The Guild Master of Demon Hunters that the Empire is Obsessed With

62 – Berserker Chasing the Constellation (6)

When I opened my eyes, I could see Lucene looking down at me with a smile.

“Are you out of your mind?”

I come to my senses, but I have no memory.

I blinked when I saw Twilight Lightning being cast, and just when I thought I had safely escaped the range…

But looking at what happened like this, I guess I ended up getting caught up.

I closed and opened my eyes a few times and looked around.

All the surrounding trees were completely charred, and the carriage and horses that came on board were in a similar situation.

And now I am being hugged like a princess by Lucene.

At least my limbs are fine because I’m wearing the Qiratus armor.

This is not a good thing for the office manager.

But the lightning of twilight cannot be stopped by human will.

That’s ‘one of Thundermite’s ultimate skills.

It is a crazy technique that sweeps away the ground in the area with waves of lightning.

Since identification of enemies is not possible at all, major accidents can occur in which party members and even the summoned animals they carry with them are completely wiped out.

“What if I suddenly use something like this?”

“It’s my first request from the guild, so I shouldn’t cause trouble by being clumsy, right? I have to be sure about everything.”

“Okay, okay…”

I feel it desperately once again.

If Lucene finds out that you are a constellation, you will be really screwed.

“Put me down.”

As he came down from Lucene and stepped on her, black ash rose up.

“Surely the body wasn’t all burned?”

“I floated in the air before casting the lightning bolt, so my head was fine.”

When I looked at the place Lucene pointed to, there were corpses strewn about, the lower part of them burned, but the upper body still intact.

The heads are all attached properly.

“Then let’s cut off the branches and go back.”

Lucene and I each pulled out a dagger.

Mine is from the inside of the armor’s shoulder blades, and Lucene’s is from the ankles.

“It comes from a strange place.”

Lucene laughed when she saw me pull out the dagger.

“If I hide it here, I can pull it out and slit its throat as soon as I uncross my arms.”

“Wow, as expected of a vile demon hunter.”

Lucene gave his thumbs up with an exaggerated expression of admiration.

A demon hunter who fights with elixirs because he or she is of a lower weight class must be good at these catching techniques to survive.

As I dispersed and cut off the assassins’ heads, I suddenly became curious about their affiliation.

First of all, it is clear that he is not a common thief or Espionage.

Then, what other organization would send six trained assassins who might be involved with Patrick?

I took off the corpse’s clothes and looked around at the relatively intact upper body.

These guys might have some special tattoos or markings somewhere.

Umm, here it is.

A strange-looking tattoo was seen on the left wing bone.

A bizarre pattern with a dagger dripping black tar-like liquid penetrating the skull bowl.

When I checked the other guys’ shoulders, I saw the same tattoo.

“What are you doing? Why are you taking off the clothes on the dead men’s bodies? Huh?!”

“I don’t know what you’re thinking, but that’s not it. But do you know what this is?”

Lucene approached him holding the severed head in one hand and bent down to take a closer look at the tattoo.

“Well? I don’t know exactly, but looking at the symbols, it looks like a tattoo that an assassin group or a thieves guild would have?”

“I think so too. But why on earth are six of these guys running around in broad daylight, targeting Mr. Patrick’s carriage?”

“Hmm, that’s right. That’s strange. Assassins and thieves guilds wouldn’t act like this just for money, right?”

Lucene laid down the blade of her dagger and scratched his chin.

What he’s really doing is like a hardworking foreman.

“Hey, Leonard. I guess I’ll have to charge more for this, right?”

“Even though the carriage and horses are made like that, such words are often shamelessly said.”

Still, there is a high possibility that Patrick will just say that and move on.

Let’s hope so this time too.

We cut off all the hairs of the remaining corpses, placed them in sacks, and tied them up well.

Still, just in case, I took off the skin from one of the corpses.

Not all of it was removed, just the part of the wing bone where the tattoo is the size of the palm of one’s hand.

You can’t ask Patrick about the identity of these guys.

Because of the client’s confidentiality, Patrick will not answer.

Afterwards, while thinking about how to resolve the scene, I decided to use an elixir.

The headless corpse, the horse, and the remains of the smashed carriage were taken to the forest, then sprinkled with an elixir and set on fire.

Now it will continue to burn and become a shapeless pile of ashes.

“Hey, this thing is really dirty.”

Lucene picked up the steps of a full-body armored titan that had fallen on the floor and laughed, shaking off the ash.

Even after being hit by the twilight lightning, the titan’s steps showed no signs other than being slightly dirty.

Lucene, who quickly put on full-body heavy armor with one touch, said while moving her arms around.

“It will be a while to walk back. Would you like my sister to take me on a wooden horse?”

“Oh my gosh, that’s enough.”

“You know that?”

Lucene asked, taking the sack from her hand and putting it on her shoulder.

“You screamed like a girl when you blinked and got hit by the twilight lightning?”

“You’re such a fucking bastard. Stop saying crazy things!”

Lucene smiled and tried to pat me on the back, but she quickly backed away.

I had to hit him quite a few times, so it hurt like a bruise.

