Chapter 115: Chapter 114, I Have Evidence_1

The other members sat in the back.

Receiving medical treatment, none of them spoke.

“Steward, we need an explanation for this situation. We can’t set a precedent of desertion in our ranks,” Fisher gritted his teeth and continued speaking. “If we let this slide, who would dare to act as a team in the future? They’ll all run away at the first sight of danger.”

Hearing this, the steward’s eyebrows furrowed tighter.

Although Wu Heng had recently arrived in Lundham City, he did not strike people as someone who feared death or trouble.

Having gained two Level 3 merits within a month of employment and capturing a Level 9 wanted criminal on his second day at work, he certainly wasn’t a coward.

But Team 8 was an old local team; they had no reason to lie.

After a thought, he said: “Let’s wait till Wu Heng returns, and hear his side before rushing to judgement. After all, he was appointed directly by headquarters, he can’t be dismissed that easily.”

Fisher’s eyebrows furrowed, and he continued: “I fear he might have fled after knowing there was a problem.”

Tales of guild members running away after causing trouble were quite common all over.

The steward took a seat, remaining silent.

“Steward, look at what he did to us.”

“He was initially brought in by you.”

Fisher continued to speak.

Team 8 looked really desolate. They would have to rest for a considerable amount of time after getting into this shape.

With a thought, he says, “Issuing a warrant is off the table for now. Let’s temporarily halt all duties of Team 12, until the matter…”

Thump, thump, thump~!

Before he could finish speaking, there was a knock at the door.

Then, the door was pushed open. Wu Heng, together with Bawudong and Basen, breezily walked in.

After glancing at the injured, he let out a hiss and said: “Ay, look at you all. Did you fall? This should count as a workplace injury.”

Everyone in the room was taken aback.

No one had expected that the person we were just talking about would return on his own.

With a cold stare at Wu Heng, Fisher asked: “You had the audacity to abandon your team in the middle of battle.”

“Team Leader Fisher, be careful what you say. Who deserted? Me, the leader of Team 12? Would I run away?” Wu Heng refuted without yielding.

“Where were your men at that time?”

“I wanted to ask you the same thing. I was leading my people to look for clues at the Chaos Stone Bridge. When I looked up, you guys were gone.”

“So where did you go after?” Fisher continued to question.

“Do I need to report it to you? You are the leader of Team 8, not our Team 12.”

“You…” Fisher’s eyes flashed fiercely and he reached for his sword.

Bawudong was one step ahead.

He kicked Fisher’s abdomen, pushing him back two steps.

Crash~!

Immediately after, Wu Heng drew his gun and Basen pulled out his blade and all the members of Team 8 stood up.

“Enough!” The steward suddenly stood up and roared.

If two teams started fighting in a study room, it would be a laughingstock if word got out.

Seeing the members of Team 8 sit back down, Wu Heng also returned his gun to its cover.

The steward continued to ask: “Wu Heng, Fisher said you disappeared during the fight. Can you explain?”

“Steward, I was investigating when I ended up in a fight with the spider swarm. At that time, I didn’t see anyone from Team 8. I came back only to find my horses gone too. If I had fled first, how did they manage to bring back the horses before me? If we hadn’t caught a ride, we wouldn’t even have made it before the city gates closed,” replied Wu Heng.

Things have escalated to this point.

There was no need to save face any longer.

Actually, him being tattled on to the steward by Team 8 was a bit unexpected.

It was like primary school students having a squabble and then turning around to tell the teacher.

Fisher immediately rebutted, “You’re lying! We fought the giant spiders and we didn’t see any sign of your team. That’s why we took the horses back. And yet, look at my injured men. If you fought too, how come you came back so intact?”

Wu Heng could understand Fisher’s point of view too.

Team 8’s severe losses coupled with a failed mission made them divert their anger onto Wu Heng’s team.

Someone had to take the blame, and a new team of just two members seemed the perfect scapegoat.

But this was no one else’s fault. They had refused to share information or provide clues along the way.

