Chapter 164

Billy was overwhelmed by the situation.
“W-what are you doing, I’m the Baron, the Baron!”
In a panic, Billy called out to the Knight NPC who was approaching him, but the Knight NPC didn’t respond to Billy’s words; he simply approached to subdue him.
“…”
The Knight NPC then began to subdue Billy. Billy didn’t resist the Knight NPC’s actions as he subdued him; he simply stared at Ming Hu in bewilderment.
“How… how…”
Billy was speechless. But I could tell by his expression what he was trying to say.
“Why? Are you embarrassed? Why didn’t you just stay put?”
While Ming Hu was talking, the Knight NPC completely subdued Billy. The captured Billy was speechless, as if he couldn’t believe what was happening. Ming Hu looked at him and said
“Let’s go.”
With a smile on his face, Ming Hu led the captive Billy to the tribunal.
“Uh…what happened?”
As Ming Hu and Billy left, Heimer said.
“…”
“…”
But no one could answer Heimer’s words, for neither he nor they understood the situation. Silence settled over the forge.
“…What are you doing!”
It was Nerpa, the head of the forge, who broke the seemingly endless silence. Nerfai looked at the smiths as they stared at each other and called out.
“Get to work!”
At the cry to Nerfai, the smiths flinched and began to work.
“Yes!”
“Come on, let’s get to work!”
Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!
* * * * *
A clearing near the Imperial Palace Forge.
In the clearing now, a group of Smith’s Guild members were gathered, talking.
“…Really?”
“Holy shit.”
The members of the Smith Guild were surprised by Heimer’s words. As they reacted, Heimer remembered something that had happened not long ago.
“Yeah, I guess you’re not just a blacksmith.”
Heimer’s words were echoed by Leto.
“I saw what you were doing with the sign, and from the looks of it, you have some kind of specialized job, like a ghostwriter or something.”
At Leto’s next words, the Smith Guild members looked at each other.
“This is amazing.”
“A job that catches nobles?”
“So I can stop worrying about the Twin Axes Guild?”
Then a guildmate asked Heimer a question. Heimer couldn’t help but smile at his guildmate’s question.
“Yeah, you don’t have to worry about that anymore, you girls. Hahahahaha!”
* * * * *
No stranger to the various message boards, Zhang Myung-chang was still wandering around today, finishing up his work on Legend.
“Hmm?”
Zhang Myung-chang couldn’t help but shake his head at what he saw.
“Let’s see what other bullshit you’ve written.”
Muttering to himself, Zhang clicked to read the article.
Subject: Guild Wanted.
By: BoboBobo
Find a guild.
You’re at level 170.
Axe Warrior.
Welcome to the Social Guild.
Message me for more details!
“…?”
Zhang Mingchang couldn’t help but be puzzled. He thought it would be a bunch of bullshit, but it was normal. Zhang Mingchang quickly tapped on the keyboard to comment.
-Commando: How do you sell the dual-axe guild and get a guild?
It wasn’t long after I commented that I got a reply.
-Bobobo: Our guild is disbanded lol.
“Decommissioned? That’s bullshit.”
Zhang Mingchang smirked at the comment. The Twin Axe Guild that Bobo Bobo belonged to wasn’t a huge guild, but it was a named guild that few people knew about due to a special event. It was ridiculous that such a guild would be disbanded. Zhang Mingchang tapped on the keyboard again and commented.
-Commando: Why is the Twin Axe Guild disbanding? I got fired for that video back then, wasn’t it because I was embarrassed?
-Bobobo: Hold on a second, post.
In response to Bobobo’s comment, Zhang hit refresh. A few moments later, Bobobo posted, and Zhang quickly clicked on it.
Title: Behold the Commando. Twin Axe Guild Dissolved.txt
By: BoboBobo
My guilma became a noble, so I went to the imperial forge to catch the old guild thief, Minghu, but it was fucking ridiculous. Captured by a knight NPC who took me to the station. Taken to the tribunal. Turns out you used to be a nobleman. Like an assassin or something?
