"W-who the fuck are you?"

Sadik stared at Arthur with eyes full of hatred and confusion. No matter how much he wrecked his brains, he couldn't remember seeing such a unique-looking man.

Arthur leaned closer to the burly man until only a few centimeters were separating the two pair of eyes. However, such a movement only made Sadik more fearful, what increased the dread, even more, is the wails of his subordinates, who were slaughtered one-sidedly by an expressionless Lucy, who didn't bat an eye even with all the blood and dismembered bodies.

As he was stared at by the scarred man, whose pupil was strangely grey, Sadik couldn't hold his courageous attitude anymore, the thick killing intent emanating from Arthur isn't something he could handle.

"F-fuck! Who sent you?!"

Arthur let out a long sigh and backed down before retorting

"Seriously, talking to you is like playing piano to a cow."

Arthur activated a low-level Illusion which altered his appearance. His scar disappeared and his hair became shorter and changed from grey to jet black. In just two seconds, he regained his appearance from his previous life, the same one he had when they kidnapped him.

Once Sadik witnessed this change, his pupils contracted as he stared at Arthur with disbelief, even after seeing him in person, he still couldn't believe that he's still alive.

Sadik took countless jobs in the past but the highest-paid one is, without a doubt, the kidnapping of Arthur Bilgart. Although it was a simple task, the sly wife paid his group a mind-numbing sum that allowed them to enjoy themselves for a long while.

Sadik personally disposed of Arthur's corpse after he was tortured to death, he literally used acidic chemicals to turn the body into nothingness. The corpse melted into a disgusting liquid which was scorched soon after using fire, there were no traces left, which is why he's in total incredulity.

"A heartless man you are, Sadik. How can you forget the face of one of your victims?"

Arthur smiled coldly as he watched his target look at him with a shocked expression.

"How c-can you be alive? Who are you!"

Sadik still couldn't believe that this is the real Arthur. After Earth changed due to the System, a lot of things became easier for humans to do, so disguising himself into a past victim of his is plausible, or so thought Sadik.

"Why are you asking something when you know the answer?"

Before letting the burly man talk, Arthur added:

"Now, let me ask you another question. Why do you think I'm here?"

As he said that, Arthur reverted to his original appearance and glared at Sadik with piercing eyes. The temperature of the room decreased by a dozen degrees and the light coming from the windows disappeared as total darkness covered the mansion, blocking any light or sound.

Inside this room, which was full of coziness a few minutes ago, you could only hear the fast-paced breathing of Sadik, who finally realized his fate and started begging

"P-please spare me! I'll give you anything you want!"

Arthur played with a conjured dark dagger and turned to Lucy, who was standing behind him silently.

"He said anything I want, what do you think I want, my dear Lucy?"

A pair of blood red eyes landed on Sadik, making the latter shiver uncontrollably and bringing a freezing chill down his spines.

"Obviously, his life."

Her voice was devoid of emotion and to the mercenary leader, it was like a death sentence from the devil.

"Please! I beg you! I, I was forced! Really! I was forced by that bitch... s-she threatened us and we had to o-obey, please spare me!"

Facing the bloodlust of Lucy, who didn't hold back anything like Arthur, and with the humongous difference in Realm and power. Sadik couldn't keep up a strong front and melted under the overwhelming murderous intent thus he started begging for his life and blaming Claudia.

It was apparent that he was making a bunch of excuses to be forgiven and even if he wasn't at fault and he was really forced, it's not like Arthur is going to spare him either.

Arthur wasn't going to interrogate him since the information he knows is too little and not beneficial to him. He held the dark dagger and was about to finish the kneeling man whose face was wet from tears and snot when a weak and soft voice was heard from the corner of the room

"Please spare him."

As he looked at the source of the voice, Arthur saw a half-kneeling girl. It was the girl who he sent flying with a Telekinesis Blast. Since the difference in power is too big, such a simple attack which wouldn't affect a God, nearly killed the little girl.

She had a dark red hair and bronze skin, blood leaked from her lips and she was barely able to stand up using her axe as support.

What's surprising isn't her begging but the fact that she's standing despite receiving a blow from him. Arthur's eyes locked into the struggling girl, who was making her way toward him with unsteady steps.

Once she was around two meters away from the couple, she kneeled toward Arthur and begged again

"Please spare him. I'm willing to give my life for his."

Indifferent to her begging, Arthur retorted:

"It's his life that I want, though. And begging isn't simply going to make me spare him."

With her forehead pressed on the ground on the ground, the kid repeated

"Please!"

Even Lucy, who's usually weak against kids, didn't urge Arthur to think about it or spare him for the time being. She knew how important this revenge is for him and Sadik is considered an enemy, an individual which has to die sooner than later.

"Life ain't fair kid. I don't know why you value him so much but it isn't my business."

As he said that, Arthur's hand blurred and by the next, Sadik's lifeless body fell on the ground with its head rolling some distance away.

Hul stared at this scene with hollow eyes and after she realized what happened, she shouted loudly and was about to attack Arthur but ended up being knocked unconscious instantaneously.

"One is down, I guess."

With the girl's body on his shoulders, Arthur waved his hand, teleporting himself and Lucy out of this place. The mansion, which became bloodied due to Lucy's massacre, soon disappeared as dark red flames engulfed a part of it and in just a few minutes, managed to scorch this place and turn it into a big piece of land where there's nothing but black ash.