At the front door of the slave market building, one of the three people that previously had gotten out of the carriage knocked the closed door gently, its not long before the door was opened by someone, the one that opens the door for them looked rather muscular and also have a veteran vibe.
"What can i help" - ???
The same person that knocked the door then showed a black card that had a gold outline, theres some sort of a mysterious logo in the middle of the card, it seems like this is their organization logo.
After the person showed the card to the muscular man, the muscular man smirked and let them inside.
"Go in" - ???
Kyne watched as all three of them walked inside.
"...You need an invitation ticket to get inside?, Auction?" - Kyne
"Well that's more problem.." - Kyne
'So far, only three people showed up, its been almost 30 minutes..' - Kyne thought
'Don't tell me!..'
Out of nowhere, an explosion sound was heard, Kyne quickly determine the source of the sound, and he found out that it was coming from the slave market building.
'Fuck! So i was correct!!' - Kyne thought
Although the sound was clearly an explosion, and even though it came from the building, the foundation, or the building itself however, didn't explode whatsoever, its more like the sound is coming from underneath the building.
Kyne quickly moved, leaping through the houses after houses, he jumped down after a while of running and head on to an underground tunnel, this tunnel was used as a gateway for a river to flow towards the city, so the size is larger than a normal tunnel, sometimes boat can be seen passing through, but in rare cases, this tunnel also homes to multiple secret rooms that is hidden from the public eye, due to the fact that the tunnel have many pathways that can be taken, it is truly like a maze.
'So they also moved huh' - Kyne thought
What he means by they is his previous colleagues from Crime Management, if they are launching an attack at the slave market, then that means they must have collected enough proof.
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[ 15 Minutes Earlier ]
"SOLD! The Leaf from the World Tree has been Sold for 250 Gold Coins by Anonymous Buyer at the 33th seat! Congratulations!" - Auction Manager
"Now for our NEXT thing... We have!! A demi-human slave! Bring it on!"
Out of the small door with curtains at the side of the auction stage, a frail looking demi-human girl was guided by a masked man towards the middle of the stage, she is being chained around her neck and hands, with her clothing being mostly torn apart.
"Woooaaahh!!!"
The crowd cheered as they saw the beauty of that girl, the auction manager then quickly started the bidding.
"1 L GOLDS!" - ???
"2 L GOLDS!" - ???
"3- NO! 5 L GOLDS!" - ???
"FIVE!! FIVE LARGE GOLD COINS! Did i hear that right? Does ANYONE Else wants to put a higher price!?" - Auction Manager
The crowd went silent for a while and they whispered to one another, discussing whether someone will up the price or not, because although it might sound cheap, a large gold coin is the most expensive currency there is in the continent, one of these coin is equivalent to a thousand normal gold coins, even one normal gold coins could sustain a family for a couple of weeks, the official coins change is as follow.
10 Copper equals to 1 Silver, you might be thinking, does this mean one gold equals 10 silvers? No, its actually 100 Silvers per gold coin.
Most foods that can be bought on the market are averaging at a silver or maybe even a copper for a smaller portions, so even one gold coin could theoretically feed a family for weeks.
In the end, after a long silence, someone at the back of the seat suddenly shouted.
"10 L GOLDS!" - ???
Spontaneously, the crowds turned back to see who is the crazy rich person that have this much money, but because of everyone's anonymity, they couldn't really see the person's face.
"3.. 2... 1.. AND SOLD!" - Auction Manager
As the bidden had ended, the demi-human girl then got dragged towards the door again where she will be placed in a separate cage from the other slaves.
"NOW! FOR OUR NEXT THING! WE HAVE-"
From the back of the seat, an explosion occured out of nowhere, shocking everyone present including the auction manager, the explosion caused smoke dusts to be spread all across the auction room, blocking everyone's eyesight temporarily, all of the guests that participate in the auction began to panic as they screamed and ran at a random direction, but it was too late, not long after, a bunch of people barged into the room with swift coordination and apprehended all of the guests, with some of them turned out to be nobles from the capital and other cities.
