Don’t Open That Door!…Oh, Too Late…
The group of three was now returning to Zolgas by foot.
*It's notable to see the city guards are already back to their usual jobs regardless of what happened less than a day ago… *
Eric, with his near-pathological preparedness, as he had done to have an alibi for Sharks' murder, accepted, whenever possible, quests, many days of worth travel distant for an adventurer of the E rank like himself.
Consequently, solving the request in half the allotted time, he had all the time to do whatever dark deed he needed to.
*After all, it was worth it being underestimated! *
At the moment of his fight with the now-dead old bastard, he risked falling asleep on the spot a couple of times, but luckily the pay was good enough.
That Broadway's worth play and the act of stopping that cosplaying Guild Master from leaking information gained him the power to manipulate truth as his own.