Chapter 62 Preemptive Strike
"It looks like we've gotten rid of these guys," I stopped and said after walking around for several blocks.
The hunters heard my voice and stopped and breathed a sigh of relief.
"These people won't let it go," I said confidently. "I heard what they said before retreating. We have to think of another way. Passively being beaten is not a problem."
"Maybe we should go back to the guild?" A hunter hesitated and made his suggestion. "With the guild intelligence team's ability, I believe that the hiding place of these guys will be able to quickly find out."
"It's a good idea," I clapped my hands happily, "as the Empire proverb says, 'The best defense is attack.'"
"Let's go," I made up my mind and waved to all the hunters, "Let's go back to Silver Blood Hotel."
No hunter objected, I nodded and took them back to the Silver Blood Hotel quickly.
Before I entered the door, I could hear the melodious sound of the piano coming from inside. It seemed that it was still as lively as ever. The commotion on Galdelvin Street did not affect the business here at all.
After showing their hunter certificates to the two strong men watching at the door, I took the hunters in one after another and walked straight to the bar, "Hey, Vic!"
I greeted the hotel owner who was doing nothing behind the bar. The latter raised his head and did not make a sound to me, to my surprise, but pulled me directly into the kitchen behind the bar.
"What's going on, Savos," I heard Vic's doubtful voice as soon as I entered the kitchen, "I've heard everything about Galdervin. The City Guards are looking for people everywhere. Shouldn't you go and avoid the limelight?"
"In fact," I patted Vick's hand on my shoulder and said to him with a smile: "I don't plan to continue being passive anymore, I plan to take the initiative."
"Take the initiative?" Vic pondered for a while, then quickly looked up at me again, "Do you want to use the power of the Guild Intelligence Team?"
"Talking to a smart person like you is a waste of effort, Vic," I smiled even happier. "I know there is no free lunch in the world, and the guild service is even more so, so just tell me how much it costs, my dear Vic."
"Ah, this price won't be very expensive, believe me, Savos," Vic quickly changed into another businessman's face when talking about business. "Our intelligence group only charges ten gold coins a day, you can give it by day or advance a certain number of days. We will deduct the fees for one day every day until you find the information you need."
"It's really cheap," I raised my eyebrows in surprise. "I thought it would be less expensive to mobilize resources from the entire guild to handle my affairs."
"Don't say that, dear Savos," Vic closed his hands with some anticipation. "You are also members of the guild, so we will not set too high prices. So, tell me, which payment method do you want to choose?"
"This is five hundred gold coins," I took out the silver ticket Vick had asked me before, "I will pay the fee for fifty days in advance."
"Fifty-day fee?" Vic took the bill with a smile. "You underestimate the intelligence team too much. Savos, I dare to bet with you that for the longest three days and the shortest day, they can find out all the information you need. Don't forget that this is Capofez, the home court of our hunters."
"Then I'll wait for their good news," I shrugged, and took out one hundred and fifty guild coins from my pocket and handed them to Vic. "I plan to stay here for a while."
"This is enough for five days' accommodation, you are really generous. Well, stay here?" Vac looked at me meaningfully, "Of course it's okay. The Vampire Slayer Guild never refuses any home-to-door business, but I want to remind you, Savos, during your stay, you need to compensate you for any damage caused by conflicts caused by you."
When I heard this, I frowned, "What if my guild gold coins cannot be compensated?"
"Sorry, you can only be a full-time hunter who can't get a penny for the time being," Vic shrugged, saying sorry, but his face was unapologetic. "Until you pay off your debt, believe me, Savos, you won't want to be like that."
"I'll notice." I nodded to Vick.
"Okay, OK," Vic stuffed the gold into his pocket and turned away from the kitchen, "Come with me."
I followed him out of the kitchen with ten hunters.
As soon as I walked out, a key fell into my hand. "Turn left on the third floor, the first room," Vic's voice came over, "As for the ten hunters you hired, the guild will arrange a room for them."
"Thank you, Vic." I smiled at the boss behind the bar, greeted ten more hunters, and then quickly walked along the stairs to the second floor.
