Ch. 881..890

Life After Prison Chapter 881-“You have second-grade alchemical recipes too?”

Clave’s and Benjamin’s jaws nearly fell to the ground. They thought they had heard wrong. It was already. hard enough to get a first-grade alchemical recipe. In fact, it was through pure luck that Benjamin was able to get two first-grade alchemical recipes so it stood to reason that they would find it hard to believe. Severin was able to easily get his hands on a first-grade alchemical recipe, let alone a second-grade alchemical recipe.

Severin simply nodded nonchalantly. Not only did he have second-grade alchemical recipes but he also had many third-grade and fourth-grade alchemical recipes since the alchemy manual Wuhlricht gave him contained many such alchemical recipes. Moreover, every alchemical recipe in the manual came with detailed instructions, precautions to take note of, and even summaries of the ingredients needed.

“Thank you, Master!” said Benjamin excitedly.

Severin smiled and said, “Why don’t the two of you wait here and I’ll copy out the alchemical recipes for you. We can have lunch together after that. By the way, you don’t have to know how to create every pill in the first-grade category. It’s good enough to know how to create three or four of them. How about this? I’ll give you four low-rank, four medium-rank, and four high-rank recipes so that you’ll have twelve first-grade alchemical recipes in total.

“Oh, thank you, Master! I promise to work hard at learning how to make alchemical pills so that you won’t be disappointed in me. You also have my word that you can call on me anytime you need my help! I’l definitely go to the ends of the earth for you. What you have bestowed upon me is akin to the grace of rebirth and for that, you have my undying loyalty,” said Benjamin.

The two of them really wanted to show their gratitude so after thinking about it, Clave said, “Governor, please allow us to treat you to lunch as a way of showing thanks. In fact, I’ll call the restaurant to make a booking now.”

“Hey, that sounds great. Let me call my parents to tell them about it. They definitely wouldn’t want to pass up an opportunity to have a free lunch,” said Megan cheekily.

It took no time for Severin to copy out the twelve alchemical recipes and after he did, he passed them to Benjamin.

“I’m amazed at how you managed to get your hands on so many alchemical recipes. I’ll definitely treasure each of these detailed alchemical recipes as if my life depends on it,” said Benjamin happily as he looked. at the alchemical recipes in his hands.

“Glad to be of help. These recipes are detailed enough for me to learn how to make the pills without help from others. I found it hard in the beginning but came to discover there’s not really that much difference between the recipes once I got the knack of it.” After a pause, Severin added, “So I’m guessing that it’ll be the same for you guys but feel free to ask me for help if you run into any problem with the recipes.”

“Yes, Master!” said Benjamin ecstatically.

“Do you want to have a go at making the pills now? There’s still some time before lunch and I happen to be free right now so I can give you a few pointers. Come on, we can do it in the yard,” said Severin.

“Yes, of course!” said Benjamin even more ecstatically. He was all pumped up.

However, due to his nervousness, Benjamin failed in his first attempt at making the alchemical pill. There were visible improvements in his second attempt after Severin pointed out his mistake and

explained what he should have done better but alas, he still failed to create a pill.

He was so close so Severin asked him to try a third time and it seemed like the third time was a charm for he finally succeeded in making a good quality alchemical pill.

Life After Prison Chapter 882-Severin gave a nod of approval. “Not bad. You’ve improved quite a lot. There are fewer impurities in the pill you’ve made this round. However, you really need to increase your success rate of making these pills. Also, you need to have more patience. Especially when your attainment is still a bit low. It’s best to take a rest after three or four tries. You can use that time to analyze what went wrong in your attempt.”

Benjamin nodded proudly and said, “Thank you, Master. I actually feel like I’ve improved a lot after taking in your pointers.” Then he broke out in an awkward and said, “It’s just that… I don’t know how I could ever repay you.”

“Don’t worry about that. You training hard for a breakthrough is already payment enough. In fact, I’m counting on you to provide me with an endless supply of alchemical pills in the future,” Severin replied with a smile.

