Gifts

"Oooohh! I am so scared! Boss! Protect your faithful follower!" Fatty cried out mockingly in fake fear. However, there was nothing fake about his rapid movement as he hid behind Damien Bloodbane in an instant!

"Clowns." Gan Brooks sneered at them and turned to Sheila Shadowbane. "Miss Secret Forger, you did a bad thing by colluding with these idiots and trying to cheat me."

"Miss Secret Forger, how can you do that? Don't you know that reputations painstakingly built over many years could be destroyed in just one day? Gan Brooks is a genius of the Brooks Family. If news of you cheating him spreads, nobody will want to buy your items! I think it will be good for you if you apologize to him sincerely and return him his money!" Hilda Redcloud advised Sheila Shadowbane sincerely.

"Indeed. You should return him all his money, and gift the two daggers to him as compensation for the vile and despicable thing you tried to do. I think it is fair, don't you agree, Gan?" Vivienne Lisky said with an air of righteousness about her.

"Hmmm. That would be for the best." Gan Brooks nodded in agreement. "If you don't do that… Hehehe. Do not blame me for being impolite."

At his words, all five of them took a step closer towards Sheila Shadowbane and released their auras, creating a stifling atmosphere that pressured Sheila Shadowbane mercilessly while completely ignoring the two clowns.

The speed at which they changed their targets from Damien Bloodbane to Sheila Shadowbane was a clear indication of two things.

One, they did not put Damien Bloodbane in their eyes at all. They believed that they could deal with the E ranked trash anytime.

Two, they were truly greedy for Sheila Shadowbane's items. In fact, they were already planning to take everything she had put up for sale if she tried to resist.

It was as good as daylight robbery!

And the reason they dared to act that way was simply because they were at the borderlands.

Might was right, and it was especially true over there where the threat of the Europeans hung heavily everywhere.

The strong survive and the weak… they live to serve the strong or they die doing so.

To own a treasure without sufficient power to protect it was a crime… punishable by death!

However, the flip side was also true.

Trying to rob someone without sufficient power, was also a crime punishable by death!

How strong was the Secret Forger? Would her fighting abilities be as high as her forging abilities?

The infuriated Gan Brooks was willing to test her and find out. 

He was, afterall, a B ranked genius surrounded by four others. They shouldn't have a problem dealing with a mere girl with high forging skills which probably took most of her time to master… right?

In fact, his analysis was perfectly on point, as befitting a genius. However, it was only off on one small detail.

He should not have so easily dismissed Damien Bloodbane.

"Boss, this… should we help her?" Fatty asked Damien Bloodbane uncomfortably. They were the ones who brought the situation upon her, and the fatty was feeling rather guilty about it.

Damien Bloodbane merely smiled coldly as a savage, bloodthirsty aura seeped out of his body.

He had been thirsting for a chance to test his power in real life.

He didn't expect to meet five angelic-faced robbers to appear and give him such a wonderful gift!

Talk about an early Christmas.

"You bought my daggers for thirty thousand dollars. Feel free to appraise it elsewhere to check if you have been cheated or not." Sheila Shadowbane said calmly in her raspy voice.

"Appraise? What's there to appraise? These faded daggers are obviously nothing much. They are worth at most a hundred dollars. You cheated me for 29,900 dollars!" Gan Brooks said evilly.

"Did I force you to pay me? You made the offer for 30,000 dollars and made payment yourself. If you think it is only worth 100 dollars, why did you do that?" Sheila Shadowbane retorted.

"You hypnotized me! I only woke up from your hypnosis a few moments ago. For the sake of China and her proud warriors in this camp, I must teach you a lesson today for doing such a despicable thing. Take this!" Gan Brooks suddenly exploded into action and unleashed a powerful vine attack!

Shoooo!

Four tendrils of green vines shot out from his hands and surged towards Sheila Shadowbane!

Beside him, Hilda Redcloud had also viciously fired off a trio of fireballs to block her escape route.

Sheila Shadowbane was in trouble!

Damien Bloodbane moved so fast that it looked like he disappeared from his position.

Slash! Slash! Slash!

His dagger flashed three times in rapid succession and efficiently cut down the four vines and three fireballs.

If he was the main character of a drama series, he would probably stop at that moment to spout off some wisdom bullshit about not looking down on people.

But he wasn't the main character of a drama series.

He was the main character of an action series!

Without pausing even for a single moment, he burst forward into the five robbers and swung his dagger in a wide parabolic arc at an incredible speed.

Slash!

Blood spurted out from five necks sliced cleanly open.

Genius? What genius? 

What is the use of power if no time was given to unleash it?

True power is high speed decisive action!

One slash, five kills!

Kaboooom!!!

A fearsome aura suddenly exploded from a nearby location and a beautiful woman dressed in black appeared before the five young people who were just beginning to collapse.

An expert hiding in the shadows had finally appeared!

"A B ranked Tier 39 Wood Mage!" Damien Bloodbane's eyes widened in pleasant surprise.

Would the early Christmas gifts never end?

"Young master!" She cried out in horror as she quickly caught Gan Brooks and released a green wave of vibrant energy into his neck.