Chapitre 156: The guild is in uproar
I have made Aldo my disciple. With that said, we were going home when I thought of reporting this incident to the guild. I think that bunch of goons had a bounty on their heads.
"Aura, you take both of them and go home. I will drop by the guild."
"No, I want to go the guild too. I have always wanted to be an adventurer but I never had the chance to go to the guild. I will go to the guild with you, master." (Aldo)
"You started calling me master as well. But if you want to, you can come. Then Aura, take Alyssa and go home."
"Okay. I will explain it to them as well." (Aura)
She takes Alyssa and goes home. I take Aldo and go to the guild.
"Master, are you an adventurer?" (Aldo)
"Yes. I am currently B rank. But I don't really care for ranks and stuff like that."
I push the door and enter. I see Ms. Maria at her usual place. I try to come during the mornings. But it's noon and she is still on duty.
Does she not take any breaks?
"Welcome, Mr. Belmont. What can I do for you today?" (Maria)
"I wanted to report an incident. I have taken care of a group of bandits? Aldo, what were they called?"
I don't actually know what they were. Bandits, thieves?
"Master, they were an organization. They did every crime. If you pay them, they will do anything." (Aldo)
"So, a group of criminals on hire. I see. So, Ms. Maria, this here is Aldo. Their victim and a witness."
"Nice to meet you, Aldo. Can you tell me who they were?" (Maria)
"They called themselves The Black Scorpions." (Aldo)
So they had a name like that. I didn't know that or more like, I didn't care. They were nothing more than insignificant bugs to me. But Ms. Maria is flabbergasted.
Her expression becomes serious.
"Mr. Belmont, are you saying that you caught The Black Scorpions?" (Maria)
"I accidentally killed them. Is that a problem?"
I didn't think about what comes later. I killed them but didn't think of the consequences.
"No, because they were ordered to be killed on sight. If you find them, kill them immediately. But where are the bodies? Are those in your storage?" (Maria)
"No, I burned their entire hideout. I don't think their bodies survived. But I can manage to get them back if you need."
"A proof would be preferable." (Maria)
I concentrate hard and remember the face of the boss man. It was a weird face and I won't say anything in detail. I sent him to a random place. Even I don't know if he is alive or not. So I call him back.
And he appeared. He seems to be in one piece and breathing as well. Where did he go? He is gasping for air.
There were not many in the guildhall and the other receptions were empty. Technically it's just me and them. So no one made a ruckus.
"He is alive. I am surprised myself as I didn't know where he would end up."
"He would end up? How did he pop out of thin air?" (Maria)
"As a punishment, I sent him to a random location in the universe. I didn't know where he would end up. He could have ended up on a barren planet or inside of a star for I care. But judging from his condition, he ended up on a habitable planet."
Ms. Maria is staring at me like I am speaking gibberish. Aldo has the same face. Science is not a thing in this world. They just accept it saying it's magic.
"Putting that to the side.."
I draw their attention and lightly kick the boss man at my feet. He coughs and sits up to a start.
"Thank goodness I am alive."
He says with a broken smile but when he looks around, his face becomes stiffer. And when he looks at me, his expression disappears.
"You remember me?"
And he lets out a scream. A scream which can be said terrifying and deafening. My ears were ringing. I lightly chop his head with my left hand.
But he falls back on the ground. I can see blood gushing from his skull. Don't tell me…
I healed him right away and cleaned the blood. He sits up again and lets out a sigh of relief only to see me and huddle back in fear.
"Are you done?"
I am starting to get annoyed a bit. But I notice that a crowd had already formed.
"Mr. Belmont, what did you do to this person?" (Maria)
"Nothing much. I think he is still traumatized by what happened at his hideout. But I swear, I only killed 2 of his members. The remaining 9 were killed by Aura."
The surrounding crowd started murmuring. I can hear a lot of things like demon, inhuman, spawn of hell, a monster, the devil and many other dark stuff. But those don't bother me.
"I'll talk. I'll talk. So just protect me from that guy."
The boss man got up and ran to Ms. Maria's desk and pleaded to her. She called some adventurers and had him taken away to the guards.
"Mr. Belmont, the guild master had decided to promote you to A rank. But after this incident, it will be put off. But you will be notified soon." (Maria)
"A promotion? I just registered though."
"Well, you have completed difficult jobs that were not of your rank. So, you will be promoted. But it will take some more time after I report this to the guild master." (Maria)
"I see. Well, I will be back tomorrow anyway. And what about that damaged wall? Hazel hasn't received any word yet."
"We have decided to overlook it this time. But someone had to pay for it. We took it from Rowdy himself. He is undergoing treatment even now so don't worry about him." (Maria)
I was going to leave and the crowd had already made a way for me. But Ms. Maria called me.
"What exactly did you do to him? He isn't a soft or weak guy but his reaction to you was that of a little animal being gazed upon by a predator." (Maria)
"Well, I just vaporized one of his men and sliced another one into 6 pieces."
I say that and leave. And yes, I had covered Aldo's ears before saying that. I don't want Aldo to know what exactly happened.
Let's head home for now. But this is pushing it a bit too much. Now, Alyssa and Aldo are also a part. I will connect their house with mine and Fiona's so they can contact us easily. I should drop by the castle to check on Gwen. She hasn't showed herself since she left.
After Clive had left, the entire guild started panicking. The ones who were plotting against him were trembling in fear. Because the person Clive had captured was an SS rank adventurer gone rogue.
He is an extremely capable and resourceful fighter. He could even use magic which made him deadly in a fight. He was wanted for more than 10 years and no one dared to catch him.
Which is why he roamed freely and did whatever he wanted. He also had connections with the army and some nobles. In short, a dirty mercenary for hire for the nobles. But Clive made that guy almost piss his pants.
"He did something outrageous again." (Christopher)
The guild master was watching this unfold from the second floor and he came downstairs.
"Master, what should we do?" (Maria)
"I will try to talk some sense into the other guild masters. They dismissed my claims about him. But this will surely be something. I hope they all agree peacefully or I will have to use force. I hope I can make him an S rank this time." (Christopher)
Christopher was moving behind the scenes to make Clive an S rank adventurer. But the promotion to an S rank requires approval from 3 guild masters. Everyone dismissed Clive as an imaginary person.
But Christopher will pressure them again. All this preparation is for him too. Being an S rank adventurer means, you can move freely without worrying about borders. It would give him freedom of movement and action.
Incidentally, The Black Scorpions had a total bounty of 300 gold coins. Dead or alive, it doesn't matter. If the leader is caught, everyone else must be dead. Clive wasn't notified of this case but the guild owes him 300 gold coins. His adventures continue.
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Gregor_americana I am thinking of finishing this volume with this chapter. Next up is Traveling Around. And someone, bash me in the comments like there’s no tomorrow. I want your genuine feedback so I can improve and make it a paid novel which in turn will genetare some money. I wonder if people will still read this though.
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