EP.20 [Staying at an Inn with Sister]
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EP.20 [Staying at an Inn with Sister]
"Kack! Khack! Kuluk! Kuhuluk! Khack!"
After being slammed to the ground, Fighter class Kyle gasped out dying breaths and groans of pain.
Kyle had been thrown down with the combined force of Eugene's powerful tackle, his own forward momentum, and the weight of his 100kg body.
As a result, only the whites of his eyes were visible as he continuously emitted desperate, labored breaths.
At least the ground here was dirt rather than asphalt.
And since Kyle wasn't an ordinary person but a Runner level awakener, he didn't lose consciousness and was able to maintain some awareness.
'The striking is impressive, but these fighters really have zero grappling skills in their combat repertoire.'
Eugene looked down at Kyle's miserable form with an indifferent face.
During his time on the pilgrim's path, Eugene had met many Fighter class mercenaries and adventurers.
Through that experience, Eugene had already identified their complete lack of grappling ability.
And after figuring out why they exhibited such characteristics,
It was because the Fighter class awakeners here had developed primarily around mass melee combat while carrying heavy equipment for long periods.
So in a one-on-one unarmed combat situation,
With the same Runner level physique, Kyle was simply no match for Eugene.
"Completely defenseless, what's the point of guard passes when it's just going to be a walkover."
Whoosh! Thud!
Not losing consciousness due to his strong body was actually unfortunate for Kyle.
If he had passed out, the fight would have ended immediately,
But since Eugene confirmed Kyle still had some consciousness left, he would beat him even more.
Eugene quickly cleared away Kyle's awkwardly sprawled legs and immediately took the mount position.
Eugene's excessively calm position control,
In his past life, Eugene had such talent for mixed martial arts
That the gym owner had tried to recruit him as a professional fighter.
But Eugene had refused, wanting to enjoy it just as a hobby.
-Pow!!
"Urgh!!"
Once the perfect mount position was established, Eugene unhesitatingly planted his fist into Kyle's face.
Then two more, three more, he continued to drive in punches.
Merciless fists and a ruthless expression,
Eugene's appearance was that of someone with absolute determination.
This wasn't a gym sparring match but a real fight.
In other words, having chosen a public duel, Eugene intended to demonstrate more than just subduing his opponent.
'I'll make you piss yourself and lower your eyes just from seeing my face in the future, to the point where even the spectators feel terror.'
He was targeting not only Kyle beneath him but also the other mercenaries watching.
In his past life, Eugene had gotten into many fights due to his inferiority complex during his orphanage days.
He started exercising after leaving the orphanage as a way to channel that aggression differently.
With such extensive street hierarchy competition experience,
Eugene knew well that when an opportunity came, one had to handle it decisively and coldly.
'I'm going to die...!! I'm dying...!!'
Struggle! Struggle! Struggle!
Eugene struck Kyle's face just enough to keep him from passing out,
And just enough to make him writhe in extreme fear and pain.
As a result, according to Eugene's intention, the terrified Kyle struggled desperately as if trying to escape.
Spin!
Had his efforts paid off?
Kyle succeeded in turning over,
And thanks to that, he could avoid the facial strikes.
"I'll finish you off now, you sissy bastard."
Slide!
That wasn't it.
It wasn't that Kyle's efforts had worked,
But that Eugene had deliberately loosened the mount position to induce Kyle to turn his body.
It was a position change to secure the back mount,
And once the intended back mount was completed, Eugene unhesitatingly inserted his right arm under Kyle's chin.
Squeeze!
"Gaaahh!! Kack!"
Then Eugene executed the rear naked choke, the most stable finishing technique.
Eugene's right arm, which had dug under Kyle's chin, wrapped around his carotid artery,
And once the additional left hand grip was completed, strong choke pressure was applied.
Caught in such a perfect technique, Kyle
Screamed miserably like a hunted animal.
"Urrrgh...!"
Squeeze...!
With semi-professional level mixed martial arts skills,
Eugene's choke immediately cut off the air supply to Kyle's brain.
After a few desperate survival screams echoed, Kyle's legs and arms went limp like a corpse.
He had passed out.
A few seconds after that, an even more shocking scene unfolded at the place where the merciless match had been decided.
Drip drip drip drip...!
Eugene continued to straddle Kyle's back while maintaining the choke grip,
And from the unconscious Kyle's body, lying spread-eagled, a meaningful liquid poured out.