Compared to the first time I came here, there was almost no change on the second floor. I greeted the person in charge in the lounge and bought a dinner, and went straight to the third floor.
Use the key Vick threw me to open the door to the first room left. The room at Silver Blood Hotel was very simple to decorate. There was only a simple bed, a wardrobe, a wooden chair and a wooden table.
After quickly taking off my coat, I quickly got into the quilt and prayed that those plague sources who should be knives would not find here.
Although the guild will protect me, I don’t want anything here to be destroyed. God knows how expensive they are. If I can’t afford it, I will have to become a full-time hunter in the guild.
"Sleep, Saren," I said to myself, "don't think about so many things that are gone."
Under my own forced force, my consciousness quickly became blurred, and I fell asleep not long after.
When I woke up again, it was noon the next day. The sun shone mercilessly on my eyes. As soon as I opened my eyes, I was immediately covered by the scorching sun.
After I got used to my eyes a little, I moved my hands in front of me, put on my clothes and got out of bed.
"What time is it now?" I mumbled and shook my head, sobered myself a little bit, then opened the door and went downstairs.
The lounge on the second floor was already crowded, and hunters or other ordinary guests were all talking in a low voice, and from time to time looked up at the clock beside the wall.
I rubbed my eyes and looked at the clock with them. The hour hand was pointing steadily at the place slightly out of twelve o'clock, while the minute hand was moving closer to a point.
"God, it's twelve o'clock," I saw the time on the clock, and the originally strong sleepiness disappeared in an instant. "You can really sleep, Saren," I said with some dissatisfaction, and walked down the stairs quickly to the first floor.
"Ah, you're up," as soon as I went downstairs, a familiar voice came from the bar. I turned around and looked, and Christo was holding the beer glass in his hand to signal to me.
"Christo?" I walked towards him with a smile, clapped and hugged him, "Why are you here? Did you go smoothly yesterday?"
"Everything went well, I've fired all the hunters," Christo sipped the beer in the glass. "It seems that those guys are the only targeting you, it's bad news for you, and great news for me."
"Also," he drank the beer in one gulp, put the cup back on the bar, and knocked it with his hand, "I heard from Vick that our intelligence team had a business coming."
"Yes," I spread my hands at him, "your customers are standing in front of you."
"What a generous, Savos," Christo smiled and put his neck on his shoulder, and took the second beer that had just been filled from Vic. "For this, I have to toast you."
After saying this, he drank a full half of the beer in one breath, "Ah! It's so refreshing. Now let's talk about the main business."
"Of course, Christo, you know what I want."
"Yes, yes, I know," Christo said slowly, "so I decided to lead the team myself this time, you can rest assured."
"Of course," Christo's words made me feel much better. He knew who was chasing me. If he was responsible for this investigation, it would save a lot of time, which means I could get rid of my current predicament faster.
After sending away Christo who was about to investigate the Church of Plague Source, I decided to do something to arm myself. If these churches of Plague Source think they can seize me by number of people and Strad's evil deeds, they would be very wrong. I will let them know that even if they die, I will drag them to bury me with me.
After simply eating the dinner I bought yesterday but didn't move, I went to the arms dealer who was playing for some of the ordinary girls.
"Ah, Savos," he smiled as soon as I walked to him, "Please wait a moment? Let me finish playing for these respected and beautiful ladies."
I nodded, wrapped my hands in front of my chest, and waited aside. The song sung by the arms dealer was a folk song that everyone on the Villojima continent was familiar with. I quickly hummed it.
This song "Beautiful Girl Fran" is not too long. It didn't take long for the arms dealer to play the last note amid the applause of the audience.
"Thank you very much for your support," the arms dealer bowed deeply to everyone, took away the tips from everyone with his carry-on bag, and then bowed again, "Now, please allow me to sue. This gentleman and I have other business to discuss about the business of Rutchen."
The audience nodded to express their understanding. After apologizing at them, the arms dealer quickly pulled me to the side hall next to them.
