14 A single word shakes entire city

At the same time in another location

"We are finally here"

Henry along with the villagers finally reached the entrance of the city, the city was protected by gigantic walls and at the entrance was guarded by battle masters.

The battle masters only were allowing the people who held the identity card of Assasin domain into the city.

Henry and other villagers got in after they presented their identity cards, when Henry got in, his eyes laid on a signboard next to the entrance.

"Welcome to the city of milk, Palamuru.

The word Palamuru derived from two words Paalu stands for Milk and Uru stands for Village from ancient Demi language,

Our heritage from ancient times made us the milk supplier of the entire Assassin domain."

"Brother Henry, are you surprised?"

As Buntoo said this, he laughed without making any sound.

"Surprised? why should I get surprised?, Isn't it pretty normal for the cities to have a history"

Henry retorted as he thought what so special about it.

"Kiddo, it is not normal because most of the cities stood from ancient times got destroyed due to internal and external conflicts.

only a few remained till now among them, Palamuru city is one of them."

Uncle Gen explained.

"Oh.."

Henry reacted.

"Gen, why don't you show these kids the city while we will go and sell the paddy?"

Grandpa Luo suggested.

"Good idea old Luo, yo kiddos you all come with me"

The group divided.

Gen dragged Henry, Zen and Buntoo to his side then they bid farewell, and began to explore the city.

The city was different compared to the village,

very rarely one can find wooden homes here most of the homes were made up of rocks.

They are spacious and each home had at least three rooms, the ground of the entire city was made of marble stones.

As the group moved forwards they saw different types of houses

"Uncle Gen, look at these houses, they are so big and good looking"

Zen shouted out of curiosity.

"They are mansions of battle masters.

If a battle master gains enough credits for the domain, the Assassin academy will award them with a mansion in their desired city,"

Gen explained as he touched his beard, Gen showed them various buildings before they felt hungry.

They stopped at an inn to eat.

There was an empty table and it was soon occupied by Gen&co.

"Waiter, Come here"

Uncle Gen called the waiter.

"Yes, sir"

while answering to the call the waiter approached Uncle Gen.

"Tell me the menu"

"Milk Rice"

"Milk Hippot"

"Milkfish"

"Goat Milk"

"Grand Milk Twister"

"Ultimate Power Milk Funda"

"Superior milk beverage"

and the special dish

"Fabulous Chicken Meat Milk Noodles"

So sir, place your order.

"Hahaha...Kids, then which one we should order"

Gen could not even remember those weird names so he asked the kids.

"The special dish sounds cool I want that"

Zen shouted.

"Me too"

Buntoo did not loose to Zen in terms of volume.

The three turned their heads towards Henry.

"I can eat anything, I don't mind the same dish"

hearing Henry's response, Gen immediately ordered 4 special dishes.

"Sir, your order will be ready in no time"

the waiter reassured and moved to the next table.

"bro, have you heard the reporters still surrounded team Sahara's headquarters."

"don't tell me that they are still waiting for the expert to show up?"

"yeah bro, yesterday team Sahara even announced that they will introduce the expert to the city soon"

"hahaha..you still believe their excuse to hide the actual reason behind killing the guardian which even Prince even could not kill"

"bro, there is definitely an expert involved in the incident"

"you fool, how can they hire even an expert? did not you see their headquarters is just shabby looking wooden warehouse?"

while two guys sitting in the next table conversed, Gen&co heard it,

"So that's how they defeated the guardian of lotus relic, by the way, aren't you guys were near the relic's cave during that time, did you meet team Sahara?"

Uncle Gen looked at the trio for an answer,

"Uncle Gen I did not see any battle master"

"Not me"

Zen explained followed by Buntoo.

"I have..."

Henry was about to open his mouth,

"Brother, I missed you and finally you are here"

A stranger walked towards Henry, He wore a happy looking wooden mask to hide his identity.

Henry recognized him, he could not forget this voice.

