Hunter of the Perished World

There was an academy in the White Tiger's Nest, and the dean of the Academy, obviously. However, this place was somewhat different than other giant nests where the dean was in charge of controlling the nest.

The dean is responsible for the Academy and nest operations, but Saladin moves the hunters.

Salahadin himself was also a hunter, but he had a charisma that caught all the other hunters.

The position of Dean Bondi was merely an advisor, but he often did not control the hunters, so Salahadin was in charge of coordinating the hunters to avoid bouncing or causing accidents.

It wasn't like that from the beginning. For a hunter, he had a broad personality, and when he intervened in one or two cases and resolved the disputes, he naturally found Saladin when people had something to do with him.

It was Saladin's reality to become a spokesman and resolver of hunters naturally.

Salahadin taught me things for Leona, who first came to the White Saw Nest. From the very basic precautions of being wary of nobles to the explanation of nest systems and structures.

“Pay taxes? ”

“The first half of all quests must be paid to the Tower. ”

“I've never seen a hunter pay taxes before. ”

“It's a reward for recognizing the autonomy of the nest. Who wants to pay? ”

Saladin added that there's no reason to tolerate the existence of nests in the tower in the first place if it wasn't taxed that much.

“So when it comes to taxes, I don't want you to mess around again. ”

“I don't like this place in many ways. ”

Leona chirps and kicks her tongue. For Leona, the meaning of the Burj Khalifa was a moment when it changed from a marvelous architecture to a skyscraping monstrosity.

“You've been doing well so far, by the way. You don't look so good. ”

The nobles and hunters gave each other a frightening aura that would kill them if they had the chance.

It wasn't because Salahadin particularly hated nobles that Salahadin stood up to them whenever there was a conflict with nobles.

If I didn't step up, I was trying to stop a bloody hunter from pulling the trigger.

“I don't usually get involved, but these days the atmosphere is a bit intense. ”

As long as I lived in the tower city, it was suicide to mess with the nobles. Of course, the nobles had virtually no ties to the hunters. The tower's guards took care of everything that was bothersome or difficult.

So, they didn't like each other very much, but it wasn't even a relationship to face each other like this.

“Atmosphere? Is something wrong? ”

“... there are rumors of dragons appearing nearby. ”

“! ”

Leona said that and her liver became cooler.

“Oh, have you ever heard of it? ”

“Well... What's the big deal?”

That's my dragon. Leona scratches her cheek because she can't say this.

Saladin speaking of dragons seemed quite discreet, rather than joking.

“The nobles of the tower want us to take care of that dragon. It's a monster. If you're a monster hunter, shouldn't you be dealing with the great threat to the city? That's what I'm talking about... Honestly, it doesn't make any sense. ”

“Yes, it is. ”

“I have faith in the fact that there aren't too many eyewitnesses. Hunters hunt monsters bigger than this town hall? Damn it. Tell them to bring Wargrave. How many hundreds of thousands of chips are gonna walk out that door? ”

The nobles of the tower were horrified by the appearance of dragons and were rushing nest hunters to hunt them down. You can use the tower's guards, but they won't want their troops to be harmed, so if you pay them, they leave this to the fighting hunters.

However, because hunters are monsters, they are not a group that hunts indefinitely.

The hunter is the one who kills the monster that can be killed.

“If anyone believes dragons are a myth, no one will take it. If anyone believes dragons are real, no one will take it." Hang a million chips on that. No, even if I gave you the whole tower, no one would go. What's the point of dying? ”

No matter how many hunters have been eaten. There was no madman in the city of the tower who stood firm as a warrior in front of the dragon.

“Ha, ha ha…. Yeah, that's it! ”

Leona feels uneasy that somehow she created a sense of horror to find Jin and Ramfil.

But clearly, Leona has ordered the Black Dragon not to kill anyone.

The nobles of the tower felt extremely anxious just by the existence of the dragon, although there would have been no casualties. Since they had lived in a safe place, they felt extremely anxious about the situation that was threatening them.

It's a little monster. The guards can handle it, and so can Slater. No slater dares take a step in the city of the Great Tower.

But there had never been an appearance, and the appearance of a dragon unknown to me, the overall atmosphere of Burj Halifa was overwhelming.

