Chapter 216

“What the…what!”
Hudadak
At Ming Hu’s words, Mas staggered back in surprise, then quickly looked at the spit in his hand and looked at Ming Hu in disbelief.
Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh
The seated guild members of the Boros Guild stood up from their seats, ready to rush to Marth’s defense at any moment. Ming Hu turned his gaze away from the rising guild members and looked at Mas.
“You just hit me, didn’t you?”
“Uh, how…”
But Mas didn’t respond to Ming Hu’s words, merely muttering something with a look of disbelief on his face. Ming Hu took one look at the spit in Mas’s hand and began to approach him.
Cringe!
“Okay. Wait!”
Flinching as Ming Hu approached, Mas stepped back and shouted, “Ming Hu!
“Wait, what.”
Of course, Ming Hu didn’t stop walking and continued to approach Mas.
“Stop, stop!”
As Ming Hu continued to approach, Marth called out. At Marth’s shout, the waiting guild members rushed forward to block his path, but Ming Hu didn’t stop walking. It didn’t matter whether the guild members stopped him or not. Ming Hu began to walk, looking only at Mas, who was looking at him from behind the guild members.
“Stop!”
“Don’t come!”
“Do you want to die?”
The guild members shouted as they watched Ming Hu continue to approach. In their hands were daggers, knuckles, and other weapons. Ming Hu smirked as he saw the guild members threatening him with their weapons.
You have over 18 million health. No matter how many times I was attacked by my guildmates, there was a 0% chance that I would go from over 18 million health to zero.
“If you can kill it, kill it.”
Ming Hu continued to approach, speaking to the guild members.
“You…you…you!”
Then, the guild member standing in front of him lunged at Ming Hu. In his hand was a purple glowing dagger, apparently poisoned. Ming Hu didn’t heed the guild member’s attack and rushed forward.
“…What? Eat this!”
The guild member frowned and quickly stabbed the dagger at Ming Hu, who he had expected to dodge. Ming Hu saw the dagger flying toward his throat and raised his arm to block it.
Ting! Wudangtang!
The dagger bounced off Ming Hu’s arm and the guild member holding it fell to the side. Ming Hu glanced at the disfigured guildmate, then back at Marth. The guild members in front of him looked at their comrade who had been knocked sideways and looked at Ming Hu with a slightly puzzled expression.
“Come on in! Don’t be stupid and go alone!”
Just then, Mas, who was behind them, shouted. At his shout, the guild members in front of him quickly moved to surround him. Ming Hu couldn’t help but smile at the behavior of the guild members surrounding him. If all of them were in his way, it would have taken him a while to get to Mas, but now he only had to clear a few people out of the way.
“Kill it!”
“Kill it!”
“Let’s kill it!”
Soon, a guild member shouted, and the guild members surrounding Ming Hu began to rush toward him. Ming Hu ignored them and continued on his way, until the guilds’ weapons were fired at his body.
Started.
Ting! Ting! Ting! Ting! Ting! Ting!
Ming Hu was attacked by his guildmates and checked his health.
“…Kicking is faster.
It hadn’t taken much, but his health was recovering as quickly as it had been cut. Realizing that he didn’t need to worry about it, Ming Hu turned his attention away from his life force and began to nudge the guild members in his way, one by one.
“Ew! Mom!”
“Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!”
“Huh!”
Pushing past the three guild members, Ming Hu was soon able to break free of their encirclement.
“Monster…monster…”
“No way.”
Realizing that there was no point in attacking, the guild members muttered to themselves as they stopped attacking once Ming Hu was out of range. Once out of the circle, Ming Hu smiled broadly at Mas, who was watching him with his mouth agape.
“Uh, how.”
Marth muttered something in disbelief and began to backpedal. Ming Hu quickly ran up to him and grabbed him by the collar as he backed away.
“Hehe.”
Captured, Marth smiled awkwardly and looked at Ming Hu with a defeated expression. Ming Hu smirked at the expression on his face.
“You hit me, didn’t you?”
“That’s…that’s…”
Ming Hu’s question was not easily answered. But the rolling of his eyes suggested that he was thinking about how to answer.
“Didn’t I tell you earlier that if you didn’t answer right away, I’d subdue you and see?”
“…Oh, no, I’ll answer that!”
As Mas wondered how to answer, Ming Hu’s words caught him off guard, and he exclaimed, “I’m sorry.” Then he continued.
“It didn’t hit. It was. We. Thieves’ Guild, so I thought I’d just… I was gonna stun it and tell you about it later, I’m sorry. Hehe.”
“Then why don’t we talk about it now?”
“Moo, of course!”
Ming Hu was pleased with Mas’s answer and released his grip on Mas’s collar. Mas breathed a sigh of relief when Ming Hu let go of his collar, and then looked at Ming Hu and said, “I’m sorry.
“I don’t know what you’re here for…”
“How do I…
The vibe was such that I knew I could get right to the point.
“Because of Baron Veron.”
Mas’s expression hardened at Ming Hu’s words.
“…There must be something.
From the look on his face, it was clear that Marth knew something about Baron Veron. With a stern expression, Marth glanced at his guildmates and then at Ming Hu.
“Wait… Can we get those guys out of here?”
Ming Hu looked at the guild members who stood silently behind Marth’s words and then back at Marth.
“Don’t bother, let’s go to your room.”
“Ah, yes. This way.”
