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nLiam opened the door to the empty bathroom and slowly shut it. Inscriptions on the wall were designed to block any mental waves or sounds, entering or leaving the space.

nLiam’s eye turned dark, his expression hidden by a veil of shadow.

nFirst, he stripped the man bare.

nThen, tensing his hand… Liam reached into the worker’s left eye socket and yanked out his eyeball!

nThe worker jolted awake to a gut wrenching pain, but an iron-tight grip over his mouth denied his desperate screams to be voiced.

nA moment later, he was knocked unconscious again.

nLiam took out a spare revitalization pill and forced it down the worker’s throat, slowly healing the wounds around his eye socket.

nIn a similar fashion, Liam forced the worker to swallow his imitation pill.

nDisturbingly, the short man’s face started to emit steam and curl, his vibrating body sounding cracking noises all throughout.

nEventually, the worker no longer resembled himself, but a tired and broken ‘Liam’.

nA second later, Liam straightened his palm, black nails growing inches longer.

nWithout hesitation, he shot his hand inside the worker’s abdomen!

nLiam’s nails and strengthened palms sliced through the man’s flesh like a hot knife through butter – his black nails drew out the gushing blood and swallowed it, entering Liam’s veins as nourishment.

nMeanwhile, the servant would’ve screamed if he had any energy left in his body – instead, he let out a lifeless moan of unimaginable pain.

nHe could only watch with a darkening consciousness as Liam drained him of nearly half the blood in his body, before yanking out his core.

nWith that, the man took in one last raspy breath before dying.

nLiam watched with a cold, distant eye, feeling no guilt or remorse.

nHe simply didn’t have any to spare.

n‘You were simply in my path. If I’m worried about crushing the ants below me, I won’t be able to walk.’

nShifting his gaze to the core, Liam inspected the organ briefly.

nUnlike a magical beast’s core, it was much smaller. Its surface was completely smooth, which – under severe strain or overwork – would go soft.

nInside it, a faint azure gas was floating freely about.

nLiam instantly stored the core in his ring.

nHe took off his victor’s robe and clothed ‘Liam’ with it, switching with the fully white worker’s attire.

nThe white garment had loose sleeves and came with an abby cap that hid his hair.

nOverall, it had an insignificant presence.

nWithin the pants pocket was a small keycard, which was used to lock the hallway bathrooms and storage rooms.

n‘All that’s left are two more bodies, and a ruckus loud enough for me to escape. Though, I need to make sure one body is from Ucladd and another is from Erivol.’

nLiam stored the worker’s corpse within his ring, then exited the bathroom and pressed the keycard against the door handle.

nThe door clinked shut.

nLiam pulled the cap lower to hide his face as he began traversing through the corridors, carefully avoiding the workers.

nAbruptly, Liam’s senses picked up on something.

nA small monkey was silently stealing food from below the kitchen counters, stuffing entire dishes in its mouth and shoving the rest in his pockets.

nIt had golden fur, and snickered mischievously as it ate the nobles’ food.

nLiam almost grinned.

nA moment later, the Light Monkey swung out of the cooking station and galloped down the opposite hallway.

nLiam followed closely behind, tracing the monkey with his senses while hiding his own presence.

nSome guards passed by him now and again, but Liam lowered his head as they walked by.

nEventually, the monkey stopped in front of a certain door, jumping on the door handle to creak it open.

nStrangely, there were no guards around.

nWhen the door opened momentarily, Liam could sense two people in that room – Ian and Elsa.

nThe latter laid on a bed with the same traumatized expression, drool dripping down her chin.

nIan looked grief-stricken and pained sitting beside his sister, holding her limp, unresponsive hand in his own.

nSeeing the monkey, Ian’s gloomy eyes got a tiny bit better, but it couldn’t mask his wry face.

n“Why do you always leave the door open, dummy?” he said, before getting up from his seat and attempting to close the door.

nA worker’s boot plugged the door from closing.

nIan’s solemn emotion was instantly replaced by unfiltered anger.

nHis mouth opened as he yanked the door open, but a fist smashed against his neck, hurling him backwards as he clutched his throat.

nLiam felt Ian’s windpipe break on his knuckles – he instantly entered the room and shut the door behind him.

nIan made disturbing choking noises as he lay on the ground, his face pained as he desperately attempted to breathe.

nThe Light Monkey cried out angrily when it saw what Liam did, lunging at him with its shining fangs and claws bared.

nA Rank 1 magical beast was nothing in Liam’s eye – he stretched his hand forward and grabbed the monkey’s skull like a ball.

n“Go ahead, piss on me if you can,” Liam growled, tightening his grip that pressed through the monkey’s fur, ignoring the claws that barely scratched his skin.

nA moment later, he clenched.

nPieces of skull paired with brain tissue and blood exploded across the room.

nLiam threw the monkey’s limp body to the side. That felt beyond satisfying, but he couldn’t revel in it for too long.

nHe shot a glance towards Elsa.

nThe girl looked the same as before, braindead, perhaps.

nLiam shifted his attention to Ian, who lay choking on the ground, tears swelling in his eyes as he was denied the air he desperately wanted.

n“You feel it, right?” Liam asked with stone cold eyes, walking over to the noble. “That instinct for survival?”

nA second later, Liam shattered Ian’s kneecaps with a stomp.

nA loud grunt of pain combined with the choking, creating a cacophony of morbid sounds that could make any veteran shudder.

nLiam didn’t flinch.

nIt was music to his ears.

nIan coughed repeatedly – tears streaming down his face – unable to answer.

nLiam grinned widely.

n“I promised to kill you two in the most painful way possible,” Liam said icily. “But I don’t have time.”

nLiam took out Revel’s odachi, which made Ian lose control of his bowels. ．

n“What’s with you two? You just keep soiling yourselves.”

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