The party continued, and Leo continued drinking like tomorrow would never come.
However, I stood up when I saw familiar faces joining the crowd while eating.
I approached them, and all at once, all eight of them immediately stood up the moment they saw me. They were already done when I arrived.
I smiled. "Woah, isn't it the ever-powerful Leo the invincible?"
The one who impersonated Leo before scratched his head while looking down due to embarrassment.
"I'm glad to see that you three are fine and have some friends with you."
"Yes, thanks for helping us back there, ma- master Troy."
"I assume your name isn't really Leo, ain't it?"
He raised his head. "Ah, my name is Julio."
I turned my gaze towards the two.
"My name is San." Said the demon one.
"And I'm Shun." Lastly, the one with cat ears. A cat boy! "And these guys are our friends." At the same time, he points his hand to their group's younger members.
"Nice to meet you. I hope you are no longer going around doing what you did back then."
The three of them chuckled.
"It will never happen again; that's the first and last time we will do it. We've learned our lessons."
"By the way, Mis- master Troy. I saw your fight earlier! You're so strong!" Julio excitedly declared.
"Really? It's nice to hear that."
"Big bro Troy?" I felt Rafaela's hand grab my hand and found her looking at the group and pointing her index finger at Julio. "Ah, Leo the invincible."
Shun and Sam giggled.
"I just found out that his name is Julio. By the way, her name is Rafaela."
"Hi, Raf." All of them said at once.
Rafaela waved her hand at them. "Hi."
"Ey, boss! We're not done here yet!" Leo shouted while waving his ridiculously massive bottle of booze.
I bent my knees to level Rafaela. "Do you want to play with them for a while? I think joining some drunkards is not good for you."
Playing with people her age is a better environment for her, after all.
"Raf is joining us?"
Rafaela stared at the group for a second, then stared back at me and nodded.
I patted her head. "Good." I stood up and faced the group who were smiling at me. "I hope you won't mind."
Julio immediately raised his thumbs. "You can count on us, Boss!"
He changed from master to boss really quickly.
I nodded and got back to people two drowning themselves in booze.
I sat back with them and drank the booze in my cup.
"What took you so long, boss?" Leo asked. For a person who has already drunk a lot, he still looks sober.
And I can say the same for Xin.
"I just talked to some acquaintance of mine."
He nodded. "I see, I see, here's another round of drinks."
"May I ask, Troy. Now that you are now the new leader of the Fang faction, do you have any plan in mind as the new leader?"
Leo stared at me. "Now that you mention it, Xin. What is your plan, boss?"
"I hope you are not like the certain someone I know who, after winning the leadership of the entire faction, it just turned out that he had no plans in mind and just wanted to be the leader of the faction just for the sake of it and forced me the responsibilities that I shouldn't have because I'm done being a faction leader, you know? The despicable titular type."
I'm amazed at how he could say it with such a gentle and kind voice. Still, I'll stick to my plan.
"Oy! You don't need to call me out like that, Xin. And besides, haven't you remembered, you are the one who asked me to challenge you."
"A plan? I have already told you. My plan would not only involve this faction; my goal will include the entire town."
Both Xin and Leo paused for a second and just stared at me. I'm sure they heard my plan two days ago, yet they seemed like they just heard it right now.
I drank the booze in my cup. "I'm planning to challenge the second faction leader tomorrow; the faster these tasks are done, the better."
What came next was pure silence between the three of us. After a few seconds, both of them nodded at once.
"That's one hell of an ambitious goal. I thought you were just bluffing when you said you wanted to challenge the two remaining faction leaders." Leo put another round of booze in my cup. "But, I'll warn you, those two are one hell of a challenge, especially that old hag witch governing the Spriggan faction. Leal is one hell of a monster himself, but the old hag is on another level; maybe her age has something to do with it."
"Old hag?" I asked.
"Leo, don't call Raiden that. And you are wondering why she hates you so much?" Xin said.
He just laughed. "My bad, my bad."
They would never remain undefeated if they were not monster-level strong after all.
For now, I should focus on Leal first and worry about Raiden once I manage to win.
Leo chuckled while shaking the bottle of booze in his hand, and it was already empty. "However, for now, let's forget about that and focus on our celebration; let's reserve that for tomorrow." He grabbed something under the table and revealed a much smaller bottle in his hand. "For the finale, I want you to try our favorite drink."
At least it's not in a comically large bottle anymore.
He grabbed both of our cups and poured them full.
I grabbed the cup and sniffed the water like liquor.
It has no smell.
"That's my and Xin's favorite drink; now that you are now the new leader of our faction, you deserve to get a taste of Fang Faction's specialty."
"Ah, who made it?"
Xin drank the cup and raised his hand. "Me. I made it." While slowly swaying.
Did his face suddenly turn red?
"Try it, boss."
I nodded and drank the bottle, and to my surprise, it had no taste and just passed through my mouth like water.
"See, isn't it good, boss?"
"Yeah, it is. What is this drink called?"
Leo chuckled, but I couldn't see him properly anymore because my vision was starting to blur.
"This booze is called... the Mind breaker." And chuckled like a villain who just won against the hero.
And that's the last thing I remembered before waking up the next morning with a skull-breaking hangover while lying on my bed in our inn room and being nursed by poor Rafaela.
What the fuck is that liquor?
I will never drink that liquor ever again!