New Eden: Live to Play, Play to Live

Chapter 809 Uninvited Guests

"Good mo—Oof!" Alex started saying before a punch hit his gut.

"That's for turning me away yesterday," Kary groaned.

Then she kissed him tenderly.

"And that's because I missed you so much…" she whispered when their lips parted.

Alex smiled at her, embraced her, and kissed her forehead.

"I missed you too. Although, I imagine it was only once I woke up that I started missing you. But I missed you nonetheless."

He kept her close, hugging her tightly for a few minutes as he breathed in her hair, enjoying the flowery smell of her shampoo, which hadn't graced his nostrils in so long.

On Kary's side, she had her face deep in his chest, trying her best not to cry as she felt Alexander's strong and comforting embrace.

She only let go after she heard Alex's stomach rumble like a stormy sky.

It pulled a giggle out of her as she backed away from him.

"I'll go make breakfast. I doubt you've had anything good to eat in that month of being in the wild alone. Let me treat you."

Alex chuckled, nodding his head slowly. He smiled at her as she left the room.

He rose from the bed, stretching his body with a vocal complaint as his joints cracked and popped.

"Man. I haven't slept this well in a while. Back to normal it is now," he mumbled, heading toward the hallway.

But a slight shift in mana caught his senses from downstairs, and Alex's gaze immediately hardened.

He didn't recognize the mana signature.

He dashed forward, bouncing off the wall over the staircase, before dropping into his living room, and there, his face contorted angrily.

Four Chinese men were in his living room, two young and two around Alfred's and Jack's age. And they didn't look like they were here for an excellent Canadian breakfast.

Kary was looking at them with rage in her eyes, but she didn't dare move, as a thin crowbar-looking blade was against her throat.

The young man, who was keeping her in check, glared at Alex as he landed in the living room, pressing the blade a little more into her skin.

Alex glared back at him.

"If she bleeds even a single drop, you all die," he growled.

One of the older men looked at Alex before looking at the young Chinese man.

"Song Ping, stay your hand. We need not devolve into violence just yet," he ordered the young man.

Instantly, the young man released the pressure on his blade. But his glare on Alexander did not abate.

Alex looked at the men, of which the other young man was slowly going to his left, blocking access to the patio door. The second older man was already between him and the elevator.

"Who are you, and what do you want?" Alex asked, looking the first old man in the eyes with intensity.

"Those are two excellent questions, young man. We cannot answer the first one since we are sworn to secrecy, but I can give you my name and theirs if you want. As for what we want, well, it is very simple."

Alex looked at him, waiting for him to keep talking, but the old man kept mum, only keeping up eye contact.

Alex quickly lost patience.

"Well? Speak up. Names and reason you are here. I don't think you have all day. And I would rather you let her go, as well."

The old man smiled at him, almost like he had been waiting for him to ask.

"Ahh, yes. Forgive my tardiness to introduce ourselves. My name is Bai Feng. This is Zhang Huo and the young one over there is Xue Wei. As for the one holding the damsel, his name is Song Ping, as you have already heard."

Alex looked at each one in turn, and the two first gave him a nod. The last one, who was still holding Kary with his sword to her neck, only grimaced aggressively at him.

The one called Bai Feng, who was without a doubt their leader, crossed his legs on the sofa, smiling at Alexander.

Alex stared at him before losing patience again.

"You still haven't told me the reason for your presence here. You are testing my patience, old man."

"Watch your mouth with Elder Bai, pìyǎn! Or I'll cut off the woman's head," Song Ping threatened.

"Enough, boy. I'll do the talking, not you," Bai Feng interjected, glaring at the young man from the corner of his eye.

Song Ping spat on the ground next to Kary's feet, and she started boiling inwardly.

"If you spit again on my floor, I will wipe it away with your fucking face," Kary seethed.

"Shut up, bitch," Song Ping retorted, pressing the blade a bit harder.

Kary growled as the sharp metal pressed against her carotid.

The older man seemed to lose patience for a second before returning to his smiling face.

But Alex couldn't be put in the same basket. His anger rose at the insulting words and threats against Kary, and he was already close to blowing up.

He glared at the old man.

"Listen, Mr. Bai Feng. I don't care who you are anymore. But if he doesn't let her go in the next five seconds, I will redecorate this entire penthouse with your guts, all of you, after ripping you apart so thoroughly that the police won't have enough of you to conduct an investigation."

The old man's smile only widened as his eyes grew colder.

"Yes. That's good. Show us that side. That is what we are here for. Show us the yaoguai."

Alex growled at him as his skin slowly turned red. Kary quickly understood that Alex wasn't speaking metaphorically anymore, as horns started growing from his head.

'He can become that monster at will? What happened to you, Alex?' she wondered.