On his way there, Mark increased all the levels of his abilities further strengthening his overall power yet it wasn't enough as he needs something to augment his stamina and his resistance against magic.
Mark found the place he was looking for, it was well maintained and you can hear the clamoring crowd inside from behind the door, the so-called adventurers, on the other hand, compared to the annoying group that attacked him before these guys looked down to earth and destitute.
everyone was drinking something from strong liquor to the cheap and watered-down beer, upon entering the building everyone there gave mark a quick glance to see if he was weak or gullible or even dumb enough to trick but the 'el natural' vibes he gave him made all of the prying eyes turn away just as quickly as Mark was here for information nothing more nothing less.
With the number of beasts, goblins, and monsters he killed and devoured along the way, with the new getup that made him look like a veteran adventurer, the local and weak adventurers steered their eyes elsewhere lest they kick an iron plate for their constant schemes on trying to survive either by regular work or leaving one of their colleagues as bait to get away from a fight they can't handle.
in these areas, it was only getting even worse when some of the higher-ranked adventurers reported a total of 5 possible monster lords, making the weaker adventurers not want to leave the city at least until they ran out of coins.
some went as from as joining the upstart brothel owner, Hamilton, that was gradually expanding his influence and the wealth he accumulated allowed him to equip his men with enchanted armor and weapons while it was currently just fifty men that had such equipment the people who donned them, however, were former b ranked adventurers, victims of corrupted nobles that pinned their crimes on these useful scapegoats at the time.
while the weaker adventurers acted as either guards or 'employees' of the brothels that hamilton owned while keeping the few of his favorites to enjoy~
Drugs were something this man-made full use of thanks to a few alchemists that he enlisted into his group the head of hamilton's drug-making group was a young girl prodigy that doubled as an assassin her name is Judice a half-elf teen that could be mistaken for a 7-year-old child, but by saying that to her face can make the sayer earn a long and painful death.
she too was a victim of the Corrupted nobles it was just that Judice was a noble at the time and her parents rejected the 'kind' marriage proposal only to have all of the corrupted nobles join together and take everything they had, their lands, their home, the dignity of her mother who was made into their plaything only to die within a year of a drug overdose, her father was grounded into minced meat then 'donated' to the hungry refugees of the area, then finally her who they tried to make into another plaything only to escape because her skill had awakened at the time.
her ability is 'potion maker' as long as she can think of whatever the effects are it can come into being, however, she needs a component to exchange for what she wants the greater the effects the higher the price, using her own blood from one of the pigs stealing her innocence Judice created a poison that killed the group within the building, but sadly she failed to kill the very man that started her hell...
Damien Thatch, One of the greater nobles that lived in the restricted area, a man who enjoys seeing how much people can endure before they break or struggle to fight back~
well, his history and all that will be for later, for now, Mark was making his way to the receptionist of the guild, the person there was a Gnome girl that was too focused on her paperwork to even notice him that was until he was right in front of her side of the long desk with 7 more receptionists that were dealing with other adventurers there reporting in, getting more available jobs, or simply trying to flirt with the ladies.
Mark was looking at the girl so engrossed in her work began scanning her body making him think back on all of the goblins that he fought and ate, not because he was thinking of having that kind of fun~ but rather he was feeling...
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Mark choose this area since he wasn't going to sign up for their guild but rather...
"excuse me miss, but can you help me with the task that i'd like to post and spare me some information?"
while he tried to sound as nice as possible, but thanks to his thoughts of eating her and hunger, all it did was cause the surrounding people to turn pale in fear including the receptionist as he unintentionally emitted a large amount of bloodlust mixed with his voice something that the guards experienced yet were still willing to risk it and make him into a slave.
As the better, the 'product' was the more expensive it would be!
As for the receptionist, the poor gnome was on the verge of tears, she was minding her own business and doing her job yet some scary man came out of nowhere and was looking at her as if she was the perfect prey!
What the hell did she do to get into this situation!?
Mark tried breaking her from her stupor still not noticing his bloodlust was still somewhat leaking out.
"Hello?"
to the receptionist, it was like a beast making a low growl, it was too much, especially with the man was practically looming over her before finally...
she soiled herself...
Before becoming a crying mess while wailing out loud gaining the attention of everyone around breaking them from the brief fear that they felt.
not once has this girl ever had someone pressure with bloodlust thanks to her dealing with requests from civilians and other people, never has there been a monstrous freak to come to talk to her until now thus one of her coworkers came along and took her place to let the poor gnome clean herself while the culprit of all this made a wry smile as he scratched the side of his face.
the girl that took the gnome's place was a human girl that was average looking thanks to her malnourished looks yet she was dutiful with her work, before giving mark a glare as she introduced herself then asked.
"My name is Jasmine and I'll be your receptionist for this time. before we start can you stop trying to intimidate me with your bloodlust? it is only beginning to annoy me!"
Mark smirked at her first sentence before frowning when at the rest of her words before realizing that his hunger made him act like when he was hunting goblins, so he fixed his mistake by reigning it in, then apologized.
"my apologies, on my way here, I had to deal with a few goblin camps and a crap ton of monsters along the way, so I haven't cleared my mind yet, the name's Mark by the way."
Jasmine scoffed at his excuses before telling him this.
"I don't care about that, and I'm not the one who needs an apology, the gnome Reimishia is the one that needs it! once we are done buy her a drink or something while apologizing or I'll be asking the guild master to blacklist you from the guild for a week!"
the woman was tough, aggravating in her tone yet Mark wanted to lay low so he nodded before asking her.
"where can I find her?"
Jasmine squinted before telling him with a threat.
"you can find her in a grey dormitory a black down south from here, but you better not have any cruel ideas towards her or so help me I'll put a bounty on your head!"
Mark chuckled before heading out to apologize and get some information from the gnome girl, while jasmine still glaring at the leaving figure turned toward the side before whispering.
"send one team to keep an eye on him, something about him seemed off"
As her skill was called 'truth or lies' whenever the person she is talking to tells the truth it allows her to have all of her magic spells cost to be reduced to a 10th of its original while still maintaining its power, whenever someone tells her a lie it grants her the ability to hear their thoughts for 10 seconds further strengthening her position in the guild which happened to be...
the Vice guild master as her father was the current guild master who is also one of the seven areas whose nickname was the Berserker!
One of the reports he received from his daughter and the guards he had under her intrigued as it has been a very long time since someone was openly asking for trouble and the strange feeling the man gave them...
The man smiled widely in a menacing manner before saying.
"Hehehehehe to think that, one of 'them' were foolish to come here! I wonder if it can even bleed? I am truly looking forward to this!"