Chen Qi gripped the hilt:
"This is your last warning, captain of the White Tower Hunters, according to the rules among Hunters, I can help you, but you must make a reasonable commitment."
Although the Hunter Association was free and loose, it also had some codified special rules.
That was the principle of mutual assistance within the Hunter Association, if a Hunter was in a dangerous predicament and there happened to be another Hunter nearby, the endangered Hunter needed to pay a certain compensation to commission the help of the other.
Whether a Hunter attacked the troubled Hunter or if afterwards, the assisted Hunter refused to pay the compensation, the adjudicators of the Third-tier Scales or the adjudication knights would administer severe punishment.
Of course, the crux of the matter still revered strength above all, and most Hunters in conflict would not rely on the adjudication office to resolve the issue.