There are many different forms of power. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Strength does not refer only to tangible things that can be seen with the naked eye. Arms, flesh, minions, these are all forces that are clear on the surface. But power doesn't stop there. Intimidation, malice, stratagem, what's under the table is often more important than what is visible to the naked eye. In a country, it refers to capacity and resources, while people refer to the group - the power and capacity of the group behind it.

Seeing that those wrecks were putting away their usual arrogance, they looked over with great annoyance, and Hada couldn't help but bend the corners of his mouth happily when he saw this scene. Those waste adventurers are afraid of the power behind them called United. No matter how unhappy he is, how indignant he is in his heart, as long as he stares at him, he immediately hangs his head obediently. They could do nothing but pray silently that such a thing would not befall them. Even if they weren't, the strength of these guys who were just C-rank adventurers was just at their feet (B-rank).

"Hey, how are you thinking about it? I say, indecisive words are not worthy of a good adventurer...... After all, time is precious, so let's not waste each other's time on unnecessary disagreements. After returning the money, the matter between us will be written off, there is a loan and a repayment, there is nothing more natural than this, right? ”

Hada compared his wrist to his own in front of the unlucky man.

“…… You've misidentified the wrong person, and I really haven't borrowed your money. ”

Even if you deliberately lower your voice, your voice is still as clear as water. No matter how much she tried to hide it, this petite figure couldn't hide the fact that she was a woman. Fat clothes that cover all facial features and body are the favorite clothes of magicians. If she was dressed like that as a magician, they might have thought twice before making a move. After all, the number of mages is scarce, and even rookies can play a lot of convenient roles in the team, and they are usually treated preferentially.

But the possibility of the guy wearing the sword in front of him as a magician is zero, of course, her identity, and whether she has money in her pocket has already been investigated.

"That's not going to work," Marlowe, with his flowing red hair, shook his finger at the hapless man, "Credibility is the proof that adventurers walk in the world." It is precisely because we are trusted that our clients entrust us with important matters, depending on the occasion, and even their lives...... Those who don't believe in their words will only incur ruin, I don't think I need to remind you again and again, right? ”

"That's right, don't worry. As long as you obediently return the money in your pocket to us, I promise you that we will no longer have anything to do with each other in the future. ”

Acknowledging Marlowe's words, Hada nodded in agreement.

“…… Having said that, I don't know you at all, and I can only regret it. ”

This kind of conversation is nothing more than an aimless marathon for both sides, and it only tires - and finally Marlowe can't help it.

"Tsk, I don't want to talk to you all the time. I know that you're one of those adventurers in the East who encountered vampires at the time. As one of the few survivors, the Archon has given you a large amount of objective consolation money to those of you who participated in the war. And then there's the church, which is said to have locked you up in order to study that vampire's bewitching magic...... Ahem, I asked you to help with the research, and in the end, I also compensated you a lot of money, right? ”

Unwilling, surprised, and mixed with remorse. I thought it was just a hooligan who was blackmailing everywhere, but I didn't expect that the target was already himself from the beginning. The unlucky man's head was raised slightly, and the slight movement was enough for Marlowe to judge the other party's psychology changed.

"As a senior, there are some truths that cannot be explained to juniors just by mouth-" The red-haired Marlowe spread his arms, "as a price for a good lesson, take all the money in your pocket." See our magician, he's known for his soft-heartedness, he usually burns an ant at the stake, and if you suffer or something, he'll cry, you know, Alan Maloster? - Hey, Hada, let her see what happens! What happens if you anger your seniors. ”

With Marlowe's voice, the big man grabbed the stool and threw it at the table next to him. The stool that hit the table was all splattered in small pieces in an instant - normally wooden blocks would not have broken so evenly, and the big man named Hada was also an adventurer with corresponding strength, using some special skills to make this possible.

“……”

Alan remained unmoved, and Marlowe spat disdainfully on the ground.

Marlowe, who was just about to continue speaking, was suddenly bumped in the arm. This caused his speech, as well as the ongoing game of interest to him called blackmail, to be interrupted. If it was a smart guy who saw the situation here, he would have retreated far away, and the person who would come over at this time would definitely not have just gone out and forgot to bring his eyes.

He had come here on purpose to make trouble, and he turned his head in great displeasure, trying to see what was holy enough to obstruct his good deeds.

I saw a man with the appearance of an adventurer standing behind him, after all, this is a place where adventurers gather, so he is most likely an adventurer, and the equipment on his body is probably about B-level and C-level. There was a look of impunity on his face, and he looked at it the same.

