Manga Born to Be King

　　Hacked with weapons, beaten with bare hands, strangled with skill.Ever since he knew himself, the young body that only knew fighting did not construct any decent ethical concept.However, the turmoil in Tione's chest did not go away.

　　She didn't understand the difference between her compatriots and monsters who could slaughter without hesitation.The tactile sensation of beating flesh and severing bones remained on his hands for a long time.The screams and screams that must have burst out at the moment of death, still clenched their ears after the battle was over.

　　The heroines in the audience cheered and praised Tione, who had won consecutive battles.It's like saying: You who eat the flesh of the weak and become strong are worthy of respect, and you exist in the right way.And the goddess Kali, who looked down on her from the highest seat of the main god, always had a smile on her face.

　　At that time, Tione didn't even know if she was tired.... Her emotions were always paralyzed, and she didn't look at the strange feeling called turmoil in her chest.Once upon a time, the days of just fighting monsters started to make her feel a lot easier.

　　However, there is a silver lining in these years.

　　There is an Amazon like her sister.She is only two or three years younger than herself, like a big sister, with a generous personality, other girls other than Tione, and Tiona are very attached to her.She lives in the same stone house, and whenever she comes back from a fight, she smiles and says "you're back".

　　She was tougher than any Amazon in the same room, always staying in the room first to welcome Tionne and the others back.

　　Perhaps Tionne had sought maternal love in her.Her healing hands were rude but gentle.Tionne sought the warmth of other people's skin, and once slept with her, Tiona and others.That big room that was as cold as a stone prison was indeed Tione's "home".

　　Ritual has rules, Amazons in the same stone room do not fight.This is the law that the girls discover in the ongoing battle.

　　This made Tione put down a big stone in her heart.Tione doesn't have to fight with her like her own sister, and these girls she knows well, not to mention her younger sister Tiona.This destination will never change.

　　She had believed so.On her fifth birthday, Tionne was called to the battlefield (arena) as usual, where——

　　Tione opened her eyes.

　　No feeling of falling asleep at all.It's all caused by a dream called reminiscence.Just like two days ago, waking up feeling terrible.When she sat up and lifted her sweat-soaked bangs, she found that another person was sleeping on the bed beside her.

　　It's Tiona.She didn't go back to the room for the two of them, but this old girl found herself specially, as if she had spent the night in this room.Tione didn't say a word, staring at her sister's sleeping face.

　　It has always been like this, every time Tione has something on her mind, she will come to her side to spend the same time.Say nothing, just snuggle up to Tionne, as if seeking her own blood relatives.

　　It was like going back to that time, when there were only two people before joining the Loki Familia.Tione, who looked down at her sister's face, walked out of the room without a word.

　　After the door closed, Tiona opened her eyes. .

Chapter 409

　　Ace and the others who greeted the morning in Mellen, formed several groups and took to the streets.The purpose is to inquire about the information about the piranhas that appeared in the brackish lake.

　　"Piranha? I don't know... After all, there are many monsters in the sea or lake."

　　"If the collision with the ship is included, which day did the monster cause no damage? Hey, but because of this, we boatmen make money."

　　"Few people have been killed recently meow. Merron has also become peaceful meow."

　　"Even if the monster appears, it will be fine as long as it is handed over to the Nyord family. The fishermen there are better than half-hearted adventurers. If you really can't deal with it, please ask the guild to ask Orari for help."

　　There are young people who set up stalls to do business, rare ones such as female elf boatmen, tanned cat people who sell ice-cold juice, and dwarves in old taverns.Including Ais and Lefia, the team members who were in charge of inquiring about the information, questioned the residents of Meren everywhere.

　　"Everyone doesn't seem to know that there are piranha monsters."

　　"Well. It is said that the monster that appeared yesterday is the first time I have seen..."

　　Looking at the bustling street that is crowded with people every day from the alley, Ais and Lefiya 14 were talking.They rest for a while in the shade with the rest of the group.

