Patting the head of Clifford who had the stench of shit, I smiled at him as my subordinates behind me start preparing to leave.
In that short amount of time, I recovered most of my strength so escaping through brute force is definitely manageable for us, that is unless we alert the Blessed though.
That is why we must escape before then.
"Alright boys, let's go"
As those words left my mouth, my subordinates who are now ready to leave the place then started following behind me.
Arming ourselves with the available items like a fist sized rock and the chains that was used to bind me, we then decided to escape through the front door.
Opening the entrance door of the prison, a group of bored guards decided to greet us with their startled expressions.
"Wha— how did you esca—"
The guard closest to us exclaimed but was unable to finish his words when I immediately struck his adam's apple and choked the life out of him. The same goes for the other guards as my subordinates were able to subdue all of them really easily, even Clifford had his share of killing one by striking them on their crotch and stabbing their side with the knife that he was carrying.
Once we cleared this side of the cellar, we then looted their bodies, finally upgrading our weapons to something decent. I took one butcher's knife from one of the corpses as we finally decide to go to the next corner.
Probably hearing the screams of the guards that we obliterated earlier, another group of thugs went towards our way as we once again fought our way out of there.
Now, since I had a decent weapon. I was able to clear through the group of guards despite my injuries. Back when I was in my peak condition, mauling through 20 armed thugs was an easy feat for me. After all, that was the reason why I earned the title of the "King of the slums".
Me and Levin were raised together by a crazy gangster and because of that crazy gangster we were able to grow strong quickly....he made us participate in a lot of Gang wars even when we were still just a kid no older than Clifford that time. I don't know what happened to that Mister though, ever since he left....we just decided to take over the slums ourselves, but now that Levin is gone and a Blessed has decided to take control of this place, I guess the crown has finally fallen off my head. I will take it back though.
"Seems like more are coming"
Rast huffed out an exhausted breath which made me shoot a glance over him. Yeah I forgot this guy is not that much of a fighter unlike Kel and Hedin who are....currently having fun as they destroyed a group of thugs coming their way.
"We should escape before the Blessed hears about this and comes here personally"
Clifford suggested while hiding behind our backs as we are currently protecting him. Hearing him say that though, made me nod in agreement to his words before I then decided to clear out a way for us.
Since I am not in my peak strength right now, I decided to destroy the thugs in my way using my skills as I decided to aim right on my adversaries' throats. Once the path was cleared, I had my subordinates follow behind me and finally leave the Cellar.
Upon leaving the cellar, we were greeted by a fat person whose belt was unbuckled and had the stench of whatever disgusting thing this was. He stood infront of us with fury burning in his eyes.
'Did he forget to buckle his belt back or is it because the belt cannot handle the weight of his portruding belly?'
WHOOP—
Taking a whip out from who knows where maybe up from his ass, The fat pig swang the whip which created a whooping sound out of thin air.
"You are not leaving here..."
He glared at the five of us as I just stare at him like he was the most ridiculous guy in the world. I felt the stares of my subordinates behind me and I could even hear some of them snorting from holding in a laughter.
"What is this idiot on about? Let's not waste time"
I uttered towards the overweight pig before I rush forward at him and not give him any time to react before I butchered his whole overweight body.
THWACK— THWACK— SPLSH—
"Idiot"
I wiped the blood that was splattered on my face before I gestured to my subordinates to follow behind and so we could finally leave the place.
As I pushed the door to the exit open, the fresh...well, not entirely fresh since it is polluted but the breeze of outside air finally slap our faces and maybe because my three subordinates have been underground for way too long, the breeze of the outside air somewhat gave them a sense of liberatiom as they all laughed with pure joy.
"Finally free!"
"Gods. I couldn't believe I was stuck there fir too long"
"I should cherish the outside air starting from now"
All three of them rejoiced in unison and Clifford also joined them despite him smelling like shit. He even asked his older brothers for a hug but because he was covered in shit, Kel denied him with pure disgust. And I just watched them with a small smile on my face.
"and we all escaped happily ever after"
A cold voice coming from above broke us out of our fantasy as all of us turned all of our heads towards the direction where the voice was coming from.
There we saw, Jeferson standing on top of a nearby roof. By the windows of the house, two bodies of random thugs were hung by their necks....with a rope. By the alleyway of that house also, I saw the body...of a woman dismembered.
Right, I forgot. We still haven't completely escaped from this place.
I firmly held the butcher's knife in my hand as I couldn't help but tremble at Jeferson's presence. He was even more threatening than the last time we met.
By my side, my subordinates also couldn't look up because of the overwhelming presence that Jeferson was giving off. They couldn't even look at the guy in the eye, and I don't blame them. This was a monster we are facing.
"So, is that the ending of this arc..?"
He jumped off from the roof and landed smoothly as if he was caught by the wind.
"Or.....does a big bad guy come to shatter your fantasies?"
He slowly walked towards us as he stopped a few meters away.
"Hello, by the way. I forgot the pleasantries, Pardon me."