Chapter 271: With Love (4)
Translator: miraclerifle
Editor: Borderline Masochist
Charge.
That word made Choi Han’s serious expression become even more serious. He activated his aura even stronger this time.
“T, t, this-”
The Action Leader could not speak properly.
That thing that looked like a snake, no, a dangerous devil, was definitely aura.
‘Why is a sword master appearing in a back alley like this?’
The Action Leader’s eyes started to move quickly.
The enemy numbered approximately 20 people.
It was a very small number.
There were around 100 people in this base right now, so based on numbers, their side had five times as many as the enemy.
However, the enemy had a sword master with them.
“Branch manager-nim, don't they seem to be the real Arm?”
The Action Leader did not respond to the chief’s question, however, he had reached the same conclusion in his mind.
Arm was the Eastern continent’s greatest ruler of the underworld.
Even the Mostue minions knew about Arm. That was why it was possible to think, ‘Arm would have a real sword master within their ranks.’
Of course, he had also thought that they might not be the real Arm.
‘Then why would a sword master put on such a shabby outfit and pretend to be Arm?’
A sword master was guaranteed to have a high rank no matter where they went.
Why would someone like that use such a weird tone while speaking and wear such shabby clothes to come here?
It was the moment that the Action Leader’s mind was becoming a complicated mess.
Cale heard a voice in his head.
- Human! Human!
It was Raon's voice.
- Human! I will do good deeds too! I will save the Eastern continent!
‘He’s such a selfless Dragon.’
Raon was a completely different Dragon than the one that Cale had read about in ‘The Birth of a Hero,’ that ended up going berserk.
‘Well, I guess that is Raon Miru.’
It was like how he was not the real Cale Henituse, but was now Cale Henituse. It was the same type of thing.
Cale nonchalantly responded to Raon.
“Go find the money.”
At that moment, the bandits who were with Cale flinched and looked toward him. The former bandit leader showed the greatest reaction.
“Ah, I'm not talking to all of you. All of you just charge forward.”
Cale casually ignored the bandits’ responses. The bandits and the bandit leader wondered who Cale was talking to if it was not to them, however, they did not ask.
Cale ignored the bandits and continued to speak.
“Find the jewels as well.”
Find money and jewels.
Raon responded to Cale's comments.
- Human! Are we taking the bad money from the bad guys? I thought you were weird these days, but you really are a good person!
Cale casually added on.
“I'll give you three gold coins.”
Silence filled Cale's mind for a moment. However, an excited voice soon returned.
- ...I’ll do it! Human, I'll work very hard!
“Take On and Hong with you as well. All three of you will get three gold coins each.”
- Human, just wait! I am great and mighty, so I will be able to find it quickly! I will find everything!
The Dragon that was the greatest detection device in the world started to move.
The enemy started to move as well. The Action Leader shouted one more time, however, his expression was now calm and determined.
“Are you really Arm? Why are you ambushing our branch like this?”
Cale was about to respond. Unfortunately, Choi Han, who had received the command to charge forward, was a bit faster. He took one step and confidently answered back.
“We. Are. The. Real. Arm.”
‘Aigoo.’
Cale subconsciously put a hand to his forehead while the only person who was not shocked by this quickly moved.
Mount Leeb's former bandit leader stepped in front of Choi Han and shouted. His action looked effortless, however, his eyes were looking back and forth at the masked Choi Han and Cale before quickly figuring out what to do.
“Ahahahaha! You stupid bastards! Can’t you tell by looking at us?”
The former bandit leader pointed at the white star and red stars on his chest and shouted.
“We are the Real Arm! We came to destroy you! Kahahahahah!”
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The former bandit leader who was almost as large as Toonka ran toward the gate. He was so energetic that the entire ground was rumbling. The Action Leader who was shocked by the former bandit leader shouted to his crew.
“Close the gate!”
Screeeech- boom!
The members who were near the gate quickly closed the gate. They were able to act so quickly because they had been anxious about how Arm had been growing their influence these past few months and had been prepared.
“Perfect! They will not be able to crash through the gate!”
The Action Leader immediately pointed to three members.
“You, you, and you! Immediately go to the boss, the first branch manager, and the Mercenaries Guild! Tell them about what is happening!”
A sword master had appeared.
It would not be enough to just get a battle squad over.
It was at that moment.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
He could still hear someone running from outside the iron gate.
‘He’s not stopping?’
It was the moment the Action Leader’s pupils shook.
Baaaaang!
A loud noise filled the area.
At the same time, a part of the iron gate warped.
Anybody could tell that it was the mark of an axe. A piece of the steel broke off from the impact of a large axe. They could hear loud laughter coming from outside the gate.
“Kahahahaha! The Real Arm only charges forward! We will destroy anything in our way! We will only charge forward, forward I tell you! Kahahahaha!”
The Action Leader subconsciously commented back.
“You damn crazy Arm bastards.”
At the same time, someone else let out a quiet gasp of admiration.
“Oh.”
It was Cale.
‘He really is a witty one.’
Cale was very satisfied with the former bandit leader’s actions. This was how you made a mess.
Choi Han also realized something while watching the former bandit leader. The former bandit leader who was about to swing at the iron gate with his axe one more time peeked over while trying to see Cale’s reaction when he made eye contact with Choi Han.
Choi Han commented the moment they made eye contact.
‘You, d, devil-like bastards!”
It didn’t matter if they were from Arm or not anymore.
‘Will I be able to survive?’
