(Wn) Chapter 178 (1/2)

178 Royce

We were currently back at the inn; 30 minutes had passed since we met the Beast Lord

『Want to just call it a day?』

「Still okay」

Fran, whose face finally had its colour restored to normal, shook her head It see away froh

『You sure? Don’t force yourself, alright?』

「Nn Will go take bath」

Fran liked baths, so having one for a change of pace sounded like a pretty good idea

It would take her at least half hour to return Normally, I would use the tito be different I happened to have a certain so else in mind

『Hey Urushi+, let’s go appraise the Beast Lord and his companions』

「Woof?」

『Let’s go hang around the guild, appraise them the moment they leave it, and then run the hell away』

「Ruff…」

『Don’t sweat it, it’s not like we’re going to go pick a fight or anything』

「Whimper…」

Urushi+ was scared of the Beast Lord, and therefore not exactly willing, but I insisted anyways because I wanted to knowas it was possible for us to encounter a worst case scenario in which we ended up antagonizing them

We needed to know if they had any skills that’d aid them in a pursuit It’d be difficult to escape them if they did, but fairly easy otherwise The former of these two possibilities implied that there was a chance we’d have to devise ourselves a few sche their skills in ht end up having in the future

Things were looking pretty good so far Goldalfa and the Beast Lord were both the more combat oriented types Neither really had too many skills that’d help theh level, but still not enough for the theuard and the coachman, both of which I’d missed the chance to appraise

There was also always the possibility that the Beast Lord had a ninja-like covert ops division protecting him from the shadows

『Don’t worry We won’t need you to get really close to the like that In fact, it’d be better for us to stay rather far away』

「…Woof」

『Let’s try looking for them real quick We’ll just totally back out if they’re not in the guild anyht?』

「…Woof」

Urushi+'s fear of the Beast Lord ested

Welp, just asking hi him the carrot

Apparently, you weren’t actually supposed to train dogs through a reward or s when also given treats That said though, the same probably didn’t apply to Urushi+ I knew that I myself wasn’t always exactly conscious of the it, but Urushi+ was in fact a Magic Beast, and not a dog

『Well, how about this I’ll et back It’ll be so spicy that not even Fran’ll find it too hot to eat』

「Growl…!」

Sweet Looks like he’s taken the bait

『Alright! Let’s do this!』

I situated le on the guild not too long after I finished negotiating with Urushi+

My wolf companion was hidden in a position a bit further distance away It was safer for me to be alone I was just a sword, soas I made sure to use Presence Isolation It didn’t even matter whether or not they happened to have Appraisal Detection, as they’d probably just think of s at most Besides, it probably wouldn’t even come to that Appraisal Detection si appraised It wouldn’t be able to pinpointin the first place Plus, they probably wouldn’t be able to trace htaround was the same as the one that’d appraised them?

That said, one could never be too careful, so I made sure to shrinkits shape

『Hood』

The for h of a disguise

The reason I had Urushi+ accoet around town I was a sword, so I kinda couldn’t just randoer, but, ers’ skills had their levels reduced, which in turn would ured stealth waselse at this point in time, so I chose that over the ability to carry out the whole operation alone

The Beast Lord’s presence was a fairly obvious one, especially seeing as hoasn’t trying to hide his presence Thanks to all that, I uild

After thinking about it a bit, I realized that the Beast Lord hadn’t actually see the carriage earlier in the day The discrepancy between the two states causedto hide his aura back then? Or was it the opposite? Did he just recently decide to start see because he had to deal with Dias or so?

Welp, Dias see and all, but he is still technically an old ive a heart attack

One of the only issues that I could really see with this whole plan ofwas going to last Ideally, I wanted to get back before Fran finished with her bath, so we probably only had around another 15 minutes

The other thing that could totally mess up my plans was the possibility of the Beast Lord's party choosing to leave Dias’ roouild in the first place I wouldn’t even so much as have a chance to appraise theh the Guild's front door

Fortunately, I soon discovered that , and ’s entrance

『Alright, I’ve only got one shot at this I’et the hell out of here thethem』

It probably wouldn’t be an issue if none of them had Appraisal Detection, but you know, just in case

『There they are!』

The Beast Lord stood at the forefront He was iuard we spotted earlier had taken up the rear The coachuy and call it a day for now

『fuck yeah! It worked! I’m out of here!』

I executed the escape plan I thought up just in case they happened to have skills that would allow therabbed hi Jua bit overboard, but ended up carrying it through just in case I chose the safest possible option because peeking at the Beast Lord’s status had caused me to feel a bit nervous

It turned out the last guard was just as ridiculously strong as I’d been expecting him to be

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General Information

Name: Royce

Age: 46

Race: Beastkin (Grey Rabbit Tribe/Silver Rabbitkin)

Job: Transporter

Status Level: 74/99

HP: 401

MP: 1199

STR: 151

VIT: 212

AGI: 419

INT: 401

MGC: 709

DEX: 127

Skills

Sole Sense: Lv 4

Digging: Lv 2

Espionage: Lv 2

Recovery Magic: Lv 8

Moonlight Magic: Lv 4

Presence Detection: Lv 7

Presence Isolation: Lv 4

space/Tiic: Lv 4

Kicking Techniques: Lv 4