Chapter 60 daily life and the hunt in Malrton 3 (2/2)
”greater beastmen look more beast like then lesser beastmen, and sometimes they also have more beast like instincts then lesser beastmen but not always”
”I see...”
”there is also rare cases where a beastman is born without any rational will and is completely beast like, but cases like that is one in a million”
just as Jack was done talking there was a knock on the door before it was opened and a mature woman walked in carrying a tray with food and drinks with Camilla in tow, Mars saw she looked like Camilla and guessed she was her mother
”here is your food and drink”
she wore a warm smile on her face as she placed the tray on the table before she asked Lina
”what did Jim do this time?”
Lina gave a sigh and explained how he had shot an arrow at Mars's back because of a 200 cel bet with a angry expressions on her face
”so that's why... don't worry I will tell Zack that he's no longer welcome here”
Mars gave a slight frown and asked the woman
”won't that be dangerous if he causes trouble for your shop?”
the woman gave a reassuring smile
”don't worry, both me and my husband is ex-silver mercenary's we can take care of ourselves... you must be Mars, I'm Ann by the way”
”nice to meet you Ann”
Ann gave a warm smile
”nice to meet you too Mars, be sure to visit us in the future”
”I will”
Mars watched Ann and Camilla walked out and shut the door after them before Jack picked up a glass with beer and raised it into the air with a toothy grin on his face
”here's to friendship, new and old alike!”
Mars and Lina also picked up a glass and clanged it against Jack's glass
”””cheers!”””
the next few hours was filled with laughter and a lot off beer as the 3 of them drank and talked until the sun was about setting and the party ended
”are you sure I don't have to pay?”
Mars asked Jack and Lina on the street outside of the restaurant as they had paid the entire 300 cel bill
”no it's fine Mars, think of it as a welcome feast”
”okay, but let me pay next time Jack”
Jack gave a toothy grin
”sure, until next time Mars”
”yeah see you Mars, oh and you too Victoria”
Mars waved goodbye to Jack and Lina that walked off into the night and began to walk back with Victoria in a happy mood
'friends huh....'
Mars briefly scanned the scattered memory of his last life and failed to find anyone he could call friends and gave a sigh
'well I guess it's fine now...'
Mars and Victoria walked through the near empty streets until suddenly the smile disappeared from Mars's face as he stopped while 6 masked men armed with daggers that gave off a strong smell of poison suddenly surrounded him and Victoria which made Mars give a sigh before he casually gave Victoria a stroke on the head before he spoke
”you take the 3 behind”
”okay...”
the 6 masked men felt like they were being underestimated and attacked with near perfect teamwork as they closed in on Mars and Victoria with their daggers raised, clearly looking for blood
”fools...”
Mars pulled his sword from his belt and parried a thrown dagger before he kicked off the ground and sent a lightning fast slash which decapitated one off the men, meanwhile Victoria had near instant killed 3 men with 6 darkness spears, only one off the men was barely breathing while he screamed in pain, nailed to a nearby wall by 2 spears
”shit! how the fuck is this a iron level mercenary!?”
the 2 remaining men, horrified by the display of slaughter turned tail and ran for their life
”not so fast”
Mars easily caught up to the first one and cut him in two before he threw the upper part off the dead assassin and knocked over the last one and immobilized him by putting him face down on the street with a knee each on his arms
”i'm only going to ask once... who sent you”
the assassin showed unwillingness in his eyes and kept silent
”oh well...”
Mars was about to finish off the assassin when he remembered his newly unlocked skill [Energy: basic drain touch]
”let's try this then...”
Mars grabbed the neck off the assassin and activated the skill and instantly the helpless assassin started to struggle, but within 5 seconds he stopped struggling as his face got blue before it turned into a dried up husk stunning Mars slightly as he felt 10 energy units flow into him
”how is this only the basic drain touch... oh well”
Mars got off the dead assassin and after a quick pat down he found a familiar emblem with 8 skulls on it
”wait, didn't the priest have one of these too?”
Mars pocketed the emblem and quickly burned the corpses of the dead assassins before he continued his walk back to the baron's mansion with Victoria