episode_0073

Lian’s room was right next to the room she was staying in.

Unlike Lian’s room, which was decorated like a bedroom, this place was decorated like a luxurious living room.

A muscular man slightly taller than a dwarf was standing by the marble sofa, with a poem on his lips.

“Are you telling me that you haven’t been able to handle children’s play until now?”

“W-Well… each one of them is stronger than most skilled individuals…”

Thud!

The muscular arm threatenedly struck the sofa. The sound of the impact could be heard echoing from the sofa.

“At such a crucial time, how can you not get rid of a shoddy organization formed by these kids? Take hostages, set traps, bring in strong mercenaries and wipe them all out, no matter what it takes!”

“Yes, yes!”

Dwarf Boss.

Although he was much smaller in stature than an ordinary person, his nickname was given due to his charisma and cruelty as he held the position of boss in a large organization.

‘Why do these bothersome little pests show up and bother me just when we are in the middle of a war with the Deviants, tsk.’

The man spat deeply after sticking the poem into his mouth.

‘The leader of this kid’s gathering seems quite handsome… If I put him on the market, he’d be quite useful. Or maybe I’ll just keep him for myself. Hehe..’

The man chuckled inwardly and shouted to the subordinate standing against the wall.

“Go and bring some alcohol.”

Following his command, the subordinate left, and just as the man was about to light another poem.

Kwaaang!

With a loud explosion, the wall of the lodging where he was staying burst open.

“C-Calm down!”

“Meowww!”

Amidst animal-like cries, Jess emerged through the dust, water dripping from her head to her thighs, wearing only a shirt and crouching while glaring at something.

“W-What’s…?”

The startled boss was speaking when suddenly, white steam rushed into the room. The steam, which had filled the bathroom, overflowed into the boss’s room.

Thanks to that, everything below Jess was completely covered. In the world of comedy, it was a natural law, but in this world, it seemed very alien.

Suddenly, as the wall broke and a stranger entered, a white mist rushed in, enough to obscure the view.

From the boss’s perspective, with many enemies around, it was natural to consider the opponent as an enemy. He exclaimed as he sprang up from the sofa, “It’s the enemy! Come out quickly!”

As his words ended, the tightly closed door creaked open. It was his escort team. The boss said irritably, “How could such a commotion happen and you barely come out!?”

“What… I couldn’t hear anything inside!”

“Did you even use sound-blocking magic? Ha, I prepared in earnest just to catch one!”

The boss chuckled vilely as he looked at the mist flooding the adjacent room and a silhouette darting through the mist.

Before they knew it, the mist filling the room had risen up to the boss’s chin. By the standards of an average person, it had risen just above the thighs.

“I don’t know what you’ve prepared, but you won’t leave here alive. Hey! What are you looking at! Catch that guy now!”

“Yes!”

The escort who had drawn their swords behind the boss rushed towards Jess, who was running around the room with a determined expression.

Squeak!

When the silhouette moved closer, a gray-furred mouse leaped into the air and landed on the face of one of the escorts.

“Eek! Prey!”

Crouching down, Jess chased after the fleeing mouse on all fours. She extended her sharp claws, intending to tear the fallen mouse on the man’s face. Just before Jess’s claws touched the mouse’s body,

Snap!

The mouse left a cry and jumped to another place. However, Jess’s nails were already in a swung state and couldn’t stop.

“Ack!”

Jess’s nail made a long wound on the man’s face. It was too strong of an attack to be scratched by a street cat or dog, and the man fell pouring blood.

With eyes fixed on the prey, Jess flew to where the mouse had fled, using the fallen man as a stepping stone. The mouse was stuck behind another man’s back.

“Ack!”

“Aaaack!”

“Ugh… Wait… Cough cough!”

Screams filled the air, and guards fell one by one, swallowed by the white mist.

“Darn it! What are you doing? The opponent is just a brat at best!”

As the guards were quickly taken care of as if swallowed by the white mist, the boss trembled at the end of his words. He took out an expensive scroll from his bosom.

“Darn it… darn it…”

His gaze constantly chased after the silhouette running swiftly through the mist, looking as if his eyes would burst with blood vessels.

Squeak-.

Along with the mouse’s cry, a gray mouse popped out in front of the boss.

