Chapter Forty-One

Arnin slowly walked towards the group. His eyes twinkled with an evil light. Elidia was dumbfounded by Arnin's actions.

'What did he mean he will show everyone?' She looked at Arnin with some confusion. Torne and Kurse noticed Arnin staring at them after he said those words. They began to feel frightened and felt a chill run down their spine.

"Get on your knees. Why are you standing without my permission?" Arnin stared at the two with a smile. His voice sounded demonic, causing the group to shiver uncontrollably. Even Surk felt somewhat uncomfortable.

Elidia looked at Arnin with some hatred. "Didn't you hear what I said? I don't want them to be your servant or slave anymore. Set them free." Elidia was still feeling somewhat annoyed that she trembled for no reason. 'What heck was that?'

Arnin turned his head and looked at Elidia with a casual glance. He then turned his head towards the reserved Lilise. "Lilise, tell your sister to be quiet." Arnin spoke with some annoyance. Lilise trembled slightly when she heard him. She looked at Arnin and couldn't help but feel some somewhat nervous. The feeling he was giving off was very similar to the one he gave off when he broke through at her house, sinister and cold.

"Who do you think you are, Arnin? Just because my grandpa likes you doesn't mean that I have to like you too. You are younger than me, so show me some respect." Elidia was extremely annoyed. She disliked Arnin because of the things he did, and now she wanted to get some revenge, however she was being treated like a speck of dust.

"Lilise, tell her to quiet down." Arnin said once more. This time, there was some force in his words that caused Lilise to tremble with fear. Her eyes began to tear up slightly because of the aura that Arnin was releasing. It was too frightening.

"You little…! Stop talking like you are an adult. Lilise, don't listen to him." Elidia's eyes were burning with flames. She was pissed off because of the way Arnin spoke to her.

Arnin noticed that Lilise wasn't going to do anything so he just ignored the two girls. He then stared at Torne and Kurse, who were still standing in front of him.

"Did you two not hear me? Get on your knees, I haven't given you the permission to stand." The two looked at Arnin with some fear. They couldn't do anything to him because of the marks on their body. They could only look at Elidia with some helplessness.

"Arnin, stop commanding them! Release the contract…" Before she could finish, Torne and Kurse fell to the ground. They were shaking and their eyes were showing large amounts of fear.

"Since you won't listen to your master, I think another lesson should be given to you guys." Arnin walked forward towards the seizuring Kurse first. He squatted down and stared deeply into his eyes.

"So unfortunate. I treated you quite well today. You even got a Mark Master Assistant token because of me. Is this how you are going to repay me?" Arnin shook his head before getting up and walking towards Torne, whose condition was even worse than Kurse's.

"And you, I gave you a beating just today, yet you still don't understand your place. I was going to give you the cultivation manual as a reward for hard work, but it seems you like beatings, you masochist." Arnin smiled while he spoke. Elidia saw the two people on the ground and couldn't help but feel enraged and worried.

"Arnin, what the heck did you do? Why are you hurting them?" Elidia walked towards Arnin and glared into his cold eyes. Lilise was also somewhat upset because of Arnin's actions.

"Why are you hurting them? They just want their freedom." Lilise spoke in a mouse like voice. She didn't look at Arnin and only stared at the ground.

Arnin looked at the two girls and began to feel somewhat irritated. "The two of you are really getting on my nerves. I gave you a house to cultivate in, so why the hell are you guys here?" Arnin glared at the both of them. He had showed some kindness because of Lilise's relationship with Nekaia, however he didn't care anymore.

"We are here because you are not a good person. You will set them free, or else I will tell my grandpa." Elidia trembled under Arnin's glare, however this made her even more mad.

Surk stood behind and watched this with some pleasure. He wished to have something to eat so he could more thoroughly enjoy the scene in front of him. A crowd slowly began to gather to see what was happening.

Arnin pushed Elidia aside and walked towards Kurse once more. He lifted him up from his throat, however he couldn't make him dangle in the air because of his size. "You say I am not a good person? Well, let me show you how good I am." Arnin smirked before dragging Kurse towards the front desk.

"What are you doing? Let him go!" Elidia was enraged and was beginning to feel even more worried. 'This is not going well. Why isn't he listening to me.' She quickly turned around and looked at Lilise. She thought that Lilise could possibly change his mind.