　　"Lakes and seas, security seems to be very good..."

　　"After what you said, it's true... If that kind of piranha appears, it should cause a very serious disaster."

　　Once the piranhas, which are difficult for even advanced adventurers to deal with, appear here, the lake will not just be thrown into chaos.From what they heard, however, residents said Lake Rolog and the offshore area were fairly calm.

　　This is a little contradictory to the eyewitness information of the piranha.

　　"It doesn't seem to be fighting monsters before causing disasters... What's going on?"

　　Beside the puzzled Lefiya, Ais silently watched the pedestrians on the road.

　　"The drain...seems to be fine."

　　Angie the cat and Rine the human left the port city of Meren for a while and returned to Orari.

　　Eulalie will discharge the waste water into a nearby river and then into Lake Rolog.The guild has always been troubled by the problem that monsters such as raiding monsters travel upstream along the river from the half-waste lake, and settle and breed in the underground waterways of the city.

　　Not long ago, Loki and Bert met Piranha in the old underground waterway.Monsters swim up from lakes, and piranhas may in turn flow from urban sewers to brackish lakes.An Qi and the others thought of this possibility, so they came to Orali's drain.

　　"Fences made of refined metal (mirthril) are sure to block the drains..."

　　"I heard that it was destroyed and invaded by monsters once, and the guild has repaired it."

　　Urban waste water roared, pouring out of a huge round hole with a silver-white fence.The location is northwest of Orari, and you will come to this city sewer exit when you walk down the gentle slope.

　　Looking up, the drain was located where the city wall and the guard duty room could be seen, and as Rine had said, it was tightly sealed with a fine metal fence.Needless to say, the Piranha, which is comparable to the large class, cannot enter or exit even by raiding monster fish or small monsters.There are no signs of damage.

　　In front of the members of the group, clean waste water, which has no foul smell due to the purification device, flows into the river.

　　"Piranha didn't invade the lake from the drain... at least it hasn't flown there from the city recently."

　　An Qi put her hand on her slender chin and thought deeply.

　　"Disgusting piranha...that one really startled me yesterday."

　　Nijord answered Loki while carrying the load on his shoulders.

　　The location is in Ship City, the base camp of the Nyode family.Just like Ais and the others who acted separately, Loki also collected information from everywhere.In the mansion attached to the fishing port facing the lake, she listened to the old friend Nijord in the warehouse.

　　"Njord is a big parent in Mellen, isn't he? Have you heard anything suspicious?"

　　"It's said to be the head of the family, but at most our faction is to manage the fishery in this area, and it's not a big deal. It's not the successor of the god of the gods (Poseidon)."

　　Nijord smiled wryly at what Loki said as he put the things in the corner of the warehouse.

　　"Unfortunately, I'm taking fishing as my life's vocation, and it has nothing to do with the smell of gunpowder."

　　"what does it mean."

　　"Forgive me. When I heard you say the real purpose of your coming to Mellon... I was also surprised."

　　After speaking, Nijord sighed.

　　He turned his back to Loki, who was sitting cross-legged on the crate, and put his hands behind his neck.Loki watched Njord's behavior silently.

　　"I think you only need to ask people in the town to know that Mellen has not had any serious accidents in the past few years, and it has been peaceful. ... Really, it was like this until yesterday."

　　The male god said that the piranha attacked the Kali family's ship, which scared the people of the port so long that they hadn't sweated like this for a long time.

　　Even if it was Tiona and the others who fought to drive the monster to the surface, it was an unshakable fact that the piranha was hiding in the brackish lake.Those ferocious piranhas didn't attack people or anything, they just stayed at the bottom of the lake... Is this really possible?

　　Loki felt that it was more convincing to say that the monster was lurking at the bottom of the lake for some purpose.

　　"Speaking of this, is your relationship with the guild still as bad?"