If I don’t have shredding acid, I can do something about it, but it’s a bound item, so I can’t just take it like my Nightrend.

“Let’s go, Leonard! If I get the money, I’ll treat myself to a treat! Shall we have a bowl of crunchy, sticky paella with lots of red pepper?”

“Huh? What do you mean? All the request fees go into the guild’s treasury. Aren’t you misunderstanding something?”

“Huh? What are you talking about? Why is it going to the guild treasury? It should be distributed appropriately according to contribution, right?”

When Lucene asked as if she honestly didn’t know, she burst out laughing.

“Contribution? If you weren’t a guild member, would you have been able to receive the request?”

“Hmm.”

Lucene thought about it carefully and then she smiled.

“If that’s you, then that’s probably true. Still, give me a gold coin as pocket money! I really don’t even have a gold coin right now!”

Wait a minute.

I thought of this because you keep saying you don’t have money.

“Where are the seven thousand gold coins I gave you… “

“What?”

Fuck.

“I think you’re thinking that I’m a rich person who owns about 7,000 gold coins!”

As I hurriedly tried to fix things and shouted loudly, Lucene stared at me.

I almost got screwed.

When I made that guy to max level, I only had 7,000 gold coins.

I almost committed suicide by asking what happened to all that money.

“I don’t have any money either. Got it!”

When I shouted loudly and pointed at Lucene, Lucene looked at me silently.

Oh, what a bitch.

Fortunately, Lucene didn’t notice anything special. Ha!She laughed.

“Still, just give me one gold coin as pocket money! I should enjoy at least some entertainment!”

“Okay, okay. Let’s do it.”

To having your identity revealed, a gold coin is a very cheap price.

Feeling better, Lucene spun her Thunder Might around and placed her chin on her shoulder on the other side.

“Then let’s go! To get the money!”

We returned to the city along the road side by side.

* * * * *

Patrick counted the heads in the bag and nodded.

“Very good, Mr. Leonard. You have solved the request beautifully this time.”

“I burned the body and everything else. I’m sorry about the carriage and horses. I got them from the request fee…”

“No. There is no need for that. We were even taking into account the cost.”

Patrick put his bag aside and immediately took out his bag of money.

“Here is the request fee.”

This is a request fee negotiated under the precondition that it is a band of thieves.

But things have become very different.

The opponents were trained assassins, and he almost got poisoned without even being able to use a pitchfork.

So, it’s right to charge more for the request, I talked to Lucene.

And since it is clear that some cost has been taken into account, I would like to mention it…

“Hey. That and that.”

Suddenly Lucene pushed my back.

“Seup! I’ll tell you, so stay still.”

I tried to push Lucene, but it felt like I was trying to move a rock rather than a person.

“Quickly tell me that they are assassins, not bandits.”

“Uh-huh. I’m the office manager. Be quiet.”

Patrick, who saw the bickering with Lucene, smiled gently.

“If that’s the case, I’ve already shown some level of sincerity.”

Patrick handed me a bag of money.

When I received it and opened it, I could see at a glance that it was full of gold coins in a quantity that exceeded the original request fee.

“Hoo.”

Lucene’s eyes lit up as she looked at the brilliantly shining gold coin.

“Actually, the reason I said it was a band of thieves is because I didn’t want any information to be leaked until the request was carried out.”

Patrick explained with a smile.

“I have urgent circumstances of my own. “I am sorry for deceiving you.”

“Hey, sorry? Not at all?”

Lucene was still staring intently at the gold coins and waved her hand carelessly toward Patrick.

“Anyway… Thank you, Mr. Patrick. We ask that you continue to entrust requests to our guild at any time in the future.”

She said hello to Patrick while protecting her money bag from Lucene’s grasp her.

“No problem. Is there any place better than Mr. Leonard’s Lucas Guild? Then, goodbye you two.”

As soon as I left Patrick’s office, Lucene grabbed my shoulder her

“Leonard! A gold coin!”

“It’s old.”

When a gold coin was flipped, Lucene swiftly snatched it from the air.

Hehe, it’s money.”

Lucene held the gold coin to her nose as if it were a fragrant flower and took a deep breath.

There are so many different things, that thing.

I raised this character with all my heart and affection, but I never dreamed that he would have such a personality.

“Thank you, Manager!”

Lucene unexpectedly hugged me.

“Get off! I’m suffocating! I’m not just saying this, I’m really suffocating!”

I was about to use shadow evasion because I thought I was really going to die like this.

“Oh my, it’s so scary.”

Luce, you released me and walked away gently to her side.

“Leonard. Then, I’ll go solve the remaining assigned requests, so let’s meet at the guild later in the evening?”

“Don’t use the battle hammer if you can. I don’t want to waste all the commission fees on compensating for the damage.”

“Nuennue.”

Then Lucene turned around and walked away.

Ugh, I really can’t hold that thing in.

I was just about to walk to the other side when I stopped in shock.

I just realized why Lucene said she was scared and released me.

At the far end of the street, Ornette, wearing a blue robe, was glaring at us with scary eyes.