Humanity Return

Ch. 159 – Barnum and Isla

“Why haven't we joined Raid Party since the beginning?”

Leinn raised one eyebrow when he heard the question, like he had just heard something strange.

“Because we are not yet a Rank B Party”

“...Eh?!”

It took Damian a few seconds to digest Leinn's words, before understanding what he meant. He took a step back to stop his body from falling backwards.

“Yes, we just completed two missions that raised our Rank Party when news of this situation came in. So how else?”

“Um... but you and Azure Young Master have reached Rank A, right?”

“Ya, but our 3 Party members still had low Rank back then..”.

Damian finally realized what Leinn meant, then took one step forward.

“Actually about it..”

Damian began to explain that in fact, Leinn's Party could directly follow this Large-Scale Mission only with the existences of Leinn and Roland, who had already reached the rank of Rank A Hunter. Aura, Adeline, and Hinata also only need to pass a few quick tests to prove their ability to at least reach Rank B and the five of them will be allowed to follow this mission.

“...there are such exceptions?”

“Yes, this is common when the medium or large scale mission to be launched finally experiences a shortage of members or when the situation becomes more urgent, as it is today”

“Hoh..”.

Leinn nodded his head a few times after hearing that, not expecting there to be such a way they could go through.

“Yes, it happened. My friends also managed to raise their Rank after doing it all”

“Ya..”

Damian finally managed to remove the weight left on his shoulders when he learned those two things. He had already heard rumors about the junior tournament in Red Dawn Academy that showed many obvious geniuses, he said, and he did not expect that the biggest names among them were in the same Party.

He already knew of Roland Azure and Adeline Aimer's fame earlier and became even more amazed when he heard what they could do in that junior tournament. Flameheart's aura also managed to clear the rumors of his incompetence after he had successfully defeated Adeline Aimer in their duel.

He was actually most shocked when he realized the young man before him was none other than the young man who fought a draw with the famous Prince of Lightning. In addition to one unfamiliar name, the Party is completely made up of the new stars of the city of Blazing Sun.

“If there is no problem, you should not need to intervene tomorrow”

“Y-yes..”.

Five humans with Rank A power and four Rank B+ Contracted Beasts, they had combat power equivalent to or more with most Rank A Parties.

“Young Master Leinn, Damian, good afternoon”

A new voice suddenly sounded and shocked Damian, making him instantly turn around and find the black-haired middle-aged man who was walking towards them.

“Oh hey, Barnum!”

“Um..”

Barnum looked a little distracted when he saw the young man who was much younger than him calling out to him very casually, before finally arriving in front of them and only smiling faintly.

“It looks like your condition has improved?”

“Good..”.

Actually Barnum felt a little strange when Leinn said that he was only able to use 10 percent of his energy as a good condition, but he could only say yes.

“Is there really nothing I can help? Our healing medicines are not of the best quality, but they are also not very different from them.”.

“My body is no longer a problem, so there is no need to think about it. How are the injured people doing?”

“The last injured person has just finished receiving treatment, with the wall reinforcement also just finished. All that remains are small problems that already do not need my attention or interference”

Leinn smiled broadly when he heard that and nodded his head, then turned to look towards Damian.

“By the way, do you guys know how to send a message quickly from here?”

“Sending message...? The communication lines that the Hunter Guild and Merchant Guild used were currently unusable due to this emergency.”.

Damian stroked the sword hilt at his waist while thinking that and finally did not remember a single other path that could be worn.

“Huh..”.

And for the first time, Damian and Barnum saw Leinn frowning.

“Ehem..”.

Barnum immediately took one step forward and intended to calm the situation down, thinking that something they said had offended the young man in front of them.

“If it's just a short message, maybe we can do it. Where do you want to send it and in how long..?”.

Leinn's facial expression instantly brightened after hearing that, he immediately jumped up from his seat.

“I want to tell my friend that the request is done. She is the receptionist of the Mission Center at the Red Dawn academy, Isla Garcia”

Barnum immediately became relieved when he heard the reason and began to remember important parts of the content and purpose of Leinn's message.

“Completed requests, academy receptionist, Isla....hm?

He immediately realized one important thing.

“Vsla... Garcia?”

“Yes? Why?”

Barnum started scratching the back of his head to calm his shock, with a puzzled expression beginning to show clearly on his face.

“You are friends... with my daughter?”

“...Oho! So you're his parents!”

Leinn took a step forward and immediately reached into Barnum's hand which still looked puzzled.

“Include once again! I'm Leinn Springleaf, Isla's friend!”