76 – Rian Appears in Deviatan!
“…It seems like you’re not interested in what I have to say.”
With occasional ominous laughter, Noah quickly realized that Bian’s boss was not interested in what she had to say. It made her feel bad, but it wasn’t just a loss.
Bian, an organization with exceptional strength, even though its leader was lacking in intelligence. It was a time when Noah could clearly see what kind of person the boss of such an organization was. That alone was a great harvest.
“Oh, I can’t believe that.”
Bian’s boss tried to maintain his expression belatedly, but Noah had no intention of continuing the conversation any longer. She spoke in a firm voice.
“Alright then. We’re both busy people, so let’s part ways here.”
“Well, will it go as you wish?”
A considerable amount of time had passed since the signal was given. By now, they would have had time to capture the hostage and still have time left. With a grotesque smile, Bian’s boss said,
“It seems like you brought someone quite precious to Room 2024. Is it your lover?”
“….! Damn it!”
Noah, who quickly grasped the situation, stood up from his seat.
The person waiting in Room 2024 was Lily. It was a rule that when the bosses of the two organizations met, they should not bring other members from their respective organizations, but it was a rule that was rarely followed.
This was because it was too risky to meet unarmed in a situation where you never knew when the other party would strike from behind. On the other hand, openly mobilizing members of the organization could be seen as a declaration of war.
Therefore, it was customary to scatter members of the organization around without drawing too much attention and to meet while being cautious of each other. But Noah had no intention of doing that.
There was not a single person in his organization stronger than Noah. The members he brought along could instead become a burden. Noah even planned to leave behind Nero, who had offered to accompany him as his escort.
No matter how strong Noah was, there was no one who would listen to him calmly saying that he would go alone into enemy territory.
Due to the tremendous resistance, Nero, who was strong enough to be counted on his fingers in the organization, reluctantly became his escort, and Lily decided to wait on the lower floor in case of any unexpected situations.
It was such a sudden decision and because they were moving in a small group, Noah, who had been at ease, bit his tongue and thought.
“I expected it, but there was a spy in the organization. And one of the executives, at that.”
Otherwise, there would be no way for the story about Lily to spread. He cursed inwardly at his own naivety. He wanted to run out of the room right away, but it would be foolish to show his back to the enemy right in front of him.
Noah leaned back on the sofa with a cold expression and drew out his sword that he had placed on it.
Swoosh.
Even in the face of the threatening sound, Bian, the boss of Bian’s organization, only smiled strangely and didn’t back down. She raised her index finger and lightly shook it from side to side as she spoke.
“Oh, no, no. I didn’t say anything without taking any precautions, did I?”
“…What did you do to my subordinate?”
Noah asked in a harsh voice, and Bian, the boss of Bian’s organization, replied nonchalantly.
“hahahahat! Now we can communicate! First, sit down, sit down and let’s continue our conversation -“
Before she could finish her sentence.
Crash!
“aaah!”
“aaah!”
With the sound of something breaking and shattering, a dull thud was heard. At the same time, screams echoed from outside the inn.
It was the sound of people screaming and stepping back as something fell in front of the inn. Someone raised their voice.
“What kind of bastard throws a corpse on the street!”
In this place where morals and laws failed to function properly, people only cursed at the absurd act of throwing a corpse at passersby and didn’t particularly get angry about someone dying.
Bian’s boss instinctively felt a sense of danger from the commotion coming from below. As her lips tightly closed, her gaze turned towards the window, and the voice that had been annoyed suddenly changed to a frightened one, shouting.
“Oh, oh my! Aren’t those the Orc Brigade guys?!”
“Ugh! I-it’s true! Looks like a fight between organizations! R-run away!”
“Wowww!”
The corpse outside, the Orc Brigade.
It was a message telling her that the order she had given had failed. Noah made a relieved expression and then gestured to Nero, who was standing behind her. It meant for him to go down first.
Thud!
Bian’s boss didn’t stop Nero from running out. She just silently stood up, veins popping in her eyes.
“These idiots! No one can do anything properly!”
As she growled, her clothes began to tear with a thud! Her body swelled up to a size that would remind one of a werewolf, and Noah tightened her grip on her sword.