‘It's good that the intentions work... ’

The rumors about the dragons were meant to spread, so I had to assume things were going according to Leona's intentions.

However, Leona is suddenly anxious whether she should be worried about Moral Hazards in the big city.

Leona collected quite a bit of cash, though she doesn't have the richest chips, and she wasn't in a hurry.

“What is your main sport? ”

When Salahadin asked, Leona said as if there was nothing big enough to do.

“Bounty hunting. ”

Salahadin's tongue is full of bounty hunting, not monster-hunting.

“You didn't die well, seeing as how tiny it is to be human. ”

“So monster hunters die well? ”

Saladin giggles and laughs at Leona's harsh words.

“Yes, it is. But maybe the bounty hunter isn't so bad at leaving a body behind. ”

“... If you think so, it's a problem because there are more bodies left." ”

If a monster hunter dies, it will be eaten or the corpse will be destroyed, but it will not end well for Humans.

There is a good chance that people will suffer torture before they die, including torture, and there is a lot of suffering after they die because of those who waste their time or make fun of the corpses.

Saladin showed me a lot of basic knowledge, including how to accept the quest, and then took Leona to her room.

It was just a single room, but there was a bed and a blanket.

“You can stay in this room. The cost per day is 3 chips. Dinner time is 7: 12: 18. Outside of that time, there is no food, and there are 2 chips, 3 chips, 5 chips, and 10 chips divided. If you get tired of 2 chips, don't eat them. If you don't want to live with mashed potatoes, I recommend 10 chips. It's a big day or a hard day to eat. ”

“... Isn't this a nest? Why is it so expensive? ”

The cost of accommodation in such a chaotic free city was usually one chip or two chips, four of which were fairly expensive. The food table was also relatively expensive compared to the environment of a rich metropolitan area.

Saladin shrugs as if to tell me again, given Leona's harsh words.

“Taxes, have you already forgotten? ”

All transactions in the city of the tower will be taxed.

“... This is a shitty town. ”

Leona sighs deeply. I found a place to stay and acquired some basic knowledge. It was time to eat, so Leona went down to the first floor of the restaurant and paid for the meal.

A five-chip meal was mashed potatoes mixed with carrots in a processed sausage, freshly baked bread on bean soup. At this rate, Leona thought it was a compliment, so she ate it quietly.

“Hey, there's my brave sister. ”

A hunter turns to Leona. Whether you're talking about trying to shoot a nobleman or not, all the hunters around you laugh.

Leona smiles at that smile, because she didn't laugh.

“I should have put a foot in that butthole. That's too bad.”

“Hahahaha! This guy's a prize! ”

“Hey Saladin, be careful! ”

I liked Leona quite well. Everyone went to and fro to tell Saladin, and Saladin gave different answers to the greeting.

“You said you had a big one the other day. Maybe we should do it later? ”

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“Dude, is this a rifle or a scrap metal? If you don't want to die in a heat bloom, take it from a gun dealer in front of you. I'll do the talking. ”

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“The new blue one is now a hunter. Be careful.There's always a moment when you fly. ”

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“... If you're not going to eat it, why did you order it? ”

For Saladin, who can't even eat properly while chattering, Leona blurted, and Saladin then ate his share of the meal.

Leona thought he was a sociable person, leaving a good reputation behind. Leona was quite a curious type of person, who was always difficult to get along with.

They were far from social, just as Leona was looking for Ramfil and Jinn.

It's only when the people around you have been quiet for a while. Leona gets to the point.

“I have a question for you. ”

“This is the point, isn't it? ”

Saladin asked me with a gentle expression. That sociable, wide-footed person was exactly what Leona needed right now.

“Actually, I'm here to find someone. ”

“People.... Target?"

Leona shakes her head at Saladin's usual vengeance.

“No, friend. ”

“Friend?”

“There are two of them. One for Lamfil, one for Jean. Have you ever heard of it? ”

“Ramfil...? ”

As Salahadin tilts his head, Leona's expression brightens at once.

“Have you heard of it? Are you here right now? ”

“Oh, no. Well, it's not like that. First, lower your voice. ”

Salahadin glances around you naturally, then gives you a voice. Leonardo's expression stiffened as the atmosphere became more serious. Fortunately, no one overheard the conversation.

