Roaring Heroes Battle the Overlord (Ainz)

Chapter 103: The Diviner

The young archer and cleric girl from Baharuth walked side by side down the bustling street, occasionally stopping at roadside stalls to browse through small trinkets.

Three days had passed since the final showdown of the Warrior Captain Tournament, but as they reflected on it, both of them still felt a lingering sense of unease.

They hadn't participated in the life-threatening Warrior Captain Tournament themselves; instead, their team leader, EeDeChi, had been the one to compete. After EeDeChi won the final match in an astonishingly bizarre way—by forcing her opponent to surrender—she was summoned by the King of Re-Estize.

Upon realizing that EeDeChi was an unusual and fearsome warrior, the old king took an interest in her teammates. Without any hesitation, EeDeChi dragged both of them, along with Barrett, to meet the king.

What was it like for two Baharuth adventurers to face the King of Re-Estize? It was an experience that could very well cost them their lives!

The two countries had a century-long history of bitter conflict, and during the most intense times of war between Baharuth and Re-Estize, Baharuth had seriously considered how to assassinate the King of Re-Estize in order to cause internal chaos and disrupt the power transfer within Re-Estize.

However, despite their best efforts, Baharuth had never found an effective way to get an assassin close enough to the king. To their shock, the two adventurers achieved this proximity in the most unexpected manner.

They were probably the closest Baharuth citizens to the king in history. Thanks to the king's trust in the Warrior Captain and the unwavering guarantee from the royal Grand Knight, Wade Bolton, they were even allowed to keep their weapons on them without having to disarm.

If Sean had drawn his bow and taken a shot at the old king sitting on the throne, he would have become an everlasting hero in Baharuth's history.

Luckily, Sean was a rational person. Between making a name for himself in history and keeping his life, he chose to survive and preserve his life. He and Stella played deaf and dumb, and with Barrett's help, they barely managed to get through the situation without revealing their nationality.

Sigh, "I think our captain can be a bit unreliable sometimes," Stella sighed.

"Wasn't it just the other day, during the final of the tournament, that you said the captain was 'kind of cute'?" Sean teased.

"Yeah, the captain can be a bit... clueless," the cleric girl said, a troubled expression on her face. "But she never listens to other people's ideas or opinions. She's kind of... authoritarian."

"Exactly," Sean agreed. "If she weren't so ridiculously strong, I really don't know how she's managed to survive this long."

Stella turned around, cautiously checking the street in all directions. She stuck out her tongue and whispered, "Be careful, don't let the captain hear you. She'd definitely flip out."

She lowered her head and walked for a moment, her deerskin boots kicking a small stone as she asked the young archer beside her, "Do you miss home?"

"Of course I do," Sean replied without hesitation. "Even though adventurers are supposed to roam the world, I never thought I'd end up this far from home. I promised my parents I'd come back three times a year, but now it's been almost eight months since I last went back."

Stella looked up at Sean and asked, "So, will you keep being an adventurer? Like our senior, Barrett?"

"I used to think that way," Sean answered, "but then I met you. Now, I plan to save up some money and go back to Baharuth to live a stable life."