Marlowe frowned, and there was no doubt that the other side was putting on a defiant look. Can't help but come out and save the beauty of the hero this kind of fool who doesn't look at how many catties and taels he acts with just one blood, even in this year it has become rare, Marlowe thought about it so and put his hand on the man's shoulder and said in a frivolous tone.

"Hey, hey, little brother. Don't you even say an apology when you bump into someone? ”

"Huh? What stupid things are you talking about. Because of your nonsense, the already unpleasant wine has become even more unpalatable...... I'm not interested in what you're doing, but over there. ”

Marlowe looked in the direction indicated by Lyle's thumb. I saw that the tavern owner was holding his hand on his forehead and looking helplessly, and there was a messy table in front of him.

"--You did it, my good interests have been ruined."

"Interested? …… Over here? Marlowe glanced around the dilapidated tavern, and then caught a glimpse of the necklace that Lyle wore around his neck, a coat of arms that attested to the adventurer's class. He reached out and played with the coat of arms.

"Yo, this isn't a C-class adventurer's little brother. I'm really sorry to disturb your elegance. But ......"

Marlowe shrugged his shoulders in exaggerated motions, increasing the strength of the hand that was on Lyle's shoulder. "How do you think we should apologize?"

In the face of the trio's coercion, Lyle didn't show any panic, just glanced at them with a flat expression.

"Can you let go of my hands, if people I don't know see me hooking up with you people, others will question my character. At the end of the day, it's not you who I'm looking for. ”

"Hey! What do you mean kid, don't you hear clearly? Or do you want to suffer a little - break a bone or two before you go? ”

Hada, the most grumpy man, immediately grabbed Lyle by the placket like a lit dynamite.

"Hada, calm down, calm down." Marlowe motioned for Hada to exercise restraint as he picked up a filled wine glass from the table next to him.

"We're not robbers, so we still need to be reasonable in this situation."

In a gesture of conciliation, he poured the glass of wine into Lyle's head. The tawny beer ran down his black hair, sticking to his skin and seeping into his clothes.

"As part of my apology, can you please forgive me?"

Hada couldn't help but laugh at this, his rough laughter echoing throughout the tavern.

Marlowe lowered his glass and fumbled his hands backwards - picking up the stool behind him. All three grinned maliciously, waiting for the moment when the man made the first move.

However, things didn't go the way Marlowe had envisioned, and Lyle just sighed helplessly. He didn't show much anger, and even licked the beer across the corner of his mouth with his tongue.

"No matter what kind of wine is here, it's terrible to drink, maybe this wine is more than just mixed with water......

Expecting this guy to react more violently, Marlowe slapped Lyle's cheek with his hand and continued to provoke.

"Hey, I said, did you leave your brother in your mother's womb, if you don't dare to resist and resist, just go back and drink milk, what kind of hero are you?"

"Seeing the empty space over there, it's a man who will go over there and have a good time with us, so it's not impossible to let you go." Hada continued in a rough voice to Marlowe's voice, gesturing at the empty space in the center of the tavern, a place reserved for drunken adventurers who wanted to make trouble.

"I'd advise you to stop this boring trick before you get hurt, and I'm going to do to you anyway—" Lyle glanced at the hapless man who was surrounded in the middle of the trio, and found that the other side was also looking at him with sky-blue eyes.

Sapphire eyes and beauty hidden underneath it, Lyle who had an impression of this person and remembered it made a slight sound.

"-I remember you, you were the adventurer who suddenly entered at that time, I remember it seems to be called ......"

Following Lyle's words, the man who hid his face under the canopy shook his head.

“…… Allan. I advise you not to lie in this troubled water, because they are not good men and women. ”

"Hey, hey, hey! It seems quite kind to dare to talk to us without permission, but she is right, we are indeed not good men and women. Marlowe interrupted the conversation before Lyle could respond, "Sorry to disturb this touching reunion at this time." But do you know what this woman did, she helped the vampire kill a lot of people in the vampire incident, and she had the cheekiness to accept the church's money. We are very blind, even such people can get money, where is this putting the feelings of the families of those victims! The money should be spent in a more meaningful way, rather than being squandered by such murderers. ”

Even if a stone thrown into a pool of water would cause waves to be thrown, Marlowe's casual words did not provoke any reaction from Lyle, much to the displeasure of the giant known as Hada.

