Young Lady, Do You Know What a Head-Pat Kill Is?
"No? Who do you think you are?"
"You're just a lowly commoner. What gives you the right to refuse?"
"Young miss, you'd better be good and come with us."
"Otherwise, someone else will die because of you."
The man dressed as a household servant sneered, glanced at Su Mu, and spoke viciously.
Su Mu narrowed his eyes and looked over the group.
Their faces were all calm, as if they were used to seeing this sort of thing.
It seemed none of them were any good.
Just as Su Mu was about to stand up,
the little girl who had been hiding behind him lowered her head.
She stood up.
"That's more like it, young miss."
"The eldest miss is doing this for your own good, letting you toughen up here."
"And you actually dared to sneak out with some strange man."
The servant watched the little girl step forward.
He spoke with a mocking look on his face.
"I-I'll go with you."
"Let him l-leave."
The little girl spoke timidly.
"So you can talk."
"And you dared to glare at me."
"Why don't you dare resist this bunch?"
"Besides, they're servants."
"How dare they talk to you, their young miss, like that?"
Hearing the little girl, Su Mu complained.
"D-don't say any more."
"Hurry... hurry and go."
The little girl looked back at Su Mu, her eyes full of apology, guilt, and panic.
"Brat!"
"Are you courting death?"
"In that case, you're not leaving either!"
With that, the servant glanced at the young woman beside him.
The young woman nodded coldly.
Having gained his mistress's approval,
the servant cracked his knuckles and walked toward Su Mu with a sinister grin.
"Brat, even if you want to leave now, you can't!"
"Big sister, let him go. I'll go with you."
"I'll always listen to you from now on."
Seeing this, the little girl panicked a little and raised her small hands to shield Su Mu.
She called out to the young woman.
"Too late. Remember, this man died because of you."
"It's all because you wouldn't behave."
"Or you could kneel and beg me."
"I might consider whether to let your little lover go."
The young woman ignored the little girl's plea.
Her pretty face was full of mockery.
Hearing this, Su Mu felt as sick as if he'd eaten shit.
How could a perfectly good woman be so unlikeable?
With that thought, Su Mu slowly stood up.
"Don't kneel."
"Do you hear me?"
Su Mu put his hand on the little girl's head and rubbed it, speaking gently.
The little girl looked up and glared at Su Mu.
She knocked his hand away.
Her knees bent, and she was about to kneel.
Su Mu was quick-eyed and quick-handed. He grabbed the little girl by the shoulders and lifted her up.
He threatened her fiercely, "I told you, don't kneel."
"Don't I need to save face?"
"If you kneel, people will think I'm a wimp who can only hide behind a woman."
When Su Mu snapped at the little girl like that,
her once-stubborn face filled with grievance, and her eyes brimmed with tears.
"Don't cry. Call me Brother Mu."
"I'll take you to kill people. How about it?"
Su Mu held the little girl against him with one arm.
He raised his other hand and pointed at the young woman and her group.
"Attack!"
Seeing Su Mu's attitude, the young woman shouted at the servant from earlier.
The servant sneered.
He charged straight at Su Mu.
Su Mu stood where he was and waited until the man was close enough.
He raised his leg and kicked the servant in the chest.
Accompanied by several crisp cracks of breaking bones,
the servant flew backward more than ten meters.
He slammed heavily into the ground.
He lay still.
"Trash!"
The young woman looked at the motionless servant, disgust in her eyes as she spoke.
There wasn't a trace of sympathy on her face.
"Brat, you're a Soul Master too, aren't you?"
"Now hand that wretched girl over."
"I'll let you leave. Otherwise..."
The young woman snorted coldly.
Su Mu raised a hand and beckoned contemptuously.
He gestured for them to continue.
If they really were the little girl's family, Su Mu would have handed her over to them.
But under these circumstances, if he handed the little girl over,
she would likely be doomed.
"Fine."
"You asked for this!"
"A Da, A Er, you two go."
The young woman stared at Su Mu, her eyes sinister as she spoke.
"Yes, miss!"
"But the young miss is still in that man's arms. What should we do?"
The two burly men beside the young woman, who looked quite alike, asked.
"Don't worry about her. Just go all out."
With her permission,
A Da and A Er took a couple of steps forward.
Then two Soul Rings appeared around each of them.
Yellow, yellow.
Yellow, yellow.
As the Soul Rings appeared, a staff appeared in each man's hand.
Su Mu was a little surprised by this.
The same Martial Soul, and similar appearances.
The two were most likely twins.
Unfortunately, they looked to be in their thirties already, yet were only two-ring Grandmaster Soul Masters.
Their Innate Soul Power probably wasn't very high.
Otherwise, they wouldn't be working as someone else's hired muscle.
Seeing Su Mu's somewhat shocked expression, the young woman looked smug.
She said contemptuously, "A Da, A Er, don't kill him right away. Just cripple him first."
At her command, the two men split up, one to the left and one to the right.
They charged at Su Mu with their staffs.
The little girl clutched the collar of Su Mu's shirt.
She looked at him worriedly.
Su Mu looked down and gave the little girl a reassuring look.
Putting her down was out of the question.
Showing off was like water that had been poured out.
How could he take it back?
A Da and A Er quickly swung their long staffs in wide arcs.
One toward his chest, the other toward his back.
They cut off Su Mu's escape.
Su Mu took a small stone from his pocket.
He threw it at A Da's head.
Seeing this, A Da looked mocking.
He tilted his head and dodged it.
"Brat, have you been scared silly—"
Before he could finish the question,
a Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade thrust out through A Da's chest.
A Da stared in disbelief at the little stone falling before his eyes and the blade protruding from his chest.
He turned to look at Su Mu, who had appeared behind him at some unknown time.
Su Mu stared at A Da, grinned, and kicked him squarely in the back.
He pulled out the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade.
In Su Mu's arms, the little girl covered her eyes, not daring to look at the bloody scene.
"Big brother!"
A Er's staff struck empty air, and only then did A Er realize what had happened.
Seeing A Da lying lifeless on the ground, A Er roared and charged at Su Mu.
Su Mu raised the shaft of his blade and twisted it with his fingers.
The Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade spun.
The blood on its edge was flung clean off.
"Good, come at me."
Su Mu gave a low shout.
Holding the little girl, he rushed forward.
He brought the blade down in a powerful, heavy slash.
A line of blood appeared across A Er's neck.
A Er looked at Su Mu, terror in A Er's eyes.
A Er clutched A Er's own neck with both hands.
Blood continued to seep unstoppably through A Er's fingers. Eyes wide, A Er slowly crumpled to the ground.
"Young lady, do you know what a head-pat kill is?"
Smiling, Su Mu put away the Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade and asked the young woman with a playful look.
The young woman ignored Su Mu's question.
She folded her arms across her chest, without a trace of panic on her face.
She looked at the three people lying on the ground, her eyes full of disgust.
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