"HEY!! WHAT IS THIS, WHO ARE YOU GUYS!" - ???
"RELEASE ME THIS INSTANT!!" - ???
"HELP!!" - ???
"W- WHAT, WHO'S THERE!?" - Auction Manager
"DAMN IT! THIS BASTARD!! HOW DID THEY KNOW!?"
At the location of where the slave auction was commenced, which is a couple meters beneath the ground, the Crime Management had attacked the room when the auction was still going on, they launched an ambush targeted towards everyone without caring about their social status or lineage.
"STOP THEM!" - Auction Manager
There were about 20 members of the Crime Management, while the guards or mercenary that is hired by the Slave Auction is no less than 25.
The number might not fair, but the guys from the Crime Management should not be underestimated, soon after, the mercenaries charged forward as the group of detectives split into two groups, 15 stays to handle all of the mercenaries while the other five search for the slaves that were being kept and also release them, if the time is enough, they will also search for the mastermind behind this activity.
Clash between swords happened, both parties swings their sword towards the enemies without hesitation and is filled with the intention to kill, one of the mercenary was slashed not long after, same with the detective, there are casualties from both sides.
"KEUK!" - ???
A sword scratches one of the detective cheek, he was fighting two mercenaries, and one of them have such great skill that he almost felt to be invincible, the mercenary looked extraordinarily big for a human, and he wields a giant axe.
"HAHAHA! STOP AVOIDING! EITHER PARRY OR TAKE IT STRAIGHT ON!" - ???
'Damn it, what the hell is that guy!..' - ???
'Im on a losing battle here..'
That mercenary was truly intimidating, but luckily, not all detectives were the same, that tough guy was just lucky to fight against one of the weakest member, because not long after.
"Yo Jarred! You okay there!?" - ???
Other detective that had killed all of the mercenaries that fought him began attacking the tough guy with dark magic, he casts a magic circle below the guy, that tough guy kept laughing without looking down at his feet, if he were to realize and avoid the magic circle, he wouldn't have to suffer, moments later a giant mouth emerged from the ground, it snapped his body in half.
Seeing their strongest mercenary get brutally killed like that easily instilled fear among other mercenaries that were still alive, they all quickly ran from all of the detectives and towards a passage door, but before they could even get close to the door, all of the detectives charged and slashed all of them with their swords.
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Its one of the tunnel passageway, this one is not that large because there is no water, its just a passage to another room, along the passage, a panting sound and heavy breathing can be heard echoing throughout the whole tunnel, its coming from the auction manager dressed in suit, he had ran away from the location when the mercenaries starts fighting, thankfully the other five that have split up didn't seem to saw him.
"D- Damn it, damn it all.. Fuck this, why do i have to fucking deal with this.." - Auction Manager
"Those fucking rat from the Crime Management, they really attacked us out of nowhere, damn!.. Does this mean that they had gathered enough proof of our business?"
"Huff.. For now, i need to run, i need to escape, i dont fucking care about him, he can be killed, i can search for a new job whenever i want.. Yeah, yeah.. As long as i just escaped, i wouldn't be in trouble.."
"Ck ck ck.. Where are you going mister" - ???
"HUH!?" - Auction Manager
Infront of him, just before the passageway ends with a turn, a mysterious foot step sound was heard echoing, with a person appearing from the right turn, his appearance was hidden because the lack of light, but from his silhouette alone, the auction manager could tell that this person is one of the detective.
"a- Aa- ahh.. W- WHO ARE YOU!?"
"Aaahh.. I dont know about that, who am i? Doesn't matter." - ???
"What matter is that, you.. You are one of the people that runs the slave auction, right?"
"DAMN IT!!!" - Auction Manager
After that, he turned back and ran as fas as he could with those tired legs, his expression showed terror, hes scared of whatever might happened to him in the not so distant future.
He ran, and ran, but not even a minute later, his neck was caught and he were slammed into the ground, cracking the brick floor and also a part of his brain.
Out of despair, he gained enough willpower to look at the detective's face despite the sheer strength that the detective put towards his head, that's when he realize that, the detective was Kyne.