Chapter 274: Shaturein’s Favor.

Chapter 274: Shaturein’s Favor.

Experience has reached multiple breaking points. [Young Stygian-Scaled Fenrir, Saori Segawa]s Job [Stygian Thunder] has risen from [Level 19] to [Level 30]

Attributes have increased due to level up

Max level of Job [Stygian Thunder] has been reached

Mutation requirements acquired. [Level 30] of Job [Stygian Thunder] was achieved. Mutation skills unlocked for acquisition. [Lightning Shadow] have been added to the SP shop

Individual [Stygian-Scaled Wolfkin, Saori Segawa] has switched her Main Job to [Assassin]

Main Job benefits have been updated due to Job change

Assassin Level: 0/20

Job Skill gained: [Critical Spot]

Acquisition requirement fulfilled. [Lightning Shadow] gained. 2900 SP remaining

Mutation acquired. Merging [Lightning Shadow] into skill [Stygian Voltage Lv. 2]

Alright, you really brought us a ton of trouble. You and your friends. Didnt expect the cartel to come find us this fast when we were just looking around for now. Still, you did us a good one by coming to us first, so how about you talk, or do we need to continue this shit?

F-Fuck you! As if I would

Grrr KRAHK!

Iiiiiiiieeeeeee!!! D-Dont feed me to that monster! Please, I dont want to end up as crap!

Shadows hold grim warnings for the living or however you would say this to make it sound edgy. Maybe Hestia or Tatsuya could think of a better quote. Quite embarrassing.

Outnumbered but not outmatched. In the history of wars, victory usually went to the side who were either more technologically advanced, strategically adept, or possessed superior forces. Of course, having all three advantages would be for the best, but a good tactician was said to win even against the odds with timing and resourcefulness, like the battle between Scipio and Hannibal.

But, of course, we were in Peolynca. Just like Hannibal, the use of terror routing your enemy with war beasts was quite effective. I had my garms and the new addition of the virigresses, mostly Varya, just like Hannibal had his elephants. It also helped that my shadow pack all possessed magic.

Now, whoever would I send my pack against? An army? A devilish evildoer? No, none of those well, I had done all of those before, but for today, I sent them to capture just a bunch of thugs. Yeah, I was overkilling it against some street delinquents.

Do not worry, I trained my garms to not eat human, beastman, or any humanoid meat. However, the virigresses havent yet, I told the cowering thug Gael was interrogating, telling Varya to roar at him.

Iiiiiieeeek!!!

I sighed. Getting into trouble was part of being Aurora, but I didnt think we would have it on the first day we were in Gleisvale. As Gael suspected, people around the city probably noticed our entry into the country. There were plenty of chances. The bandit ambush on the road was evidence enough of that.

I turned around, watching my garms hunt down any runaways before dragging them back wrapped in [Dark Tendrils] or mana threads. Imagine giant wolves and a large tiger able to control and dive into shadows to hunt you down in a wide alleyway like this. It would be frightening.

In addition, there was also Tasianna. With her eyes closed, she was channeling mana through her catalyst and using her [Cryokinesis] to control the air around us, making it impossible for any of them to escape regardless of how fast they could run. Melloxtressa could create a bubble of frozen air without affecting the temperature within it, and Tasianna learned to do the same after training with her.

However, unlike Hestias mom, Tasianna required complete focus when using this technique and couldnt do anything else, otherwise it would collapse. Oh my, who could have possibly known it would be that difficult, right?

Still, the effects werent perfect. I could see the buildings around us gaining a sheet of ice on their walls while the ground was forming ice spikes. Tasianna had already made three custom ice spells, but I could see a day where she wouldnt need the System at all. Just like Melloxtressa and the snow wyvern twins.The initial posting of this chapter occurred via Ñøv€l-B!n.

Oooh, look at that. Hmm, one, two, three, 15, 21. Yeah, thats about all the guys I counted when they came to mug us, Gael continued his interrogation after seeing Uno bring back the last three. Looks like you lost, mate. Now, how about you talk since Im pretty sure that if we hand you into the guards, your gang boss will buy them out to get you to either shut your mouths or take you out.

In other words, we will extract the information now or never. One way or another, Gael will get it out of them.

S-Shit he cursed under his breath as he finally broke from Gaels threats. The cartel is gonna make you regret the shit you just pulled.

Pulling the ruffian up, Gael patted his shoulders, smirking. Take care of yourself first, mate. After we supposedly die, you can gloat at our corpses but you probably have to do it from Death's side if that future were to happen, hahaha!

Tasianna dispelled the barrier of ice and we had the garms motivate our prisoners to move forward by growling, making them lead the way. Moving through the streets with them did garner us some attention, but not enough to be a problem.

Unlike Shaturein, Gleisvales underworld was similar to one you can find in any normal city. Some sections had areas where criminals like to congregate, forming gangs and organizations like the Yakuza, the Mafia, the Triads. It wasnt a self-sufficient city, it was just a bunch of people gathering with others that shared a similar profession.

