Ethan saw the next room just as Rowena had said.
He stood at the side of the door. The number of men in there might be more than the ones he had faced.
He needed to tread cautiously because he could tell that Kai's goons already knew that they were being attacked.
He had lost the elements of surprise, but there was still luck.
"Hmmm, luck?" He never believed that.
"Rowena, how many are they?" Ethan asked.
"I can't give you an appropriate amount, but they are all levels 5 and 6."
He added, "They have that strange energy gun as well."
His suspicion was right; they were all now waiting for him to make a move, and if he did, the energy blast would decorate his body.
And he would be history.
Ethan flexed his sore hands and brought out his sword again.
He was about to go for another round.
Then, he heard footsteps behind him.
He spun his sword and the tip touched the neck of the target.
Two ninjas glared back at him.
Ethan dropped his sword and whispered, "all the rooms cleared?"
"Yes," Layla said, and stood by Ethan's side.
Although Ileus saved her, she wanted to stay close to a more sane human.
Unbeknownst to her, Ethan was anything but sane.
Ethan whispers again in a low voice, "Where is Noah?"
"Taking care of some meals," Ileus said, his voice robotic.
"Did he just say meal?" Layla thought.
She didn't get the message, but Ethan did.
The vampires call humans meals.
"Okay, can you do me a favor?" Ethan looked at Layla.
"As long is nothing creepy, sure."
"Strip your clothes."
"Ok, wait! What? "
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The men in this room all had heightened facial expressions and stiff shoulders. They all had their guns pointed at the front door.
The report they got about the demons had already made some of them piss their pants, making the room reek of urine, but they didn't care about the urine smell. Their survival mattered more to them.
At the back of the room, a blindfolded girl sat on a wooden chair with her eyes covered with a black sack.
Her hands and her legs were bound to the wooden chair with black leather belts that restricted her movement.
Several other men and manly women stood behind her with energy guns aimed at her head.
If she makes a move, the guns pass through her skull.
No one made any sound as they all focused their gaze on the door, waiting for what was coming.
Their muscles tensed, their eyes squinted with a serious expression. They looked serious, but a trail of yellow liquid leaked out of their pants.
A bulky man with a half-human and half-robotic face, like a cyborg, walked forward and pointed both his metal muzzle-shaped hands at the door.
A vroom sound resounded as the muzzle inside lit up with red lights. Among everyone here, he looked the calmest and most collected.
Knock knock
The men tightened their grip on the gun. Their hearts throbbed audibly in the quiet room, and the liquid between their legs poured out more.
Then, the door swung open and, at the same time, red and blue energy beams blasted the entrance. The blue and red lights blinded the men from seeing what they were shooting at, but they didn't mind.
They needed to kill whatever it was that comes through that door.
The men finally stopped firing, and the smoke cleared, but their eyes widened at the sight in front of them.
Two rats were having sex.
"Hahahaha!" The robotic man laughed.
His laughter lightened the mood as the others joined in the laughter.
But their laughter stopped again when they heard a male voice. They aimed their gun at the door, or what was left of it.
"Sir, we have captured the intruders!" A tall man with black dirt smeared across his face said. His facial features couldn't be seen, but his eyes emitted a faint gold color.
In his grasp was the intruder with the demon mask on.
"How do I know you are not an impostor?" The robotic man said, his features doubtful.
"Sir Connor, it's me."
"Ok, I'll ask a question, and you better give me a truthful reply."
"Am all ears, sir?"
"What's our top illegal practice?"
No answer came for a full minute.
Conner aimed his muzzle hand at the man, a red-lit shining inside it.
"You have 5 seconds to give me an answer.
1
2
3
4--"
"Human organs! We sell human organs! " The man screamed at the top of his lungs.
"You lied." Connor put the gun to the man's head. "Hahaha! Just joking."
The man heaved a heavy sigh.
"Bring the intruder to me." Connor waved his hands at the man.
The man pushed the intruder toward Connor, who opened his eyes wide with a smile, showing his metal teeth.
But halfway to Connor, the demon moved to the side, leaped above the men, and stood in front of the folded girl.
Conner raised his hands to fire at the demon, but a sharp flame knife hit him in the flashy part of his head and burst out.
He fell to the ground and electric sparks started whirling around his body and zapped him into the afterlife.
The remaining men all fired their energy guns and whatever ability they used at the black-smeared man, but a red, bloody wall was raised in front of him, and all their abilities hit the wall.
Then, like before, the wall scattered, and sharp blood knives short out toward the men and women, killing all of them.
They all fell to the ground, and like before, blood flooded this room as well.
At the same time, the demon also finished killing the woman behind the blindfolded girls.
The demon removed the black sack from the girl
Helen came into view. Her eyes were red, probably from crying, with red slap marks on her face.
Layla pulled the demon mask off and gently unlocked all the leather belts used in chaining Helen.
"You're saved," Layla said with a smile.
"T-thank you," she said, her eyes welling up with tears as she held Layla's hands.
"It is not me you are supposed to thank. It's him. " Layla pointed to Ethan, whose face had now been cleaned.
Helen gathered the muscles in her wobbly legs and bolted toward Ethan and hugged him.
"Ethan, thank you," she sniffed. The tears streamed out more from her eyes as she hugged Ethan tighter, as if he would disappear.
Ethan raised his hand in mid-air. He hesitated for a few seconds before he hugged her back.
"Everything is fine now. I'm here. No one would touch even a strand of your hair again.
While they hugged each other, a security camera on the ceiling blinked red lights rapidly.
As it captured all their faces.
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