Chapter 168 - Crazy Statement
After hearing Nexus’s words, Nyx immediately glanced at Mark. Unlucky Mark had no idea that he was about to be ’kidnapped’ once again.
After looking at Mark, she then looked down at the square. There were several thousand people here, and waiting for all of them to finish giving her money would take too long. She had more than enough money now, so there was no need for her to stay any longer.
"Come with me."
She invited Mark to come with her by grabbing him by the collar and dragging him away in front of thousands of people. An action like this right now was no different from disregarding both the academy’s and Zero’s dignity.
Zero’s eyelids twitched. He had known something was bound to happen this year, but he hadn’t expected it to happen right from the start.
But what could he do? He couldn’t fight Nyx either. He definitely couldn’t drive her away. An S-rank hunter was a pillar of humanity, so how could he punish her over these trivial mistakes?
"Where are we going?"
Dragged away helplessly like a little chick, Mark was stunned for several seconds before he understood what was happening. He frowned and looked at Nyx in confusion.
"You just need to answer the question. Once it’s over, I’ll let you go. If you dare to talk nonsense, don’t blame me for helping you ’stretch your muscles’."
Nyx didn’t even bother looking at Mark, even though she knew he was Nexus’s disciple. She didn’t need to build any kind of relationship. She just wanted to learn some new things.
Faced with Nyx’s absolute strength and domineering attitude. Mark could only helplessly shut his mouth if he didn’t want to get beaten up.
Her actions made the whole square feel like it was about to explode. Quite a few people stared at Mark with red eyes, their faces full of jealousy.
"Why? Why does an F-rank trash like him get to go with the goddess?"
"Are you stupid? It’s obvious Mark was forced to go. Look at that ugly, twisted face of his. Does it look like he’s happy at all?"
"Hmph, that’s because he doesn’t know how to enjoy it. If she’s willing to grab me by the collar and drag me away like that, I’d let her drag me around all day."
"Are you a dog? No, even a dog wouldn’t be like this."
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Most people were still pretty rational. Only a few were a little too obsessed and ignored reality, reacting as if Mark had actually gotten lucky.
Seeing Nyx pass by with Mark, Draven and Bell frowned slightly. Her sudden action made them suspect that Nexus had said something to her.
"Hey, you saw him already?"
Even though he didn’t know whether she would answer, Draven still casually asked.
"Yes."
Nyx gave a short answer that didn’t seem to reveal much, and then her figure disappeared from sight.
She had been walking just now because she wanted to show some respect to the American Hunter Academy. Now that she was out of everyone else’s sight, naturally Nyx would fly to get there faster.
"Why was she in such a hurry? Looks like Nexus really did promise her something. I’m really curious how those two communicate with each other."
Draven had been paying attention all this time, but he really hadn’t noticed any clues. If he had the ability to communicate like this, wouldn’t that mean he wouldn’t need to worry about someone overhearing important conversations?
"Ahem, sorry for the interruption just now. Please welcome the next S-rank hunter to give a speech to this year’s new students."
To prevent things from going too far off track, Zero cleared his throat to remind everyone why they were here today.
Now it was Bell’s turn to step up. As soon as he stood in front of the crowd, he immediately looked around to see where Nexus and Lailah were. There were very few people in their area, so they were quite easy to spot.
He was only checking whether the two of them were here to watch the opening ceremony or not. He had no other purpose. Bell wasn’t stupid enough to miss such a high-quality promotional opportunity.
"I don’t think I need to introduce myself too much either. I’m Bell, and I’ll be accompanying you throughout this school year. After the school year ends, if you’re still unsure about your future career in the hunter industry, the Wolf Guild will always be ready to welcome you.
Our guild is one of the strongest guilds in the world, with two S-rank hunters and some of the best benefits in the world. I really hope we’ll have the chance to work with you in the future."
The very ordinary and reasonable speech didn’t make the square as noisy as when Nyx or Mark spoke.
There wasn’t much noise, but the effect was very good. Some people who had still been hesitating actually decided to meet Bell and talk about working together in the future after this speech.
Bell didn’t expect any A-rank hunters to actively join based on just a few words like this. His target was the B-rank hunters.
Don’t look at the fact that there were several thousand students here this year and assume that B-rank hunters were common. These were students coming from all over the world.
If they were separated, an ordinary city would only have a few to a few dozen of them. To gather a large number of them in one place, it would have to be one of the world’s top megacities.
As for Bell only advertising the Wolf Guild without saying anything else, Zero wasn’t too surprised. An opportunity like this was indeed perfect for advertising.
"Now, please welcome the final representative of the most special new students in this year’s class..."
"Draven, guildmaster of the Gold Guild!"
Because Draven was a guildmaster, when introducing him, Zero still used the proper attitude one should have toward the leader of a major faction.
Draven casually walked onto the stage and waved at everyone. Even though his clothes and expression made him look rather sloppy, the confident and composed bearing of a leader of a major faction hadn’t disappeared because of it.
Saying that the Gold Guild was completely capable of standing on equal footing with the Wolf Guild would be a bit too much. Having two S-rank hunters in the same guild was no joke.
Mr. Wolf was an S-rank and had spent many years developing the guild, so the Gold Guild couldn’t catch up to it overnight.
"I admit the Gold Guild isn’t as attractive as the Wolf Guild, but I have a proposal for everyone..."
"During this school year, I’ll try to sleep with every woman here. Maybe someone will be lucky enough to be chosen as my wife. She’ll have a position under one person and above everyone else in the Gold Guild."