Chapter 91: The mission (2)

"These are mission requests that were accepted by the guild. So far, two groups of B and C Rank hunters have accepted the mission from the Kingdom and the aristocrats. Still, it's regrettable, but..." he said and sighed, shook his head, implying that they had all died.

On a research mission, several groups of hunters died. It wasn't even a murder mission or anything; it was a research mission!

Even Matt frowned when he heard this.

'That's pretty dangerous. The assassins might be more capable than we thought.' He thought, and the guild master, seeing that none of them were retreating, started talking about the mission.

"The mission was originally employed by some nobles who lived on the outskirts of the city, in the mansion that is now the target. They requested C and B Rank hunters for protection because they sensed that some assassins were out looking for them, but in the end, that same night, the hunters and all the members of the mansion were killed. This was the first group." Said the guild master.

"Due to the death of the employers, the guild set the mission with the same reward they had set before, but this time for research. Just at those times we got a message from the Kingdom, asking to increase the bounty drastically, in order to get a good group of hunters, but that also increased the alertness of the hunters, because they realized that the Kingdom was seeing this as dangerous.

Still, a second group took a chance." He said and showed the mission failure paper while shaking his head.

"They were all killed the night of the mission." He spoke.

Matt nodded.

He had a question, though.

"Why do they keep insisting that they be B-Rank hunters? Wouldn't that be suicide?" he asked, and the guild master smiled sheepishly.

"I am in agreement with the mission; I can start when the time is right."

Before he could finish speaking, the woman who sat quietly listening to everything spoke. Her soft voice surprised them, but the master was happy about this.

"Good." He said, smiling and looked at Matt.

"How about you guys? Since you're a group of three, why don't you two go to the Miss together? She's a skilled hunter of the assassin type." He suggested they go together.

Matt looked at her doubtfully. This woman was strong and had an almost nonexistent presence, so the fact that she was an assassin was normal.

Still, he didn't feel she was an ordinary person.

'The way she sits and stands carries a lot of meticulous movements that give her an elegant style. It's likely she's a Noble... And this has something to do with the murder of nobles... Is it nobles murdering nobles, or is she one of the victims?' Matt thought and looked at Alice.

She agreed. She didn't seem suspicious, or perhaps she trusted Matt's judgment. However, she was still observing this woman carefully.

Matt smiled and looked at her again. "If you want to join us on this mission, then we can do it together and split the reward. If there is one more assassin, it will help us get things done faster." He replied, and she stared at him.

Her face was entirely covered by a black cloth that clung to her face, so only her red eyes were visible.

She nodded softly at him, "If so, then we can meet in that room in this hotel tonight to plan when we will go out." She replied, and after seeing Matt and the girls behind him nod, she turned and left.