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A man called Sir Parloccino, or the charlatan Parloccino.

Sometimes called ‘the mediator’, he was known as the leader of a mid-level cartel called the Parlocino Cartel.

“I was late to say hello. It’s called Parlocino.

Even though I am lacking in strength, I am leading fellow knights who share the same goal.”

What is famous about the Parlocino Cartel is that they do not engage in cartel activities for their own benefit.

‘I heard he wasn’t a rotten person… … ‘

If most cartels were formed as interest groups, they had no interest in production or financial activities, to the extent that they were not considered bound by it.

However, if you were to engage in brazen activities such as collecting house tax or protection tax, that was not the case.

Rather, they are like vigilantes who lead illegal or harmful acts that occur within their territory.

Rather, the residents in that area were grateful to Parlocino and rewarded him with various items and money to use for themselves, giving him the reputation of being a cartel.

Of course, most of these things are sent back from his subordinates unless they are necessary items such as daily necessities.

“There’s no need to glance at that one too much.

Because I’m talking now”

Seeing Vivian’s eyes glancing at the group behind her, Parloccino was chuckling and smiling kindly.

Another characteristic that can be noticed that way.

The point was that they were an unusual cartel made up of a small number of elites.

Unlike most cartels, which rely primarily on numbers to recruit people and use them as strength, his cartel was famous for accepting almost no people.

There is only one type of person who can join his cartel.

To borrow Parlacino’s words, there were only those who were called ‘charlatans’.

Those who are good, love justice, and have an ideology that seeks to walk the path of righteousness.

If the mind is right, the body will also be right, and those people have no choice but to be strong, so those who are not can’t walk the same path as them.

Literally a minority vigilante group.

That was the behavioral ideology derived from the beliefs of Parlocino, the leader of the cartel.

Surprisingly, the gender ratio is hopeless, close to 8 to 1, but there are women, so the group consists of 15 people of mixed gender.

I heard that women are not combatants, but looking at it like this, that may not necessarily be the case.

In any case, these people, who may not seem like the entire cartel, could be seen as the full force of the Parlocino Cartel.

Even so, he had a record of making the Deckard Cartel, the best cartel in the capital, angry, harassing him for months and running away, only to end up in vain as there was no progress in catching him.

Therefore, it means that with a small number of people, they are skilled enough to be classified as a mid-level cartel.

Considering that the current Vivian also destroyed three small cartels and brought in a total of over 30 people, including Ranie for Yang Dong and additional female beasts, the members of that group must have been even stronger considering that.

“Arbitrator… It is also called…

My role is closer to condemnation.

You threw the balance off.

I couldn’t stand to see such behavior, so I took steps like this.”

“It breaks the balance. On what basis do you say that?

Rather, the people here have been liberated from the cartel.

Because I didn’t fight and win against them just to expand my territory.”

“If there are people who are liberated, there will also be people who will pay attention to them.

In that case, someone will be shed blood in the next fight by someone full of desire.

That is the imbalance that comes from destroying a peaceful situation.”

It was an unusual logic, but it was not entirely wrong.

Vivian was gently raising the corners of her mouth to refute his words, which seemed to refer to peace in the dictionary sense rather than peace in the rational sense.

“It’s sophistry. Is it balanced to just moan in pain while being dominated by someone?

Then wasn’t it time for the famous Parlocino Cartel to step in?”

“The situation before was the best balance at the moment.

There are no more cartels…

Unilateral rule by a minority also does not exist.

As you may know, we are a minority.

It is inevitable that there are places beyond our reach and that we cannot take care of all places.

How about looking at the world with wider eyes, Dosalhee?”

“I’m not sure about that…

I think that nickname is a little annoying.

I didn’t want to do that just because it was me.”

“It’s a title I acquired unintentionally… Is that so…

haha!! Well, maybe that’s how it should be.”

He was laughing heartily as he gently twisted his spear and pulled it out between Vivian and Deborah.

He then retrieved his spear and pointed the tip at Vivian.

“To summarize, you raided three cartels and killed their leaders.

In the future, a bloody fight will break out among the cartel’s subordinates for the position of leader.

Or maybe other mid-sized cartels will clash over an empty house.

Now it’s time to pay the price for destroying that peace and balance… ”

“Stop, Parloccino.”

However, Vivian’s pupils narrowed at the sight of another sword pointing at Parlocino.

“Investigator Deborah. I know that your work is like that.

I also have to do my job.