“Hahaha. I would be more than happy to do that.”

At that moment, Sheila along with the others came back from the outside.

“Hey, what’s all this noise here? Are you guys having a party? Why does it smell like alchemical pills here? Severin, did you move your alchemical pills operation out to the yard?” asked Sheila after she took a whiff of the air.

Severin simply smiled and explained everything to them.

“Well done, Severin. I’m proud of you for taking in Benjamin as your disciple,” praised Felicia happily after getting the gist of things.

“Missus Shanahan, the honor is all mine. I must have done something right in this life to have Mister Severin as my master. I hope to learn as much as I can on the ins and outs of making alchemical pills from him,” said Benjamin.

“Hey, everyone. It’s nearly time for lunch so let’s head to the restaurant now,” announced Clave. Then to Benjamin, she said, “Benjamin, remember to make a toast to Mister Severin later.”

“Of course! That goes without saying,” said Benjamin with a smile.

“Haha, I hope you don’t mind us piggybacking on Severin’s good fortune,” said Maurice cheekily.

Soon, they all arrived at the restaurant and had a wonderful meal together. Meanwhile, back at the Nicholzs’ place, Carol, Grandma Nicholz, and the rest of the family members were waiting nervously for Clave and Benjamin to come back.

“Why aren’t they back yet? Do you think they’ve succeeded in their mission?” asked Grandma Nicholz as she kept throwing impatient looks toward the gate.

“I’m pretty sure they’ve successfully delivered the invitation. As for asking Mister Severin to be Benjamin’s master… well, I think the chances of that happening are quite low,” said Great Elder.

Life After Prison Chapter 883-Hearing that, Carol immediately frowned and asked, “You really think so, Great Elder? But my son has been hard at work learning how to make alchemical pills. Plus, he already reached the attainment of level two warrior king despite being so young. So how it is possible that, given his talent, his chances are quite. low?”

Grandma Nicholz looked at Great Elder in anticipation of his answer. She, too, wanted to know why hel would say something like that.

Great Elder smiled bitterly before explaining, “Carol, having high attainment doesn’t automatically mean he’ll be good at making alchemical pills. I admit, he’s very talented at fighting but when it comes to his talent in making alchemical pills… well, it’s hard to say.”

“But he managed to make an alchemical pill with no prior teaching from anyone! You saw it too. Doesn’t that just mean he has the talent to do so?” Carol insisted stubbornly.

“Well, he had been trying for such a long time so who’s to say it wasn’t pure luck that he managed to do it? Plus, it only counts if he can make another one again. You shouldn’t underestimate how hard it is to make alchemical pills,” said Great Elder with a smile.

Cece Nicholz, Mayor Nicholz’s second wife, chuckled coldly and said, “I must say you’re very naive, Carol. There’s a high chance Mister Severin will still turn your son away even if he’s very talented in making alchemical pills. You have no idea how selfish people are nowadays. They would rather keep their knowledge or techniques a secret instead of passing them down to a disciple.”

Cece’s son was in the room with them too. He had been at odds with Benjamin since young so he said. mockingly, “My mom is right. If not, there would be more alchemists in the world, wouldn’t it? It’s all’ cause those alchemists are unwilling to take on disciples that there are so few alchemists right now.”

Hearing this, Carol let out a heavy sigh. At that moment, they saw a car coming back. Clave and Benjamin. alighted from the car as soon as it was parked.

“Clave, how did it go? Did Mister Severin take Benjamin as his disciple??” asked Grandma Nicholz eagerly.

Everyone there knew the importance of Severin taking Benjamin as a disciple. Not only would they have. an alchemist in the family but it would also mean the family would be able to gain a firm foothold in South Link City through their association with Severin.

“Yes, he did! He’s actually quite an easy guy to talk to. I treated Mister Severin’s whole family to drinks. and food after he agreed to take Benjamin his disciple. That’s why it took us so long to come home,” said Clave happily.

