After leaving Phobos's residence, Rayleigh used Reiatsu to search for Lulune's location and arrived in front of a certain building.
Ordinary objects usually could not block Reiatsu, so he went straight to one of the walls.
Lulune was on the other side.
He placed one hand against the wall, and voices from inside reached his ears.
The first voice belonged to the beastman girl and there was anger in her tone.
"This isn't what we agreed on. I already paid in advance to use your passage, and now you're raising the price at the last second? Don't you think that's against the rules?"
"Hmph."
A man snorted disdainfully. "Price changes are normal. You can choose not to use it, but we won't refund the money."
"You call doubling the price normal?!"
"Hehe, that's right. Let say this first. Right now, ours is the only route you can use."
Lulune stared at the n in front of her, so angry that she gritted her teeth.
If possible, she would have preferred to simply pay more and settle the matter quietly, then use their hidden passage without causing trouble.
But she did not have enough money on hand, and moving funds around would take ti.
The problem was whether anything would happen during that ti.
Thinking of the rumors about her current partner, she felt afraid.
The only man in Orario with the nickna "Thousand-Man Slayer."
Even the infamous 'Arachnia' might not necessarily have killed that many people.
"This isn't the first ti we've worked together. Let take the person out first, and I'll send the money later. How about it?"
"No."
"..."
Lulune's eyes widened in fury.
But the man suddenly asked, "Hey, you're from Orario, aren't you?"
Nani?
A flash of panic crossed Lulune's face.
And that did not escape the man's eyes.
So he imdiately continued, "There's no use playing dumb. Don't think our previous deals left no traces behind."
"Sir Knight, it's her. She's the spy sent by Orario! With this, I can make up for my mistake, right?"
The man suddenly spoke in a fawning tone to another person in the room.
A knight?
"A knight? Ymir, you bastard! Have you lost your mind?!" Lulune cried out in shock.
This guy was involved in treasonous business himself.
And he actually dared to report her to a knight?
What kind of joke was that?
It wasn't as if there was so deep grudge between them that required mutual destruction, so did he really have to go this far?
The beastman girl looked at the four n in front of her.
One of them was a kingdom knight.
In other words, he was at least an upper-class adventurer.
Although she was also Level 2, she was a complete novice when it ca to combat.
She would not be a match for a knight who had trained in swordsmanship since childhood.
Worse, she was outnumbered.
'Damn it!'
This room did not even have a window.
There was nowhere to run!
"You've done well. You caught one of Orario's insects. Rest assured, as long as you still have value and continue helping find these pests, I can overlook your cris," the kingdom knight said to the criminals.
"Yes, Sir Knight!"
Although Ymir was smiling, his heart was burning with rage.
'That bastard knight.'
After catching their tail, he had not arrested them.
Instead, he forced them to keep doing this, turning them into tools he could use to make money and earn achievents.
Originally, they had wanted to kill him off, but the bastard was unexpectedly vicious. He had captured their families and thrown them into prison.
They could not even get close to a place like that, let alone rescue anyone.
With hostages used against them, they could only obey.
He really could not tell who the villain was anymore.
'Damn it.'
'No.'
'There was no such thing as good people or bad people. That kind of thing did not matter at all.'
They were simply too weak.
And the weak could only be exploited.
Shing.
The knight drew his sword and spoke to the three criminals, "You three, grab her for . Otherwise, I'll cut you down."
"Y-yes!"
The three n approached Lulune from different directions.
One of them held a hemp rope and handed both ends to his companions on either side, then began tightening the encirclent.
'D-damn it.'
'Should i use it?'
Lulune looked at the "tattoo" on the back of her hand.
This was the communication magic used to call Yotosai.
And then there was...
She reached toward the pouch fastened above her hips.
Inside were self-defense tools Asfi had given her. If used properly, they could restrain even a Level 5 for an instant.
At the very least, it would take six or seven seconds to break free.
As for these opponents, they probably would not be able to move for an hour or two.
Just as she was hesitating over what to do—
Boom!
The wall suddenly exploded!
The bricks that flew out scattered at incredible speed, sending the three approaching n flying backward at once.
The bricks that did not hit anyone embedded themselves directly into the inner walls, blasting several holes straight through them.
"Eh???"
Lulune stared blankly at the scene that had unfolded without warning, her face full of confusion.
She looked toward the place where the wall had blown open.
A large hole had appeared there, wide enough for two or three people to pass through side by side.
Then a person stepped through the opening.
"Monst— It's you!"
Rayleigh glanced at the beastman girl, then looked at the n lying on the ground and groaning.
"Sorry for the interruption."
He walked into the room.
There, he saw the kingdom knight staring at him as though facing a mortal enemy.
Rayleigh raised one finger toward him.
"Hadō #1: Shō."
Bang!
The knight felt as though a sledgehamr had smashed straight into his face.
Stars burst across his vision, and he imdiately collapsed.
'How weak.'
Rayleigh shook his head, then turned back to the stunned chienthrope.
"I've already t Lady Phobos. There are people watching her, so getting her away without fighting or being noticed will be difficult. As for your situation here, I more or less heard it from outside. In short, if we kill all these guys, the hidden passage belongs to us, right?"
A chill ran down Lulune's spine.
Kill all of them?
He's too terrifying!
"P-probably."
"Good. Then I'll target all seventeen aura signatures in this facility."
"Hm? It beca fourteen."
Realizing sothing, Rayleigh looked at the three people lying on the ground.
In just a few breaths, they had stopped groaning and fallen into eternal silence.
Using Reiraku to distinguish the identities behind those Reiatsu signatures, Rayleigh confird that there were no innocent people among them.
Then he touched the floor with one finger.
At that mont, six points of light appeared around the exterior of the building.
The six lights connected, forming a barrier.
The instant the barrier took shape, the hearts of the fourteen criminals stopped at the sa ti, and they collapsed to the ground as one.
Their eyes were wide open, filled with confusion.
The sensation of suffocation gradually swallowed them, robbing them of all feeling within a minute as their consciousness sank completely.
"All right. Take over this place next, i'll bring this guy with ."
Rayleigh casually hoisted the unconscious knight over his shoulder and said that to Lulune.
The beastman girl swallowed hard.
Her hearing was extrely sharp.
So the sounds of bodies falling that she had just heard from the next room were because all those people had been killed?
'Uuuuh...'
'Damn it.'
'This is too terrifying.'
'Lord Hers, I want to go ho!'
Working together with soone this frightening really made her live in constant fear!
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