Danmachi: The Sign In System!

Chapter 89 - Jewel Fetus

The murder was tied to the Guild's machinations. 

Fels had discovered the Jewel Fetus and tasked two Familias with retrieving it. 

One was Hashana Dorlia, a Ganesha Familia member—the robust corpse now lying headless in Bors's Inn. 

The other was a female adventurer from the Hermes Familia.

Hashana had secured the Jewel Fetus, and the Hermes Familia's female adventurer met him to receive it. 

After the handover, Hashana's lust got the better of him, and Revis, exploiting the moment, tracked the Jewel Fetus's location. 

Learning its whereabouts, Revis killed Hashana, crushing his head in a brutal display.

The grisly scene fell under Bors Elder's purview as Rivira's manager. 

With Hashana's head obliterated, identifying him by face was impossible, leaving his Falna as the only clue.

Bors had just retrieved a Status Unlock Potion, an illegal concoction made by those with the Mystery Development Ability.

Properly administered, it forcibly revealed a locked Falna's stats and details.

Bors applied the potion, exposing Hasana's Falna. 

Unable to read the sacred text himself, he prepared to find an elf fluent in it.

"Wait, no need. I can read it," Riveria said.

"So can I," Ais added.

Bors paused, then nodded. 

"It's yours, then."

Riveria knelt beside the corpse, examining the Falna, while Ais stood nearby. 

Reading the sacred text, both women's lips parted in shock.

"His name is Hashana Dorlia," Riveria said.

"Ganesha Familia," Ais confirmed.

The name stunned everyone present.

"No way, Hashana?" Bors roared, incredulous. 

"The Hard Fist Fighter?"

The others, though less vocal, were equally shaken. 

Hashana was a Level 4 adventurer. 

His killer had to be at least Level 5—a chilling prospect in Rivira.

Speculation erupted. 

Hashana had arrived with a robed woman yesterday, and his half-naked state suggested he was killed during intimacy. 

This narrowed the suspect pool, with some pointing to the Ishtar Familia's combat courtesans.

Eyes turned to Ais, Tiona, and Tione, all Level 5 female adventurers. 

Riveria was dismissed—elves' renowned purity ruled her out.

Bors and an inn worker scrutinized Tiona's figure, shaking their heads. 

"Not her," Bors sighed.

"Agreed," the worker said.

Tiona fumed, restrained only by Lefiya and Tione's calming words, preventing her from lashing out.

The scrutiny shifted to Ais and Tione. 

Ais ignored it, unfazed. 

Tione, however, exploded. 

"My chastity belongs to Finn! Call me that again, and I'll mince your filthy parts!"

Lefiya and Tiona scrambled to calm Tione, her outburst cowing Bors and the worker into silence.

Bors noticed Tifa and Naaza nearby but dismissed them. 

Naaza, a Level 2 Miach Familia member, lacked the strength to kill Hashana. 

Tifa, adventuring with Naaza, was assumed to be similarly Level 2—adventurers of like strength teamed up, a common rule. 

Lili didn't fit the robed woman's profile.

The commotion fizzled out.

Orsted observed silently. 

Finn and Bors scoured the room, unearthing clues. 

A commission parchment in Hashana's belongings revealed the murder's motive: the robed woman, likely Revis, seduced Hasana to steal the Jewel Fetus. 

Failing to find it, she destroyed his head in rage.

Finn pieced together the events, concluding the killer remained in Rivira. 

He ordered Bors to seal the town and search all adventurers, including Orsted's group.

If Finn lived in a modern world, he'd be a detective. 

Bors, leveraging his authority, locked down Rivira and summoned everyone. 

Adventurers, aware of the murder, cooperated despite grumbling.

Orsted stood with Finn's group, scanning the gathered crowd. 

He felt probing gazes—many from elves, drawn to his aura. 

Riveria, beside him, noticed too. 

She patted his shoulder.

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