The next morning.Amelie and others woke up, and they felt nothing different, except that Abbie was missing. Other than that, everything was okay on the surface.They were in their house, and they were doing their things.However, in reality, they were all still sleeping and dreaming as Ulmer wanted them to rest for a few days. That was the safest option he could think of. Since he supplied them with spiritual energy, they wouldn’t need to eat or drink. So, there was no need to worry about them right now.As for the location he had chosen to put them, it was in Phantom Killer’s house since it was heavily guarded on the outside.Phantom Killer and Demonbane were both awake.“Your name will be Faceless from now on,” Ulmer told Phantom Killer. “Stop all the killings that you’re doing. Instead, you’ll be stopping the people from dying. That will be your job from now on.”Phantom Killer complained that it would be boring, but Demonbane smacked him on the back of the head and said, “You’d a
In the heart of Bronich city, under the flickering neon lights and swirling shadows, whispered rumors spoke of a treacherous underground criminal hideout Crimia also known as The Little Abyss.There were people who had heard and even seen criminals come and go from mysterious places, and the fossils of strange creatures were also found here every now and then, but what was the point of the eyes when the mind wasn’t confident to back the two windows to one’s soul?The eyes are pretty much useless when one’s mind is blind.Nevertheless, though most people in the city and the world were oblivious to the existence of something like Crimia, a fortress of vice, deception, and decay, where the world’s most dangerous outlaws plotted their schemes at many levels.Crimia had a total of 100 levels, each level more menacing than the last. A journey, even for a fellow criminal in this place would be fraught with danger.Many had tried to infiltrate this savage lair, but none had managed to conquer
After teleporting to the other side of the entrance door, Ulmer saw a group of four guys playing poker in the distance.They looked bored.Ulmer walked toward them, his footsteps loud enough to be heard.The four men looked at him and were startled and confused at the same time. Who was he? Where did he come from? How did he even get here when the door was closed?“I heard this was an old entrance, not used by people anymore,” Ulmer uttered, “so how come there’s protection even in this place? It seems the security of this underground criminal city is tighter than I thought. I was not expecting criminals to be doing their guarding duties so diligently.”“Identify yourself!” The four men grabbed their guns and pointed at Ulmer. “Who are you? State your name!”“Easy, guys. Maybe, I’m here to register in the city?” Ulmer said. “I heard that there’s a process where we can join this city and become part of it?”“Only criminals who shed human blood can become a member of this city,” one of t
The priest was wearing a black cloak, with a tiny black cap on top of his head. He also had an earring with the number 3.Ulmer was wondering if the priest would recognize him, but he didn’t.The priest smiled very much as he offered a handshake. “It’s becoming a trend these days for the rich to wish to become super-rich. In that pursuit, so many are visiting our church.”“That’s not a good thing,” Ulmer replied.“What?” the priest’s expression changed.“I mean, it would make you a whole lot busier,” Ulmer explained himself.“Haha, it’s fine. Every hour spent for the dragon is worth it. All those hours will be paid back in gold one day,” the priest said. “So, why don’t you introduce yourself to me?”“My name is Ulmer. I don’t have any job, but I want to explore Crimia. That’s why I came here,” Ulmer replied. He wasn’t exactly lying as he excluded some of the key details.“Entry-level registered members start from level zero,” the priest said. “You’re on level zero now. But once you pr
“Take the knife and cut its throat,” the priest said once more. “It’s the easiest thing there is. Once you taste its blood, you will want to do it again and again.”Ulmer’s expression turned cold. “You want me to kill that little lamb? Do I look that easy?”“Mm?” the priest looked at Ulmer with a bit of astonishment. (Is he suggesting that this is too easy of a task for him? There were those who show up every now and then. They are so wicked that they hate doing simple tasks like killing an animal. Is he one of those super psychotic people?) “Can you clarify yourself?”“What’s there to clarify?” Ulmer replied.”If you want me to explain myself, take me to the Council of Nine. I will give them all the explanations they need.”The priest’s eyes widened some more. (He’s asking me to take him to the council? Does that mean he knows about the main sacrifice he needs to do to prove his loyalty to them? I was underestimating him since he only showed some gold coins, but it seems this young ma
The thug with the big arms didn’t know what he was getting into. He attacked Ulmer with his bare hands, trusting his brute strength.His fist connected Ulmer’s face, and the others started to snicker, including the women dancing on the poles.However, it was the man with the big arms that started cringing in pain. “Argh! My wrist…”“EH?” the others were all shocked by his reaction. “Jordan got injured from punching him in the face?”“He’s gotta be acting, right?”“How could he get injured from hitting someone’s face?!”Ulmer cast a glance at the big-armed man and grabbed his face and lifted him up casually.The eyes of everyone there enlarged because the big-armed man should weigh around 130 kilograms. What Ulmer was doing was only possible for someone with superhuman strength.As the big-armed man started crying in pain, Ulmer coldly asked, “What happened to the confidence from before?”“Let go of our brother!” A few more men charged Ulmer.He threw the big-armed man onto them, makin
The Nine Veils were the rulers of the first nine levels of Crimia.They were all individually known as strong masters of martial arts and were famous for their superstrength with which they could keep order on their respective floors.In the past couple of years, the Nine Veils didn’t change, as they were strong enough to maintain their ranks.The main purpose of the Nine Veils was to rule and to maintain order on their floors. This was why the Nine Veils never fought against each other.What most people didn’t know was that the real purpose of the Nine Veils was to fight off any big threat that would infiltrate Crimia.When the Nine Veils come together, they could create a combined martial art that could rival some of the top experts in the martial world. This wasn’t the first time when they had to come together to kill someone in the past two years.And the moment they realized that Ulmer was not someone they could just randomly attack and use the advantage of numbers, all of the Ni
After taking care of the Nine Veils, Ulmer made their corpses show up on their respective levels.The dead bodies of the Nine Veils shook all the criminals at first, but before they even figured out who killed them, there were many who were trying to become one of the Nine Veils themselves.The priest who had met Ulmer, however, was hiding in a room, shivering in his boots. “Help me, Satan. Save me from this monster of a man,” he prayed to the god he believed in, not even daring to even talk to anybody else at this moment. “If he can kill the nine veils all at once, then he’s someone nobody on the first thirty floors can handle. Only the ones in the deeper levels can handle such a monster.”Even at this point, the priest was unaware that Ulmer was the man with a trillion dollar bounty as the Nine Veils hadn’t told him.Meanwhile, Ulmer was roaming through one floor after another, saving every slave he came across.Even the ones in the cells and in shackles just vanished from sight. No