90 In the Middle of the Night. (2/2)
”Tch! I will deal with you later.”
Ozul's behavior further annoyed the brown-haired man. Still, since he had done nothing wrong and was not even interfering in his business, the man focused his attention on Irvin.
”This is my last time asking you, you old bastards! Give me all the artifacts!”
”I had never agreed to any of such requests before joining.”- Irvin fiercely argued.
”You don't have a choice, Irvin. You guys either die or hand over the artifacts.”- The man threatened as he took out a small dagger from his clothes, motioning towards Haley.
When Irvin noticed the danger, he brought his hands in his clothes in an attempt to use whatever he had at his disposal to get out of the situation.
Irvin was not a Mage or a Fighter, but he did have some Magical Items hidden in his clothes.
The middle-aged man, on the other hand, was a Rank-5 Fighter, as Ozul had perceived. Before that man could move forward, he heard the voice;
”Stop it. I'm interested in these people. Don't go ruining everything.”- Ozul said with a calm voice and did not even try hiding that he was curious about the old couple.
”Huh!?”
”Who are you to stop me, kid!?”- Though the man was not a Mage, he could still perceive that the kid was only an 'ordinary kid' without any Mana.
”Oh, me? I'm a Silver Rank Mercenary.”- Ozul 'introduced' himself and showed the silver badge on the right side of his t-shirt.
He had put the badge on after Blaze and Raven had been promoted to Gold Rank. Not only him, he even forced the duo to wear the Gold Rank badges!
He did it all, just so Blaze and Raven would receive all the attention, while he would be ignored. It would indeed be a blessing when people don't have their attention on him.
”Hmph! Everyone knows that you can get that badge even if you party with someone who is a Silver Rank Mercenary! You think that I'm a fool!?”- The man barked at Ozul.
”Eh? I never said that you're a fool... Just told you that I'm a Silver Rank.”- Ozul tilted his head and looked at the man as if he was some kind of an idiot.
”Drom, Stop i-” Irvin called out to the man to stop, but the man named Drom did not listen to him.
”YOU!!! You dumb shit!”- Drom, the brown-haired man, was about to charge at Ozul in anger, but before he could even take a step, he fell on the floor...
*Gurgle...*
His body convulsed in pain, but the man could not even yell as all that came out of his mouth was some gurgling voices. After a few seconds, he stopped moving, as the lounge regained its silence.
Irvin was shocked out of his mind as he could not make heads or tails of the situation. Why had Drom, a Rank-5 Fighter just suddenly dropped dead on the ground.
However, when he looked at the calm face of Ozul, moving his hands through the silky smooth hair of Jinx, Irvin and Haley realized who was behind this event.
”You! You don't know what you have done!”- Irvin looked at Ozul with annoyance clear on his face.
”You made a mess out of the situation! Their people would now keep coming after us!”- In a fit of anger, Irvin even forgot that it was Ozul that had protected them. If not for him, things might have turned out worse for them.
Irvin didn't realize this. However, Haley, who had been beside him all this time, knew what to do.
”Calm down, Irvin! Do you think we would have been all fine if he had not interfered?”- Haley fiercely spat at him.
”This...”- Irvin wanted to retort. However, no matter how much he thought, he couldn't find anything wrong with her statement.
He had his head bowed down in shame when suddenly the sound of footsteps could be heard just outside the hotel. It was in the middle of the night, and there were hardly any people outside, so the noise attracted their attention instantly.
”Hurry up, you fool! why is it taking so long just to deal with those old farts!?”
The high pitched voice rang out in the now silent lounge as the figure of a woman wearing some revealing clothes appeared in their view.