222 Trial of the Duel (1/2)

Sera was following closely, she was paled at the sight of the big crowd. The mixture of murmurs and yells blended, creating a tense atmosphere in the hall. When Tang Shaoyang and the Guild Master came down, a voice dominated the commotion rang, the voice was loud enough that all the people in the hall could hear it.

”Him! It's him, he refused to do the quest that caused the Dire Wolf to attack our village! My father, my mother, and the villagers died because of him!” Artou, the son of Gulin Village pointed his finger toward Tang Shaoyang.

Everyone in the hall looked toward the stairs, Carlos stopped Tang with his hand and whispered, ”Is it true you canceled the quest?”

”Nope, I did not cancel the quest, it was him. As you know, it was a quest for the Bronze Rank Party, at least you people thought only the Bronze Rank Party was capable of taking the task. When I showed him our badge, he cursed at us, accused us that we wanted to scam their money, and he even offered 20 copper to sleep with my woman. If he was not your guild's client, I would have killed him already,” Tang Shaoyang told the old man what happened back then.

”Y-yes, s-sir. T-the Tarrior Party completed the same quest that was issued from Durin Village and Ropina Village. I have received the quest paper, and the two Village Chiefs signed the paper,” Sera followed to fill the gap.

”I see, but this is really interesting, is it?” The old man smiled mischievously, ”From your story, the guy should know that you are the one who killed the Dire Wolf King. He should have known you are someone he should not have messed with, but he dares to accuse you. Did you offend someone? There must be someone to instigate him to accuse you, and that person should be someone strong as well.”

Carlos was completely trusting Tang after a quick simple question. He had his reason to trust Tang as well, his institution. His institution was never wrong, after all.

”There's one, and it was Tigre Party. I beat the shit out of their two Silver Ranks. Maybe it was them,” this was his second day, and he spent most of his time outside the city. The only possibility was the Tigre Party who blocked him yesterday.

”Ah, I see. So it's Deril, you have to be careful, Deril is one of thirty-one Platinum Ranks in our city. His influence is quite strong in this city,” the old man reminded Tang Shaoyang.

Tang Shaoyang shrugged, it would be better this Deril could come up. He wanted to gauge the strength of people in this world. Both then walked down together, the other adventurers moved aside to make a path for the Guild Master.

”You said I canceled the quest? Do you have any proof that I canceled the quest?” Tang Shaoyang looked down at Artou with his cold glare.

Three guards who were with Artou yesterday came forward. They pointed their finger toward Tang Shaoyang as well, confirming their friend's claim.

”That's him! He asked for the village to increase the reward!”

”He even cursed us, telling us to not hire adventurers if we don't have the money!”

”Not only that, his party member even asked our village chief for women if we don't have the money to pay them!”

The three men were dancing with their mouths, accusation after accusation directed toward Tang Shaoyang and his party.

Tang Shaoyang let out a small laugh when he heard the barrage of accusations, ”If you want to falsely accuse me, you have to come with a logical accusation. You are throwing a barrage of accusations that make everything seem fake.”