“Well done, Benjamin! I can foresee our family will become even more powerful in the future now that we have Mister Severin’s protection,” said Grandma Nicholz ecstatically.

However, all the other Mayor Nicholz’s wives and their children did not look too happy. They would rather die than see Carol lording this good news over them.

“Well done. I’m proud of you, my son. I’m sure you’ll become the greatest alchemist there ever is if you put your heart into learning everything you can from your master,” said Carol happily.

Benjamin noticed his mum’s eyes reddening so he said, “Don’t worry, mom. I’ll definitely-work hard in learning how to make alchemical pills. My master is very good to me. Not only did he accept me as his disciple, but he also gave me a cauldron and 12 first-grade alchemical recipes!”

“Heavens, that’s very generous of him! From the sound of it, he must at least be a first-grade high-rank alchemist,” said Carol while jumping up and down in excitement.

“Oh, Mister Severin’s alchemist’s rank is definitely higher than that ’cause he promised me he’ll give me some second-grade alchemical recipes if I work my way up to become a first-grade alchemist so he must at least be a second-grade low-rank alchemist right now. But of course, this is only a guess of mine,” said Benjamin with a smile.

Life After Prison Chapter 884-“Good, good, good. You’ve really got yourself a nice master there,” said Grandma Nicholz happily.

“Congratulations, Benjamin!”

“Yes, congratulations.” Benjamin’s family congratulated him one after another.

Meanwhile, Severin and his family had reached home too.

“Severin, are you really going to Skystream City to attend the Province Governor’s 60th birthday in a couple of days’ time?” asked Megan with a sly smile.

Knowing Megan was definitely up to no good, Severin frowned and said, “Go on. Spit it out. Tell me what you want.”

“Oh, it’s nothing… I’m just wondering if I can go with you.”

Sheila’s eyes immediately lit up when she heard that, “I want to go too! Take me, Severin, take me too!”

“Skystream City is the biggest and busiest city in the whole of Skystream Province. Severin, you must take me with you since I’ve never been there before,” said Felicia.

“But Mom, I plan to go alone. The city is quite far so it won’t be convenient for you all to go with me,” said Severin with a frown.

“The invitation didn’t say you can’t bring your family along so it’ll be fine for you to take us with you. My only dream in this life is to visit Skystream City and see the city sights for myself.”

Severin did feel a little guilty after hearing that but then he remembered something. “Mom, didn’t you say previously that your only dream in this life is to be really, really rich? Well, shouldn’t you be content now that you’ve achieved that dream?”

“Well, let’s just make it my dream then. My dream is to visit Skystream City and take in the city sights for myself,” said Megan cheekily.

Severin was completely speechless. After a while, he said, “Mom, Megan, Sheila… it’s not that I don’t want. to bring the three of you along with me but you’ll be safer here since everyone here knows not to mess with any of you. But the same can’t be said once we’re in Skystream City. I’m really worried that something might happen to the three of you there…”

“Don’t worry. We promise we’ll behave ourselves while we’re there. Besides, an opportunity like this doesn’t come along very often, wouldn’t you say?” said Megan with a pout.

Felicia slumped down on the sofa and cried pitifully, “Oh, poor me! After all that I have done, my son-in- law wouldn’t even help me fulfill this one small dream of mine…”

Life After Prison Chapter 885-Faced with Felicia’s theatrics, Severin did not know whether to laugh or cry. He never expected she would use this trick on him since he only had ever seen her use it on William.

“Mom, the thing is I can’t keep watching over you all every second. What if someone tries to murder you? You’ll still be dead even if I managed to avenge you. Then I’ll have to live the rest of my life in regret. So it’s best if you stay here…”

Felicia immediately stopped crying. She then stood up and said seriously, “Everybody will eventually die someday. Besides, I heard from Diane that fighters like you have come to learn not to fear death. I might not be a fighter but I’m prepared to meet with the grim reaper anytime. What’s the point of living if I can’t even go after my dreams? I, Felicia Shanahan, swear to live life to the fullest even if it means I’ll die sooner than later.”