"Who are you? I did not recognize you"

Gen stood up from his seat as he threw his question.

"Oh!brother you recognized me, don't you?"

The stranger looked at Henry as he found himself in pinch, he does not want to reveal his identity which will cause quite a ruckus.

Things happened on the day when they returned after killing the guardian.

"Fuck..how could I recognize you when you insist on keeping the damn mask on your face"

Uncle gen was quite irritated, he pulled the mask and threw it to the side revealing the stranger's face.

"Mommy isn't that Zumen?"

"Zumen, that Zumen from team Sahara"

"My eyes are not blind, it is Zumen"

"Hurry let's get his autograph"

The entire inn filled with noises and soon Zumen was surrounded by a sea of people.

Some asked for his autograph, some asked him a hug and there were even women who proposed him.

That was Zumen, when did I become his brother?

Gen was still confused.

"Sir, here is your order"

The waiter brought them the dishes covering with steel lid and decorated with veggies at sides.

The waiter soon placed the dishes in front of the four,

"Sir, before opening the lid I want you to pay the bill"

The waiter said.

"I will pay it later"

Gen refused to pay the bill

"Sorry sir but that's our policy"

"Gudddd"

But his stomach said something else.

"Tell me the price"

Gen was feeling bad but he had no other chance.

"One dish costs 70 gold coins, and 4 dishes equals 280 gold coins"

The waiter told the bill while he put a smile on his face.

"Are you kidding me? I can buy two cows with 70 gold coins and you are saying that this dish is equivalent to two cows, kids I don't want to eat here let's go somewhere else"

Gen stood up and talked towards the exit,

"Wait, sir"

" You could not go out like this, you need to pay 40 gold coins for cancelling the order"

The waiter blocked Gen&co and asked for cancellation fee.

"Move aside, I am not paying you even a penny"

Gen refused to pay.

"Sir, please pay us the amount else we will call battle masters"

The inn owner rushed to the scene when she saw the customer to refuse to pay the fee.

"I am not paying, you move aside, if you don't then I am going to make my way"

The waiter stood there without moving an inch.

"Miss Simran, please let them go they are my guests"

Zumen who was drowning in crowd of fans kept an eye on Henry&co.

Seeing them in trouble, he came voiced his opinion even while facing his fans.

Why that guy is helping me? Am I really his brother?

Gen could not understand the things which were happening.

"You are sir Zumen's guests, Sorry I did not know that, you can eat whatever you want for free. "

The inn owner turned polite and he glared at waiter flared eyes.

"No, I am not in a mood to eat anymore"

Gen was acting more aggressively.

"Sorry, sir is it because of this waiter?"

The inn owner glared more fiercely at the waiter while the waiter kept his head low.

Gen did not reply,

"Are your eyes blind, apologize the guests "

Simran roared over the waiter.

"I am sorry, it was my mistake"

The waiter apologized but inwardly he was cursing his boss.

Gen still stood there without moving,

"Sir please"

Simran was still trying to persuade Gen,

"I need compensation, pack the rest of your stock and send them to the farmer's den"

Haha..this is such a great chance, how could I miss it? Gen had his own thoughts.

Pack the rest of the stock, is he for real?that would give me loss over 2000 gold coins

The inn owner was hesitating.

"Miss Simran , please fulfill their demands, I warranty you that you won't suffer from any losses"

As Zumen said it, he was finally able to take care of his fans approached the inn owner and whispered something in her ear.

"I agree"

The inn owner agreed.

"Hahaha...brother thank you for your generosity"

Gen came forward and hugged Zumen without any prior action.

It was sudden hug, there were his fans present he could not mess things Zumen acted along

"Brother I missed you a lot, It was just small thing for the big hand you lent us back then"

Hahahaha, Henry you are still pretending to not know me and this old guy wanted to be my brother, look how would I trap him

~~Zumen's thoughts.

