A strapping half-naked man over two meters tall was crazily smashing the cellar’s door cover with a giant black ax.

  The light shield on the cellar’s cover would vibrate every time the ax struck, and would get dimmer and more fragile.

  The strapping guy was laughing. This meant that the barrier couldn’t hold for long. He would be able to smash open the cellar’s door soon, and then catch the two beauties inside.

  He felt even more energetic when he thought how that beautiful lady boss with her exquisite body and seductive looks would belong to him tonight and would be his to ravish.

  “Damn magic caster!” The giant guy spat and took a break. He lifted the ax over his head, and tensed up all his muscles. A black glow consolidated on the ax’s blade, and then he brought it down hard.

  Crunch…


  With a crisp sound, cracks began to appear on the magical screen, and spread out rapidly before the screen finally crumbled.

  The ax landed on the cellar’s door without any obstruction. It was a solid thud, and cracks began to appear on the cellar’s door too. “It’s working! Hahaha!”


  The strapping man laughed sinisterly, but he also couldn’t help panting.

  However, the magical screen was already taken down by him, so the rest would be easy now.

  The woman in the cellar was much more precious than the gold coins on the floor.

  “Mala, go hide in the innermost cellar. No matter what happens, don’t come out.” Eiffie stood up, and pushed Mala into the walkway.

  “No! Miss, I’m not going anywhere. I’m staying with you. I’m not leaving you.” Mala hugged Eiffie’s arm, shook her head, and cried, but the eyes on her fearful face were filled with conviction.

  The magical screen was already broken. Eiffie knew very well that the scary assailant could enter very soon.

  Her limbs felt cold, and her heart was filled with dread.

  Why was this happening…


  She had already lost her parents 15 years ago. Was she going to lose her life in a similar way today?

  She was also clenching the handle of a short dagger that she hid on herself. If that fellow wanted to humiliate her, she wasn’t going to let him do it.

  Perhaps, losing her life in the cellar that held her father’s life work wasn’t a bad place to leave this world.

  Or, perhaps she should have left this world 15 years ago. That way… at least Mala wouldn’t have been trapped here with her.

  She was still a child.

  Eiffie looked at Mala with an aching heart.

  ***

  The strapping guy lifted the huge ax again and panted hard. He should be able to deal with this horrible cellar’s door after this strike of the ax.

  “It must be tiring after all this physical work,” a voice suddenly spoke up behind him. “Yes. It’s so tiring.” The giant guy nodded. Then, he glared and turned around to look behind him.

  There were a young man and a little girl standing behind him.

  One of them was leaning against the door frame, while the other was sitting on a little chair. They looked like they were watching a good show, and seemed to have been here for a long time.

  The bulky guy was shocked, and he turned around to yell at Mag, “Who are you!?”


  “We are the neighbors. We live right across the street. We came to check because there were knocking sounds in the middle of the night. Did Miss Eiffie get the construction team to change the door and clean up the cellar?” Mag answered with a chuckle. “Oh. You’re the neighbors.” The bulky guy put down the ax slowly. A silly smile appeared on his ferocious face. He sized up Mag, making sure that he was just a weak and ordinary man before he walked slowly towards Mag with the ax.

  “Yes. We were already prepared to go to bed when you woke us up.” Amy looked at that big guy with a pout. “You’re really a terrible big fellow.”


  Mala suddenly pointed upwards, and exclaimed happily, “Listen, Miss! It’s Mr. Hades’ voice!”


  Eiffie, who was already waiting for the assailant to strike the last time, looked up suddenly too. Her heart was filled with hope.

  However, she soon heard Amy’s voice, and panic appeared on her face again. She looked up, and called out with her loudest voice. “Run! Mr. Hades! He’s a thug!!!”


  Eiffie’s voice could be heard from the cellar.

  Mag looked at that big guy, and smilingly asked, “Is it so?”


  “Hehe. She’s right. You’ve to pay the price for being a busybody.” The silly smile on the big guy’s face disappeared. All the flesh on his face squeezed together, and he lifted the giant ax up with a sinister smile. He swung the ax at Mag, and yelled, “Die!”


  Bam!

  A dull thud.

  The big guy with the ax flew backwards, and then got stuck to the wall. His eyes widened with disbelief.

  Amy held that little folding chair, and said to that big guy childishly, “Crawl for me!”


  “Look at you. Why are you so careless?” Mag took two steps forward, and smilingly looked at the big guy, who was trying to extricate himself out of the wall.

  “I’m going to kill you guys!”


  Although the big guy was shocked, he was also furious. He dashed towards Amy, grabbing the ax with both hands. Black glow glistened on the ax, and he wasn’t holding back anymore.

  Bam!

  Another dull thud of the folding chair hitting the face.

  The big guy flew out again. Lying on the floor, even the three red horizontal lines across his face couldn’t hide his shock and desperation.

  Yes, he was sent flying by a little girl who seemed to be only four years old.

  Furthermore, it was done by a folding chair twice.

  Such an incident was just like a nightmare.

  Mag looked at the dragon coins and gold coins scattered on the floor, and went forward with a smile. He stepped on that big guy’s hand that was holding the ax’s handle again.

  The fingers that looked like iron rods were squashed instantly, and stuck to the ax’s handle like goo.

  Aaah…


  The big guy let out a horrible scream, and his face turned white instantly. Beads of sweat emerged on his forehead.

  “Say it. Who sent you here?” Mag looked down at the big guy, and smilingly said, “If you don’t want your other hand to become like that, better not try any tricks.”


  “No one sent me. I came by myself! I knew they earned a lot of money today. I need money,” the big guy roared in a low voice as he stared at Mag with bloodshot eyes.

  “I know you need money, but you don’t need the money on the floor.” Mag went to the other side, and then stepped onto his other hand. He gradually stepped harder as he smilingly asked, “So, who promised to give you more money to deal with Lady Boss Eiffie?”


  The big guy watched his left fingers slowly distort under Mag’s foot with horror. His joints began to make cracking sounds, and the heart-wrenching pain came again. He knew Mag wasn’t scaring him. He would really crush his fingers.

  “Black market! It’s a black market assignment!” the big guy shouted out in fright.

  Splat.

  His left hand was crushed too.

  “Oops, sorry. I thought you would be tougher.” Mag looked at the screaming big guy apologetically. Mag wiped the bottom of his sole against him when he retracted his foot.