“Fine… how can I say no after that little speech of yours?” said Severin with a shake of his head.

“Yay! Does that mean you’ll let us go with you?” Felicia asked, all starry-eyed.

“That settles it then! We’ll leave first thing tomorrow morning. I’ve already planned out the route we should take,” said Megan.

“Wow, hold on, hold on. What are you talking about? When did you plan out the route? And why do we have to leave first thing tomorrow morning when the birthday party is still days away?” asked Severin.

“What Megan meant to say is, we’ll make a road trip out of it. We can stop along the smaller cities and take in the view on our way to Skystream City. Wouldn’t that be fun?” said Felicia.

Severin was completely speechless. They’ve planned this all along!’

‘I think Megan’s plan is great too! I mean, think about how romantic it would be to take in the scenery as we meander along the road?” said Sheila.

Severin looked at Diane with a resigned expression. In return, Diane simply shrugged and said, “You can, count me in too since Mom and Megan are going. I mean, we don’t get this kind of opportunity that often.”

“Fine. Since the four of you insist on tagging along, I’ll ask Wendy and the others to come with us too. I’ll be more at ease if they’re there to protect you all,” said Severin, finally giving in.

“Okay, great. I’ll go pack my things now,” said Diane happily. It was obvious she was itching to go to Skystream City too.

After thinking about it, Severin muttered to himself, “Well, a road trip does sound nice. I can use this as an opportunity to collect information about the other halls and gangs along the way.”

Sheila and Megan were beyond the mood too. They immediately skipped up the stairs to pack up their things.

Severin went outside to find Lillie and the others. The mansion had quite a number of bodyguards so Lillie and the other five had quite a lot of free time on their hands. In fact, their service would only be required when Diane or Megan went out to shop.

“Master, what cha doing here? Do you need our help with something?” asked Lilie teasingly when she saw Severin walking over to them.

After all, Severin was known to be a busy guy. Under normal circumstances, they would rarely get to see or talk to him.

Severin smiled. “I need to attend the Province Governor’s birthday party in a few days’ time. It’ll be rude.

Life After Prison Chapter 886-After a pause, he added wryly, “But Diane, Megan, Sheila, and my mother-in-law insisted on going with me. so I was hoping the six of you will come with us and act as their bodyguard while they go shopping.’ Cause you know how dangerous and tense things are in Skystream City at the moment.”

“Skystream City? Oh, goody! You can definitely count on us, Master!” Naomi said happily.

“Oh wow. I’ve always wanted to visit Skystream City and now I’ve finally got the chance!” said Kiera excitedly.

“Rest assured we’ll do our best to protect Miss Diane and the others. Naomi and the rest of them have reached the attainment of level four warrior king after taking the second-grade low-rank alchemical pills you gave them. As for myself, I have reached the attainment of level five warrior king… so unless we come across someone more powerful than us, Miss Diane and the others should be safe with us,” said Wendy with one hand cupped around the other.

“Thank you. I’ll be more at ease knowing the six of you will be protecting Diane than the others since your attainments are higher than the bodyguards’ in the mansion,” said Severin with a nod.

“Oh, we should be the one thanking you, Master. You know, for taking us along with you. It’ll be good to travel for a bit,” said Abigail happily.

“Well, that settles it then. You girls should pack your things now. Tomorrow we’ll take four cars since Megan insisted on making this a road trip. She was waxing lyrical about the sceneries that could be seen along the journey,” said Severin wryly.

“Wow! I can’t wait to go on the road trip tomorrow!” said Lillie while jumping up and down excitedly.

Severin was speechless. “Looks like they’re all very excited about the road trip.”

While walking back to the mansion, Severin saw Maddie and Eustace patrolling around the compound. After thinking about it, he decided to walk up to them.

“Hello, Governor,” said Maddie and Eustace in unison.