Meanwhile, a man sitting far at the corner of the inn opened his eyes and looking at the scenario,

"Reporting sir, Zumen from team Sahara is currently at Lovelock inn and he called a guy his brother, and they even hugged. This guy most likely to be the expert who helped the team to defeat the guardian,

Sir, what should I do? should I follow them? Waiting for your orders."

He talked to the white spherical device.

"Berlin, you told me such good news, don't just follow them but also connect your Sphere-moon to the communication channel we will broadcast it live"

"Roger sir"

Both the channel owner&Berlin were excited because they were just a start up and could not compete with the long-established rivals, every time they got any breaking news it had always been snatched by a big firm. In the business of reporting, the channel which fetches more breaking news gets more views and they earn more gold while also gaining the popularity and recently their funds had been running low, if this had been continued, they would have to close their channel but this incident might save them from collapsing completely that's why everyone is so excited.

"Connect to the channel"

Berlin said to the spherical thing in his hand.

"Connecting....."

"Established the connection successfully"

The sphere-moon replied in a mechanical voice.

"Go live"

Berlin continued to command

"Going live...."

"Please tell me the caption"

The sphere-moon replied.

After thinking for quite a while Berlin said,

"The suspected expert, the brother of Zumen"

"Caption noted...."

"Going live after count down of 10, please put sphere moon's face towards the target"

The device is not just spherical but also had a mouth, eyes and ears.

While Gen&co sat in a table, Gen sat next to Zumen and was chatting.

Zen was hungry he could not hold back himself any longer and he immediately took the lid out revealing the special dish

"What the heck is this?"

Zen was shocked and blurted out.

Gen who was comfortably chatting with Zumen turned his attention towards the dish,

Finding the dish looked like roots of a dried tree sprinkled with milk,

His mood turned grim, he took a piece and kept in his mouth, that thing tasted like nothing.

How this thing costs so much? it's even worse than plain rice, better that these things are free or I would have been duped.

~~Gen's thoughts.

Gen was cursing the food but did not say it out but someone did

"Yuck , this tasteless thing costs 70 gold coins"

and the one who spoke was Buntoo.

Simran who was seated in the same table when heard Buntoo, spilt out the water she was drinking.

"Customers, you can't insult our dish"

she could not take the insult because she was the one who made this dish.

"Dish? this is not a dish this is crap which is worse than spoiled cheese "

Buntoo was direct.

"Customer, I understand your dissatisfaction but please behave yourself"

Simran was raging inside as this kid was first one to call her cooking a crap, no one had done it before nevertheless in front of many people.

"I ain't going to eat this shit"

"Phat"

The plate broke as buntoo pushed it down from the table.

"Get out"

Simran was truly enraged

"Miss Simran.."

"Get out, you too"

Zumen, Gen&co were thrown out,

"What's wrong with that lady"

Buntoo spoke again.

Everyone looked at him with weird eyes,

Zumen, Gen & Henry does not know what to say as Buntoo was just 6.

"That inn owner could not even handle blabbering of 6 years old"

Gen spoke.

"Yeah Zumen nodded"

They got no choice other than blaming her.

Somewhere in the city.

"Hahaha haahaaa, look, look , They got kicked out"

A man shouted, "what the hell? what's happening?" Hearing his shouts the people gathered and then they saw a virtual screen on which few people can be seen

"Hello, this is Reporter Berlin from channel Toyo"

" I am currently at Lovelock inn "

" The people we are currently looking at are Zumen from team Sahara and the old guy there is Zumen's brother also suspected to the expert who became quite famous recently."

"They have just kicked out by the owner, I am going to follow them to solve the mystery revolving around the expert"

"This is Berlin, I have just walked out from the inn and I am currently following behind Zumen and the suspected expert"

"They stopped."

"Looks like something is going on, they divided."

Berlin's voice filled with excitement.

"The expert seems to be separated from the group, looks like he is planning something big,I am going to follow him"

Berlin continued to report.

