As expected, the five female demons shook slightly, spitting so blood and smiling bitterly.
The female demon who would usually take Hiro's place behind the bar counter was the first to snap back to her senses, speaking in a hoarse yet stable voice.
"We know how these young masters think, Sire Shopkeeper… So, we decided that we might as well indulge them a little…"
"What?!"
The young masters were both shocked and angry, feeling humiliated for so reason.
It's like when you beat your baby brother and feel happy about bullying him, only to find out later on that your baby brother allowed you to win for fear of accidentally killing you.
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Their expressions turned unsightly, and without their urging, a few of the bodyguards walking around the bar ca over.
Since their masters were unhappy, they had to help them vent. However, they were a little too weak, too slow.
Hiro stepped out—his footsteps were light yet powerful, with masterful control over his exerted strength, appearing like a phantom behind the three young masters.
Instinctively, their demonic energy exploded out.
Boom!
The weakest of them was the the peak of Tier-7 standards, and the strongest was around the upper levels of Tier-6 standards.
The mont Hiro noticed this, his hands moved swiftly to knock the weakest of the three unconscious before his palms clamped down on the shoulders of the strongest.
Pinned to the chair, the young master felt an agonizing pain as his bones issued creaking noises. It was incredibly painful.
A pair of black wings almost unfurled from his back, but Hiro's fingers shattered his shoulder blades and dug into his flesh, the stabbing sensation paralyzing his wings.
A silent scream and streams of drool left his gaping mouth, rows of razor-sharp teeth exposed to the air.
"Let go of Young Master Zach!" A demon with the stature of a wolf stepped out from a dark corner, its eyes blazing red with a flickering fla dancing within.
There was a mark of a crescent moon on the wolf's forehead, and it was pulsating with a purplish-black glow.
A bodyguard who had just gotten over his shock scread in fear and anger, "Unhand him this instant! If not, no one in this stronghold can vouch for your life!"
Growl!
The demonic wolf waved his claw, and following a purple flash, that sa bodyguard was dismbered into pieces.
Before his flesh and blood hit the ground, it ignited into black flas, dissipating completely.
"Useless fool," the demonic wolf growled in irritation, but he quickly surpassed his emotions and looked over once again.
He didn't say anything, but his eyes transmitted his thoughts clearly.
Zach laughed through the pain. "Haha, you're done this ti! You really dare touch an heir to the Wilhelm family! I don't know if you're fearless or brainless!"
Crack!
"ARGH!" Zach scread in pain as Hiro squeezed his hands, almost joining Zach's shoulder blades into one.
Bones spurred out from his flesh, and deep purple blood splattered out and stained Hiro's clothes. "Seems like your Wilhelm family doesn't put Lord Asmir in its eyes anymore, I suppose?"
The wolf's eyes narrowed as his killing intent oozed out, but it was confined within the walls of the first floor.
Zach choked, but he hurried to say, "Are you saying that Lord Asmir will fallout with the Wilhelm family just for you? Are you stupid or sothing?"
Zach wouldn't dare speak what's in his heart even if soone was to beat him to death.
Which Great Demon family didn't wish to progress? Which Great Demon was satisfied with reaching Tier-3 standards and stopping there?
No one!
Ambition and greed are inherent traits of demons, no matter how civilized of an act they put up in public.
The killing intent from the demonic wolf spread out swiftly and faded just as swiftly.
Hiro acted as though he didn't sense anything and smiled. "You know in your heart whether I'm valuable or not to Her Majesty Asmir, but I know that you won't be leaving this place alive if you don't compensate handsoly."
Hiro looked around the broken chairs and stained floors, ruined bar, and wasted beverages.
He clicked his tongue a few tis and moved his gaze to the demonic wolf, waiting for an answer.
The wolf could see no fear or hesitation in Hiro's crimson eyes, and he knew that Hiro wasn't joking.
"Na your price," the demonic wolf opened his maw and spoke hoarsely.
