Chapter 23 The Hunt Begins (2/2)

This htly shorter stature when cohtly funny He couldn't be considered a handsome man, but his carefree smile could convince anyone that he was the most innocent of men There were no weapons strapped on thishe had above his clothes, was a dark black badge wrapped in chains which was hanging loosely froroup of ain They had just finished protecting whiny hunters, and didn't want to be interrupted when trying to hit on girls, so their reactions was all but coridal They turned to look at the newcoe hanging from his belt they froze in place

”Miss Yala, it's a honor to see you here” Said the htly He then looked at the mercenaries, with his smile always present

What Daniel's party saw afterwards, was soreatly

One of the e's arirls, and punched hith he had The rude round heavily His lip had been split open, and blood filled his mouth But to their utry at his friend It was like he knew that he deserved to be hit

The e took his arm off from the shoulder of the other s to your great grandfather” He then turned around and left

The group of e left the tavern They then looked at Daniel's party, and bowed deeply The rude ies ood meal” They then left the tavern as well

Silence reigned within the Daniel and the rest of the party for a few long minutes, until it was broken by Sella ”Who the hell was that?! And as he so polite to you?!”

Yala didn't answer, and instead, kept eating her food It was Garth that answered him ”That's a rank 5 mercenary”

At this mooh entered the tavern He quickly noticed the group sitting at the table and joined theiant beast's bladder, and said ”I've got the spatial bag Our hunting ground is three kilo, so the price is now 75 silver coins per carcass and 15 gold coins per core”

”Great!” Said Fiora after listening to her brother's report

Legoh's face turned slightly”Also i've heard that there were sightings of a Commander Steel-Back Scorpions So we should always be ready to flee”

Sella juuys want to go?”

”Toht left today” Daniel said casually

After finishi+ng their ht They had agreed to hts in theto spend, so instead of going to rest, he left his tent and went towards the shops There were only three shops A smith shop that sold and repaired weapons and armors, an alchemist, and a book store

The book store was, of course, not a common book store The entire store was a siher than fourty, and all of the books sold within a camp filled with hunters and mercenaries, were bestiaries, weapon skills and ht to it

When Daniel approached the booth, the vendor welco warrior! Is there a book in particular you are looking for?”

Daniel looked at the vendor and said ”Can I take a look at the strongest sword tecniques you have?”

The vendor took three books from behind his small stand and placed thelanced at the names written on the covers Fro Ki', 'Mid-Slash Turn' and 'Through Stone and Steel' Two of these books were slashi+ng skills, while the third, was a skill for piercing

”I'll take them all” Said Daniel decisively He then handed three owed money over to the vendor, and went back to his tent

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The next , so he was the first to arrive, and as the agreed time drew near, one after the other, the rest of the party arrived as well

Once regrouped, they departed for their hunting ground right away

After entering the canyons, they traversed two kilometers of rocky path whose sides were made of tall walls These walls were coave their stony surface uncountable layers of red, grey and orange colors

At the base of these walls, numerous abandoned ns of recent fighting were everywhere, as this part of the canyons had been recently cleared

The party took an entire hour of walking in order to reach the ground assigned to the party leaving through the way they had come from

Daniel and the rest of the party started to set the traps right in front of the marked scorpion's nests, then waited patiently

It didn't take long before they heard the un the solid rock They all turned towards the source of the sound, and saw a silver scorprion the size of an adult's forearuess this signs the start of our hunt Who wants the first?” Said Sella to ease his tension