"This attitude is arrogant enough," Hada gasped, "Boy, don't just open your mouth, let me see how you do with your hands?!" ”

"Wait." The voice seemed to be leaking, and the masked magician, who had been silent all along, finally spoke at this point. "The man's physiognomy...... I remembered that I had seen his portrait at Delov, the same guy who was saved by the Order that day, the adventurer who survived that day. ”

"Oh! It's no wonder that the two of you know each other. Hey, I said you should get a pretty good buck too. Isn't it better to spend this money on cowards like you who can only rely on people to protect us, and to give us seniors who can fight bravely to kill the enemy, right? ”

"Fuck off, you shitty just want to make a fortune before you escape, and even the guys who stay here and are afraid are embarrassed to talk about what cowards are here?"

There was anger in Allen's voice, and Marlowe just shrugged his shoulders and smiled in response to her accusations.

"We weren't able to meet that vampire that day, we were on the west side. If we had been there instead of Gargados kind of shit, that vampire would have been dealt with long ago. Really, what kind of S-class adventurer is that? As for you...... Because there was a stinky boy who didn't even have the guts to refute, he was fattened up as a hero? ”

Seeing Marlowe's hint, Hada, who had long been unable to bear it, was overjoyed and pointed his fist at Lyle's nose with a clenched fist.

"Hah! Stinky boy, let Uncle Ben teach you what etiquette is. You just hit Marlowe, and it's a serious injury that will break even the bones. And we're your seniors, and that attitude towards seniors seems to be in great need of discipline. If you are willing to kneel on the ground and beg for our forgiveness, it is not impossible for you to break some bones and pay for the medical expenses. ”

"Not interested. Even if it was really broken bones, was it necessary to scream so much about this piece of waste? ”

If an ordinary person encounters this kind of framed situation, it must refute other people's remarks and then assert their innocence, which is the normal way. But the thin man in front of him had no interest in it at all, as if it didn't matter even if it was real.

This indifferent attitude instantly ignited Hada's anger, and the muscles on the giant's face tensed with anger, revealing white, sharp teeth like beasts.

"Hey, Hada, calm down, calm down. Isn't it tantamount to saying that it is our fault to do it first, even if we teach the younger generations, there is a corresponding method. ”

"But!" Hada looked at Marlowe's suggestive eyes and reluctantly closed her mouth.

"Then let's take our leave without disturbing your meal—" Marlowe gestured to leave, then suddenly turned around and grabbed the glass from the table and threw it at Lyle's door.

"--That's weird, beat this guy to death!"

"Haha!! That's it, I'm waiting for this, first break the bones of your hands and I'll see how arrogant you are!! ”

Hada laughed and threw a punch at Lyle's lower abdomen.

Lyle caught the glass with his left hand and took a step back, his body spun left to dodge Hada's punch - reaching out his right hand to grab the giant wrist that swung - ignoring Hada's huge body weighing hundreds of kilograms, and directly tossed Hada to his side casually with this momentum. Tables and chairs along the way were smashed to pieces, and there was a sound of countless plates and wood being crushed.

Lyle threw the glass in his hand, aiming at the sorcerer who was chanting not far away. The glass collided with the mage's mask and shattered, and the mage, hit by the unexpected attack, staggered back a few steps, crouching on the ground and covering his head. Naturally, the chanting of magic stopped.

"Hmph. I stopped chanting so easily, and I didn't even receive the training to endure the pain. ”

It's all carelessness. The magician hadn't expected Hada to be thrown out like a large bag, but by the time he realized he had begun to chant the incantation in a hurry, it was too late. The unexpected cup gave him a splitting headache, and the magician endured the pain and used meditation to expel the pain from his brain. In fact, less than a few seconds later, the magician, who had endured the pain, quickly traced the words of magic in front of him with his fingertips.

-- Echoing with heat, heeding the call of my soul.

"You guy, I'm going to burn you to ashes, and the big cremation curse ......, uh!"

Sensing that the once-interrupted mana was reconnected, there was no intention of responding positively, and Lyle just held out a finger in the direction of the magician. The magician slammed straight to the ground like a doll with a broken string.

――\。

There was no interest in this magician from the beginning. Lyle looked around, and finally found the flowing red hair that had already fallen to the ground at Alan's feet. This surprised Lyle a little, he had the impression that this woman named Alan was not strong enough to easily subdue this man.

(Was it because he didn't show his true strength at the time, or did he become stronger afterwards...... Forget it, there's nothing to worry about. ）

At first, there was silence, I don't know who took the lead in applauding first, and then the applause thundered, and cheers erupted in the crowd.

