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What the hell was that about?!

Seriously?!

I have always been careful all my life.

Making sure not to offend anyone dangerous ever.

Crawling lowly yet reigning over a few profitable businesses.

Then that guy, no, that monster came out of nowhere and started killing our guys.

Being the leader of the brawny black corpses inspires respect.

It should have.

This guy did not care one bit.

Not only did he not care, but he also even fought us naked.

I thought I had seen it all as far as taunting goes.

No, this one is a master.

He did not even say any insult.

He simply started undressing casually.

Then he grabbed some of our guys and retreated god knows where.

I told my people not to chase him.

The whole thing too bizarre to go all in.

His complete lack of fear frightening.

This guy was probably a madman.

Of that, I was convinced.

Later I learned that he went to the sewers.

Apparently, two of our guys went there prior and never came back.

It seems they pissed someone off that they should have stayed clear from.

Now I am stuck dealing with the aftermath.

No matter what we tried he did not die.

May it be fists or weapons.

He simply did not care and kept bringing our guys with him.

At first, I was confused.

Then I understood something.

This guy wasn't especially trying to kill us.

He just wanted to send a message.

Otherwise, he would have killed us directly.

He wouldn't have thrown my men to hungry slimes.

That's when an underling arrived with a bound individual.

One wearing a mask.

"Boss she was lurking around there. She seems to be his accomplice."

She is struggling without success.

"You guys really should let me go! He'll come and save me for sure!"

I haven't been able to survive that long for no reason.

I already have underlings that went to investigate the situation.

I'll have all the details I need soon.

Good thing we ran away.

Who knows how many more of our brothers we could have lost?

Right now we are in a small, cramped shop.

One that sells shoes.

One business that was nearby.

Also, one that is a good hideout.

"BOSS! This is bad! Our place is burning!"

This calls for one thing and one thing only.

"Go back out there and keep gathering information."

"Yes, boss!"

He leaves again.

I can see one of my men looking uncomfortable.

"What is it?"

"*shocked* Ah, nothing boss!"

"You are wondering why I am letting him burn our headquarter, aren't you?

Let me ask you this instead. What kind of man would even dare to burn out headquarter.

He may be a strong fool, but what if he has a reason he dares to invade alone?"

"U-understood boss! Boss is wise!"

Comes running another underling.

"Boss I found out about him! He is a newbie tamer at the guild! He seems to have horrible talent, and no one wanted to take him under their wing except…except…"

"Just spill it out already."

"He's Eternal Ice student boss!"

Oh crap. I'm glad I simply ran.

I can hear footsteps again.

"Boss I have good news! He's a lowly laborer that works in a woodcutting camp! Recently he also took a slime cleaning job and offended the tamer's guild star tamer!"

"How did he offend him?"

"He made a false report saying there was a king slime trying to get more completion reward."

This doesn't make sense.

He was strong enough to bulldoze through our forces.

He is definitively a top rank 3 at least.

One that focuses on body cultivation.

Usually, there are special tactics to use against such a foe.

Maybe not directly, but indirectly it may be possible.

There are always ways to kill such people if you are imaginative enough.

Comes another one.

"Boss! I've found something weird about the guy!"

What is it now?

Why is the story getting even more complicated?

"His pet is a donkey and a weak wolf! The donkey was seen going to the library alone today!"

"What do you mean alone?"

"It was there browsing books."

"A donkey was reading? Are you pranking me?"

"No boss! There is something even weirder. When I asked the guards about it they said they had no idea what I was talking about. They seemed afraid!"

"So he has no talent for taming, yet has a magical donkey that is smart enough to read on its own. He became an enemy of a rank 3.5 tamer and nothing happened to him. He is the student of Eternal Ice. Anything else?"

Comes running another one.

"Boss I've found something!"

"What is it?"

"He has done it many times!"

"What? We are not the first group he attacked!? Who was a victim too?!"

"Ah, no boss I meant it's not the first time he runs around naked in town."

"Fool as if I cared about that!"

"That boss, there is more… I have a theory but."

He seems unsure if he should proceed.

"Go on, speak your mind."

"He was seen going out of the sewers naked. He was also seen carrying bread into the sewers…Could he be some kind of pervert loving slimes?!"

There is no way that…

"Boss I have new info! Apparently, he has a friend that managed to tame a slime that was said to be untamable. There was some kind of accident too, but I couldn't get any more info."

This is ridiculous.

One that is addicted to slimes.

Actually, that might be possible for him.

With his perverse level of defense.

He could literally be taking a slime bath that he probably wouldn't bat an eye.

For all we know, that is what happened.

He learned about slimes when first clearing them.

Then he bonded with them.

This part should definitely not be pictured.

Then he convinced a friend to tame one.

Perhaps because he himself didn't have any taming talent.

Then whatever he did some kind of accident happened.

The star tamer is probably spreading rumors about him because he is jealous of his power.

Eternal Ice is probably befriending him because of that same thing.

How do we fit in that story?

Well, we were using the slime to dispose of some cadavers.

I guess we somehow pissed him off.

"Let the girl go! We are officially not gonna take any type of revenge! Anyone that even tries will finish in a slime stomach. Is that understood?!"

"YES BOSS!"

Hopefully, this will be the end of it…