Guild Boss's Ambition

Hearing this, I looked down at the pheasant on the ground that had been dismembered to the point where only two wings were left.

"It's nothing compared to the size of a giant dragon—"

"To the dragon, we are the mountain devils?"

My heart was filled with despair, I couldn't eat the whole day, and I had nightmares all the time.

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19. The second tactical map (Little Blue)

(Ulu-Lannon)

Time flies. Meng'er and her friends have been out for four days. They have taken away most of the adventurers in the Stone House, leaving us, the guild ladies, like empty-nesters. In the entire three-story guild, apart from us employees, there are only a dozen adventurers left on standby, making the Stone House once again return to the deserted scene when I first arrived.

Then these few days I've been really free.

There is absolutely nothing in the guild that needs my help.

Apart from reading and practicing identification skills, I just stayed in the lobby, taking a nap and waiting for news.

"Um--Is there anyone there?"

On a chilly winter afternoon, a female orc guard appeared at the door of the guild hall.

I went up to her and said, "Hello, I'm the poster girl here. What can I do for you?"

The female guard shook her dog ears and handed me a huge scroll. "I'm here to deliver a document. Is the president of your guild here? Because it's a confidential document, it must be signed with her seal to complete the delivery."

I took out a document and a seal and said with a smile, "President Erhard is out of town, but you can give these documents to me directly. Look! This is a letter of authorization written by President Erhard and a secondary seal carved separately."

"A letter of entrustment..."

Seeing the commission letter in my hand, Miss Dog Girl showed a look of annoyance: "You don't look like a bad person, so I won't waste time checking things like your ID card. OK, this is the latest version of the tactical map. If you lose it, we won't reissue it for free. By the way, I should have the opportunity to come again in the future. Please give me your advice. Goodbye."

"Uh. Please give me your guidance and have a good journey."

After nodding goodbye to the unknown female dog guard, I had a two-meter-long sheepskin scroll in my hand.

Because the scroll is made of sheepskin, it is two meters long and has the weight of two meters.

On the other hand, I am only 1.5 meters tall at this moment, so the whole picture is like a little adult holding a long balance bar. And because of the imbalance of the center of gravity, every time I take a step, the balance bar will shift to the other side. In the end, the "balance bar" that was supposed to have a balancing function has become a burden to me.

"Ms. Lan Nong, are you carrying such a heavy thing by yourself? Do you need my help?"

A kind-hearted female adventurer offered me a helping hand.

But at this moment, I have completely given my all to this parchment scroll.

I rejected her seriously: "No! This is confidential information, I must deliver it to the president's office in person!"

So I swayed left and right, taking a gorgeous S-shaped route, taking dangerous steps, and successfully delivered the parchment scroll in my hand to the president's office on the second floor with a cautious attitude.

"Ebi, the latest version of the map is here. Ah! I'm so tired."

I shouted to the old man in the president's office and threw the map to the ground.

"I always feel like my muscles are completely overloaded..."

"I probably won't be able to lift anything heavier than chopsticks today..."

Unlike me who had to lift a ten-kilogram object, Hai Lao only needed to move his mouth and use his magician's hand to move the scroll from the ground to the desk, and then unfold it from right to left very smoothly, turning it into a beautiful landscape painting.

"We just got the first map a few days ago, why did you deliver the second one today?" I asked curiously.

Ebi did not answer my question, but just focused on examining the map in front of him.

I stood beside him obediently, following his gaze to look at the various marks on the map, but in the end I couldn't figure out anything.

After a long while, the old man said calmly, "The young lady and the others are in danger. Come and give me the letter paper."

Hearing this, I was immediately startled, and handed the letter to Hai Lao, and asked anxiously: "What's going on?"

While writing the letter, Hai Lao explained coldly, "Unlike the first version of the map, the military has changed the rhythm of the defense line contraction. Originally, the military planned to withdraw from the Panlong Forest area 20 days after the war, but now it has decided to retreat 300 miles to Mopolis City every seven days. In this case, even if the young lady and her friends succeed, they can't return to the city."

I thought about what Hai Lao said, then looked at the tactical map, and my heart was immediately shocked.

This……

If the military really retreats at a speed of 300 miles every seven days, then even if the food carts do not appear within fourteen days, by the time Sister Meng'er and the others are ready to leave, there will probably only be troops of the high elves left within the 600 miles of Panlong Forest. Without the help of our army to contain them, Sister Meng'er and the others will have no chance of escaping!