It was none other than urine.
Kyle, who had passed out while feeling a threat to his life, had ultimately wet himself.
"Th-that's a miserable sight..."
"Gulp...!"
When the takedown erupted
And the mount position pounding was landing,
Excited cheers had been continuous among the surrounding spectators.
But from the finishing process onward, the atmosphere changed.
Eugene's appearance as he methodically took apart the screaming, struggling Kyle like a cold-blooded killer,
Plus Kyle's face suffocating with his neck constricted after surrendering his back, transformed the mercenary street duel atmosphere from a dopamine-bursting gambling den into a chilling slaughterhouse of carnage.
And then, as the finishing touch, Kyle's released urine,
Would be a performance that would send chills down anyone's spine who knew combat, as if they themselves were experiencing it.
Thus, silence fell heavily over the duel location where about 100 spectators had gathered.
It meant that Eugene's charisma had overwhelmed everyone present.
Swish...!
Tap tap! Tap!
Eventually, Eugene looked down at the unconscious Kyle with a calm expression,
Dusted off the dirt on his clothes, and stood up.
"Y-you son of a bitch!!!"
"I'll kill you, you bastard!!!"
Thud! Thud!
There were those who broke the terrified silence of that moment.
Kyle's mercenary group comrades.
With faces full of anger, they grabbed the sword hilts at their waists as if about to rush at Eugene.
"Stop!"
Then a dignified and heavy voice put a brake on that action.
"The victor's side isn't making any cheers. Then you too should not defile this legitimate duel through revenge!!"
Thud!
The advisor of the Red Fox Mercenary Group,
Shield Axeman Ivan, from a brass-tier mercenary group.
When Kyle's comrades tried to draw their swords, Ivan immediately poured out a firm rebuke and strode forward.
"If you refuse, I, Shield Axeman Ivan, will face all of you."
Boom!!
Then he struck the ground with his massive axe head.
In formal duels, when the match is decided,
It's an unwritten rule that even the victor doesn't celebrate on the spot.
Nominally it's about courtesy,
But practically it's to prevent additional conflicts at the duel site where belligerence and dopamine are already highly stimulated.
Eugene had heard about this unwritten rule through his encounters with numerous knights
And adventurers during his pilgrim's path journey, so he didn't perform any special ceremony.
Thanks to this, a situation was created where Ivan, the strongest man within the justification, could step forward.
So Ivan declared his will to never forgive those who defile a legitimate duel
And entered suppression mode against Kyle's subordinates.
"Tch!"
"Damn it! What are you doing, idiot? Put away your sword. And take care of Kyle."
Everyone here knew that Ivan was an Axe User,
So in the end, Kyle's comrades lowered their tails.
"Brother! You were amazing."
"Good job, big brother!"
"Ah, yeah. Thanks everyone for your support. Let's go back to the tavern."
Thomas and Mari greeted Eugene, who was walking towards them, with maximum restraint.
Eugene also responded to them with just a slight smile.
"I'm back."
Smile!
Then he gave an even brighter smile to Jeanne behind them as he greeted her.
"Y-yeah, good job..."
Jeanne, perhaps still feeling the lingering tension in her heart,
Answered while slightly blushing and stammering.
Thus, the Red Fox Mercenary Group's victory ceremony at the battle site was modest.
"Looking at Kyle's expression, you could tell exactly when the suffocation was happening! Wow~ I could feel that you really understand the human body, Eugene!"
But inside the tavern, it was 180 degrees different.
Even though it had gotten quite dark and many mercenary tavern customers had left,
The Red Fox Mercenary Group's table was boisterous as if the main race was just beginning.
The mercenary group's medical officer Peter was thrilled by the perfection of Eugene's rear naked choke and enthusiastically shared his appreciation.
"Since my class is what it is, I know a bit about choking techniques, but wow... Brother Eugene, that choke was truly art."
"Right, Thomas? It was amazing, wasn't it?"
Thomas was the same.
As an assassin class, Thomas is quite skilled in surprise-based choking and joint locks.
But what Eugene showed was systematic one-on-one grappling,
Thomas couldn't help but admire the high-quality technique, even imitating the choke motion.
"Psychologically subduing people is no ordinary feat either! Watching that, I wondered if that friend really is in his early twenties. It was truly amazing. What a remarkable talent."
Ivan also stuck out his tongue in respect for Eugene.