　　"Huh? Yeah... it's still the same. They do everything possible to win over fishermen who are not adventurers, and every time we refuse, they unceremoniously tax the fish and shellfish imported into the city."

　　After changing the subject, Nijord replied as if he had had enough.

　　He talked about the time when Loki and the others took a boat to the port city of Meren in order to enter Orari... No, it was a dispute that continued even earlier.

　　"After all, O'Larry, who is in front of us, is our biggest trading partner. They say it's the general opinion of the city, but ghosts believe it. It's simply an act of revenge. They're taking advantage of our weakness. Although the cities they belong to are different, I really envy the agricultural product faction (Demeter) who is given preferential treatment.”

　　"You're still working hard-"

　　Nijord was talking about how difficult it was to live in the lower world. The guild he mentioned was not Orari's guild—the headquarters that managed the labyrinth city.

　　It was another guild in this port city.

　　"Loki, have you been to the guild branch?"

　　Nijord asked suddenly.

　　Loki replied to his back as he started to work again: "I just let Riveria pass by.".

Chapter 410

　　The stone entrance hall is much narrower than Orari's guild headquarters.

　　Although it was already a magnificent building in terms of scale, the Pantheon that managed the labyrinth was simply too huge.If you look at it casually, the number of staff in uniform is no larger than that of the headquarters, and many are not responding at the window, but are busy with other tasks such as entry procedures or checking the list of trade goods.

　　The guild branch of the port city of Melun.

　　This is a base set up by the headquarters of the central agency guild outside Orari.The responsibilities of the bases vary by region. The main role played by the Merron branch is to supervise the ports entering and leaving the sea, and to manage the import and export of urban goods, including magic stone products.

　　Riveria, who was visiting alone, looked sideways at a situation that was completely different from Orari's headquarters.

　　"Piranha monster...? Well, I haven't heard of it."

　　An answer from the front drew Riviria's gaze back.

　　Standing across the window counter was a human with a long face.He was thin and long, and looked a little too thin.The black hair, which was meticulously tied together, showed the neurotic side of the man.

　　The man said his name was Ruburt.He is the general manager of the guild branch, that is, the branch minister.

　　"sure?"

　　"I don't understand what you are suspecting. Oralie... The guild headquarters has not sent any information on this new monster."

　　After being confirmed again and again by Riviria, Ruburt said clearly in an annoyed tone.

　　It's so weird.Even if the top of the guild, the main god Uranus, restricts the information of the new species, it is impossible not to share big and small information within the organization.Since many people witnessed the piranha, such as the Monster Festival and the events on the 18th floor, there should be no point in concealing the existence of such monsters.

　　But if they say that this matter has nothing to do with the branch outside the city, then there is nothing they can do.

　　"But that kind of piranha did appear. Shouldn't we come forward to think about countermeasures and investigate?"

　　"Just leave it to the people of the Nijord family. If the guild intervenes casually, they will definitely say that the water's edge is their territory, and we won't be allowed to intervene. It's always been like this."

　　Ruburt said disdainfully, as if to illustrate the bad relationship between the two parties.

　　Of course, there is no need for a faction that does not belong to Orari to join the guild camp.The Neyod Familia, which the guild cannot exert its coercive power, may be a thorn in the side of the guild.

　　Riveria, who knew the piranha's fighting ability, knew that that kind of monster was definitely not something that fishermen could deal with, but it was useless to say [-]%.

　　"Instead of this, I wish you could deal with the Amazons from foreign countries."

　　Ruburt raised his eyebrows impatiently and made a request to her.

　　(Compared to this, isn't it...)

　　Riveria closed her eyes and looked back at the branch minister. Naturally, he couldn't know what Riveria was thinking, and continued: "They didn't cause much commotion, but the people have complained to us about their appearance. It’s scary and hard to approach. And many people don’t speak the language, and some people even complained that the goods were taken away without authorization…”

　　"Didn't you allow them to enter Hong Kong?"

　　"That's right, but..."