2nd Rank Has Returned

Gaiden-Encounter

“Hey, is this the first time I see you?”

The rough man kicked the inn door, and entered the inn with a wry glance.

“When did this become a kiddie playroom? Master?”

The man laughed at the boy standing in front of the entrance, touching his bare hair. The boy was so young that he had a head difference from a man.

The innkeeper, who was about to show the boy’s room, looked at the bald head with a bewildered expression.

“That… not that.”

“Are you very drunk? Or do you have a problem with the color of your eyes or your head?”

The atmosphere became chilly, and cold sweat ran down the innkeeper’s face.

“…Hey Kid. What did you say?”

“Are there any problems with the eardrums now?”

“This little bastard…!”

The moment the other bully was about to step out, a bald head stopped him.

“I’m a kid, so I’ll just look at you once. If you don’t want to die, pay the toll.”

“Have you already paid the inn?”

The innkeeper was holding the boy’s pocket of money with trembling hands. It was because I didn’t know if I could lose this too.

“Ha ha ha ha ha ha! It’s not funny. Do you know whose district this is?”

“It’s a decal or a double-edged sword.”

“…what did you say?”

When his own boss was insulted, the expression of the whole party was distorted.

“Why are you asking after hearing everything? Did you shave the head of your head while you shaved your hair?”

Some of the youngsters held back their laughter at that remark, but it was a really wicked provocation for me.

“Catch me…!!”

Leonardo picked up the teacup on the innkeeper’s table.

👌👌👌👌👌

“aah!!”

Hot tea was poured on the bald man’s face. It was natural that the car had just boiled and steamed, so it was natural that he could not open his eyes due to burns.

“older brother?!”

clink

Thriftly, Leo even threw an empty glass and threw it to the other team.

“aah!!”

The teacup pieces were evenly embedded in the face, including the eyes. It would be incomparable to a burn from a car.

“Move! That kid is me…!”

snuggle

This time, he stabbed the gangster who rushed at him with his sword. Since he was smaller than an adult, the boy had an advantage in the surprise attack.

“Your opponent is a kid!! Why one child…!”

whip, puck

The boy picked up the gangster’s club stabbed with a sword. He then threw it at the thug who raised his throat by adding rotational force.

“Great!!”

Even if it was a stick, it was a weapon with an iron core that was pierced slowly, increasing its power and aggression. As soon as it was properly thrown in the face, the gangster’s face collapsed and his skull was crushed.

“Aww!!”

As the boy stabbed the injured gangster in the face, the remaining intact gangster screamed at the sudden reversal.

“Shut up.”

What was thrown was a dagger.

It was a hunting dagger in his pocket.

Even the gangster who was screaming with a pop, fell down.

“…You…! What the hell are you…!”

Had he overcome the burn, the bald thug rubbed his bitter eyes and glared at the boy like fire.

“Is the boss finally delivered? It’s hard to even see. decal.”

The boy smiled calmly despite living like that and turned his back.

“Two… the bosses?!”

The bald man quickly turns his head.

perok

A sword sticks in his chest. While he turned his head, the boy had plugged it in.

“Sick.”

The boy said as he pierced his chest with his sword. I didn’t know that a gangster could die so easily.

“…ah…uh…that’s…”

The innkeeper looked at the scene of violence and blood with a bewildered expression.

“I’m sorry. mister. Somehow I got so messed up.”

“…you…you the hell…! Uh… do you know what I did?!”

Perhaps he had come to his senses, the innkeeper exclaimed in a bewildered voice. The thieves who held this street, the Decal gang, were brutal thieves who, when their subordinates died, annihilated everyone who was related to the person they killed.

“My uncle asked me to do it. Did I come here to do this in the first place?”

“What kind of bullshit?! I…! Like this…!!”

The boy casually rummaged through his pockets, then pulled out a metal plate attached to the chain.

“A few days ago, you asked the mercenary guild to subdue the bandits. I heard you were the client?”

The mercenary plaques were clearly engraved with grades, names, and special seals for confirmation.

“…that…then tell me in advance…”

“If I told you in advance, I would have been pissed off saying why did you come here, but I don’t think you would have opened your arms and said, ‘We’ve been waiting for a mercenary like you.’”

The boy said as he pushed the dead Decal’s minions with his feet.

“Well, as you can see now, I’m pretty competent, so it’s not too late to tell me about my complaints.”

The name engraved on the mercenary plaque was like this.

【Leonardo】

***

“…So the decals came here about half a year ago, and the guards say they’ll take care of it, aren’t they?”

“…That’s right. They say they are looking for support or a way, but…”

“You probably won’t even help me in a year.”

Leonardo stopped talking and was convinced.

“Yes…?”

“This inn and other shops are all in the back alleys. To be honest, there is no harm in helping the children of the guards who only care about performance.”

In the first place, the reason for the need for a guard was only for the people of Yangji who were properly recognized as residents of this town.

“On the contrary, looking at the state of the security here, there is nothing strange about taking money from the Decal crew. In fact, it would be like me.”

“Such… the security corps and the bandits have a close relationship…”

Leo shut his mouth for a moment and said with a serious expression.

“…adhesion? What is that? Don’t use difficult words. Why are you talking so hard to a kid?”

With those words, the innkeeper once again guessed the age of the mercenary in front of him.

“then…”

“Are there any more Decal crew besides the ones we killed earlier?”

“Yeah, I’m probably on the collection now. The decals are now…”

“Then I will go there.”