Severin smiled and with a wave of his hand, took out two second-grade medium-rank alchemical pills. Wendy and the rest of my bodyguards will be following me to Skystream City tomorrow. Now that the two of you have stabilized your attainment, you can take one of these pills each to help you break through to level three warrior king. Once you have reached that level, it’ll be easier for the two of you to protect. this mansion while we’re gone.”

After a pause, Severin added, “As for the others, tell them there’s no need to worry. I’ll give them the same pills in the future. I am if not fair and each bodyguard who works in this mansion will receive the same treatment regardless.”

“Am I really holding a second-grade medium-rank alchemical pill in my hand?” said Maddie with awe as she looked at the pill. They would not even have a chance of jumping from level one warrior king to level three warrior king if it were not for that pill.

Severin nodded. “Yup, as true as it can be since I’m already a second-grade medium-rank alchemist. I hope the two of you won’t disappoint me by slacking off in your training.”

“Yay! I’ve gotta say. Choosing to work as a bodyguard in this mansion has got to be the smartest choice. I’ve ever made in my life,” said Eustace excitedly.

Life After Prison Chapter 887-The next morning, the group went on their road trip.

Severin and Diane drove one car; Felicia, Sheila, and Megan in another, while the six beautiful bodyguards. shared two cars between them. The four cars slowly made their way toward Skystream City.

Megan’s car was at the front since she was the one who planned the route. Next came Severin’s car, followed by the other two cars. Megan kept checking the rearview mirror while she drove. Finally, she said, “If I were you, Sheila, I would have insisted on taking Severin’s car.”

“Oh, I don’t think that’s a good idea. Do you know how embarrassing it is to be a third wheel?” Sheila asked ruefully.

Megan chuckled. “Not as embarrassing as what you said to Severin after getting drunk. I’m going to let you in on a little secret, you’ll only need to use those feminine wiles of yours and Severin will be yours in a heartbeat.”

“What are you trying to say, Megan?” asked Sheila with a frown.

Megan put on her relationship expert hat and said convincingly, “No man can ever resist a woman’s seduction. You’ll only need to dress a little sexier. You know, like a miniskirt or black stockings or those dresses with a plunging neckline and then pretend to bend down to tie your shoelace or something… I can guarantee that Severin will be all over you in a second.”

After a pause, she added, “I don’t get it. People always say it’s easier for a woman to woo a man than for a man to woo a woman so… how did a gorgeous woman like you fail to woo Severin? Are you sure you’re trying hard enough in seducing him?”

After mulling over Megan’s suggestion, Sheila said haplessly, “Yeah, I don’t think I’ll be doing the seducing anytime soon. I mean, what if doing so makes him think I’m a loose woman?”

“Oh my god, how stupid can you get? You have to make it seem like it was an accident. Then he won’t know you did it on purpose,” said Megan.

Suddenly, Felicia rapped her knuckles on Megan’s head. “Stop spouting all that nonsense, you little troublemaker. If you’re not careful, you’ll be a spinster yourself. You’re no relationship expert at all since the most important thing for two people in a relationship is for the two hearts to meet in the middle.”

Megan rolled her eyes at Felicia and said huffily, “That really hurt, you know! Next time don’t hit me so hard, okay? And I might not have dated anyone before, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have eyes and ears to see and hear what’s going around me!”

“Oh, that’s right. Megan is three or four years older than me and she has never had a boyfriend before. I shouldn’t listen to her advice then… They might just backfire on me,” thought Sheila.

Out loud she said, “Megan, it’s time you find yourself a boyfriend too. You should give it a go if you see someone you like.”

“Oh, there’s no need to worry about me. I already have someone in mind but I’m not going to tell you who,” Megan said with a mysterious smile.

“Why not? Who is it? Tell me, Megan. I want to see if he’s good enough for you,” said Felicia.

“Hold your horses, mommy dearest. He doesn’t know I have a crush on him yet so you’ll just have to wait until we’re together for me to introduce him to you,” quipped Megan.