But when they got beaten up, they blamed the others for not sticking together.

Of course, both teams knew the truth, but no one would mention it. It came down to who could offer the most persuasive excuse.

There were no voice recordings or videos in this world.

It all depended on how convincingly one could spin the story.

“Wu Heng, offer us an explanation. If you can’t, I will report this to the headquarters and request to have you stripped of your leadership,” the steward finally spoke.

It seemed he was more inclined to believe Team 8’s version.

The casualties lay before him, especially one person who had lost an arm.

Who would have their arm broken just to slander someone else?

“I have evidence,” Wu Heng simply stated.

Fisher watched him, a scoff in his heart. You just became a team leader not too long ago.

From what I remember, it was just the two teams present at that time. What kind of evidence could you possibly present?

“Then present it. I want to see what else you have to justify yourself.”

“Steward, I want to call forth a witness.”

“Alright, make it quick. Don’t beat around the bush,” the steward urged.

Wu Heng nodded, opened the door, and called out: “Mr. Abudu, our steward would like you to come in.”

The door opened, and a middle-aged man who had considerably regained his color walked in.

Seeing all the wounded in the room, he slightly furrowed his eyebrows.

Then turned his gaze to the steward sitting in the main seat.

“Steward Gomez, thank you very much. If it weren’t for you, we wouldn’t have been able to return,” the man said gratefully.

This man was the rescuee that Wu Heng had extracted from the cocoon and the primary objective of this rescue mission.

Gomez’s eyebrows furrowed, immediately understanding the implications.

“We only did our duty,” Gomez continued to ask: “What dangers did you meet?”

The man immediately replied: “We took a commission to collect materials, but were then unexpectedly attacked by a swarm of giant spiders. Luckily you arrived just in time.”

“Ahem~! Who was it that saved you?”

The man was taken aback, “It was Team Leader Wu Heng. What’s the matter? Wasn’t it arranged by the guild?”

“No, we just wanted to confirm. As long as you got back safely, it’s fine. You should go and rest now. Be careful the next time you go out.”

“Okay! Thank you, steward, and thank you, Team Leader Wu Heng. As soon as we’ve taken care of our fellow’s afterlife affairs, we’ll come to express our gratitude,” the man said.

“No need for formalities,” they replied.

The man expressed gratitude repeatedly, then exited the room.

The study room fell silent.

Team 8 was also dumbfounded.

They knew exactly what had happened at the scene.

Did the other party really rescue the person?

How was that possible?

Wu Heng spoke directly: “Deacon, Captain Fisher, what other evidence do you need?”

“You…”

The Deacon, with a loud bang, slapped the table.

He said directly, “Enough, no more embarrassments. Squad No.8, halt your duties, go back and reflect, and wait for the next task allocation. All the rewards for this mission belong to Squad No.12.”

“Deacon, he’s lying,” Fisher still didn’t give up.

Despite his protests, it seemed that he was also a little startled.

Given the strength of the Giant Spider swarm, even if he could not fight them, Squad No.12 would also certainly lose.

How could they possibly bring people out safely?

“Enough, just like that, and you’re not allowed to bother Squad No.12,” the Deacon said brusquely.

Fisher was glaring at Wu Heng, gritting his teeth.

“Did you hear that?” The Deacon asked again.

“Yes!”

“Deacon, aren’t you revoking his captaincy? Accusing a squad member falsely is not a small matter, right?” Wu Heng asked him back.

The Deacon took a look at him and said, “Fisher has made significant contributions to Lundham City. We’re putting this matter on record for now. If something similar happens again, we’ll revoke his captaincy.”

“Fine, I will follow your orders, Deacon. ” Wu Heng did not insist anymore.

It was clear there was favoritism towards Squad No.8.

For his own mistakes, he would have lost his captaincy, they were only suspended from taking missions.

How was this different from a paid holiday?

However, the Deacon had a significant power in this place, so it was better not to stir up too much trouble.

