“Ah… enemy attack… everyone… enemy attack… puff.” Before he finished what he was saying, a hole was punched into his chest.

Kael moved close to his ear and asked, “Have you ever seen your heart beating with your own eyes?”

Lub dub… lub dub…

Splatter…

Kael squeezed it, and blood mixed with meat splattered all over the ground.

He turned to look at the guards who had arrived at the scene and said, “Yo, have you all seen how I killed him? If you want the same fate, come at me. If you don’t want their fate, run away from me.”

The guards looked at each other and ran away without turning back. Blood dripping from his hand, he slowly entered the shelter.

Inside the building at the center of the shelter…

“Charlotte, I really like your hospitality. It would be great if you became my personal maid. What do you think?” said Veer while drinking alcohol.

The colony is like a small city. Since he is from one of the prominent families in the colony, he just considers the shelter as a big survivors' camp. That's all, so he didn’t consider it a big deal to have the boss of a big survivors' camp as his personal maid.

“You lecherous bastard, I’ve had enough of you. Get the fuck out of my shelter right now!” shouted Elizabeth while pointing her finger at him.

Veer’s guards immediately pointed their guns at Elizabeth with fierce glares on their faces.

“Eliza, sit,” Charlotte said loudly.

“But… sister… this bastard…” Before she finished what she was saying, Charlotte interrupted her, “I said sit. You have to sit.”

Seeing the angry glare on her sister's face, Elizabeth puffed her cheeks and sat back on the chair with an annoyed look on her face.

“Sir Veer, I'm not interested in being any dog's personal maid. I'm the boss of this shelter, and I have many survivors under my care. So please get out of my shelter before this turns into a life-and-death battle,” said Charlotte in a graceful manner.

“Oh, are you threatening me? Hmph, if I flatten this shelter, then which shelter will you be a boss of?” asked Veer with a mocking smile on his face.

Charlotte's calm eyes immediately turned bloodshot, filled with murderous intent. “You dare?” She glared at him like a tigress.

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“Hehe, don't give me that gaze. I will give you five minutes to decide. If you are late, I will begin with the kids, killing one for every minute. So be quick in making the correct decision,” said Veer while slowly leaning back in his chair.

“Hey, I don't have that much patience. I will give you five seconds. Decide: stay and die a gruesome death at my hands, or run away from here like a dog with its tail between its legs. Hurry, decide yourself,” a voice reached everyone in the main hall.

Charlotte and Elizabeth’s eyes lit up brightly when they heard the voice.

“Insolent bastard, how dare you talk to our young master with that tone!” shouted one of the guards, pointing his gun at Kael.

Swoosh…

The headless guard kept shooting at empty space and then fell forward. Another guard looked at the headless corpse in horror and ran away without looking back.

“You useless shits,” Veer cursed inwardly.

“Oh, now we don't have any disturbances. The five seconds are already up. If you don't want to run away from here, then I will consider that you are seeking your own doom,” said Kael with a gentle smile that looked like it came from a demon from hell.

“No… no… I want to run away… I want to run away… don't kill me… spare my life…” Veer ran towards the entrance of the building, shouting frantically.

Kael just stood there, arms folded. He didn't bother to kill a weakling, as it wasn't fun for him.

He turned to look at Charlotte and asked, “Now, can either of you tell me what's happening here?”

“I sent my subordinates to mine ores from nearby abandoned mines. I didn’t know they were already owned by the Miller family. They killed my subordinates and sent some of their guards to warn me not to repeat it. That useless young master of the Miller family came with his family guards and took a fancy to us sisters. We don’t have enough manpower to face the Miller family, so I had no other choice but to be submissive. But I never thought he didn’t just fancy us sisters; he also had ulterior motives,” said Charlotte, clenching her fists tightly and gritting her teeth.

“Hmm, since it happened because of me, I will be your free bodyguard,” said Kael, looking at the duo.

“Really?” Elizabeth hurriedly ran to him and held his hands.

“Hehe, yeah,” Kael said with a silly smile on his face.

Charlotte freed their hands and asked with a forced smile, “Okay, Kael, how do you want to protect us?”

“No one knows where my temporary base is. You all can stay there until that idiot comes back to your shelter to take revenge on you both. He won’t harm your shelter people since he wants to use them as hostages to make you submit to him. So, don’t worry about the people in your shelter. Just give orders for them to look after each other while you are away. You will be under my protection until I get rid of him and his family. How about that?” asked Kael with a prideful look on his face.

“Okay, thank you, Kael,” said Charlotte, bowing her head respectfully.

“Hehe, don’t mention it. There is no need for formalities between us,” said Kael, looking at the deep cleavage between Charlotte’s breasts with a lustful gaze.

Charlotte rolled her eyes at him and turned away, while Elizabeth tried her best not to laugh loudly, covering her mouth.

“Okay, so what about our deal? Do you have enough goods to complete the deal?” asked Kael with a stern gaze.

“Yes, please follow me,” said Charlotte, walking towards the storage room in the building.

After a few minutes, both of them reached the storage room, and she ordered the guards who were guarding it to open the doors.