When Rook opened his eyes, he found himself in a room lit by a single lamp. He blinked to regain himself. He was trying to make sense of where he was. He had woken up in the morning and was going to go to the bathroom for breakfast without waking Arthur. He suddenly remembered what happened next. He had been kidnapped. Two black-clad men covered his mouth with something, and then it was dark.

When he tried to move his hands and feet, he saw that he was tightly tied to the chair he was sitting in.

He was able to make a "Hey" sound. Finally.

But it seemed like there were only walls that heard that sound

He listened more carefully this time. He seemed to hear some voices behind the door next to the lamp. Although Rook tried to understand what they were saying. It was incomprehensibly low. He finally realized that there was nothing he could do. And he began to wait.

*sip, sip, sip

Water was dripping on the floor from one side of the room. And as nothing had happened for ten minutes, he was focused on it. Then his stomach growled. “I wonder how long it's been,” he thought, feeling hungry.

Ever since he joined this team and became Arthur's assistant, he had gotten used to the comfort. There used to be times when he didn't eat for 3 days, but now he was living a life that he couldn't even dream of eating 3 meals a day, drinks.

After 30 minutes of tedious waiting, the door opened. And 2 Dragon-men entered.

The first thing that caught Rook's attention was his clothes. Growing up on the streets of Manumit, you could tell by the clothes you had to stay away from. Men dressed in black from head to toe would usually disappear during the day. But when it was night, they would show up especially in the poor streets. Goblins' nightmares, Gangs.

“Oh, our goblin friend has finally awakened.” He said sarcastically.

“I don't know why you kidnapped me, I didn't do anything,” said Rook.

"Look, I'm not sure about that, what was that thing they uncovered."

“Coffee,” said the man next to him.

“Huh, coffee, you were staying with the team promoting the coffee, even a maid knows a few things,” she said.

Rook finally understood why he was here. This was the gang that followed Arthur and Mefzar, and they had kidnapped him for information.

“I am not their servant, I am part of the team,” she said.

The two burst into laughter as if they just heard the funniest thing they've ever heard.

“You, a goblin, are on an adventurer team hahah,” said the Dragon-man. He couldn't believe what he was hearing.

“Yes,” he said seriously.

When the men's laughter ceased, they suddenly became serious.

“We are not playing games here, tell us everything you know, who is in the team, where did this coffee idea come from, is there any other product like this”

Rook was a little afraid of the man's demeanor, but chose to remain silent.

“What's wrong, you're not talking,” said the man, and looked into the rook's eyes, bringing his head close to the rook's.

With an unexpected movement, the man punched Rook. Goblins were usually smaller than a normal human or dragon-man under 150cm. The dragon-man's fist knocked the rook aside, along with the chair it was attached to.

“Aah,” rook screeched. Lying on his side, tied to a chair, he realized that several of his teeth had been broken by the blow. His mouth was full of blood. He spat.

The dragon man grabbed the chair and sat it straight again.

“We have a long day ahead of us, my friend, and you will definitely talk,” he said.

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“We're not even sure he's there,” Askar said.

“Yes, we are not sure, when we beat their leader well, we will find out his location and it will save us the trouble of searching.” said darkis

"Okay okay let's focus on the plan"

They were inspecting the gang's headquarters on top of an abandoned high-rise building that overlooked the rat's street.

“Yeah what are we doing,” said darkis.

“Right now, it seems like they're not all in the center, probably more men will come when it gets dark, so we have to attack before it gets dark,” Mefzar said.

"What are we going to do with their leader, he's in the mid-30s, who will take care of him." said Arthur.

“You leave the leader to me,” said old Mike.

“Okay, as for the lineup, we have to surround the Building on all four sides, but first we need to expose their leader. If anyone comes face to face with him, it will be hard to bear,” Askar said.

“Why don't two people go through the front door and threaten their leader, which might piss him off and expose him,” said Arthur.

“It might work” Mefzar

“Then old mike and I will go through the front door, you Elda and Bill will attack from the right side of the building, and you Askar and darkis from the left, Arthur and Mark will attack from behind,” he said.

"Let's get ready now, everybody take their positions in half an hour, I don't want these scumbags to detain Rook for another minute"

Everyone left to do their final checks.

Arthur was currently a level 18 wizard. Even though he wasn't fighting a real enemy, he was also considered well versed in Earth and flame manipulation. But he wasn't sure if he was ready for the battle ahead.

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“Do you still really think they will come for you?” said the Dragonman.

Rook's face was unrecognizable from the blows he received. The punching process had been going on for a long time.

Finally, the man's words began to seep into his head like a venomous snake.

“What am I to them, an ordinary goblin they found on the road, would they really fight a gang supported by the Compodia kingdom for me?” he thought.

But Arthur's lessons, the celebrations they had together, the laughter he had with the team came with these thoughts.

Finally, the man who punched the rook must have gotten bored and walked away from the rook.

“Okay, the foreplay is too long, you asked for it,” he said.

The man knelt down and took a leather-covered toolbox from his enchanted pouch. And he threw it to the ground. The purpose of the toolbox was not difficult for Rook to understand. The real torture would begin now. The dragon-man took a hammer out of his alte bag.

When Rook saw the instruments, he began to tremble with fear. His vision was already weakened by the blows he received, and he saw his surroundings hazy. When the man came towards him with a pull in his hand, he was very scared.

The man started walking slowly towards the rook.

“Are you ready?” he said with a devilish smile.

The man lifted the hammer to hit the rook's knees. Just then, the only door in the room swung open and someone came in.

"Didn't I tell you not to bother me," he said angrily as he turned to the door with a tug in his hand.

“Important, Boss, we have a problem”

"What happened"

"The men we've been following have come, saying that if we don't deliver the Goblin to them, they're going to raze this place to the ground."

“Who do they think I am,” he said.

And they left the room with the other dragonmen, leaving the rook in the room.

Rook's eyes filled with tears when he heard the news. All the punching and torture hadn't shed a tear from his eyes, but the news that the team had come to his rescue made him cry like a child.