Carter's party has grown from a ragtag adventuring group into something that makes S-rank clans nervous. When a routine delivery quest to a dwarf mining town turns up an undiscovered dungeon, an S-rank boss, and a fortune worth more than most kingdoms, Carter handles it the way he handles everything—with a divine sword, questionable judgment, and a party of women who are simultaneously the most dangerous and most exasperated people on the continent.
But money and power can't fix everything. When the Hero of Daris asks for help rescuing a village destroyed by bandits, Carter finds himself buried in a problem that no amount of stats can solve: sixty-one dead, fifty hostages, and a community that can only survive if the women who lost everything learn to coexist with the men who took it.
Then an unknown monster with an impossible skill nearly kills everyone, a mystery ability appears in Carter's status screen, and the magic city—a place that treats adventurers like second-class citizens—is about to discover what happens when an S-rank party walks through the gate.
The crystal ball didn't survive the introduction. The city might not either.
Genre: Thriller
But money and power can't fix everything. When the Hero of Daris asks for help rescuing a village destroyed by bandits, Carter finds himself buried in a problem that no amount of stats can solve: sixty-one dead, fifty hostages, and a community that can only survive if the women who lost everything learn to coexist with the men who took it.
Then an unknown monster with an impossible skill nearly kills everyone, a mystery ability appears in Carter's status screen, and the magic city—a place that treats adventurers like second-class citizens—is about to discover what happens when an S-rank party walks through the gate.
The crystal ball didn't survive the introduction. The city might not either.
Genre: Thriller