"Oi!" A rough, deep voice sounded from behind Nolan and Harley, making their expressions turn grim. "Who let you two out?"
Nolan and Harley instantly turned back.
Behind them was a large muscular man.
He only wore shorts, his upper body completely naked. His muscular body was full of scars. And he had short, dark, oily hair. Just looking at this man makes your blood freeze in fear.
"W-Who are you?" Nolan asked.
"I am the one asking questions," He said coldly. "Who let you two out?"
"Gulliver," Harley replied shortly.
"The Endless Gluttony Gulliver? Hmph! There is no way. I bet you two escaped the prison."
'Inspect,' Nolan used his skill.
[Name: Brutus]
[Age: 40 years, 9 months, 18 days]
[Personality: Loyal, Cruel]
[Description: He is loyal to the Black Rose Organization. However, if you are a spy, if you are a threat to the organization, then he can be infinitely cruel]
[Occupation: Executioner, Torturer]
[Description: He uses the cruelest methods to torture the potential spies and take information out of them]
[Martial Arts: Very Good Axemanship]
[Skills: Great Axe chop]
[Skill Description: He used a Great Axe to chop off so many heads that he became very good at chopping, and it eventually became his skill]
[Strength: 30]
[Stamina: 20]
[Agility: 17]
'Fuck!' Nolan cursed inside after reading the status window of the man before him. The reason he cursed is that after reading the status window, he got a rough idea of why this man was here. He knew they got themselves in a troublesome situation.
"In the first place, it was a misunderstanding that we were locked in the prison," Nolan said. "Still, we did not escape. Gulliver let us out. He is still inside the prison. If you can wait for a few minutes, he will come out and resolve this misunderstanding. What do you say?"
"I was there," Brutus said. "Yesterday night, I was in the tavern. I clearly heard you. You two were inquiring about how to contact our organization. Admit it! You wanted to get in contact with our organization so you could join our organization and spy on our secrets."
"Please, wait just a few minutes. When Gulliver comes out of the prison, we will explain everything." Harley said.
"You are making excuses!" Brutus's muscles bulged. "I will make you spill out everything!"
Swoosh!
Brutus attacked.
He stretched his hands toward Nolan, trying to grab him.
Nolan barely dodged.
After dodging, he and Harley instantly stepped back a few meters, distancing themselves from Brutus.
Thanks to his low agility, after missing his attack, Brutus needed a bit of time to attack for a second time.
Nolan's stats were low compared to Brurtus, but that was not the case for Harley.
He didn't just stand there waiting for Brutus to attack again. Instead, he took the initiative and dashed toward Brutus.
Swoosh!
Thanks to his high agility, Harley almost instantly closed the distance between him and Brutus.
Pam!
Pam!
He was able to land a few quick punches on Brutus. However, as Brutus is almost two heads taller than him, he could not punch him in the head. In that short moment, he landed his punches on Brutus's shoulders and chest.
However, Brutus had a sturdy body, so he did not deal much damage.
Seeing that his attack did not do much, Harley distanced himself again.
"Weak! Too weak!" Brutus commented, gathering his strength into his arms and legs once again.
Swoosh!
He dashed forward towards Nolan.
Because of the fight, the curious people on the street formed a circle around Nolan, Harley, and Brutus, trapping them.
'Fu.ck!' Without a way to retreat, Nolan cursed inside.
"Nolan!" Harley shouted, but it was too late. Even with his high agility, he would not reach Nolan on time.
All Nolan could do now was watch Brutus's large fist getting closer to his face.
'Agh! This is going to break my nose. This will be painful.' Nolan thought, closing his eyes, ready to accept the punch in his face.
PAM!
Nolan heard a strong impact. But when he didn't feel any pain, he slowly opened his eyes to see what was happening.
The first thing he saw as he opened his eyes was a few dumplings smacked on the ground.
Nolan raised his eyes off the ground. He shifted his gaze in the direction of Harley, hoping that he would give him an answer to what happened. But just looking in his direction gave him the answer.
The man that led them out of the prison and had gone to buy them food had received the strike from Brutus.
The strike carried such large force that as he jumped in front of Nolan to receive the strike, he was thrown all the way to Harley, who was a few meters from Nolan.
Having received the strike with his chest, the man was badly injured. If not for Harley supporting him, he would have collapsed on the ground the moment he received the hit.
"Prison guard, are you protecting criminals?" Brutus asked coldly. "Can I take it that you have joined their side?"
"S-Sir Brutus, please, this is a misunderstanding. Sir Gulliver freed them, but he is still inside. W-Wait until he comes out. P-Please." The man barely said. He pushed himself to his limits just to say those few words.
"You have collided with the criminals!" Brutus continued stubbornly.
"Man, it's over!" One of the surrounding people said.
"Right. Once Brutus believes you are a criminal, he will stick to his belief to the end." Another person said.
"Even if Gulliver came out of the prison, I doubt he will be able to resolve the situation. The only one who could stop Brutus now is the Boss." A third person added.
"Right,"
"I agree!"
"I think so too."
The surrounding people all agree.