Currently, the combat officer executives of the Red Fox Mercenary Group, excluding Ivan himself, are in their early twenties.
As a result, Ivan actively leads the psychological and political aspects,
But this time, except for the final scene, there wasn't even room for him to intervene.
Eugene's one-man performance was that perfect.
"Assault Captain brother, your glass is empty! Please accept my glass too!"
"Ah, sure, Mari. Thanks for the drink."
Mari had already started attaching the title "Assault Captain" to Eugene.
To anyone watching, Eugene's appearance was that of an assault captain charging into enemy territory at the forefront.
Thus, all the comrades here had already acknowledged Eugene as the Red Fox Mercenary Group's Assault Captain.
Glance...!
Eugene glanced to his side while drinking the glass Mari had poured.
"Does the Captain always drink this much?"
It was because Jeanne's alcohol consumption was unusual.
Eugene doesn't normally know Jeanne's drinking capacity well,
But when they first came here, she had tried to maintain her captain's dignity
By drinking moderately with others.
But now she was accepting and drinking all the alcohol being passed to her from around.
"Usually she finishes after a few glasses~ She must be in a really good mood today? I think it's the first time I've seen her smiling so broadly."
Jeanne was in the middle of the D-shaped sofa at the corner table of the Gaia Mercenary Tavern,
Eugene was seated to her right.
And on the opposite left side sat Secular Priestess Sophia.
Sophia couldn't hide her curious and surprised gaze as she looked at Jeanne, who was drinking as heavily as herself.
"It's good! I feel good! My precious hometown brother performed splendidly! And survived! Of course I feel good!"
With a bright red face and an expression as if her mind had almost flown away, Jeanne babbled, unable to contain her laughter.
"I'm reminded of our bickering when we were young~ And how we relied on each other~ And now that you've grown up so well, I feel good!"
Jeanne felt that Eugene was supporting her dream.
And she saw him taking on that burden and rushing into danger in her place.
Moreover, he returned safely from that fire as promised to her.
From Jeanne's perspective, it was a complex and difficult joy to express,
She felt she couldn't express that joy without alcohol, so she was drinking hard.
Throughout all this, Jeanne maintained the hometown senior-junior concept to an incredible degree.
"Drink moderately, Captain. You might not be able to get home at this rate."
Vaguely reading Jeanne's feelings,
Eugene cared for her subtly despite his indifferent manner.
"Oh my, our hometown brother is worried about his sister? Oh, how sweet~"
Pat! Pat! Pat!
"..."
In such a happy moment, even Eugene's appearance seemed cute to Jeanne,
She fired off her sister's greasy aegyo while patting his buttocks.
As a result, Eugene's expression suddenly hardened.
It gave him goosebumps.
"My goodness, at this rate, it won't be a lie like before but a real intimate relationship, Captain~ You two are going to have quite a night~"
While working as a mercenary, Jeanne was an absolute iron wall when it came to men.
Even with Thomas, her closest friend, she would only pat his shoulder at most,
So when such a woman, despite calling Eugene her hometown brother, patted his buttocks,
Sophia responded with a feeling half of stopping her, half of stirring things up.
"That won't happen! Even if we were both naked and locked in an inn room, nothing would happen between us, Sophia."
Twitch! Twitch!
Jeanne, despite her bright red face, twitched her finger with a resolute expression.
"No way~ How could nothing happen when spending time at an inn naked with a beauty like the Captain? Honestly, they'd do it at least 10 times throughout the night."
Sophia jeered, saying it was nonsense.
The excessive denial from this rare gem of a killer,
Sophia, at an old maid age by this world's standards, couldn't stand it.
So she made a circle with her left hand and moved her right finger in and out about 10 times while shaking her head.
"So our Eugene."
Swish!
Then Jeanne turned her head toward Eugene.
"Doesn't see me as a woman. He's been like that since we were young. So nothing like that will happen. My words are perfect truth, so stop that ridiculous encouragement right here!"
Then with half-closed eyes and a confident expression and tone,
She mentioned that Eugene normally regarded her as a tomboy.
As someone who knew the situation between them better than anyone else,
She clearly stated that the kind of intimate history Sophia was talking about could not happen today, nor in the future.
But about eight hours later, Jeanne
'Fuck... What the hell did I do with my little brother!!!!'
The next morning, she woke up naked in the inn bed and began tearing at her hair.
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