Aren’t you going to leave the back alley now? ?”

“Disgusting guy… Your attitude of thinking that you are above the strict laws of the land is sophistical.

The unauthorized acts of vigilantism by you and your gang are strictly illegal acts and crimes.

Would you have told me? They say they will arrest you too.”

“If you can, it would be an honor to be captured by a beautiful lady.

However, since you haven’t been able to catch it until now, it will be difficult to catch it in the future.”

“Shut up… !”

Deborah seemed to be very angry at Parlocino’s provocation, but Deborah, who calmly stabbed him with the sword, struck the tip of his spear one after another and crawled into his arms.

Considering the fight I had with the Holy Knight of Sistine before, this sword can be considered quite standard.

First of all, if you just hit the tip of the spear, a spear with an excessively wide range of motion will have no choice but to retreat backwards to inflict significant damage.

However, if it was at a level like that, wouldn’t it just be said that Parloccino got the boss position by making a fool of himself?

As if to prove that this was not the case, Parloccino appeared to be disturbing Deborah by moving the spear in a flashy manner.

He constantly changes the position where he holds the spear, sometimes making it longer or shorter.

Although it is an act that requires a momentary judgment of the situation and speed control to quickly fix the spear and apply force again, Parloccino was able to block all of Deborah’s sword strikes without making a single mistake.

In fact, the spear was a technique so close to magic that it was worthy of its name as the king of all diseases, and even Vivian, who was watching it, could only momentarily stare blankly at the spear movements.

But Vivian was also quickly starting to rush towards Parloccino.

“Quk!! what? I’ll arrest you later, so stay out… !!”

In any case, no matter what direction he went in, he couldn’t handle Parlocino and his gang on his own.

“Don’t you know that the enemy of your enemy is your friend?

First, let’s get that person out of the way first and talk about it!!”

That said, the female beastmen had already run away in the first place, but even if they were there, it wouldn’t be enough to stop them.

As Vivian, who was completely weak and a minority in this situation, there was no solution to this situation other than the method she was thinking of now.

“Tch… ”

Vivian, who joined Deborah and began to focus on disrupting his spear, was dealing with the opponent’s spear with maximum strength in order to pierce Deborah’s sword path, who was clicking her tongue and starting to unite from the side.

‘What’s so hard about the old window theme…’ … !!’

Vivian gritted her teeth and swung the sword as she saw that the old wooden spear, which looked like it was about to break, was able to withstand not only her strength but also the sword strike.

And as if laughing at her, she fell backwards, but then quickly jumped forward and made a futile attempt at Parlocino’s spear, and her chest was stabbed as if touched slightly.

Even if Nemea hadn’t been there, Vivian, who was filled with poison, was accelerating her body even faster due to the strangeness that made her wonder if she would have been scratched, let alone stabbed.

“Me… Play with it… … ?”

Of course, what use is pride in the face of life, but anyway, you will die anyway.

With the intention of giving her a good blow, she was looking sideways at Deborah, who was passing the exam right next to her.

“Go in… !!”

“What… ?”

“Two… three… !!”

While Deborah, embarrassed by the sudden command, rushed forward, Vivian, who had been pretending to hit the opponent’s spear with her sword, threw away her sword with a venomous expression and grabbed the spear.

‘You probably didn’t know this… !!’

Due to his position, Deborah is digging into Parlocino’s arms, so there is no way he could deal with Deborah with his weapons blocked.

The moment Vivian grasped the pole tightly in both hands, a smile appeared on Vivian’s lips.

However, Vivian’s smile did not last long as she felt uncomfortable with the feeling of the spear she was clutching.

‘why… Push, not pull… … ‘

“Ugh… !!”

Parloccino’s action is not to pull the pole away from himself, but rather to push it away.

Because of this, Vivian’s body, which had shifted its center of gravity to withstand the momentary pull, was leaning backwards.

At the same time, the pole that I had unconsciously been holding on to as I fell on my back seemed to have quickly reached the front of my neck.

When she quickly bent her neck to the side to avoid the spear, the spear stuck straight into the ground with a crackling sound.

Parloccino, who had been sticking to the tail end of the spear, defying gravity, flew forward with the spear while avoiding Deborah’s attack, and appeared to be standing on top of it as if he were standing on a pole.

Parloccino was standing about one pole higher than Vivian, who happened to be lying flat on the floor, looking down at her.

“You have no hesitation in throwing your body… …

What would you do if you died doing that?”