Hellbents
Chapter 58: 15,000 Coins
"You're becoming more and more famous now" River commented when the count of people greeting Ava in the hallway became dozens. The girl's reputation skyrocketed after an impromptu concert she did last night. Not only appreciation, Ava was also actually offered a sponsor by Count Livero, but the terms of the proposed contract would clearly prevent her from returning to the original dimension, so Ava respectfully refused, that automatically makes the couple a little sorry.
And to the peacock's grandfather, from the explanation provided by the Countess, Mr. Brewer was the owner of an alcohol company that offered them the opportunity to invest in him.
"Offering them a chance"?, such a sentence seemed to make Woodrow Brewer the one who had the upper hand in this agreement, the high self-worth noble like Count and Countess Livero certainly soon had a bad impression of the grandfather.
A person's narcissistic tendencies will appear sooner or later, in this case, from the sentence.
Fortunately Ava presented herself as an ordinary person who respected the status of nobility, in contrast to the peacock grandfather, their judgment was higher than it should be when he refused, too, make Ava's efforts to escape the pressure of the Livero pair more easily.
When Ava bailed to return to her room after dinner with them, only Woodrow pouted with a face restrained in embarrassment, due throughout the session, his presence seemed to be ignored by his potential investors or the street girl who dared to look straight at his eyes, as if he and the boy had an equal position.
If sight can kill, the girl's body is already pierced with thousands of knives. Woodrow's red eyes seemed to be dripping with poison, laden with the glare of hatred.
Stepping out from the top floor, Ava once again activated her observation skill. And that's when he discovers a new feature that will determine his attitude toward a person.
Name: Woodrow Brewer
Race : Human
Level 34
Coin: 8374627
Power :10
Speed: 7
Duration : 6
Skills: 14
HP 2340/2345
THE HP? In humans, not monsters?
Does this mean that anyone with HP is a potential threat? A monster that thinks of humans as food or a human that considers Ava an enemy? So ... anyone with murderous intent?
That peacock grandpa was intending to hurt him?
Huh! Just look!
"You're happy that more people know you?" River contracted with Ava's happy smile when he asked.
"I'm happy because today is a beautiful day!" Ava even leaped merrily in her steps.
The peacock's eccentric golden wand was kept safe in his inventory.
Is correct. Eventually, Ava stole the thing.
Although Woodrow is an upstairs resident, he has no guards outside his room, making Ava's smuggling significantly easier. With the added status of skill and level of 30s, it seemed like Woodrow belonged to the working class, not fighters, so the awareness of the old man's danger was low.
River blinked, looking up, the sky was indeed blue with a warm wind blowing over them. So he nodded, not digging deeper into the bright feelings of Rina.
***
Brak!
Woodrow slammed the suitcase hard. The room upstairs which he painstakingly got after a nobleman preferred to follow the ship back to Englerock, bribing the chief of staff so that he would be more uprooted if there was a queue of other orders, it was useless at all!
Plans to attract investors failed miserably! No one had any intention of listening to his proposal for dinner last night!
Failing because of that girl!
Rina Hoffman's!
He knew who the boy was, the gold medalist.
If Woodrow was 60 years younger, he would also easily defeat the giant frog monster!
He also knew that Rina was the girl who befriended the monster taming freak! Rivo's? Rivy's? Whoever his name is! The monster tamer was also famous for the silver medal. Anyone can also earn a medal if you pit monsters against other monsters!
Rina and Rivo also room with a mix of animals and humans, disgusting creatures that should not be allowed to pass freely!
Woodrow preferred the rule decades ago, when he was young, when slavery was still legal. That was how the beastman race would be locked up in a cage, a place worthy of their existence.
A really useless group of people! It's strange!
The biggest stumbling block, Rina!
He had to get rid of the girl, that way the nobles would no longer be busy paying attention to the lowly buskers!
On this journey he was the one who should have been inundated with interests by people with the prospect of his extraordinary alcohol company, attracting investors and sponsors. Not that girl!
With a burning heart, Woodrow also opened the Purple Orchid feature in the [System]. From the page, he explores even deeper, on the dark side of the Purple Orchid that can only be accessed with a grade 4 badge and above.
Black market.
A hitman.
He also rewarded the head of Rina Hoffman with 15,000 coins.
Pretty expensive indeed, but Woodrow had dark eyes, all he needed was a picture of the target.
Only after that, he was a little relieved, his high blood almost crumbled due to the mischievous actions of a boy.
It was already well past breakfast, but still not close to lunchtime, his stomach was hungry. So Woodrow got up from his padded mattress, although his old back was still sore with age, still better than the cramped mattress downstairs. It was at this moment that he realized that a golden stick was not where it should be.
Woodrow fell out of bed.
Condemn loud.
***
As Ava was immersed in reading her novel, she bought a new book on a small island yesterday, a loud commotion disturbing the tranquility in her room. River, Dom, and Lorah have affairs outside. Ib, Hao, and Rai no longer harm the girl after three expulsions.
Rough cries could no longer be blocked by the ship's thin wooden walls. Ava finally decided to go out, checking what kind of fanfare is going on on this ship.
"You!" Just opening the door, a finger pointed right at the girl's nose impolitely. The old man peacock with a tomato-like face added to the obvious wrinkles on his wrinkled forehead. The elderly man's body was sustained by one of the ship's unfortunate staff, only to be silent when the old man practically molested him with a loud passing voice.
"The thief! Return my wand!"
"Sir, this kind of action does not appreciate the comfort of the other passengers. Let's talk carefully at the staff office."
What Ava did not expect was the presence of Yong, Hao's big brother who had managed to hold the peacock grandfather to break into Ava's room.
So the old man just realized.
Although she put on an innocent face, Ava grinned inwardly.