Chapter 83: 082 Leading the art style astray?
On this day, Shane went to the adventurer’s guild as usual.
Upon entering the adventurer’s guild, Shane noticed that many adventurers immediately turned their gazes upon him, causing the surrounding noise to lessen considerably.
Shane didn’t pay much attention to this scene, as if it had become routine for him, and slowly walked into the hall.
The adventurers around him began whispering among themselves as they watched Shane.
“That newcomer is here again.”
“He’s been coming to the guild alone a lot lately.”
“I wonder if anyone will trouble him this time.”
“I definitely don’t want any part of that.”
The crowd of adventurers conducted such private discussions, looking at Shane with a mix of wariness and, for some, outright fear.
There was no helping it.
Lately, because of previous incidents, quite a few adventurers had sought out Shane to cause trouble.
Including the tall adventurer who Shane had kicked away, who the very next day brought along his entire team, joined by other adventurers who held grudges against Shane, to block him at the entrance.
As the saying goes, the more people involved, the more complicated things become. Adventurers, who are essentially risking their lives every day, are not supposed to be short-tempered?
Although Shane had felt more than once that this kind of situation was rather cliché, the nature of being an adventurer meant it wasn’t possible for everyone to be law-abiding citizens.
But since Shane was well aware of these ploys, why would he follow their expected course of action?
Therefore, to avoid trouble, Shane utilized some tactics that scared all the adventurers.
For instance, in the mentioned event, it was as if Shane had anticipated the tall adventurers’ threatening stance at the door the next day, preparing to teach Shane a lesson. Yet, he brought over the Knight Order patrolling the street.
“Look, it’s them. They are trying to gang up on me with malicious intent and even threatened me to reveal the whereabouts of the person sought by the spy from the Old Demon Clan Faction who was wanted. I suspect they are spies sent by the Old Demon Clan Faction. Honorable knights, please uphold justice for me!”
At that moment, Shane righteously shifted the blame onto them, stunning those adventurers who had blocked the door.
And indeed, the blame Shane cast was impactful.
Shane already had the reputation of having subdued Killian, a story that had spread among the Knight Order. In addition to that, Shane seemed to have had interactions with the individual sought after by the Old Demon Clan Faction, so the Knight Order had been keeping a close eye on him.
This was also per the instructions from Riley and Vivian, both of whom had mentioned that Shane was currently the only person in Laischa who did not shun contact with them. They had suffered a significant setback at his hands, and it was likely that they would target him again, so they had asked the Knight Order to be watchful of Shane’s surroundings.
Consequently, once Shane saw through this and took advantage of it, pinning the Corpse Rice Plate incident on them, how could it not have bewildered everyone?
Thus, on that day, including the tall adventurer, all who had blocked the door were taken away by the stern and serious knights for questioning, and if things went awry, they might even be slandered as spies from the Old Demon Clan Faction.
Those who witnessed this scene with their own eyes were naturally dumbfounded for quite some time.
Afterward, whenever such adventurers came out to cause trouble, Shane turned his head without a word and dragged a Knight Order onto the street, claiming through sobs that he had encountered such unfair treatment after being privately threatened and attempting to help the Kingdom catch a wanted criminal. He said it was utterly unreasonable, and he was about to lose his faith in both the Kingdom and the Guild, that he would never again believe in this society or this world. He had the members of the Knight Order itching with discomfort.
In this manner, from then on, the Knight Order simply stationed a patrol team around the Guild, causing all the adventurers who knew the full story to be as if facing a great enemy, becoming obedient and looking at Shane with eyes filled with terror, as if they were seeing a devil.
Especially those adventurers who were taken away by the Knight Order, they each knelt before Shane upon their return, apologizing and begging for mercy, crying miserably.
Later on, everyone learned that before being taken away by the Knight Order, Shane had specifically instructed them to be cautious of individuals possibly being dispatched by the Old Demon Clan Faction to rescue Killian, suggesting those who targeted him might have been assigned tasks, leading those adventurers to be subjected to intensive scrutiny.
Particularly since Shane had dropped a comment before they were taken away, “Who knows if the young hotheads in the Knight Order, with no chance to encounter the opposite sex, might fancy the tender backsides of adventurers.” This statement haunted those adventurers, making them too scared to even sleep at night and severely tormenting their spirits.
Under such circumstances, how could they dare to trouble Shane again?
Praying that Shane wouldn’t trouble them was indeed their sincere wish!
Knowing all this, how could a group of adventurers not look at Shane with eyes full of fear and horror?
Now, within the Adventurer Guild, even such rumors were spreading.
“What? You don’t like that rookie? Is your home short of tea or something?”
“What? A mere rookie is getting too arrogant because he’s close to Miss Vivian’s team? You must want to be a spy for the Old Demon Clan Faction!”
“What? You look down on someone who is only Level 10 at twenty years old and has no Skill? Well, I advise you to start taking care of your backside!”
“This is advice from us seniors, don’t provoke him, definitely don’t provoke him, otherwise, not only will your last words be taken, but you’ll also be kicked away.”
“Don’t say we didn’t warn you. As an adventurer, encountering demons is not scary, wait until you meet a devil then you’ll know what a thrill is.”
The above were the current evaluations of Shane by everyone in the Lamijion Adventurer Guild.
Shane had single-handedly skewed the entire atmosphere of the Adventurer Guild.
, Shane seemed utterly unconscious of the various reverent gazes from many adventurers as he prepared to go upstairs to the library.
But before that, the Guild Counter clerk notified Shane.
“Ah, Mr. Xi’en, Miss Vivian and her team are in the second-floor private room, they asked us to let you know, to come over if you’re here.”
Upon hearing this, Shane then paused his steps.
“Can we gather again?”
Shane smiled slightly, without hesitation, and went directly to the second-floor private room.
There, indeed, the members of Vivian’s Team had regrouped.
“You sure have stirred up a lot of trouble during this time.”
In the private room, upon seeing Shane, Vivian spoke with great displeasure.
Not just Vivian, but also Tielle, Lu Muya, and Merica – all three looked at Shane with strange eyes, making him offer an embarrassed smile.