Chapter 44

Chapter 44

I froze and looked up at the two men in suits.

"You need to talk with me? Why's that?"

The blond haired man in front of the stairs reached into his pocket and pulled out an ID.

In big black letters next to his photo I could read "Hunters Association Representative" and beside that, a large letter C. This guy is the real deal.

I gulped.

"I- uhm. Of course. What would you like to talk about?"

He grinned and put the card back in his pocket.

"Come on walk with us, I'd rather speak in private."

I agreed and followed the men down the escalator. What else could I do right now?

I probably did look pretty suspicious. All my items are in my item storage, it looks like I came out of that dungeon with nothing on me. Half my clothes are ripped off too... That can't help.

After boarding the train we made it back to the main dungeon hub pretty quickly. I just stood next to them in awkward silence as the cement walls flew by.

We walked through the crowds of people in the main hub back up to the surface and they lead me down the street a few blocks. It was still awkward and silent, my heart was starting to beat out of my chest. My foot hurts too, i didn't even think about how uncomfortable it'd be to walk around with no shoe on....

We made it to a large silver tower with the Association's logo on the entrance. This must be one of their main buildings in the capital. It's so much bigger than the one I go to back home!

The men opened the front door and we were immediately greeted by a tall dark featured woman in the lobby.

"Welcome back Sirs."

The blond man nodded and walked straight towards and elevator at the back of the room. The other man motioned me to follow.

I complied and we rode the elevator up to the 17th floor. They lead me to an office room.

It was just us now.

My heart continued to pound loudly, I could feel it in my ears.

The walls were white and the room hummed with the fait sound of a mana shield. This is a magic interrogation room... There were a few comfortable looking seats in a triangle all facing each other. We sat down. The man spoke up.

"We've been tailing you since this morning. There's no point in lying to us."

I stared straight ahead at both of them.

"W-Why? What did I do wrong-"

"You're not in the wrong here, we'd just like to hear the full story without any outside interference."Ñ00v€l--ß1n hosted the premiere release of this chapter.

"The whole story? I- what do you mean?"

I'm not sure exactly what they know... and what they're trying to make me admit. I doubt they're really on my side In this whole situation...

"Sure. Let's go to a C Class training room. I think it's time we celebrate a mission complete, I'll get you some gear. Gotta hand it to you Jay, you made our job a whole lot easier today.

I let out a thin smile and followed him out the door.

We took the elevator down to floor 10 and walked down the hall. It was a very symmetrical floor. There were large reinforced doors on either side of the long white hallway.

After a bit of walking Daniel turned and scanned his card at a door. It clicked and slid open.

"Take a look inside. This is a C Class Hunters Association training room. Not too many like it."

The walls were all white, they hummed much louder than the room we were in moments ago. It felt like the training room from yesterday, this would hold up against some powerful attacks.

"Take anything you want from that room over there. It's all brand new don't worry, a thank you from me to you."

"Really? Thanks!"

I walked over to a small rectangle on the wall and pushed it in. That's where Daniel had pointed. It opened up a door that showed me a closet like compartment in the wall. It was filled with black combat clothing folded perfectly.

I took a shirt, new pants, a pair of socks, and some boots. I didn't think twice and just changed there on the spot.

Daniel spoke up as I was changing.

"Hey what level are you? If you can handle those trolls on your own, you must be a decently high rated D Class. Plus you're young, only 20 right?"

I nodded.

"Yeah, I'm around level 150. Why?"

He looked a little disappointed when when I said that.

"Ahhh you're at 150. I guess you'll have to wait for another one."

I looked at him with a confused look.

"Another one of what? What do you mean?"

He smirked.

"The C Class exams start in just under 3 weeks. Kenji is participating. You need to be level 250 to apply. They only hold C Class exams every 3 or 4 months in the capital, so it's a pretty big deal every time it comes around."

Daniel pointed at Kenji and he spoke up.

"Yeah, I've been level grinding in these Capital dungeons on weekends off of work for almost 4 years now. I took the safe route like most and only challenged bosses with parties so its been a slow and steady journey. The Association pays C Class Reps a ton more though, that's what I'm looking forward to the most."

He looked at Daniel and they both grinned.

I fell deep into thought.

The C Class examines huh? I had no idea they were so soon. If I can gain around 100 more levels in 3 weeks I could participate too. If I don't.... I'll have to wait another 3-4 months to apply.

I'll add this to my list of urgent goals, I need to reach level 250... Fast.