17 Trouble Exiting the City (2/2)
The captains of the guard had heard all about Jack from Arnole and were given clear orders to make trouble for him if he tried to leave the city. Though he didn't know that Jack was a summoned hero that defected to the Adventurers Association, he knew that he had turned down the Royal Court and joined the association instead.
This was a slap to the Royal Court's face and would affect its prestige if news got out. Just as the arrow reached him, it blew past his head and left Fronks untouched. ”Ha! You can't even hit a stationary target, what kind of hunter are you?”
”Who said I missed?” said Jack with a wry smile.
While thinking to himself, Fronts looked behind him and was shocked to see that the arrow had pierced and damaged the upper hinge of the massive right-side door of the gate. Everyone heard the wood creak as it began to bend and bow due to its weight. It wasn't enough to cause any problems, but for a lv. 1 to cause that much damage to the massive gate was unbelievable.
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From the outside, the doors were too thick to easily breakthrough, but thanks to hinges on the inside Jack was able to exploit its weak point.
Rydel began to laugh hysterically and immediately drew his bow with two arrows nocked. ”Not bad kid, but you need to hit it a lot harder if you want to bring the door down.”
Before Fronks could yell in retaliation and get anyone to stop Rydel, the two arrows were released and drilled into the two remaining hinges of the right-side door. Unlike Jack's arrow that merely weakened and damaged it using the door's own weight, Rydel's arrows shattered the hinges into dozens of pieces.
Losing the support of the two lower hinges, the door peeled off the top hinge and fell to the ground, toppling over as it pushed against Fronks' raised platform and all the guards scattered.
The duo of adventurers took advantage of the situation and dashed through the opening. All the guards were either scrambling to get on their feet or were busy trying to support the raised platform to keep it from falling over. Captain Fronks was furious and immediately sent orders to distribute warrants for both Rydel and Jack.
Both hunters quickly fled into the outlying forest, laughing the whole way. Rydel stopped after reaching about a kilometer out and said, ”Kid I like your style. I was worried that you'd be a handicap in a situation like that, but who would've imagined a lv. 1 doing something that crazy. How'd you do that by the way? You shouldn't be anywhere near strong enough to do the damage you did.”
”I may be lv. 1, but I'm a lv. 1 hero. The logic of the other classes doesn't apply to me,” laughed Jack. ”I've got my ways to get stronger, besides EXP. But once I level up, I'll be able to do a lot more damage.” Jack knew his strength was disproportionate to his level, but that was only for the skills he had upgraded. Any lv. 0 skill wasn't even worth mentioning, no matter what level he would reach in the future.
”I'll keep that in mind kid, but you need to stay smart too. Remember, you just pissed off a captain of the guard and helped me destroy the city gate. I'm not too worried cause I'm lv. 29 and can hold off most people till Zariff and the association take care of the warrants. You, on the other hand, are a lv. 1 kid that anyone could easily target. What are you going to do?” asked Rydel, truly curious why Jack did something so crazy.
”I wasn't going to let them scan my spacial storage, are you out of your mind. I might be lv.1 but don't forget that I was also an ancient hero,” answered Jack as he activated his spacial necklace and took out the weather jade.
Rydel was taken aback that Jack could produce not only a spacial necklace but such a valuable item like a weathered jade. It wasn't too useful for anyone above lv. 20, but it was a treasure for anyone else valued at around a dozen gold.
With a weathered jade, Jack's level would soar even further with Rydel carrying him. If the guards had searched their spacial storages, they would've taken such a treasure from a weak lv. 1 like Jack. The lanky hunter chuckled, ”You really are an ancient hero, aren't you? I don't know how you got your hands on something like that, but you're way too crafty to be some wannabe.”
Jack smiled at the compliment and kept laughing. He was a little worried about him temporarily having a warrant, but it only made him more determined to not return until after reaching lv. 10.