"Lilise, tell him to stop, or things might go bad for these two." Elidia spoke with seriousness. Lilise didn't know what to say. She already tried to stop him with a mouse like voice, however she was ignored.

"I will try." Lilise nodded and thought that Arnin might not have heard her. She walked towards Arnin and stood in front of him.

"What?" Arnin looked at Lilise with a smile. Lilise took it as he would listen to her, so she gained some confidence.

"Can you let them go? They are good people and I know you are good too, so can you set them free?" She looked at him with some hope. Arnin didn't change his expression, however he dropped Kurse to the ground. Right when he hit the ground, Kurse stopped shaking. He looked at Lilise with some gratefulness, however he still held a lot of fear towards Arnin.

"Kurse, take Lilise back to her house, then come right back." Arnin glared at Kurse. He hesitated for a moment before wobbling towards Lilise.

"Here, you go home first. He won't be my servant anymore when he comes back, however I need you to go home first. Your sister can stay here to make sure everything is alright." Arnin smiled wickedly towards Lilise, who took the smile as something warm. She nodded her head and walked away with Kurse.

Elidia looked at Arnin with some anger. "Hurry up and free this senior then. You already promised that to Lilise, or should I call her again?" Elidia spoke with some arrogance and made sure to mention Lilise. She thought that Lilise might be Arnin's weakness, however that thought couldn't be anything but wrong.

Arnin waited until Lilise was out of sight. Although he didn't care much about Lilise, she was still friends with his sister, so he would try to make things easier for her, albeit only a little.

"Surk, would you mind grabbing me a chair?" Arnin turned around and asked Surk with a smile. The latter shivered at the smile before asking with some confusion.

"Why do you need a chair?" He wasn't sure why Arnin would need something like a chair.

"You will know once you get me one." Arnin smiled even more sinisterly. Surk thought for a moment before grabbing a chair from behind the circular front desk. Arnin took the chair and placed it opposite to the crowd.

"Elidia, sit here. You can sit down and watch as I help Torne." Arnin smiled towards Elidia. The latter felt that Arnin was finally showing her due respect, and so she sat down on the chair with an air of arrogance

"Let's begin." Elidia said and waved her hand. Arnin didn't move and just smiled.

"Let's wait for Kurse first. I will help them together." Arnin said as he walked towards Torne and sat down on ground. The crowd was confused, however they felt something was going to happen, so they decided to stick around. Their senses were much higher than Elidia, so they knew Arnin that was up to something. Surk smirked when he heard what Arnin said. He also felt Arnin was going to do something, however he wasn't going to interfere. It wasn't his business.

Ten minutes passed and Arnin saw Kurse running back with unstable breathing. It seemed like he rushed back, causing him to become extremely tired.

"He is here now, so set them free now." Elidia looked at Arnin with a look of superiority. She felt that she now had the upper hand in this. She was extremely happy.

Arnin suddenly vanished from his position and grabbed onto Elidia's hands. "W-what are you doing?! Let go!" Elidia struggled, however Arnin didn't let her escape. He began to insert his threads into her body and started to numb her legs and arms. Now she couldn't move or do anything.

Surk saw all of this happen and felt a little displeased. "Arnin, although this is none of my business, what are you doing?" He didn't care what would happen to Torne and Kurse, however he still felt uneasy with Arnin hurting little Elidia in the library and in front of him.

"Just watch and see. If you dare to interfere, I will kill you!" Arnin smiled towards Surk, however his eyes were cold and deadly.

Surk shut his mouth right away and didn't say anything more. Although he was stronger than Arnin, he felt that if he fought him, things would not turn out well. The crowd saw that Surk wasn't doing anything, so they also stayed behind and watched. If someone strong like Surk didn't have the courage to go up and stop him, then why would they?

"Arnin! Let me go!" Elidia could only yell at Arnin since her body was basically paralyzed. The latter smirked before walking towards Torne.

"I said that I would help them, not free them." Arnin lifted Torne up from the throat and dragged him towards the desk. "Watch carefully, little girl. Remember, you caused this." Arnin smiled before suddenly slamming Torne's face onto the lower portion of the desk.

"ARG! AHH!" Torne screamed out in agony as his face began to bruise and bleed. Elidida watched the horrifying scene with fear. Her eyes began to tear up a little.

