Chapter 67
Resist till the end?
Messai was surprised by Joshua’s response.
She was truly unable to understand why a mage with barely any magic power would dare to speak with such courage the words ‘resist till the end’ toward four fully armed templars of the Holy Church.
Could he be planning to rely on those sweepers?
Messai took a glance behind Joshua. The tavern’s three other servers noticed that their acting boss was currently confronting some people and had quick-wittedly picked up brooms and took postures in preparation for a fight.
Unfortunately, the coarse wooden brooms were simply unable to cause any harm to the armor worn by templars. Even if those servers were holding iron swords, they would not be able to defeat the Holy Church’s templars.
These templars were elites standing at the forefront in the battle against demons. It was just that they were dispatched to Norland to carry out a mission this time around.
“I am serious when I say that demons are extremely dangerous to ordinary people. They are sinister and deceitful. I believe that you must’ve been deceived by her lies.”
“Elder Frostaxe, my most sincere apologies! This is wholly an unintentional accident.”
The adjutant stepped forward and was attempting to alleviate the crisis by calming down the two sides.
“Say no more. This is all because of my impulsiveness.”
Messai clenched her teeth. She knew that apart from fighting the dwarves and being defeated by them, there was no other way to settle the dwarves’ anger.
“Frostaxe, calm yourself. If you act this way, people will have a bad impression toward you dwarves.”
At this moment, Joshua appeared on stage as the emissary of peace again. Joshua arrived before the dwarves that were ready to go at the templars at any moment.
Regardless of what the reason might be, even if Frostaxe possessed a high status in Norland, fighting on the streets of Norland would bring upon detrimental effects toward him.
“Then you’re planning to let that girl get away just like this?”
Frostaxe was truly enraged. While these templars didn’t really do anything, Frostaxe’s rage was ignited the moment he heard that they were planning to cause trouble in Hearthstone Tavern.
“Of course not. Miss knight, if I’m not mistaken, the evil demons that you spoke of, you must’ve encountered them all on the battlefield, right? Those demons were all your enemies. As they’re soldiers of your enemy nation, you viewed them as being evil,” Joshua said to Messai.
Messai opened her mouth with the intention of saying something in refute. But, her adjutant extended his hand to pull her back.
Frequently mingled with the townsfolk as a missionary, Messai’s adjutant knew how to conduct himself much better than the female knight stationed in battlefields year-round.
“Thus, miss knight, as a compensation toward us, and to help you all with your investigation, why don’t you all come and assist us with our tavern for a couple days? While our tavern is small, we are generally very busy and need help. As for wages, I will pay you all by the day.”
Joshua gave Messai a way out. But, this way out leads to a bottomless pit. He was only waiting to see if Messai would take his offer.
“…”
Messai considered the offer for a short few seconds. Joshua’s offer was simply killing two birds with one stone. It was clear that Joshua was trying to convince her to spare that demon. But, Messai was more confident that she would instead be able to convince Joshua while working in the tavern.
It would suffice as long as she could expose what that demon was scheming by coming to this place.
“I accept your condition. I was acting too impulsive earlier.”
In the end, Messai chose to compromise. But, she didn’t give up on Joshua. She felt that she should attempt what the nun that adopted her told her — ‘It is not only a sword that could be a weapon, one’s words could also serve as weapons!’
“Very good. In that case, I shall trouble miss knight to prepare yourself. Our tavern opens twenty-four hours a day. Everyone, my apologies for the inconvenience we’ve caused.”
Joshua said to the dwarves standing behind him. But, it seemed like the anger of the dwarves have yet to subside.
“As a compensation, I will provide everyone with three free card packs free of charge later.”
The moment Joshua said those words, the anger on the dwarves’ faces instantly turned to smiles. The price of card packs were only cheap for those especially rich dwarves. Many of the dwarves playing Hearthstone in the tavern only possess ordinary wealth.
Most importantly, those card packs were issued by the Hearthstone’s admin.
The trick Joshua used was frequently used after unexpected server maintenance to apologize to the users for their inconveniences. It ended up producing an outstanding result on the dwarves. Because of that, the dwarves returned back into the tavern to play Hearthstone in good spirits.