Wei Jun changed the trajectory of his slash, slashing the left eye of the orc while it was busy protecting its already deeply gnashed knee.

[You dirty human!!!]

The orc yelled as it tried to overcome the pain of losing its eye but the human he had just mentioned held no mercy in his heart. He placed his hand on the Orc and said, “Let’s hope you don’t die. It’d be a pity after all.”

And with that, Wei Jun let out a whopping fifty points of Death Qi inside of the orc chieftain, immediately making it scream in pain. But Wei Jun didn’t take his hand off. Instead of letting the Death Qi wreak havoc inside of the orc’s body and letting nature take its course, he decided to take the charge in his own hands.

He controlled the Death Qi to only tear the orc from the only surface regions instead of going in deep and risking killing the orc. There was only one Orc chieftain after all, Wei Jun couldn’t take a risk.

In doing so, Wei Jun even began to withdraw some of Death Qi, keeping the damage to a minimum but as he pulled the Death Qi out, something else came along with it.

[The user is absorbing the inherent darkness of the herald of darkness]

[Conversion to Death possible]

[Compressing the power of Darkness to purify into Death]

[Death Qi +100]

[Death Qi +101]

[Death Qi +102]

As each second passed, the amount of Death Qi Wei Jun attained increased bit by bit but in doing so, the Orc screamed that much more. Finally, Wei Jun stopped altogether once he observed a notification appear in his view.

[The orc chieftain has been captured]

With just that notification, the strong current as before was felt once again and Wei Jun looked up to see the familiar vortex form in the air. After it was fully formed, it sucked the Orc Chieftain in while Wei Jun noticed something green appear around the orc but it was too fast for him to properly observe and before he knew it, the vortex had swallowed the Orc chieftain, and the vortex soon closed behind it.

Wei Jun sighed as he internally said, ‘Just in time.’

[Skill ‘Berserk’ has ended]

[You cannot use the skill for the next twenty-four hours]

[QP: 128]

[Death Qi: 2307]

His Qi had decreased by a lot and only a little of it was left. So much so that even if he had to fight a master-ranked cultivator, it would be very difficult for him. He’d still win but with great difficulty.

And not just that…

“Argh!” Wei Jun grunted as pain seeped out of his every pore. He felt as if someone was tearing his body apart, pulling his limbs from every corner but not so much to pull them off of his body. It wasn’t to the point that Wei Jun feared he’d pass out but it was still enough for him to know he wouldn’t survive in a battle.

[And then there’s them]

Wei Jun could feel some strong presences making their way to him, coming at a fast pace. Wei Jun took a deep breath and straightened his back.

[A health pill has been consumed]

[A Qi replenishment pill has been consumed]

Once his health was restored, the green power in his heart stopped using the yang Qi to restore his health. Once his Qi and Death Qi were fully restored, the only setback Wei Jun had was his aching body. Other than that, he was ready to face the ones marching towards him.

[Death Qi +2009]

Wei Jun obtained a great amount of Death Qi from the Orc Chieftain but no matter how much it was, it wouldn’t be enough to fill that bottomless pit of the Death Qi core in his abdomen.

Ignoring the ache in his body, Wei Jun straightened himself once again and readied the two daggers in his hands. He had only used one against the orc chief because he was using his other hand to defend himself, but now that there were almost a hundred orcs headed in his direction, some of them hooded figures known as orc shamans, Wei Jun was sure he wouldn’t be able to have an easy fight up ahead.

“Well, nothing’s easy in life.”

And with that, Wei Jun prepared himself for the battle up ahead.

~~

“Thank you very much, Doctor James, for sharing such insightful data with me.” Marlene showed her gratitude with a smile. Kevin nodded in return with a smile and said, “Although it’s nowhere near enough, unfortunately, I cannot share anymore.”

“This much is more than enough.” Marlene replied before she added, “Now I just have to hope I can get some of the party concerned’s attention so I can read about him properly.”

