Weapon seller in the world of magic Chapter 408

Published at 6th of June 2023 08:04:18 AM



As soon as they heard Mark's words, three of them looked confused and the fourth one tried his best to keep a poker face.

One can control their expression but their heartbeat isn't easy to control perfectly, atleast not when one is taken aback because of an unexpected question.

"I don't know," replied the woman, codenamed Peafowl, in the meantime. "Even if I know, I won't answer you."

"She was telling the truth," commented the demon king before pointing his index finger at the eldest of the four, "Lu Zhen, this fellow knows it. There was a momentary spike of his heartbeat."

"Is that so? Then, she is of no use to me." Mark responded to the demon king by clicking on the trigger without hesitation. The bullet left the gun and pierced the woman's forehead, taking everyone by surprise.

She fell to the ground and became a corpse. The middle-aged-looking fellow's heart spiked up again when he saw that before he convinced himself to stay strong and prepare for death.

Mark passed through the two in the middle and stood before the guy. Looking coldly at him, he raised the gun and pointed it toward the youngest of them, the one with the codename Panther. "Now, this was a warning shot just to show you what this beauty can do to mortals."

The team leader (codename: Scarlet Tiger) spat onto the ground and replied, "We were afraid of neither death nor torture. Kill them for all I care."

"Fine, let's see how much willpower you have." Mark clicked the trigger two times in a row, ending the lives of his remaining teammates too. 

Scarlet Tiger aka Liu Xing remained unmoved by their deaths.

As he stayed silent, Mark pointed the gun at his shoulder and shot the bullet. A sharp pain struck Liu Xing but he managed to bear the pain and looked straight at the horizon.

*Bang* bang* bang* Bang*

Four more bullets were shot one after another, one at his left shoulder, one at his left thigh, one at his right thigh, and the last one at his abdomen region. The blood was oozing out of his body and Liu Xing was feeling dizzy along with pain all over his body but he refused to speak.

The demon king watched the scene with curiousness. He wanted to know what his contractor will do next.

The irritated Mark kicked Liu Xing's abdomen. As the latter fell down, Mark pressed his leg against the bullet wound and said, "Give me the name I want and I will give you a painless death. Don't waste my time or else, I swear that you will wish for your death."

Bearing his pain, Liu Xing forced out the words in response, "You have made a big mistake, young man. The moment you destroyed our cultivation, I have already lost my fear of death. There is nothing that can scare me."

"What if I use your family members to threaten you? You won't get scared even then?" asked Mark, resorting to using the half-baked information to his advantage.

Liu Xing's eyes widened for a moment before he let out a fake laugh, "I don't have a family."

The demon king sensed the change in Liu Xing's heartbeat and secretly informed Mark through their telepathic connection.

Mark, who realized that Liu Xing has a weakness, went on to use his Eyes of God skill once again. Compared to the Sage Eyes, the upgraded skill has more details, especially the description.

He couldn't help but smirk and said, "Is that so? Then, let me tell you about someone I know. His name is Liu Xing and he is from…"

Liu Xing

Codename: Scarlet Tiger

Rank: N/A

Age: 68

Affiliation: Phoenix Empire, Dragon Empire (former)

Description: Liu Xing used to be Honglong province's governor. After a feud with an imperial prince, he lost his position and fame, and all of his assets were forcibly taken by the imperial palace. He assassinated the prince, escaped to Phoenix Empire with his wife, daughter, and son-in-law, and joined the Soul organization. Due to an incident in his latest mission, he lost his cultivation and turned into a mortal. 

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After speaking out what he had read in the description, he then said, "I don't know whether you have a grandchild or not but in order to fulfill my revenge, I will not hesitate to break my principles and torture all of your family members including the children right in front of your eyes.

I will pluck off each of their nails, then, cut off their fingers, hands, and legs while my dear friend here will recover their limbs before I repeat the process again and again."

As Xie Mei closed her mouth in shock, the demon king was smiling in amusement, and Liu Xing was finally shivering in fear as he was imagining the scene, Mark looked straight into his eyes and further said, "We don't have any enmity. Don't make it into one. Or else, you will know the true terror. Let me tell you about a few incidents that occurred in my life.

Some arrogant noble insulted my sibling. So, I killed that noble and attacked their clan, making them pay the compensation.

Then, their backing, the Sui Clan, tried to do the same. They faced the same result.

In another incident, a minister of the empire insulted me and demanded an apology by falling onto my knees to save myself. As a result, I blew up their mansion located in the heart of the city and send him into a coma.

Then, the Emperor asked me to deliver him the seed of fire for his son. I promised him. To fulfill my end of the deal, I killed everyone who got near my prize. There were a lot of 8-circle realm experts on it. Poor Ironpalm sect almost lost their strength by half because of that. 

Recently, when I was on a vacation, I encountered a pitiful teenage couple who faced an ambush from their rival sect and lost their comrade. For the sake of a promise to that couple, I entered a tournament and killed the culprit right in front of her patriarch. 

When her Patriarch attempted to attack me and further threatened me with words, I destroyed his whole sect. You must have heard of Wuji Sect's doom or read in the newspapers too.

There are other incidents to say but I think you understood the point.

All of those victims; I don't have too much personal enmity with them as I have with the person who gave the assignment to you. He killed my parents. This one was too personal for me. I will not hesitate to kill a million innocents to punish that culprit.

Now, if you give me the name, I will not touch your family. Or else…" 

Mark didn't finish his sentence and quietly stared at Liu Xing who already started sweating. 

There is a reason why the Soul organization didn't take up the assignment from Nie Rougang and the crown prince regarding the assassination of Mark. They knew he is strong but only now Liu Xing realized that he is also more ruthless than he expected.

As a person who killed several people, Liu Xing could see Mark contained a tremendous amount of darkness and also have the eyes of a murderer. He could see Mark really meant what he said. 

Unknown to him, the nine points of Mark's charm made his words more convincing to the listener.

Therefore, putting aside his work ethic, Liu Xing spoke, "I will say it but don't touch my family."

"I promise." Mark maintained his seriousness, hiding his real feelings of excitement. "Tell me."

Liu Xing explained, "10 years ago, we got an assignment to kill your parents as well as their secret guard sent by the imperial family. But, we also have to make sure that you don't die. While I assassinated the guard, your parents were murdered by my partner. We have a request to make it look like a burglary.

We did as we were requested. However, my partner, codenamed Crimson Lion, was killed by Bai Xun in another mission we did five years ago. He wasn't alive anymore."

*bang*

A bullet was fired from Mark's gun as he was irritated again due to Liu Xing's lengthy explanation. It pierced the right side of his abdomen, a bone of the ribcage, barely missing the liver.

As Liu Xing let out a painful scream, Mark growled, "I don't want to know all this bullshit. Give me the fucking name of the one who gives you the assignment. Who is it?"

"Grand Secretariat Li Zhen Kang," Liu Xing revealed the name, taking Mark by surprise. "That fellow? Why?"

"We don't ask the reasons," replied Liu Xing while breathing heavily. He looked like he was going to pass out at any moment.

Mark turned his head to meaningfully look at the demon king who was enjoying the scene. The latter nodded without being asked any questions, "He is telling the truth."

"Then, that's good." Mark nodded.

*Bang*

Chapter end