I Became A System

Will there be no ending for this? I mean, arrogance. That individual who wanted to kill me just couldn't stop what he was doing. He is literally eager to kill me.

He just sent another group, and as usual, they are third-rate at the minimum. We defeated them immediately, and in the end, even though we tried to capture them, they died for an unknown reason.

Their mouths bubbled within the time we asked for their masters. And at just the same time, when they were about to tell their masters' names, they died.

I felt no pulse. And their warmth had dwindled from normal within my arms.

"Why do these people want to kill you, Master?" Rosellete asked who was just beside me.

"I don't know, actually. I already asked Verxal for assistance to eliminate this 'individual', but I think it will take time." I said.

"Perhaps it was jealousy?" Selena suggested an idea.

I shook my head in disagreement. If it's jealousy, why would he/she keep on tagging me? It's obviously greater than jealousy. 

I also can't remember offending an individual. Well, I offended plenty, but they weren't humans. 

Wow... this just keeps on stressing me. After that mysterious group retreated, that 'individual' continued. It made me think that perhaps he is willing to waste his money just to kill me.

Well, it wasn't in particular after that mysterious organization. It's at least, the day after I learned a technique which is yesterday. So I guess since they failed at ambushing me in daylight, they tried their luck at attacking me at night.

They are actually underhanded. But I can't ignore the fact that it excites me. They wanted to kill me? But they wanted to hide their identity?

So... what else made me not think of hunting them?

"Ellena, you are smiling creepily."

I snapped back to my senses when I noticed that I was smiling out of nowhere. I hope it didn't creep them out. They didn't, right?

Nevertheless, I just put my mask back into the Inventory.

"They already knew my real identity. And even they already knew it, they didn't bother to think that maybe my family would do something about it. Was it because I was away from our territory?"

I couldn't help but think deeply about it. Seriously, this needs to end. And I will surely end it.

If my fight with Verxal can't change this, then I will surely ask for the HQ's help. Even I need to become shameless to ask for assistance from Yskaen. 

"Let's go. Just leave their corpses there." I said.

"But... isn't it at least respect for the dead to bury them?" Rosellete asked.

It made me think. She's right. Maybe that's at least I can do for them. They were merely pawns for that individual, and I am sure that individual cared less about them. What a pity.

We decided to bury their bodies. Selena stated that it is also for the best because if dead bodies are left alone, they will turn into undead monsters.

That made me remember those I killed yesterday. They won't become undead, right? Or maybe I should pray that their bodies will be eaten by monsters lurking in the forest.

Ah... never mind. At least right now, I know some things to do to keep the undead away.

There are no undead threats in this city, actually. Maybe there aren't even any monsters that stand a threat to this place. 

I mean, this place is an adventurers' haven. Strong adventurers live here, or even the slightest bit stronger. At least this place is the safest place I can think of when it comes to monster threats.

However, when it comes to human affairs, I can't think of this place highly. Because of course, adventurers don't do things like human affairs.

Maybe the executives in HQ can do something about it, but what about those third-rates? I mean, those who aren't standing out in the mass, which is obviously the majority of the mass.

Well, let's stop thinking about it for the moment. It's getting darker. We need to get back to the inn.

However, just before we could go back to the inn, another group of people blocked our way.

Seriously, we just entered the city and now even in the city, there will still be someone who'll bother us?

"Big Sister, it feels like we are having bad luck this day," Thalia remarked.

I agree with her. We just didn't encounter a variant, but we also had to kill some scum who dared to threaten our lives. It really is bad luck for us.

I just smiled awkwardly at Thalia and looked back at the group of people who had blocked us. They are a small group of... adventurers. They at least had better equipment and a group of 6 people. 

They don't appear to be criminals to me. Or, at the very least, from the other person's point of view. There are also two females in their group but they don't look friendly. Their eyes are fearless and fierce.

Actually, the whole group seems to be unfriendly towards us. They just had this grin of delight, as if they had just encountered some prey.

Seriously? In this place, they would dare to do this. Aren't they afraid that maybe someone from the authorities will notice this? Or they think they are the authorities. Who is this group, actually?

"Who are you? Why are you blocking us?" Rosellete asked in an irritated tone. Well, I guess that also made her irritated. These people literally just sprouted out of nowhere.

The group just smiled and said, "We are the Evergreen Party. A gold-rank party, to be exact. And this time, you won't get away from us."

What are they talking about? I wasn't confused by what they said gold-rank party. Because in reality, parties also had a ranking system. And we didn't register ourselves as an official party until after my fight with Verxal.

I just sighed. It sounds like we had a grudge against them, but I can't remember actually. Or did they think that we offended them and tried to dodge them? It sounds like that to me.

"We don't know who you are," I said.

A seemingly brave leader stepped forward. He is a male, with a war-ax as his main weapon. His hair is slightly spiky and his gears are top-quality.

He is rich... 

"You don't know us? Hahahaha! Then I'll make you know us! Look here! Every party that forms in the city, they must pay us first before they can build their own."

That confused me. Why would we pay for them? It's not like they are the guild themselves. Even the guild doesn't have any rules about paying to form a party. That's at least what I can remember.

So in short, these people are bullies that would try to exploit their fame and power to accumulate wealth. Actually, that's dirty. I can't think of a particular word to describe them. They are just professional thugs that wear an identity as adventurers.

I just scoffed. Forgive me for being rude, but all of us laughed. Even the timid Thalia chuckled.

And the self-proclaimed rulers were baffled. They didn't expect us to treat them this way, huh? I must say, they are bold. That's why they didn't dare to hide their schemes because they were drowned by their own strength.

Well, it's because the gold-ranker parties are actually formed of white gold-rankers. So that's why they were brave, huh.

Okay... let's try this. I'll look at their runes first and their proficiency.

[Perceiving Eyes]

The gauge of their proficiency appeared above their heads. All 4 are CC rune owners, and the other 2 are mage rune owners. Their average level of proficiency is 45%.

Ugh... those are good. I can't underestimate them, but I am confident that I can handle them on my own.

"The Murphey family doesn't dare to disobey you too?"

And just after I said it, their expressions became sour.