The Goddess Granted Me the [Hatching] Skill and Somehow I Became the Strongest Tamer, Commanding Mythical and Divine Beasts - 159

Chapter 159: The Evil God Cult’s Scheme

“Regarding the sabotage on the Cyrus Kingdom route, it ended in failure.”

Broy twitched his brow as he listened to the priest’s words.

“Wasn’t the plan to blow up the tunnel along the highway and force them onto the detour route?”

There was a forest on that detour route. That’s where they had planned to launch the attack.

“But… the tunnel has already been repaired…”

“That’s ridiculous. Do you think tunnel repairs are that easy?”

To repair it, they’d have to clear out the debris and do the patching work. Even with enough workers, it would take a month. They must have caused destruction on that scale.

“The one who did the repair was that… fellow…”

Klaus’s name came from the priest’s mouth, and Broy nearly lost himself to anger for a moment.

“That brat again…”

Klaus kept showing up in every situation that made things go badly for them. He wasn’t ignoring the threat, but Klaus’s actions were so unpredictable that it was hard to counter them.

“What’s the situation with the other two countries?”

He wouldn’t give up just because one plan had failed. Broy checked the status.

“Granz has no place to hide monsters, so it’s not suitable for an ambush.”

The desert stretched out there, which wasn’t ideal for attacks.

“But the Yggdra Empire…”

The priest pointed to a spot on the map.

“I see. According to the intel, that empire should have thin security right now…”

They had spies in the Yggdra Empire too, so the current situation was an open book to them.

“Then we’ll switch our target here.”

“Don’t get careless.”

The priest started taking action right away.

“I won’t let them pacify the continent or anything…”

Broy muttered that and glared into the darkness.

★

“I’ve been waiting for you, Lord Klaus. I’m Edward, the manager of this establishment.”

The day after finishing the tunnel cleanup work, I visited a certain shop.

The reason was that a noble I’d given advice to at the party had sent me a thank-you letter along with a recommendation for this place.

The nobles I’d recommended all took soil from their territories to the Alchemist Guild and got advice on what crops to grow.

Thanks to a sudden flood of big jobs, the Alchemist Guild had gotten swamped.

Especially since the clients were nobles, the only one who could handle them without causing offense was Tabasa, so she’d been working without a moment’s rest, according to Lorraine.

At that time, she’d passed along a message: “I’ll definitely repay this favor someday.”

So I decided not to drop by the Alchemist Guild for a while.

To get back to it, the crop failure problem for the noble who’d consulted me before was heading toward a solution.

Basically, whenever a noble consults someone and gets it resolved, there’s a rule that they have to give a gift of thanks to the person they asked.

If they don’t give a gift, it’s seen as a breach of etiquette, and in noble society, they’d end up shunned.

That’s how this matter tied into one of the thank-you gifts.

“Here’s the letter of introduction.”

This shop was members-only—you couldn’t get in without a referral from someone, and even among nobles, plenty couldn’t enter without connections. For nobles who often needed all sorts of things, a hookup to a place like this was something they’d give their eyeteeth for.

I handed the letter to Edward, and he started reading it.

He must deal with nobles and tycoons every day, because he wore clean, expensive clothes.

“Yes, I’ve confirmed it. Please follow me.”

He gestured toward the back with his palm and took the lead down the hallway himself.