“Sir… what do you mean by this?” She looked confused.And rightfully so. If she hadn’t known better, this young man seemed to be mocking her, but a genuine stare was so impactful. She couldn’t decide whether to be offended or jealous. She would never touch numerous gold coins even if she broke her back.The world was cruel. She was living in it and had already resigned to her fate. But this man was of an entirely different breed. Who was he?“I mean, three gold coins are made on an extremely slow day in just one of the sectors in the business I venture, Lady Linda. On a good day well…” Petal chuckled, using his attractive honey-like voice to allure her.If he tried to use that against her, he did an incredibly good job of doing exactly that. “You can dream the amount if you'd like,” Petal added. Linda’s eyes lit up and she could’ve sworn her mouth watered just a tiny bit. She swallowed hastily and tried to be subtle about it. Obviously it wasn’t subtle enough because Petal was laugh
Zombie marched forward, pointedly ignoring the other Mandrill Monkeys with eyes trained on the old lady. Shoving her hand to her.“Hi. The name is Zombie. The head of the recruiter. My eyes can discern useful people with just a glance. I can see your unbloom talent.”Linda hesitantly took the hand. Zombie’s attitude was quite repulsive to her eyes, yet she said nothing and only smiled business-like. They shook hands as Linda swallowed her saliva. The aura carried by this Zombie lady was so extreme. As extreme as the other seven.Zombie was a woman in her early 20s. She gave no shit even though Linda was taller than her. She exuded a confident single lady. She had a similar sleeveless hoodie with different shades of color and bear ears latched on her head hoodie but with an angry bear mouth and nose.Truthfully, Linda was quite intrigued by her. “Linda. The owner of this cafe.” She cleared her throat.“Ah!” Zombie made quite an expression under her mask. “You have talent in business b
At the border of the South China Sea.The green ships surrounded the white ship. Green Bunny jumped aboard the white ship and stopped behind Shadow. Tenth; Shadow’s people under Hidden and White Bunny were also standing behind her.Shadow was seen smiling after talking with the other person on the phone. His countenance was slightly better than this morning.“Your Holiness.” Green called out toward Shadow as the representative of the green ships. He could see the ocean that Shadow was currently looking at. There were corpses of the beastmen floating up next to the debris. The attack happened at early dawn. After receiving the report from the lion’s tribe, Shadow took it upon herself to oversee the situation. While Dhia was still coming back from the combat on the land with her own people. Firash and Aidan were settling the urgent issue in the palace. It happened suddenly. A few dozen ships were seen rushing at Malaysia’s sea where the lion resided. All SQE had alerted her about i
“... he is barely alive.” She mumbled.Firash was grinning and clasped his hand on his shoulder. “He is alive, but barely breathing. He’s right about to die, however, he is still pretty much alive. For now, that’s it.”The man that they kidnapped truly was right at the edge of death’s door. His entire body was injured. His skin was black, blue, and purple as if he had been hit by all sorts of magic spells and poison. His bones were broken and the mana circle must have also broken during the battle. Judging by his body condition, it seemed that having a discussion with the man was not possible. She wasn’t disappointed, though. Her power could heal any wound and resurrect any person within 15 minutes. Always the golden hour.However, she was too tired to even do any healing on anybody. The man gotta die.“Sister.” Shadow turned her head to Firash.“He is currently unconscious, but he should be able to talk once he wakes up.”They would only be able to speak when he was conscious. But,
“Huh~” Shadow was left alone in the room with the unconscious man. She paced toward him and stopped merely a few inches away. She tilted her head.The sound of his breath, the flow of his chest, the tightness of his shut eyelids, the sound of the wind, the sweat on his forehead. She had calculated everything.“It’s fun to play pretend, isn’t it?”The head which hung fell in the air didn’t even rise as if she was only talking to someone invisible.Shadow fluttered her eyes. The man in front of him didn’t even stir from his uncomfortable position. His whole body was smeared with various torture colors. His left eye was swollen and patched with a greyish color as large as the knuckle size, his lips cracked and his bone crushed. However, the man was solitary in his position. Shadow turned on her heels and walked around the man, hands held behind her back, throat humming a creepy song that only appeared in horror games or haunted house games. Or whatever.“Hey, hey, do you really want t
“How was it?” Ya’acub sat gracefully on the chair that was brought by his people. He was seen reading a political book. The art of torture or something.Shadow pushed her fallen hair to the back. Smiling was evident on her face before walking away.Understood, Ya’acub put away his book and stood up. “I’ll carry your command gracefully.” He was slightly bowed.“Make no mistake.” She waved her hand.“Fret not, sister. If I make a mistake, it will be that I accidentally killed him. There will be no other types of mistakes. Speaking from experience, of course.”‘He is really Yusoff’s son.’“It will be troublesome.” Shadow stopped her track, and didn't look back. “He must return to my office in one piece. I don’t care what you will do to him. I need him to be sane and proper.”“I will listen to your command.” He bowed at her.Wordlessly, she headed toward another underground prison. She went to see someone whom Crown Prince Malikul had secretly brought over. Malikul delivered the man righ
“Ah, you’re here?” Shadow nodded at Midas and Priscilla who were following her halfway through. She was back at her dearest family office. Princess Dhia, Queen Aulia, and Duke Ajiad were sitting together doing only god know what. Shadow pointedly ignored them as they did to her. “My Lord, what should I do with your Underworld’s siblings?” Priscilla had to ask.The Underworld community was still in the palace, doing something under her command. It was the preparation for the future of some sort. Shadow waved her hand. “Just let them. Give them the greatest accommodation and entertain every request they utter.”“I’ll do as you say.” The competent Priscilla bowed her head and fled to the scene to discuss Shadow’s request with the palace’s head maid and head butler. As much as she was Shadow’s exclusive assistant, the palace was the home of the royal family. She must show respect to the palace owner.The massive man was awkwardly standing in front of her office desk.Shadow pulled t
Something went wrong somewhere. Shadow was smiling big. However, he knew that sharp eyes and curved lips. She was smiling in rage. She was enraged. The thing was, he didn’t know what kind of mistake he’d made.A sigh of defeat escaped her lips. Shadow massaged her head.This man was still innocent despite his violent tendency. There was no filter in his action or his mouth. She must teach the man everything from scratch. It would be a hassle but what’s new?She grew up with her Underworld family. This man would be no different and if she knew how to play her card right. He would be the greatest asset ever. Much more than her Underworld family.Well, part of it was because of his long lifespan. Her Underworld family was short of nothing. They were the perfect example of the greatest apprentices. Only their life span was longer, they could attain to impossible.However, Shadow wasn't heartless enough to give them that. A long life came with the greatest setback. Due to their unnatural u