Braylon's breath was caught between his throat and mouth as he looked at Jacob's icy amber eyes while Jacob's hand was placed over his shoulder. Despite wanting to retaliate, he can't.
Although Jacob wasn't holding him like Lawrence, but with how easily Jacob had appeared right in front of him and placed his hand over his shoulder and suppressed Braylon, an extraordinary-tier-6 elf, it was quite apparent that he was the strongest in this room.
No one expected things to escalate to such a point. They only gathered today because of Braylon and came here because of him as well. However, now they were regretting it so much that they wanted to curse Braylon for provoking that death star.
Alas, it was too late now, and even if they wanted to run, after seeing Jacob's speed, they gave up on the idea and were completely silent as they didn't want to get noticed by Jacob at all.
Even the usually arrogant Orville was like a timid mouse and didn't dare to look at Jacob anymore and was doing his best to hide his presence. He finally understood why he was able to join the alliance and why it was the most powerful organization of three hegemonies.
'Is everyone in the alliance a monster?' He thought and felt extreme fear when he thought about how he was scheming against Jacob.
Otto also had the same thought trails as Orville.
At this moment, a crisp voice rang in the silence, and the source of this voice was Jacob's wrist.
"Sir Jack, you have killed a person in the Dark City, which is a violation of the city's three ironclad rules!"
It was the voice of Dark City's AI, Dark Rose, which has the right to monitor anyone with a Dark City Pass. Everyone knows this since it was written in the guidebook.
Everyone's eyes shimmered as they almost forgot where they were standing, the Dark City!
The rules of Dark City were not a joke, as the three hegemonies also had to pay the price if they dared to run rampant in the dark city.
Although Jacob killed Lawrence, who was an alchemy guild member, he killed him inside the dark city. Even if he had done it according to the alchemy guild's laws, he had broken the dark city law while doing so.
Braylon's felt a ray of hope, but he didn't dare to say anything unless Jacob decided to kill him out of annoyance. After all, Jacob's hand was inches away from his throat.
But this didn't mean the others would let this chance go, especially a sly goblin like Orville. His eyes shimmered maliciously as he quickly blurted, "He's also going to kill my mentor! Quickly do something. Send the inner-city guards!"
Braylon's expression wrapped, and his face turned pale like a ghost. He roared, "You beast!" He wanted to kill Orville since his cry for help was nothing but a death sentence if Jacob really decided to kill him now.
"I know, but this matter has nothing to do with Dark City, he deserved to be executed, and I have the authority to execute him. I have done it according to the Alchemy Guild's rules. You can confirm it with White Sage, and if you find any fault, I'm willing to take full responsibility." Jacob coolly stated without any hint of fear.
Now that he was an official member of the guild, he knew he had some authority over branch guild members. Moreover, the guild has to protect him, and since he didn't do anything wrong, even the dark city will not find fault with him.
But if he had done the same thing to any other hegemonies' members without behind their permanent member, no matter how right he was, Dark Rose won't have even bothered to inform him and directly send guards to detain him.
Everyone was dumbfounded by Jacob's nonchalant attitude as he really didn't seem to be bothered by breaking Dark City's rule at all.
But before they could process the entire thing, Dark Rose's voice rang again.
"I have confirmed the credibility of Sir Jack's claim. But you still have to pay 100 ZC as a fine for the violation of the rule of Dark City, and you can't kill anyone anymore for three months, or you will no longer be welcome in the dark city!"
Jacob glanced at his wrist before he said, "Alright."
"Thank you for your understanding. Please enjoy your stay, Sir, Jack!"
With that, the problem was solved under everyone's dumbfounded eyes, but they soon regained their sense and finally breathed in relief after hearing the last words of Dark Rose.
Jacob can't kill anymore, even if he is in the right. Of course, it was the condition that he cared about staying in the dark city.
But they failed to catch the fact that from start to finish, Dark Rose called Jacob with honorific and didn't even mention anything about killing him or detaining him and just said he would not be welcome in the city anymore.
They didn't have time to think about it as well since Jacob again looked at Braylon, who was now looking at him with fear and hope. If he managed to escape with his life today, he would never come back and hide in the inner city as long as this lunatic was here.
With his current state of mind, he also didn't notice the fact that White Sage really stood up for Jacob.
"Heh, do you think I can't drag you out of the dark city? Or do you really think you could save in the inner circle protection after three months? As for leaving the dark city, you guys are a bunch of spineless dogs who were hiding in this place for years without going out, and this might not change anytime soon with all those dark beings wreaking havoc out there.
"Even if you cowards collect some courage, trust me, I'll be there. Waiting for you outside where no one can stop me or find any proof that I did it. I can assure you of that in the least." Jacob's voice became colder and colder until his killing intent enveloped the entire room.
Those alchemists started to tremble while sweating profusely while Braylon, who was experiencing that ghastly killing intent up close, was on the verge of kneeling.
Jacob uttered with a cold smile on his face, "Now, Senior Braylon, you will hand over your authority as the Guild Leader as well as empty your account as well as your storage ring, and I will consider this matter over between us."
He then turned his eyes toward the others and coolly said, "As for you lot, I'll be satisfied with your empty accounts as ramification. Or I can always make your life worse than death. Now, choose!"
