The man noticed Jinpok's expressionless face and frowned. The man then scoffed and narrowed his eyes.

"Haha. Look at that big guy. You mad? Come on, old man, tell them. Am I wrong?"

The man then turned back to Graham.

"Get your dirty hands off of him."

However, it was Jinpok who had spoken. It was a low but heavy voice that attracted everyone's attention. The man who had his arm around Graham frowned.

"Huh? Oh-this? You talking about this?"

The man looked at his arm around Graham and asked, "Haha, I guess I made a mistake…"

They all now turned toward Jinpok and Joonb.u.m.

"Hey, I was just giving you good advice. And you returning our kind intentions with that kind of att.i.tude?"

"Big guy, you know how to fight?"

They started to speak menacingly. And one of the men flashed a handgun on his waist. Jinpok continued.

"Take your hands off him."

The five mercenaries grimaced.

"So, you want to do this huh?!"

"You chose the wrong people to mess with."

"You dare to… huh?"

"H-hey…"

The mercenaries all stopped talking as Jinpok slowly stood up. Jinpok's seven-foot-tall body towered over them.

"Go."

It was just one word, but all of them began to step back.

"…L-let's go."

"Fools. You're lucky."

"Old man! Don't let us catch you doing that again!"

They ran away as they shouted.

Graham sighed in relief, but his expression was full of humiliation and sadness. He slowly picked up his backpack, the old and ragged backpack was full of traces of his experiences. Jinpok asked, "Old man, where are you going?"

Graham stopped. He sighed and his shoulders dropped.

"I'm sorry…"

"You asked us to go dragon hunting. Where do you think you're going?"

Graham turned back in surprise, his eyes full of questions. Jinpok smiled.

"I guess they are right that you do lie a lot, but I think you can still be a guide. Am I wrong?"

Graham sighed after looking back at Jinpok for a long while.

"Whew. They wanted me to be their guide but at an absurd cost. I refused, and they began doing that everywhere I go. I tried to reason with them, but no one believed me. Oh, some believed me but they were too afraid to go against them. So, my job always…"

Joonb.u.m laughed. It was as they thought. Graham's clothes proved that he had a long time of adventuring, and also his tools that had many traces were worn out from usage. There was no way Graham was a fraud.

"Can I really stick with you guys?"

The two men nodded.

End of Chapter