Chapter 20 – Chapter 20 Hierarchy-2
The underground provocation enraged the Commons.
“This child is now…”
“Now What? Can I say something even worse next time?”
Underground laughed.
“Hakarl is dead, so what you’re doing is absurd, but is all you talking about?”
Bang!
Garaon, a lion beast that stepped on the table and jumped, rushed towards the basement.
With a height of 190 cm and a weight of 150 kg, all of which are tightly packed with muscles, Karaon could easily tear and kill a human.
It was best to avoid an attack that jumped up and attacked with a strong body.
However, Ji-ha did not avoid it and reached out to face him.
Quaang!!
Jiha grabbed Karaon’s head and pressed it against the table.
The tableware was shaken by the huge impact, and the wooden table was cracked like a spider’s web.
“Keuheuk, gagging!!”
Garaon, whose head was caught again, struggled, but could not get his head out.
The commons froze at the sight of a lion who was taller than himself, like a child.
Can a human subdue a beastman with only his grip? In case it doesn’t make sense
However, it was possible if it was the bluish light that circulated in the underground arm, magic power.
“Magic attribute…”
“Is it really magic?”
The Commons only heard rumors that the underground had magical powers.
It was the first time I had seen it with my own eyes.
However, among the Commons of Blue Seal, he overpowered Garaon, who was at the top of the ranks, at once.
It was clear that the basement had changed drastically from before.
“Okay, what’s next?”
Underground, who had subdued the lion with one hand, looked around the crowd.
Nobody moved.
There were even people who prided themselves on being stronger than Gara On.
However, no one had the confidence to subdue Garaon once and for all.
Jiha was the strongest in this position.
“Now you are in the mood to listen to me.”
When he pressed the struggling Karaon harder, the movement stopped.
The subdued Gara also admitted that the underground is much stronger.
In silence, Jiha calmly opened her mouth.
“Hakal is dead. He was a good friend. I’m sorry too. These are not empty words.”
The basement was sincere. It would have been of great help if I had stayed.
“I understand that you are sad and angry. I know you want to hold someone accountable.”
“…”
“Holding me accountable is not a very incomprehensible way of thinking. This is usually the conclusion that idiots put their immature heads together.”
Gargoyle Regin answered harshly.
“Be careful with your words, underground. Even if you are strong, do you intend to turn us all into enemies?”
“You guys watch your head. It will make a hollow sound whenever it moves.”
As the basement became chilly, the commoners were furious inside.
If Garaon hadn’t been subdued, if he hadn’t seen the strength of the underground, he would have attacked the group and lynched the underground.
However, the words of the underground pierced their hearts.
“Let’s say they attack me by number. Yes, let’s assume that you guys did it on your own whether you killed me or tore me to death. So what’s the difference?”
“…”
Commons did not answer.
“If you kill an old man who was unlucky to talk, you guys will be punished as a group. Violence and murder among commoners are punishable by severe punishment. The trick is to beat me up a bit and then stop leaking. And starting tomorrow, I will go to the summoning war again, and fight while earning ridicule in the Colosseum and die.”
Underground glared at the Commons.
“How many of these guys in this room will survive after three months?”
“What is the point?”
Gargoyle Legin asked hard.
Underground attacked those who were physically far superior to humans.
“Is it your life schedule to die like this after living like idiots?”
“Then what makes you different?”
Skeleton made a sarcastic remark.
Jiha is the oldest of the commons in this position. 28 consecutive losses means you have played 28 or more matches.
However, underground was not recognized as the most prestigious by other commons.
Among the males, it was an existence out of order.
Until now.
“Yeah, it’s nothing new that you guys are looking at me as an idiot. He must have been evaluated as a servile human who was only eager to survive, a human scum not worth respecting. The most favorable feeling you have for me is sympathy.”
“…”
The commons did not say no to the voice that stood on the underground day.
Some even laughed.
The basement splashed cold water at the sound of laughter.
“You bastards! Are you stained with this town to the core now!”
“…”
“Is it natural to die if you are weak? Female male? Have you lived until now believing that? Did you believe that and live until you were called from this dog-like Wordsland!”
The Commons were those called from another world and forced to fight.
No one was here because they wanted to.
