The next morning, Shien left the inn and headed straight for the Adventurer's Guild.
Having just returned from a mission yesterday, Vivian's Squad had taken the day off. Today, they were to gather again.
"I wonder what kind of request we'll take this time?"
With that thought in mind, Shien arrived at the Adventurer's Guild and entered the first-floor hall.
However, the atmosphere in the guild was somewhat different from usual today.
More specifically, not only were there far more people than usual, but they were all discussing the same topic.
That topic was the strange phenomenon that had occurred yesterday.
Clearly, the adventurers were all paying close attention to it.
Shien even overheard a conversation like this.
"You're saying the wilderness southeast of town was practically split in half?"
"Yeah. It seems even one of the mountains was cleaved apart."
"No way?"
"That's terrifying."
"How could something like that suddenly happen?"
"Who knows? All we know is that it definitely wasn't a natural phenomenon, because the guild's investigation team and the town's Knights both detected large amounts of residual magic power."
"So it was man-made?"
"According to the most credible theory so far, it was likely caused by an attack from a Magic Sword."
"A Magic Sword?"
"You've got to be kidding."
"What kind of Magic Sword could turn that place into something like that?"
"I don't believe it either, but it really is the most convincing explanation right now. Only a Magic Sword could cleave apart wilderness and mountains like that and cause such destruction."
"This is unbelievable."
"Let's hope that guess is wrong."
"Yeah."
Hearing that conversation, Shien could not help but think—
No matter what world you're in, there are always smart people.
They had practically figured out the truth behind the strange phenomenon already. They