***** The drive to the Johnson family’s estate took approximately 40 minutes, and during this journey, Olivia became increasingly panicked. At first, Ares thought Olivia's panic was due to him, but he soon realized it wasn’t the case; it was actually because of her grandfather. It was only then that he understood why Olivia had returned the day before—because she had received a call from her grandfather, informing her that he was critically ill. ….. "Please don’t be like this!" Unable to endure Ares’s silence and the heavy atmosphere in the car any longer, Olivia pitifully begged him as they arrived at their destination. Ares, however, only glanced briefly at Olivia before looking away. Even he had no idea why he was mad. Perhaps it was because he originally thought Olivia's return to the city the previous day was out of guilt. After all, he believed Olivia would have been alone with Olive for an entire week, and wondered what could have happened, among other things. All in al
*****A deafening hush filled the living room, where more than ten people were assembled. Everyone stared at Ares as though he were an alien.This silence persisted for a long time before suddenly, someone snapped.“Bastard! What do you mean my grandfather is no longer my grandfather?!!!” The enraged shout came from Rebecca, whose expression had changed the most.Though she appeared deeply infuriated, a closer look at her sweaty palms and the way she was rubbing the hem of her shirt would reveal that she was actually very nervous, merely pretending to be mad to hide her anxiety.Rebecca had never expected that Ares would uncover the truth at first glance. In fact, she hadn't expected him to discover anything at all.Actually, according to her and Mason's plan the previous day, no one else was supposed to see the old man's condition until Ares arrived so that no one would suspect anything.After Rebecca returned from Olivia's Villa the previous day, however, she changed her mind and we
*****“Hahahaha!!!” Someone abruptly burst into laughter after a moment of silence had filled the living room. The laughter was so loud, strong, and genuine, which soon infected almost everyone in the living room despite how nervous they had been a moment ago. Even Stones who was known for his stoic demeanor soon joined in, and before long, only the family of four—Ares, Olivia, Smith, and Ava were left out. “He wants us to be chased out? Hahaha!” “What a joke?! Hahahaha!” “This is probably the funniest thing I’ve heard in my life!” The small crowd laughed hard, as if they had been injected with laughing gas and this laughter continued for a while until suddenly; “You all heard what my son-in-law said, right?” “Huh!” As though the living room wasn’t filled with laughter a second ago, a sudden silence enveloped it, with everyone slowly turning their heads, Olivia and Ava included, and following that everyone’s mouths opened. If earlier that Smith had spoken back to Stones cou
***** Outside, everyone who had collapsed to the ground after escaping from the terrifying room, which seemed intent on crushing them currently stared in disbelief as the pitiful figure ran out. Their eyes widened in shock, and unable to believe what they had seen, everyone rubbed their eyes, thinking they must have misinterpreted the scene. “Even him?” Someone finally mumbled with disbelief before he could stop himself, shocked to the brim. Everyone had thought Stones wasn’t affected by the aura when he did not leave with them, and a few of them, most especially Rebecca and her mother, had been very proud of him for this reason. Now, however, their faces paled even more. “Hus…” Rebecca’s mother, one of the first to rush out, struggled to her feet to assist her husband when without any forewarning, he collapsed and fainted before her. “This…” All jaws further dropped, and then everyone forced a cold breath. “Is… is this really caused by… by second brother?” “Oh… my God!” “D
***** Ares wasn’t stunned at all nor startled when he saw the ghost-like appearance lunging at him. Instead, a playful smirk directly spotted the corner of his lips, showing that he had already anticipated the attack. He remained standing without moving and allowed the attack to get closer to him. Just as it was on the verge of hitting Ares, however, Ares finally moved a finger and placed it on the elderly man's head. It was just a single finger, but the elderly man froze completely the next second. It was as if time and space had come to a halt around him. With his finger on the head, Ares couldn’t help but suddenly click his tongue against the ceiling of his mouth. “People are so evil,” he sighed, feeling the icy dark energy being released by the old man. After mumbling this, Ares shook his head before finally removing his finger. “Fortunately, I’m here and my parents have given me the necessary skills to deal with this situation,” he muttered again to himself and then sudde
*****As soon as everyone heard Stones’ words, they glared at Smith while Smith was stunned for a second.A second later, a wry smile appeared on his face as he realized that he had yet again played into Stones' scheme.He shook his head and decided to stay silent.Just at that moment, the sound of a door opening jolted everyone back to their senses and they all subconsciously looked, only to see a paled face Ares weakly coming out.“Are you okay?” Olivia, who hadn’t said a single word since the beginning immediately rushed toward Ares with concern.“What happened to you?” Ava also inquired, rushing to Ares's other side.As for everyone else, they became confused, wondering what had happened to Ares, but since he wasn’t their concern, they quickly ignored his condition.“Father— how is father’s condition now?” Someone, who could no longer keep quiet asked.The following moment, everyone turned their attention to Ares, waiting for his response.As soon as Ares heard this, he
*****“Fa… father?” Stones couldn’t believe his eyes.It wasn’t him alone, but everyone currently in the living room. They appeared thoroughly thunderstruck.The silence within the hall was so deafening that not even the sound of breathing could be heard.Everyone continued gaping at the old man as though he were a ghost before suddenly; “Gho… ghost!”Rebecca screamed and immediately scrambled to the back, all the earlier arrogance and excitement disappearing, only to be replaced by an ashen terrified expression.Everyone finally returned to their senses at the sound of her yell and they also panicked, quickly scrambling to the back as well, and staring at the elderly man with fear.“Gho… ghost!”Their complexion paler significantly and they began to tremble with fear.All of them had always heard of the existence of ghosts, but they had never believed it until today, being stared emotionlessly at by a real-life ghost.“Mummy!! Boohoo!” A thirty-five-year-old man suddenly so
*****“Husband!”“Father!!”“Mother!!”“Sister!!!”“Brother!!!”“Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!”Deep within the clouds of dust that still hadn’t settled down, voices filled to the brim with pain and torture rang.This lasted for a while before eventually, the clouds of dust dispersed.Instantly, the situation in the vicinity became clear for everyone to see and as soon as it was visible, the painful voices began to die down, and massive disbelief became etched on everyone's faces.What had previously housed a majestic and beautiful living room could no longer be seen again, instead, everything in sight was a total ruin.It was as though everyone had been teleported away from where they previously stood into where a battle had recently occurred.It did not end there. Looking at the place right now, bodies could be seen sprawling all over the ground and everyone was covered in ghastly injuries.Everyone but five people.The faces of the remaining people were deathly pale but they coul