“I’m pretty sure the rescue party’s supposed to be led by my subordinate, so why are you here with those Adventurers?” asked Siegfried.

“Ah, so what happened was…” Pyo Cheol-Ju trailed off with a smirk before he shrugged and continued. “You mean Carell? That NPC won’t be coming.”

“Why not?”

“He is too busy commanding his forces. He said that he can’t come to rescue you because the battle is simply too fierce for him to leave his spot.”

“Hmm…”

“That’s why we came instead of him,” Pyo Cheol-Ju said as he pointed at the men behind him with his chin.

There were twenty Adventurers affiliated with the Camellia Guild standing behind him.

“Is that so? Hmm… there’s no way that Carell is simply going to—” Siegfried started.

However, Pyo Cheol-Ju cut him off and said, “I thought you needed a rescue party. I don’t see a single Cryptid behind you, though. Did you manage to shake them off?”

Pyo Cheol-Ju didn’t wait for Siegfried to answer as he said, “Mother of the Colony? Is that the one controlling the Cryptids?”

“…”

“Oh, you cleared the quest?” Pyo Cheol-Ju asked with a hint of certainty in his voice.

The reason that he sounded certain was that he...