerak Axutar. Then, he asked, ”Tell me young man… Do you want to join me on my quest to help the strongholds here in the east?”
”I-I…” Neerak Axutar could not help but force out a smile. He glanced back and forth from Pedro to his father, whilst carefully thinking for his answer.
'If I said no, father would be enraged towards me. But… if I say yes, I would need to travel with this man and face the monsters in the wild. I am not confident to my combat ability just like my elder brother. I could barely able to properly hold a sword. So… I need to confirm to this man, what would my task first. If he expects me to fight monsters on a regular basis, then I could only apologize to father. But… If it is about other tasks like collecting herbs and preparing food… I have no choice but to follow this man. After all, what father truly wanted for me to accomplish was to gain even the smallest insight or knowledge from this man that we could later on apply for our village.' Neerak Axutar thought.
Neerak Axutar glanced to Pedro and asked, ”Before I make my final decision, Can I ask young sir, what would my job or task be if I joined you on your journey?”
”Aish!” Meerak Axutar grumbled as he stood and was about to scold his son.
But before he could do so, Pedro raised his hand—stopping Meerak Axutar from doing so, and said, ”Your task? To be honest… I do not know as of the moment. Your father told me that you are most capable in managing people, not leading people. Thus… From the looks of it, you are not that efficient in terms of combat.”
”Yes, you are right young sir!” Neerak Axutar nodded in response. ”I am not a combat type of person. That's why I was wondering as to why I should go and join your party, young sir!I know that you have an important task to carry, which is fighting monsters. I do not want to hold you and your party off just because of my incompetence. I think it would be wiser to bring more soldiers instead, so that they would at least be able to help in young sir's quest.”
Pedro smirked and simply shook his head in response. He said, ”You are right. But you got one-point wrong!”
”Huh?”