Luka slammed his fist against Julian's block and sent him sliding backwards. The punch was really powerful!
It was powered by the physique of a full-fledged Martial Champion!
"Aish, that hurts…" Julian shook his numb arms, but then Mitch lunged at him with a punch already flying towards him.
Julian slapped the punch away with his forearm and countered with a swift kick to Mitch's midsection.
However, Mitch tanked the kick, grabbed his leg, and twisted it until Julian yelled out in pain and fell on the ground on his back.
Luka rushed in and kicked him in the face while he was lying on the ground.
The kick loosened his mask, but Julian quickly covered his face again while his face was numb in pain.
He quickly swept Mitch's legs out from under him and jumped back to his feet. He then slammed his foot on Mitch's chest, making him sprawl in pain, and jumped towards Luka.
The fists flew, and Luka backed off while blocking the punches with his forearms.
Then, Julian punched towards his face, but Luka quickly raised his forearms to block that, but Julian halted his punch and used his left to punch him in the gut.
It was a perfectly executed fake!
'Kiernan taught me that fake…' Julian thought with a smirk.
While Kiernan didn't actually teach him, he learned it by just seeing it once with his amazing talent.
Luka doubled over in pain and vomited out his lunch. It made a puddle on the ground.
At that moment, Mitch punched Julian in the back of his head and made everything turn dark for him.
Julian's eyes turned blank for a moment, but then he woke back up and jumped away with a look of shock.
'I was almost knocked out. I shouldn't have been that careless. I am not having a one-on-one fight!'
Mitch ran after Julian, but at that moment, the slave woman grabbed his leg and stopped him from moving.
"Huh?" Mitch turned around at the slave and screamed. "Hands off me! How dare you touch me, you filthy bitch?!"
With his heavy boot, he kicked her away like trash and turned back at Julian with a look of anger.
"Luka, get up!" He shouted at the same time.
"Shit!" Luka stood up and wiped the vomit off his lips. "I've changed my mind. Let's not kill this bastard just yet. I want to torture him!"
"Heh, bring it on." Julian grinned.
At the same moment, Luka and Mitch stopped moving and turned really serious.
A sound of footsteps came from behind Julian.
"Took you long enough." Julian turned around with a smirk. "It's been almost forty minutes, you bastard."
"My bad." Kiernan walked with his hands inside his pockets. "I didn't know you had guests."
"You better have found the money stash," Julian said.
"Sorry, no luck." Kiernan shrugged his shoulders. "I found quite a few slaves, though."
"Oh, I see. What did you do to them?" Julian asked.
"I set them free," Kiernan said with shrugged shoulders. "I helped them to get over the walls, so, y'know, they don't alert the entire castle while they try to break through the front gate."
"You bastard!" Luka screamed. "How dare you set our slaves free? Who gave you that right? Do you have any idea how much we paid for them?!"
"Oh, then go tell the navy." Kiernan said with a cold look. "I am sure they will help you find your slaves back. Oh wait, no they won't, since the slavery isn't actually legal."
"Hahaha!" Julian laughed. "I am sure the slaves are already on the way to the navy. They'll be here with an army to catch you all!"
"I am sure they'll find plenty of proof of pirate activity in these castle walls." Kiernan said.
"H-how do you know about that?" Luka's face paled. "Mitch, we must go warn father!"
"Let's kill these fuckers!" Mitch and Luke rushed over to the two.
Julian and Luka punched each other in the face. Their heads got pushed to the side, but then they threw another punch, blood splattering everywhere.
"Haaa!" Mitch punched straight at Kiernan. "I can tell that you're merely Martial Fighter. Get out of my sight, trash!"
"Sea Fall!" Kiernan turned into a water-skinned creature and tackled him in the waist before bringing him down to the ground.
Mitch's back crashed against the ground with a loud thud.
"Iron Smash!" Kiernan smashed his fist into his face and made the stone path under him crack with the force of the blow.
Mitch's face turned bloody, and his eyes looked white with fear, but he then tried to push Kiernan off of him.
At that moment, Kiernan stabbed his thumbs into his rib cage and made him scream in agonizing pain.
It was the worst pain Mitch had ever felt.
As the son of Count Sander, the ruler of Kiwi Island, he'd lived a worry-free and easy life. He'd learned martial arts from his father's personal bodyguard, and he'd been mostly fighting in sparring matches until now.
"B-brother?" Luka looked over after hearing the horrible scream and saw Mitch crying with snot coming out of his nose.
"You should stay focused!" Julian grabbed Luka from his throat and slammed him down to the ground.
Kiernan looked at Micah, chopped his hand on his neck, and made him unconscious.
"Y-y-you fucker…" Luka looked at Julian and tried to stand up, but then Kiernan soccer-kicked him in the head, knocking him out cold.
"Hey, I could've done that." Julian looked displeased.
"Well, now that they're unconscious, we can't really ask them questions." Kiernan scratched the back of his head.
However, he had good reasons for wanting to knock both unconscious.
[You defeated Middle Stage Martial Champion!]
[You defeated Middle Stage Martial Champion!]
"Well, we could ask her." Julian pointed at the frightened slave girl.
"What could a slave possibly know?" Kiernan asked.
"I-I can help!" The slave girl suddenly shouted. "Y-y-you're looking for Count Sander's money stash, right? I know where it is!"
"See." Julian grinned at Kiernan and then turned to the slave girl with a smile. "Where?"
"I-In his study…" The slave girl pointed to the top of the castle at the highest tower, right in the middle of the castle. "Inside that tower."
"Oh?" Julian looked over and smiled.
At that moment, Kiernan walked over to the slave, and to her surprise, started carrying her while she let out a surprised yelp and helped her down the wall.
Soon, her feet touched the ground outside the walls.
"You should leave." Kiernan said. "Find the other slaves."
"O-okay…" The slave girl turned around and started limping away.
Since she'd been chained for so long, she couldn't run or walk properly.
"Let's go get the money." Julian cracked his knuckles, and then with Kiernan at his side, they began approaching the towering building.