"Arnin, stop it! He didn't do anything." She spoke chokingly, however Arnin only smiled towards her.

"These two didn't get onto their knees when I said so. As slave and servant, they didn't obey their master, so a punishment must be carried out." Arnin then slammed Torne's face once more on the desk. Torne fell onto the ground, unconscious. Arnin smiled before walking towards Kurse.

"Master, please, I won't do it again." Kurse got onto his knees and began to move back with a frightened face. Surk stood by and did nothing to prevent this. Although he felt guilty, he couldn't do anything about this.

"Arnin, it's not their fault. Let them go." Elidia panicked when she saw Torne laying on the ground unconscious. She was feeling extremely guilty since she was the one who guaranteed their freedom. "I will tell Lilise if you continue to do this." Elidia was depending on her sister as her last hope. It seemed that Arnin cared about Lilise, which was why he sent her away.

"Don't get me wrong, but I don't care if you tell Lilise, or anybody for that matter. I only sent her away because it could affect her cultivation, and she is my sister's friend. Other than that, I could care less about how she feels." Arnin spoke coldly. Elidia began to regret her decision to confront Arnin. Even if she closed her eyes, she could hear the screams. This was going to become something that would ruin her future.

"If you are worried about your cultivation, then don't be. I was told to help you, so I will. I will make sure your cultivation doesn't stagnate, but you are going to have to watch all of this. Haha!" Arnin slightly laughed before kicking Kurse's face. He then lifted him by his neck and slammed his face against the desk wall.

"ARH! PLEASE! ARG!" The screams caused everyone to shiver and look at Arnin with fear. There was also some hatred in their eyes. They couldn't understand why Arnin was treating them like this.

Surk couldn't help it anymore and walked towards Arnin. "Arnin, that is enough! Let them go!" He released his aura of an Essence Manifest - Sky realm cultivator.

"Enough? Well, that's for me to decide." Arnin smiled and released his own aura. Although it was of Orb Birth - Sky, the sinister feeling was domineering and suppressing.

"If you set them free, I will give you ten academy points. Is that a deal?" Surk didn't want to fight Arnin, however he didn't feel right watching all of this happen. He initially didn't want to interfere, but he never expected things would get this bad. He thought that at most, an argument would happen, but not such extreme violence.

"Academy points? What's their use?" Arnin looked at Surk as his left hand held onto the back collar of Kurse's robe. The latter's face was completely swollen, while blood leaked out of his mouth. However, the rest of his body was fine. Arnin made sure that he could still move around so that he could get things done for him.

"Academy points are the currency used in the academy. You can use them to get access to higher floors in the academy, buy weapons, and much more." Arnin pondered as he dropped Kurse onto the ground. His knuckles were covered in blood so when he brought them up to his face, it looked very weird.

"What can I do with ten points? Is that a lot?" If he was going to spare his people, then he wanted something good for it. If ten points were too little, he was going to ask for more.

"With ten points, you are able to buy at least five cultivation stones, you can access the third floor for two days, or you could even get yourself a low-level weapon." Surk explained the different things he could get, attempting to entice Arnin.

"I will spare them; however, you need to give me a total of twenty points. Any less, and I will continue to beat them until they only have one breath left." Arnin asked for ten more points. If he could get so many things with just ten, then he want to double that. If he asked for triple, he felt that the other party might just fight it out with him.

Surk hesitated before painfully agreeing. "Give me your ID card and I will transfer the twenty points." Arnin tossed him his card and walked towards the sphere where the information would be shown. A few moments later, he saw a section that said [Academy Points: 0] turn into [Academy Points: 20]. Arnin felt happy and took back his card.

"Good doing business with you." Arnin smiled before kicking Torne and Kurse in their stomachs and walking out the library. Before he left, he freed Elidia and dragged her with him.

Surk gritted his teeth when he saw Arnin kick the two before he left. 'Shameless, even after we had a deal.' However, he calmed himself down and had the crowd take Torne and Kurse to the medical department.

The mysterious figure sat on the clouds and laughed while holding his stomach.

"Hahaha! Great, this is great! The great Demon Lord is truly a despicable bastard, even hurting such little kids. Haha!" The mysterious figure continued to laugh with a hard to distinguish voice.