Chapter 16

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Vail walked in the empty corridor and contemplated various thoughts.

For instance, why did he become the current character? Was it the impact of the environment? No, he hadn't been much irritated. It may be that the Devil in his heart changed the world, so he didn't want to tie himself up. He let go of the Devil in his heart. This was not to release his true self, not to wear a mask to live.

Thinking of this, Vail smiled happily. Although he can't say that he and his companions are free now, his heart is free. He thinks about what he wants and does what he wants.

Not finding anything on the third floor, he found the target daughter's room.

Upon entering the room, he discovered a light pink room with a huge bed in the middle.

On the bed, a girl with pink hair trembled, shivering with fear.

Every time Vail approached, the girl seemed to shake more intensely.

"You are, are you here to kill me? Can you let me go with my father and mother? I can have my father give you money, a lot of money. Please don't harm us; we haven't done anything wrong," the girl said, incoherent due to tension. She believed Vail came in to steal money, similar to robbers from the past.

"That is already impossible. Your father has been killed by me. As for your mother, she probably ran away. Now, she might have been caught by my sister. I am probably dead. I will leave you now and give you 30 seconds to say the last words," Vail stated, looking at the simple girl with a blank expression.

This girl was not entirely wrong. The mistake was that her father was involved in the slave business, a moral error. Illegal sale was essentially profiteering, almost synonymous with danger. In this Expert World, being weak but rich was very dangerous.

"Can you let me and my parents go? I can tell you where my family's treasures are," the girl bravely said, having heard of her parents' demise.

"Yes, goodbye. No, it is a farewell," Vail said before cutting the girl's throat with a sword, for reasons unknown. He refrained from turning the nameless girl into several paragraphs.

Blood spurted from the girl's throat. She fell weakly on the bed, her hair splayed out like an open rose, soon to wither.

Vail retrieved the treasures from the basement, including gold and silver jewelry, antiques, and some Berries.

Heading to the back to find his sister, the target's wife, it was unlikely for her to escape through the front door because Vail entered from there.

Before reaching the back door, he heard a woman mourning and shouting.

Entering, he found his sister holding a reverse curved knife, skinning a middle-aged woman. Other features weren't visible because, apart from the face, the skin on other parts of her body had been completely stripped. The woman cried bitterly, begging to be killed, to be freed from this hellish pain.

For the first time, Vail witnessed skinning of the living, an activity he had only heard of before. He didn't expect his sister to have this hobby, and he looked at it with great interest.

When he saw his younger brother coming out, he should have completed the quest, yet there was no special reaction. It seemed there was still some interest.

"If you want to learn, I can teach you. In East Blue, if you torture and extract confessions, my skills are top-notch," An said, looking at Vail without resenting her for torturing the enemy.

"Well, if I encounter someone uncooperative, I will use my sister's skills on them," Vail expressed interest in this peculiar technique.

The two engaged in this unusual activity in front of the pained and mournful woman – one teaching and the other learning.

Just as Roy arrived, the two were deeply engrossed in their discussion.

"Hey, little brother, were you traumatized as a child? For instance, being killed is too embarrassing. Aside from the little girl, I've never seen a complete body. What are your hobbies?" Roy asked Vail, feeling a headache.

It was the first time the brothers had gone out to perform a quest together. They didn't expect the little teacher to be on par with his wife in terms of abnormality. His wife was irritating, and the little brother seemed to be inherently abnormal.

"Of course, it's the hobby of dismembering people. It started because of my Thunder Ability; Slash is too strong, and I gradually got used to it," Wei said, not bothered by his brothers. His thoughts were still on the study of He'an.

"Hey hey, you brat, that's enough abnormality. Learning torture skills, go back to the master quickly," Roy said, turning to the hotel, seeming sleepy.

Vail and Ann could only follow along. Before Wei left, he buried the nameless girl, fulfilling her wish to be buried with her parents.

A few days later, the brothers returned to the gymnasium, and the master explained the quest's situation. Roy particularly emphasized that the little brother had dismembered the person into several paragraphs. Long Liang listened and was very speechless. He thought it was right. This brat was not a good person, but he did not say anything.

In this way, Vail continued his daily training, occasionally executing quests, and three years passed in the blink of an eye.

Over the past three years, the murderer had grown accustomed to killing and learned numerous confession skills from Anshijie. When faced with a disobedient person, he made sure the opponent knew that the punishment would be more painful than death.

One day, his master found Vail and, with a serious tone, informed Vail that he might have reached the stage of iron.

Throughout the quests, Vail experienced countless life-and-death situations. The most perilous one involved dealing with a Devil Fruit Ability User who had a Body User ability. This opponent could transform their entire body into a spear, well-developed and resilient in stamina. The spear could regenerate, grow, and twist like a snake. In the end, Vail used Yan to sever the opponent's head. Simultaneously, the opponent's spear was nearly bound to Vail's heart, giving him an ice-cold sensation, as if a Shinigami stood before him.

After that encounter, Vail had a peculiar feeling. Except for very few substances like Diamond or exceptionally hard metals, Vail seemed to sense the breath of other objects. Over the following days, this sensation became clearer, resembling a breath.

Just today, his master found him and explained that the stage of iron involves feeling the breath of steel and iron before cutting it off.

Right then, in Vail, he took a sword and, with one stroke, broke a massive steel plate into two pieces. Vail officially entered the stage of 斩铁.

Finally, after years of training, he reached the stage of 斩铁, preparing for the next stage of Attribute Attack, with Wilk being innate.

The next stage might involve breaking rare materials harder than steel and iron, akin to Kairoseki or Diamond.

Just as Vail was filled with joy, he received another quest, and this time it was very special.

Not one, two, or three people from the past, but all four people from the sword hall, including his master.

When asked about the reason, the master revealed the cause to Ville.

This time, the enemy aimed to make his brothers self-defeating, and the culprit of his sister would be cruel.

The 'Stuart' family, a seemingly hidden family, was finally discovered.

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