Chapter 176: You Want It? Come and Get It! (1/2)
”W-Well!” Village Chief Meerak took a step back in astonishment. He forced out a smile towards Pedro and said, ”There are few villagers that I could recommend. B-But... I doubt that they would pass the minimum standards that young sire has, in terms of strength and potential.”
”It does not matter!” Pedro said with a frown on his face. ”The times have changed! No matter how many qualified people we have on our side, we would not be able to fight the seemingly infinite number of monsters that are scattered all over the continent. If that happened... Countless lives... villages... even Kingdoms might be destroyed. So... In order to avoid that from happening, we must adopt. I have decided to train a couple of people under my force. It would all depend on their performance whether these people--or should I call representatives, would stay in my force after this catastrophe.”
”I-I completely understand, young sir!” Village Chief Meerak said, elated. ”Then... Shall I show you around the village first, as you requested?”
”Sorry for the trouble, village chief!” Pedro nodded in agreement to Village Chief Meerak. That said, Pedro did not forget about the three village soldiers who tried to extort money from him in exchange for his entry to the village of Axutar.
Pedro glanced towards them and said to Village Chief Meerak, ”Though I am not against the collection of entry fees to the village... I still don't tolerate blunt extorsion. Tell me Village Chief Meerak, are these men collecting fees under your orders?”
”No, sire!”
Pedro simply averted his gaze and entered the village, saying, ”Then, you know what to do!”
”Of course, young sir!” Village Chief Meerak said. He glanced towards the three village soldiers and said, ”I am going to give the three of you some face. Go to jail, or leave this village and never come back!”
Unfortunately, there was an increased number of wild monsters because of the Continental Quest. It was definitely dangerous to travel from one stronghold to another, especially for NPCs. Thus, the three village soldiers had no other choice but to surrender themselves and choose to be imprisoned instead.
This way, they would be safer than traveling in the wild just to reach the nearest village. After all, non-BHO member NPCs were only as strong as ordinary players. Fighting hundreds of wild monsters would be a hazardous task that may cost them their lives.
That said, they could not help but feel hatred deep inside towards Pedro as they chose to be imprisoned. If not for Pedro, they would not be relieved of their post and they could have continued with their scheme.
Of course, Pedro knew about their hatred towards him. However, he did not think much about it because they were not on his level in the first place. What could they do against him?
At the same time, the fact that they mocked the BHO was enough for them to be labeled as enemies of the strongest human organization in Bearth. If it was the other leaders or higher-ranking officials from BHO, they would have suffered an unfortunate fate.
Fortunately, it was Pedro whom they encountered. Thus, they were lucky to survive this time from mocking the organization, and simply just end up being escorted to jail.
They were locked in a cell together with a man whose body was covered with several bandages--covering his injuries. He reeks of human blood and, at the same time, stains of blood was still attached to his skin.
'This man... he looks familiar.' Pedro frowned as Village Chief Meerak opened the steel doors of the cell. Unfortunately, the lamp that Village Chief Meerak had was not bright enough to lit the cell, for Pedro to be able to recognize the identity of the heavily injured man.
However, just as the three village soldiers entered the cell, the man chuckled, saying, ”It seems like we are fated to see each other once again. I did not think that I would meet you at this place for the second time.”
Pedro could not help but frown in response. That said, before he could say a word, the three village soldiers clenched their fists and surrounded the man and were full of anger.
”Brothers! It seems like this man did not have enough beating earlier. Why don't we teach him some more lessons.”
”Yeah... He would be a great punching bag to vent our anger!”
The village soldiers said as they were about to attack the injured man. However, in the next second, a fur grew in the injured man's face as his nails turned into sharp claws, which he scratched towards the neck of the three soldiers.
Their necks were separated from their bodies as blood burst out of it--consequently drenching Village Chief Meerak from their blood. Village Chief Meerak, Aldo, Loren, and Yuson, could only stare and watch the three lifeless bodies fall to the ground.
While Antonio, Aks, and Pedro could only stare towards the furry face of the injured man, who stood from his seat--revealing his face to everyone else.