Chapter 362 Depraved

The pale-skinned youth took a step back, but it wasn't out of fear.

When he glanced at Adam's chubby and pockmarked face from up close, he was utterly revulsed by the sheer ugliness.

"Bastard, who do you think you are speaking to me like that?" The young man's tone was oozing with killing intent.

"It doesn't matter who I am," said Adam with a faint smile. He then glanced at Atkin and Nara Rollins, the owners of this pleasure house. "What matters is what I'm here for."

Nara Rollins, after being ignored by Adam, already had a very bad impression of him. Hence, she didn't bother responding. She just continued to stare daggers at the youth.

Atkin, on the other hand, had already decided to overlook that matter for the moment. Being the shrewd businessman that he was, he wanted to see if there was any benefit that he could get out of Adam.

If not, he could just outright kill the youth.

Hence, he stepped forward and asked with a friendly smile, "My fellow Magus, before talking business, don't you think you should at least introduce yourself first? This is basic courtesy, after all."

Adam looked at the man with raised eyebrows. Then, after a moment of pondering, he nodded. "You may call me... Merlin."

Of course, there was no way he was going to give his real name.

Although he was certain that he was going to take out everyone present in the room, because of his cautious personality he refrained from revealing his identity.

That was also the reason why he was under disguise at the moment.

"Ah, so it was Magus Merlin," Atkin smiled. The next moment, his expression turned solemn. "Might I ask, how did you come to the conclusion that we deal in slave trade? You do know that such illegal activities are banned in the Empire, don't you?"

"Are you still going to feign ignorance?" Adam asked, his tone laced with blatant mockery.

However, Atkin, Nara, and the pale-skinned youth didn't reply. They simply stared at Adam, waiting for him to answer.

Adam glanced at the couple for a long time. In the end, he sighed, "Is it not true that in the last decade, your establishment has procured at least ten thousand young women in the black market?"

The couple's eyes narrowed and they couldn't help but involuntarily glance at each other.

Nara's voice turned cold and she asked, "Where did you receive such false information?"

"False?" Adam glanced at the middle-aged woman and sneered. "A little bird revealed to me this false information."

"You—" Nara had had enough with the youth, but she was interrupted by him before she could speak a word.

"You kidnap women from the villages, towns, and cities from all over the Empire and force them into a life of prostitution," Adam began, his eyes blazing with anger.

"Since the establishment of this filthy whorehouse, how many women's lives have you ruined? How many families have you destroyed?"Alll latest novels at novelhall.com

"Why?" Nara sneered. "Because we can!"

Whatever they wished.

As in, if the clients wanted, they could even butcher the women!

Adam's eyes blazed with killing intent as he venomously glared at the Rollins couple. "How depraved do you have to be to allow people to kill those innocent women?

"Was forcing them into prostitution not enough?

"Answer me, you sick bastards!!"

The trio were visibly shocked when they heard Adam say such things. It was one thing for the youth to know about their dealing in the slave trade.

However, except for them, no one knew that women were being slaughtered here.

Of course, the clients who partook in this activity were the only other exceptions. But they were made to sign a mana contract, ensuring that such things were never disclosed to others.

They would die before they could even reveal a hint.

But for some reason, Adam was privy to everything going around inside The Velvet Dreams. This caused the Rollins couple's scalps to tingle.

Now, they no longer thought of straight-up killing Adam. No, they first had to find out how this youth knew so much about them.

However, the pale-skinned youth standing beside them was of a different mind.

His eyes narrowed and he muttered coldly, "You know too much."

Adam glanced at him and spat through gritted teeth, "Rest assured, when I'm done with you, the whole Empire will know of your—"

SPLURT!

The youth couldn't finish what he was about to say when all of a sudden he felt a cold blade pierce his heart from behind.

Adam was thunderstruck!

He slowly lowered his head and saw a pitch-black dagger stained with his own blood jutting out from his chest.

Blood spurted out of his mouth as he felt another presence slowly materialize behind him, one which he hadn't noticed since coming here.

His lips parted and he muttered with immense struggle, "I-

Impossible!

"Another... Rank 2 Magus?!"