My Guardian System: The Trader

There's a hint of disbelief in Gino's exclamation. Though it only happened in an instance. To put it bluntly, he chose to believe that the boy was along with his team when he cleared the dungeon.

"In that case, do you know which guild they belong to?" He decided to ask again.

There were few guilds under the Clearing Association that were active in this district. Each of them was capable of beating a dungeon, though it also depends on its rank.

But, Gino and his party were dumbfounded at Hope's reply. "Party? No." She shook her head. "He's alone."

She also told them that he was a young boy of the same age as her. Thus, it further mystified the Red Falcon members.

"....."

"For real?!!"

She was slightly taken aback by their reaction and timidly nodded her head.

Gino wondered if she was fooling them, however. He could not find any hint of lies from her.

Looking at the girl in front of her, it was clear that she was around 15-16 years old.

Is it possible for a boy of such age to clear a dungeon by himself? 

The answer is simple. 

There's no way!

"Say, do you know him? I mean that boy."

"....."

Looking at her hesitant face, "Rest assured. We're not going to harm him. I merely wanted to know his name."

"I see." 

Well, since Jem himself told his name right away when she asked it, there must be no problem if she disclosed his name, right? Moreover, they were the famous Red Falcon Guild.

"Uhm, I don't particularly know him. He came in the middle of battle when we tried to rescue the two behind us. Uhm, by the way, please, he's our benefactor. I hope nothing bad will come to him..."

Gino was surprised to hear her story and wanted to hear more about it. But most important for him now was the boy's name.

"Sure, I promise," he said to ease her.

"His name is….. Jem-----"

"Hoy! Red Falcon!" Before Hope could finish telling Jem's full name, someone interjected out of a sudden.

'Jem?' Gino thought before he looked behind him.

"Black Wing...?" He muttered upon seeing the people who were coming towards them. 

All of them uniformly wore black body armor. And on the chest area of their armors was the black wing logo.

The person on their lead was no other than one of their leaders, "Drake!" He has spiky hair and fierce-looking sharp eyes. And a pesky smile was on his face.

On his back was his favorite greatsword, the Black Hurricane. The sword itself was black.

Rumors said the sword was forged from the scale of the Black Dragon.

They were walking at a steady pace towards their direction. A moment later, they arrived in front of them.

"What's up, Drake?" Gino greeted them with a question.

His voice wasn't friendly nor antagonistic.

"Is it you guys who cleared the dungeon?"

Without beating around the bush, Drake asked him in the same level of mannerism as Gino if it was their group who cleared the dungeon which appeared in the area.

Gino raised an eyebrow. "Oh, so you're aiming with that dungeon as well?"

"Talk that to someone who came before us, CEH!" Drake rebutted with a scoff. Then clicked his tongue at the end of his words.

"Heh~ aren't you guys only having your eyes on a higher grade dungeon? Well, for us, we aren't picky apparently." Gino said in a little teasing tone.

For him, it was unnatural for the Black Wing to target a lower-grade dungeon. Hence, he wanted to try to scoop some information from them.

The two men, who were of the same build, look at each other's eyes.

However, Drake was the first one who threw away his gaze from Gino. "It's none of your business," Drake did not engage in a conversation with Gino and unusually retreated while glancing around him. "Well, since you guys are here, there's no need to guess who cleared it," he said then sighed.

Drake concluded that it was Gino's party who cleared the dungeon. Then, he turned around and faced his men, "It's regretful that we're a second late," he said to his men with an exasperated look.

"Haha, feel free to believe that." Gino's chuckles took back Drake and his men's attention.

Drake frowned as he looked back at him. "What do you mean?"

"Well, you see. We have just arrived as well."

"What? Then who?" Drake squinted his eyes.

"I would have known already if you didn't show up at the wrong time," Gino replied in an exasperated tone. "Though, we can ask her---" when Gino looked back at Hope, "??" he could not find her anymore.

"Uhm, their guardian arrived and took the two girls away while you two were conversing," Valerie reported while having a nonchalant face.

"....."

Gino wanted to shout, WHAT! But he chose to stay silent with crestfallen. "Well, it can't be helped."

Aside from the name 'Jem', he could not get any more information regarding the clearing of the dungeon and that boy who managed to clear it.

Honestly, he was still hesitant to believe that a single young boy cleared it on his own. That is just very out of sense.

He might believe more if that girl told him that she and her friend cooperated with the boy to clear it.

After seeing the girl's uniforms, he believed that they were from the Academy of Ex-Humans.

Although it was still unthinkable that three academy-level ex-humans could clear a dungeon, it was more convincing compared to a single boy clearing it on his own.

Completely disregarding Gino, Drake approached Valerie.

"Oh my goddess, Valerie. Your voice is so sweet. Your very presence is the epitome of my love. Bless me with your unyielding brilliance and ward off this feeling of unease within my soul. Give me the happiness I am seeking for my entire life."

With heart-shaped eyes, Drake sang praises of love, out of a sudden, however. 

"Sorry, I refuse."

GAH!

As though Drake was hit by 1 million volts of lightning, he fell to the ground with white eyes and drooling.

A female in the Black Wing group shook her head as she massaged it.

"Take the captain and let's move out," she ordered their members.

"Yes, Miss Q."

Before following the retreating figures of the other members, she glanced at Valerie.

Miss Q was a woman with long black hair tied at the back and wearing a pair of eyeglasses. On the other hand, Valerie was a silver-haired beauty with long straight hair.

Both of them had good assets, but, in terms of beauty, no doubt that Valerie was a little above her.

Inwardly, 'CEH!' She secretly clicked her tongue. But on the outside, she bowed slightly before leaving the site, following her retreating group and leaving the dumbfounded members of the Red Falcon group.

"Ahaha, that guy have never learn, huh," Gino muttered jokingly. After saying it, he also asked to return to their headquarters, the Red Falcon Guild Hall.

After everyone left, some people from the different sectors of the local department arrived at the site.

"Bleeurgh! A dead body!" One person vomited upon seeing the remains of a person.

Well, it wasn't actually uncommon in this world. It was a common scene whenever a dungeon appeared. Still, those who are not use of seeing it would probably ended up fainting or vomiting.