Dante was making his way to the mercenary guild in the inner city with many people giving him odd looks due to him still being in his pajamas.
"creek!"
As Dante made his way into the building he heard many voices from several people at the front desk, seemingly complaining to the receptionist about their money.
"You stupid bitch how have you made it this far in life without knowing how to do your job" a burly man cursed at the girl
" Shut the hell up, you bald bastard! I heard your wife had left you but this is no way to treat the person who's giving you money." the girl argued back
"You bitch!" the man screamed as he drew his sword and swung
"BOOM!"
A body flew past Dante, he couldn't even react to the speed of the punch that the girl threw
"Next!" the girl shouted frustrated since she had gotten blood on her sleeve
Dante approached the counter with caution making sure to watch his words.
"Do you have any jobs available?" Dante asked with a calm expression
"What sort of job would you like, assassinations, espionage, or bandit extermination" the girl said with a hearty smile on her face as if what she was saying is normal
"Do you have anything in mind? I'm kind of at a loss since it's my first time" Dante asked the receptionist
I do have a job that is going to pay well if completed but I don't recommend it for a first timer, but here's the job
Job description: A Baron of the Stronam kingdom is currently wanted by the Royal Inquisition, for embezzlement, tax evasion, and slave trading. Wellington's hideout is in the forest outside of the capital, The Inquisition say that if you are found while infiltrated the alleged captives may be killed, so we advise you to go for a stealthier approach,
Target: Alfonso Wellington
Noble status: Baron
crime(s) committed: Tax evasion, Embezzlement, and slave trading
WARNING: 1 peak-ranked knight and 1 intermediate-ranked berserker
REWARD: 5 platinum coins
bounty danger level: B
[ QUEST ALERT ]
[ objective: kill Wellington and all of his guards ]
[ reward: 500 creation points ]
"Yes I'll take it," Dante said
"Okay, now if you'll please sign this," The girl said with a pleased expression
"What is it?" Dante asked in confusion
"A contract saying that if you are captured and get killed we the stream branch of the mercenary guild are not at fault," the girl said with the same hearty smile from earlier
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
outside Wellington fortress
Two guards clad in white and brown armor could be seen standing in front of the estate gates
"why do we have to guard this shitty nobleman even though he barely pays us" the right guard complained
"I know right he could at least let us enjoy some of those women he's got" the left guard agreed
Dante was scouting the surrounding area, he counted four guards in total, 2 on the ground and 1 in each watch tower. Dante pushed the button on the side of his gun to mark the four targets.
POP!
Four bodies fell
[ 4 enemies killed ]
[ Host has received 20 creation points ]
[ Are you unwell host? ]
[ Your heartbeat has become irregular ]
"Yeah, I'm alright, just a little shaken from killing someone for the first time," Dante muttered with
Dante made haste in scaling the front wall, Unlike the front gate the courtyard at the front of the estate held around 25 soldiers. Before Dante could fire upon the many soldiers he held his fire due to the civilians in the area. Dante had just witnessed one of the most gruesome scenes he had seen in his life he saw the soldiers behead a man and take who Dante had assumed to be his wives and children who had witnessed the death of their husband/father, a giant man with a scruffy white beard in silver and red armor with a hawks insignia gracing his chest plate, a giant sword gleamed in the sunlight reflecting it's prowess.
"H-Honey please stand up, honey please!" The woman screamed with an immense amount of pain staining her words.
"PAPA!" 4 children screamed in unison, tears staining their face
"Round them up, these useless peasants shall great our lord great pleasure!" the burly man said with great vigor
"P-Please take me and leave my children I-I will service you all just please." the woman stuttered, She had lost all hope of saving herself, she felt that the only way her children could survive was if she sacrificed herself.
"Slut! you have no ground to stand on, yet you dare to try and negotiate with me, You know all too well that those with no power should serve those who hold it! Clench your teeth! " The burly man yelled as he slapped the woman across the courtyard
'Enough!' Dante thought as he marked the many soldiers in the courtyard.
CRACK!
CRACK!
CRACK!
CRACK!
CRACK!
CRACK!
….
It was as if the soldiers had angered a god, by the way the courtyard looked after the massacre, Blood soaked the cement, limbs lay everywhere the many numbers a dwindled to a mere 1 soldier... the white-haired man.
"W-WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS!" the burly man yelled, both his legs blown off from the earlier assault
Dante made his way to the man with a calm yet cold aura surrounding him. As he stood above the man he put the barrel of the rifle to his forehead
"Y-yo" Before the man could speak Dante cut him off
Don't worry I will not kill you so quickly, You will feel pain in a second, a pain that you never thought you would feel, this pain will swallow your very being the thing we hold most in life...your soul.
"W-W-Wait!" Yet again before he could finish his words he was interrupted
Metal-like protrusions had erupted from the rifle and stabbed the man, the metal had targeted his very being as Dante had stated earlier. The agony that the man felt can not be expressed in words, but there is one that is for sure this day something in Dante broke whether he had felt it at that moment or not.
"Pieces of shit like you don't deserve an easy death such as you comrades," Dante said with anger and disgust felt in every word he said
Dante turned his head toward the broken family of 4.
"Take anything you can carry and Leave this place and go to the capital to sell it, It should be worth something," Dante said feeling sorry for the family
"Thank you for saving me and my children!" the mother said with a gratitude-laced smile, with a large bruise across her cheek.
"Mhm" Dante turned around and walked into the mansion
[ Host has killed 25 beginner knights and 1 intermediate berserker ]
[ Host has received 140 creation points ]
…
Dante had cleared the ground and upper floors of the mansion and killed 15 more beginner knights gaining 60 creation points
Dante made his way to the basement seeing things that almost made him vomit, he saw women of all ages, elves, demi-humans, and humans in cells chained up like animals they all had been either beaten, raped, killed, or all three. The gruesome scene only got worse the deeper he looked, he looked down the hallway keeping his gun in front of him just in case there was anyone else here
kekekekekek!
"I wonder how this one will scream" Dante heard a perverted old voice from the end of the hallway
"Kyaaaaa" as the cries entered his ears he prepared himself for the worse as he slowly peaked into the room
Dante had seen a fat bald man over a child with tiger-like features, with a slender man with daggers in the corner watching the whole thing transpire. Before Dante could even sort his thoughts the blood covered the wall of the already damp and humid room. both of the men had been slaughtered without a second thought.
[ host has killed a master rank knight ]
[ Host has received 60 creation points]
[ Host has completed the quest ]
[ Host has received 500 creation points ]
Dante ignored the notifications while walking toward the kid, before he could react the kid had jumped on him feeling the shaking child in his arms made him regret letting those bastards die so easily
"Wah! Mommy! Mommy!" The child's cries didn't stop, completely blocking out the comforting words being said by Dante
"Calm down I'll take your mom, but you have to tell me where she is." Dante said trying to comfort the crying child.
"S-She's b-behind that b-big d-door i-in t-the h-hallway," the kid said barely able to get the words out
"Okay," Dante said while rubbing her head
As Dante got to the door he put the barrel of the gun to the door, the same metal protrusions from earlier invaded the door destroying it in the process.