Chapter 17: Once Tetsuya comes in, he takes all the attention!
A red-haired merchant was a slave merchant who could be called the slave master too! But there was a slight difference between these two!
Her occupation solely relied on the rune that allowed slavery. This rune bounds the living body to the owner and then allowed to make the items with the same setting. It was a strong rune that could be integrated into the items.
This was also an essential part of the slave business. The slave merchant passed the ownership and this rune made things more truthful with its unique pattern. Only the skillful people would be able to fake this pattern, but this area lacked those.
And then, there were slave masters. Those people were exploring slavery rune as their primary one. They not only bound the living bodies but also many other things not necessarily being the living ones.
In a nutshell, they were investigating and using their runes the best.
A red-haired merchant, named Reyas, was someone who just worked in the slavery business. She needed the strength to do so not only because it was a risky business, but also due to her looks that worked well in this environment.
Her weapon is a pipe she likes to smoke to relax!
Boom!
This pipe now was clashing with the short sword like a true weapon! "Are you serious? What about your academy's image?" Reyas nearly shouted due to the exchange with the young knight.
She had to move a lot and each clash fell heavily on both her and Brolu. This battle didn't feel that easy, but she was faring well! Her eyes also stood clear despite all the heavy feelings, so Reyas was a good opponent!
And since Brolu was the lowest-ranked knight and student, this was also a valuable lesson for him. This battle also will reward him with the unique game rune system's bonuses, so Brolu was all in for it.
He also had prepared an answer to this question, "I am sure that my academy wouldn't meddle with such a low incident. And I am also ready to overthrow you… and win quick enough!"
The young knight could rely on his player status! His eyes saw the red-merchants HP which was possible thanks to the astonishing game rune's origin! Other than that nothing else could be seen which was a bummer, but not like Tetsuya and Ashley were the demons who could play with anyone!
This didn't lower Brolu's mood at all, however, "Just a few slashes… and you are down, slave merchant." His sword then fell heavier than before!
Brolu had been using the game rune's system battle style ever since he unleashed his Ventera Sword Beam! It was the power that was just addicting! As the young knight and man, Brolu just fell in love with this strength. He got so intoxicated that he hasn't even thought once about it disappearing from his life one day.
But if he were to leave Tetsuya, then it would disappear as if nothing!
Nonetheless, his opponent was what Brolu had on his mind right now!
"And you think those muscle heads are enough to keep things under your control?" Reyas answered with a sneer to this valiant charge! Her pipe yet again stopped the sword, allowing her to speak with the young knight really close.
She was also fast despite her voluptuous features! It was as if nothing held her back! "You surely have no back problems. Many ladies would be jealous of my side." Tetsuya then chimed in.
He deliberately spoke to confuse the red-haired merchant, but it wasn't like she had forgotten about him. His irritating smile was on the back of her head, lingering all this time like a bug!
It was also the reason why she spoke about her own forces!
And my side meant his world!
"I didn't speak these words without any back-up." Reyas then smiled widely as the loud steps rang out from the stairs. It seemed like her support finally came down from the highest floor!
These were not only some more expensive slaves but also her bodyguards.
There were four of them and the clothes distinguished their status clearly. Only the two of them wore clothes similar to the adventurers with swords hanging on their hips while the other two had just one long cloth covering enough body.
"I never thought we would get attacked in the middle of the city." The first bodyguard spoke, his eyes on the fighting Reyas. She exuded different vibes than usual and her moving body worked well on his desires.
The other guard shared the same feelings, his eyes going up and down without hiding his lust at all.
And while these two were like that, the two slaves were full of hopes. They wanted to free themselves and this desire got clearly conveyed by their expectant eyes. In a certain sense, everyone spoke without saying anything, then Tetsuya's words rang out.
"Brolu, take these people by yourself and leave this merchant to me." The way he spoke made others feel like he was the only one with permission to do so. This irritated the merchant even more as she shouted at her bodyguards.
They never saw her this annoyed, so it was an unusual sight!
It also pushed them forward to fight Brolu!
In the meantime, the red-haired woman raised her pipe up and quickly chewed on it. 'I can't stand this guy. Too annoying asshole.'. It wasn't so easy to throw her off-balance, but Reyas felt way too much annoyed and it crushed her so easily.
Despite the battle between the young knight and four slaves going on behind her back, Reyas had yet to go for Tetsuya. He stood with his irritating smile lingering widely. Both of them stood like that before he opened his mouth.
"Are you waiting for them to finish?" He asked while slightly raising his chin.