“Let’s all say that. Why are you guys doing this here? Would you guys be strong? You have the power to tear down anything that stands in your way, so why don’t you come together and run away right away?”
Karado, who is currently being overpowered by the underground, could have killed about a hundred normal humans.
Commons do not have magical powers, but they have various special physical abilities and experience in fighting for their lives.
The basement has been slammed.
“Why are 100 warriors bound by chains of slavery?”
“Okay, everyone just dies.”
Regin shook his head stiffly.
“I’m also at the level of Normal, so I can take out dozens of people. However, from the rare level, it will be difficult to deal with 3 or 4 people. And above that…”
Despair crept across the faces of the Commons.
Enlil, a unique grade, was able to slice everyone here by himself.
“Let’s say you miraculously escape this city, Warris. After that? Everyone in Wordsland will be chasing us and we will be caught and killed.”
“So you’re giving up?”
The basement laughed.
“Ah, I grew up being taken care of by my proud parents, fighting with like-minded friends, building a family with my beloved wife, and living a happy life. Just believe in the word that it will be returned! With the determination to see my family again! Every time he fights for his life, he dies in the laughter of onlookers.”
“…”
Underground asked a question in the suffocating silence.
“I can’t return to my hometown, I never see my wife or children again, I can’t keep my promise to my friends, I’m abandoned without a grave to rest, and I become a dinner for flies.”
A low voice from the underground pierced everyone’s heart.
“Did you guys dream of doing this? What was your life goal? Did you want to do this?”
“…”
Some bit their lips, others only looked up at the ceiling.
Karaon, who was stamped in the hand of the underground, let out a moan of lamentation.
The underground asked again towards the silence swirling with resentment and pain.
“Do you really want it to end like this?”
“… So, is there any other way?”
Someone asked bitterly.
Everyone was in a difficult and miserable situation. Who doesn’t have the desire to go back?
Jiha changed the tone of her voice.
“We are not what we have to fight for.”
I wasn’t saying that the Commons of Blue Seals should unite.
The basement looked wide.
“It’s not even purple that has to fight and win.”
“Then…”
The words connecting the underground broke everyone’s expectations.
“It is this fucking world that we have to fight for and win. The guys who divided the ranks and made us a fighting spectacle by putting us on the lowest floor, guys killing time by betting which dog fighting dog would win.”
“…”
“We all come from different worlds. The species are also different. Of course, we think differently and act differently.”
Underground looked at everyone and said.
“But one is the same. We are not cattle.”
“…”
“Even if we lived as slaves until yesterday, we cannot continue to do so. I don’t want to live as a slave tomorrow either.”
The words of the underground penetrated everyone’s hearts.
It was a fact she had struggled to ignore as she accepted her position as Common and risked her life to fight.
The basement promised.
“We must win our freedom.”
“… How?”
Underground raised his fist.
Blue magic power flowed from his clenched fists.
“Because of fighting.”
The first Common with magical powers, everyone swallowed their saliva.
Ji-ha lowered her fist and spoke cynically.
“Of course, it would be hard for you guys to believe me just by saying this. So I’ll prove myself Show me that you are a leader you can trust and follow. The detailed plan will be revealed one by one after that.”
“What are you going to do?”
In response to the eagerly anticipated question, Ji-ha gave a straight answer.
“I will avenge Hakal for now.”
A sigh flowed at the declaration of the underground.
The eloquence poured out by the underground touched the hearts of the men present.
The basement was telling them what they had been waiting for.
“After that, follow me and fight.”
Jiha, who finished his speech, removed his hand.
Karaon finally lifted his head and stood up.
“…”
Although he was a proud lion beast, he had no sign of challenging the underground again.
Looking down into the basement, Karaon’s face harbored strong expectations.
Seeing the blood flowing down the lion’s face, Jiha ordered the other commons to do so.
“Take him to the Garaon Infirmary and treat him. If you ask me, give me my name.”
The other commons rushed to Garaon’s aid.
When the situation was over, Ji-ha left the restaurant with a piece of bread in her hand.
No one said
I just watched with expectant eyes.
After exiting the restaurant, Ji-ha stopped while walking down the quiet hallway.
Two footsteps follow.
“Okram, step aside.”
“Are you okay?”
“Okay.”
At the words of the underground, Okram silently avoided the seat.
