This is the second time I experience light and fresh air after leaving the dungeon and this is a very good feeling and I hope to feel it several times during my long and healthy life, but I can only do this if I make it out of here alive.
I expected to be shot by anyone who wants to profit in some way from my death, but I didn't expect that as I left the dungeon, I would feel the murderous intent of four different people scattered across the square. I discreetly look in their direction as I pretend, I'm stretching and talking to my colleagues.
There are four warriors at the peak level of the silver core they are all covered by the shadow element. Looks like they're hired killers I wonder who's spending so much money to kill me today shouldn't it be cheap to do that when Hilda and Ingredi are near me.
I doubt the organization that trained these assassins wants to target the Menfis family I am nothing, but if the matriarch's granddaughters are hurt it would basically be attacking the core of the Menfis family and that is a declaration of war.
But now back to my problem as I got out of this alive, I doubt they are here simply to watch me and if in case I find myself alone they will try to kill me is probably decapitate my corpse and take my head as proof and trophy of my death. Being a murderer and a pretty dirty job running around town with your targets' heads.
Let's think about the safe points I can use the first would be reached if I can get to the institute by getting through the security barrier maybe the killers back down, but if I take Professor Liv's warning seriously the institute might not be enough to stop my murder, I would have to get to one of the professors or staff to be surer the killers will back down.
My second option would be to run to the guild I might be able to get help there and as this would be the norm behavior for an adventurer to go to the guild after leaving the dungeon it would not raise suspicion of the assassins but the point is how I get help from the guild probably the assassins were hired by the below Chartreux family and using this information can help me talk to some guild employee and stopping to think I haven't learned the name of the supervisor who knows about the Chartreux family if he doesn't show up when I go to the guild my plan will go wrong.
Why not with a low ranked adventurer find a figure at the top of the hierarchy of the adventurer's guild branch. My third and last viable option is to ask the Menfis for help, but even if Hilda and Ingredi help me the assassins will attack me if they see me moving towards the Menfis family compound or they'll just run out and try to kill me another day I particularly like this last scenario very much.
And if all goes wrong, I will have to survive the onslaught of four assassins, which is not very likely to succeed I doubt they are incompetent. Even with the help of my teammates I would have to be very lucky not to be killed and Erick and Sten not to be killed during the confrontation this option is too risky for my taste.
So, my first attempt will be the guild I can even ask for sanctuary there and not leave the building without an escort, but for that I have to prove the presence of the assassins. As my group walks to the guild, I try to act as natural as possible without letting my nervousness show on my face, I spend my time thinking about how I am going to get the help of the guild.
It didn't take long to find me in front of the guild building's door. Upon entering it I see that there are more adventurers than usual at the reception today. I know my pursuers are still watching me because their murderous stares were on me by the time I walked through the door of the building.
As we approached the reception, I asked one of the receptionists to take me to one of the second-floor rooms when she asked me why and I simply said that one of the supervisors would meet me there. As I waited for nearly twenty minutes during that time, Ingredi must have already finished selling the magic gems and updating everyone's record at the reception.
The supervisor I was expecting has finally come into the room and he's looking like I'm not the only one in trouble today, but I'll bet mine are bigger than theirs if we attend comic's sure I'll win and this one it's one of the few moments in my life that I wouldn't mind being the loser.
"I thought I should have made it clear that matters about the Chartreux family are over and you should behave as if you don't know anything. Why are you drawing attention today?"
"I would be less noticeable if I knew your name, but you never introduced yourself to me."
"You can call me supervisor Thora and stop bullshitting I don't have a lot of time to waste on you."
He's really in a bad mood or just doesn't have a courtesy pig to low-ranking adventurers who cause trouble wherever they go.
"Well, the reason for my visit today is that I have four killers drying me out after I leave the dungeon today and as it's soon going to get dark my chances of running away from them only diminish as the minutes go by."
"Are you kidding me boy?"
"No assassins should still be waiting outside I'm lucky the hall is busy today so it's normal to take a while so if you can help me and get some pretty capable adventurers for example, they have green cores take down a gray core assassin Not an easy task."
"It's hard to believe you, but if you're right why would the guild interfere? Will you pay for the help of the guild employees or would you prefer to make a request to an experienced adventurer?"
"Well, I thought I would be interested in catching the assassins as they must have been hired by someone from the Chartreux family who wants to kill those who were part of the team that screwed them up I'm surprised they're targeting me more than the others."
"It's natural that other members of your team are targeting you and brings more problems for those who hired the assassins and your death simply serves to vent their anger and show that they didn't go down without a fight. Those kinds of people are really dangerous and they always get in trouble, but it would be nice to have their name and have more reasons to arrest members of the Chartreux family."
"So, are you going to help me? And why am I the easiest target for them to vent their frustrations?"
"The guild will help you and are you really surprised that you're their target?"
"Yea! I thought it would be one of their targets but there are brothers Holt and Raziel to target them as well."
"I disagree with you and showing why you're wrong makes my day better the Holt brothers are sons of James Holt a B-rank adventurer who is a great tracker who during his career helped several important figures not only in this field but also in the capital killing their children will not only cause this branch to attack more actively, it may attract the hatred of many people who should, like or wish to use James Holt's abilities."
"And for his last friend Raziel Kelence younger brother of Turel Kelence who has a meteoric career in the royal army in the capital he mustered a large amount of power and favors in the army for a green core warrior to kill his younger brother would make an enemy that the Vernos don't want because at that moment Turel Kelence would be a small problem but a few years from now he would be a very bad enemy to have."
"Which is why you are the best target to be assassinated a noble without allies who strangely leads a team with several politically complicated nobles to be shot on your way back to the institute you shouldn't be separated from your group and five minutes earlier to leave the building along the way the assassins will be captured, but remember that you are in debt to the guild now."
As I walked down the stairs, I thought how strange it is that they fear Erick and Sten's father, but he didn't say anything about my mother she must be a high-level adventurer and extremely dangerous and killing me would bring the uncontrollable rage to find out who sent me killing her would kill thousands to make sure everyone involved in my death comes to a bloody end.
I particularly wouldn't want this to happen as I would have to die to trigger this event. I meet with my group and find that my share of today's loot is one hundred seventeen gold coins for a day's work and a very large amount and it's a shame I have to wait for me to raise my core level.
Now for this day to end I have to get to the institute alive.