In the Hunters station, the two receptionists were frozen in astonishment seeing the abundance of loot that was neatly sorted in the storage room. A large number of high class materials were brought back by Matthew in the one night that he was gone. There was an appraiser who was inspecting the materials while the others watched.“You actually cleared the entire dungeon by yourself? In just one night?” The wolf lady asked.“Hey, watch your words!” The woman beside her nudged her elbow in her friend’s side.“Ow! Sorry. Milord, did you actually do it?” The wolf lady asked in a more proper manner now.“Yeah, totally. Although I finished a bit later than I hoped, I did.” Matthew answered. He was back in his disguised look as of now.“How was it? Was the dungeon tough?” The woman asked.“Well, I was forced to use my dragon form, so I’d say it’s pretty tough by normal standards.”“Is that so? Um, excuse me, sir. But can I ask you about the details of the dungeon? It would help the other Hun
“What are you doing here, Loki?” Matthew’s voice was unexpectedly calm although his expression said otherwise.“For you to almost see through my spell… Your immunity to mental affecting magic is incredibly high. I just wanted to say hi.” ‘Jack’ was trying to be funny to ease the tension, but it only made it worse.“Answer me.” Matthew said in a more serious tone.“I just told you-”Vm!‘Jack’ sensed that his binding spell just lost a string in its magic circle. Matthew was overcoming the binding spell, no, he could easily break out if he wanted to. That was like a warning from Matthew.“Well, sorry if you don’t believe me, but it’s true. I figured that it’s about time I risked my life meeting you in person. Thankfully I was prepared.” ‘Jack’ stood up and avoided even touching Matthew’s fist.Once he stood up, he headed for the door and locked it. After that, he turned around to face Matthew. “[Domain: Silence]” He casted a spell that Matthew did not know the function of.“I am deeply
Three days later, Matthew's ban from the Association was lifted. Once he did, he completed multiple quests in a day for the next week to the point that he was to be limited to only one quest per day. Matthew complied and spent another week doing so.Although two weeks in total have passed and various things happened, Matthew was still bothered by the things that Loki said. He kept thinking back on his decision and what he should do. The best course of action.Matthew hasn't returned to the Alpen peak nor Cecilia's mansion. Instead, he spent his nights either in an inn or just outside when didn't feel like sleeping. His companions in conversation were mostly Draco and Arshild who were always with him no matter where he went. He sometimes asked for their opinions as he kept worrying again.Draco and Arshild were getting annoyed from his constant worries, but they do still care about him. They could never help Matthew make a definitive decision because of their different opinions.Draco,
Matthew and Bran arrived at their destination, the Irons’ home somewhere in the outskirts of Northern Omni. After paying for the carriage and thanking the driver, Matthew and Bran headed toward the house that was a bit further up the dirt road that was surrounded by vegetable fields such as broccoli, cabbages, and parsnips.There were farmers in the field who greeted Bran as they passed by and Bran replied in a similar manner. Most of them were actually fairly young. Matthew, on the other hand, only got curious and cautious stares. If they knew who Matthew was, it was only natural for them to be so.“They’re not very friendly with any figure of authority. Please ignore them.” Bran told him.“I don’t mind it. Anything else you can tell me about them?”“Well, not much really. Everyone’s having a rough time and helping each other. We’re one community. But still when the baron comes, we can’t do anything. His goons beat us up if we can’t pay immediately.”“None of you are fighters then.”
“So that’s why you came to us?” Jovanic asked.Matthew and Bran had just finished explaining everything to the people that were present. They were presently in the living room just right at the front door of the Black Angels’ base of operations. Everyone was present currently, though only Metil and Jovanic were talking with Matthew and Bran while Marlin was sitting on the couch with a book in hand, Hinata leaning her back against a pillar and Azazel standing halfway up the stairs.“Yeah. You guys were the first that came to mind, so I want to ask for help. Well, from Marlin specifically.” Matthew gestured his hand at the sitting Marlin.“How did you even find us? We never told you our location.”“Well, I remembered your astra signatures, so I just tracked them here.”“You tracked us all the way from Omni? And knowing that you can’t teleport and seeing you don’t have transportation, you just ran all the way here?” Jovanic asked.“Yes.”“It was not a good time.” Bran seemed sick but he
Marlin went out as soon as she received the commission. Since she had been to Metil’s house before, she simply teleported to a nearby forest to not alert the residents. She identified the house she wanted to investigate.She prepared multiple layers of presence concealing magic on herself. Having her target of investigation notice her was the last thing she wanted.“[Perfect Presence Conceal] [Perfect Light Absorb] [Perfect Sound Damp] [Perfect Ghost]” Now that she was prepared, she made her way toward the Irons’ house via “[Fly]”Marlin remembered where the target’s room was located. She went to look through the window of the room and observed her target of investigation. The pale woman with greying hair was currently sleeping on the bed. The husband was nowhere to be seen, perhaps working on his farm or just worrying about where his son and guest went without telling him.Marlin really wasn’t detecting anything off from normal observation and [Mana Sense]. However, she had other tri
Marlin returned to the hideout later that night and reported her findings. She spoke to her employer, Matthew, directly while others were also around. She mentioned that she had identified the source of the curse, but was unable to lift it and kill the caster.“So it was a demon. Hired by the baron to make my mom his bride?” Metil made a conclusion.“Yes.” Marlin confirmed.“Okay that’s it! Where is his house?? I’ll burn it to the ground!” Metil got rageful and stood up in anger.“Easy there, big guy. Let’s not rush this. You heard what Marlin said, kill the demon, your mom dies with it.” Jovanic tried to calm Metil down.“Well, it also said that we just need to kill the baron and the curse will be lifted, right? So let’s get to it!”“I know that dealing with a demon is not such a simple thing. What do you have in mind, Marlin?” Azazel stepped in the conversation.Everyone was gathered in the large living room of the hideout.“Well, given time, I can dispel the curse anyway. But that
Hinata was currently leaping from tree to tree while making as little sound as possible. She purposely chose to do this as stage one of the challenge.Since Matthew could still slightly sense her presence, she can keep up her perfect concealing art. Even so, she purposely left a trail that Matthew could follow. As stage one, she didn't want to utilise her best techniques.Stage one was basically what the average ninja can do. Hinata wanted to see if Matthew would be able to catch on.After a while of running, Hinata came to a stop on a branch. She observed the trail she left behind. Satisfied with it, she decided to wait until Matthew found her. This was a game of hide and seek after all, not tag.It was not long at all before Matthew entered Hinata's sensing range. Matthew was running at quite the speed. It seemed that he caught onto the trail quickly."Even Jovanic took some time to notice. I guess being a Hunter makes him quite used to finding trails."After about a minute of waiti