"Emi, do you think Corvina knew about the second map early on?" I asked with a chilling look on my face.

Hai Lao pointed to the right side of Panlong Forest and explained while writing: "I don't know if Corvina knows this, but what is certain is that if something happens to the supply troops in Panlong Forest, the high elves attacking this location will generally stop the pursuit and give priority to dealing with the alien forces inside the main camp. In other words, Meng'er and the others will die instead of the alliance soldiers."

"But...isn't it already been the fourth day since the president and the others went out to fight?!"

I couldn't help but be greatly surprised. "And according to the contents of the mission and the relevant information of this new map, there is a 99% chance that the war will start tomorrow morning! Now, even if we send people out of the city immediately, we may not be able to convey the information to the president and others before the two armies clash. Moreover, if we abandon the task of destroying the grain carts now, how are they going to complete the conditions for the war mission?"

Hearing my question, Hai Lao added some ink to his quill pen and continued writing, "If the high elves' troops have not yet arrived at the Panlong Forest, then the garrison support mission for Luruga Village is still a viable option. On the contrary, if the high elves' troops have already appeared, the young lady and her friends' top priority will not be any war missions──"

What Ebi said is very true.

If the military estimated that the war would break out in five days, then the high elves must have arrived near the city of Mopolis by now.

In other words, Meng'er and the others are already surrounded.

I analyzed and said, "Their best chance to break out is when the military is fighting the high elves."

Hai Lao lit a magic flame on his fingertips, carefully dried the ink, frowned and said, "It's a pity that the young lady and her group are located in the lowlands of the forest and lack good scouts. I'm afraid they can't effectively grasp the direction of the battle. Even if the two armies have already faced each other, they can't grasp the few opportunities and move to the right direction."

"So, what did you write to the president and others?" I asked cluelessly.

Hai Lao sealed the letter with wax and said calmly, "We are thousands of miles apart, and we can't give the young ladies much information. As I just told you, the young ladies will understand once they see the copy of the new map. So, this letter is not written to the young ladies, but to someone else who can help them."

"Is there such a person? Who is it?"

Ebi explained: "Strictly speaking, it is not a person."

I asked half-doubtfully, "Are you trying to seek help from other guilds? Water World?"

Hai Lao raised his old eyebrows and said with an appreciative smile, "Finally, there is some progress. Water World is one of our most loyal allies. They still owe us a big favor during the last nature's wrath. Originally, I was going to save it for more important things, but now it is no longer our turn to choose. The young lady and the others need key reinforcements."

"A big favor? What favor does Aunt Victoria owe us?" I asked.

Ebi recalled, "Ten years ago, the strength of our Stone House was not that weak. Even though the military was still as bad as ever, under the leadership of the eldest daughter's father, we had very good luck. During one of our missions, we happened to encounter the Water World adventurers in distress. At that time, the former president took a great risk to lend them a helping hand and saved them."

Former president?

I asked curiously, "According to what you usually say, the former president seems to be a very good person?"

Hai Lao sneered, "No, he is a terrible person who makes a lot of stupid decisions. But he is very lucky most of the time. It can be said that stupid people have good luck. Now your president is very similar to her dead father. If there were no people around her who are willing to help her clean up the mess, this stone house would have been gone long ago."

"Yes, yes, yes." I said sneerfully, "Just keep on being a tsundere~~Grandpa Hai~~"

Being teased, Hai Lao's face immediately turned red, and he shouted in a deep voice: "What did you say, little bastard?!"

Looking at this loyal old man who was captured by Ehard twice, I smiled slyly and changed the subject: "No, no, I didn't say anything. By the way, Hai Lao, since the president and the others are likely to be surrounded, who should we send to give them the new version of the map? That will be a simple matter!"

Having said this, Hai Lao also frowned deeply.

"In short, those reservists downstairs are not worth relying on," the old man criticized harshly.

"How about we go to Water World and ask for help?" I suggested.

"Doesn't that mean we owe Water World a favor?" Hai Lao said, looking towards the corner of the president's office.

"Then what should I do──" I said anxiously.

Hai Lao walked to the corner with his bamboo stick, knocked on the floor a few times, and asked into the air: "Yes, then what should I do?"

At this moment, I finally noticed that Ebi was acting strange, and we looked towards the corner of the room together.

