Ibro City has four gates: north, south, east and west.
The gate opens when the sky starts to light up and closes when the sun sets and the afterglow disappears.
An exact time is not set because visibility is more important than time, and it is said that when the light becomes too bright to notice the approach of a foreign enemy, the gate will close.
In recent years, the number of large monsters around Ibro seems to have decreased, and there is no need to worry about attacks from other countries, but the practice continues just in case.
So what happens if Ibrox cannot be reached before the gates close?
As the shops outside the gate prospered and grew in size, new walls would be built and the city would expand.
The largest gate of Ibro City is the south gate, facing the direction of the royal capital.
Many travelers pass through the south gate, so there will be a queue waiting for the door to open before dawn.
The three gates except the south gate are all connected to a road leading to mountain villages such as Azka Village, so there are few people queuing up to open the door.
Two days after destroying the target at the Guild Shooting Range, I'll be heading to the West Gate before dawn.
The president's ruling was that he would not be punished for the time being, but that he would be required to accompany an escort request.
The content of the escort is to escort the craftsmen of the pottery workshop during the excavation and during work. It seems that the D-class team is in charge.
It seems that the level of the guild team is the level of most members.
For example, a team with 2 B-level adventurers and 3 C-level adventurers is C-level, and a team with 3 B-level adventurers and 2 C-level adventurers is B-level.
Although it also depends on the content of the escort request, it seems that only D-class teams with three or more members can accept it.
This is simply a question of troop strength. A team smaller than this will decide that it cannot serve as a guard.
This escort request will be handled by a team of 2 D-class and 1 E-class, which is the minimum team composition that can accept the escort request.
Since they meet the standards, the guild cannot refuse the order, but in case of an emergency, they are worried about lack of strength, so I guess they will accompany them as a backup force.
Since we still had time to leave the base before the gate opened, the carriage that escorted us to the pottery workshop at the west gate did not arrive, but the three adventurers were ready and waiting.
"Good morning, I am Hua Wuming, I will accompany you today."
"Ah You!"
"Bellucci, do you know him?"
"Look, I told you, I was at the shooting range the day before yesterday."
One of the D-class teams that came with the request was a dog adventurer who practiced archery at the shooting range a few days ago.
"Let me introduce to you again, we are the trackers of the D-class team. I am the captain and shield Carrot, the spear user is Flach, and the bow user is Bellucci."
The three trackers are all dog people. The leader, Carrot, has short black hair, is about 170 centimeters tall, and has a muscular build.
Flach has long chocolate-colored hair tied back. Although he is about the same height as Carrot, he looks well proportioned and agile.
Bellucci has white-brown hair, the shortest and most delicate of the three.
"Even so, he was about 160 centimeters tall and I was about 90 centimeters tall, so I could only look up at him."
All three are 18 years old and are childhood sweethearts born in Ibro.
They all wore leather armor and had daggers hanging on their waists, ready to fight at any time.
This is a big difference from me wearing cargo shorts, a regular button-down shirt, and carrying a backpack on an outing.
I can probably equip full armor at any time, which is much better than the three of us wearing leather armor, but I feel a bit regretful.
"Is it true that the chariot belongs to the C-class?
"Do you just treat C-level Bode as a child?"
"That's why I told you to calmly fire out huge magic."
When I revealed my affiliation and rank, I was bombarded with questions.
I was able to answer the question about whether it was about the members of the chariot or about the crusade, but when I was overwhelmed by the questions from Miss Layla and Shur, the carriage from the pottery workshop came at the right time.
The carriage is a covered carriage with two horses and the hood is dyed to imitate the coat of arms of a pot and the letters of the pottery workshop Keyraft.
The person holding the reins was a craftsman-like ox driver, and a bear and a rider came out of the carriage, who seemed to be his colleagues.
"This is Ybor of Keyraft, the Potter's Workshop. The bear-man is Wardal, and the rider is Naebro."
"Good morning. I am the tracker Carrot. Flach is the gunner, Bellucci is the archer, and Hua Wuming is the guild's observer."
"Please don't ask."
"Yes, thank you!"
The three people in Taofang are all in their late 20s to early 30s. They are all about 180 centimeters tall and have strong builds.
"Maybe it's because they put their powers to work, but honestly, I can't help but wonder which one I should protect."
The confused look on Ybor's face was probably because he couldn't bear to ask if he was okay.
It took about two hours to reach the quarry by carriage, so Ybor took the reins and set off with Carlot sitting next to him.
Flach and Bellucci were behind the carriage, paying attention to the situation behind, left and right.
According to Miss Jessica, this was the first time escorting a tracker and all three looked very nervous.
Wardal and Nabuero sat behind the coachman, with their backs to the side of the carrier so that they were facing each other, and I sat next to Wardal, but they were both confused by my appearance.
After the carriage left the west gate and continued moving for a while, Nabuelo seemed to be unable to bear it anymore and asked.
"You are Hua Wuming, aren't you? What are you doing here?"
"Yeah, I'm like in the reserves."
"Reserves?"
"The guild told us not to interfere until the three trackers got out of control."
Depending on specific instructions from the guild, it is said that 7 or more goblins and kobolds, and 2 or more orcs can be monitored without interference.
Of course, if the situation worsens, such as if someone is injured or incapacitated, they will also be told to rescue.
"I see, how many orcs can Hua Wuming deal with by himself?"
"I used to conquer three at once by myself, but now I think I can handle five or so, no problem."
"Uh, it's an orc, not a goblin."
"Yeah, it's about the orcs."
Nabuelo probably thought the reserve troops wouldn't be of much use since they were all cat people.
"He probably didn't expect that he would calmly reply that he could handle five orcs."
"This request is for our guards, so even if an orc appears, I hope you can drive it away instead of conquering it, okay?"
"No problem, demons are afraid of fire, so I'll roast it a little."
I made a small fire magic tool with natural magic with my hands and lit it like fire magic. Nabuelo seemed to be convinced at last.
"Because there are trees around the mine, be careful about fires."
"Got it. This isn't a conquest, just a threat, so just focus on the area around the face and you should be fine."
"I see, so we can focus on our work without any worries."
"What kind of place is a quarry?"
“The quarry is located halfway up the Helio Pass and provides access to high-quality clay.”
The quarry is jointly managed by the pottery and construction companies of Ibro, and the road leading to the quarry from the highway was also co-financed.
"You can't dig up there without permission, right?"
"We jointly manage it. There will be problems if we dig it randomly, but since it is originally owned by the lord, strictly speaking, we cannot claim ownership."
“For example, if I want to start renovating my house and want to use soil from the quarry, where do I apply?”
“If you ask the Chamber of Commerce and Industry they will tell you that they will issue you a license based on the volume of mining, not royalties.
Nabuelo showed me today’s mining license.
It seems that if you have this permit, you don't have to complain even if you dig in a quarry.
"Hey, did you dig so much?"
“Ah, we can’t work without soil.”
The permit Nabuelo showed me said a number in tons, but I couldn’t believe it was the amount that three craftsmen had done by hand.
The request was to return to Ibro before the end of the day, but would that really be the end?
"Haha, well, you see, although we can't subdue monsters, we are very good at handling mud."
Hearing Nabuelo's confident words, Wardal nodded.
"In that case, let's see how things go."
