The two women launched their assault.

One approaching to the right shoulder of Kenshin whose back was facing the trio with a sword that differed in extravagance from Grahams went for a thrust attack. 

The other woman started casting magic with her right arm holding her wrist that had a opened palm pointing at Kenshin. 

The movement of her arms was the customary way or the only way of using ranged magic. 

It was the latter. 

Their method of attack was a pincer attack that utilised melee for the primary attack and range magic for support. 

The two women immediately knew what move they would use as they fought together since long past. 

It seemed that their plan was for the swordswoman to keep Kenshin busy to give time for the magic using woman to cast her magic. 

Letting go of the bind that prevented Graham from swinging his sword freeing his arm, Kenshin avoided the swordswoman’s sword by turning his body to let the sword stab empty air. 

‘Got you!’ 

The two girls mind synchronised.

It seemed they were waiting for him to dodge so that the magic user could attack then but….

Kenshin grabbed the swordswomans wrist.

Using momentum from the attack of the swordswoman, he spun her around himself like a centrifuge. 

Because of the rotation, she ended up between her teammate, the magic user, who just launched an attack, and Kenshin.

“Ahhh!” (Swordswoman) 

“Wha?!” (Magic user)

A blood curdling scream resounded from the swordswoman. 

That was because the spear made of ice  the magic user launched, had hit not Kenshin but had hit the swordswoman. 

More specifically it hit the girl’s right shoulder from the front shattering her scapula. 

The spear was sticking out of the swordswoman.

It made her drop her sword that made a ‘clang’ sound. 

She screamed from the pain of her muscles being torn and her plate shaped bone, the scapula, shattering into many pieces causing immense pain.

A worst case scenario is where the spear would have hit her artery or worse have her tendons severed.

It was a treatable injury in Kenshin’s world through surgery but not here where medicinal techniques were identical to 16th century treatments on earth. 

For the current medical magic, severed tendon injuries cannot be treated by most cleric type classes or aany other classes.

So her situation right now was the best case scenario, save her agony.

Kenshin purposely avoided having it lead to a worse case not because of not wanting to hurt a girl-he didn’t care at all if it were a boy or a girl-but because of making a gold ranked adventurer who were war potential for the human army, unable to fight. 

Additionally, he did not care about whether the humans win or lose. 

It’s just that, he did not want unnecessary trouble, especially when it involved the human army. 

After realising what she had done, the magic user also screamed in terror. 

She unintentionally hit her companion so of course it was only natural.

Eventually she overcame her dread and changed it to anger at the person who used her friend as a living shield. 

Choosing to attack Kenshin who had now let go of the swordswoman making her collapse on the ground, she started to use magic. 

Completing the first phase of the magic that was completing the chant, she tried to moved to the next process only to be knocked out by a strike to the jaw, making her brain shake that made the whites of her eyes show. 

After Kenshin who inflicted the injury saw that the girl was unconscious, he moved his eyes to meet Grahams.

Seeing his two companions made unable to move, Graham’s knees weakened and lost strength making him collapse on both of his knees. 

Just because of the platinum rank he had, he thought that he was invincible. 

Just because his family had authority over influential people he thought he was untouchable. 

Just because no one has ever touched him because of those reasons, he thought he could do anything.

Though Kenshin had already decided that he won’t be killing him, Graham didn’t know this so he feared for his life. 

Kenshin began walking towards the Graham who remained unmoving from his place. 

Seeing him get closer step by step, Graham finally moved. 

He did not attack, if he did he might lose his life.

Completely different from his haughty attitude earlier, his behind hit the floor and began backing away from Kenshin who paced his way to his front.  

Putting his right arm out towards Graham who bumped against a table behind, he opened the right hand and moved it closer to Graham. 

More specifically, his neck. 

Deducing what he was about to do, Graham squealed a ‘hii!’.

It seemed that everyone in the room thought the same as Graham. 

They thought Kenshin was going to rip out his throat. 

It would be of course be hard to imagine Kenshin who appeared weak and passive to be able to do so, but after seeing him exhibit his prowess  earlier against the gold ranked girls, they thought of a scene where Grahams blood splattered from his throat would be witnessed by them. 

Graham who was the target of an end like that shrieked a ‘ahii!’ again louder as Kenshins hand got closer.

“Quiet” (Kenshin)

After telling him in a cold tone, Kenshins fingers finally touched the neck of Graham. 

After that, 

‘Thud!’

Graham’s body fell on the floor as if lifeless with traces of tears and snot.

Contrary to their expectations, the people on the surrounding who were pale expecting to witness a murder were showing faces of confusion and some, relief. 

It was because Graham appeared to have been pinched in the neck and passed out. 

They were pondering if Graham was dead or just passed out. 

Some thought about how pinching the neck would make them dead or just pass out as they put their fingers on theirs to test it out. 

Kenshin who stood after a moment or so made the surrounding people put their focus on him. 

