Chapter 27 How dare you waste my meat?
Zero wants to take action but he can't because there are too many people who are watching him. He wants to use [Time Stop] but the surveillance cameras and any other recording devices everywhere will be still working. Plus he also needs to remove 1 seal to use [Time Stop] so it's not a good choice. The 3 hunters present in the grocery are all low leveled that they can't even fight a single orc even if they teamed up. Zero is in a very bad mood he badly wants to kill the orcs but he needs to stay lowkey to avoid future troubles. So he just sends his killing intent to the orcs and they collapse from their position. Zero can freely manipulate his killing intent that made people around not feel his killing intent.
That's the only thing he can do right now. The people watching the scene are confused about what is happening. Many people are filming what is happening. After the orcs collapsed, he exits the store as nothing happened. On his way, he saw the newly arrived hunters entering the grocery store. They entered the grocery store to check the situation inside. Zero did not look at them for a long time and decided to walk on his way home.
While walking, he saw another meat store with 50% off! Only a few people are buying because most of the people are in the grocery. Zero's mood lightened even though a bit. The price is just the same in the grocery so he decided to buy 10 kilos again.
After 15 minutes, Zero is already back home. He put the meat he bought inside the refrigerator. He joined Aviz, Diablo, and Reno watching TV. Diablo asked pointing at the TV
"Is that you, Master?"
"Yeah. And why did the news spread fast? It just happened a while ago though." Zero said that and he watched the TV on what people will think about his action recently.
While watching the news, a reporter interviewed one of the people present in the incident and an old man spoke
"The man in the video that I showed you earlier, he exits the store like nothing is happening! I don't think he is a hunter because what he only did is dodge the orc attack and the orc collapsed for an unknown reason. Many witnesses said that he is lucky. This footage will be reviewed by Hunters Management to know the reason why the orc collapsed."
Many people agreed with the statement of the man. Zero sighed in relief after he heard that people think that he is lucky to survive. It will be a pain in the ass if people believed that he is a strong hunter or something and many different people will swarm on him. If that happens, it's the end of living a normal life.
Zero then stands up from the couch and stretches his body. Zero has nothing to do again. Zero spoke to Reno, Aviz, and Diablo
"I will go to the Salona Kingdom. You guys also wanna come?"
Diablo nodded. Zero asked
"You, Aviz?"
"I'll stay here, Master. I'll guard the house."
"I'll also stay, Master."
Aviz and Reno spoke.
Zero muttered
'This lizard just want to watch
k-dramas... eh whatever.'
"Then we will go now. And if you two felt hungry, there is food inside the refrigerator." Zero said before opening the portal.
Zero and Diablo are in the secluded area of the forest again. They arrived at the Salona Kingdom after 10 minutes. They saw many people gathered in a certain area. Zero asked, "Is the tournament still ongoing?"
Diablo spoke, "I'll go check, Master."
Diablo disappeared in a flash and came back after a few seconds.
"Yes, Master the tournament is still ongoing."
Zero nodded to Diablo's words and they joined the crowd.
The tall man in the arena spoke in a lively voice
"Good Morning citizens of Salona Kingdom! It's me again, Kiera. Today is the finals of our tournament. After several fights, we're now in the finals!"
And one man with glasses holding a sword comes out from the left side of the arena. It's Elric. While on the right side, an elf girl with blonde hair and a slender body with a cold look in her eyes appeared. She looks 18 years old. She holds two daggers that make her look like an assassin.
The announcer spoke
"This is the moment that everyone waited! On my left side, she is Larah an assassin from an elf village. On my right side is Elric a teacher at Magic Knights Academy! Now that the short introduction is finished, start the fight!"
The man in the middle immediately exits the barrier.
Larah disappeared in everyone's sight, except for Zero and Diablo. Elric is calm trying to detect Larah's position. Elric is in defense mode since he can't find his enemy. Larah immediately appeared in the back of Elric, but Elric is fast enough to defend himself from the surprise attack. Larah shoots a barrage of attacks with her dagger to Elric and Elric parried every Larah's attack. Larah retreated after the barrage of attacks she made. Elric disappeared insight of Larah. She tried finding where is Elric, but unfortunately, she can't. As an assassin, she felt like she is slapped on the face when she can't detect her enemy's presence. Elric appeared beside Larah and stab her in the stomach. The bracelet Larah's wearing slowly dissipate. Elric then spoke
"You're a very good assassin for your age. Why don't you enter the Magic Knights Academy? I will help you even though I'm not an assassin. And I also have a friend who specializes in assassinating that can help you learn more. I will give you time to think about it."
Larah spoke "No need to think for too long. As long as I can learn something new, I will gladly accept it."
Elric spoke "Don't you need permission from the elf village? I heard that they are very strict when it comes to interacting with humans."
Larah shakes her head and said "They already permitted me. So you don't need to worry."
Elric said "Then come with me later in the academy. I will just claim my rewards in this tournament."
Then the announcer entered the arena and spoke
"Congratulations, Elric for winning the competition! You've shown us the pinnacle of your swordsmanship! Also, Congratulations to Larah! Even at your young age, you showed your skills in being an assassin! You are still young so there is a lot of time for you to improve! This is the end of the tournament. Thank you citizens of Salona Kingdom for watching our small tournament."
The crowd clapped their hands loudly. Then the people watching the tournament exit the arena.
Zero and Diablo also exit the arena.
Elric claimed his rewards and he is now on his way to the academy with Larah.