'They are gathering at the adventurers guild as we speak, you have about an hour before they arrive.'
As soon as the words leave my lips, I start walking towards the entrance of the club.
I hear him scrambling behind me while I make my way towards the front door of the building. He is desperate to leave right now before the cavalry arrives. The commotion causes the other patrons to turn and stare at him, but I pay him no mind as I go to leave; my job is done.
'Jason, let me out the back way!'
I can hear him demanding to be let out the back by the bartender, and the bartender is just agreeing with him. I can practically hear him slipping on the floor while trying to climb over the bar so he can go out the back door.
I soon hear the sounds of a door being slammed shut. He is already making his way out of the building, leaving me in the dust.
I knew he would believe me. If I had just walked in there and acted like I was doing him a favour and tipped him off, he wouldn't have listened to me. He would have smelled the scam immediately. So I had him pay me for information.
Information that comes free of charge is easy to dismiss. It's basically worthless. So, if he has to pay for it, it has value. It's no longer the ramblings of some conman trying to scam him by offering a free trial first.
As I walk out the front of the building, I take a huge breath of the night air. My adrenaline at having just conned that thieving scumbag out of 8 silver, knowing that I will later profit from his capture, has made me a very very happy man.
I can't help but feel some level of vindication. Criminals ruined and ended my previous life. They exploited me for money, and when they couldn't get anything else out of me, they disposed of me. Now I am doing the same to that scumbag.
I conned him out of his ill-gotten gains, and I will get paid once again later tonight. The thought pleases me so much that I had to mention it twice!
I know I am going to get paid because I can hear the voice of an angry man echoing through the city. I imagine he is currently being pinned to the floor by my buddy Thorne and his harem of irresistable beauties.
I decide that the best course of action is just to wait right here, as they will need to come this way to make their way to the adventurer's guild anyway.
I barely have to wait a minute before I turn to my left and see Nico, his hands behind his back, in some sort of handcuffs. He is also gagged, which brings great delight to me, as I did not want to return to the adventurer's guild listening to him bitching and moaning.
I walk over to join the group, and Nico's eyes go wide at the sight of me. He obviously realises he's been had, and he is furious! He starts thrashing about and screaming something, although nothing he says makes sense because his gag is muffling his words.
He shuts up real fast when magical mil.... Lilian, produces a ball of flame in her hands out of nowhere.
By this point, I am numb to the fact that yet another cliche has appeared. Magic! She is holding a fireball. This world has magic! Of course it does, I honestly expected this considering her and her sister-wives are all dressed like fantasy witches. Only a few more tropes to go and I will complete my bingo card.
Thorne sees me approaching and when I get close enough he gives me a few hard slaps to the shoulder. 'Hahaha kid. I knew you could do it! Great job!' He is in a very good mood, and honestly I don't blame him.
That whole process took me less that 25 minutes to get in, have a drink, spew out some bullshit, collect some coins and leave. All he had to do was wait outside the back of the building and jump the little rat-turd when he tried to flee.
Him and his wives continue to congratulate and thank me until we get back to the guild. It's quite a bit quieter now that the sun has gone down, but there is still one counter open. Maybe they are open 24 hours because of adventurers travelling all times of the day.
We take the bound and gagged Nico over to the counter, and Thorne puts down the bounty paper. The attendant gives it a check, pulls out some kind of paper and signs it. She then hands it to Thorne who signs it too and gives it back.
She tells us to wait a moment and disappears up the second story stairs onto the balcony above. She returns 2 minutes later with a shitless muscular man who appears to be in his 30s. My guess is that he was staying in the adventurers dorms upstairs, and for whatever reason, she went to wake him up.
The dude doesn't even have shoes or a shirt on, but he come barreling down the stairs like a bat out of hell and stops in front of Nico. He looks him over a little and then looks at Thorne. Thorne gives nico a little shove towards the newcomer. 'Just don't kill him.'
The newcomer starts to brutally beat the bound and gagged Nico. I'm guessing that this is the adventurer whose mother was mugged. My assumption that he wouldn't make it back in one piece is correct, as the now severely swollen face of my criminal friend falls to the floor, unmoving.
Nobody really pays him any mind though, as there is money to collect. Thorne has counted out his 55 silver coins from the bounty money that is on the counter, and he has left me 5 of them, and the wanted poster he had put on the counter.
'The rest is yours kid.' I walk over and scoop up the 5 coins, fold the paper neatly, and stuff everything into my pockets.
Ding!
[Class unlock: Bounty Hunter]
[Requirements: Receive payment for aiding in the capture of a wanted criminal]
My eyes go wide at the realization that tonight's escapade has resulted in me receiving another class.
'You got the class, right kid?'.
Thorne must have known this was going to happen. This confirms my suspicion that the unlock conditions of some classes are well-known. Seeing as how I transmigrated here from another world, I know nothing about it really. Except for my superficial knowledge I got from testing things lying on the bed earlier, I am totally ignorant of classes and the systems here.
Standing over a swollen-faced and wheezing Nico, Thorne I and exchange a handshake. I say goodbye to him and his harem of lovely wives, and make my way back to the Inn.
I got 8 coins total from conning Nico, plus another 5 for helping to bring him in. That now leaves me with close to 16 silver coins! Now the path forward is clear for me. Get stronger, hunt bounties, and get paid!