Wanted Again

As the only city on the Ice and Snow Wilderness, Eskil City, like other cities, possessed a complete system of governance. Yet Eskil City's ruling system was not only complete, but exceptionally powerful, for this place seemed to be where the civilization and savagery of this age met and fused.

Powerful tribes from the Ice and Snow Wilderness, sword-bearing merchant lords from the Ewindara Archipelago, and people who had come to the Ice and Snow Wilderness with all manner of purposes all gathered here. To rule such a city naturally required a powerful system of governance. And within that entire system, the most formidable, the most intimidating, and the weightiest force was undoubtedly its organs of violence.

Eskil City's police department was precisely such an organ of violence. The police here differed from those elsewhere, because all Eskil City police had another title—Wilderness Bounty Hunters. Few who committed crimes in Eskil City could escape the pursuit and killing of these Wilderness Bounty Hunters. All of Eskil City and the port district by the sea lay under their jurisdiction. Once one left that boundary, even murder was no longer any concern of theirs.

The rain had stopped. Yellow cordons had been strung up outside the alley, and a squad of police officers in black uniforms surveyed the scene with grave expressions. Judging solely from the evidence at the scene, the killer had unquestionably been an expert. A Level 6 Warrior had been slaughtered here like a chicken or a dog without even the strength to fight back. As a result, every officer felt as though they were facing a great enemy.

"Very troublesome..." A policeman in black riding boots crouched beside the corpse and examined it for a long while before finally shaking his head and rising. "This unlucky fellow