The energy emanating from the black beam possessed qualities of both stillness and sharpness, it was like an assassin's attack, where each move was concealed by obscurity and lethality.Luna exhaled loudly and felt a thrilling sensation travel throughout her entire body when she watched the guard's motionless body lying on the floor. There was no hesitation or guit in her, instead she was overjoyed and ecstatic to kill such a wicked person, and she knew that no matter how minor, she had begun exacting her vengeance seriously from this point.Nevertheless, because leaving this place was her main objective—which she had to accomplish at any cost—Luna didn't indulge herself too much in this small joy of her first kill.She was the one who was transported everyday from the cell to the lab, so she knew exactly what locks were placed on each door, what type of mechanism they had, as well as who the key-holders were.As a result, Luna wasted no time in severing the guard's right thumb, remo
The red-haired woman, Claudia, who served as both the group's leader and magician, was an A rank Slayer, she was also one of the child of the head of one of Capital City's prominent guilds [Autumn leaves].Though, the guild's reputation was suffering a little from the recent subjugation missions' failure but it was still a very strong Guild.Claudia was a quick-witted woman, and today with her party, she came to this area because of the strange mana signals and disturbance that were reported in her guild. But as soon as she arrived with the group, she noticed the smoke in the forest and moved swiftly towards it to find out the cause.But she didn't expect to run into this injured little girl while on her way. Claudia came up with her own theory about what was going on based on how the little girl tried to use mana and what her condition was.First of all, this girl who looked to be around 6 years old was an awakened child—or at the very least, a half-awakened being—who knew how to ma
The individuals in those rooms, who were just now speaking to take care of Luna, were now once more shouting insults at her as they looked at the contemptuous sneer on her face.At that very moment, the host spoke to Luna quietly. He murmured something and mockingly enquired as to whether Luna was happy with the situation at the moment.Due to all of these factors and her already high level of emotional sensitivity, Luna rapidly lost her cool and yelled at the host to "shut up".She urged her mana to move because she was furious, and to her great surprise, she was able to move mana and cause it to vibrate around her. However, regrettably, she who was staring at the host with bloodshot eyes couldn't properly feel to what extent her own mana was moving.Nevertheless, it was just the matter of sometime when she would forcibly be able to use her mana if she kept going on like this.As the time passed and the auction went on, fewer and fewer people tried to fight over her bid because when t
"Lie...!!"When she heard such absurd remarks, Luna couldn't help but yell at him, "You're lying!". 'He had only said those things to lure me, and this person wasn't any different.' She had such thoughts."You decide whether or not to trust it. You only get a chance from me; you get a new family, a new life. Consider your response carefully; in the meantime, I'll make a few purchases.""...."However, Luna was unable to persuade herself that he was lying because his words felt genuine. Even so, if happiness was coming so quickly, why had she endured so much pain up until this point and why had he been so cruel to her when he was ultimately going to help her?What was good and wrong, was just beyond Luna's comprehension at this point. She had conflicting desires: on the one hand, she wanted to kill him and escape; on the other, she had an odd faith in his statements and she yearned to take his word for it and escape her miserable situation.At that moment, Luna noticed a change in h
It had taken Noah quite some time to formulate the stealing plan in his head, and now that he had the basic outline to follow, the time had also come to put it into action.Even though the auction was still going on, it was also coming to a close because the [Twilight orb] had already been purchased by the [Lost Night] and there were now very few items available to be bought by others."Have you prepared? Is your condition good right now?"Noah asked Luna after confirming the items according to the plan in his storage ring."Yes, a lot better."Luna quickly nodded to Noah, who subsequently removed a purple potion from the storage ring, the potion was in a glass test tube with a wodden cork on top, and after receiving her approval, he extended his hand forward to give it to her."Drink this""Why, is this necessary?"As she grabbed the bottle out of Noah's hands, Luna gave it a dubious glance. She was just interested in the potion out of curiosity because she was sure that he wouldn't
Leaving that aside, it was true that the scenario wasn't as easy as it first appeared since if even one person had followed Noah inside to the restroom, his strategy would have already failed and he would have had to resort to Plan B, which he preferred to avoid at all costs.In reality, his escape was no longer solely a matter of luck; rather, a variety of events significantly influenced his brief walk to the restroom.Firstly, a major factor in deflecting attention was the fact that he was alone himself, and wasn't accompanied by Luna or Sylvia, and the Auction was still going on which helped in solidifying the face that he was really going to the washroom.It was indeed possible that the pursuers believed Noah had actually gone to the bathroom while Luna was still inside the VIP area, which gives them another relief because their main target was actually Luna, but sadly they were unaware of Luna's Camouflage abilitiy.They saw it as an usual circumstance.Secondly, Noah hadn't purc
After the bid of Luna was lost by him, August gave the order to every one of his subordinates to surround the whole auction house and block all exits to stop the people of VIP room no.12.Still, August was uneasy for some reason. His subordinate had reported that a young man and a young woman, both of whom had masks covering their faces, were in Room No. 12. Therefore, their identity remained a mystery.His men had seen the woman leave the room before the little slave girl was delivered to that room.August did not intervene in that scenario because he believed that the man in room No. 12 was a perverted bastard who was abandoned by his girlfriend or wife after she learned that he had purchased a young child at such a high price for his obscene fetishes. When August laughed at such a fool, the earlier notion he had about the man in room 12—when August believed he knew something about the slave girl—also disappeared."Yes, how is it even possible?"August had no doubt that the inform
There was a problem with this auction, and something would definitely go wrong today.An odd feeling arose within Julie all of a sudden. Initially, the Auction was proceeding as usual, and she enjoyed playing with her brother by tricking him into spending more money than the products were actually worth, on several auction items.But ever since the "Last Auction" had begun, she had this peculiar unsettling sensation, that something wasn't quite right.Julie initially tried to suppress this emotion several times, because she thought that since she was a princess, no matter what happened, the powerful Slayers in this hall would unquestionably save her.Julie was a brave girl, but she wasn't a naive fool who didn't understand the realities of life. She wasn't a kind-hearted girl either, despite the fact that she was undoubtedly brave. She didn't come from a greenhouse, who was caged down inside the four walls, and she didn't had this heroic idealistic fantasy of her own that everything