Chapter 140: Back to The City (1/2)
The group had spent a night outside on the way to the Fabelt Pass, and another night within the underground mine itself— although they had spent most of the time in there working and hadn't felt the time pass. After that, they left the Fabelt Pass for Winged City, a trip that had only taken them a single day this time around, as they now knew the best and fastest route to take through the snowy valley of hills.
Spending most of the trip riding on the carriage rather than in their usual arrayed formation. This had greatly reduced the travel time and allowed them to avoid most of the monsters they had encountered along the way. They hadn't even met the most troublesome monsters they had gone out of their way to prepare for which was not necessarily a bad thing.
While they had not planned it, their departure from the Fabelt Pass had been quite early in the morning, just a bit after dawn, thus, their journey of three days and two nights came to an early end. Still, it was almost nightfall by the time they had returned to the City and the sky was already depleted of the sun's rays, already covered in a thick layer of ashen clouds.
Arriving before the city's gate, Tyler noticed that there was no longer a line of demons queuing up to enter the city as it had been in the earlier parts of the day. The group had not been stopped by the guards either and had gone through the gates without any physical security checks. This was not even due to Tyler's VIP Merchant's Licence but the group's Hunter's bracelets which were their identification.
Entering the city, they could see that the main roads were lit by magic lamps made from the use of the technology that uses the 'Continual Light' spells, which cast white-colored illumination, while the nature of the pedestrians had changed as well.
There were no young women and children to be seen, but instead working men returning home after they were done for the day. The city's guard that moved in pairs and strictly patrolled the streets moved a lot more leisurely now. The two rows of shops on either side of the street they were in emitted cheerful and pleasant sounds with different alluring aromas.
Tyler looked around him.
The city had not changed much in three days. Although he only had limited experience in this city, he still received the same curious gazes from everyone that laid eyes on the exotic Six-eyed bull and the magic carriage.
Even though Nadine was no longer riding on the driver's seat, it seems most of the men that had been captivated or drawn to her had still recognized the carriage as they stared daggers at him and Larut — as they both sat at the front of the carriage.
They turned off the main road, and then Tyler and company came to a halt just before they had entered the plaza.
Obviously stopping in the middle of a busy boulevard would be a big hindrance, but nobody bothered to complain. This was because nobody dared go near the carriage.
As it was quite cold this evening, the domesticate monster known as the Six-eyed bull passively emitted a fiery aura, albeit an incredibly weak one. It was still enough to make the common folk instinctively avoid it, not to mention the presence of the Gold-ranked Hunter riding on it.
Seeing this, Tyler shrugged tiredly and then peeked at the people around him before Larut spoke to him.
”Indeed, this brings us to the end of our request. Since we've already split the loot on the way here, there is no need for us to move any further with you as we still need to head over to the Hunter guild to report our finding and pioneering report of the Grade 3 Gold mine.”
As Larut spoke to him and he nodded in affirmation, Tyler soon heard the others disembarking the carriage as Dohel promptly moved to the front of the carriage and slightly bowed to Tyler before speaking.
”On behalf of our party, I'd like to thank you for your help, Mr.Lix.”
”Please, don't mind it.”
”We'll have to submit the monster's parts for points while we report on our encounters in the mine. Stumbling upon the Runites ores was truly a stroke of luck. We should get an even greater reward than we expected.”
”Congratulations, I hope this solves the problematic situation you mentioned earlier. It's best if you don't have to do such dangerous missions anymore.”
”Haha... Thank you for that, still, you and miss Lilith are entitled to a percentage of the reward so we will be sure to bring it back to you. Also, we would still like to make a request of you.”
”What is it?”
”We would like you to help us trade our share of the gold to the Merchant guild and of course, you can have your percentage as this is an official job request even if we can't sign any paperwork.”
”I see... That shouldn't be a problem, and as for the fee, as former partners in our request job, this will be free.”
The reason the group could not ask the Hunter guild to trade the gold for them was that it was way too much gold for a pioneers group of low ranking Hunters to be able to mine in an unexplored and uncontrolled mine that housed multiple monster's nests. If they brought that much gold to the guild after making their report, they would surely draw the wrong kind of attention to themselves. They could even be jailed for abusing their pioneer's rights and illegally mining the mine.
”You're way too kind Mr. Lix. Thank you.”
”Yes, indeed you're an amazingly kind demon, Mr. Lix.”
”Yes, Aine thinks so too.”