Whish!
Snap!
The sound of the whip flying and lashing something was very clear. The sound came from inside the room in front of Obud and Hory. Not only once, but several times the sound was heard.
"Is he in here?"
Obud asked the poor soldier who led the two of them while pointing at the surface of the door. The ornament on the door was full of pointed metal, which made both of them hesitate.
However, the poor soldier only nodded and allowed the two of them to enter inside.
Without much debate, Obud and Hory went inside. They didn't realize that the poor soldier who was leading him immediately ran away with a grin.
When they were only halfway through opening the door, they received a great shock. A loud, ear-shattering scream emerged from within the room.
"Hey, didn't I tell you not to come in before I told you to come in?"
Accidentally, instead of closing the door in surprise, Obud and Hory opened the door wide open.
They looked at the person who had just shouted at them.
That person had long hair, but he wasn't a girl. The red robe he had he didn't wear properly. He slung a robe over his shoulders and only wore the usual plain clothes on his body.
From his face, he was a middle-aged man. His height is also very in the average height range. About 68 inches.
He was Rafferty, the boss of the Nest of Slavery.
The screams that Obud and Hory heard clearly came from Rafferty.
Rafferty had an appearance similar to that of a true magician. However, it wasn't a magic staff he was holding, but instead a whip. A very long and thick whip he held in his right hand.
Since he raised her whip in the air, it was obvious that he had just whipped.
The object he was whipping was right in front of him.
Not an item or a beast, but he had whipped someone from the beastmen race.
Both of the man's hands were bound by a rope. The rope that tied his hands was hanging from the ceiling, that's why, that person was hanging from the ceiling too. None of the man's feet touched the floor.
The person's upper body was wide open. It caused the wounds all over the person's body to be clearly visible. The wounds were clearly a wound from the whippings carried out by Rafferty.
The fresh wound is clearly visible. A very red color is visible from the new scar. And from the surface of the new wound, fresh blood managed to drip little by little.
However, it wasn't just the fresh wounds on that person's body, many of the old wounds were also clearly visible.
It was questionable how a beastman could become the object of violence by the boss of this place. At the very least they shouldn't be hurting their faces when someone wanted to hurt each other in this place.
But…
Whish!
Snap!
Rafferty proceeded to whack the person right into the person's face.
When Rafferty's whip finished hitting the person's cheek, that person spurted a bit of blood into the air and made a sound of pain afterward.
A reddish color appeared on the person's cheeks, not because of embarrassment, but because the skin on his cheeks was slightly torn and there was blood flowing.
That person was an old male beastman. A frown was already on his face. Because of that, the wound on his cheek mixed with natural wrinkles made him look even more pitiful.
Looking at the round ears on top of his head, he was a beastman bear. Moreover, the thick muscles on his old body, it further emphasized that he resembled a bear.
The sound of whipping continued to echo.
Obud and Hory can only wait.
They saw what the room they were in looked like.
There is the rack, the liquid of torture, and the iron maiden or something like that. Various tools for torturing people were scattered about. This confirms that this room was a space to channel Rafferty's hobbies.
Finally, Rafferty stopped. He placed the whip on the whip hook on the wall of the room and approached Obud and Hory.
"Who are you guys and why did you come here? Judging from the armor on your bodies, it seems like you guys are new here?"
"Are you Rafferty Billington? We are here on Young Master Yary's orders to make one of the newly sent slaves suffer before being auctioned off."
"Hmm. It's the rule here that no one is allowed to damage the merchandise here. I'll get angry with the Marquess if I let his son wreak havoc here."
When they heard Rafferty talk about the rule not to damage the merchandise here, their eyes immediately caught the beastman he had just tortured.
However, Rafferty immediately said that the slaves he tortured to give vent to his hobby were slaves who had expired.
The meaning of expiration he said was when a slave went unsold for a very long time, automatically the selling price had fallen to the brink.
Therefore, Rafferty chose to use them as a tool to vent his hobby rather than selling them for a small profit.
Dropping prices too far can ruin a business, so not selling expired slaves can also keep the business ecosystem more awake.
Hearing Rafferty's defensive explanation, Obud and Hory couldn't help but blink their eyes.
"Ahem. I understand what you mean by you being in charge of the rules here. We were told not to create a mess here. That's why we came here and were told to meet you first."
"So?"
"Firstly, do you know which slave the young master is targeting? And what reason does the young master have for wanting to make that person suffer?"
Rafferty started to squint when he heard Obud and Hory acting mysteriously. He warns them both that he doesn't like it.
Therefore, Obud and Hory immediately said what they wanted to say.
"That person's name was Mesties. And he was someone who had just killed a witch sent by the young master to do something."
Obud stopped there, then Hory continued, "And that wizard's name was Duster Billington."
Instantly, the two of them immediately received a gift from Rafferty. The prize was in the form of a grip on the neck of both of them.
Grabbing Obud and Hory by the neck, Rafferty said, "Is that true?"
"Y-Ye-s?!"
They both answered with difficulty.
"You mean Duster is dead?"
Upon hearing Rafferty's conclusion, the two of them immediately realized something.
!!!
Exclamation marks appeared above their heads.
'Surnames between Duster and Rafferty turned out to be the same.' their minds rang loudly.'
'Is that why young master told the two of us to come here and tell the boss of this place? That is so that the plan to make the slaves suffer be successful by using Rafferty?'
They had not been told by Yary before, but now they have realized.
Then again, when the two of them headed into this room, they heard that Rafferty liked it when he was called by his full name.
So it's clear that Rafferty really upholds his family name. Including perhaps taking great care of those with the same surname as him.
Obud and Hory didn't know what kind of relationship between Duster and Rafferty, but they seemed to get along seeing Rafferty's anger.
Even though Rafferty's anger was still burning, Obud and Hory managed to escape from Rafferty's clutches after trying hard.
However, not only because of their hard work, but also because Rafferty had loosened the grip on their necks.
Hot steam came out of Rafferty's body, but with his old age, he managed to cool down his mind.
"Looks like you guys shouldn't bother making him suffer here. I guess I should just kill him. Wouldn't that be better?!"
"Cough! You can't do that, sir. That person has already signed the Agreement Paper with Marquess Stronghold himself. So you could say that person was a special product."
"Tsk!"
Rafferty clicked his tongue.
Will he comply with this?
The answer is an obvious no.
The old brain he had been thinking of came up with a way so he could kill the Mesties. Until finally he managed to get an idea.
"Do you have anything to prove that you were the young master's men?"
From inside the pocket of one of them, a letter came out.
Rafferty grabbed the letter and it turned out that there were words in it. Those words were words of order to him so he would keep secret what he wanted to do. There was also the promise that he would be rewarded.
Beneath the letter was Yary Stronghold's signature stamp.
With that letter, what he needed was enough.
He plans to pretend to help Obud and Hory in a plan to make the Mesties suffer.
Later, while the two of them were busy making the Mesties suffer, he was able to stage an accident where it would appear that the person causing the Mesties was killed by Obud and Hory's wasps.
If that was the case, then the person Marquess Stronghold would blame would be him, but by bringing evidence that the two of them were Yary's men, then he could be safe.
A terrible smile appeared on Rafferty's face.
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