Triiffic-Soul: Can I Be In Control?-Chapter 85 – Weapon & Hunter

Chapter 85 – Weapon & Hunter

“Can I have a list of your most competent hunters?”

“You know we have no such thing.”

“But you can throw together something real quick, or would you rather I come back at a later point so you can make one?”

“As I said, no.”

[What did we walk into…] (Eva)

[It may be best if we walk away from this one.] (Luna)

[Eh, if you want.] (Syrus)

It had been a few days since Anlesa’s trip into the western forest with Ethan and their encounter with bandits.

[Do you think this is because of the incident the other day?] (Eva)

[No.] (Luna)

The process of dumping the bandit off and escorting a larger group to where the rest were tied up went fine. Syrus didn’t bring Ethan along for the second trip, she didn’t want him to get caught up in the mess. When they returned to the remaining bandits, they weren’t in a good state, a creature had taken bites of some of the bandits. Maybe even tried to take one away, but they were too tightly tied to the trees.

Eva wasn’t happy with the state the bandits were in but just swallowed the feeling.

That situation was quickly sorted out, and Anlesa moved on with her life. Syrus gave Ethan more tips and warnings, and Eva afterwards went back to potion making once they gathered more materials from the eastern forest.

Now today, Anlesa had a few different goals she wanted to accomplish, and they were going to start the day by getting a request that overlapped where they wanted to go, but it seemed like the guild was busy.

[For the time being, let’s just leave and let this situation clean itself up.] Syrus had no interest in getting involved with this mess.

[I am fine with that decision.] (Luna)

The dark-skinned woman at the counter wasn’t someone they quickly recognised. Anlesa made the assumption they were a hunter from the city, but worked and operated from a different hunting guild–one of the more serious ones.

The hunting guild that Anlesa worked out of, Brown Oak Guild, was by far the calmest one of the bunch in the city. It was at the edge of the city, unlike the rest, which were either on the main street or close to it. All the guilds were owned by the city, but the people who ran them had different preferences and ideas of how they should be run. Whoever was in charge of Brown Oak used the fact they were in a further location to their advantage to create a more relaxed atmosphere, which allowed people who didn’t want to deal with any rush to come in without worry. The other locations were by far a lot busier and a lot more tense, and protection and hunting quests were more popular and advertised in those locations.

The information she was asking for wasn’t something that was recorded. Of course, the people working knew who was good at what, but that information wasn’t something they would willingly give.

With the plan to start a request temporarily paused, they took a quick detour by visiting Kevin to acquire the sword Syrus had commissioned. This was something they already planned to do, but the order of events was going to be different.

“Beautiful, thanks for the work.” Syrus examined the blade for a solid minute, holding it at different angles and examining its sharpness.

“Glad you are happy with it.” Said Kevin.

Syrus placed the sword in her recently finished sheath. The sheath appeared to be nothing special, just a long sheath for a long blade, but one side of the sheath appeared to be folded over and buttoned down. The small hardened leather ring around the top had a small gap on that side.

[How… difficult is it to move while carrying a sword?] (Eva)

[Not difficult, it does depend on where you place it and the angle of the weapon. Just imagine carrying a long sword on your side and having the weapon parallel to the ground, would be an absolute nightmare around crowds.] (Syrus)

Syrus had made straps so she could hang it from her side or back–the latter was the normal position due to the length of the blade. The modification she made to the sheath allowed her to pull the sword out from the side. In a normal situation, if she wanted to do that, all it would require was for her to unbutton the side and swing, but purposely, it was made when enough force was applied and the buttons would just snap. It wasn’t normally useful, but it was a design Syrus liked from her past life, and messing with her sheaths was always enjoyable for her.

Kevin scratched his itchy red stubs growing on his face. “Do you want anything else?”

“No thank you, but I may come around for sharpening.”

“Would be a pleasure if you do.” Kevin chuckled.

“‘Course it would.” Syrus jokingly scoffed. “You better not charge me more for the extra length.” freeweɓnøvel.com

“Ha, of course not.”

Syrus walked away happy with a new bag hanging from her back behind her bag. Holstered from the right shoulder, angled diagonally. After wasting a bit more time doing other small shopping, Anlesa finally went back to the guild to pick up a quest.

Unfortunately for her, the guest at the club was still there.

This time she noticed Syrus entering, and Syrus, figuring there was no way to get out of trouble, just continued inside.

The lady had a spear and a rounded shield hoisted her back. She was around the same height as Anlesa, which was decently tall. Whether it was from Syrus's influence or not, their height was certainly taller than the average girl. Not by too much, but it was certainly a factor to be noted. They would have to wait and see if they would grow anymore or be stuck like this.

The lady questioned, “Didn’t the place you ordered that weapon say the measurements were too long?” She had enough understanding of weapons to notice by the sheath that Syrus’ blade had to be custom-ordered.

Syrus looked past the lady and saw the young blond boy, George, who appeared to be exhausted and exasperated. She turned back to the lady and said, “Yes, but it is the correct size for me.”

“Hrmm.” The lady walked away from the counter. “Lavender is the name, yours?”

“Syrus.”

Lavender nodded. “Next week there will be a multi-unit investigation request being done to far western mountain ranges, it will be a few days trip, and we are looking for people to join.”

Before Syrus replied, “YOU COULD’VE JUST SAID THERE WAS AN INVESTIGATION REQUEST!!!” George had something to say.

Lavender shrugged. “You wouldn’t give me the names either way.”

“‘COURSE I WOULDN’T!!!”

“Anyway, are you up for it?” Her purple eyes locked on Anlesa, waiting for a response.

Syrus shrugged. “I don’t know, it depends if I’m busy. Pay good? Meeting location?”

“Clarzxa Hunting Guild’s training area, end of 6th Street, east side. Pay will be split equally, taking only sixteen people maximum, so for the people who don’t sign up, it is first come, first serve.”

[Feels like they could’ve done a better job preparing everything.] (Syrus)

[Maybe. I don’t think we should give a definite answer, I wouldn’t mind looking at this further once we split.] (Luna)

[Sure.] (Syrus)

“Okay then, I’ll be there if I don’t have crap to do.”

“Fair enough, have a pleasant day.” As she finally decided to leave the guild, figuring it was no longer worth her time asking for more information.

Syrus overheard George whisper, “Pleasant day my arse.”

With that encounter passing, something else was added to the large list of things to do and think about. Syrus grabbed a quest that would overlap with their trek to the Western Forest and, as usual, made minimal conversation with the kid at the counter.