Thud thud thud!!!
“Who are you?!”
SMASH. “Do you know what place this is?!”
At that moment, a commotion came from outside.
“What—” Before the already irritable Jisong could roar, the door in front was smashed apart with a deafening crash!
BAM!!!
“Pwah—!”
Flying in was one of the two brothers Jisong trusted most—the elder of the Gravel Twin Stars.
The two were twins, both at the Sub-Bronze Rank.
Though they couldn’t compare to the third brother, they were still top-tier in the gang.
But now, the elder of the Twin Stars lay curled against the broken wall like a dead dog, struggling to get up but completely unable to do so.
He coughed up a mouthful of blood mixed with bloody viscera.
The moment he saw Jisong, he trembled and said, “Big… Boss… run…”
‘Run where? This is their lair, the safest place…’ A bewildered Jisong looked coldly towards the door.
But all he saw was a burly man over two meters tall, with muscles like an iron tower.
In one hand, he held the head of the younger of the Gravel Twin Stars.
His large, bell-like eyes barely fit through the broken doorframe, and he stared at Jisong with an eerie gaze.
“Th-this is…”
‘…’ Jisong felt frozen, as if the slightest move would trigger the man to attack. In that instant, he felt his body locked in place.
“Black Bear Brown… City Defense Army Grand Commander…” Jisong’s lips trembled.
Brown was a half-bear, half-human hybrid, raised by the city lord, and now the Grand Commander of the City Defense Army.
His strength was outstanding even among White Silver Rank, and he might even break through to Mithril Rank in his lifetime.
But perhaps because of his half-bear blood, the guy wasn’t too smart.
Usually taciturn, he only showed a simple smile when he saw the city lord, who was like a father to him.
What did it mean that a powerhouse who only obeyed the city lord had come?
Even if Jisong didn’t want to believe it, he had no choice.
‘It’s over. Everything is over…’
“Uwaaaa!! Monster! Monster! Brother Jisong… there’s a monster… you… you have to protect me!!”
Looking at the giant like a tower, the beautiful woman on the bed was already scared speechless, trembling all over, limp as a pile of mud.
“Shut up!! You jinx!!!” Even with his usual patience, Jisong couldn’t help but roar at Maikala behind him, veins bulging.
Then, ignoring the woman’s reaction, he bowed respectfully to the Black Bear.
“Grand Commander, may I ask what offense I have committed against the city lord? Even if I am to die, at least let me die knowing the reason?”
“You’ve offended someone you shouldn’t have~” Before the Black Bear could speak, a light voice came from behind him.
Thud thud thud…
Under Jisong’s bewildered gaze, a nondescript young man slowly walked out from behind the Black Bear.
He wore the most ordinary standard light armor, a slight smile on his lips, looking down at Jisong and everything behind him.
As if he didn’t care at all about this whole Gravel Gang.
“And you are, sir?” Jisong racked his brains but couldn’t recall such a young man among the high-ranking figures of Gillis City.
“Fukadi~ I used to be a simple border guard.” The young man smiled and nodded to Jisong.
A guy like this was the lowest of ants in Jisong’s eyes, no different from someone like Mierpasi. But now, he was on equal footing with him?
“You… who exactly have we offended?”
Staring at the smiling Fukadi and the Black Bear who could crush him with one paw, Jisong could only swallow his pride and purse his lips, hoping to at least die understanding.
“A person the city lord is willing to serve and calls Lady… who do you think it is?”
“Lady…” A title flashed through Jisong’s chaotic mind… Bloodblossom Demon.
‘Wasn’t she supposed to have left Gilliris and gone to the Gobi District outside the kingdom?! When… when did she come back?!’
‘And that bastard Shashu, what the hell possessed him to provoke her?!’
While he was still in shock, he felt a shadow gradually cover the top of his head. It was the Black Bear’s large fan-like hand.
“Is that all your last words?” Fukadi stood behind the Black Bear, smirking as he watched this big shot of Gillis’s underworld tremble and panic before him, a mere low-level soldier.
This gave him immense satisfaction.
‘Indeed, serving the Lady and becoming her claw is the most correct choice I’ve ever made in my life!’
Thump!!
What happened next made Fukadi’s face flush with excitement! Jisong’s knees went weak, and he knelt directly before Fukadi!
“Sir! I may have to die today, but my brothers of the Gravel Gang are innocent! That bastard Shashu is the brother of my mistress. Because of him… my third brother is already dead.”
As the chieftain of the Gravel Gang, he actually kowtowed to Fukadi!
“Offending the Lady was our sin, but please, spare my second brother… and the other brothers of the Gravel Gang!”
“Heh… I’ll report the truth to the city lord. As for your brothers, that depends on the Lady’s mood.” Fukadi raised an eyebrow.
“Thank—”
Squelch!!
The moment the word fell, the Black Bear’s hand grabbed Jisong’s head, and like a child crushing a berry, easily crushed it!
Jisong, the chieftain, died here easily without any resistance.
His strength was certainly not inferior to the third brother; perhaps he could have struggled and lasted a few more minutes against the Black Bear.
But for the sake of his second brother and the remaining brothers, with the situation hopeless, Jisong chose to offer his neck for slaughter.
“Ugh… no! Please… I… I’ll do anything… spare me…”
Obviously, Jisong had such courage, but the beautiful woman Maikala on the bed did not.
She was completely terrified by the scene.
“Blame your stupid brother~” Fukadi sneered, raising his sword in a flash of cold light!
Splash!!
Amidst splattering blood, Maikala’s soft body collapsed onto the bed.
But unlike before, her rosy white swan neck now had no head.
Clang.
As he sheathed his sword, Fukadi, with a few spots of blood on his face, turned to look at the neatly lined up soldiers outside the door.
“Tonight, detain everyone connected to the Gravel Gang! Resist and you die without mercy!!”
“Yes, Deputy Commander!!”
“Yes, Deputy Commander!!”