Chapter 18: Publicity
As soon as Raven entered, he swept the audience with an unbridled gaze that seemed to be the king on high. This feeling of seeing you through at a glance is uncomfortable for anyone.
In fact, Raven was a little wronged, and subconsciously he still felt that he was the god-level assassin at the top of the player. Raven, who is accustomed to being called 'Brother Lei' every time he enters the Adventurer's Guild, has actually not fully adjusted.
If the owner of this sight is a master, a high-ranking powerhouse, or a nobleman, then it would be better, but Raven, who has a pleasing and handsome face, is too poor and sour, too disobedient.
A burlap coat worn only by civilians, covered in stains. There is a bipedal wyvern leather armor that was once worth a little money all over the body, but unfortunately the key parts are pierced, and it is almost not even an ornament. A pair of leather boots that were obviously taken from an unknown dead ghost at his feet felt a little ill-fitting. There is also a small package on his back.
If it weren't for the dagger and a short sword pinned to his waist, anyone would think that he was a thief who ran out of the slums, and he would have wanted to upgrade to an adventurer with a little skill.
In fact, most of the wanderers come from this background, but unfortunately the vast majority of them are hung up on their first adventure.
If it had been a few days ago, no one would have looked at him squarely. When the bounty against the Eclipse Church was issued, all the adventurers in the vicinity of the Golden City had eyes redder than rabbits, and they were crazy looking for every clue about the Eclipse Church, and any new face could provoke their reaction, and there were always poor children in the slums who would report the traces of the Eclipse Cultists and receive a bounty.
Obviously, a big man regarded Raven as one of them, and his burly body suddenly stopped in front of Raven, and the inferior half-body leather armor emitted a foul smell.
"Yo, the boy who hasn't been weaned yet, has a fierce eye! The untaught boys have this in their eyes. It doesn't matter, depending on your performance, it will determine whether you will be beaten up and then tell you everything. Or obediently and directly deliver the information, uncle, I am in a good mood, maybe I will reward you with a piece of white bread. β
Raven smiled in his heart, and sure enough, it cameβthe adventurer's trial.
Raven didn't answer, and moved slightly to the side.
The big man didn't plan to let Raven go, and took a step sideways, blocking Raven again.
The same adventurer may be a teammate, and more likely a competitor, not to mention that this guy doesn't consider Raven an adventurer.
"Boy, it's your first time here, right? Let me tell you what the rules are! β
The big man waved his right hand, and a huge hand comparable to a bear's claw pressed down on his head, and the gale whistled slightly through his fingers.
To be honest, Raven really didn't want to look at this tease more. But adventurers are like this, you can't hold the field and wait for a group of people to and pee on your head.
Raven's head tilted slightly to the left, flashing the big furry hand in a fraction of a second, ghostly following the big man's right side behind him.
In the eyes of others, Raven's movements are quite slow, and even a bit like an old lady crossing the street on crutches, and his movements have a wonderful sense of rhythm.
Unhurried, it just turned into the blind spot of the big man's sight.
Under the watchful eyes of all the onlookers, Raven pulled out a piece of rope, tied it in a slipknot like a butterfly, and lightly put it around the big man's neck from behind, and threw the rope around the beam overhead......
"Wow-"
The big man didn't understand what was going on and was hanged. He thought it was an ordinary rope, and hurriedly took out a dagger to try to cut the rope, but when his hand was halfway up, the rope was tightened again, and a strong sense of dizziness came overwhelmingly, easily engulfing the consciousness of the big man. The dagger clattered and fell to the floor.
It happened so fast that it was only three seconds from the time Raven flashed the big man's paw to the time the big man lost consciousness.
At this time, the big man and his companions came to their senses, drew their swords and were about to pounce.
"Stop!" The guy who was obviously the leader stopped the people with a loud shout: "Idiot! Didn't you see that the dagger capital didn't move? β
The guy who had just been carried away by the blood only then realized that Raven didn't use his weapon at all, just clasped his hands on his chest and stepped on the rope with his feet, sneering faintly. The gaze that looked at them was like that of a beast staring at a newborn lamb.
"This gentleman! I'm very sorry that it was Patrick who offended Your Excellency, please forgive Patrick for his recklessness. "The head is very good, and he even directly presented a money bag.