A sword master and poison. He could not help but be full of fear. The branch manager could see the man with reddish brown eyes who was protected by the sword master crouching down in front of him.
“The devil?”
He seemed to be upset after being called the devil. He then continued to speak as if it was an unfair assessment.
“We are people who love peace and justice.”
The branch manager feared this man who was speaking bullshit. Why?
It was because the red fog got closer and closer to him as the man started to smile more.
However, he could not move.
The sword master’s black aura was at the tip of his neck.
“Oo, oo, oo-”
The fog reached up to his neck.
The branch manager was filled with fear when the man with the reddish brown eyes suddenly started to walk. The branch manager’s eyes opened wide.
Baaaaang!
A small explosion soon occurred.
“H, how did he know about that!”
He was so shocked that he even forgot about the poison in front of him.
Cale, the man with the reddish brown eyes, stood by a wall in a corner of the branch manager's room when a mana orb suddenly appeared and destroyed a portion of the wall.
A small room appeared from behind it.
A secret room.
It was a place that only the boss and the top five ranking branch managers knew about.
It was a place with all sorts of documents and dirty money.
The enemy had accurately aimed for that spot.
The branch manager made eye contact with Cale.
‘A mana orb. Is he a mage?’
The branch manager recalled the mana orb and questioned the man’s identity, however, that was not the issue. He peeked at the red fog before urgently starting to shout.
“How did you know about that! Unless someone tells you about it-”
The Action Leader suddenly stopped talking. He recalled what he had just said.
‘Unless someone tells you about it.’
Yes, this was someplace you could not know about unless someone told you about it.
Only the boss and the top five ranking members knew about this place. The top seven ranking members originally knew about it, however, two of them had died in battle against Arm when their territories had been lost.
“Perhaps?”
‘Is there a spy within our ranks?
A spy within the top five ranking members, or perhaps even the boss?’
The branch manager who was the fifth ranking member and also an Action Leader looked toward Cale whose eyes started to curl up from smiling.
Cale looked toward the branch manager and told him the truth.
“You're right. Someone told me.”
- He’s right! I told him! I am the great and mighty Raon Miru! I did not do it faster than usual because of the three gold coins! I did it faster because I am even greater now!
Cale could hear Raon's voice, but the branch manager could not. The branch manager started to become suspicious of the other ranking members in their organization.
Cale was aiming for this.
That was why he had not killed anybody. The Mostue faction would slowly get destroyed soon enough. Furthermore, it would start a war between the mercenaries and Arm.
Cale whispered to the branch manager who would play an important role for them in the future.
“Sleep tight.”
“Ugh.”
The red fog covered the branch manager’s face.
His body became paralyzed. There also seemed to be sleeping poison as he slowly lost consciousness. The last thing he saw before losing consciousness was Cale entering the secret room.
He lost consciousness while being angry about the spy and these Real Arm bastards.
That was why he could not see what happened next.
Click.
Cale took off the door to the safe in the secret room.
It fell off easily thanks to Raon already breaking it in advance.
“Hmm.”
Cale had to work hard in order to prevent the corners of his lips twitching in joy.
- Human, it’s gold! Jewels! There's a lot of gold coins too! The bad guys had a lot of money!
There was quite a bit of money.
There were especially a lot of gold bars.
- But human! Didn't you say this was the weakest branch? Does that mean we will take a lot more money from the bad guys?
Cale's mind was filled with Raon's voice, as well as someone else’s voice.
The owner of the Fire of Destruction commented in a low voice.
- Throwing away money. An honorable way of throwing away money.
The corners of Cale's lips slowly went up.
- A happy way of throwing away money.
Cale could no longer hold it in after hearing the Fire of Destruction’s voice.
“Hahahaha!”
He was happy.
Cale laughed out loud for the first time in a long time. He was excited. It was always fun getting free money.
- Human! You seem happy!
- A happy way of throwing away money. Hehehehe.
Raon and the Fire of Destruction’s voices became beautiful background music for Cale. Cale happily listened before speaking to Choi Han and the children averaging nine-years-old.
“Retreat.”
They destroyed the door and filled the building with poison.
One of the Mostue branches had been looted in less than 25 minutes. However, the reinforcement and Mercenaries Guild members who arrived too late would see that nobody was severely injured or killed.
However, they could see the branch manager’s bloodshot eyes.
“W, we need to catch those devil-like bastards!”
The branch manager also met with boss Mostue and informed him of the spy. Something big was about to go down in Leeb-An City’s underworld.
Forgetting about all of that, Cale was wearing a simple yet clean white shirt and beige pants while smiling brightly the next day.
"Aigoo, aren’t you that young man from last time?”
The grandmother who owned the bakery near the inn remembered seeing Cale a few days ago. Although he had taken over an inn with a sketchy past, she remembered having a good impression of this young man who said that he would try his best.
"Are you finally opening the inn?”
Cale, who looked like he had grown up a bit wealthy but was wearing simple clothing, respectfully grabbed the grandmother’s hand.
“Yes, grandmother. We will open this afternoon.”
The bakery grandmother could see the < Hope and Adventure Loving Inn > behind Cale that was decorated for its grand opening.
Cale was standing in front of the inn.
Today was the day that they opened their first inn in the Eastern continent, as well as the Real Arm’s first base.
- The human is smiling like Saint Jack! Now we will make money through this inn!
Cale pretended to be an earnest inn owner as he listened to Raon's voice.
1. Really don't like how the author switches back and forth between Action Leader and branch manager, but what can you do?