All that was left was the werewolf Uven.
When Uben smiled strangely, Jiha brought the bread he had brought to his mouth.
Jiha said while chewing and swallowing the soft bread.
“I’m going to go through this just once. Uben.”
“… What do you mean?”
“I know you deliberately stood by. No, maybe you encouraged that atmosphere.”
The atmosphere that resents the underground for Hakal’s death must have been related to Uben, or he pretended not to know.
“Don’t you think that I couldn’t comfort the kids because I lacked my ability?”
“Does it make sense that a guy like that is 14-6?”
It was a part I deliberately skipped when I asked for it before.
“I’ve been here the longest. No one survives 6 defeats in a fight. Unless you’re an unconditional surrender like me.”
“…”
“But you won narrowly and lost narrowly. The opponents, the guys from Purple always saved you. I heard that it is a tight rivalry with a Minotaur called Calon, so it has a record of 3 wins and 3 losses?”
Uben exclaimed.
“You seem to know a lot.”
“Because I was free.”
While losing 28 games in a row, Jiha did not play around.
Gathering as much information as possible, I was looking for a better way.
He just hasn’t had a chance to show what he knows so far.
“So what’s the point?”
“Are you messing around?”
Match-fixing, it meant that Uben would play a match against the purple side.
Uben was unfazed.
Even so, it would be difficult to read his expression because of his wolf head.
“On what grounds?”
It was a hunch.
Just as the underground desperately found a way to survive, there was a sense that Uben was doing the same.
“If you fight a close rival, no matter who wins or loses, you won’t be suspicious. You don’t have to kill Because the audience will hope to see a high-level fight with a good opponent again.”
“…”
“Even if you’re quietly accumulating multipliers, I don’t have any doubts.”
Uben watched the basement quietly.
Werewolves could easily tear apart a normal human.
But wasn’t Garaon overpowered at once?
“So?”
If the words of the underworld enter the ears of the higher ranks, Uven will not survive.
Match fixing is not tolerated anywhere.
“I have no intention of spilling this anywhere. I have no intention of threatening you.”
“…”
“I told you. It will pass this time.”
Uben let out a sigh.
“Then are you talking about being in contact with the Purple side? Will the guy who killed Harkal lose to you on purpose?”
“Contact me. However, it is not necessary to win or lose. Just arrange a match.”
Underground said calmly.
“I’m going out next week, so tell him to come out that day too. Head-to-head, I’ll kill him and finish this job.”
“… Are you serious?”
Uben couldn’t believe the declaration of the underground.
You know match fixing is possible, but you just set the match schedule.
Hakal was strong.
He couldn’t directly compete for supremacy with the commons on his faction, but the consensus was that he was in the top five in blue.
The Purple Common who killed that Harkal, Quodoran, must be mighty.
“I have to do this to earn your respect.”
“…”
Jiha planned to seize Uven and put him under him.
Winning through match-fixing is like a weakness for Uben, and false prestige does not last long.
Furthermore, it is necessary to attract the commons of purple who are in the same situation.
Then we have to properly show the power of the underground.
Uben groaned.
“Are you really going to… ?”
“This is the only one that passes. Don’t test me next time, Uben.”
It was a perfect way to pamper someone below him, but Uben didn’t get angry.
Underground also pointed out why he was like that.
“My words to manage other commons must have come out of the blue, and they must have wanted to see my capabilities and skills with their own eyes. He must have wondered if he was a man he could follow. That’s why I went up on stage.”
“…”
“Did you understand?”
Uben thought for a moment, then he grinned.
“Okay, if you do as you say, I will follow you wholeheartedly. If I turn my back after that, then I will not resent you even if you kill me.”
“Good.”
Underground turned around.
Uben spoke lowly from behind.
“Win, underground.”
It was not flattery.
“By winning, show me and us hope.”
“Look forward to it.”
The basement walked forward without hesitation.
Commons are warriors worth a hundred in terms of pure physical ability, and if you make them your subordinates, they will be useful in overthrowing and conquering this world in the future.
“I must properly prepare…”
Once Harkal is avenged, Blue Seal’s Commons will follow the Underworld.
But Jiha wasn’t going to be satisfied with just that.
“Wait.”
It starts now.
