Chapter: 585

“Not yet.” she frowned.

Lannister nodded and went back to forming the glyphs and runes.

“…Damn. Why didn’t he return to the guild last night? That would’ve made this so much easier.” she thought as she shook her head.

While monitoring the guild with her ears, she was monitoring the forest with her eyes, but also with her mana too; as a gravity mage, she would be able to detect changes in the gravitational field if any of those mage hunters in the heavy, thick armour ventured closer.

The heavier they were, the easier they would be to detect.

Thankfully, the mage hunters hadn’t yet started scouting the surrounding forests; many of them were resting from the journey as well as setting up guard and patrol routes.

Thankfully there were not many adventurers in the guild today, so there wasn’t too much background noise.

A few moments later, she narrowed her eyes.

“I hear someone now. I can’t tell if it’s Jay though. I’ll switch over to the one we left in his room.”


Walking into the association, Jay glanced at Margaret.

She glanced back at Jay without a smile or a hello and quickly went back to her notes.

Jay was glad that she wasn’t replaced by a black-armour guard, but she was acting very differently, and Jay decided to mimic her distant and detached behaviour.

“Hello. Who are these new guards?” Jay approached the desk and asked quietly.

Margaret didn’t look up for a moment, and Jay thought it was quite rude, but he soon understood why.

“These are the safety bearers. They protect us from people who become monsters or get dangerous classes. Isn’t it good that they’re here?” she said, stressing the words ‘dangerous classes’, “We’re safer than ever.” she added.

Jay stopped his breathing for a moment as he knew they were both being watched, and that this was a warning; he was one of such monsters which would be hunted by them, and since Jay knew her, it was clear to him that she didn’t believe those words at all.

He quickly thought of something innocent to say after nodding for a little too long.

“Oh, good, but doesn’t that mean there will be a monster coming?”

“Well, if it does, I’m sure we’ll be in good hands; anyway, I have work to do, so what do you want, adventurer?” a slight smile appeared on her face before it disappeared just as quickly.

“Ah, nothing else…thanks.” Jay tried to say as casually as possible.

“She probably doesn’t want to talk much around them…” he thought as he walked to the hallway.

“And showing me any favouritism or friendliness might be suspicious I’m guessing.”

Jay had to pass by another guard as he walked to his room, and as he walked by he tried to keep his breathing as calm as possible.

Now that he realised these were soldiers specifically equipped and trained to hunt and kill people like him, they had a completely different feel about them..

If they flashed killing intent at him as an innocent civilian, they would definitely not hesitate to execute him on the spot if he was any sort of threat.