So… What am I supposed to do with this guy?

I mean… He obviously intended harm on us but we've beaten his guards into submission at this point…

Maybe…. We can extort him now?

On another note, Ries seemed to be in shock right now with how she was looking at the scene with wide eyes.

Beside her was Lea who still looked completely unbothered. In fact, I think there was a hint of disappointment on her face for some reason. Not sure why though?

Maybe she was disappointed by the human's greed or something? She did predict that something like this might happen after all.

As for the merchant… He's been very quiet ever since Amber went to beat up three of his guards with minimal effort.

I believe it's because he thought I was actually going to snap his neck because of his guards' actions but come on, even I'm not that unreasonable.

I was just thinking that we could ask this merchant to pay us some Credits for giving us trouble before Amber let out a disappointed groan from the side.

"Really? You guys outnumber us and you don't even dare to fight little old me? How pathetic."

Amber… What are you doing?

One of the guards started shuffling away from the crowd towards my direction with his gaze locked on me.

I frowned at him and tightened my grip on the merchant, "Not another step. Tell him to back up."

"Unnghhh!! Back… Back up…" He groaned in a weird voice.

Wait… Somehow I feel that the way he was struggling in my chokehold isn't him trying to get away from me…

The others seem to have also noticed the oddity in his voice and looked over in my direction.

Then I noticed that Amber's face turned from confusion to disgust then to pure rage.

She stormed up to me, making me wonder if I did something wrong before she delivered a punch into the merchant's guts.

The impact made him blurt out a very, very weird line.

"Ngghh~ Harder mommy~"

…

What.

"Let him go, Tera… This piece of shit was enjoying it the entire time!" She roared, giving him a kick in between the legs.

I did as she asked and the guy fell onto the floor on his side with a look of bliss on his face.

That was also when I realised he was sporting an erection which was what Amber probably saw that made her mad.

This son of a bitch was getting off on me choking him… Fuck.

Ugh… I don't even want anything to do with him anymore…

He suddenly grabbed my foot with his hands, "Wait! Please do it more! Choke me out, please!!"

What the flying fuck dude?!

Amber stepped on his back, "Get off of her you fucking sleazebag! Not only did you try to fucking rob us, you're perving on us now?! Do you actually want to die or something?!"

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"Ahhh~ Yesssss! Step on me harder!!"

I looked at the guards and it seems like this side of their boss was something they were seeing for the first time as well, judging by how they were looking at him.

I managed to pull my leg out of his grasp while he was preoccupied with being stepped on.

He then tried to grab my foot again but with Amber stepping on him, he wasn't able to.

"No!! Please wait!! I'll pay you! Just choke me out! Please!!"

Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with this guy?

I narrowed my eyes at him, "You brought us here to rob us and expect me to do that just because you are paying me? Do you think we're--"

"Two million Credits!! I'll pay you two million Credits just to choke me unconscious!!"

…

I'm just saying… Two million Credits is a lot of money.

Before I could say anything though, Amber answered him for me, "You can take that money and stuff it up your ass! You think you can buy my lover just using some money?! Fuck you!"

Oh wow, I didn't know Amber was that possessive of me. I guess she doesn't like the fact that someone tried to buy me with money or something?

"Wait! How about three million! I can offer three million Credits!"

Three million Credits just to choke him out? How bad is this guy's fetish…

Amber sneered at him, "You want to be choked out? I can knock you out for free, how about that?"

"No! It has to be her! The way she holds my neck, the pressure from her arms and also the sensation of her chest pressing against my back… It's too perfect!! I cannot find this anywhere else!! It has to be her!!"

Oh my god… This guy is definitely beyond saving…

Good thing Amber saved me from being tempted by that two million Credits offer…

I looked at the guards, "You guys work for someone like this?"

One of them grimaced, "Look lady… It's our first time seeing this, alright? We didn't know he was like this either…"

"You help him kidnap girls and you don't know he's like this?"

The merchant spoke up after hearing that, "I don't kidnap them! I buy them!"

"Weren't you forcing me to sell you my Alv slave so that you could sell her away for a bigger profit? That's why you wanted her and didn't even try to take the rest of us, right?"

"But I still buy them? And I was planning to have her abuse me first before I sold her away, so it's not just for profit!"

I don't even know how does that make this any better…

He then continued, "And for the record… I've had multiple human girls choke me before and I've found that they don't satisfy me as much anymore! So I've started looking for girls of other races instead! That's why I wanted to buy your Alv!"

Oh my god… Ok, I'm done with this shit… Can we just leave already? I don't even want to be in the same room as this guy anymore.

Look, even his own guards were questioning their own life choices with the face they were making at that moment. I bet they're going to hand in their resignation letters after this.

I gave Amber a look, "Let's just get out of here already…"

The slave trader panicked, "Wait! Could I just ask that you step on me as well?! Please! Just one time!! I won't ask for anything else!! I can give you anything you want!"

"Err… No thanks… Really… I don't need anything from you…"

"No! Please!! Just one--"

Amber kicked him across the back of the head and he slumped down onto the ground, unconscious.

Well, I'm glad that's over with…

I know people can be real degenerates but I didn't think I would actually meet one as bad as this…

I was about to turn around and leave the place when I saw Amber kneel down beside the unconscious merchant before flipping him on his back.

"What are you doing?" One of the guards asked before I could.

She gave the guard a look, "I'm pretty sure we deserve some kind of reparation after we had to go through all of that, right?"

"Wait, you're just stea--"

Another guard placed his hand on his colleague's chest to interrupt him, "No, no… She's got a point. Just take his Credit Chips and go. I'm done with this shit."

Oh… Well, alright then. Carry on, Amber.

She dug through his coat pockets and pulled out several Credit Chips before skipping over to me gleefully.

"Here you go~ My present for you~" She giggled.

Ummm… Thanks? I feel that it's kind of ironic that you rejected his offer for choking him out for money but would happily loot his unconscious self for the money that he had on him.

I guess if I asked her about it, she'll just say that it was semantics.

I pocketed the Credit Chips before leaving the room with the girls in tow, the guards didn't even bother to try and stop us and just went to pick up their unconscious colleagues and their boss.

The moment the door closed behind us, Ries turned and gave Amber and I a pointed look.

"Who are you two, really?"

I raised an eyebrow, "Didn't I tell you? We're Mercs."

"What kind of Mercs are you to handle those guys like that?! I've seen Mercs ok? They are definitely not like that!"

Amber grinned, "Because we're awesome, that's why. Got a problem with that?"

"No? But you're definitely using some kind of combat mod, right? How did you get those past the hotel security without deactivating them? I must know!"

Amber scoffed, "We're not. Those were pure skills you witnessed."

"Gene mods then? But no… Even those would be detected and have to be suppressed… Is it--"

She was interrupted when my Codex started beeping, indicating I was receiving a call from someone.

I brought up my Codex and realised it was Mara calling me.

Oh, I guess she was done with her lunch. Good timing too.