Chapter 89 Martha

Chapter 89 Martha

Slam!

Alex dug his fist out of the stomach of the huge snake beast he had just killed. Over the last few days he had been slowly hunting on the outskirts of the town, killing any beast that came within range of his senses. It didn't matter if the beast was the weakest F- rank or not, he killed them all regardless.

The unfortunate thing was though, that he hadn't come across any beasts above F+ rank anywhere near the town, which sucked but he figured this would be a common theme in this area.

The town wouldn't station F rank guards at the gates if there were E- rank and above beasts lurking around the vicinity. Clearly, this town was in quite a low risk area compared to the dark, damp cave Alex had first landed in.

This was the 4th beast Alex had killed in the last day alone, which was quite a good haul considering the fact he hadn't even encountered a single other beast than the Shadow Wolf before this point.

It was obvious that areas more populated with humans tempted more and more beasts over. With how mindless these beasts were it wasn't like they knew they were just walking straight into a death trap.

But it was also good for the town, as the constant influx of beasts meant more income, as well as a constant supply of high quality food.

It was even better for Alex, as it allowed him to achieve his goal of earning money quicker. Naturally he set his sights on better alternatives, planning to move his hunting operation to a place much less rural and more populated than this small town.

But for the next few days he had to gather information as well as sell a few beast corpses, minus the beast cores obviously, and actually have some money to his name.

Alex needed a new weapon, preferably a sword as he found he liked them better than daggers after using Rowan's sword for a bit.

But he wasn't interested at all in the cheap and low quality wares the merchant had to offer, no, instead he was interested in a different supplier. The Mayor of Monty town.

Martha looked at Alex, remembering that he was still completely unknown to the village — he had only been there for a few days.

"He was called to the capital, after all he is still technically a baron serving under the emperor, though he is nothing like the high and mighty nobles of the cities and the capital."

Martha paused, seeing the 6 huge bodies piled up outside her shop, before returning to her explanation.

"Apparently something big is going on in the empire soon, though common folk like us wouldn't know what that is."

Alex listened attentively to everything Martha said. Each piece of information she had given him so far had been far more valuable than he had been able to glean from the other residents.

"Hmmm, I see. Well, such matters have nothing to do with me, I'm just trying to earn a pretty penny for myself before moving on from this place." Alex changed the topic of the conversation, after all the political matters of the empire really did have nothing to do with him.

All he cared about was the money he was set on earning during this four month period.

10 minutes later, he left Martha's shop with a bag jingling with coins every time he took a step.

He received many curious looks from the people on the streets, but everybody ignored him soon after.

Nobody here was a criminal, at least openly.

Of course when the guards saw Alex walking about so brazenly with money practically falling out of his pockets, they gritted their teeth in jealousy but couldn't do anything more than that.

They knew better than to provoke Alex after what happened last time in the barracks.