Death Guns In Another World

Chapter 110 - 104: The Leader of the group

ʼʼNow then, you should have a rough understanding of each otherʼs abilities.ʼʼ

Conrad told the rank-up test participants who were standing in the training field in front of him. As for the people who heard it, some gave a small nod, others smiled and some listened to Conradʼs words in frustration.

ʼʼThough Iʼve said it many times, these mock battles are simply for you to know each otherʼs strengths for the recapturing of the village occupied by the monsters. You shouldnʼt be too concerned about it. So, the next decision is who will be the leader of this temporary partyʼʼ

Muttering, Conrad looked at the 7 faces one after the other. Some showed interest in wanting to be the leader, they held their breaths waiting to see who would be nominated, while some showed no interest, people like Meera, Gracier, and Sebastian.

Meanwhile, Conradʼs fixed his eyes on a certain person. He observed that person for a moment.

ʼʼAlex youʼll be the leader.ʼʼ

And he was told so.

ʼʼWhat?”

Alex put on a surprised face at Conradʼs words. Truth be told he was not against the idea of becoming a leader. He could use this chance to gauge his capability to lead because he will have a party in the future, a party with whom he would dive into dungeons.

Conrad on the other hand nodded his head without hesitation.

ʼʼYou are strong more than a normal D Rank Adventurer. However, you lack experience when interacting in a group. You may think itʼs fine to take a quest together with your sister, however, when oneʼs D Rank Adventurer, sometimes every now in then you will take a quest together with another group. It would be bad you donʼt have experience.

Use this chance to learn how to interact with others and how to lead, how to be a good leader.ʼʼ

As Conrad pointed out his reasoning with his words, Alex could only keep his silence. He was aware that he wasnʼt that good at dealing with other people, no it should be more accurate to say normally he doesnʼt like to interact too much. If it was the old him, he would think about completing this quest and be done with it.

ʼʼI understand, Iʼll assume the role of the temporary leader.ʼʼ Alex declared.

ʼʼGood. I hope you all are ready. Alex will be the leader of the temporary party until the monsterʼs subjugation for the rank-up test is completed.ʼʼ

At Conradʼs words, everybody nodded.

However, each of them had a different facial expression, Golfak humphed to show his dissatisfaction, while Eleonora was pouting, it seemed that she also wants this position, alas it was Alex who got chosen, Lucien was also dissatisfied because he was expecting to be selected, only Gracier, Sebastian and Meera seemed okay with Conradʼs decision.

Conrad continued by adding,

ʼʼRight, well then, Iʼll give you the details of the monsterʼs subjugation immediately. First of all, Iʼve explained that the monsters are occupying a village they have destroyed, Gatoʼs village. This village is about 3 days distance from this city, monsters you will be fighting against are goblins and orcs lead by Orc King probably. I will guide you there.

I mean, as Iʼm the examiner, so, I have to follow you anyway. We will depart tomorrow morning. We will meet at the front gate at the 9 oʼclock bell. The guild will provide carriage, any questions?ʼʼ

At Conradʼs words, Sebastian, the Swordsman spoke up.

ʼʼThough the guild will supply a carriage for us, what about other supplies? In particular, food and potions.ʼʼ

Hearing Sebastianʼs question, Conrad smiled with a grin.

ʼʼOnly the carriage is provided by the guild. Other necessary supplies are to be provided for yourselves. Naturally, the supplies which each person prepares will be assessed, so be careful.ʼʼ

Next to raise a question was Alex.

ʼʼIf it is possible I want to know how many monsters we are going to face?”

Grinning Conrad responded ʼʼIʼve heard that there will be at least 30 monsters.ʼʼ

ʼʼI see. The minimum is it.ʼʼ

Alex mumbled as if understood something.

ʼʼAre there any problems with the words ʼat leastʼ?ʼʼ Golfak didnʼt understand the reply and asked Sebastian who did not seem surprised. He turned his eyes to Lucien and Gracier who were next to him, equally puzzled.

Sighing Alex decided that he should explain, it was one of his duties as a leader anyway.

ʼʼThe fact that there is a minimum of 30 monsters means that there is likely to be more. That means there is a possibility there could be 40 or even 100 monsters occupying the village.ʼʼ

To Alexʼs explanation, Conrad gave an appreciating look. He was pleased with his answer.

ʼI guess, he will do a decent leader.ʼ he thought.

Gracier seemed to finally understand while Golfak and Lucien were frightened at those words.

However, surprisingly it was Meera who spoke next, trying to reassure the two.

ʼʼThat said, as this mission has been selected for the guild rank-up test, there probably wonʼt be an unreasonable number.ʼʼ

To those words, the two people gave a big sigh of relief. However, Conrad again spoke up with a nasty smile.

ʼʼThough this certainly is a guild test, however, safety isnʼt guaranteed. Youʼll die if you let your guard down. Now then, any other questions?ʼʼ

To Conradʼs question, there was a silence before Alex suddenly asked.

ʼʼConrad I want to know about the reward for completing this request.ʼʼ

Conrad was surprised, he looked at Alex with praising eyes, Eleonora also nodded, she appreciated Alexʼs inquiry, same thing with Meera. Only Golfak and Lucien seemed a little lost.

ʼʼIt is good that you asked this question. I thought you wonʼt ask. In the case you didnʼt, it would have been a demerit to you as the leader, even itʼs temporarily.ʼʼ Conrad said before adding,

ʼʼThough it seems like a small matter (Alexʼs question), there is a possibility of getting into a dispute with the client if the rewards arenʼt agreed on first. Well, though you donʼt need to worry about it if you take a request from the request board in the guild, above D rank, you may occasionally be asked for a request without going through the guild.

In cases such as that, you should inquire about the reward beforehand, donʼt forget what I said. By the way, the reward for up test this time is 5 silver coins per person. We will buy the monster materials with a discount of 4%, so in the case, you killed a lot of monsters, apart from the 5 silver coins for the completion youʼll earn a lot of money.ʼʼ

Everybody nodded, pleased with Conradʼs words, meanwhile, Alex was thinking if it was like this, then it means that the quest wonʼt be easy, they may have as well to clean up a village occupied by 100 monsters.

Observing Alex lost in thought, Conrad knew what he was thinking about, he couldnʼt help but smile, others got ensnared after hearing the reward, forgetting to analyze his words, what that kind of reward entails.

Shaking his head, Conrad announced,

ʼʼNow then, we will leave it at that for today. Although I said this earlier, because we will be departing at the 9 oʼclock bell, I want everyone to be there with their belongings prepared.ʼʼ

With his words as a signal, everyone left respectively.

Tomorrow was going to be the day they will depart toward Gracier former village, her birthplace, Gatoʼs village.