Chapter 293 – Angry and Worried.

“This looks terrible… Why are there so many holes in my workshop!”

“Wait until you go downstairs.”

Bernir was clutching his head while looking at the workplace he had created for himself. It started as a shabby shack but turned into a full-fledged smithy through the years. Roland had seen him constantly work on it after finishing the workload, it was like his own project and place that belonged to him. Now it had been partially destroyed during the Lich’s rampage, the chaotic mana had rained down and left large holes in the walls and the ceiling.

“Noo… my tools!”

Roland looked as Bernir rushed into the almost collapsed building. It wasn’t in such bad shape considering that his home had a lot more holes and the front door was blown open. It would probably take a lot more to fix it and the wind turbines in the back.

“Most of the tools should be fine, they were made from deepsteel. I’ll go check up on him so he doesn’t get crushed under the ceiling.”

Dyana was there too and she followed after her husband. Roland nodded as he looked inside and used some of his magic to reinforce the structure. He was not a carpenter or stonemason though so he didn’t really have any skills that would help him identify the weak points. Luckily Bernir and his own student could use some abilities to help them out with everything.

“This might be a good opportunity to upgrade everything…”

While watching the large lady walk away he eyed the mostly wooden cottage that had once been his assistant’s workshop. It started out as a wooden shed and had been constructed with that in mind. The resource used for it had been mostly wood and even though it was fantasy wood it still didn’t have the resistance of the fantasy stones. Perhaps it was time to put some more money into all of this as his compound was certainly not able to last through a tier 3 monster invasion, even one was enough to cause this much damage.

‘But perhaps I should prioritize leveling up first and leave this to Bernir instead? On the other hand, this all happened because I started rushing things…’

The Lich escaping from the dungeon was mostly his fault. While he had no way of knowing that his mana would affect the creature in such a way, it wasn’t an excuse. If he went through the normal channels and adhered to the law then probably no one would have died for it. As it stood now, some adventurers had been killed by the monster and people’s homes outside of the city were destroyed or ransacked by burglars.

Perhaps tossing himself into the exact same environment without thinking it over was a bad idea but on the other hand, he had already started this and at this point, there might not be anything he could do to stop it. Arthur had already heard about his plan and the platinum adventurers had already secured the dungeon entrance.

‘It might be too late to stop any of this…’

In his hands he was holding his runic helmet, through it he was able to connect to Arthur via the instant message device he made for him. He was given the order to return to the city as there was a lot to discuss. Now with the city gates opened up, there was no reason to fear any more burglaries, at least not with his newly hired help.

“Wayland, weren’t you supposed to leave for the city? Won’t that pretty boy be angry with you otherwise?”

His eyes looked down at the small woman, her name was Senna. She and her party of four had decided to take the request of protecting his home. Orson, Dalrak, and even Grisalde was here.

“Yes, I’ll be leaving soon, I just wanted to wait for Bernir to get here. I’ll have to thank you for taking the request, most of the adventurers will probably be heading to the dungeon instead.”

“Hah, they are idiots, going back into a dungeon a tier 3 Lich came from is dumb, its better to wait until that platinum party goes through it.”

Senna shrugged while smirking as a larger team of adventurers was being formed to sweep through the dungeon. It was a dangerous mission but it also paid well, for some adventurers this was enough. The siege of the city was quite mild as the monsters never made it inside. The foolhardy people from the guild were probably bored out of their minds and saw this as a chance to let loose.

“It’s not wrong for them to assume that this was a rare monster spawn, dungeon breaks don’t happen often.”

“That’s why it’s better to wait, no one knows when the next Lich will appear!”

“That is true, no use losing your life over some coin.”

Roland nodded as he kind of agreed but also knew that no new rare monster spawns would be appearing anytime soon. He would probably need to find another Lich and shoot him with his mana cannon again for something like this to happen. Even after that, it could have just been a one-in-a-million chance that his mana resonated with this particular monster this well.

This all would require some testing which he could only safely go through after achieving his own tier 3 class. His current level was already at a hundred and sixty-six. The monster at the entrance didn’t go over a hundred sixty. Taking this into account he should have been stronger than them when he achieved the new tier multiplied.

‘It’s not only the multiplier though, tier 3 classes also get those…’

“Wayland, are you leaving soon?”

Someone called out to him from afar, it was a voice that he knew well. Almost instantly a small smile crept on his face which the person he was conversing with noticed. He replied almost instantly while shouting a bit and Senna was quick to tease him about it.

“Ah yes, I got all that I needed.”

“I see that your wife is here, I’ll let you two lovebirds be then, and don’t worry while you’re gone we’ll keep this place safe, just don’t forget to give me a discount.”

“Wait she’s not my…”

“Haha, sure sure~”

Senna gave Roland a wink while moving away. The person that approached was a woman wearing glasses, behind her was a girl around the age of ten. It was Elodia and behind her was Marcie with some parchment. She was scribing something down on it while listening to her boss. Without peeking he assumed that she was making a list of things that needed to be either replaced or repaired. Luckily the store portion that was outside somehow made it out in one piece with the thieves not being able to get through the lock before Agni scared them away.

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Elodia had come here along with Armand and Lobelia with both of the kids after it was safe. It didn’t seem that anyone believed that any more monsters were coming, otherwise they would certainly not have taken the kids along with them. People in this world were certainly more resilient than in his old one where children were usually cuddled a lot more. Here on the other hand when they hit the age of ten and got their first class, they were expected to start pulling their own weight.

“Why is the city lord calling for you?”

“Well, I kind of made a few promises… don’t worry, I’m at least good at making contracts, he can’t force me to do anything unreasonable.”

“That would be nice but alas your idea of unreasonable is a little different.”

“Ah uh…”