Decision of the Chief of Staff

Bardot Valiant.

　　Knights of Kemun, Deputy Commander of the Raptor Guard.

　　Currently looking like an old crone left behind in the wheat fields, the actual person herself is not like that.

　　The rickety look and aged appearance were all changed through 'costume changes', to fit the NPC's image and create a 'perfect' bizarre town.

　　She was actually in her thirties herself.

　　"I have a total of three basic quests here, and no team has been here yet.

　　So, you can choose any one of the quests, considering you're all still new students, I suggest you choose the one with the lowest difficulty."

　　"Aunt Bardot will just show us the list of three quests."

　　Bardot herself, however, looked serious and kept warning.

　　"Abel don't be overconfident, this time the "camp" chosen by Lord Kemun, in fact, Lord Kemun himself took a certain risk before he managed to obtain the approval of the council.

　　It is necessary for Auntie to give you a private word about an uncertainty in the "camp", Don't give out this information."

　　"Eh? Thank you, Aunt Bardot, we'll keep it a secret."

　　Having access to an important piece of information in advance, Abel naturally wouldn't let it go.

　　The reason why he had sought the scent to find 'Bardot' in the first place was because this teacher was best to talk to.

　　Due to [Hundred Beasts]'s special constitution.

　　Head Kemun had arranged more than twenty one-on-one lessons for Abel.

　　As long as it was a weekday class time, Abel spent 18 hours a day under different teachers learning about different beasts.

　　Through a special form of sleep that allows the subject to immediately enter a deep sleep layer, four hours of sleep is enough to rejuvenate the mind.

　　Furthermore, once he had free time, Abel would secretly follow the Behemoth Knights out of town to do activities in advance that should have been done only in the Knight stage.

　　This kind of intense teaching was fine for Abel, and he even wanted to invest more time to continuously improve all aspects of his knowledge.

　　A genius isn't scary, a genius who works harder than everyone is.

　　Knight Bardot, on the other hand, was one of Abel's instructors, and was privately 'spoiling' Abel.

　　"It's not just us, the Black Rose Knights who had investigated this area a while ago also found traces of [Foreign Demon] in the manor.

　　The fact that it was found twice in between shows that the [Foreign Demon] was never just passing through here by chance.

　　Most likely, this [Foreign Demon] will return here after a while, or even hide in some hidden area that we haven't explored yet.

　　There are so many different types of [Foreign Demons] that even the records in the Book of Strange Demons may not be perfect.

　　It's very likely that this is a foreign demon with a unique hidden ability.

　　This is the only thing that we, the Behemoth Knights, didn't handle properly when dealing with the [Stuart Grand Manor].

　　Even though it's just possible for a foreign demon to exist, plus we've also increased the number of [Night Watch], the risk remains.

　　Even for the elite students of [Big Three], once they encounter the foreign demons head-on. If their own abilities reach a certain strength, they might be able to barely fight at the 'battle level' if they work together.

　　But they absolutely cannot resist the pollution that can reach their souls.

　　Not to mention you newcomers.

　　So, try to complete some tasks that linger on the surface and don't go too deep! Safety first."

　　"A foreign demon!?"

　　Abel, who inwardly wanted to prove himself in this training session, suddenly showed a somewhat hard look.

　　Not only Abel, but also Magician Dempsey similarly frowned, and the atmosphere of the small team suddenly became low.

　　Indeed, the level reached by the [Exotic Demon] was not something that their group of trainee knights could touch.

　　Only Han Dong's face remained unchanged, and he cared a lot about what this Bardot teacher had said.

　　『The Big Three Elites can barely fight head-on, but they cannot resist pollution, in other words, if they can resist pollution, a head-on confrontation is possible?

　　It should be fine to understand it this way.

　　The last time [Baker the Fallen] that I came into contact with in the underground caverns, it should have been through a mass sacrifice that allowed an outside the city's original foreign demon to descend on the Baker family master.

　　It was supported through the Eye Book as the center.

　　Because of the presence of Knight Vino at the time, who was able to attract a great deal of attention from the opponent head-on, I was able to succeed in my 'sneak attack'.

　　Let's avoid encounters with foreign demons as much as possible, Of course, it doesn't have to be a death sentence if we accidentally encounter them, either』.

　　"We'll pay attention, Let's take a look at the three tasks you have in your hands, Aunt Bardot."

　　Three scrolls of quests made of parchment were unfolded correspondingly.

　　1). Investigating the case: [The Misplaced Scarecrow]

　　Synopsis: Located in the area of wheat fields to the northwest of the Stuart Estate, a humanoid shadow moves slowly through the night when viewed from a residential distance.

　　Every other day, the location of the scarecrows in the wheat fields will change.

　　Requirement: Investigate the root cause of the scarecrow incident and eliminate the 'culprit'.

　　Difficulty: ★☆ (1.5 star)

　　Reward: one crop area intelligence, squad points +2 points.

　　2. Investigation case: [The strange 'apple tree']

　　Synopsis: The lady living in the wheat field needs you to find an 'apple tree' inside Stuart Manor, the apple tree will appear at regular intervals and its location is uncertain.

　　Requirement: pick an apple from the apple tree and hand it to the lady living in the wheat field.

　　Difficulty: ★★ (2 star)

　　Reward: one intelligence of the crop area, +4 points for the squad.

　　3. Investigation Case: [Hair in the Well]

　　Synopsis: A stone well located in the northwest area of the town on the Stuart Estate.

　　Each time water is drawn from below, there is a lot of hair floating in the bucket. Even if the well water is boiled for drinking, it still affects the drinker.

　　Therefore, the farm servants of the manor had to seal this stone well and no longer use it.

　　Requirement: to find out the secrets deep in the stone well and cut off the source of the hair.

　　Difficulty:★★★ (3 star)

　　Rewards: one small town area intelligence, one wheat field area intelligence, squad points +7.

　　"The difficulty is indeed on the high side, the basic tasks are mostly one-star difficulty, the tasks you have here, Teacher Bardot, are actually up to three stars in difficulty."

　　"Right! That's why I told you to be careful, choosing a two-star difficulty scarecrow is best! As for that stone well mission, it is not recommended that you carry it out."

　　Abel looked at Han Dong, "Nicholas, you are the Chief of Staff appointed by Captain Kemun, what are your thoughts?"

　　"The well mission will help us, but."

　　"But what? Is the difficulty too high?"

　　"No." Han Dong looked at this Bardot lady and asked, "Can we choose all three tasks?"

　　Bardot was stunned at first and immediately spoke up, "No! A team can only pick up one mission at a time."

　　"Then we'll choose the Stone Well mission first, and if no one picks up the subsequent mission, we'll come back to you."

　　Han Dong was determined to take this stone well mission, as if he had seen something in advance.