Then, the air in the corner was distorted and a blue-haired fox, with a shy expression, lowered its head and said in a mosquito-like voice: "Grandpa, please don't stare at me like this~~ I will be shy~~"

A wild ViVi appeared.

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20. We are diplomats! (Xiao Lan)

(Ulu-Lannon)

"The Stone House still needs me to take charge, so I'll leave the matter of this letter to you, little girl."

Because of what Hai Lao said while yawning, I walked in the sunset and went to the water world of the alliance.

I once heard that people’s facial expressions are roughly the same when they are unlucky.

And now it seems that the Adventurer's Guild in the war is almost the same.

Even though there was constant singing and dancing and endless fine wine in the past, the water world is now silent amid the sound of the horn.

In the midst of the depressing chaos and under many vigilant gazes, I held the stitched dog Xiaoban and found a poster girl of Water World.

"Um, excuse me, is your guild leader here? I'm the messenger from the Stone House."

"A messenger from the Stone House? Uh, okay, please wait. Merry, you go to the president's office and report immediately."

After a while, when the lady who went to report came back, I was taken to the president's office of the Water World. Unlike Meng'er's room, Aunt Victora's office was very spacious, enough to accommodate sixty or seventy people. When I arrived at the room, there were already more than twenty adventurers and Aunt Victora herself sitting inside.

"Oh, Xiaolan, why did you suddenly come here by yourself?" Aunt Victoria asked with a smile when she saw me appear.

"Ebi asked me to deliver a letter, um..."

At the end of my words, I looked hesitantly at the other people around me.

Aunt Victoria smiled and said, "It's okay, just let me see the letter."

So I handed Hai Lao's letter directly to Aunt Victoria.

Although no one knew what Hai Lao wrote in the letter, after reading it, Aunt Vitora immediately lost her smile and exuded a stern majesty. She said solemnly to the other staff members present: "Everyone, I have something to discuss with this little girl alone. Please wait outside the door for a while. Thank you."

“Yes—”

With a rustle, twenty adventurers of different looks and temperaments in the room stood up at the same time, and then walked out of the president's office quietly and orderly. Compared with this rhythm as neat as soldiers, the discipline of our stone house is not even comparable to that of African buffaloes in the great animal migration. It is just a Loya Ark full of intrigues.

"I have already given a general description of Meng'er and the others' situation in the letter. Please tell me that I will send someone to handle this matter. But it is late at night now. It is not a good idea to let a girl like you wander around outside during the curfew. How about this! You stay in the water world tonight and go back tomorrow morning."

After giving simple instructions, Aunt Victoria handed a key to me.

She smiled and said, "The room number is written on the key, understand?"

"Oh, okay! Thank you, Aunt Vitola."

Although I had many questions about Aunt Victoria's plan, I did not dare to disturb them because they seemed to have other important things to discuss. After receiving the key, I left the president's office of Water World, found the room according to the number on the key, and brought Xiaoban to our residence for the night.

The room was decorated in aqua blue, and the furnishings around it were curvaceous and classical. From the vases used for flower arrangements to the bed sheets with a faint floral scent, all of them were treasures from the world. But what puzzled me was that, from the half-used lipstick on the dressing table that was casually thrown on the table, and the lace pajamas that were thrown on the floor, it was obvious that this room was owned by someone.

"I always feel that going to different women's rooms to admire their bedroom styles has become one of my daily routines..."

"But why is the room Aunt Victoria arranged for me occupied?"

"Could it be that Aunt Victoria accidentally gave the wrong key?"

"Or is it because the accommodation situation is tight, so you want me to live with others temporarily?"

Confused, I looked around the room and saw only a big bed.

I always feel that the situation is not good──

If I continue at this pace, I'm afraid I'll be taken advantage of by some female pervert again.

The current focus is on──

"Whose room is this?"

In order to protect my chastity, I began a preliminary search of the room.

Sadly, I didn't find any photos in the room.

At the same time, I did not find any documents with the name of the room owner.

Of course, if I were shameless enough to open someone else's room and rummage through the drawers, I believe I would be able to find some clues, but the problem is that I am just a guest now, and only that stupid loli Gushan would invade someone's privacy. Only an adult like me who is well versed in the ways of the world would not make such a low-level social mistake.

Therefore, the process of searching for evidence becomes extremely difficult.

However, who am I?

I am a mysterious fairy! I will become a famous detective in the future!