Legendary Awakening: Harem System In The Post-Apocalyptic World-Chapter 116: Feisty

Just as the trio was about to leave the street...

Shua!

A figure appeared in front of them, causing them to stop in their tracks.

"Who are you, kid?" The second, lustful guy asked, his brows furrowed in displeasure.

"You also use the ground water to become stronger, right?" The figure asked, "What’s your group’s name?"

His words made the trio’s pupils constrict.

"Who are you?" The first of the trio asked, gripping the knife by his waist.

"Was it the masked man in black trench coat that gathered you all?" The figure, who was none other than Max, asked, ignoring the man’s question.

After leaving the mansion, he wanted to go check up on Tommy and others’ teams to make sure they were okay and knew the situation had changed.

However, right then, he noticed that Jamie’s status had changed and it was showing he was enraged.

Thinking something bad had happened, he hurried over and ran into this trio.

The moment he laid eyes on them, saw the knives they were carrying, and the unrestrained, almost savage look in their eyes, he knew they were similar to the Scavengers, just more out of their minds. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Then, he checked their levels which confirmed his suspicion—the man in lead was level 6 while the other two were level 5.

Hearing Max’s question, the red-eyed man didn’t hesitate and immediately lunged at him, his knife stabbing towards Max’s chest.

Swoosh!

The lustful guy did the same, he lunged from the other side, blocking Max’s one route of retreat.

The leader, more sane compared to his companion, didn’t want to attack which was clear from how he was trying to talk to Max, but when he saw them attack, he also didn’t hesitate and attacked.

A hint of disdain and rage flickered in Max’s eyes seeing this.

He took half a step back and kicked the red-eyed man in the chest.

Crack! Bang!

The man had seen him and was about to change the trajectory of his knife to stab Max’s leg, but the moment this thought crossed his mind, he realized he was way too slow compared to Max.

Therefore, he wanted to raise his hands in front of his chest, but before he could do it...

Bang! Crack!

Max’s kick landed on his chest and immediately, a crisp cracking sound echoed before he was swept off his feet and was sent flying back.

Shua!

After kicking him, Max reached out and grabbed the wrist of the lustful guy with one hand and with the other, he caught his neck.

Whoosh!

Right then, the leader arrived beside Max and stabbed his knife toward his neck.

With his expression calm as the surface of a still lake, Max tilted his neck slightly while forcing the lustful guy’s knife-wielding hand toward the leader.

Puchi!

The knife stabbed into the leader’s right upper chest, causing both his and the lustful man’s eyes to widen.

Shua!

The leader glared at the lustful man before hurriedly stepping back.

Max didn’t chase him, instead, he exerted force with his other hand and...

Crack!

He broke the lustful man’s neck, killing him.

Then, he shifted his gaze to the leader who felt chills run down his spine. At the same time, a realization that he was going to die if he didn’t escape hit him with full force.

Just then... he noticed the red-eyed man rush back toward Max with a savage look on his face, seeming to have lost his reasoning already, and slash at Max’s back.

’A chance.’ His eyes flashed and without any hesitation, he turned around and began rushing away at his fastest speed.

He desperately hoped the red-eyed man could keep Max occupied until he left this street, however...

Thud!

He hadn’t crossed even ten meters when he heard the sound of a body falling to the ground and his heart almost stopped beating from terror.

He knew, for a fact, that it wasn’t Max who fell, but his companion. This meant... Max was free to chase him.

’Useless shit!’ He cursed in his heart and forced himself to run even faster while hoping that Max was just strong, not fast enough.

However...

Shua!

His hopes were dashed just a few seconds later when he heard Max rapidly catching up to him.

"I’ll tell you! I’ll tell you everything. If you promise not to—" He shouted in panic.

Swish!

Katcha!

Before he could complete his sentence, a knife swished past him, removing his neck from his shoulders.

"You fuck—"

His eyes widened in horror when he saw his headless body move forward and tried to curse Max, but before he could, his vision blacked out.

Thud!

Thud!

A moment later, his headless body and head fell to the ground, one after another and Max came to a stop a few meters away from them, his expression the same as before.

He then glanced at the knife in his hand and seeing its edge wasn’t too dull, stored it in the system inventory and left the street, entering the next one where Jamie’s team was.

...

The truck was moving slowly and Jamie and others were looking at another scene of carnage on the street, their expressions solemn when they heard a panicked and pleading voice.

"I’ll tell you. I’ll tell you everything. Just promise not to—"

Katcha!

Following a faint tearing sound, the voice fell silent.

Immediately, Jamie jumped down the truck and ordered in a low voice, "Kill the engine and don’t make any sound."

Saying this, he began rushing out of the street, to see what was going on the street they just came from.

Just as he arrived at the exit and turned, he saw a figure come out from the street and he immediately clenched his fist, ready to attack. But then he saw it was Max and relaxed a little.

"What just happened, My Lord?" he asked.

"Nothing. I just killed three guys." Max casually said.

"Where did they come from? We were in this street a short while ago, we didn’t see anyone." asked Jamie, his brows furrowed.

This told Max they hadn’t checked each house, which was a good call because not only would it take way more time than they could afford to spend, it also would be more dangerous too because they could be easily surprised attacked.

And since he was betting on the fact that as long as a majority of the people acknowledged him as the ruler of the Red City, the quest would be deemed complete, he didn’t mind if this approach that overlooked a few survivors.

"They were hiding in one of the houses." said Max before saying, "The situation has changed somewhat. There are stronger people in the city now..."

Jamie’s expression hardened when he heard Max’s explanation which confirmed his suspicion.

After explaining the situation and telling him about how they were becoming stronger, Max asked, "Do you have any idea how they are using the contaminated water to become stronger?"

"No." Jamie shook his head, "I have no idea, but what I can tell for sure is that this masked man is from some ancient family or organisation, probably some evil one, and he has some hidden agenda for helping people get stronger."

Max nodded. He had guessed the same.

"Alright. You continue. I’ll go handle their group." said Max and rushed away.

Jamie wanted to ask him to allow him to follow, but knowing his team members would be in danger if they encountered some of these ’enhanced’ people, he decided not to.

But before going back to his team, he went over and checked the three corpses.

’He is wasting too much strength.’ he thought after seeing how the trio’s leader and the red-eyed man were killed.

Shaking his head, he returned to his team. While Max was almost similar to these enhanced people, he had no plan to remind him because compared to when they sparred, Max was already more skillful.

...

"Mmfffff~!"

Aaron’s facial muscles twisted, his eyes bulged from the pain and let out a loud cry which was muffled by the cloth in his mouth.

"You willing to talk now?" A bald, dark-skinned man asked after stabbing a small knife into Aaron’s bloody thigh.

"Mmff... Fuuu!" Aaron glared at him with murder in his eyes.

"Heh, so feisty!" The bald man chuckled and then stabbed his thigh again, causing Aaron to cry out once more.

"What about now?" he asked.

"Tch, baldy. How is he going to talk with a gag in his mouth?" A man lounging in a chair nearby chuckled.

"Oh? He can’t?" The bald man looked at Aaron in confusion. Then, he shook his head, "No. Maybe he can. Let me try a few times more."

Aaron was so angry that his eyes almost popped out of his eye sockets.

At the same time, he regretted venturing alone. If he was with others, the chances were he wouldn’t have been caught and tortured like now.

’I was really full of myself.’ he thought bitterly.