Frank wanted to demonstrate his strength to Red Shirt just to break his will and make him more willing to answer his questions, only for Red Shirt to turn out to be a coward!Even as Red Shirt yelled in pain, his friends were trading looks, not expecting that their colleague would concede the high ground to Frank!Still, a woman picked up the gun on the ground and aimed it at Frank. "S-Stand back!"Frank smiled instead of showing fear."Open your eyes, people! A man's actually less brave than a woman, and he'd still call himself a man!"As the tomb raiders remained silent, Frank strode toward the woman. "Come on, lady! Shoot me! Don't worry about it!""S-Stop!" The woman was terrified and kept shouting threats at Frank. "Don't move!""Come on, words only mean that much!" Frank gloated. "What do they always say? Face your fears—it's the best way to triumph over it, so give it your best shot!"Sylvie was left giggling as Frank was clearly horsing around despite the tense situatio
Having never met Frank before and unaware of his personality, Red Shirt was genuinely concerned about reprisals.Taking his gun back from the woman, he nudged her. "Apologize already!"However, the woman was petrified and did not move, leaving Red Shirt fuming.He pulled her toward Frank, kowtowing in apology. "We never knew that you're a superior being, and we really meant no offense! Please look the other way this one time!"Frank smiled in wry amusement. "What did you just call me?""A superior being? Or just a god, if you like! I mean, aren't you one? Even bullets can't touch you!"Frank chuckled in exasperation. "Shagan really fell from grace, huh? Ascendant-ranked individuals can handle bullets, let alone a plain handgun like that one. Don't worry—I can be ruthless, but I won't kill a woman. I did goad her into shooting anyway."Red Shirt sighed in relief. "Fair enough…" "Wait!""W-We're innocent too! We never shot you, so just let us go!"The other tomb raiders were
Sylvie certainly could not have told her that the mutant centipedes that were so insignificant to Frank were such horrors to the average person.Meanwhile, the tomb raiders were feeling pessimistic. "W-What about him? He had to be poisoned.""Don't worry. He's not just strong—he's a healer too," Sylvie bragged proudly as if she were Frank himself.Frank smiled in wry amusement but dropped to a crouch and put his hand on Red Shirt's shoulder.Soon, Red Shirt jolted awake, crying out as soon as he did, "I-I'll leave! Please don't kill me, please!"The others quickly assured him, "It's fine, boss!"On the other hand, Frank asked, "What's wrong?"Red Shirt was panting for a while and took a moment to calm down before saying, "I had a nightmare… the man in that sarcophagus before was threatening to eat me!""What?!" The tomb raiders were shocked.They had been exploring tombs for so long that none of them believed in the paranormal.However, there was something different about thi
The tomb raiders' eyes lit up. "Like… X-ray vision?" Sylvie shrugged. "Probably. Ask him!"However, none of the tomb raiders said a word since they were afraid to mess with Frank.After a brief silence, the woman who had tried to shoot Frank earlier asked, "Can you predict the future?"Sylvie giggled in amusement. "You were just trying to kill him, and you're not scared of him already?""Actually, I was horrified." The woman flashed a weary smile. "But I'm now getting the feeling he's a good man! That alone sets him above the rest, present company included."She was being honest too—her colleagues were ready to let Frank have her just because they were worried Frank would lash out in resentment.Frank was certainly a real gentleman in comparison!"Actually, I don't have X-ray vision…"That was when Frank chuckled and pointed down the passage. "But I can sense what most people can't."Everyone turned to find little bright orbs shining in the darkness, with more appearing one
Even as the thought crossed their minds, the coffin started to rattle.Everyone flinched and leapt backward in fear, but Frank remained undaunted, even striding toward it."Watch out!" Red Shirt exclaimed worriedly—they had to count on Frank to escape alive!If anything happened to him, it would be over for everyone!Frank chuckled. "There's really nothing in this world that I should be worried about."Then, he lifted the coffin lid.Though afraid, everyone was curious too, and they peeked inside to find an exceedingly beautiful woman lying within.Though dead, her lashes were twitching, which sent everyone flinching from the coffin again. "I-Is it alive?"Frank growled coolly. "We'll see."He reached toward the body, but even before he reached it, the corpse suddenly grabbed his wrist.Frank shook it off, but it leapt into the air and landed outside the coffin, baring its teeth at the tomb raiders.Everyone promptly drew their guns and fired, but it was so quick it dodged e
"You idiot!" Ernest snapped. "Do you think I'm an idiot?! I'd never make a living if both of them got killed—don't worry, I've done my homework. The pillars of a hypogeum are plenty sturdy, and I'm just trying to scare them with a little bomb. It's not going to collapse."That was what Ernest sincerely believed, but his contractors could not really agree.No one actually knew for sure if the pillars of this particular hypogeum were sturdy. However, they could tell that Sylvie was skeptical, judging from the fact that she did not bring her team with her.Moreover, this hypogeum had been built over a thousand years ago. Even when it came to modern infrastructure with rebars and concrete, a single explosion could still cause problems.One of the contractors then said, "You'd best be sure about this. It's quite serious, and there might be consequences."Ernest snapped at them again, "You're all six feet tall and then some, but you have no balls at all! People would laugh if they knew!
Ernest was terrified in the first place, and he was now basically trembling when he saw that Frank and Sylvie were alive, even flying!Even if the tremors stopped, this floor was unusable with the entrance caving in. As for the people inside—even if they were not crushed under the falling boulders, they would still not stand much chance of survival.Sylvie smirked in turn. "A mere mortal like you, mocking the gods?"Ernest's face fell, and he suddenly started shrieking hysterically about angels and demons!Meanwhile, Frank put the tomb raiders and everyone else on firm ground before striding up to Ernest, seizing him by the scalp and lifting him up into the air."The insanity plea, huh?" He chuckled. "I admit that you have quick reflexes, but so what about it? When I set my mind on killing someone, not even a loony will escape me!"The construction team's face fell right then. "Please, sir! He almost killed you, and it's fair that you want to return the favor… But just hear us
"What?!" The archaeological exploration team were left further confused and were shocked as Sylvie restrained her rage and told them everything. "What?!"They knew Ernest had a fight with Sylvie but did not expect the bastard to attempt murder!"It's all our fault, chief!"They all promptly apologized, since Sylvie would really have gotten killed.Sylvie gave them a thorough dressing down, before wheeling on Paula Radach, her deputy. "Forget Ernest Lane—what do you think you're doing?"Paula appeared apologetic. "Sorry. Ernest told us that some officials were asking for us, so—" "You're fired!" Sylvie snapped icily."Wait!" Paula exclaimed, flustered. "I shouldn't have believed a bastard like Ernest, but this is an understandable mistake, right?!"The rest of the archaeological exploration team agreed. "Exactly. There are plenty of reasons that this happened at all—you should give her a chance."Sylvie, however, laughed icily. "Give her a chance? Then who's giving me a chan