Curious, wary and frightened gazes went his way. 

No more hostility were directed at him. 

Calling out to Lana who was wide eyed at first but eventually came to his side, he grabbed the bags that had their gold in and began to walk towards Erica. 

Erica who saw the scene became stiff. 

Various thoughts swam in her head that she was unable to keep track of. 

But before she was able to focus her thoughts,

“Forgive me, I’ve caused you trouble even though it's the first day of my stay” (Kenshin)

Kenshin said as he bowed. 

After apologising, he and Lana left the guild using the way the people in the surrounding made unconsciously.

Normally, it was her who was supposed to apologise for not warning him about Graham, but Kenshin beat her to the punch that wavered at seeing him approach her. 

She thought,

‘What am I doing?! He just saved the guild reputation from being trampled on again by people like Graham, I need to thank him! If I can’t do that much then I won’t have any worth in my line of work!’ 

Resolving herself, she told the other employees to handle the party who was injured. After doing so she ran out to the front of the guild to find Kenshin. 

 ----

After the two left, they took their cart then went towards the direction of the stables. 

With the cash they have, they were now able to afford a horse drawn carriage. 

Erica showed up with a frantic expression. 

She kept bowing and bowing until Kenshin told her to stop as there were people eyeing the three. 

She apologised and told them that if the authorities were to be involved, Erica would tell them that it wasn’t Kenshin’s fault with the backing of the guild so as not to trouble him anymore. 

Thinking about it, Kenshin would tell her where they would be staying at so if the authorities were to require the two’s whereabouts she could tell them. 

He expected that if authorities were involved and needed the two brought for questioning but found out that they had left, that would look bad for him. 

After that, they went their separate ways. 

The two put purchasing a horse carriage on hiatus until tomorrow. 

They focused on finding a lodging first. 

Looking around the four inns in the place, they picked a place that accommodated their customers with a bath, meals and a two bed bedroom. 

It was the most luxurious and most expensive that cost 50 silver per night. 

That included two meals a day from the branch restaurant with a usage of the bath house. 

It was family run. 

 A couple of around forty and their daughter and son in law who were both twenty. 

 Kenshin and Lana were both hungry so they immediately went to the restaurant after putting their stuff in their room. 

The restaurant was just like the guilds's one for the higher ranked adventurers. 

 To describe it, it would look like the cake shops in Kenshins country. 

 After the two were seen by the son in law and was guided to a table near the window.

The hotel they were staying at was a favourite for high ranked adventurers from silver to platinum as the hotel was connected to the guild so a discount would be given and it seemed that some of them saw the scene at the guild. 

Though none spoke up, they directed gazes of hostility.

It seemed after the scuffle, they bombarded Erica and the staff with questions about what his stats was. 

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Though Erika refused as she didn’t want to trouble Kenshin and Lana (Kenshin inwardly complimented her) they found out from a staff member who was paid to look into it.   the staff member wasn’t caught. 

When they found out about his non-fighter class plus his low fight stats, doubt was seen amongst their faces. 

They didn’t doubt the staff member as she had been doing it for them before, multiple times. 

They began to wonder if Graham really was worthy of the rank of his but his stats were publicly published. 

 It was a coincidence as to how Kenshin and Lana picked this place, their favourite lodging as a place to go to. 

 Ignorant of the glares around her or chose to be ignorant of it, Lana, with a hesitating voice, placed her order. 

 Kenshin chose to follow her example of being ignorant of it as well so he gave an order to the waiter. 

 Ignorance is bliss he inwardly told himself. 

 After the two ate their meal that they were pleased with, Kenshin's atmosphere changed.

 The reason wasn’t because of the hostile gazes that the two chose to ignore. 

 “Waiter-san” (Kenshin)

 Expecting to be given a request concerning food, he frowned after hearing the contents of Kenshins whispering. 

 He rushed off to his in laws. 

 After a minute or so, upstairs, noises of a struggle accompanied with shouts was heard by the people in the restaurant downstairs. 

 The waiter came back to Kenshin with a apologetic face.

 “It seems you were right…. There was an intruder in your bedroom…. I apologise. For lacking in security. Also for allowing the intruder to escape.” (Waiter) 

 Gasp could be heard and people who were wide eyed were the reactions to what was heard. 

 Four people who were on a table adjacent to the two were frowning due to other reasons.

 The next words that came out of Kenshins mouth was, 

 “There were two weren’t they? A tall male of about your size, the other, a female who was a head taller? ” (Kenshin) 

 He said that after giving the group of four adjacent to them a quick glance, something that froze the group of four.

 The waiter, perplexed as to how he came to that conclusion, confirmed that. 

 “Though I couldn’t see their faces because of their mask, one was definitely a woman and the other a man due to their figures. How did you come to that? Do you know something!? Ah! Forgive me for raising my voice!” (Waiter)

 Realising he began raise his voice, he apologised, something that Kenshin responded by telling him not to worry. 

