Chapter 473 - Razor Claws

The words Lucifer initially wanted to say were stuck in his throat. He couldn't believe his eyes.

"I'm.. I'm sorry bro! But.. You can't just sit here as though nothing happened.. You know the reason why Xia Ruo Lan left, right?"

Raking his slender fingers through his dark hair in frustration, Lucifer straightened his back and apologized. His expression shifted for a second, he was sure that Ethan Lee knew the answer to his question.

"So what if I know?.."

Slamming the file shut, Ethan Lee threw it with a banging noise. His aggrieved look coupled with his aggressiveness was overwhelming.

"How does it matter? She's gone now.. Xia Ruo Lan is gone, and that's the truth! Even if I find Xia Ruo Lan, beg her to come back to me and tell her that I love her, Xia Ruo Lan.. She wouldn't believe me.. Hell, even I don't believe myself!

A scoff escaped Lucifer's thin lips mockingly as he listened to his best friend spouting rubbish in broad daylight, shamelessly.

"Ethan, do you realize that you're sounding like a jerk! You're wrong, you're so bloody wrong to let Xia Ruo Lan suffer by herself.."

"Lucifer.."

Not letting Ethan Lee interrupt him, the gray eyed man continued with a look of scorn, his words icy and devoid of emotion.

"Now that I'm seeing your attitude I think it's for the best. Xia Ruo Lan can finally get over you and move on!"

After he was done speaking, Lucifer didn't wait another second and turned on his heel, ready to leave.

Staring dazedly at his best friend's back that was silently mocking every cell in his body, Ethan Lee was overcome with an indescribable feeling. He was at a loss for words to refute Lucifer's words.

"Lucifer, you don't understand. If it were yo u and Sera.."

Flustered, Ethan Lee couldn't help but scream at the man's receding figure causing him to halt in his steps. His expression was unfathomable.

"I wouldn't let that happen to my girl.. Trust me!"

The man's hand on the door handle stopped mid air, he turned around and looked into Ethan Lee's eyes as he enunciated each word clearly.

*slam*

Without waiting for Ethan Lee to respond, Lucifer stormed away, slamming the door after him.

With his head occupied with Xia Ruo Lan, and her thoughts as well as Lucifer's harsh words echoin in his ears, Ethan Lee was irate.

"Shit!"

Cursing aloud, Ethan Lee kicked the large antique showpiece to vent the feeling boiling inside him. It shattered with a deafening noise.

The moment Lucifer was out of Ethan Lee's sight and his office, his unsettled self reached to his original calm. His frosty expression melting like ice as Sera's delicate face surfaced through his mind.

Only he knows how he felt when Ethan Lee said those words that were akin to acid drowning his bleeding heart. He was ablaze with agony just at the thought of Sera leaving him.

"Never!"

Vowing to himself in a solemn tone of voice that was earnest and filled with sincerity, Lucifer grit his teeth.

"I'll never let Sera down!"

- - -

Meanwhile at a deserted factory site in the far suburbs of M Nation.

The thick smell of chemicals pervaded the damp air, the weather outside added to the sweltering heat. A bunch of men dressed in black and with different builds stood inside the dilapidated old factory.

The burly men surrounded a blonde haired man with beautiful green eyes, tied to a rust covered metal pillar. His sexy lips torn, they were bruised and bleeding. His well clothed body wa drenched like a cat on a rainy afternoon as water droplets streamed down washing the traces of blood on his face.

The blond man's terrifyingly cold gaze was fixed on the dark haired man seated on a metal stool across him, wearing a spotless white shirt that was completely opposite to the bounded man's disheveled state. There was a smirk resting on his lips with a cigarette pinched between them, his eye lids droopy.

"Even if you're one of Lucifer's loyal dogs.. Don't forget that you're now in Master Yang Deming's territory! Confess your crime.."

'These are Yang Deming's people?'

'But, how.. How do they know that I'm.. One of Lucifer's men?! Even if I flaunt myself in front of everyone, nobody will recognize me..!!'

'And Confess what?! I freaking don't understand what this trash of a man is talking about..! I'll kill him..'

A hint of confusion appeared in Luke's eyes but disappeared in a split second leaving behind an arctic coldness.

Luke's name in the underworld was the infamous 'Razor Claws' and not many were cognizant of his original looks, thanks to the black ninja mask that Luke always wore. His razor like claws can easily shred anyone into pieces, and rip hearts out.

It's very terrifying to see Luke fight.

Snickers and loud whistles were heard when two ignorant men strode towards Luke and threw a pair of dirty and mottled sneakers at his perfect model-like face.

"Who are you staring at? You.. Dirty.. Stinky little dog!"

As the filthy shoes hit his skin, Luke's expression changed. A cold glint flashed past his gaze and he swore to kill these pieces of trash in his head, he'd give them an extremely painful death.

The way Luke's expression darkened, he didn't look any less than an asura from hell. It gave them creeps, yet the men obstinately put on a brave front as Luke was now in their territory and they could easily kill him.

"If you kneel and beg.. You might be let off easily, I'll guarantee that!"

The dark haired man continued with a lofty look, his lips curled into an arrogant smile.