Chapter 69: The Tin Knight and The City of Clockwork — Act 4 (3)
Peter was by no means a thoughtless, moody rookie who acted on impulse.
Although he often acted without thinking and was indeed moody, he was also a veteran who had been through thick and thin.
Otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to reach the gold rank.
There were two main reasons why such a Peter started moving immediately after hearing just a few words from Sophia.
One was, as he said himself, that rumors about the guild had spread too much, putting him in a difficult position if he didn’t show some movement in one way or another.
And the other was Peter’s own pride.
To put it more simply, Peter believed in his own judgment.
It wasn’t a lie. Although there were parts she deliberately left unsaid, that woman really knows about vampires!
While the public was widely aware of cases where adventurers cheated innocent clients, in fact, there were just as many bad clients.
Those who grovel until the request was resolved, then flip their palms and didn’t pay the proper compensation as soon as it was resolved, or those who asked to defeat a seemingly insignificant magic beast but when one went, there was actually a whole colony of them, or those who involved one in crimes without one’s knowledge just by fulfilling the request—to deal with all sorts of troublesome people, having an eye for people was essential.
Peter was certain that Sophia wasn’t lying, and he also sensed that she knew a lot more dangerous information, that was, information that smelled of adventure.