"No. I need more to calm down." Her pipe then lit up brightly, ashes falling off slightly after. It seemed like smoking truly could make this woman calm down and relax. She also mindlessly exposed her inward emotions which were too unnatural for Reyas.
Her eyes opened slightly to look at this irritating man.
"What have you used on me?" As he didn't move at all, Reyas opened her mouth. "Are you slave master coming down to show off? Pathetic." Since Tetsuya could influence her emotions, Reyas began to believe that he possessed a similar rune and just came to show off. There was also a chance that he needed someone else's rune for experiments, but Reyas didn't think about it as she wanted to respond back at this man.
Her state was clearly worse than during the fight with the young knight even if she hadn't exchanged weapons with Tetsuya!
"I just smiled and said what lied on my mind. I guess you want me to keep going then? Tetsuya shrugged.
This made Reyas flinch, "Wait-" She even nearly lost the touch of her pipe, but it didn't stop the man in front of her at all. He began with some bullshit about the world's betrayal that stupefied the merchant.
Then, he asked the closest bandit for a cigarette. "You got some?"
"Y-yes… Tetsuya Boss… Here you go." The bandit, all covered in blood and scratches turned around and passed the whole pack. He then returned to the battle while his boss rubbed the cigarette's tip with his fingers rather quickly.
A fire then somehow appeared and Tetsuya took a deep breath. "I should've met you first in this betraying world. A woman that can understand me, even if partially, should be my first." He then let out a huge smoke that tickled Reyas' cheeks.
One could see a hint of redness appearing here, but it was yet again an irritation.
"For a virgin, you put a good image." She then answered this attack and let out her own that was somewhat sweet. It had a nice flavor and Tetsuya inhaled it deeply. After the smoke dispersed, both of them were looking far more relaxed.
But Tetsuya was far from ending his speech, "Says who? I can tell from the way you move that you haven't been taken by the men. No, it should be 'You have never ridden a man' for a woman like you."
"That's easy. Because-" Reyas yet again got stopped.
"Not like you would be able to sit down on me without my permission. Slave masters and merchants have become my targets, their punishment as well set. Tomorrow, you will wake up with just a mere piece of cloth covering those huge tits and ass from the coldness that you probably have never felt in your whole life." Tetsuya openly spoke about his goal. "But since you understood me, I will give you an exclusive prison in my room far from other slave merchants."
As the red eyebrows knitted, Reyas's lips let go of her pipe. It magically fell onto her palm, then she clenched it like a sword. "I don't understand you at all." Her pipe was already waving at him as she seethed.
"You do." And then Tetsuya began to walk towards her slowly.
"You're just irritating. That's it, you asshole." Reyas then spoke in a similar way to Ashley causing Tetsuya to laugh out loud. She, confused by that, took a step backward.
"Of course I will be irritating for others since whenever I go the success follows. But you getting so worked-out means you understand a little more about it. And now, I will help you understand that more."
"How?"
"By winning." Tetsuya's hands finally got clenched. Following the special position for the Q ability Ego Punch, Tetsuya began to summon his raw power around these two weapons! His eyes peeking into red jewels continuously tempted Reyas to go at him first.
However, from all the speech, Reyas didn't dare to make any moves at him. She wanted to learn more about Tetsuya's strength and whether she was all words. Thus, a small staring exchange lasted between them before he released his ego punch!
Once he did, Reyas threw her pipe forward to stop him! "No way…" Though her pipe stopped this punch, the sound of their contact defied all logic. It didn't cause any damage to Tetsuya's skin and just broke a little around the tip as if it was nothing!
Since it was her favorite pipe with a unique story behind it, Reyas' heart began to burn. Her mind worked fast, though. As the exchange continued to go, Reyas noticed that Tetsuya's hands were the only thing that exuded a powerful aura.
She had to bet that this aura was the reason for his sturdiness.
'That's good! I have been dying to kick this irritating face ever since I saw him!' Reyas shouted inwardly, her pipe breaking her peak strength! As it flew past Tetsuya's arm, she indeed managed to hit his face!
It was her overcoming her irritation with the mix of already burning anger!
But what was her new peak just lasted a few seconds before returning to its former glory!
Though Tetsuya's cheek was a little red. "I liked it, what about you?" Reyas's question then rang out within Tetsuya's ears.
"Now, it's your turn to know more about me?" He smiled, ready to share more. "I liked that too if you want to know an answer. Why? Because a little effort leaves the scar on this world and tells it about my little effort."
As he spoke some bullshit yet again and tried to talk more about his arrival here, Reyas stepped forth intending to strike his smiling face more!
Words couldn't convey how good it felt!
And it was also kinda engaging as Reyas failed to notice that Brolu won against her bodyguards!