 Gesturing him to come closer, Kenshin whispered to him. 

 “That group of four…. Originally they were a group of six, two left. A male and female.” (Kenshin) 

Kenshin gave him a look as if it said, ‘catch my drift?’

This time, the authorities were involved. 

The group was captured. 

They were all silver ranked adventurers who confessed to having been hired by Graham.

They were told that if they were to steal the gold that Kenshin had, Graham would use his influence to get them promoted to gold quickly. 

Kenshin used the plant ware house to store most of the gold they had got.

What remained in Kenshin and Lana’s room were only their toiletries and clothes. 

----

The day after, someone secretly visited the group who tried to steal from Kenshin in the jail house.

Though for normal people it wasn’t easy, Kenshin was able to go in unnoticed. 

 By staying out of the guards visions with making any sounds, he tip toed, it was more like a walk as his footsteps were already as silent as tiptoes, just behind them. 

That someone arrived at a barred cell big enough to fit around ten people. 

On the cold floor were four women and two men asleep.

Four of them were the accomplices of the thieves.

The other two were the thieves whose appearances were not seen. 

A door opened. 

A woman and two hooded figures entered.  

Looking around the jail room, the three that just entered only saw the four women and two men in the jail sleeping.

The woman was that mage from before who attacked Kenshin. 

Judging from their body outline and way of walking, the two hooded figures were both men. 

They were there to kill the group. 

The two hooded figures started to take out the oil from lamps that were wall mounted and began to quietly spread it around the place. 

When they were finished and the woman mage who was the group lookout peeping out the door to look out for anyone incoming through the corridor gave them the go ahead.

Though it was unneeded as the magic user was able to put the guards sleep, it was a precaution to look out for anyone missed. 

One of the assassins began searching his pockets for the flint that they were going to use for igniting the fire but wasn’t able to find it. 

He asked the other assassin and the magic use if they had a flint with them but shook their head. 

Though they became troubled a bit at how they weren’t  finding the flints they remember they brought, they didn’t panic. 

It could still be ignited by using magic. 

The assassin started to gather mana at his finger and started chanting for the basic fire spell.

 He expected fire to come out of his finger but kept finding it failing to materialise. 

The other two found out that when they tried to use magic, it failed to materialise. 

“Oi! Whats going on?! Why isn’t our magic working? Shit! We don’t have time to look in to that! In 5 minutes the effects of the sleep spell is going to vanish! Find something to light the fuel!” (Mage woman) 

Looking at the two assassins, she gave orders furiously. 

What they didn’t know was that while they were busy with their predicament, someone disabled the sleep magic on the guards at the room beyond this one. 

Killing the targets by using their weapons could be used but their goal was to make it look like an accident so that it would not be traced back to Graham.

They didn’t have a plan B they could go back to when plan A failed.

Though they weren’t amateurs when it came into making their targets have 'accidents', they became over confident because in past missions, they had no need for a plan B to fall back to.

For now, their mission was a fail. 

The woman mage concluded they would assassinate them at a different time but,

“Intruders!?” 

A guard who came in the room through the door that the magic user stopped looking at for a moment  shouted.

After looking around the three figures, he found that lamp oil was spread around the room. 

Thinking a bit more, he pieced together that they came here to assassinate the prisoners who were due to confess in court. 

The three figures who were confused at first at how the guards woke up when they were put to sleep with a magic that would normally last 12 minutes immediately  began to move to take out the guard. 

The guard would lose a battle against assassins with a gold ranked adventurer, the guard knew that so he didn’t stay to fight them but to go call the others. 

Faster compared to the guard’s decision making the assassins already made their moves with their daggers, 

the first blade was already a feet away from the guards exposed back. 

 “Gah!?” (Assasin 1)

The assassin seemed to have tripped and struck his head on to the wooden wall knocking him out.

The second assassin tripped as well and was knocked out as well when he hit his head on the prison bar making ding sound.

 The magic user who stood there and saw the two tripping, before she was able to react had her feet abruptly come together and come up to where her hair was. 

 She hit her head on the floor also that resulted to being unconscious. 

 Her feet that was high in the air was slowly going down. 

 If one was looking clearly and closely, a string tied around her feet would enter the eyes.

 30 seconds after, guards rushed in the room finding the three unconscious with the prisoners slowly waking up.

 There were flints that the perpetrators were looking for near their fallen bodies. 

 They didn’t see or hear the figure moving on the ceiling slowly crawl out of the room and out the place. 

----

In his room, Lana who was preparing to go down to the restaurant greeted him. 

“Hey, how was your walk? Did anything happen?” (Lana)

 Unsurprised at her question he answered with a reply that didn’t seem rehearsed. 

“Ah, not much. Anyway, I found out that Precision Magic Disassembly works on people as well, so that’s something.” (Kenshin)

Though she showed a questioning face, she didn’t bother to ask further.