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Chapter78，Part1: 1 - Appraisal Result

Chapter 78 Appraisal Result

Part 1

Unlike usual, the road facing 『Magiz Tail』 is very crowded.

Knights Order who are in charge of maintaining the security in the Imperial Capital are here, they are supervising the people who have gathered in the street.

It seems there was a robbery at 『Magiz Tail』.

At dawn, Eva gave me that information when I was thinking about future prospects in the Clan Master Room.

It was last night. The criminal is a “Red (Criminal)” party who steals specific items on request… “Shadow Links”. There are times when they do the same thing in Shrines. They are Hunters scum who became a band of thieves.

Occasionally there are some Hunters who will give up on capturing Shrines and use the power they gained by absorbing Mana Material to commit crimes. They are the one who think that it is more efficient to assault people than to fight against Phantoms and monsters as you always have to risk your life.

If a dangerous 『Former』 Hunter Party is found doing illegal action, then the Explorer Association will consider them as “Red (Criminal)” Party and put a bounty on them.

What is different from Sytry whose Level was reduce to a minus by her penalty is that Sytry is in a Party with good Hunters while the other are only composed of criminal.

There are many Hunters who devote themselves to fighting monsters and Phantoms, this is causing them to have a weak sense of ethics. They don’t have any hesitation in 『Killing』 or 『Stealing』. As they have the skills of a Hunter, Red Parties are fearful enemies to Hunters and law-abiding citizen.

According to Eva measures against them seems to be a headache for small business that can’t always hire guards. To repel a Red Party, you have to spend a lot of money and hire Hunters stronger than them and there are times when even that doesn’t work.

“I thought that would happen one day but… It looks like idiots was caught right away.”

Sytry makes an exasperate voice but I don’t have the time to worry about that. If I saw myself in the mirror, I would probably be all pale.

All I did was just finding a Relic I wanted a little bit, asks my fellow Hunters companion to lend me some money so I could buy it before the Auction.

But as the days go by, things got bigger and in the end the Relic store that took care of me for a long time has become a casualty.

I can swear that I never anticipate this to escalate so quickly. There may have been some mishap but even if I am Level 8, I am just a Hunter.

It wasn’t some Relic filled with history or historical events. How can I imagine that the situation would go like this?

I was holding down my sore stomach whereas Sytry was calm.

“Impossible, even if it was during the night, to try and break into a Relic store. To think that there was still an organization who survived and has enough influence in this city to do that… I was careless. If I had properly looked it up, I could have chosen to go a different path.”

“… Well, it can’t be helped.”

What is fortunate during this misfortune is that it had only ended on a robbery attempt.

On the scene, knights were packed and the citizen were isolated but my privileges as a High-Level Hunter allow us to pass through.

It was like a battlefield in front of 『Magiz Tail』.

The road was heavily cracked and the metal fence surrounding the store was completely blown away. The signboard fell to the ground and countless bullet holes and blood stains can be seen in the house on the opposite side.

The old-fashioned door was broken in half and there was a burning smell all around.

You can hear someone bark from the back of the store which is missing a front door.

“I have a job to do here! If I need to be careful of one or two robbers, I won’t make it in time for the Auction! Damn, every single one of them is being led by the nose from the kid’s words… Guards? Don’t need! We have a bouncer here! An excellent bouncer! Understand! I want more help to clean up the store than guards!”

You can hear from his voice that he is completely in a bad mood. Will he forgive me if I apologize?

I should have at least brought Tino with me.

Aaah, don’t wanna. I don’t want to enter.

I stealthy looked around, take a deep breath and stepped into the half-broken store.

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“! Oh, kid! You really burn it well!”

“How to say it… I am really sorry for the inconvenience…”

I shrink when Martis-san sees my face and starts to yell with an Hannya face.

The inside of the store was as bad as it was on the outside. Perhaps there was a battle inside because there are collapsed shelves and the counter was cut in half. Still for having not even one Relics display case to be broken. I can say they did a great job.

Apparently, aside from the damage in the store, there doesn’t seem to be any injury. Inside the store, there is always the same man fully armed with Relics standing as a security guard. As always he is a ruthless man but today, he looks like he is in a good mood.

A Relic store that deals with expensive items need a higher security level than ordinary stores. Especially, 『Magiz Tail』 which is located in a remote area where the Knight Order doesn’t patrol much. Unlike its appearance, there is an iron wall guarding.

It has been more than a decade since 『Magiz Tail』opened in the Empire and it seems that the store has never been robbed.

“C’mon, if you want to rob come during daytime! In the daytimeee! Thanks to them, I don’t have enough sleep!”

Says Martis-san irritatingly. There were big dark circles under his eyes.

As expected of Martis-san, even with this turmoil happening with the Auction right around the corner, it seems that he is as energetic as he usually is when talking to me.

However, no matter what he says, I am glad that he is safe. In the unlikely event that Martis-san dies because of the robbery, it would have been a living nightmare.

When I was feeling relieved inside, Martis-san confirms my surrounding left and right.

“Oi, Cry! What happen to Jou-chan!? If you plan to come visit me, take Jou-chan with you! Rather you aren’t needed! You are in the way when I am working!”

…… Looks like I didn’t need to bother coming here.

With a nervous look, a knight was looking and checking at the traces inside the store. In a small voice, he says while looking around the place “The criminal has already been arrested so it should be fine.”. It seems that this Jii-san has trouble him a lot.

“Instead, I brought Sytry-chan. With this, please give me a break…”

“Don’t kid with me, it doesn’t replace her at all! Hmm? Sytry, I hope that last night wasn’t your doing, right!?”

This Jii-san is energetic. He seems to be more fit to be Hunter than me.

To the terrible thing he says, Sytry’s eyebrow exaggeratedly curve and talk back.

“How could I…!? … Cry-san has stopped me and if by any chance, any billion chance, I was the one who sent them… I would have carefully picked more people.”

“Then it is fine! If you are free, help me clean up, I have to get back into business! My employee doesn’t have a brain and can only stand guard.”

The security guard who is standing in a range where he can hear Martis-san’s rant doesn’t look dissatisfied at all. He is standing upright and looking straight ahead. Is he a scarecrow?

Sytry begins to clean up without showing any unwillingness. I sat at the broken counter and check the store once again and say.

TL notes:

Thx for reading!

So, the culprit who send the thieves is probably not Sytry. As she would have carefully laid a perfect plan like in GTA V XD

I wonder if Cry can be as good as the guard who fight with Relic, they didn’t tell us if he had ever absorbed Mana Material. If he didn’t it means that Cry really suck because even regular human can beat Hunter if they have a lot of Relics XD

This is an extra part thanks to a generous donation on my Ko-Fi page! Tomorrow and Friday will be regular chapter release and you will have another extra part on Saturday. (I just realize that it is a loooot of work so better start now, wish me luck!)

Tchao à plus!

Hannya: Hannya is a vengeful demon. An Hannya face means that the person faces look like a demon.