"Well deserved! Those guys should have been cured a long time ago. "It's rare to see such a relieving scene, do you see, those guys are beaten to the point of urine." "But that person's skills are also powerful enough, how can it be C-level, and those fools in Hada are also B-level adventurers." "Wait, I know him, he was just beaten by the river last month."

The crowd in this small tavern was not very dense, and in addition to seeing the adventurers who stood up to cheer, he also saw one or two figures quietly leaving.

Originally, he was a monster who didn't understand people's hearts, but having said that, Lyle still knew how to act with the atmosphere. Ignoring the cheers of the crowd, Lyle slowly walked up to Allen and grabbed Marlowe's placket as he lay on the ground.

Not yet sober, the kind adventurer next door handed over a spitting drink, and Lyle poured it on Marlowe's head with gratitude.

"Are you sober, eh...... I don't know what the name of the seniors? If I don't pay for this wine, the misunderstanding between us will be cleared. ”

"What do you mean, you boy...... Know who I am no, you are...... Don't want to live anymore? ”

"Oh, it seems that the misunderstanding between my predecessors can't be solved with a glass of wine."

Lyle uttered a pretentious gesture of regret - in fact, mimicking Marlowe's gesture just now - while gesturing to bring the object over. The onlookers immediately understood what this meant, and soon the next glass of wine was passed to Lyle in the sound of well-wishers "coughing and spitting" one after another.

As soon as Alan looked at the contents of the cup, he instinctively took a few steps back to open the distance.

"No, wait!! I-! ”

Without giving Marlowe any chance to defend himself, Lyle poured the glass of wine in his hand with a thick green haze into his mouth. You can see the incomparable despair in Marlowe's eyes, the purple red on his face, and the appearance of his revolt being worn out in an instant.

Not even allowed to vomit, Lyle clutched his mouth tightly to make sure Marlowe swallowed it all before letting go.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem. Vomit...... , vomit! ”

The freed Marlowe lay on the ground desperately clasping his fingers to his throat, trying to spit out the contents of what he had just drunk. Then, Lyle stomped on his head to stop Marlowe from moving around.

"Are you still satisfied, senior? I sincerely hope that there will be no more misunderstandings between us. After all, no matter how large I am, I can't help but be afraid of being stained by the blood splattered everywhere, you know what I mean? ”

The force under the feet increases. Marlowe's face had already turned from red to iron, and even if he was trampled underfoot, he still responded unadmittedly: "You, cough cough, if you dare to do this, the boss will not sit idly by." ”

"I'm doomed to be in trouble from the moment I responded to you finding fault, so in order to cut off these boring things, it's only natural to find those guys behind you as a guarantor, and it's a matter of course."

For Lyle, this is a good time to test the influence and sincerity of the Adventurers' Guild and the Order of Knights in the city, and to see how they deal with them. This will be of great help to the negotiations that will inevitably arise in the future.

But this is not the case for the adventurers who are watching around, they are just watching the lively people, and they don't know Lyle at all and don't know what he's hauling. Seeing that the thin young man in front of him was looking for trouble, the adventurers who had a sense of foreboding looked at each other, although they were happy to watch Marlowe, the wicked man, being tossed, but being caught up in it was definitely a matter of reverence.

"Hey, you two." The tavern keeper pushed away the other adventurers with an unhappy look on his face, "Let's get out of here, although this place can provide a place for those drunkards to fight each other, it is not a place for fights." You see that so many tables, chairs and cutlery have been damaged, and it is a lot of money, and I don't want to add any more damage. ”

"Come on, what are those rags worth?"

"You shut up Lao Tzu, really. Anyway, I have a lot of losses here, and if they come to retaliate and fight here, I can't stand it even more. I'm not the good old guy to get to this point - get the hell out of here, you know? ”

Hearing the tavernkeeper's unceremonious eviction order, Lyle scratched his hair.

"I thought you'd let me go before you let me go."

"That's what I thought, too. But I've been upset with those guys for a long time, and this can be regarded as a bad breath. And it doesn't matter what your purpose is or if you're really crazy and want to kill yourself, get me out of here. Really, the troubles are endless. ”

Most of the guys who quietly left when everyone was in a hurry probably ran to tell them, even if they didn't go to them, I'm afraid the so-called union would find them by themselves. That way, Lyle doesn't have to cling to the poor worms under his feet.

The tavernkeeper hinted at the direction of the counter with his chin - it was not the gate, but the exact opposite.

Get out of the back door. So was the tavernkeeper's gaze.