"Ri'an, dear Mr. Savos," the arms dealer saluted me first, "Are you satisfied with the weapon I recommended to you last time?"
"Ri'an, arms dealer, I'm very satisfied. By the way, your disguise really impressed me," I nodded at him, "I came here this time to buy something... bigger."
"If you want to survive in this world, you can't do it without a bit of disguise, especially when your identity is very sensitive," the arms dealer smiled indifferently. "For me, the trick to disguise is not to disguise. If you think from the bottom of your heart that you are doing this, there is no such thing as disguise."
"For example?" I became interested.
"For example, you are Saren, but you need to pretend to be a hotel owner," the arms dealer seemed to be very excited. "It seems difficult, right, Red Dragon Saren becomes a hotel owner? But if you really treat yourself as a hotel owner and make your every move, including your mentality, become the level that the hotel owner should have, then there is no flaw or difficulty. In the eyes of others, you are a hotel owner who seems not too young due to the pressure of life. At that time, even if you tell others that you are Saren, others will only think you are joking."
Ah, I know what you are going to say, Cara, Karen, and Kylord, yes, I was inspired by the arms dealer's words. If it weren't for his words, I might not have opened a hotel in that village.
But this is just one of the reasons, and the other is that I have always wanted to open a hotel of my own.
Ah, it's a long way to go, let's go back to this part of the story, please continue to record, Karen.
The arms dealer's words benefited me a lot, and at the same time made me want to laugh a little. I think he might not have guessed that Saren, who he used to give examples, would stand in front of him alive.
But at that time, I didn't expect that one day I became a hotel owner. At that time, I just treated these words as an extremely useful skill and secretly hid them in a corner of my heart.
"What a clever skill," I exclaimed from the heart, "maybe I can use this skill one day, arms dealers, but now we should talk about our business."
"Ah, yes, something bigger...that's the main meal, Stran has a saying, 'It's better to see with your eyes than with your ears.' So I decided to let you see these treasures, respected Mr. Savos."
After saying this call, the arms dealer gently twisted a candlestick on the wall, and the walls of the entire room suddenly turned neatly by 180 degrees.
After all the walls were turned over, the originally inconspicuous side hall, like a warehouse, instantly turned into an arms exhibition ground full of guns. The arms dealer stood proudly, proudly like the emperor here.
"Make your request, Mr. Savos," said the arms dealer, "I will pick the right one for you."
"I need a rifle, preferably it can shoot enemies from a certain distance accurately, and it must be powerful enough."
"Ah, then I recommend this one for you," the arms dealer nodded and quickly took off a weapon from the wall. "The Type 44 rifle, the high-quality rifle that the Einhofen Empire had just assembled into the army last year. It uses very few advanced technology, so it is very reliable. Five-shot loading and effective range up to 500 meters is your best choice."
"This gun is good," I nodded happily. I was attracted to the first sight of the gun, which looked like a work of art. "How much?"
"Three hundred guild gold coins, you will receive two hundred ordinary bullets, one hundred silver bullets, and twenty armor-piercing bullets that can penetrate most armor. Finally, this is Stiran's unique invention."
"Very good, I want this gun." I handed the gold ticket to the arms dealer.
"I will receive you a thousand, and this treasure is yours. Do you want to name it?" The arms dealer laughed even more happily, quickly took the gold ticket, and handed me a silver ticket and four tokens of fifty gold coins.
"Well... just call it patient," I said, "A single shot kill always requires the hunter to have enough patience, doesn't it?"
"A good name," the arms dealer nodded, "Then, 'patience' belongs to you."
I saw the arms dealer take out a knife, twisting his wrist flexibly, and soon carve the word "patience" of the flower on the butt stock.
"To you, Mr. Savos."
After happily taking the rifle that belonged to me, I took it into a black bag as directed by the arms dealer. "There are ordinary guests outside, so it's not good to let them see this." This is what the arms dealer said.
After taking the patience apart and putting it in a black cloth bag, the arms dealer and I walked out of the side hall with a smile, but just happened to run into the hurrying Christo.
Chapter completed!