"Khukkh! ... y-you basta-rds—Bam!" A young man wearing tattered, noble clothes wiggled on the ground under the barrage of kicks landing on his body from all sides, his hands covering his head after noticing that several of his Qi points were sealed by the black-robed man who had taken his childhood friend away.
"You think you are any challenge to Senior Brother Rui Ke? How amusing!" Number 1 kicked Liu hard in the head while Number 3 did the same. Their boss had taken Number 2 to the hospital for injuries caused by this idiot.
"You dare to challenge Senior Brother Rui Ke with your insignificant strength!" Number 3 shouted as he swung his leg and delivered a heavy kick to Liu Wei's gut.
'Ugh! Just wait, Rui Ke. I will come back stronger and kill—?!' Suddenly, Liu Wei felt a kick directly landing on his crotch area. "ARGHHH! MY EGGS!"
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"What happened, Zhen'er?" Ryuk glanced at the woman walking beside him with weak steps, her ears perking up in the direction behind her after hearing a familiar voice.
"Forgive me, Young Master, but did you hear Liu's voice just now?" Zhen'er inquired, looking at him while blinking. She tried to hear his words, as her eyes could only see darkness, due to her habit she momentarily blinked when nervous.
"Absolutely not, it was your imagination," Ryuk said, arriving outside the back door of the auction house.
"Wait! Young Master, this is the back door. Please enter from the front," a bulky, muscular man came forward, holding a spear. His eyes naturally analyzed the man wearing a black robe, noting his apparent wealth.
"Who is the owner of this place? Bring him to me," Ryuk firmly stated, observing the subtle movements of several nearby individuals who appeared to be hidden bodyguards in case something went amiss.
Not that any of them could do much in this case.
"Y-young master, are you from the Wei family?" Zhen'er inquired, trying to understand the identity of this young master who had just revealed his emblem.
"Will you believe me if I told you that I did that to save you?" Ryuk glanced at the woman walking beside him while the others walked ahead, his hands behind his back, with a black mask and hat revealing only his amber eyes and skin.
"I-I..." Zhen'er's confusion deepened, born from the fact that the men following this young master had told her to serve him.
"It's fine. Let me first save these slaves," Ryuk said, turning towards the direction from which he could sense several shadows hiding, watching his movements. He was well aware of their presence.
"What? Young master, you will just be wasting your money," Zhen'er appreciated his kindness but knew it was futile to purchase slaves, thinking one is saving them.
The next day, others would join in. It was a cycle that could never be repaired.
"Who said I have money to waste?" Although Ryuk was in conversation with her, his mind had already analyzed the number of individuals present in the whole auction house, whether entering from the front or already inside.
"Enter this place, young master." Arriving at the doors of a room, the man bowed before standing aside to make way for both Ryuk and Zhen'er to enter.
'Three people,' Ryuk noted, entering the room. A single chubby person was seated on a chair with a wooden desk in front, traditional paints and papers scattered around.
Two more presences were hidden behind the walls.
None of them posed much threat due to their weak power levels, but for now, he needed to handle something different as he directly took a seat on the chair.
"...How can I help you, young master?" The manager, a middle-aged man with a fat body, one eye patched, and wearing a unique robe belonging to merchants, observed both Ryuk and Zhen'er with narrowed eyes.
"I want some slaves," Ryuk answered, tapping on the table with his eyes meeting the one-eyed man's.
"What kind, young master? We have several varieties picked from different continents. Though they may seem weak, we also provide healing pills and rejuvenation ones at low costs," the man smiled, clasping his hands together, detailing the quality of slaves present at that moment to the man who appeared rich giving his robe's quality.
Ryuk kept looking at the man before his finger halted its tapping. With a calm voice, he demanded, "I want a slave from Heindal continent."
'!?!'