"Boss!" Several people next to him were in a hurry.
But they were blocked by the leader's look.
The crisp sound of coins crashing, Raven knew that there would be no less than 20 gold coins in it. This is already a huge amount of money for the lowest-level adventurer team.
If a day ago, Raven might have laughed it off.
Right now?
Look-no-on-
Suddenly, a smell came from above, and the big man urinated......
Smelling that smell, Raven had no desire to stand up at all, and as soon as his hand was released, the big man's huge body fell down with a bang, clutching his throat on the floor and making a bellows-like sound. He didn't take the money from the adventurer's leader, but walked past him, leaving a light sentence: "There is no second time." β
Leaving the guy stunned in place, covered in a cold sweat.
Not only that, but all the adventurers who witnessed this scene gasped.
This scene was so shocking that even if the noose was not directed at them, the adventurers recalled it and found that if it was against themselves, they would not be able to resist at all. The feeling of witnessing death is creepy.
If this kid had used a dagger instead of a rope, a single blow would have put an end to the conflict.
With no extra effort, flowing movements, and dazzling rope skills, onlookers almost suspected that they were witnessing a legendary wanderer.
However, no matter how they sensed it, the kid in front of them was just the breath of the Black Iron Order. The stench that wafts around shows that this is definitely not a fantasy.
This strange sense of incongruity made their scalps tingle.
Before he knew it, the crowd made way for Raven.
Raven walked by with his head held high, not even looking at them.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Raven came to the counter in charge of handing out the bounty and was greeted by a young girl.
"Your Excellency, I'm sorry, but now this window is prioritizing the bounty of the Black Eclipse Church, if you ......" she couldn't say any more, she had already seen the large stack of black etched tattooed human skins in the package that Raven had opened.
The blood had already coagulated, and even though Raven had already roughly washed it once, the bloody breath was still rushing to his face.
The bloody scene was matched with Raven's handsome face and faint smile, and the girl almost thought that it was a high-ranking blood clan standing in front of her.
Without any more disdain, she scrambled to count Raven's loot, and then, in everyone's eyes, she removed the bounty on the Black Eclipse Church.
The adventurers in the distance suddenly clamoured.
"What's going on!? Didn't it mean that the passage was blocked, and it was impossible to chase down the main priest and his party? Why did you suddenly withdraw the bounty. β
Finally quieting the noisy adventurer, the girl loudly announced, "Sorry! The bounty on the Church of Black Eclipse has been completed. It was the ......" girl who completed it, and suddenly realized that she did not know the name of the other party until this time.
Raven smiled and reported his name: "Raven." β
"The one who completed it is this Lord Raven."
The wave of uproar quickly spread in all directions, and almost all the adventurers looked at the weak young man. If it weren't for the scene at the gate, maybe someone would have come up impatient to trouble Raven.
In the distance, someone looked at Raven and secretly asked a warrior wearing full body armor beside him, "Fili, do you want to find someone to try?" β
The warrior called Filip shook his head: "Give up." Even in a head-to-head battle, I'm not sure I won't be killed by him. β
"What!? You're a level 32 bronze master. The man was shocked.
The warrior smiled bitterly: "The level may be high for me, but the combat experience is too far behind." Did you notice? That half-elf Raven was quite young in appearance, he looked less than fifteen years old, but no one knew how much of his elven blood was occupied. If he had a high concentration of elven blood, it was likely that he had traveled longer than our grandfather's years. Look at his eyes, he is not a little childish, and he has a sense of stability that does not match his age. It seemed casual, but his hand was kept at a good distance from his weapon. This manifestation of the unconscious can only develop such a habit in the midst of countless births and deaths. β
At this point, the first person was completely dumbfounded.
"I don't know if he's injured or something, his breath is so weak. However, wanderer professionals have always been good at concealment. I can't afford to mess with this person anyway. Oh, and also, he swept my legs at first glance when he first entered......"
This was a complete horror, the first man's face was bruised, Fili's leg had been pierced by a goblin with a spear when he was young, and the wound had long since healed, and only those closest to him knew that his left leg was actually a little weak.
But that kid saw through it at a glance!?
Regardless of the suspicion or jealousy of the people around him, the bounty of more than 2,000 gold coins was placed in front of Raven in this way.