As such, entering this place wasnt too hard after we asked around in the local hunters guild. After registering ourselves into the guilds ecosystem, they sent us to an info broker working for them. He gave us all we needed to know to find what we needed where the black market was and any alchemists working there.

After strolling around a bit, getting used to the locals, we were ambushed by some thugs. Blocking all paths out of the alleyway, the only way these ruffians left for us to escape was for us to flee was through the skies. Now, I was aware this was entirely possible for us, but our ambushers apparently weren't aware of this. The thugs were all well-equipped and looked like they worked as E or D rank adventurers, so they could clearly threaten people and were used to springing traps like this.

Only problem was they chose the wrong targets.

Grrak! Uno growled, towering over one of them moving his eyes as if he was looking to escape.

Seeing my garms silhouette blanket him completely and Unos drool splatter on his face, he quickly made himself small all while shivering. Any thug who showed even a sliver of rebellion was quickly sniffed out by the garms and Varya.

Greow! Shere and Ajay tried to imitate their mother, but it was all futile. They were too young and it only made them look cuter. In hindsight, I probably should have handed them to Hestia, like Rajah. Though, if Rajah had expected he wouldnt be as useful and stuck with Hestia for that reason, then I would be shocked.

I picked up the two virigress cubs and held them in my arms. They were like kittens just in the size of normal house cats. It made it hard to embrace them.

Do you know who this emblem belongs to? While I was managing the prisoners, Tasianna went over to the lead and showed him the broken emblem we got from the bandit ambush.

H-Hey, Im already show Guff?! Unwilling to answer her question, Tasianna immediately grabbed the mans throat before he could finish his sentence. White smoke like cold air began to form around her hand, clearly causing the man pain. Grk?! Alright, alright! Stop, please!

Tasianna unhandled him.

I-I really dont know much about this symbol. I really dont! Honest! B-But, I think I saw something similar when I went out to get stuff for our senior members. Uhm, potions, yeah! We gotta hunt monsters since you cant find certain monsterials in other countries. Brings in a good price, but gets pretty dicey without some potions to back you up.

Where?

U-Uhhh, there are some people selling them in the back area of some monsterials sellers. Quicker access to the good stuff. You can find some potion sellers at the edge of the market, but most of them are amateurs. People who cant afford training from the alchemist guild or aren't good enough to sell the potions in a normal store, so they sell them there for cheap.

Thank you very much. Now, please, hurry us along towards the person who sent you to us. Quickly, I have better things to do than speak with you. Turning around and returning back to me, she left those cold words behind in the poor thugs ears.

You can be pretty fierce, Tasianna, I told her and she shrugged. Once again, I was reminded of Tasiannas aggressive habits towards humans she didnt like. She did admit to crushing somebodys throat after freezing it once.

In any case, after walking deeper into the area, the thug notified us that we made it into their territory. As he said that, I began noticing a few people moving around with [Detection Sensor], so I whistled for my garms and Varya to dive into their shadows. Informing them through [Telepathy], they began stalking them, funneling me information.

When one or two of them nodded their heads and stopped observing us in order to run away, my garms or Varya captured them and allowed them to join their friends. When the thugs saw my shadow pack leave, they initially let out a sigh of relief, only to fall into despair again when they saw their numbers increase with more and more of their gang members once the pack returned.

Y-You people are relentless! The thug in the front complained.

Hahaha! Right? Gael laughed and placed his arm around his shoulder. And you havent seen them fight properly yet. Now, how about you start moving faster, eh? The longer we take, the more you have to deal with us.

Eventually, the people learned from their mistakes and simply moved into the clear, letting us see them. We were simply stopping them from informing their people, since we wanted the element of surprise here. If they didnt run off, we wouldnt act. Our prisoner count did increase some more as we went on, but it was what it was.

We eventually ended up a little bit away from the black market, at least according to the thugs. Looking around the neighborhood, the buildings and streets werent the cleanest but they were well-maintained at least. The thugs explained that established gangs invest in their territorys infrastructure. They might be criminals, but they still wanted to attract normal people wishing for normal lives, just because renting off apartments was good money in this city.

Eventually we ended up at a building that screamed I am the most important one in this place due to the detailed engravings on its stone walls. Looking closer, I believed the whole place was made using the stone of the rich, fairnite, including the stone statues, and there were even guards placed before the entrance. This was, without question, the base of this gang.

Money rules this country. It seems like in every world or place, bragging about what you have more of is a universal, no, dimensional trait.

Okay, I guess thats the place? Gael asked the thug he had his arm wrapped around. The thug nodded to his question. Good, thanks, mate. Okay, now if you would be nice enough to no

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The moment Gael wanted to tell the thugs to not announce our appearance, one of the thugs from behind suddenly raised his mouth and shouted, but, before he could finish it, Shere jumped out of my arms and paw punched him to the ground. They might be cubs, but they were still the cubs of a tigress.

Accepting his answer, we went to the black market. Our objective from Shaturein wasnt done yet, but Tasiannas goals had to come first before we left Estralia.

Im ready. Tasianna nodded firmly.

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