My Slayer System: Rise to Supremacy

Jake and his friends had finally gotten to the Raven's city and they could see the advancement here was better than Aurora city and Jake was thinking of making Aurora advanced like this if it had any chance of competing with the top guilds.

Jake had decided he would talk to Humfree or Kate about slowly introducing this much advancement into the guild if they stood any chance of getting to the top.

That was when they had seen the mistreatment from the soldiers to some people the escorted in tattered clothing and being covered in shackles as if they were prisoners.

Jake seeing this was angry and wanted to lash out but Alex and Zee's voice or reason stopped him. Since he didn't know what to do, Jake just walked around until his feet brought him to a stall that sold beautiful things.

That was when Jake's eyes laid on a beautiful necklace and he decided to get it for Kate but before he could pay for it, a voice was heard asking the stall owner to pack it up.

Turning around, Jake's eyes laid on a person who was covered in a purple robe with the hood covering their face while a large man was seen standing beside the person also wearing a black robe.

Looking at them, Jake raised an eyebrow. "I want to buy this necklace."

"And so do I." The purple robe figure said.

"Can't you just get something else?" Peter asked.

"No, I want this one." The figure pointed to the necklace again. "But I'm willing to let it go on one condition."

"What's that?" Alex asked.

"I want a hug from you." The purple robe figure said.

"A hug?" Jake asked. "I don't even know you."

"Well you do know me." The figure said as she pulled down their hood slightly for Jake to see it.

"Helen!" Jake said surprised then she quickly placed her finger on her lips.

"Shuush!" She placed her finger on her lips. "Get what you want to get and let's get out of here."

Jake quickly paid for the necklace and it was packed for him as he left with his friends and Helen led the way to someplace else.

Jake and his friends were walking behind Helen as they quietly made their way to somewhere they could talk in peace without any interruptions.

After a few minutes of quiet walking, they reached an establishment. It was a medium sized building that had a glass door entrance unlike the wooden or Iron double doors Jake was used to at Aurora.

Looking above the door, a sign was placed on it stating the name of the establishment.

"Golden Raven inn and bar"

Opening the doors, Helen walked in and so did Jake and his friends. Entering in, they could see rows of chairs and tables with people on it drinking and chatting away with a soft melodious sound playing in the background.

Making the place lively and entertaining.

'Music?' Jake thought as he listened to the sound in the background. 'It has been a long time since I listened to music and its melodious sound. I almost forgot it even existed.'

Then Helen led them to an empty table that wasn't occupied by anybody and Helen sat down while ordering some drinks, beverages and food for their table.

"I'm sure you are all not of age to drink alcoholic drinks so I have ordered beverages for you all." Helen smiled.

"Do you have enough money to pay for what you ordered?" Jake asked.

"Of course why not? You do know who my dad is… was. I don't even know his state." Helen almost broke down but quickly regained her composure as someone brought her orders to the table.

And after he left, Jake and his friends quickly dug in hungrily devouring the food on the table.

"We haven't eaten for three days now so I hope you can understand." Alex quickly smiled as he went back to eating.

"Knock yourselves out." Helen smiled as she took a swig of her drink slowly while looking at Jake eating casually.

'I can't believe this kid has such an immense amount of strength. If I hadn't witnessed his strength earlier and just heard rumours, I wouldn't have believed it.' Helen thought as she kept drinking while looking at Jake.

'I just hope his strength is enough to get my dad back and possibly save my city. But who am I kidding, my dad was an AA class adventurer and he still got bested by that monster.'

After a few minutes of eating quietly, Jake and his friends were done and they took a swig of their own drinks before the person that had delivered their food came to take the plates away.

Then he returned again to receive the money for the orders.

"How much was all of that?" Helen asked.

"1500 credits ma'am." The man smiled.

"One thousand what?" Jake almost shouted but he toned down his voice.

"It's okay, I can pay for it." Helen said as she did the transfer from her watch to the man's before he left.

"That was quite expensive." Peter commented.

"It's okay." Helen said.

"So i'm guessing that's berg beside you right." Jake said.

"Yes." Berg replied as he pulled down his hood slightly before he covered it back up like Helen.

"Why are you all covering your faces?" Peter asked.

"We are trying to conceal our identities from everyone." Berg replied.

"Why?" Alex asked.

"Because there's a manhunt for Helen and me. And the reward is a total of a hundred thousand credits." Berg replied.

"Hundred what?" Now it was Alex's turn to almost shout.

"Who will be crazy enough to put that much amount of money on your heads?" Alex asked.

"The leader of the Iron Fist Guild." Jake replied, tensing his fist in anger.

"But why will he do that? Why lose that amount of money just for the two of you?" Peter asked with a raised brow.

"Because I know his little secret." Helen said.