Leo took off his pants and stood up.

“Yes?”

“It’s easiest to take the captain’s head. Then the fastest way is to go to the thieves’ den.”

“…No, can I go in such a hurry?!”

“A surprise attack usually goes in haste. I know the location.”

Saying that, I looked at the map and key I took out of the pocket of the corpse I had killed earlier. The thin line drawn with a pen on the road of the map gave a rough estimate of the level of these thieves.

“Besides, these idiots don’t look that smart.”

“…ha…but… then…”

“I will take the proceeds from this.”

Leonardo calmly grabbed the pocket of money he had paid for the inn.

“…that was originally…”

“The inn fee and the start-up fee are separate. I’ll pay what I pay, and I’ll take what I take. Even when I was young, I knew Sangdoui.”

With that said, Leonardo grabbed the inn door and opened it.

“By the way, prepare the rice properly. Because there is only one thing that is more embarrassing than going through hard work and eating porridge.”

There was a strange variation in saying something, but Leonardo went out before he could even argue.

Time passed, and Leo did not come in until the color of the sky became red at dusk.

Even the innkeeper, who was nervous, had to clean the inside of the inn, which had been covered in blood.

‘…maybe dead…’

As soon as I had that thought, the door opened.

drop…

It was the face of a person bleeding little by little, the face of a decal with a slightly swollen face.

“…de… decals…!?”

“It’s me. Fortunately, his face appears to be in good shape.”

Eventually, a boy mercenary with a decal’s head came in.

Perhaps the injury was severe, the boy’s arms were swollen as if he had a rash.

“…that…that…”

The innkeeper looked at the head of the bandit leader, whom he had paid the ransom for for half a year, with a puzzled expression on his face.

“It’s Decal’s head. You did a good job killing it.”

“…by myself… the decal…”

“I was lucky. There were only decals and close aides at the time, and we didn’t take it head-on.”

Leonardo casually taught me how to capture the leader of a bandit.

First, Leo walked to the nearby forest with beehives. Then, he picked up nearby herbs and flowers and buried them all over his body.

“That way the bees sting less. I guess it’s because it smells bad.”

Then, the whole hive was torn off and wrapped in cloth. Of course it was stinging, but thanks to the herbs applied to the body, there was less pain or swelling even after being bitten.

“And I threw the hive where the decal was. No matter how well he fights, he cannot catch hundreds of bees without pesticides.”

The rest was simple. After being chased by a bee and bitten by a decal that came out of the door, he cut his head off.

And the aides are either killed by traps prepared at each exit, or they are killed after tying their ankles.

With that, the quest was completed.

“…that…is it…?”

All of a sudden, the innkeeper’s tone of voice changed to a very honorable name. That mercenary boy’s skills and maneuvers were so outstanding and skillful that he made adults and other mercenaries pathetic.

“It’s like that. The head is for verification purposes. This is more certain than saying that you just killed him too.”

That was true, but putting the head on the side of the table was so creepy.

“Then cook and prepare for post-payment. I’ll be out for a while.”

“…Yes? Are you going out?”

“It should be. I want to advertise that I killed him by picking up some of this.”

“…Yes…?!”

When the young boy, so bluntly, said he was going to do something crazy, the innkeeper was startled and began to stop him.

“stomach…! It’s dangerous!! If they did that, the remnants…!!”

“Are the remnants telling you to watch it?”

“Yes?”

“It’s just that the villagers are asking everyone to see it. That way there will be less theft in this town.”

Decal was the big tree that gripped the back alleys of this town, and, as Leo had first guessed, he was the leader of the bandits who also had a close relationship with the guards.

“But what if one kid kills the decal and walks around town with his head up?”

“…are you warning me? to the other thieves.”

“There is, and I think other people will be relieved. I was like, ‘That decal is nothing special.’”

Through that action, the status of the Decal bandits will be bottomed out, and as an added bonus, it will be a good example for the guards and thugs.

Moreover, people will be able to engage in their livelihoods with peace of mind. Of course not while Leo was carrying his head.

“..and then… if the remnant gets revenge…”

“it’s okay. ‘Cause I’ve left everything that could be money in my hometown. A proper thief would rather take revenge than the others.”

As a bonus, if you fight and kill with internal division, hurray.

“…okay…”

“That’s why people have to use their heads. If you remove the head, it’s a corpse. Like this.”

Throwing out such a ridiculous joke, Leo stood at the threshold of the inn, holding the decal’s head.

“ah. I want to ask you for reference.”

The innkeeper looked at the question ahead of time.

“Who is the strongest guy in this town?”

“…there…”

The innkeeper pointed to Decal’s head with a trembling hand. Perhaps it was a coincidence, it sounded like a tongue-knuckling sound came from Leo’s mouth.

“Then there are no rumors? An ally or something like a wandering knight.”

“…Now that I think about it… the young girl of the hero’s family has come here.”

“A warrior family?”

I’ve never heard of it. The family descended from the hero Ruben Reinhardt, the family of the hero who saved the world.

“Is that young girl that old?”

“Rumors say he killed an orc when he was 10, and a wyvern when he was 13…”

At that, Leo smirked.

“Nonsense. How are people, and even children?”

The innkeeper looked at Leo with a confused expression. There were words that seemed to come out of my throat, but they didn’t come out of my mouth because I was noticing.

“Anyway, I know. It will be fun to meet you.”

Then the 13-year-old boy mercenary went out of the inn. With the head of the bandit leader who had killed enough of 100 people.