Life Simulation: My Talent Is Wool-Chapter 40: Betrayal in the Dark

"You fucking sons of bitches!!"

Far from being calm, the leader of the hunters had visible veins on his forehead, seeming ready to burst.

That was the last straw for him.

One thing was losing Paiva, now even Glaud was gone... That was a huge loss for him.

"How dare you kill my men?" Taking heavy steps, the leader shouts: "If I don’t kill you two today, my name isn’t Kaizen?!"

"We’re screwed, the Big Boss is pissed off!"

"These two are done for...!"

"It’s a shame, when the boss gets like this, he doesn’t stop until the target is dead, so..." One of them looks in Catharina’s direction with regret.

Just thinking about her feline features... His blood starts to flow to a certain part of his body.

’This idiot really thinks he can ambush us, and we don’t have the right to resist?’ Luan sneered at his attitude.

It’s the typical situation where the criminal feels wronged after getting beaten by a black belt...

Even thinking like that, he didn’t dare lower his guard.

Even though their numbers had decreased, there were still many of them.

"Luan!"

Along with Catharina’s shout, the sledgehammer came flying toward him.

Luan extended his hand and caught it: "Thanks."

Holding the sledgehammer in his hand, he felt more confident.

The only problem was... He had no idea what their talent was.

Without knowing that, it was difficult to decide the best way to start the fight.

"Huh?"

To his complete surprise, he saw Kaizen envelop his long broadsword with lightning.

"My talent is called lightning blessing." Kaizen said in a furious tone as he advanced: "It not only increases my attack power, but also my speed and defense. And even knowing that, in front of me, you two are nothing but lambs waiting for the slaughter!"

Having said that, he moved with calculated speed.

*Whoosh!*

Moving like lightning, he appeared on Luan’s left side.

"What?"

Surprised by his speed, Luan barely had time to react when Kaizen’s foot went toward his waist.

"Luan?!" Catharina tries to help, but she was too far away.

Luan, unable to dodge in time, used the handle of the sledgehammer to defend himself.

*BANG!*

A metallic sound echoed.

*Whoosh!*

Along with the metallic sound, Luan was sent flying by Kaizen’s powerful kick.

That was several times stronger than a horse’s kick.

Luan’s hands holding the sledgehammer’s handle trembled from the shockwave as he defended.

*BANG!*

*Urgh!!*

Slamming his body against the labyrinth wall, Luan opened his mouth and spat blood.

Swinging his leg in the air, Kaizen remained standing in place, saying: "Did you like that? But relax, this is just the beginning!"

What he didn’t see, or simply didn’t care about, was that Catharina was furious!

Her golden eyes took on a crimson hue as three tails behind her stood out.

Her nails grew to about 5 cm in length and became sharp.

With her knees bent, she moved.

*Whoosh!*

"How?"

For the first time, Kaizen shows absolute shock!

In front of him, stood Catharina.

"Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!"

He heard a feline growl coming from her, and her claw-shaped hand advancing toward his chest as she said coldly in a loud voice: "I won’t let you hurt him again!"

Not in a million years did Kaizen think that this girl who seemed so delicate would show herself to be so fierce.

But, he didn’t have time to think about that now.

Using the body of his long broadsword, he predicted the direction of her attack, defending himself.

*Beng!*

*Zzzap!*

Her nails dragged across the body of his sword, creating sparks mixed with metallic sounds.

"What strength!"

Kaizen’s feet slid under the impact of her blow.

Before he realized it, his feet left the ground, and milliseconds later, he was already being thrown by the impact of Catharina’s strike.

"Luan!"

Catharina ignored Kaizen after that, running in Luan’s direction.

She helped him get up.

Luan looked at her with gratitude and embarrassment.

He felt terrible.

The feeling of becoming a burden was horrible.

His hands clenched into fists involuntarily.

"I... I’m fine, thanks." He tried to give a reassuring smile.

...

In Kaizen’s group.

"Hey, isn’t this strange?"

"What’s strange, Shark?"

"I mean, based on the information provided to us by Sergio, those two shouldn’t be this strong..."

"True!"

Everyone immediately looked at the most skeletal and apathetic boy in the group.

He had green hair with long bangs that covered his eyes and wore low-quality armor.

Among the group, he was the only Lv1, but he was still one of the most important members.

"Isn’t it obvious what happened?" One of them, who had his arms crossed and eyes closed, opened his eyes, saying: "He wants to use a helping hand, trying to get rid of us."

"Really?!"

"Oruam must be right... If we think about it, he already tried to escape before..."

"That traitor..."

Being stared at like that, Sergio panicked.

He thought with fear and anger: ’Who is the traitor here? I never wanted to be part of you, okay?!’

When Kaizen, the group’s leader, discovered that he possessed the talent: Eagle Eyes, he not only made him a slave of the group, forcing him to work for them for free, but also did all kinds of things with his fiancée, and even uses her to threaten him.

However, he already knew.

Luiza had already chosen a side, and it wasn’t his.

Out of the corner of his eye, he looked in the direction of the blonde girl and couldn’t help but feel a deep hatred.

He had had a chance to escape before, but didn’t do it because of her.

It was she who informed Kaizen that he had parents and a younger brother after he tried to escape the first time. Because of that, he couldn’t even try anymore if he didn’t want them to take revenge by killing his entire family.

Precisely because of that, he had been looking for the perfect target. Someone strong enough, but who would make them lower their guard and end up dead at their hands!

Without meaning to, he revealed his true feelings when a distorted, involuntary smile of pleasure at their misfortune curved on his lips.

But soon, he panicked.

"W-What are you going to do?"

Walking in his direction, Oruam stopped in front of him, being more than a head taller.

His black and cold eyes seemed like the bottom of an abyss, making Sergio tremble with fear.

"I said before for Kaizen to get rid of you, but he didn’t listen to me..." Slowly, with a frightening calm, Oruam extended his large hand, grabbing Sergio’s neck: "Now look at you, little traitor, didn’t you do exactly what I said you would? Honestly, it even makes me want to laugh, but it’s not funny at all..."

"Guhh-M-Me... S-Save me!!"

Under the grip of Oruam’s hand on his neck, Sergio was helpless.

His face turned purple as he was lifted into the air, kicking his feet, holding Oruam’s arm with both hands, trying to free himself from the strangulation, but it was useless. He was only Lv1 while Oruam was Lv2, the difference in strength was gigantic!

"P-Please!!"

"Now you know fear?" Oruam let out a cold chuckle: "But it’s too late! No one will save you today, Sergio..."

Sergio tried to beg with his eyes in Luiza’s direction, only to receive a cold look from her, soon she averted her gaze as if this had nothing to do with her.

Increasing the pressure, soon a "Crack!" sound echoed as Sergio’s neck snapped, and his head fell limply backward.

Sounds of people swallowing dryly were heard.

Oruam’s cruelty was known in the group.

Although he seemed like someone intellectual and noble, the truth was that, in the group, he was without a doubt the most cruel and decisive.

Discarding Sergio’s body as if it were something dirty, Oruam spoke coldly: "Don’t just stand there, let’s help the Boss!"

""Yes!!""

They didn’t dare to defy Oruam’s command and promptly agreed.

When Oruam’s eyes landed on Luiza, she trembled from head to toe.

She let out a sigh of relief when he averted his gaze, placing her hand on her chest which was rising and falling very quickly.