“First of all, I don't know either. But let me tell you something, Jean, don't take the name Ramfil so lightly. ”

“… why? ”

“Two years ago, Wargrave put 100,000 chips on that Ramfil. ”

“… 100,000…? ”

Charlotte de Calz sprinkled bounty flyers all over the command area. It was no wonder that the flyer came to Burj Halifa, as there was a flyer in Solarium.

Even two years ago, this was a tremendous amount that would have caused sensation, and Saladin still remembered that.

“Not now, but there used to be a whole search party out there trying to catch that Ramfil. If you hear that name now, there will be people who will react. ”

Leona knows that now.

Hunters are friends in the nest and allies.

But from the moment you step outside the nest, no one will know. A hunter may become a slater at any time.

Just what you know about Ramfil can be enough hunters to kidnap Leona and get information.

Even if it was Saladin right in front of you, there was no law telling you not to do it. Unlike monster hunters, bounty hunters tend to behave more boldly and brutally than necessary to gain information about their goals.

In Leona's case, she tracked Slater or the criminals through communication with the monster.

But all bounty hunters, other than Leona, don't have that ability.

Not everyone who took the bounty deserved to die. If someone pays, even someone close to a saint is a target for a hunter.

They either kill them or torture them to get information if they have a family. If you love someone, you have nothing to say.

Even jokes that bounty hunters are the most frequently charged tribes. It was more of a truth than a joke.

Wargrave has to pay Ramfil a bounty to overflow the garage.

It was important, however, that Ramfil ended up with a huge bounty, although he could not figure out why he was a commanding officer, not a Central Asian soldier.

Above all, if Salahadin hadn't pointed out, Leona would have been the target of bounty hunters while asking around.

To be honest with you, at least Saladin proved he wasn't willing to do anything to Leona.

“Thanks for letting me know. ”

That's what Leona says with all her heart, and Saladin grins.

“I assumed it wasn't just a complicated story. ”

Leona says she's a big girl, but she's still young. With Leona in the nest, I would have guessed there would be a story or a story.

If you have a relationship with someone who has a 100,000-chip bounty on their hands, that complexity has already surpassed Saladin's understanding.

“If a hunter wants to live long, he doesn't have to touch anything too dangerous. ”

Like a dragon, like a 100,000-chip bounty.

Saladin added that I am still familiar with the subject. Of course, there are many hunters in the world, and the characteristics of the hunters vary from region to region.

In Solarium, there were over a hundred fireflies flying on 100,000 chips, but there was a privileged class of societies built around it, and a culture of hunters who value their own well-being more than anywhere else.

“Are you going to stay here until I find you? ”

“For now.”

“I'm the only one who knows about this, so I'll let you know when I hear anything. ”

“… I tend to think there is no favor without a reason. ”

Saladin was quite kind to Leona because of the goodwill, and she thanked Saladin and asked.

“Is there a reason for your favor? ”

Although Leona doesn't approach it this way, she has seen many people who are coming, hiding their vile impulses from her heart. More after the fall. Leona's natural instincts, vigilance, and coincidence have led her through it.

Leona asks if there's a reason for your unwarranted kindness, Saladin smiles over a glass of water.

“I tend to think I have favors for no reason. A favor without a reason usually comes back to me as a favor with a reason. ”

If I treat the world with kindness, the world gives me goodness. People show me their goodness because of my goodness, even though I have no reason to.

Logically, yes, but Leona made no sense of it.

Saladin said that even though optimism about life is less than a penny.

“If you're serious, I don't think you're much of a hunter. ”

If so, Leona blurted out in a slightly disappointed way. Despite that, Saladin shrugs.

“I've been hearing that ever since I held a gun. ”

“Yonker's still alive. To the wasteland.”

“Survive for a reason. ”

Saladin makes a gun by hand and mimics the sound of a 'bread’ from his mouth.

“He shoots better than most, much bigger than others. ”

Survival is all for a reason.

As a hunter, I have an important reason for failure, but surviving so far proves my worth.

“Funny shit. ”

Leona chuckles.