Chapter 60
"What?" Ben asked as he glanced around the room to see the judgmental looks all the applicants were giving him. "Don't blame me, that's the rules."
"Couldn't something have been done about that? You just shattered his soul and his dreams of being a hunter." Jasmine said as she shook her head in pity, her voice carrying a rare softness in the heavy atmosphere.
"Not my fault that he was too weak to qualify. If I had passed him and he joined the association, do you think he would survive when he came across an advanced tier beast?
He would die instantly and who would get the blame? The association. Or wait! Do you all think it's only beasts we are hunting? Tch!" Ben was clearly about to continue, but Elijah quickly cut him off.
"Just get on with the damned assessment and leave the ignorant fools alone," Elijah said firmly, his tone sharp enough to silence even Ben. The B-ranked hunter could only sigh in response.
"Right." Ben muttered.
