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Devlin regained his emotions and opened his eyes. In front of him was Selena with a puzzled expression. Devlin's interest was keened when he noticed her in a thin towel and her hair laying on her voluptuous breast, dripping wet. Her breasts seemed to want to burst out of the towel any minute.
Selena could sense Devlin's intense stare and woke up her from absent-minded self. Her face was beet red when noticed she only had a towel wrapped around her. She was in too much of a hurry when she heard Devlin's plea for help earlier that she dropped all common sense and rushed out. She looked back up to see Devlin's gaze still not stop.
"Like what you see?" Selena said with an icy voice that could even freeze hell.
The chilly statement disrupted Devlin's greedy attentiveness. When he realized the improper actions he was doing, a tint of pink could be seen on his face.
"I appreciate Madam's guidance and help. This act I will cherish for all eternity. I will never ever forget Madam's unwavering assistance, unhesitatingly sprinting to my plea with a gentle, but caring image. Willing to charge throughout the storm, unhindered, just to help little ol' me." Devlin said all of this with an uttermost straight face. This was the only way to calm the waves, before the storm.
Selena's could help but puke blood when she heard this shameless testimony. It was one thing to say he would "never forget this" including his deep stare, but he even had to add "unhindered" exposing her carelessness.
Devlin could only accept his punishment when he saw Selena tense only lighten up a little bit. As he rose up from the ground, his legs were like limp noodles. He couldn't help but try and catch himself on something to balance himself. Unfortunately, Lady Luck did and did not shine down upon Devlin.
Suddenly, Selena felt a light breeze and noticed her perky melons were revealed giving off a lush glow for Devlin's eyes to see. A loud crash could be heard, and only a pink clam could be seen above him. Both their minds short-circuited not for sure how to process the current mishap. Only Devlin's voice repeating "Snow Rabbits" could be heard.
In all his fifty years of his past life, he was a total virgin. It's not that he didn't want to find a girl, he just didn't believe he could commit to someone else while keeping an eye out for the 3 others.
Blood could be seen trickling out of Devlin's nose from the most pleasant sight a man could be blessed with. He was so close to getting out of the heated situation before, only to bring himself right back into the pit of fire.
It was like being graced by the heavens after surviving a fall and climbing back up only to be flicked by God himself. He hadn't even been here for a day and he had burned so many bridges already.
'I'm fucked' was the last thing he thought before a foot slammed into his face, making him lose consciousness.
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It was late at night, when Devlin finally awoke. He felt excruciating pain throughout his bare legs as he noticed he was only in his underwear while kneeling on a mat full of nails. They dug into his skin as his mouth twitched a bit. When he tried to get up, a tight rope was locking his hands in place behind his back.
"What kind of fucked up shit is this,"
Devlin murmured while trying to determine where he was. It was the same living room he was in earlier, however only the moonlight was lighting up the room from the window behind him.
All of a sudden, footsteps could be heard from the next room over. A lady dressed in an emerald dress approached in front of him. She held a solid black whip and frigid expression.
"I believe you should know I'm rather merciless given your past actions. If it was anyone else your head would be put on a stake right now. As a Master, I have to discipline those who are ill-mannered."
Devlin nodded his head saying, "I doubt anyone else has ever seen such a pair of perfect Snow Rabbits in their entire life. It would be wrong if I wasn't punished."
Selena's mouth was agape by how calm Devlin was. Even in this dark situation, this fellow is still able to flirt.
What Selena did not know was Devlin was an expert in dealing with torture. This little setup was child's play for him. At one point, he had been a prison of war for half a year, who had to deal with pain physically and mentally. Luckily his brothers saved him before he lost it.
What made it easier for him was his Immortal skill was constantly improving his body, at the same time healing him.
Selena was a bit pissed from this unusual calmness he was exhibiting and decided to pick things up a bit, as a "pop" echoed in the room. Selena's whip began to lash across Devlin's skin, as bloody marks started building up on his upper body.
After an hour of constant whipping, Selena began to feel extremely frustrated by how Devlin was sitting there with a smirk. His body had shallow lashes that were slowly regenerating. He was literally mocking her, the Master!
She tried numerous torture methods the entire night, such as hot iron, letting him a carry a large stone on his back to increasure the pressure on the nail mat, and more.
When sunlight hit, a battered and blood-stained Devlin was sitting there with a serene expression. Selena was drenched in sweat and gasping for air with a complicated face.
If anyone else were to walk in this room, they would think Selena was the one actually tortured instead of Devlin.
"I give up," Selena whispered as she cut the rope holding Devlin's hands and added, "Be back in the dining room around noon to prepare lunch," before she closed the door to her room. It seemed that session took a lot out of her and she needed to rest.
Devlin returned to his room and took another shower. While standing there stark naked, he noticed his muscles were definitely more toned than before. He definitely wanted to test his strength; however, right now he was exhausted from the long night.
He ended up resting till an hour before noon. Before Devlin's breakthrough outburst, he felt a suction of energy lead to the Codex ring awakening it. He decided to see exactly what was before he had to prepare lunch. Devlin's mind reached the ring and a crisp "ding" could be heard.
"The user, Devlin, has reached the qualification to access new data"
"User has been granted access to Storage Level Two."
"User's map also has been expanded to a 10 mile radius and is given access to see lifeforms on the map within the radius, of course"
"User's has been granted the All-knowing Eyes, that can identify any and everything. It contains all the information about phantoms and materials that the previous owner had."
This dump load of information astounded him.
Shortly, he felt a strange shock in his eyes and he rushed to the mirror to see what happened.
His sharp eyes were no longer an ink black but an elegant purple that gave one the feeling of having no secrets in front of him.
He decided to investigate the Storage Level Two that was mentioned before seeing what his new set of eyes could do. His eyes were filled with money signs at this instant. He could already see the endless riches overflowing in the storage ring. Unfortunately, Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed. The ring only had dual pistols, as well as a couple stacks of paper in a corner.
Devlin's could only sigh at his wishful thinking. He pulled out the Dual Pistols to examine them and was immediately dumbfounded by the scene. A holographic description and title appeared above the dual pistols.
Twin Yin-yang Phasers, only those blessed with two shall be given the ability to shoot one.
A huge grin appeared on his face as he knew just his eyes alone were incomparable to riches, much less the dual pistols. He even checked the rest inside and noticed many ancient recipes for alchemy and rune formations.
"Bursting Vein Pill"
"Dying Breath Pill"
"Binary Fission Pill"
"..."
"I may have just hit the Jackpot" Devlin said with a cheeky grin, as he began to rack up a brilliant plan.