Chapter 65: Bounty
Chapter 65: Bounty
“I didn’t want to do this either, but I had no choice! You have to trust on this one, Leon!” Trista said to him with tears flowing down her face.
“Bullshit! As if I can believe anything that cos out of your mouth now!”
‘Miss Camille was right! Adventurers cannot be trusted! I was too naive! But even then, why did they suddenly decide to kill ?!’
“We had to kill you because there’s a bounty on your head!” Jeff suddenly said in a loud voice.
“What? A bounty? Why would there be a bounty on my head?! I didn’t even do anything!” Leo frowned when he heard this, as he believed that it was just an excuse.
After all, it hasn’t been that long since he beca an Adventurer, and this was his first official mission. He didn’t offend anyone either, so it didn’t make any sense for soone to put a bounty on his head!
Furthermore, he’d only spoken to very few people as ‘Leon’, and all of the people who knew ‘Leon’ had no reason to put a bounty on him.
Leo suddenly thought of Miss Camille for so reason.
‘Did she put a bounty on as part of training? No… She wouldn’t do sothing this dangerous and devious!’ He didn’t want to believe that it was Miss Camille who put a bounty on his head, as she was soone who hated betrayal.
However, it was true that she wanted him to experience the cruelty of this world by himself, and his current situation is exactly that— a cruel reality.
“It’s true, Leon! There’s really a bounty on your head!” David said. “We received a notification yesterday night right after we returned to our own rooms! It’s an official bounty, and we would receive one billion dollars if we could kill you!”
“It’s not just the money! We were promised a free promotion as an Adventurer, so I would beco a B-Rank Adventurer!” Jeff said.
“Leon, I was opposed to it! I didn’t want to kill you! However, these guys all decided to kill you, and if I didn’t do the sa, they would’ve gotten rid of too! Please! I don’t want to die!” Trista said with tears flowing down her face.
“She’s lying, Leo. Although Jeff was the first to co to a decision, Trista was the one who convinced the other two to kill you.” Lilith said.
Leo gritted his teeth and asked them, “Who put the bounty on ?!”
“W-We don’t know! We only saw the notification and the reward!” Dean said.
“Please! Spare us! We will give up on the bounty!” David said.
Leo narrowed his eyes and stared at them in a cold manner, “I may be naive at tis, but I am not stupid.”
“Miss Camille was right. I am no longer in my old world… I need to stop acting like I am still in a forgiving world. If I want to survive in this world, I will need to act like I am part of it!”
A vicious light flickered within Leo’s eyes, and Lilith could tell that sothing within him had changed at that mont.
She suddenly noticed the front doors of the vehicle open, and two people ca out of it with rifles in their grasp.
“Leo! Watch out!” She exclaid.
Leo snapped his head to look at the two drivers for the vehicle and pointed his palms at them while they pointed their rifles at him.
Bang! Bang!
Two loud and distinct noises resounded as the n with the guns opened fire on Leo.
At the sa ti, Leo also released the Black Bullet that he had been holding back this entire ti.
The barrage of Black Bullets took down one of the bullets, but the other one managed to avoid the Black Bullets and reach Leo, grazing his right cheek.
The mont Leo could feel a burning sensation on his face, the barrage of Black Bullets reached their targets.
The two drivers fell to the ground as lifeless corpses after their bodies were riddled with holes.
Despite killing another human for the first ti, Leo couldn’t feel any remorse. If anything, his anger flared after being shot by the drivers.
“Now!” Trista’s voice suddenly resounded.
‘Shit!’
Leo cursed inwardly as he sensed a sranobes the others, who took advantage of his distraction to cast their magic spells.
However, he didn’t completely panic. After training with Miss Camille, who would constantly attack him when he least suspected it, he got used to reacting to sudden magic spells flying at him, and compared to Miss Camille’s casting speed, these Adventurers were as slow as a turtle.
