'Ah, here it is,' I thought as I pushed the odd-looking book, and as soon as I did, the bookshelf opened itself from the middle part, revealing a way towards the ground floor.
As I walked inside the ground floor, there was only a straight hallway leading to a door at the end.
And as I reached the door, I tried to open it but stopped in my tracks when I heard something from the inside.
"You must be the traitor who brought these bastards, right? Bit*h," a woman said, and I could hear the sound of a slap.
*Slap*
"N-no, I'm not!!" said Maria with a bit of stuttering.
'Oh, some family drama? I should make my entrance now, haha.'
'Ah, I will finally get to see that disgusting expression of yours, Andrei...' I thought as I pushed open the door.
But the door was locked from the inside, preventing me from opening it as I smiled.
'How silly of me... of course, they would lock the door, haha.'
'And since I'm alone and they're 14, even if I fire a lot of bullets, it would only kill a few, and the others might gang up on me, making me unable to kill them all,' I thought, my reasoning kicking in as I made a quick plan to deal with it.
The plan was simple, make a hole in the door and then throw in smoke grenades, which will blind them, and then shoot.
'Lucky for me, the door is made of wood, making it easier for me to make a hole in it,' I thought as I kicked the door with my leg.
Bam* Bam* Bam*
"H-huh?"
"H-how could they find the hidden passage?" A woman's voice could be heard, her voice filled with anxiety and fear.
"How would I know?" a middle-aged man's voice said, filled with annoyance and a bit of fear as well.
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[Inside the hidden passages room.]
There could be seen 14 people inside the room. There were 5 women and 7 men, with 4 men being kids that are between the ages of 12 to 15.
"W-what should we do??" Amy said, Andrei's wife, with a panicked expression, on the verge of tears, as she was someone who was really afraid of death.
"Just shut up, bit*h. You're making everyone else panic too," Andrei coldly said, his expression cold and relaxed as if the impending death couldn't affect him in the slightest.
"Andrei!! Is this how I taught you to speak with your wife? Huh?" Andrei's father, Viktor Vorontsov, spoke with an angry tone, his face having a worried expression.
"..." Seeing his father supporting his wife, an outsider that he married instead of him, he quieted down, ignoring him.
And as the argument was about to go on and on, the door that had been kicked by Ivan for some time now cracked, turning Amy and the kids' expressions into that of horror as the kids started to cry without making noise, as they knew that Andrei would scold them if they made sound in such a situation.
While this was happening, there was a woman, the age of 14, quietly sitting on the cold floor with a cold, expressionless expression on her face, her face having bruises that were given to her by the women and their husbands beating.
'Finally, you're all going to die!!!' she thought, her expression cold, while her eyes were red due to the anger she felt toward them.
'Hahahahahaha, you bastards deserve to suffer more, but since you're dying so early, then rot in hell,' she thought before she let out a crazy laugh, her cold expression turning into that of a happy and crazed one.
"Hahahahahaha," she laughed.
When the other Vorontsov family members saw this, their eyes turned sharp as they glared at her.
"So you really were the traitor, huh?" Andrei spoke, his expression grim as he gazed at her coldly.
"Yeah! I am!! So what??? This is all my doing," Maria said, her tone cold and crazy as she glared at him the same way he did.
"This day was bound to come since the day you killed my mother and abused me." As she said that, the door finally had a hole in it, making everyone's eyes widen as a grenade entered the room.
"Kyaaaaa," the women shouted as the grenade let out a "fus" sound before smoke started to come out of it.
As the smoke filled the room, the women's shouting didn't end, while the older men had a grim look on their faces and the kids cried loudly, without giving a shit about Andrei anymore, since they also knew that they were about to die.
"Good morning." As the room filled with dense smoke, clouding everyone's view, a cold, playful voice came from the door.
"W-who are you?"
"Why are you targeting us??" Amy said, breaking into silent sobs as she said that with fear in her voice.
"Why?... hm... Well, I don't want to tell you, haha," Ivan laughed as he took out his AR-15.
The AR-15 is a lightweight, semi-automatic rifle. It has a sleek, modular design with a detachable magazine that typically holds 20 to 30 rounds. It features a long, narrow barrel and a sturdy handguard. The rifle is known for its accuracy and versatility.
As he grabbed it perfectly, he then started to pull the trigger and shoot everywhere.
"Ahh!!"
"Kyaa"
"Ughh"
Shouts filled with agony and confusion came from the dense smoke-filled room, as sounds of thuds could be heard.
"How'd you like it? Ahahahaha," Ivan let out a cold, psychopathic laugh filled with murderous intent while continuously shooting, without a hint of stopping anytime soon.
And as the shouts of agony continued to come, the smoke also started to leave the room, clearing as the remaining members of the Vorontsov family, who were about only 4 people, got a clear view of who the shooter was.
And as soon as they got a clear view of the face, they had a shocked expression, with them being speechless as it was only a kid the age of 14 with a gun.
The people who survived were Maria, Andrei, his eldest son, and Andrei's grandfather.
"What?" Viktor let out a shocked growl as he eyed Ivan.
"Kid... let's talk, I'm sure we can talk it out," the eldest son of the Vorontsov family said, bringing his hands into the air.
"Too late, fuc*er," Ivan said, his rifle already loaded back as he shot Viktor and Andrei's eldest son.
Thud* Thud*
"I know you aren't going to spare me... so, just tell me... why are you killing us?" Andrei said as he threw the body of his wife that he used as a shield, standing up.
"Hmm... I guess the answer to that would be..." As Ivan said that, he took off his glasses, giving Andrei the view of his vertically lined scar.
"W-what!!" he stuttered.
"Don't tell me... you're that kid from 8 years ago whose family I killed in front of you?" Andrei said, his tone a bit confused with a shocked face.
"Yeah, bit*h, I'm the fuck*ng child that you failed to kill along with my parents," Ivan said, cussing him, his face twisting into joy as he saw the expression that he was imagining since the day he survived.
The expression that had regret for not finishing him clearly, the fear of what's about to happen, and the horror of Ivan...
"Yeah!! That's the expression!!"
"Hahahahaha, that's the expression that I was waiting for! Come on, twist your face a bit more." Saying that, Ivan rushed at him, his face turning into a shocked one before he took out a boxing stance, with his hands ready for grappling, but Ivan slipped past the grappling hand coming at him as he got behind him, wrapping his hands around his waist as he performed a suplex move, his head hitting the ground with a big Thud.
"Ahhhhh," he shouted, his head feeling the pain as blood leaked out of his head, the floor being made from cement, doubling the pain.
"Why are you shouting so early? I haven't even started yet," Ivan said, his tone cold and ruthless as he got on top of him.
"Now I'll kill you with my own hands, I'll punch you to death," Ivan coldly said, while Andrei was still shouting in pain while gripping his head.
Without waiting for his response, Ivan punched him in the nose, a crack sound coming from it, indicating that his nose was broken.
"Ahhhh," he shouted even more, his tone bloody painful.
But Ivan didn't stop at that, as he continued to punch the same spot repeatedly.
"Ahhhh"
"Pleaseeeeeee"
"Stopppppppp"
"I-I beggg youuuu," Andrei shouted with all his might, his voice filled with unimaginable pain as his face had been distorted, his face unrecognisable, but it fell on deaf ears as Ivan continued.
Even though Andrei did everything in his power to throw him off to the ground, Ivan didn't even budge, and he continued.
...
[30 minutes later...]
After 30 minutes of punching, Andrei had already died, but Ivan continued to punch, by now, Andrei's head bone had broken into pieces, but still, he didn't stop.
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A/N: Now let's move on to the cultivation arc, my boii!!