Chapter 21: Marite Faction


    I yawned as I stared at the energetic demon in front of me flexing his muscr arms.


    Along with the loud roars of the spectators huddling around us in front of the faction base.


    First thing in the morning, this is what I got after a devastating drinking sessionst night!


    He faced me and pointed his index finger at me. "I''ll crush you, Meruem impostor!" He said with a voice that was full of confidence.


    "Should we start already? I still have something to do."


    "Huh, don''t cry at me after!" He pulled his sword from his back and assumed a battle position. "Get ready to get wrecked by me-"


    He couldn''t finish his sentence anymore because he''s already rolling on the ground while covered in fire and crying like a man-sized muscr baby.


    I exhaled. "That''s the 4th one this morning, anyone still wants to challenge me?"


    But no one dared to respond and just looked at me with fear in their eyes.


    "Help! Help!"


    Yep, that''s the guy who just said he''s going to crush me.


    I activated my Water magic and poured them in him and healed him before he ended up getting toasted alive.


    "That may be thest one, should we go to the Marite faction now?" Mehrad said while standing a few meters away from me, next to him was Leo just crossing his arms.


    "I don''t think there is still anyone who wants to fight, let''s go." I walked towards them as they started to walk in the direction of the central part of the town. "Let''s go, Misha."


    "Wait!" Misha came out from the crowd and ran towards me. She quickly grabbed my hand the moment she reached me.


    "It will take us several minutes of walking to get to Leal''s faction base," Mehrad announced.


    I don''t think it''s a problem anyway.


    I nodded. "May I ask, what kind of fighter Leal is? From what I heard you are an acquaintance of his, Mehrad."


    "Yes, we are acquainted with each other to a certain extent that the Fang and Marite faction has been in a good rtionship for a long time now. However, about your question of what kind of fighter Leal is." He put his hand on his chin and briefly closed his eyes. "To make it simple, he''s aplete opposite of Leo when ites tobat because Leal is the type who tends to use his head rather than mindlessly jumping on everything without thinking first."


    "I see, so he''s not a punch first askter punchy himbo."


    "Oy, I can hear you."


    "Yes, he isn''t. However, I can''t say that he''s a genius, he''s just extremely cautious. I can''t tell you everything about him but I hope you are ready for him."


    After walking for a few minutes, the transitions of surroundings became more apparent as we went deeper into the faction.


    The quantity of the people hanging on the street started to decrease and I saw some of them walking towards the location we''re heading to.


    Isn''t that strange? As if they already know that I''ming.


    However, what caught my attention were the numerous eyes watching us from the roof of the buildings and every alleyway without actually looking at us.


    I can feel their mana sensories dwelling at us. I have been feeling this sensation in the fang faction territory as well but they were not as vignt and as many as the ones in here.


    They are in every corner!


    "These people are part of Leal''s mercenary corps. Just like Mehrad said, Leal is one hell of a cynical person."


    All of a sudden, someone stood up in our way and immediately stopped our advancement.


    A girl wearing a kinky ck and white maid outfitplete with thigh highs with straps and gauntlet in both of her arms stood in our way!


    I already saw a lot of these meritorious costumes in every cosy con I had attended before.


    This beautiful specimen in front of us is definitely abat maid!


    Even without meeting him yet, I can already tell that Leal undoubtedly has very good taste.


    Her ck hair swayed down as she bowed her head on us revealing her pointy ears.


    An elf!


    "Greetings, Mister Mehrad, Mister Leo..." She raised her head and pointed her sharp gazing jet-ck eyes at me. "Youngdy Misha and the new faction leader, Mister Casimir."


    I''m not even surprised that she already knows my name anymore.


    "Nice to see you too, Kuro." Mehrad turned his gaze towards me. "This lovely youngdy is Kuro, she''s Leal''s right hand. It seems Leal already knew that you wereing here for him, I wonder why?"


    Leo cleared his throat. "Beats me."


    I narrowed my eyes while looking at them.


    Suspicious!


    However, Kuro? Isn''t that a straight up Japanese name? Or maybe my weeb brain is just overthinking it.


    "Let me guide you to master Leal."


    As she walked ahead we followed her.


    "It''s not apparent at first nce, but this ce is fully guarded isn''t it?"


    "That''s what you expect from the faction with the most powerful army personnel in Agrona. Besides, Leal is a notorious leader of an underground mercenary corps, his name is known not only in Agrona. His group took down big shots and criminals from other kingdoms for a price, that''s why many individuals are out for his head, so this tight security is just natural." Leo exined.


    Man, a freaking syndicate leader!


    We finally reached the location where Leal is, Kuro guided us inside a building that looked like a colosseum, with people gathering at the entrance properly forming a line.


    It''s an arena, a huge one!


    The moment we entered, I wandered my eyes and found numerous individuals scattered around the area, apparently keeping their eyes on me. They''re wearing ck butler outfits and some were wearing maid outfits just like what Kuro has.


    "Howe they''re prepared for my arrival? To the extent that they organized this huge event."


    Leo cleared his throat. "Leal really is fast at getting information, isn''t he? It really is strange that he already knew that you would challenge him just after you dered it to usst night."


    Mehrad put his hand on his chin. "I don''t know, maybe someone got so drunkst night he decided to barge in here and screamed to everyone''s face that his new faction leader will challenge Leal tomorrow while dering that he''s gonna kick Leal''s butt."


    Leo dodged my gaze while scratching his head. "To- to be fair, I''m not alone, you''re with me."


    "I''m just keeping an eye on you or else the next time I will see you, you are already floating in the middle of the sea feeding a school of fish."


    These guys.


    I exhaled. "Well, good luck to me."


    "I''m pretty sure, you are gonna win, Boss!"


    "Good luck, Casimir."


    "Good luck, big bro Casimir!"


    Welp.