Chapter 32 (2/2)

He wasn't a bad person On Earth, he probably would be one of those successful, conscientious people you often see

Fro But that sort of thinking was no different froht of de more than just resources

This was the ht in front ofwith the players The path of

Twelve days of borrowed time left

We arrived at the Free City of Seis As this was Isaac's home country, he just needed to finish up a bit of paperwork to allow us in Custoet to a town to the north, where Isaac's base was

Just as with the Trading Confederation, the Free City of Seis was ruled neither by kings nor nobles A council of merchants and the landownerConfederation was a country of merchants, for merchants In contrast, the Free City of Seis put power into adventurers and their guild

I first thought we'd be going to the base after setting foot into the town Turned out their friends ca place for the 'party' next

”Hey, who's that girl? The leader's hobby?!”

”Stop that, Sherry's h of her abuse these days…”

They noticed I wasn't a player and started teasing Isaac And then for soerous fetish

Isaac's friends nuic stone No way to deterh And what if they already took it to theto their chatter, so there

Apparently, the get-together would be held in the rural village that was near the large grassy plains to the north of Seis The plains was hoe as elephants Their plan was to hunt the behe for the 'bunny' to show up

When we reached the village, I saw 5 parties of around 30 people already there They were starting up the beheh the crowd When they reached a certain group, they all winced

”…daroup showed up, the other participants ca parties, one wasn't actually hunting, instead only torturing the docile herbivores to death And they were going toward us

”…who are they?” I asked soot was an evasive one ”They're… umm… well, they're bad people, I suppose”

In short, they were people roleplaying 'villainous outlaws' Characters who committed crime and were taken into custody would be deleted On the flip side, as long as you weren't arrested, playing as a bandit or thief wouldn't be against the garoup somewhere…

”Hey, hey! So it's first comes, first serve when the bunny shows up, yeah?”

”No, there's a chance this is a quest chain If possible, we should all help with capturing her Then we'll decide”

”Who the fuck cares? fucking hell, we should have gotten the airshi+p pass back then if it wasn't for that white fucker If the bunny shows up, we'll fuck that little shi+t up!”

…aaah, right, I reic stone, there was a party trying to killsteal This guy was the leader of the party I killed last back then

So they were still doing this sort of stuff, I see…

They were terrible people, but whatever I needed to focus on finding out who had No 08's an to fu on watching for any reactions frorabbed my hood from behind I jolted

”Why the hell's an NPC kid here? Did you bring her in case the bunny doesn't show up? Will we get to hunt the kid instead?” He cackled

”Stop it! She's an adventurer we hired!”

Tunnel vision damn it There were too ish leader approaching

Isaac panicked and tried to stop hiish leader took a look at hihter

”What, did you buy her to service you? Man, this gaht and no one would even bat an eye!”

…he really was so annoying

”…shut up already” The NPC girl growled

”Hahh?! The hell are you brat-aagh!!”

Just as the player holding her was about to turn to violence, two daggers slashed into his arms

Cardi was his name He wasn't so ent Infaainst him His words, his actions were all far beyond the pale Yet still, as long as he wasn't violating the garoup interfered, it would be they ere infringing upon the rules

So they couldn't do anything And it see finally snapped

The thug was still holding onto her hood even ounded arms So she tore it off herself and slashed at Cardi with terrifying speed A strange coat of an

”D-daer bit deep into his face

When players received overwhele, their senses would be cut off to prevent trau in the face was h to terrify Cardi

With his face set in a rictus of fear, he disappeared in er hiding the girl from the players' eyes

They sahite hair, scarlet eyes… and gently drooping rabbit ears

The players were all frozen in shock at the abrupt reveal Isaac let loose a whisper

”…Sherry?”