As the magic spells were released by the casters, Leo actually turned to face the others and walked towards their magic spells, dumbfounding them.
However, right as the magic spells were about to make contact with his body, Leo suddenly disappeared from his location and appeared a few ters behind the magic spells.
After missing Leo, the magic spells continued to fly until they fell to the ground several ters away, hitting nothing.
“It was fun while it lasted.” Leo muttered in a low voice as he pointed his palms at Trista and the others.
“Wait—” Trista shouted as she gestured for him to stop.
Leo ignored her and released his magic, but it was not Black Bullet. Instead, a long line of black flas spewed from his palms and engulfed the Adventurers.
“Aaaaaah!”
Trista and the others scread in pain as their bodies were quickly incinerated by the vicious black flas.
Leo gritted his teeth and watched them burn without blinking until they eventually stopped moving.
Once the black flas dissipated, only their badly charred bodies remained.
Leo fell on his knees afterward, and he proceeded to puke out everything in his stomach while tears flowed from his eyes.
Lilith didn’t say anything to him and waited for him to calm down.
Soti later, Leo went back inside the vehicle and laid on the bed with a dazed look on his face.
After an unknown amount of ti had passed, Leo opened his mouth and spoke in a low voice, “Lilith, why didn’t you tell earlier about their betrayal? What if they succeeded in killing ?”
“I didn’t tell you because I wasn’t sure that you would believe , and I am well aware of the risks. However, I wanted to show you the reality of our world no matter what. I’m sorry. If you want to bla , go ahead.” Lilith responded with a tranquil expression on her face which implied that she didn’t regret her decision.
Leo scoffed, “Do you really take for an idiot? Why wouldn’t I believe you?”
“Eh? You would’ve believed ? After watching humans for hundreds of years, I learned that most of you would rather believe what you want to believe instead of the truth until it’s shoved in your face because you all instinctively prefer to walk the easier route over the more difficult one. Nina Wraith is the perfect example. She lived in a delusion that she could revive her mother until she saw the reality with her very own eyes. I guess I underestimated you, Leo. I’m sorry.”
“I won’t bla you, nor am I angry. However, you shouldn’t do this again. Don’t assu things for , especially when my life is in danger. I might not be able to forgive you for a second ti.” Leo said.
“I promise!” She vigorously nodded her head.
“Anyways, our problem isn’t solved yet. There is still a bounty for my head out there, and I just killed the drivers for this carriage. What should I do now? What will the Adventurers’ Guild think of this situation? They might even revoke my Adventurer’s License because of this.”
“I don’t think you have to worry about that. It was simply self-defense that you killed them. As for the drivers, they also tried to harm you.” Lilith said.
“Of course it is, but is there any proof? We’re the only ones who know the truth, and you don’t even count because only I can see you.”
“These things happen more often than you think. I’m sure they’ll understand if you explain everything to them. Furthermore, if it’s true that there is a bounty on your head, they can look it up and that should be more than enough proof.”
Leo frowned and asked, “How do these things even work? Can anybody make a bounty? Like, can I put a bounty on soone who doesn’t deserve it? That just sounds crazy and chaotic to .”
“No, I don’t think that’s how it works. Bounties are only given to convicted criminals. If it’s an official bounty, it must be approved by the Adventurers’ Guild and the governnt. However, you’re just a nobody who beca an Adventurer recently, and your identity is even fake. This bounty on you is most likely unofficial despite what that guy said.”
Leo pondered for a mont before asking her, “I don’t want to suspect her… But do you think Miss Camille is behind this?”
“Miss Camille, huh? I want to say that’s impossible, but nothing is impossible in this world, so I wouldn’t rule her out completely. However, I think it is very unlikely for her to be the one behind this. After all, she’s soone who hates any sort of betrayal, and this is definitely considered one if she was behind it.”
“That’s what I am thinking. I guess we’ll find out once we get back to the city and ask her.” Leo sighed.
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