Coming out strong in this confrontation was enough.

“Alright, everyone go back and rest now!” the Deacon waved his hand again.

The two left the study.

Members of Squad No.8 coldly stared at him.

“What? Is there anything more?” Wu Heng looked at them.

“You rescued the people while we led the Giant Spiders away,” Fisher seemed to have figured it out by this point.

With just a few members of Squad No.12, it would be very hard for them to fight off those Giant Spiders.

To put it bluntly, while Fisher was entangled with the Giant Spider swarm, they used some method to stealthily rescue the people.

“What you think is your own business. You’re both badly injured, so it would be better to rest early!”

“Just you wait and see, we’ll be here for a while.” Fisher glared at him.

Wu Heng glanced at him, pushed the door open, and said, “Deacon, Fisher threatened me, he wants to kill me.”

“Shut up, Fisher!” The Deacon’s voice sounded from inside the study.

Fisher’s team left with gloomy faces.

Wu Heng also made his way to the lounge.

…

He returned to the lounge.

Duke was wiping down his battle-axe.

For two missions in row, he hadn’t even had a chance to fight.

He felt like… he was a tour guide, escorting people to a location, then not getting involved in the battle.

The door opened, and Wu Heng walked in.

“Captain, what did the Deacon say?” Duke asked.

Wu Heng told him about how Squad No.8 went to the Deacon to complain about them.

“These people are too bad. Fortunately, we rescued those people, otherwise we really would have been framed by them,” Duke said angrily.

“Yes, although we proved that we did not run away, we did cause a conflict with Squad No.8. Be careful if you meet them in the future.”

“I’m not afraid of them at all. At worst, I’ll just have a fight,” Duke patted his battle-axe.

“Try to have as little conflict with them as possible.”

“I understand, Captain.”

Wu Heng distributed the reward for this rescue mission to him. It was a small gain, after all!

“Alright, it’s done here at the Guild. Let’s go home and rest.”

“Okay, Captain.”

The two of them left the Guild.

…

When they returned to their residential area.

The construction workers had called it a day.

Only the foreman was waiting at the door.

Seeing Wu Heng returning, he came forward with a big smile on his face.

He said, “Captain, all the work is done. You can check it out.”

“Okay!”

They went into the building together.

They took a look from the first floor to the third floor.

The overall layout consisted of a living room, dining room, kitchen, and a bedroom on the first floor. The second floor had two large bedrooms, two small bedrooms, while the third floor was Wu Heng’s private area with a master bedroom, a study room, and a single bathroom.

As they entered the third floor, there was a study room before them.

There was a furry round rug under their feet, dark wooden bookshelves and tables and chairs. On the other side of the wall, there was a landscape oil painting hung.

Although it couldn’t compare with the Deacon’s study, it did have a touch of a cultural person’s vibe.

In the future, sitting here reading a book, who would dare to say he didn’t seem like a mage?

After seeing the study, Wu Heng continued checking the bedroom and the bathroom. Overall, everything was good.

Of course, it couldn’t be compared with a modern environment, but it was definitely several times better than the cramped housing he was renting in a congested area.

Overall, he was pretty satisfied.

“It’s not bad, tomorrow we can go to the Guild to complete the commission,” Wu Heng said directly.

They had collaborated through the Guild platform, so the final payment would be settled through the Guild as well.

This arrangement actually worked well for both parties.

It avoided a lot of trouble in the process.

“Thank you, Captain,” the foreman thanked him.

Wu Heng nodded, “Hmm, if there’s nothing else, you can go!”

“Okay.”

…

All the workers left.

Wu Heng put several Skill Books from his Space Ring on the shelves.

Skeletons with souls could also learn skills from Necromancy.

Moreover, the four Ghost Hags under his command also belonged to the magic faction. He could let them study whenever they had time.

He took out all his living supplies and put them into the wardrobe.

After everything was settled, he headed directly to the Zombie World.

As he exited the building, the first thing he saw was a pile of Giant Spider corpses.