Chapter 40: Conflict

  Rost is now complacent, having just come out of the Mercenary Guild. Thinking of those mercenaries who were unwilling to meet his angry gaze, a hard-to-describe sense of pleasure surged in his heart.

  He was only a fourth-order bronze warrior, but as the guard of Viscount Harvey's mansion, those mercenaries who were dissatisfied with him before had no power to resist.

  Haha, what's the use of being stronger than me? In front of me, those plebeians must lower their heads that think they're noble and throw their dignity at my feet. Humph, if they dare to defy me, the anger of a noble lord is not something these mercenary dogs can endure.

  Roster walked towards the tavern next to the Mercenary Guild with a pleased expression, knowing that at this time, most mercenaries were resting in the tavern and only a small portion of them were in the guild. The orders set by Viscount Harvey wouldn't work with just these few mercenaries.

  Roster walked into the inn next to the mercenary guild with two attendants, it was noon at this moment, many mercenaries were eating in the large hall downstairs, Roster slapped the counter of the inn heavily, concentrating all the attention of the mercenaries on himself.

  "My name is Roster, you may address me as Lord Roster. This morning, a demonic beast was spotted on the mountain outside the city. By order of Viscount Harvey in the city, all mercenaries above level 3 must gather at the east gate of Valan City two hours from now. Those who fail to comply will be punished for disobeying the kingdom's orders! Did you hear that?"

  Roster looked at all the mercenaries in the tavern hall with a high and arrogant attitude, just like those mercenaries in the Mercenary Guild, their eyes also showed a disobedient look, but no one dared to stand up.

  "Why should we mercenaries do such things, what about the kingdom's city guards?!" Some mercenaries in the crowd murmured, they didn't dare to resist Roster in Valan City for many years. Harvey Viscount was the nephew of Habernah Earl, the lord of Valan City, and he controlled the city guards of Valan City, with great power in Valan City. Not to mention these mercenaries, even some small nobles in the city were quite afraid of Viscount Harvey.

  The vast majority of mercenaries knew that Viscount Harvey was simply looking for free labor. Such things had happened before, the city guard was the kingdom's regular security force, if members were injured or killed, apart from the kingdom giving some compensation, Viscount Harvey as their superior would also have to spend a sum of money to take care of the injured members and the families of those who died, so Viscount Harvey turned to the idle mercenaries in Valan City.

  Viscount Harvey would certainly give each of these mercenaries some money, but this bit of money was something that even the mercenaries themselves didn't think much of.

  "The city guard is for protecting the safety of the civilians in the kingdom, it's for defending against external enemies, not for hunting magical beasts. That kind of thing, of course, is for you mercenaries to do." Rosteh hummed and his gaze swept over the crowd in the hall, as if trying to find out who was speaking, but the next moment, Rosteh's gaze stopped on the Ba brothers.

  Baru and Bak were now in high spirits, having not had a good meal for a long time. When they saw the various dishes brought by the innkeeper, their mouths immediately began to water like a spring. Faced with the delicious food, they couldn't express their gratitude to Hua Yun in words. The two of them, who were a bit dim-witted, didn't even notice Roster walking in as they stood before the dishes.

  The sound of the two men chewing was particularly jarring in the silent hall, Rostov was furious, and at a time when everyone was listening to him speak, these two guys still had the nerve to eat, they must have done it on purpose, Rostov's face turned iron-green, he felt his dignity being trampled by these two plebeians.

  "Did you hear what I just said!" Roast came to the front of the Ba brothers, tapping on their table with the hilt of his sword at his waist.

  "What?" The Patel brothers looked at Rost in some astonishment, their faces showing displeasure at being interrupted while eating.

  Rostov looked at the displeased faces of the Barsky brothers and was already certain that these two big guys were fooling him.

  "Whoosh!" Rostov swept all the dishes off the table in front of the Brothers, and pots, pans, and plates crashed to the floor, shattering into powder.

  "Now I think you should understand!" Rost said with a cold smile on his face.

  "Got it through your head!" Bakuto stood up with a start, but Barukku understood more than him. He grabbed Bakuto who was about to flare up and grab his sword, but his understanding only went that far. The two of them stood there, glaring fiercely at Rosuto.

  The whole inn's mercenaries saw the Ba brothers like this, and they all understood that the Ba brothers were probably going to be unlucky. However, the crowd who had been extremely disgusted with the Ba brothers before couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for them at this moment.

  "Haha!" Rost suddenly laughed, and laughed very happily. He had already forgotten how long it had been since a mercenary in Valan City dared to defy him. Since he was still a follower, there were several mercenaries who dared to defy Lord Harvey, but they were all eliminated by Lord Harvey and disappeared from the world.

  It seems that everyone has already forgotten the terror of Roister, Roister collected his smile, he had decided to give the two ignorant big heads in front of him a lesson, so that the mercenaries of Valan City would understand what the consequences of daring to resist Lord Havi would be.

  "Bring them here! These two are obstructing the Kingdom's Peacekeeping Force from doing their job, take them away!" Roast bellowed, and the two attendants behind him immediately closed in on the Ba brothers.

  "I don't know if the two of you will obediently follow me on your own, or if I'll have to invite the two of you to leave?" Rost's face was full of smiles as he looked at the Ba brothers, but his eyes revealed a chilling coldness that made one's heart skip a beat.

  The remaining mercenaries in the hall couldn't help but secretly sigh, feeling sorry for the Ba brothers. Their previous actions were really too unwise, even if they were dissatisfied, they shouldn't have shown it so clearly. In front of Roast, this was simply asking to die. Now that things had reached this point, no one could save the two of them anymore.

  "I don't know what those two did wrong, but they've really angered this public security officer, who insists on taking them away."

  Just as the two attendants were about to seize the Ba brothers, a calm voice suddenly came from the staircase of the inn.

  Hua Yun was previously in the room making a fuss about the divine fruit, and the sound of smashing dishes from downstairs made him worried that the Ba brothers had caused some trouble, but he didn't expect to see such a scene as soon as he walked to the staircase.

  "Big brother!" Seeing Hua Yun, the Ba brothers immediately exclaimed excitedly. For some reason, although they hadn't spent much time with Hua Yun, the two of them felt an extremely strong sense of security from him!

  "Haha, the adults are here, this is great, they'll definitely make that arrogant guy compensate us for our food!" The Ba brothers thought to themselves as they looked at the scattered food.