Hiro didn't calculate manually but looked at the storefront panel provided by the system, allowing it to calculate the losses based on the compensation laws in the human world.
A long list of damaged items appeared on the translucent blue screen, but of course, only Hiro could see it.
"Taking your actions against my employees as well as your acts of disturbing the peace in my shop, not to ntion breaking the rules listed out in black and white, you owe a debt of 509,700 silver coins—I'll round it up to 510 gold coins for you because I'm feeling generous."
The demonic wolf was furious, his gray fur standing erect, a tint of bloody red bleeding into the texture as his fangs and claws extended into the open.
"Are you looking to die?"
Hiro's smiling expression slowly faded. In the demonic wolf's eyes, Hiro's figure blurred out for a mont.
Just as he expected an attack from behind, Hrio's figure appeared in front.
"Do you think I'll sneak attack you? Are you even worthy?" Hiro's face was this close to the wolf's, their crimson eyes eting one another.
The wolf's heart skipped a beat, and before it could move, Hiro's hand swatted down as though smashing a fly.
Bang!
His fingers spread and clutched the wolf by his massive head, slamming it into the ground with a forceful impact.
The wolf's extended fangs penetrated his own lower jaw, purple blood spilling on the floor. He whined in agony, but his voice was cut midway as he felt the demonic energy in his body growing excited.
Then, a massive suction force acted on the demonic energy and left his body, rendering him paralyzed and scared.
He wanted to speak, but Hiro's grip was too forceful, keeping his maw pinned to the ground with the long fangs as an anchor.
In monts, the demonic energy inside the demonic wolf's body was sucked dry, leaving behind a miserable carcass that Hiro pulverized to dust with his physical pressure.
Zach just got his senses together as the overwhelming pain abated a little, only to witness this scene.
Forget Zach, everyone else—the waitresses included, were stunned.
Hiro dusted his hands off and looked back at Zach who no longer dared to move recklessly.
"Can you pay the gold coins now or do you think that I won't dare to kill?" Hiro's question scared Zach so much that he almost fainted.
Every creature longs for life and no one is wholly unafraid of death.
Even those who claim to be fearless, they'd have their monts of being unwilling to resign themselves to an unworthy death.
Who would willingly choose death if they could live? Moreover, he only needed to pay in gold and silver to save his life.
Zach suppressed his pain and decided to play the long ga instead. He muttered in his heart that Hiro's reckoning wasn't far off and put on an ugly smile.
"I'll pay! I'll compensate you…" Zach quickly gestured to one of his guards.
The guard left and returned with a bag of precious stones in hand, giving it to Hiro with both hands.
"I don't have gold on , but these stones are enough to make up for it!" Zach was quick to explain.
Hiro didn't need the explanation because the system would automatically calculate the difference and account for the net profit.
When the system gave him the green light, Hiro woke the other two demons up and ordered Zach to get them up to speed.
After hearing Zach's account and getting persuaded the hard way, they also paid the compensation money.
Feeling generous, Hiro gave a gold coin to each of the waitresses and sent them ho.
Then, he announced that the tavern would be closed for three days. In those three days, Hiro decided to enlist a security asure through the system shop.
Also, his Daoist character was finally ready to take the final step in both physical and spirit Qi cultivation, reaching the Tier-4 standards and completing the demo.
There wasn't much to be gained from going around the various sects in the ga anymore—even the contribution missions were completed and Hiro had risen from an ordinary disciple to the Vice Sect Master position in every sect.
With those accomplishnts, Hiro felt very fulfilled, even though the ga was the idle AFK type.
His only regret was that he couldn't bed the first Sect Master he t in the ga, because he couldn't join a sect after leaving it.
It was such a pity. Every gar had that one dream of staining a goddess with the mortal soil, and Hiro was no exception.
Three days later, Hiro spent the 1,500 achievent points he earned from the compensation and an additional 1,500 achievent points from his savings to upgrade the Passione Tavern's facilities.
To celebrate the upgrades, he took the final step in Transcendent Taoist, completing the demo.
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