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In an office

"Boss, this time we have lost to cover the news in time"

A woman rushed in the room where a man was leaning on chair.

"How could you loose?, Is it Hunt?Reader?BCC?"

The man who leaned on the chair jumped up and asked.

"No, sir it's Toyo, your brother's channel"

The women replied.

"That clown? How did he beat me?Which news is he covering?"

"It is about the expert"

"Rimu, do you believe in the existence of expert?

it was just a bluff by team Sahara to hide the real reason behind and anyway, some of our reporters surrounded their headquarters so don't worry"

"Boss what if the expert is real"

"Rimu,don't overthink that clown never had luck on his side"

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"The expert is moving towards the team Sahara's headquarters and I am following him and we are almost there"

"He stopped he changed his direction"

"That's brothel!"

Berlin yelled .

And the screen went blank.

"What the hell? why did he stop casting"

a guy cursed.

"Brothel damn, looks like that guy went there to relieve himself"

while sitting in his office another guy concluded.

"Mommy,what's a brothel?"

a child asked her mother.

Some viewers disappointed and some felt relief and some were embarrassed like the women whose child asking her about the brothel.

"Berlin, why did you stop broadcasting?"

The sphere-moon roared.

"Sir, this is brothel I can't cast it"

Berlin reasoned.

"So what if it is a brothel? just cast it"

The boss ordered.

"Sir, think about the children, it is not suitable for them"

Berlin continued to pursue the boss.

"You don't need to worry too much,

their parents will arrange something,

and there is nothing wrong for the children to know a few things about it as they would do it anyway sooner or later "

"Stop reasoning go live back right now, we never had these many viewers before"

The boss roared.

"Yes sir"

Berlin replied as he resumed.

"It's back, Berlin is back"

The crowd who was watching the screen in the group gathered in front of screen again

"Sorry for the interruption, here look"

As Berlin said he moved sphere-moon to and fro showing the brothel.

There were women standing in front of each door while wearing cotton dresses without undergarments.

"Look there he is, the expert "

a person yelled.

"He is waiting outside"

another said.

"Someone came out from brothel"

The viewers on the street roared.

"She is Julio's mother"

a few viewers identified her.

"Julio, that guy, the second strongest battle master of the city after the Prince"

hearing Julio, some asked for the confirmation.

"So rumors were true that Julio is a bastard and his mother is a prostitute"

some took joy in Julio's family.

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" Layla, this is for you "

Gen took out a wooden box and opened it revealing a silver ring.

"Gen..but I can't accept it"

Layla refused his gift but her expressions showed she does not want to reject him.

"Is it because of your son?, I will talk to him, you should not worry"

As he said that Gen grabbed her waist and kissed her on the lips.

"You bastard move away"

With a shout, Julio punched Gen,

Julio when he saw his mother live on communication channel and her actions with a stranger he was raged,

he did not get angry because she was with other man, but because the rumors of her being prostitute and him being bastard had been proved.

"Julio"

Layla shouted in anger.

"You bitch shut up"

Julio said as he pushed her to a side.

"You are suspected to be the expert who helped team Sahara, let me see how much of it is true" said Julio as he marched at Gen.

"Rock"

Julio activated his battle relic, his long black gloves began to pull the nearby rocks

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Outside the headquarters of Sahara

"Git, it's breaking news hurry up and go to brothel "

"But sir"

"I said hurry up"

"Ok sir"

"Brother, where are you going?"

Git asked another reporter who was near to him.

"I am going to brothel, something interesting is happening there, I got to cover it."

that man replied.

all the reporters who were blocking team Sahara disappeared as they rushed towards the brothel

"Hahaha..we struck rich Berlin, we struck rich"

"Never in history any other channel single handedly hit these many views"

The boss of Toyo was the most happiest person.

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"You only know how to dodge"

Julio yelled at Gen.

"Daamm"

Another rock separated from brothel and fell in the place where Gen was standing before.

