Almost immediately, everyone let out gasping sighs as the bullet flew straight into Mr. alex’s chest.

But to everyone’s utter surprise, it simply bounced off him as though nothing at all had happened.

"Oww... did I not tell you that my essence is raw steel?"

Mr. alex said with a laugh.

The man in front of him at that moment looked even paler than usual. He couldn’t even begin to believe that he had taken such a massive gamble... and lost.

But before he could even take some time to apologize or attempt to run away, Mr. alex immediately lunged out his hand.

In that instant, a massive steel bar shot forward and, upon collision, instantly smashed his head, sending fragments splashing dozens of meters away.

With that done, he quickly reassembled his form and turned toward the remaining four men.

"Does anyone still have something to say?" Mr. alex spoke, scanning each and every one of their faces.

But there was still no answer from any of them. Not a single word.

With a satisfied expression, Mr. alex decided to finally move forward with the plan, just as he had already intended.

"In that case, I think we should find somewhere to stay. We move in the next twenty minutes."

Everyone followed alex with a nod, leaving the dead bodies on the floor without any care in the world.

Trevor had already gotten home and finished having dinner with his mom.

He was upstairs, trying to tuck in his clothes properly.

He wanted to be ready for the hunters when they came.

Although, deep down, he really didn’t know how on earth he was going to defeat the men that were coming.

He could only pray that Miss Berry was actually a really strong woman. If not, then it would all come down to nothing.

With a calm sigh, he finally decided to open up his system space.

Strength: 50 + 10 → 60

Agility: 38 + 8 → 46

Stamina: 56 + 12 → 68

Magic: 43 + 9 → 52

Lust Essence: 2000 + 500 → 2500 / 2500

Eyes of Hades — Level 3

Whispering Shadows — Level 2

Lust Raider — Level 3

Werewolves — Level 2

Essence Cloner — Level 1

Trevor glanced at the last card one more time and could only marvel in surprise.

From the card’s name alone, it was already obvious what its function was. 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

But he still had another question.

His system points hadn’t reduced at all, and he hadn’t unlocked any card apart from the werewolf card... so how was this one even here?

Trevor took a deep breath and tried his best to reason out the possible explanations.

Before long, Trevor came up with what seemed like a reasonable conclusion.

Maybe it was actually part of the stat upgrade he had received from laying with Miss Bella.

After that, Trevor finally reached out mentally to his system space to bring up the Lust Raider device.

He needed to know more about this Miss Bella, and why such a card had been given to him because of her.

Or was it because of her essence? Or was there something else she was hiding from the public?

But just as Trevor reached out to unlock the system, he suddenly heard his mother screaming loudly from downstairs.

Almost immediately, Trevor bolted out, activating his essence. He knew exactly what was happening.

And he didn’t want to waste even a single second.

A red light illuminated his body as he rushed down the steps.

Upon reaching the ground floor, he saw five men surrounding his mother, one of them gripping her tightly by the hair.

Trevor’s anger immediately flared the moment he noticed one of them.

"Mr. alex, you piece of shit... what exactly are you doing here?"

Mr. alex looked up at the young boy before him and couldn’t help but smile.

"What a pleasant surprise," Mr. alex said, raising his hand to signal the men to stop.

At once, they released Trevor’s mom, and she fell to the ground with a heavy thud.

The anger in Trevor’s blood was already rising at an alarming rate.

"Come on, we know you’re an awakened. Please don’t rub it in our faces," Mr. alex laughed mockingly.

"So, I would like to ask... do you happen to use ancient magic? Or are you a dungeon explorer? Of course, you can’t even wear your clothes properly to school," Mr. alex continued, laughing out loud.

The other men at the back joined in, finding it just as amusing.

"But well... I think I am still going to find you guilty of the act," Mr. alex said with a sly smile.

"And also... your mom actually reeks of ancient magic. So I’m sorry, we’ll be killing her. And as for you... I’m also sorry, but I’ll need to amputate at least one of your legs, so next time you’ll know how to mind your business," Mr. alex added, laughing once again.

"Okay then... I forgot, you’re the hero. Since you are, I bet you’d like to save your mother’s head right now," Mr. alex said with another laugh.

This time, all the men were laughing so hard that some of them had to slap each other just to let it all out.

Almost immediately, Mr. alex shot out his hand again, the same way he had done earlier when he smashed that man’s head.

He had already aimed for Trevor’s mother. In a split second, a large metal block came hurtling toward her neck.

She was too weak to react, so she simply accepted it as her end.

But without any warning, another heavy metal block came crashing down from the opposite side, blocking the attack almost flawlessly.

Mr. alex was stunned out of his mind. He couldn’t believe that Trevor possessed the same ability, let alone that he could react with such speed.

Looking back at Trevor, his eyes were already blazing red as he retracted his iron arm.

"If you lay a finger on her, I will not hold myself back. I promise you that," Trevor said, stepping forward to face Mr. alex.

The way Trevor looked now was pure horror. His glowing red eyes, the intense aura surrounding him...

It felt as though a tyrant - or something even worse - was standing right in front of them.

Mr. alex tried to laugh, but no one joined him this time.

Trevor turned to look at his mother. She was bleeding from the head and was already unconscious.

But just as he lowered his guard... he didn’t see Mr. alex’s hand swinging down toward his neck.