The Hunter System
Chapter 85 - First Raid With Cyntia
"I was planning to take her to the raid with me," Cyntia again replied to Alvin, looking at George with a cold look.
"Tia. Why did you directly bring him along with the second raid team? You can make other young hunters jealous if Alvin does not join the junior team first" said Chris.
He did not want Marco's hated son to be as close to the Maxwell family's heir as Marco and his brother.
"Why don't we just ask him for an answer?" felix Xavier. The representative of the Maximus guild was also the father of Robert and Erfhina.
Everyone is staring at Alvin.
Alvin smiled stiffly. He looked down, staring at the dinner plate in front of him, and placed his hands holding a fork and a dinner knife, on the table.
'It turns out this is the political atmosphere that occurs among famous hunter families.'
Mina chuckled in a mocking tone, ["Looking at the nature of her captain, you might make new trouble if you follow the junior team."]
'I know that. He looks a bit like Brondy. My patience training lesson might not be of any use if I ever meet another Brondy-like human. But...'
Alvin turned his head and glanced at Arthur at a glance, before lowering his head again.
He almost cried when he saw the middle-aged man's favorite score on him.
Before Alvin made his decision, he just wanted to make sure whether he was worthy of returning the favor to the Maxwell family or not. That's why he wanted to check his score first.
Who knew Arthur's kindness was just a fake mask, right? It could be that Arthur wants to bind his father, as well as him and his brother as lifelong slaves by pretending to give attention as Shiva did.
'Mina. Would it be okay if I helped them a little?'
["What's the problem?"]
'Aren't you preparing me to become a hunter to hunt down monsters that will become a problem in the future?'
["It would be nice if you stayed around this family. Because one of the sources of future problems comes from this family."]
'A-what?!'
["And again, what we're going to hunt is not just monsters. Humans who are more evil than monsters will also we hunt."]
'Wait. What do you mean by the source of future problems is also in this family?'
["You'll know later."]
.........
Alvin finally raised his head again. First of all, he looked at his father, before staring at Arthur who was sitting at the end of the table, as the head of the family.
Alvin gives a genuine smile to Arthur who has a favorite score of 4 on him, before answering the question of Felix Xavier, who has a favorite score of 3 on him.
"I once promised Uncle Arthur that I would serve the heir to the Maxwell family. Although it may be heavy later, but I have to learn in the raid team Miss Tia," said Alvin while looking at Arthur, Felix and Alan who have a favorite score of 3 also to him.
He ignored Chris and George who immediately seemed to smile stiffly as he spoke.
There was a bright smile on the faces of Arthur, Alan and Felix.
Same with Sam, although his smile was almost invisible. Alan Maxwell's only son who became a loyal supporter of Cyntia also has a favorite score of 3 on Alvin. He was seen sighing in relief when he heard Alvin give an answer that was in accordance with what he wanted.
Arthur's loyal supporters had wanted Alvin by Cyntia's side to look after him. They wanted a sincere and loyal man like Marco, who throughout his life devoted himself to full loyalty to the Maxwell family.
Of course, they did not see the rank. Rank can be bought with money and Arthur has no shortage of it.
Only Alvin and Vina are the candidates for successors Marco and Felix who fit in the eyes of Alan and Felix. They had been monitoring the lives of the two brothers for a long time, ever since the two left the fort.
Alvin, though weak, was clearly loyal, honest and brave. He even dared to fight against Brondy who was much stronger and more powerful than him.
Not to mention, they also rated Alvin as a very clever person after successfully escaping a Dungeon accident involving Brondy Lewis, who was also a very smart man, also managed to outwit Miranda Lewis and escape from the high-ranking Dungeon even buried Miranda and her followers there.
That was their assessment of Alvin all along.
.........
Cyntia suddenly stood up from her chair.
"Tia?"
"I want to prepare our raid team, father," Cyntia said with a flat expression.
Hearing that, Alvin also immediately stood up from his chair. He had already said that he would join Cyntia. That was why he also wanted to help with the raid preparation.
But, Cyntia rejected him even speaking without even looking at his face.
"Y-yeah..."
Alvin finally sat back down and continued to stare at his food which immediately tasted bland when he saw Cyntia's cold expression.
["Tsk... You were rejected outright."]
'Did he really not like me?'
["The most important thing is whether you like it or not. If you like, make her like you."]
Sighs...
["Why don't you just see the score?"]
'I think it'll be at number two or one based on his attitude towards me.'
["Well... Your guess is almost right. Just be patient."]
Alvin took a long breath.
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Alvin went near the wall gate with Robert and Erfhina, who had also recently joined the second raid team captained by Cyntia.
In contrast to Alvin who would be groomed for Cyntia's personal bodyguard, Robert and Erfhina were groomed for Maximus' guild's main backer.
Cyntia is near the gate with her 3 bodyguards, Brooklyn, Vernon and Sarah.
Surprisingly, when Alvin noticed their score, the three bodyguards already had a score of 3 on him as well whereas generally someone who had never met should have a score of 2 at the beginning of the meeting, according to what Mina explained.
The seven hunters had finally gone towards the gate of the C rank Dungeon that Robert had already ordered to the Government by force, since the Association was actually in charge of the sale of the raid rights it naturally always refused the Maximus guild's request to purchase the raid rights of a Dungeon.
.........
The six hunters were actually a bit confused when they saw Alvin seemed to be unperturbed when they saw them enter the Dungeon with only 7 members.
Because according to them, Alvin should be suspicious and wary. As an Academy graduate professional hunter, Alvin should ask why the team members were less than 20 people, as suggested.
In fact, Alvin has only been accustomed to conducting raids alone for two months. So, he had even forgotten that rule.
"You stay close to me with Fhina" said Cyntia, as they were already in the Dungeon. Alvin seems very inexperienced.
But Cyntia also can't blame an F-ranked Healer for his lack of experience as he knows it must be hard for Alvin to get a job.
Alvin nodded, then turned to behind Cyntia and walked side by side with Erfhina.
......................
The seven hunters had finally arrived at the first region of the monster's existence.
Seeing the orc-type monster talking, Alvin was a little angry when he found out what they were talking about. They were compromising in order to capture Cyntia and Erfhina without killing, for their 'steadiness.
'Those bastards!'
"Stay behind me" said Cyntia firmly, while blocking Alvin, who wanted to attack forward, with his hand.
"We stay here. It is dangerous for a Healer to advance closer to the monsters" Erfhina said slowly.
"Ah... Y-yeah. You're right" said Alvin quietly. He forgot that everyone knew him as an F rank Healer.
.........
Robert, the Tanker of the team, directly advanced and lured all the monsters to attack him a.
Meanwhile, Brooklyn, which has a Warrior job type, immediately kills 30 orcs equivalent to C-rank hunters it is very easy and fast.
Alvin heard the notification inside his head. At that moment he immediately cursed in his heart.
'Rimi! If you could do it? Why didn't you do it when I asked?'
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Just the sound of Mina's loud laughter that Alvin heard after that.
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