Chapter 338 : Checking The ‘Goods’

 

Darkan approached our table and stared at us with a creepy smile on his face.

「Guhuhu~ What a catch. Seems like I need to give that delivery man a rise.」(Darkan)

「Yes, I think so too.」(gatekeeper)

The gatekeeper who took us here rubbed his hands and smiled at his master.

「I wish they could bring me beautiful women like these ladies every time. You can go back to your post now.」(Darkan)

「Yes, Sir!」(gatekeeper)

After Darkan waved his hand, shooing him away as if he were a stray cat, the gatekeeper hurriedly left the room.

If Darkan was alone, we could have beat him to a pulp right now, but he wasn’t.

There were four fully armed men standing behind him. They seemed to be professional mercenaries hired by him.

「Hmm~ What beautiful ladies. Welcome to my humble underground basement. Unfortunately, none of you are my type. You know, I like ladies with huge boobs. Well, it’s not a bad thing because I can sell you without any regrets.」(Darkan)

He likes big boobs, huh?

By the way, Maya and Ester have decent-sized breasts in my opinion, but this disgusting man seems to like bigger ones.

That’s why he persistently asks Celine to be his concubine. She has massive breasts after all.

While Darkan was talking, the two mercenaries approached us.

I was thinking if we could beat them now, but Maya glanced at me and squinted. I think she was trying to tell me not to act rushingly.

I lightly nodded at her and decided to leave the timing to attack them to her.

「Hm…? You…」(Darkan)

Suddenly, Darkan held my chin and forcibly turned my face to him.

I only met him once in his store, but this man remembers my face very well. He even drew portraits of me when he ordered some thugs to search for me in the city.

If he found out, then my efforts to dress like a girl would be for nothing.

I had no choice but to trust Maya’s makeup skills for now.

I swallowed my saliva as Darkan stared at my face.

After staring at me for a while, Darkan nodded a few times and grinned.

Did he find out…?

「I see, I see. Now that I look at you closely, you look pretty cute. I’m sure you will sell at a high price, guhehe~」(Darkan)

Phew… he doesn’t notice my true identity…

Seems like Maya really did a great job in doing my makeup.

After he was done with me, Darkan then started examining the faces of Maya, Liane, and Ester.

「This is great! You all will surely sell for a high price! Now, ladies, I have presents for you. Beautiful necklaces that should look good on you! I hope you will like them!」(Darkan)

Right after he said that, one of the mercenaries took out a slave collar from the leather bag on his waist.

He seemed to want to put the collar on Maya first, but when he approached her, Maya quickly untied the rope binding her hands together, and struck the face of the mercenary with a powerful punch, sending him fly backward and knocking him out.

「What theー」(Darkan)

Darkan was surprised, but before he could realize what was happening, Maya twisted her body and sent another powerful punch toward his face.

Howeverー

Crash!!

「Ghh!!」(Maya)

ーMaya’s fist suddenly bounced back before it reached Darkan’s face as if there was an invisible barrier in front of his face.

I could see blood dripping from Maya’s fist.

「Tsk! He has an amulet!」(Maya)

It seemed that Darkan was wearing a protective amulet similar to the Silver Eagle Amulet that I got from Tryon.

「H-how dare you! What a rude woman trying to attack me all of a sudden! Barg-san, give her a lesson!」(Darkan)

「With pleasure, Boss!」(mercenary)

Another mercenary raised his sword, trying to attack Maya, but before he could swing it down, Ester jumped forward and kicked him in the torso.

「Hya!」(Ester)

「Gahh!!」(mercenary)

He was blown away a few meters backward and kneeled on the ground.

At the same time, we stood up and untied our hands. We had no choice but to settle things right now.

Darkan raised his brows. He must have realized that we were not just ordinary ladies.

「Dammit! You guys, it’s time to work!」(Darkan)

「Aye, Boss!」
「You can leave them to us!」
「Khh! That brat! I will make her regret kicking me!」(mercenaries)

The mercenary who was kicked by Ester and the other two mercenaries pointed their swords toward us.

「Kati-san, stay away! Go hide somewhere and stay still until we beat them!」(Mary)

「UーUnderstood!」(Kati)

Kati, who looked frightened, immediately ran away and hid behind the bed in the corner of the room.

「Ester!」(Mary)

Right after, I took out Ester’s daggers from my Item Box and passed them to her.

「Thank you!」(Ester)

She held her daggers with both hands and took a fighting stance.

Darkan, who watched what I did, smiled creepily and shouted in joy for some reason.

「Item Box! That girl is an Item Box Holder! I’m gonna make a fortune!! You guys, make sure you put a collar on her! I’ll call more men, so don’t mess up!」(Darkan)

After saying that, Darkan hurriedly left the room, locked the door, and ran.

「He’s running away!」(Mary)

「Ester and I will deal with these men! You go after Darkan!」(Maya)

「As if we’ll let you go!」(mercenary)

「We’ll see about that! Ester, with me! We’ll open the way for Mary!」(Maya)

「Yes, Ma’am!」(Ester)

Maya and Ester charged forward and started fighting the mercenaries.

It’s three versus two, but as expected from Maya, she can fight two men with no problem even without using a weapon. Meanwhile, Ester is dealing with the other one.

「Mary, now!」(Maya)

Without wasting any second I quickly approached the door and tried to unlock the door while Maya and Ester were holding down the mercenaries.

The steel door was locked by a key and an iron bar on the other side.

First, I put my index finger on the keyhole and used earth magic to make a key that fit the keyhole.

After I unlocked the door key lock, I used earth magic again to erect a small pillar on the other side of the door to push the iron bar upward.

As soon as I successfully unlocked the door, Liane pulled my sleeve.

「Mary onee-sama, I’m going with you!」(Liane)

「Eh?」(Mary)

I think it’s too dangerous for Liane, but I don’t have time to argue with her, so I let her follow me.

When I passed through the door, I looked around but I couldn’t see Darkan.

It only took me ten seconds to unlock the door, so he shouldn’t be far. How could he run so fast with that fat body?

I couldn’t find him but I knew where he went. There was a pathway that seemed to lead to the mansion.

I’m running down the pathway as fast as possible, but surprisingly, Liane can keep up with me.

Seems like Maya has trained her well.

「Mary onee-sama, look! The path is splitting!」(Liane)

Now that no one else is around, I don’t think she has to keep calling me that, but anyway, as she said, the path ahead split into two.

I didn’t know which path Darkan took, so I decided to stop running.

「Mary onee-sama, I think we should split up here. I’ll take the right path. You take the left.」(Liane)

「No, no! Wait! I can’t let you go alone!」(Mary)

「But…」(Liane)

That man has a protective amulet. We don’t know how many other amulets he has, so I think it’s too dangerous for Liane to go alone.

He can run fast probably because he has an amulet to let him do that.

I tried to use my detection magic but I didn’t feel his presence.

The range of my detection magic is much smaller than Nicola’s Gift.

Dammit! If only Nicola were here…

『Onii-chan, you miss me~?』(Nicola)

『Nicola!』(Mary)

Just when I was thinking about her, I could hear her voice in my head.

 

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