Felicia was speechless. She quickly straightened herself up and said sternly, “Megan Shanahan, I warn you now. Both you and your sister are the most precious people in the world to me so I won’t accept

anything less than the best for you two.”

“Mom, you gotta be more specific than that. How do you define best in terms of a guy?” asked Megan with a frown.

Life After Prison Chapter 888-Felicia gave her question some thought before answering, “Well, someone like your brother-in-law would do. I can die happy if you can marry someone like him.”

Megan simply rolled her eyes at Felicia. “You might as well ask him to marry Severin!”

“Tsk! Didn’t I ask you to stop speaking nonsense?” said Felicia angrily.

“Do you know how hard it is to find someone as good as Severin? He’s probably the only one of its kind.. So I might as well give up the search now.”

After thinking it through, Felicia grudgingly had to admit that Megan was right. “Fine… but make sure you at least find a nice boy that comes from a first-tier upper-class family or the son of a mayor. Only then. would he be good enough for our family. I know! Doesn’t the South County have over a hundred cities within its border? We’ll ask Severin to gather all the mayors’ sons in one place and then you can pick and choose whoever you want!”

“Mom… isn’t that going a bit overboard? If words get out, it might give rise to the rumor that I’m not marriage material and that’s why we have to go use such drastic measures so we should just…”

Suddenly, Megan saw a herd of sheep crossing the road in front of the car. Shocked, she immediately. pressed on the brake.

Ugh, what rotten luck! What the h*ll are all these sheep doing here?” cursed Megan.

It did not take them long to learn that a few sheepherders had deliberately placed their sheep there. In fact, they were still corralling the rest of the sleep onto the road.

One of the shepherds, a big burly guy, walked up to them with a huge grin.

Megan rolled down her window to ask, “Why are the sheep on the road? Shouldn’t they be grazing on the grass over there?”

“Sorry about this but the sheep insisted on going up to the road and we’ve been trying to get them off it since this morning…” said the burly shepherd.

“Well, do whatever you can do to get them off the road now! I have to be somewhere in a hurry,” said Megan.

At that moment, Severin and Diane had got down from their car and were walking over to Megan and the burly shepherd.

“But there’s so many of them… it’ll take all day for us to get them off the road. Hey, I know. Why don’t you give us a little something something as a little motivation to work harder?” said the burly shepherd.

Severin immediately knew what the ‘little something something’ meant. “So you’re saying we should give you money? How much do you have in mind?”

An undetectable cold glint flashed across Severin’s eyes after he said that.

Life After Prison Chapter 889-The burly shepherd smiled as he checked out the four cars Severin and the others came in. “Let me see, a Maserati, a Rolls-Roye, and those two at the back should be Audis, right? Hmm, I guess a million dollars. would do. That kinda amount should be chump change to you guys.”

At the mention of a million dollars, Felicia immediately got down from the car and said angrily, “What? You want us to give you a million dollars to get your sheep off the road? Shouldn’t that be your job in the first place? This is literally highway robbery!”

The burly shepherd simply chuckled and with a flick of his wrist, took out a gun from the back of his waist and aimed it at Felicia. “You’re right. This is a robbery! You guys look like you can easily come up with a million dollars in cash. So what do you say? Give us the money and we’ll let you go or you can choose to die by my gun here.”

Felicia screamed in fright when she saw the gun pointing at her. She immediately backed away fearfully.” No! Please don’t kill me. Do… do you know who my son-in-law is? He… he’s the governor so you’re never going to get away with this.”

At that moment, the other “shepherds” decided to drop the pretense too. They all came over with their guns pointed at Felicia and the group.

“Boss, they all look like some rich schmucks. How much did you ask for?” asked one of the robbers.

Previously, they would ask for a couple of thousand dollars from unwitting passersby and as long as they worked hard enough, they would inevitably be rolling in cash by the end of the month. However, seeing how rich Severin and the others were, they decided to go big or go home.

“I asked for a million dollars. These four cars alone should cost them about a million dollars so they should be able to give us that much,” said the burly “shepherd”, who was actually the head robber.

