"You.. fucking shit" - Auction Manager
He doesn't know who Kyne is.
"Hey, do you know where's the slave room is?, You must know right? because if you tell me, i might be a little merciful." - Kyne
"R- Really? A- are you being serious!?" - Auction Manager
"Oh yeah for sure."
"I- its behind the auction room, there is- there is a secret door camouflaged as a wall-"
That was his last words as Kyne then brutally crushed his head against the floor with terrifying force.
"Im being merciful to give you a painless death, im not lying." - Kyne
With the newly gained information, Kyne quickly run to the auction room, he already have a rough idea of where the auction room is, all he needs to do is just follow the screams that came from the tied up guests, their plead of help was so loud that their sound was basically echoing throughout the tunnel.
"HEY!! HOW CAN YOU DO THIS TO ME! IM A COUNT-" - ???
"Ssshhhh!! Stop making them more angry! Who knows what they might do to us!!" - ???
"SO WHAT? IM NOT SCARED OF THEM, THEY SHOULD BE SCARED OF ME, I WILL REPORT THIS TO THE GOVERNMENT IN CHARGE OF THIS CITY-" - ???
"Shut the fuck up old man, you're so fucking childish and arrogant its funny."
"HUH!?" - ???
Because of his foul mouth, ego, and annoying personality, the detective that were supposed to guard them decided to just straight up cut off his head, the rest of the people that were being tied either finally shut up or they get even more scared.
"Listen here you scoundrels, i don't care who you are, what are you, or where you came from, what i care is that you, all of you, that is present in here, had done a serious crime of participating in an illegal activities."
"I don't give a single fuck whether you are a king, noble, or whatever, crime and wrongdoings is not determined by status or wealth."
That cold detective then stabbed his sword to the ground, as a symbol of dominance.
"Wheeeww.. Zen is brutal as always.." - ???
Other detectives in the area admired Zen as he is known as one of the most competent and brutal detective, from skill alone, he is at the same level as Kyne, some people even says that he is more skilled than Kyne, but they both never fought each other so the true answer of who is stronger can never be truly answered.
Although Zen is pretty skilled, he is actually trash at the actual job of detectives which is searching for clues and hunting down masterminds behind a crime, that's why whenever he was given a mission by the organization, its most likely for an ambush attack at some criminal bases.
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"Just you wait, ugh." - ???
In a room that is not far from the auction room, the 5 detectives that were previously splitted from the group found the supposed mastermind behind this activity, that person's name is Ghorga, when the five detectives first found Ghorga, he was seen to be allocating his treasure of coins to a large bag, Ghorga was trying to run away as soon as he heard an explosion, fortunately before he could even took a step outside, he was caught and tied up to an anti-magic handcuffs.
'Zen, Ohga, we have caught the mastermind, what should we do now' - Ward
The leader of the group, Ward, send a telepathy to Zen and another member called Ohga, not long after they both replied to him and also says that they are also done with their part.
'We have collected the hologram image that can act as proof, our job here is done.' - Zen
"Yo! Zen!" - ???
Someone suddenly called out Zen from a certain direction, Zen turned his head towards the source of the sound and out of the door that was at the right side of the auction stage, Kyne appeared with 8 Slaves that followed him.
"KYNE!?" - Zen
Zen and others in the area also shouted his name, they all didn't expect him to take part in this mission.
"I thought you retired?"
"Ehh, i thought one last mission wouldn't hurt, beside, you won't gonna find the slave room if i didn't help, because the entrance was camouflaged as a wall." - Kyne
"How do you know that?" - Zen
"I actually met with the auction manager that ran away, you guys must've forgotten about him" - Kyne
"Ah.. is that true? I thought he was already got taken care of by others that split up" - Zen
"...Thanks for your help again Kyne, as always."
All of the slaves hid behind Kyne, they seem scared to see Zen and other detectives in the room, thinking that they might be another enemy.
"Hey, its okay.. They're not a bad guys, the bad guys is already being tied up, look at it" - Kyne
Kyne then pointed his finger at one of the tied up guests, hoping that it would calm the slaves a bit.
In total, there are 2 human slaves, one boy and one girl, 5 demi-human slaves, and also the last one, an elf.
"They've gone some rough stuff, i already asked every one of them about what happened, and it seems like all of the demi-humans are from the same village, everyone have a home that will accept them." - Kyne
"Except.."
"What?" - Zen
"The elf slave, she.. she was a wanderer" - Kyne
Zen's eyes were slightly shocked after hearing it.
"Does that mean.."
"Yes, she doesn't have a house or family, seems like her hometown is also gone" - Kyne
They both looked at the elf behind, her face is showing sadness and also confusion, its as if her heart might break at any moment.
"So, what do you want me to do?" - Zen
"I can't have her join me as my companion, after what she's gone through, if she followed me, she's gonna suffer even more." - Kyne
"How about raising her to be a powerful mage? Treat her in a safe environment with the best kind of people, Elfs are most proficient in magic after all"
"...I understand" - Zen
After that short conversation, Kyne told all of the slaves to follow Zen as he will guide them to safety where they will soon be deported back to their houses after a couple days of rehabilitation, thankfully all of them complied without much issue, at last, all of the detectives gathered back in the room and they used a magic spell to flew all of the tied up guests into the air where they can be brought to prison with ease.
"I guess this will be our final meeting?" - Zen
"Not really, i'll see you in a couple of years." - Kyne
"You better meet again with Tundra, although hes fine without you haha" - Zen
With that, Zen and the others leave the underground tunnel and moved silently under the bright moonlight that shone the world.