Anyway, I was taken to the tribunal and tried. I was stripped of my noble title and disbanded from the guild. Most importantly, I spent five months in prison, locked away. Even when the Duke came, he couldn’t get me out, so I had to be caged and brought back.
“…A nobleman’s job, or a cloak-and-dagger?”
Zhang Mingchang was a little surprised to read this, because there is one immutable truth that has been handed down to the users: once you become a noble, you have overwhelming power that no one can stop you. But he was surprised to learn that there is a profession that catches such nobles.
“…in the imperial forge?”
Zhang Mingchang muttered with interest. He wasn’t the only one who was intrigued. Many people clicked on Bobobo’s post, and the chapter began to spread to other message boards.
* * * * *
Boom!
[You have succeeded in crafting the Iron Shield].
Three days after capturing Billy, Ming Hu is still crafting the items needed to complete the quest. This time, he only crafted items for all three days.
“I didn’t know it was going to be dismantled.”
Ming Hu remembered the Twin Axe Guild. The moment Billy was put on trial and stripped of his noble title, the Twin Axe Guild, of which he was the master, was disbanded. To be honest, I didn’t expect the guild to be disbanded.
“It was secretly fun to go.”
The guild was currently disbanded, and not a single person was staying in the Twin Axes guildhouse.
“That’s too bad.”
Clearly, this was a good thing, but something was missing. Why was it missing? As Ming Hu thought about it, he soon realized why.
“Is it because you’re bored?”
Boredom, perhaps, was the cause of his regret.
Boom!
[You have succeeded in crafting the Iron Shield].
Muttering to himself, Ming Hu realized that he had crafted all the items needed to complete the quest and pressed the blue button to release the valve to complete the quest.
“Let’s go.”
Once the valve was released, Ming Hu headed straight for the warehouse.
“Knights of Balrog equipment.”
“Ah, yes, thank you.”
Arriving at the warehouse, Ming Hu quickly hands over the equipment to Cannon, who approaches him. Then a message began to appear.
[You have completed the quest].
[Helioca’s public profile increased by 700,000].
[Gain an additional 10% Merit for being recognized by Canon].
[Helioca’s notoriety increased by 70000].
“Good luck.”
After seeing the message, Ming Hu greeted Cannon and walked away, opening his character window to check his achievements.
Nationality : Helioca [Empire]
Age: 22 Occupation: Blood Knight/Strong Smith
Fame: 676000 Merit: 7777770
Levels: 256
Vitality: 15451050
Mana: 85020
Blood power: 7663
Strength : 766330 [76633(+7200)] Dexterity : 2585 Stamina : 2507(+500)
Wits: 2000 Wisdom: 2001
Dexterity: 337
“Wow. I think something good is going to happen.”
The merit list was 7.77 million 7770, and it was plastered with the lucky number 7. Ming Hu thought back to when he had dragged Billy to the tribunal, thinking that something good was going to happen.
“Maybe I should go hunting for nobles. I’m sure he’s got a pretty good reputation.”
The moment the trial stripped Billy of his title, Ming Hu earned 500,000 merit points. Half a million merit points for capturing a baron, a man who had barely been made a baron. Capturing a nobleman with a higher title and who had held it for a longer period of time would earn even more.
“I’ll have to look into that.”
Arriving at the forge a short time later, Ming Hu decided to wander around the website to see if there were any stupid nobles or not, so he closed the character window and entered the forge.
“Huh?”
Entering the forge, Ming Hu couldn’t help but smile when he saw the figure standing in front of his workbench.
“Mr. Revill!”
In front of his workbench, Revil was waiting for him.
Jumbled
Ming Hu quickly approached the workbench.
“It’s been a while.”
Revil said to Ming Hu as he approached the workbench. Then he handed him the scroll he held in his hand.
“Work.”
As expected, it was business that brought Revil to Ming Hu. Ming Hu took the scroll from Revil.
“Bye then…”
After handing Ming Hu the scroll, Revil bowed slightly, as he always did, and quickly exited the forge. Once he was out of sight, Ming Hu unfolded the scroll.
“Oh. This place!”
After confirming the quest, Ming Hu couldn’t help but smile.