“Rraaah! I’ll take care of this mess! No one will be able to return alive!”
The fight between the two bosses began.
***
At the same time, Bathroom in Room 2023.
“hehehe.”
After a pleasant soak in the bathtub, I came out humming a tune unconsciously. With a lazy smile on my face, I opened the bathroom door slightly, grabbed my clothes, and quickly closed the door.
“Hmm? What’s this piece of wood?”
I glanced at the clothes that had wood dust and small broken pieces of wood on them, and lightly brushed them off.
“Did some dust get in? I should close the windows.”
Thinking so, I put on my clothes. Since I had just put the dark sword back on my palm, I put a towel on my head and left the bathroom.
“Sorry, did I take too long? It’s been a while…”
Lian, who was speaking with a gentle smile, slowly lost her words.
Jess, who had been rubbing the floor with clothes that seemed to have come from who knows where, looked up at me and froze, making a guilty puppy-like expression.
Iris, standing in front of the shattered window, looking at me, with a desolate expression.
The floor covered in blood and the broken door, beyond which several bodies were lying. I pointed towards the corridor with trembling hands and said,
“Ah, Ah, Iris, Ho, Hoksina. I’m asking because of that…”
“They suddenly came and tried to attack, so…”
“You did well! You did really well!”
In response to Iris’ murmuring words with a sullen face, I immediately gave her a thumbs up.
“You did… well! But… let’s get out of here now! If we cause such a big commotion, those gang bosses in this area might show up!”
Sirens started blaring in my head. I hastily grabbed my belongings and put Jess on my side (Jess: Huh…?), and with my other hand, I firmly held Iris’ hand as we jumped out through the broken window.
Thunk!
The three bodies piled up below served as cushions.
“Ugh… those, those ruthless ones!”
“Those young ones who brought down the Orc Brigade…”
From a distance, those who were looking towards the inn either marveled at Lianne’s cruelty, using the corpses as cushions, or shrunk their shoulders at the appearance of a new strongman.
I immediately turned my body and entered the inn. I came face to face with the innkeeper, who was escaping with his belongings.
“Ah!”
Only after seeing the innkeeper’s reaction did the children realize that they were covered in blood. I handed Jess over and handed a gold coin to the innkeeper.
“I had a little accident upstairs…some furniture got damaged. This is compensation for that.”
“Huh.”
The innkeeper quickly nodded his head, seemingly satisfied with the compensation.
“Well, I’m busy now…”
Thud, clatter!
Hearing the sounds of a fight from upstairs, I thought my guess was correct and took out a robe from my bag and put it on the children before putting one on myself.
However, the robe I took out this time was a common mercenary robe. Since I had caused an accident, a conspicuous and high-quality robe would not be helpful.
With the help of the innkeeper, I left the inn through the back door and ran towards the east, the opposite direction of the inn.
After running for a long time that felt like moving from one end of the city to the other, I stopped my footsteps. Looking at the distinctly different atmosphere from the previous area, it was clear that a different alley boss was in charge here.
Feeling relieved by that fact, I looked around.
“Hey, you there.”
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At that moment, a voice mixed with a dispute reached my ears. Upon hearing the dispute that came as soon as I stopped running, I hesitated whether I should run again to avoid getting involved in an annoying situation.
“You guys are here to participate in the Black Assembly too, right? It’s about time to start, so hurry up and go.”
“…?”
Feeling skeptical about the unexpected story, I stared blankly at the man. The man snorted and spoke.
“There isn’t a single person who would pick a fight with someone running at full speed, so stop staring and go to the Black Assembly already.”
The doubts about the Black Assembly were not resolved, but I was grateful that we didn’t get caught up in any trouble and started looking for a new inn with the children.
“Oh, that inn looks good. Shall we go there?”
“Anywhere is fine as long as Oppa is there.”
“Me too!”
Seeing Jess wagging his tail and Iris’s robe fluttering, I couldn’t help but laugh. I headed to the inn with the children.
“Well then, let’s start the Black Assembly.”
…Of all places, it was a place where something like the Black Assembly was taking place.