Mas nodded, still stony-faced at Ming Hu’s words, and began to walk ahead. Ming Hu followed behind him, and it wasn’t long before they reached Mas’s room.
whisk
Entering the room, Ming Hu casually sat down in a chair and looked at Mas. As Ming Hu sat down, Mas sat down in the chair across from him. He looked at Ming Hu and said, “I’m sorry.
“You say you’re here for Baron Veron… can you tell me what you’re here for?”
“Ah, I heard that Baron Veron used to come here often…”
“Yes, I’ve been here often.”
“What did you do here?”
“Oh… that’s…”
Ming Hu’s words were not easily answered. Ming Hu realized that Mas was very cautious.
“May I ask who you are?”
Mas said.
“…?”
Ming Hu looked at Marth, puzzled by his words. Why would he ask who he was?
“I don’t know why you’re asking me that question. I just want you to answer my question.”
Mas pursed his lips at that comment.
“I will never reveal those things… I want you to know that Baron Veron need not worry… that my mouth is heavy enough without such a test.”
Ming Hu frowned slightly at Mas’s words.
“You think I was sent by Baron Veron.
When I asked him who he was and why he was asking, he seemed to think he was sent by Baron Veron.
“I think you’re misunderstanding something.”
“…No.”
“I am not a man of Baron Veron.”
“Don’t worry, my mouth is heavy.”
“No, it’s not…”
Ming Hu opened his mouth to speak again, but a thought struck him, and he stopped and looked at Marth, his brow furrowing slightly.
“This guy looks like he’s floating.
At first, you thought he thought he was sent by Baron Veron, but now you realize that wasn’t the case. It was more like he was trying to decide if he was one of Baron Veron’s people or not.
Sigh
Ming Hu reached out and grabbed the corner of the desk. Mas looked at the corner of the desk that Ming Hu had grabbed, puzzled by his behavior. Ming Hu tightened his grip on the corner and tugged.
Exclude.
Then the corner of the desk was ripped right off.
“Stop talking, are you really not going to tell me?”
“Hehe.”
At Ming Hu’s words, Marth smiled again, this time with a grim expression. Then he continued.
“Of course not, I’ll tell you all about it.”
Ming Hu snorted at the sight of a man who was so different from the one he had just shown.
“Okay, tell me. What was Baron Veron doing here?”
“Well… Baron Veron was here two months ago, and he asked us if we had any slaves. We may be a thieves’ guild, but we don’t deal in slaves, so Baron Veron said yes and went on his way.”
“And?”
Baron Veron hadn’t come to see him just once or twice, and from the way he’d used the word “first” and the way he’d spoken of himself earlier, it was clear that something had happened since then. Ming Hu’s words were echoed by Mas.
“Ten days after that, the Baron came to us again, this time asking us to investigate and give him information about young orphans within the territory of Baron Magnus. It was strange, but the chapter hadn’t been around for very long, and we had no reason to refuse, so we accepted his request, investigated the orphans, and gave the information to the Baron. And then, a short time later, the orphans we investigated were enslaved by the Almers, and the enslaved children were taken to Baron Magnus, and…”
Marth’s brow furrowed and he bit his lip hard.
“I haven’t seen my children since then. Thinking something was wrong, I did some research on it and found out a few things. That all the children who entered the Barony had disappeared after going into the Baron’s room. The Baron’s clothes in his room were stained with blood.”
“…”
At Marth’s words, Ming Hu recalled the information from the Black Nails that had given him a very unpleasant feeling.
“You’re kidding me.
It was still a long shot, but it seemed likely. Ming Hu looked at Marth with a slight frown, and Marth continued.
“After that, Baron Veron came to us again, and once again, he asked us to look into information about the orphans, but that wasn’t all: he also wanted us to look into his neighboring estate, Viscount Appen.”
“Appen Jazzer?
Ming Hu scratched his head at Mas’s words. He’d heard it somewhere, but he couldn’t remember where.
“Ah, quests!
Suddenly, Ming Hu remembered and opened the quest window.
<First internal crackdown
The Emperor of the Helioca Empire, Alkan Helioca, is troubled by the corruption of his nobles. As he pushes outward to open up unexplored lands, he wants you to audit the nobility. Audit the nobles designated by the Emperor to determine the truth of the corruption and bring back evidence!
[Count Altoran: 0 / 1].
[Count Frank: 0 / 1].
[Torrent Author: 0 / 1].
[appendix author: 0 / 1].
[Baron Magnus: 0 / 1].
[Baron Debeck: 0 / 1].
Difficulty Level: A
Quest Reward: Helioca Merit 5 million + ???
I thought, "Where have I heard that before?" It was Quest.
"I sensed something wasn't right, so I accepted the commission and researched Viscount Appen, and I researched Baron Magnus."
Ming Hu closed the quest window at Marth's words and returned his attention to Marth's words.
"I was researching Baron Magnus, and to my surprise, Baron Veron was preparing for a turf war with Viscount Appen."
"Gongzhizhen?"
"Yes."
"I don't think the lordship is that easy to hang."
You couldn't do it just because you wanted to. You needed a cause, a cause that everyone would recognize.
"Yes, but… once Viscount Appen's investigation was complete and I had that information… I realized that I might be able to make a claim."
Ming Hu's eyes widened at Mas's words. Somehow, he felt like he was about to get information he hadn't expected.