I was about to attack the man with the chains when unexpectedly, he moved to the side even before I managed to make a move.
Turns out, it wasn't him predicting my move but a plan of theirs. When he moved to the side, I saw the yellowed-teeth man about to pierce my eyes with his dagger.
"Surrrrprise~!" A wide grin that reached his ears were plastered on his face.
I was taken aback, but I quickly recovered from the unexpected attack and swiftly dodged. But that left me open for a moment where the first man with the chains appeared behind me about to put his chains around my neck.
Arghhh!
I was too late, they were fast and even though I sensed it, it was a moment too late.
I was being choked, I could hear the cynical man behind me laughing into my ears.
I underestimated them, these people were no ordinary delinquents, they were professional murderers!
Fighting against humans was vastly different from beasts after all.
I grabbed the chains on my neck — not too try and take it off, but instead, send my electric currents through the metal and reach the hands of the man holding the chains from my back.
The electric currents flowed from my hands, to the chains, and finally to the hands of the man in my back. Purple lightning was sent throughout his system as he was electrocuted.
I took this chance and kicked him with my elbow. Immediately, I took the chains off my neck the moment he showed signs of weakening his grip on the chains.
I turned around and ended it with a kick on the man's nuts!
He fell on the ground with a stiff body and a pale face. I glared at the yellowed-teeth man with cold eyes.
I saw that within those eyes, were a hint of fear.
"Yo-your a mage?" I saw his throat move as he gulped, he was unconsciously making distance, which was a stupid thing to do against a mage.
He tried to be brave about it and uttered, "So what if you're a mage? Take this!" He threw his sharp dagger at me with precession.
My mind was very active at the moment, I was always like this when I was in the middle of a fight, but it was much more sharp today.
I shot out electricity from my fingertips and stopped the dagger mid-way, iron was a conduit to electricity, so I managed to manipulate the dagger with my element and threw it back at him with extreme and unbreakable focus.
His eyes widened in horror as all the scorn and mockery he had back then was washed away, the dagger missed any vital points but it pierced his thigh right through the bone.
The man screamed in anguish and fell on the floor with his knees.
What had happened was totally unexpected even in his wildest dreams, he could not react fast enough.
"Now then, for the last..." I looked around, trying to lock on the last target, but I noticed that the only one remaining in the lobby was me, the parents of Gianna and the two pitiful men on the floor.
He...he ran away!
I blinked my eyes.
"Hehehe, o-once our leader reports this to the boss, yo-you will surely not be able to run away in the city, hehehbe." The man with the dagger in his thigh on the floor raised his head at me and barred his yellow teeth.
My eyes shone for a moment, I mercilessly kicked him right in the face and sent him to a dream.
Now it was official, I was caught up in the problem now.
Was what I did the right thing to do? I asked myself.
Was getting into this problem the right thing? I knew that involving myself in these further could cause me more problems than benefits, but what can I do? I was already involved in it the moment Gianna came to my room.
I also felt somewhat compelled to help Gianna, somewhere in my heart, her actions have left a mark. She was determined and had great resolve to save her family, even going as far as offering her body to a complete stranger that may, or may not even help her in the end.
Even though I still had some conflicting emotions about her trying to use me, I knew that this was my decision and not hers. I was gonna help her because I wanted to, not because she manipulated me to.
Also, I couldn't change the past. I've already beat two of their members black and blue, for sure their boss wasn't going to easily let me go.
I sighed, I glanced at Gianna's parents and asked, "Where is Ms. Gianna?"
I was having a really bad feeling.
The woman cried once again, the man on the other hand had a very troubled expression that was riddled with guilt.
I already knew before he was even about to answer.