A few minutes earlier.In the middle of the street, an adult man’s body was cut open against his will, and half of his liver was collected. “How could you do this to me?” he cried out. “I was only a minute late.”“Be grateful that I only cut half and not ninety percent of it, Daddy,” a guy wearing black uniform with plastic horns on his head was snickering at one of the civilians on the second floor living in Flower Street.The adult man with checkered pants cried miserably. “If you cut half of my liver, the nano-system is going to demand me to do a lot more crazy things. I can’t listen to that evil system anymore. You should rather kill me. I’d happily go to hell rather than suffer here.”“Haha, how can we lose free flesh supply?” The guy in the uniform laughed and walked away. “You are all going to work hard for our lord. That’s your only purpose of existence. If you really want to die, then die for our lord. Go to her, and she’ll grant you a nightmarish death.”The adult man trembl
“The prey has come to my doorstep all by itself,” Little Nightmare dashed straight ahead, leaving a gust of wind behind that set the flowers of the garden in motion. “I was thinking of making him my underling, but since he already laid his hands on my people, I’m not going to be satisfied until I at least cut one of his arms, or break half of his teeth.”It didn’t take longer than fifteen seconds for her to reach the location where Jim was fighting.In an alley between four houses, Jim was facing ten people all by himself. With his fists, he sent people flying without even touching them.“That’s the mysterious energy manipulation technique,” Little Nightmare squinted her eyes as she looked down at him from the rooftop. “Vivre user, huh. Now I can see how he was able to destroy the sealed metal door.” She grinned. “He really is worth fighting.”As Jim was throwing a punch at one of the opponents, a whip came flying out of nowhere and wrapped itself around his arm.“Mm?” Jim looked up w
The sky itself was painted red for a brief moment.The people that saw the flames trembled, for they realized that it was the power of Little Nightmare, the small woman that had been ruling over them with her fierce character and made them work to the bone.Little Nightmare made a lot of money by sending her region’s people into other regions for physical labor. And she also collected their blood once every week. So, she was literally robbing them off their strength while she herself was strengthening every day. But they couldn’t do anything because she was a fearsome character that could fight even the strongest lords on the second floor and not lose her ground. What could lowly people like them who somehow survived and came to this floor do against these villains?Most of the lords on the second floor were those who had taken the path of a villain. And so they did not mind making others suffer underneath their feet.Little Nightmare was one of the villains who did not mind literally
Every civilian that was witnessing the fight between Little Nightmare and Jim wished that he would defeat her, but when they saw Jim crash into the building, which then caught on hot flames, they all felt their breaths robbed out of them all over again. None of them could stand with their spines straight anymore, for fear and death continued to grip their hearts, minds, and very souls.None of them believed they had the strength to defeat the little monster that was worse than anything nightmares they ever had in their dreams, after all.As the people’s heads lowered and their hopes were dying in their infancy, a mighty wind blew and put all the flames on the building to rest.And this wind somehow breathed life and hope back into the hearts of the onlookers that wished Little Nightmare was dead.The people lifted their heads and saw a man climb up the rubble of the rocky house, completely covered in dirt, but his eyes were still very much set on the woman that was standing on the nei
The mighty clash of Little Nightmare and Jim’s attacks created shockwaves that kept destroying very sturdy stone buildings. The people had to run for their lives, as the ongoing battle was too dangerous for them to be anywhere close. Even those who were hundreds of meters away could feel a strong wind pushing their bodies back.What’s more, Little Nightmare’s attacks were growing stronger by the seconds. She unleashed one flaming attack after another, not caring if people got caught up in her attacks.Jim could have deflected her attacks and saved his stamina, but because that’d cause more casualties, he had to block the attacks and take most of the force onto himself. Even after dozens of attacks, Little Nightmare was grinning. “Your defense is pretty solid. I’ll give you that, but I’m sure your ‘vivre’ reserves are already running out. You are going to collapse any second right?” she vehemently whipped at him.“Why don’t you think about your own safety first?” Jim caught the flaming
Jim frowned at Nightmare_lily’s words. (How does she know my name? Who is she?)“You look much more handsome in person than on the monitor,” Nightmare_lily said. She was very similar to Rena in terms of height and body structure. The only difference was that this woman’s face was a bit longer than normal, probably because of her forehead.“Sis!” Little Nightmare cried in happiness, but then coughed some more blood.“You should focus on recovering, you idiot,” Nightmare_lily coldly advised before shifting her attention back to Jim. “Honestly, I want to fight you and rip you into pieces, but rules are rules. People on the upper floors can’t kill anybody on the lower floor without the floor manager’s permission. Unfortunately, I didn’t get the floor manager’s permission before coming here, or your head would have already been rolling on the floor.”Jim’s gaze sharpened. “You are…”The people in the background were all terrified by the arrival of Nightmare_lily who was many times stronger
Jim’s heart was beating fast as the villains were talking about grouping together and ganging up on him. He was surely growing anxious, but he still clenched his fists with the resolve to face every enemy in the vicinity.A villain with a poison dagger sneaked up on Jim and tried to cut the back of his neck. He was short and fast, but Jim ducked in time.The short villain swiveled on one toe and struck Jim’s ankle, trying to make him fall to the floor, so he could then attack him and riddle his body with holes using his beloved poison dagger.Jim indeed lost his footing, and the short villain grinned and brought the knife down at his chest.“Phantom Palm!” Jim fearlessly thrust his palm at the incoming dagger.BAM~! CRACK~!The invisible shockwave sent by Jim’s palm not only stopped the attack but also struck the opponent like a mighty wave of energy and sent him flying high and into the ceiling.The short villain’s eyes widened, and the dagger fell out of his hand. As the short villa
Jim didn’t realize that he was so tired until all the villains left, and he loosened his spine. He sat down, but his heartbeat was still going strong.[You did well.] Joe said. [But you would have lost your life, too. You should be more careful, or you won’t be lucky all the time.]“If I don’t take risks, I won’t grow fast,” Jim said. “I can clearly feel it. Whenever I’m fighting, I can’t use all the skills I practiced, but I’m definitely improving. I have to get used to fighting these villains, so I’ll be clashing with as many as I can.”[Don’t tell me… you’re planning to attack them before the three day limit given to you?] Joe quickly asked.“No. I’ll use this time to learn more about this floor and also practice my skills to improve my stamina,” Jim said with resolve. “I have to prepare for the worst case scenario.”[That would be fighting all the villains on this floor.]“And also the guy that brought me here,” Jim’s gaze turned cold. “I have to be ready to face him even if he at