“What should we do, Severin? Should we give them the money?” asked Felicia anxiously while quaking in her boots.

“Don’t worry, Mom. They wouldn’t need to use a gun if they’re good fighters. Even a level one grandmaster can take these thugs down, let alone Diane or Sheila.”

Sheila’s and Diane’s eyes immediately lit up with happiness when they heard what Severin said. The two of them had been training for quite some time but had not had the chance to try out their newfound skills.

‘Does that mean Severin is going to let us try our skills on these five thugs?’ wondered Sheila and Diane.

“But they have guns! Those two pampered princesses are no match for them at all!” said Felicia worriedly. It was obvious she did not believe Severin’s words. Even though she had witnessed Diane and Sheila training hard at the little wood not far off from the mansion, she still did not have confidence in them.” Why, those are just child’s play,’ she always said to herself when she saw them training.

“Cut the crap, kid. And give us the money now or else I’ll kill every one of you and sell off the cars. In any case, I’m either walking away with the cars or money in my bank. Haha!” The head robber must have come from some backwater town to not know what Severin was talking about. In fact, it would not be ant understatement to say that robbing people was the only thing he knows about. As time passed, he got. bolder and bolder at making money the easy way.

“Diane, looks like it’s our time to shine,” said Sheila happily while cracking her knuckles.

Diane took a step forward and said, “Since I’m older than you, I’ll take three of them and you can take the other two at the back there.”

Sheila did not know whether to laugh or cry. She never expected Diane would give herself more “training dummy” by pulling rank over her. However, she was also to know that, in a way, Diane had finally accepted her. There’s still hope of me being Severin’s second wife after all.

Life After Prison Chapter 890-“Sure thing!” said Sheila with a grin.

“Be careful, you two!” said Felicia as she instinctively clenched her fists. She had never seen Diane and Sheila in a real fight so she could not help but worry about them

“What? Do you think you’re bulletproof? Do the two of you have a death wish or something?” asked the head robber in mock bravado. He was starting to panic since he had never really killed anyone before. In fact, the gun was only used as a prop to scare his victims into paying the “toll fee”.

“Uh… I’ve never killed anyone before but as a fighter, I guess I should keep an open mind about it,” said Diane, who was also as nervous as the head robber. She had seen Severin kill many before so she knew, as a fighter, one would need to literally and figuratively step on the others to reach the top.

The same thing was happening to Sheila. It was her first time too and she could not help but feel apprehensive about it..

*D*mmit! You girls must be tired of leaving. Well, let me release you from your earthly burdens,” said the head robber before pulling the trigger on Diane.

It was only then did Diane discover she possessed the ability to see the bullet move in slow motion. With one flick of her finger, she managed to send the bullet flying the other way. The bullet hit the head robber right between his brows. His eyes widened in shock before he collapsed to the ground.

“Oh my god! They’re monsters!” cried the other robbers in horror when they saw what happened. They had never in their life come across someone like Diane.

“Kill them! Kill them now!”

Very quickly, two of the robbers snapped out of their shock and immediately shot their guns at Diane and Sheila.

At that moment in time, both Sheila and Diane were not far from reaching the attainment of a profound master. Thus, it was child’s play for them to take down ordinary people like the thugs. They could see the trajectories of the bullets as clear as day because, to them, those bullets were as good as moving at snail speed. The four remaining robbers collapsed to the ground in a blink of an eye. It was an instant wipeout!

“Phew, all done! I gotta admit I was feeling a little nervous at the start but you kinda get desensitized to the whole thing after the first kill,” said Sheila with a huge grin while dusting off her hands.

“Yay! We won! But we still gotta figure out a way to get these sheep off the road,” said Diane ruefully as she stared at the herd.

“Oh my god, I was nearly scared out of my wits just then,” cried Felicia. She still could not help but shudder when she recalled how close they were to death. “By the way, when did the two of you become so good at fighting?”