'Fuck!' Hearing the people, Nolan cursed inside. 'Am I really this useless? I thought that after I increased my strength, I would be able to be of some help. Is the difference between this Black Rose Organization and Rosalia's Red Rose organization really this large? I remember that Finn, the right hand of Rosalia, was nowhere as strong as this Brutus.'
Harley also heard the people. He gritted his teeth. "There is no other way! You forced me!" He shouted, reaching into his sleeve and taking out a long black knife with a metal handle and thin blade. Assassin knife.
"Harley, stop it! Don't act on impulse! If you hurt him, there is no going back! Things will get even more complicated!" Nolan shouted but without result. Harley was not listening at all.
This was really troublesome. Although Brutus's pure strength was a lot higher than Halrey's, he was unarmed. Their stamina was almost equal, but Harley had a lot higher agility than Brutus. As long as Brutus is unarmed, thanks to his high agility, Harley can definitely badly injure him.
Considering how strong Brutus is, he must be someone respected in the organization. If he is badly injured, it could lead to enmity between Nolan and Harley and the Black Rose Organization. And if that happens, forget getting their help, it would be a big question if Harley and Nolan could get out of the territory of the organization alive.
"STOP!!" A loud voice sounded, making Brutus and Harley both turn toward the direction of the voice, the prison.
Out of the prison, accompanied by a prison guard, came Gulliver.
Harley stopped and returned the knife to his hidden pocket.
"Gulliver!" Brutus roared angrily and walked over to Gulliver.
They stood face to face. Both had almost equal height, with Brutus being a little bit taller. They stared into each other's eyes, their expression deadly serious.
"What are you doing??" Gulliver asked. "Look around yourself. You are making a scene out of nothing. "
"Are you trying to betray the organization or...are you already a traitor?"
"I am not a traitor, neither do I plan to betray the organization. You are overthinking."
"You! Freed! Prisoners!" Brutus screamed word by word. "They are spies trying to infiltrate our organization and steal information!!"
"For the last time, they are my friends! They are not trying to steal information, and neither do they plan to join our organization!" Gulliver roared, angry at how stubborn and unreasonable Brutus was.
"You are protecting them! Gulliver, do you want me to kill you?!"
"Ahh..." GUlliver sighed. "Fine. I don't care anymore." His voice turned cold. "Come, kill me. Do it if you can!"
"You think I don't dare touch you?!"
"Ohh, no, no. You can't touch me. Even a brainless idiot like you knows what would happen if I die. In a month, the businesses I manage would collapse, taking seventy percent of the financial power of the organization. And in another month, the organization would cease to exist. It will be devoured by the other organizations." Gulliver paused for a moment. "Brutus, you don't have either the authority or the ability to threaten me. You give yourself too much importance. Get out of here! NOW!"
Hearing Gulliver's threats, Brutus's forehead drenched in sweat.
"This is not the end of this!" Brutus threatened as he turned to leave. "The Boss will hear about this. Let us see if you can keep being this arrogant!" After he said this, he walked away.
Gulliver only smirked, and after Brutus left, he immediately turned to Harley and Nolan.
Seeing that Brutus walked away and the conflict was over, the people around also dispersed, each going his way.
"Let's talk in a quiet place," Gulliver said without giving a chance to Harley and Nolan to say anything.
Harley gave the injured prison guard into the care of the other prison guard that came with Gulliver out of the prison.
Gulliver then led the way, and Nolan and Harley followed closely behind.
After about ten minutes of walking, he stopped in front of a one-story stone house.
"This is one of my houses," Gulliver said, opening the door.
He entered the house, followed by Nolana and Harley.
It was downgrading to say that the interior of the house was beautiful. It was more than beautiful.
Immediately after entering the house, left was a door leading to another room. The door was open, so Nolan stole a glance inside. That was the kitchen. In the corner was a stone stove made out of luxurious gray stone. In the center was also a wooden table made of high-quality wood. There were also other things inside, but due to the angle he stood at, Nolan could not see more.
To the right was the toilet, but the door was closed, so Nolan could not see anything.
After entering the house, Gulliver led them deeper into the house. Besides the kitchen and the toilet, there was no other room in this house. The rest of the house was just one large living room.
In the center of the large living room was a shockingly large table with four-legged chairs around, of course, made of high-quality dark wood.
In the living room was also a large stone stove with wood as fuel, only for heating purposes.
There was also a piece of furniture. When comparing it to something from the modern world, it resembled a sofa.
This sofa was coated with brown leather. And in front of the sofa, on the light brown wooden floor was placed a dark brown bear skin with fur.
'T-This.' Nolan's eyes widened in shock. 'Just how rich is he.'
The house didn't have much furniture, but the pure quality of the material they were made of shocked Nolan.
Of course, to Harley, this was not as shocking. After all, for a noble, this much luxury was nothing.
Gulliver walked to the sowa and sat. As he was pretty massive, the sofa only had a place for one more person to sit.
"Now, take a chair and sit in front of me." He said.
Nolana and Harley did and told, and placed the chair in front of the sofa on the bear skin.
Gulliver's expression turned serious. "I think it's time you start explaining. Why did you come here? And why were you imprisoned?"