Julio known as the king of rocks because his relic allows him to control rocks freely as he wishes.

He can make them fly, combine, reshape and so on.

"Face my next attack expert"

"Rock Manipulation"

Julio shouted.

"Grrrrrr..

grrrrrr

grrrr"

The brothel began to demolish as all its rocks started to flew out, some people who realized something is wrong stopped their business and covered their bodies.

some were very high in taking pleasure, they did not notice anything as they continued.

Soon the whole brothel demolished revealing several naked and semi-naked figures,

In a home,

"Daddy,daddy look at mother, she is live on the channel Toyo, but she is not wearing anything and there is someone with her, he is also not wearing anything and they are touching each other"

A four-year child looked at his father while shouting excitedly after finding her mother on CC.

As he remembered his mother's words only big people can only appear on CC.

Contradictory to the innocent child, the father's face was stiff and serious.

On the street,

A fat lady was emitting an aura of the fierceness

"Isn't that lady Mio"

"Look, that guy there that bald guy is her husband"

A man pointed out a baldy on the screen who was surrounded by three naked women.

But when he said it, he felt chills he saw the fierce gaze of lady Mio and shut his mouth.

Similar things happened in several places.

"Gen, dodge this one if you can"

as Julio shouted he formed two big hands with the rocks he extracted, they are big enough to cover a ground floor home, these hands floated in the air.

The hands clapped together and tilted downwards in the direction of Gen

"Old Luo, looks like I got to break the promise"

Gen said to himself.

But as the combined fingered palm about to descend he was pushed to the side, and the one who pushed him did also move opposite side and barely dodged the assault of gigantic hands made up of rocks.

"Who are you? why did you save him?"

Julio shouted as he did not like his judgement to be disrupted by outsider.

"I am the expert whom you are searching"

Henry declared.

"Hahhhaaa...

Haahaahaa.....

Expert my ass, do you take me to a fool? , you are just a kid and thinks yourself as an expert but you did a grave mistake by declaring yourself as an expert, now you have to die too"

"Die"

With a loud bang, Julio moved forward along his hands formed from rocks

But when Julio took next step he heard the word

"Fall"

As if the word itself got invisible power,

Julio realized that he lost his sense of legs,

he felt that he could not even move his hands, he looked at Henry he saw a youth who wore a devil's smile on his face.

Julio fell.

He fell to the ground and could not make even a single moment.

The viewers gaped in shock,

"What the heck happened?"

"He fell just like that"

"Isn't second strongest in the city, he could not even put up a fight"

"He was defeated before even confronting, is that power of an expert?"

"All took him a single word to defeat the second strongest"

Even the people who found their partners cheating forgot about it for a moment.

The whole city was in an uproar, this had never happened in the history of Palamara city.

"Berlin, Berlin you damn boy it's the biggest time to get profited, make a report"

Berlin who was opened his mouth just brought back to the reality by his boss

"It's Berlin, did you guys see that? we found the expert, a real one and he did not even use relic to second strongest"

Hearing the report the crowd were even more shocked, he did not use relic then how did he do that?an armed guy defeated a battle master this had never been happened not only in Palamuru city but also in the entire history of the Domain.

"Look, I am also holding relic detector "

Berlin showed a pen-like device and it is not detecting any relic on him.

"It is not detecting anything it happens only when one does not got any relic or one has natural relic, having natural relic is not possible so there could be only conclusion he does not got any relic"

"It opened a new window of mystery that is how did he defeat him?we will discover it next time until goodbye"

Berlin finished his final sentence before turning off the broadcast.

"Brother nothing less expected from you"

Zumen walked towards Henry with a smiling face.

"Kidd, how did you do it?"

Uncle Gen asked

"Yes brother, how did you do it?"

Zumen also wanted to know how his brother created one more miracle.

"Hahaha,

You give me too much credit I did not do anything, it's all thanks to Zen and Buntoo".