No Half Measures (1)

Selina's face was expressionless. The darkness that had taken hold of her personality made her once-pretty face look a little gloomy.

But from what she had said earlier, Green had been sure she wanted to lie low for a while. Instead, Selina calmly laid out a plan that left him stunned.

Selina's face remained blank. A stray tuft of hair sticking up from her head bobbed unconsciously, lending the beautiful, unreadable girl an air of innocent charm. Then she punched her left fist into her right palm. "Viscount Luciwang is the one behind this. Since he won't let us go, we might as well go all the way and kill the old bastard first."

"Good! Let's do it now! The Deity will protect us." Freya immediately raised her hand in agreement. Her beautiful eyes sparkled with anticipation; she saw nothing odd about Selina's sudden change of course.

Green watched the two sisters storm out of the castle and rolled his eyes. What kind of plan was this? Weren't they supposed to lie low, level up, and then kill the boss?

Besides, Viscount Luciwang lived in Freudenburg District, the heart of Friedenburg City. Security was tight there, and police were everywhere. The Anomalies Bureau had once stationed an Operations Unit in the district specifically to protect its prominent residents, but after the disaster in Faerun City, the bureau had suffered heavy losses. Short on personnel, it had withdrawn the unit long ago.

Selina and Freya were lucky. At their current strength, either one of those operatives could have killed them.

But with the Anomalies Bureau's Operations Unit gone, Selina and Freya entered Freudenburg District under cover of darkness like two young lionesses loose among sheep, without a care in the world.

Freya's small figure moved along a broad, spotless street lined