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It did not take long for him to cut them up.
They were all crippled lying on the floor… bleeding… dying.
Those 10 animals who were so cruel to her, 4 had died and 6 were crippled and dying.
All 6 of them were still lying weakly on the floor and crying, begging to be spared.
Weren't they so strong that they could easily overpower her and kill those 4 people who had wanted to help her?
But in front of him, they were so weak it's laughable.
It overthrows her understanding of this world again.
Can humans be this powerful?
She snapped out of her reverie as she saw Kiel walk towards her, offering her the handle of the blade he used to dispatch those animals.
'Revenge! I have to do it myself!' she thought.
Xue Er reached out with her trembling hands and gripped the hilt of the blade tightly.
She looked into Kiel's eyes only to see a boy completely at ease at what he did.
The bloodshed and the killing didn't seem to bother him one bit.
Devil.
A Ruthless Cold blooded Devil.
She steeled herself and took the blade from his hands.
With her own hands, she killed those animals who had tormented her earlier one by one. Stabbing at their hearts while ignoring their cries and pleas.
Blood splashed on her face and body but she was too consumed by the act to notice.
She chose to meet their gaze head on and watched as their eyes lost their lights.
She had killed these men with her own hands.
YES, she can be powerful.
No more, will she be a weak woman.
No more, will she allow herself to be at the mercy of others.
She had to be strong.
She wanted power.
With Kiel she saw hope to acquire the power she desired.
She would get it no matter the cost.
And he has a big thigh to hold on too.
From now on, she will only follow him.
She walked back to him and returned him the blade.
Looking into his eyes, she said:
"From now and forever, I am yours."
Everything after was a blur, she vaguely heard and understood what he said.
Then she followed Kiel to a corner, he sat down then after a while, he gestured for her and Soeyoon to sit.
He briefly explained that the world had changed and for us pretty girls reality will be harsh.
We can be stronger and learn to keep up with him or be left for dead.
then he asked again,
"Do you want to stay or leave?"
Xue Er had not hesitated and confirmed her choice.
Next to her the Korean pop star was visibly hesitating.
Hearing Xue Er's proclamation, the star bowed down and said she would do anything he wanted.
She took a peek and saw the beautiful face blushing and bowing down towards the man in front of her, while doing that, both her fair Size D cup was exposed partially for all to see.
Xue Er looked up and saw Kiel visibly reacting to the view.
He saw it, she concluded.
He liked it, she decided when she saw him blushed.
He wants more. She confirmed when he saw him still peering at the cleavage.
"Fox" she muttered under her breath, making sure Kiel heard it.
Kiel looked like a boy who got caught doing something naughty as he quickly turned his face away.
She then heard Kiel then registered himself as their lord.
A red translucent window popped up in front of her and showed:
"Kiel Sinclair wants to register himself as your Lord.
He will hold complete power over your experience gained, life and death.
You will be his property.
Do you Accept:
Yes or No."
Knowing she had no way out, she accepted quickly, making sure to do it before the fox.
Since she had to be his, she must work to be his favourite.
She then heard the Korean girl accepted too and immediately after, she saw another prompt:
"Kiel Sinclair is your Lord.
He controls your experience gained, life and death.
You are his property until he releases you, gives you to another lord or your death."
Then she saw sparks forming on his right ring finger, a nasty looking black ring with a golden crown carving appeared.
Immediately after, she got a prompt to join Kiel's group. Listlestly, she agreed.
Then, she saw sparks weave on her left ring finger and formed a ring.
'A proposal?' she thought. Lost in the roller coaster of emotions.
Such a jerk. Owning her then now tying her up with a ring.
Weren't guys the ones that're supposed to be tied down with a ring?
Then the boy got the cheek to ask for their status.
What was she supposed to reply with? Married? Enslaved? What a tackless boy.
"I'm fine," she said, pretending to be deaf to mishear the question.
"I mean your exact stats" he sounded annoyed now.
Then seeming to not getting the answer he wanted, he continued:
"Focus your intent to the tower system, then asked for your status by calling out "Status""
She did as she was told and a translucent blue window displayed a bunch of information in front of her.
Out of the corner of her eyes, she could see Soeyoon was also surprised.
Xue Er hurried to return to read the information on the display.
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Name: Li Bing Xue
Age: 18
Level: 7
Class: No Class
Health: 30/30
Mana: 7/7
Stamina: 15
Intellect: 15
Strength: 10
Agility: 14
Equipment: Friendship Ring(S), Basic Bow and Arrow(E)
Skills: Advanced Spell Casting(A), Basic Footwork(E), Health Recovery(1), Wisdom(1), Power Boost(1), Fleet Footed(1)
Experience: 57/800
Free Stat: 14
Assessment: Fragile
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After digesting the newfound information about herself, Kiel asked them to recount how they passed the level.
Xue Er carefully narrated what she had done and her experience in both level 1 and level 2.
On level one she had selected a beautiful Chinese straight sword because she was quite proficient in swordplay due to her career as an actress.
During the hunt, however, she realised that killing with a sword and performing sword fights on the set was very different.
In the initial encounter with a Gharl, she had been shocked at the ferocious appearance of the monster.
Foolishly, she had been overconfident and thought that she could easily kill the monster like in the movies she starred.
The Gharl thick armoured skins were impenetrable, to her horror, she could not cut through it.
The blow she made with the sword had left her arms sore and the sword had almost flown out of her hands.
She had been horrified.
Then she was barely able to dodge the beast's spiky tail swipes, big snapping mouth with rows of sharp fangs and those long arms.
She had been fortunate that the beast was entangled with some vines which allowed her to run away between the tall grass.
The beast had been relentless and she was fortunate to come across a cliff which she had scrambled up in fear.
When the beast roared below, she was so afraid that she almost pissed herself watching the monster patrolled beneath her.
If she were to come down then, Xue Er was sure that it would be the end of a woman named Li Bing Xue.
She stayed on the rock outcropping through the night, enduring the full bladder and shivering in the cold night.
Xue Er never imagined that her first night out in the wild was so miserable.
Xue Er never felt so miserable.