“Eek…!”

As the boss stiffened, about to tear the scroll in his hand.

“Stop.”

“Kkeng!”

With a gentle voice like rolling marbles, a red-haired assailant appeared in midair.

“Bro, I caught this.”

“Iris, well done!”

Even before the guards were attacked, Lian tried to head to the adjacent room to block Jess, but she couldn’t easily get close, as Jess was leaping around below.

As she got closer, she stumbled over clothes that were not visible (Iris caught her). Somewhere, a piece of clothing flew and covered her face, obstructing her view.

Amidst the continued screams of the guards, she inevitably asked Iris to hold Jess.

“Jess, you should wear your clothes properly when walking around!”

“Y-yes… I’m sorry, Juin-nim…”

Lian scolded with a firm voice, and after regaining his composure, Jess apologized with his ears perked up.

Tuk.

When Jess calmed down, Iris released him from her grip. Iris, who came out neatly washed and dressed in elegant clothes, was stunningly beautiful despite her young age.

“Hmm…”

The man holding the scroll looked at Iris absentmindedly.

‘Ah, truly beautiful. More beautiful than any I’ve ever taken before!’

Iris was so beautiful that it made Boss, who would usually curse and swear immediately, look away. He spoke, containing emotions that should not be shown in his eyes.

“Hey, if you destroy someone else’s escort and mess up their room, you have to pay the price.”

“Oh, I’m sorry!”

After Jess got dressed and was able to walk around properly, Lian, scratching the back of his head, stepped into the room where Boss was.

“Our kid caused trouble. Oh, I’ll ask about the hospital bill.”

Boss laughed heartily at Lian’s seemingly impossible mild attitude and smile.

‘That guy is such a pushover.’

He relaxed his tense body and spoke with a mocking attitude.

“Just because you got a few pennies, you’re leaving? After causing such a big loss?”

“Oh, well…”

As he expected, when he threatened, the other person looked as helpless as a pushover. Swallowing dry saliva, Boss scanned Iris as if licking her.

“Well, if you hand over that silver-haired girl over there, I’ll let this go.”

…

At Boss’s words, Lian widened his eyes and slightly opened his mouth. His expression had changed strangely due to the absurdity of the words. Boss fixed his gaze on Iris and spoke with a leering look in his eyes.

“I’ll personally take care of you and treat you well. You’ll be happy too. If you want clothes, I’ll give you clothes, if you want jewelry, I’ll give you jewelry! Whatever you want, just ask! You just need to be pretty on the bed -…”

Crack!

The man collapsed on the ground, unable to speak, his face pixelated. Iris widened her eyes and looked towards Ryan. Ryan stood with a contorted expression, as if he had thrown something.

“Who the hell dares to… Ah.”

He spat out a curse and then came to his senses. With trembling eyes, Ryan looked at the pixelated boss who had collapsed on the ground. The boss had a beautiful dark sword stuck in his head.

“Uh, well…”

Ryan hesitated for a moment and then approached the boss. He was chillingly dead.

‘Well, it’s normal to kill each other in dark fantasy, so it should be okay. Yeah, that’s right.’

Sweating profusely due to his impulsive actions, he tried hard to justify himself.

‘But… the residents of the dark fantasy world are really fragile. They die from things like this.’

Swish.

As he pulled out the dark sword, he heard the whining sound of Gargantua.

[ Ugh, why does this blood taste so bad? I want to rinse my partner’s mouth, so give me some blood! ]

‘You don’t even have a mouth.’

[ That’s what I’m saying! ]

‘I’ll give you blood later. You caused such a big commotion… we might need to flee.’

With those words, he returned the dark sword to his back and hastily grabbed his belongings and left the inn. As fighting and raiding were everyday occurrences, as soon as a loud noise was made, the innkeeper had vacated the place, as overheard from passersby whispering.

Anyway, he quickly left the inn and departed from the land of Jisoo.

***

A few days later, Noah set up a nest in the city of Cardishan, which was in ruins.

“What? The organization is collapsing? Why?”

“The boss was attacked and killed in another area. There is internal strife over the next boss position.”

“This is an opportunity… before another organization intervenes, we will sweep them away and take over that land.”

With Ryan’s help, Noah’s organization began steadily swallowing up the underworld.