Chapter 586 - Hunter (1/2)

Chapter 586: Hunter

Translator: imperfectluck Editor: Kurisu

The Hass Oasis was also known as the capital of the desert This was the only oasis in this desert within a radius of several thousand kilometers Thus, the Hass Oasis was an absolutely mandatory stop for all three merchant trade routes that crossed the desert This ured that just the tariffs alone fro uncountable riches

The previous rulers of the Hass Oasis had all taxed any h here However, when the rich and powerful Roan Carolyn took over the Hass Oasis, he reduced all tariffs to zero Although this obviously reduced tariff incoht more than ten times the number of merchant caravans to the Hass Oasis Soon, this “foolish” policy became viewed as the nu flourishment

Perhaps soy However, good policies with good intentions would often bring about negative consequences—not because of the policy or intention, but because of lax enforcement

In order to truly have the Hass Oasis benefit from this policy, many other factors would have to be taken into consideration The Hass Oasis would need to eliht i here They would need to eliular patrols to hunt down ical beasts, develop safe rest areas in the desert, and so on None of this would be simple On the way here to the Hass Oasis, I had already listened to Cassandra praise her father Roan endlessly

But e finally arrived, I felt like this city wasn’t nearly as friendly as she described it to be

As I walked around the capital of the desert, I felt uards, ere equipped with black batons, were all staring at me with unfriendly expressions

“…I haven’t done anything, have I?”

When even all the local tieflings were looking aton

“This place is too xenophobic”

“That’s not it It’s just that our Hass Oasis was almost conquered twice already due to information provided by spies from other species You’re an unknown human who just arrived, and it’s obvious that you’re in a warrior job class”

Even though Cassandra Carolyn had just returned to her own city, she still covered herself with a thick cape as if she was hiding from someone

“…Then why did nobody even try to stop me or ask any questions when I entered the Hass Oasis?”

“That’s because every time that the Hass Oasis was attacked from both inside and out, the traitors on the inside were always local tieflings Our eneh s wouldn’t hold s would also be much cheaper to hire than spies froht then, I could now prettyher presence despite having returned to her own city

She orried that the ones trying to assassinate her still hadn’t given up? Or, maybe it would be more accurate to say that she had no confidence in the ordinary guards and their ability to protect her life

Still, it was annoying being stared at with such hostility by all the tieflings So, I sprouted two dragon horns onto es here instantly stopped viewing me with such hostility

However, with my current appearance, why did it remind me of a certain character… I really wanted to quote the line “You are not prepared” here, but felt like I was rather bored of quoting things froinal world that nobody would understand

“Um, adventurer, could you takefor reat reward for you”

Cassandra kept blinking as she recalled her etiquette teacher’s lessons in diplomacy She used her most sincere words to invite the “huuest, but she was actually cursing at him in her heart

‘You actually dared to scare me to the point where I peed my pants… You dare to scare a lady? Just watch what ry to the point where she would repay the benefactor who’d saved her life with evil intentions However, she still intended to take soe Cassandra was a scion who had only experienced a wonderful life up until now; she would feel aggrieved unless she was able to et back at him

“No need, it’s too troublesome Where are the most famous taverns, bars, and restaurants in this area?”

Even without seeing the flickering expression in the redhead’s eyes that gave her intentions away, I fully knew that she intended to do sohty child’s prank, all the way to an attempt to murder me That would depend on how evil her personality was

I refused not because I was afraid, but rather because I didn’t want any trouble Yep, it definitely wasn’t because I was starving to the point of not wanting to move!

“How could any restaurants here possibly compare to my family? Our family’s chef is a super chef that we invited over from Shaloyu’s most famous tavern All the food supplies in our family are purchased froo visit your family”

In front of one with the wind

But, I suddenly felt an evil wind above me that caused a chill to run down eted by a vicious beast

I raised ure that I had seen just several days ago

“Lasnina!?”

She now appeared far more wretched compared to last week The thick dark circles under her eyes indicated that she had slept quite poorly over this tiinally beautiful appearance was dies and streaks of blood on her body indicated that she had been unable to escape from the aftereffects of my “Stare of the hell God” ability That was likely why she hadn’t slept well over the past week

“damn it, have I wasted too much time in the desert?”

I felt that it would be impossible to have tracked ic in the world would be unable to findh endless sand In that case, IShe probably followed me here after a tip from Voka, and used the process of elimination to search for me in each and every city here

Since Lasnina was openly floating above the oasis, this naturally caught much attention frohts riding on gigantic bats and a e had already flown up to approach Lasnina, as below the clouds