“Good luck with that.” Kevin replied with a smile once again, and Marlene was about to get up to leave when the door to Kevin’s office knocked once again, and a nurse, the one who had come before, appeared from the door once again and said, “Mister James, Mister Smith is here to see you.”

“Which one?” Kevin asked.

“Doctor Smith.” The nurse replied with a dreamy look in his eyes.

“He’s married, Martha.” Kevin replied but he could understand the nurse’s reaction before he said, “Send him in.”

Marlene, on the other hand, panicked inwardly but didn’t show any sign as she said, “Then I guess I should take my leave.”

“Mhm.” Kevin could spot the hurriedness but he didn’t say anything about it. He knew there was something up with that girl but whatever it was, there wouldn’t be much she would be able to do about the Smith family.

Just as she was about to leave, close to the door, the door opened before she could and a handsome man in his early twenties entered but he was a lot older than he appeared to be.

“Hey, Uncle Kevin.” The young man said before his gaze went to Marlene but he simply smiled at her.

Once Marlene was gone, the young man looked at Kevin and said with a teasing smile, “Master, you shouldn’t meet young girls alone in your office. Aunt Maria would be very hurt.”

“Haha.” Kevin let out a fake chuckle before he asked, “You know her, don’t you?”

“What makes you think I do?” The young man asked.

“…” Kevin simply remained silent with a knowing expression and the young man just gave in with a chuckle. Kevin continued, “Her disguise was flawless. Not to mention her accent. No one would even think to doubt her.”

“That it was.” The young man replied.

“So, who’s she?” Kevin asked.

“She’s Miss Secretary.” The young man replied.

“Secretary?” Kevin asked with a frown on his face.

“Mhm.” The young man replied before he added, “She’s the legendary woman who managed to fool none other than my brother.”

“Damien? Her?” Kevin looked like he didn’t believe one word of the young man but the young man only nodded and said, “I know. Hard to believe right?”

“It sure is.” Kevin replied before he asked, “And you’re going to let it go?”

“Whoever said that.” The young man replied before he disappeared before the very eyes of Kevin, making him sigh.

~~

Marlene entered into her apartment, a clean and neat place. One would think there would be nothing odd about this place but one would discard such a thought when they would witness the inside of her room.

A shrine, the ceiling, walls, and even the dressing mirror were only covered in one thing.

The images of a young and handsome man. The young man in the images only had a cold expression on his face, and another fact about those pictures that stood out was that none of them were taken with consent.

“Aahh~~” Marlene let out a moan of ecstasy as she looked at the pictures of the man with a ripe blush on her face, “Damien. When will you notice me?”

“You keep that up and he’ll pay special attention to you.” Marlene suddenly heard a voice behind her and her first instinct was to turn around and throw a punch. Just as her punch collided with what felt like a stone wall, she looked at the smiling man with a teasing look in his eyes.

A man whom she was well aware of and had seen on many occasions. She immediately jumped back to create some distance between her and the intruder.

‘I can’t win.’ She deduced instantly when she felt the toughness of the man, his body like a solid war.

The young man, however, only smiled and remained in his spot, “I see you have a massive crush on my brother.”

“Don’t tell me you’re jealous,” Marlene said as she brought her hand behind her and activated something that looked like a bracelet.

Once it was activated, all she had to do now was to buy some time.

“Not at all.” The young man replied, “No matter what you do to him, you can’t do much.”

“I know,” Marlene replied as the device was half charged.

“Then what do you want from him?” The young man asked.

“Just his child.” Marlene straightforwardly replied.

“That’s messed up.” The young man replied with a straight face before he said, “The coordinates are wrong.”

“What?” Marlene asked.

“I’m talking about this.” The young appeared right next to Marlene, the very bracelet that was in her pocket in his hands as he said, “This won’t take you to him.”

Marlene was about to move but she froze in place as the young man handed her the bracelet with a smile and said, “Good luck. You’re gonna need it.”

And just with that, the very next instant, Marlene had disappeared from her spot, her being nowhere to be seen.

As for the young man, he looked around and said with a chuckle, “A yandere, huh? Not bad, little brother of mine. Not bad.”

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