"My deepest apologies, Mr. Momonga. Those are the Adventurer's Guild's rules, and there's nothing I can do. I'm truly sorry."
"I see... Sorry, I was being presumptuous. Then please assign me the most difficult Bronze-ranked quest."
"Certainly, Mr. Momonga. This is the most difficult Bronze-ranked quest: eliminate ten wild goblins wandering near Yggdrasil."
Goblins... Momonga still felt that was far too easy, but since he had decided to follow the rules, he might as well follow them through to the end.
"Fine. We'll take this quest."
After accepting the quest, Momonga took Nabe back to the tavern. Just as they were about to return to their room to make some preparations, several burly men with ill intent surrounded them, their greedy gazes openly sweeping over Nabe's body.
"This little lady's quite a looker. How about having some fun with us? We've got plenty of gold!"
Nabe looked at the men with contempt and mocked them mercilessly. "You really are like a swarm of water fleas. You should all be cleaned out..."
"Why's such a beautiful lady suddenly insulting people? Quite the fiery personality, huh? Hahaha."
Just as Nabe was about to make a move, Momonga acted first. Standing over two meters tall, he lifted a bald brute with one hand and hurled him toward a nearby table.
Unbeknownst to him, a young woman with a few freckles on her face and wine-red curly hair was gazing sentimentally at a bottle of blue potion sitting on that table.
"I finally saved up enough money to buy this bottle of potion. It really wasn't easy... It's so beautiful..."
Before she could finish lamenting, the man Momonga had thrown crashed onto the table before her.
The enormous impact of his fall crushed the entire table. The blue potion was shattered beneath him as