Chapter 51: Cut The Roots!

"Damn! Who the hell are you?"

"My hand!!"

"My damn hand!!"

Roaring out in pain, Alex’s eyes were bloodshot.

He couldn’t understand what had just happened. Wasn’t he about to get this lady to protect him?

Why the hell did his hand get broken?

Unfortunately for him, Ethan didn’t plan to let him figure that out.

"Hey kid, I don’t really have a lot of time to spare on you, so I’ll just end this now."

"Same with the girls beside you."

"In your next life, remember to be good people," said Ethan.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Activating his low-level body-strengthening spell, he palmed the three of them in the chest, directly bursting their hearts.

In an instant, the three students flew out like ragdolls, blood spurting from their eyes, ears, and noses.

A scene that left everyone stunned.

Terry, who was still in shock at the fact the lady in front of him was Victoria

Seeing everyone around him suddenly die, even though they were his bullies, could barely keep his composure.

"Ugh!!!"

Unable to hold back, he instantly began to vomit as fear and shock overwhelmed his body.

Victoria, who was still shocked by Ethan’s sudden arrival, seeing the three kids die in front of her didn’t know how to react.

Although she had thought about it and threatened to kill them if they moved closer, she had never planned to actually do anything.

After all, they were still human.

However, Elena, seeing them fly out like that, simply nodded in appreciation.

"Good one, brother. If you didn’t do it, I was about to take them out myself."

"However, brother, why did we let that kid live? Won’t that bring us trouble?" said Elena, who had appeared beside the dead bodies at some point, kicking them to make sure they were truly dead.

She had guessed why her brother did what he did, but she didn’t understand why he had spared one.

Unfortunately, before Ethan could answer, Victoria’s voice attracted both of their attention.

"Sister Elena, Ethan, why?"

"Why did we have to kill them? Although they wanted me to go with them, technically they didn’t do anything bad!"

"Plus, they’re still human. Is it okay to kill people so easily?" asked Victoria, her eyes trembling slightly.

Although she knew that asking this might disappoint them, especially right after she had just proved herself, she wanted to know why.

Could it be that they were going to kill anyone who annoyed them?

If that was the case, then why didn’t they also go and kill others for their cores?

After all, the moral standards of both scenarios did not differ much.

Luckily, Ethan didn’t overthink her questioning. Placing a palm on Terry’s shoulder, he began to explain.

"Hey Victoria, although you did well against the zombies just now, those were just monsters."

"When it comes to human nature, you’re still ignorant."

Taking a pause, Ethan looked toward the sky in reminiscence.

"You see, even if we’re similar in age, I’ve experienced quite a lot."

"Every day as the grandson of the Smith family, I meet all sorts of people."

"People who worship me in awe, people who hate me, people who can’t wait for my downfall."

"All sorts of people."

"And do you know what they have in common?" he asked, to which Victoria shook her head, saying she didn’t know.

"What they have in common are the eyes."

"Victoria, mannerisms, speech, tones, all these can be fabricated to hide one’s true thoughts."

"Only the eyes will always show the truth."

"Now with that said, what kind of eyes do you think those kids had?" said Ethan.

"Brother, I’ll answer that question," Elena chimed in.

"Those kids had eyes full of greed and revenge."

"If you dared to let them go today, what would await us would only be endless trouble."

"Perhaps he would have told his father, and they would have brought a squad of armed people to find our base."

"At that time, it would turn into a huge conflict as greed would probably tempt them to try taking over our shelter."

"Just think of it, compared to the three deaths now, how many deaths do you think would happen at that time?"

"Tens? Hundreds?"

"Victoria, you need to understand that sometimes, it’s necessary to cut off trouble at the roots to avoid future disaster," said Elena.

Hearing this, Victoria fell silent. Although what the siblings said sounded harsh, she couldn’t refute their logic.

Judging from the character that the kid named Alex had displayed, what Ethan described was a very high possibility.

Yet even though she understood it logically, she couldn’t shake the strange feeling lingering in her chest.

At this moment, looking at the siblings, she realized there was so much she didn’t know about them.

Just what kind of life had they lived before the apocalypse to make them not even blink at the act of taking a human life?

For a long moment, she remained silent, not knowing what to say.

"Haha, don’t think too much about it. After all, you’ll get used to it whether you want to or not."

"Although we were here this time, in a world where laws no longer exist, there will come a time when you’re alone and need to make a decision."

"Will you take a life, or potentially put yourself and others in danger?"

"Whatever you choose then, just be prepared to face the consequences."

Laughing out loud, Ethan tried to lighten the mood as he gave Victoria time to process things.

The current Victoria wasn’t the ruthless Ice Queen who had slaughtered all her classmates on the first day in his past life.

This was a Victoria who was slowly adapting to a brand-new world, and because of that, Ethan knew he had to give her room to grow.

Thinking of this, he decided to change the topic.

Still keeping his palm on Terry’s shoulder, he looked down at the kid, who reached just below his chin, with a faint smile on his face.

"Hey kid, are you done throwing up?"

"To be honest, with the way you were looking at them with so much hatred, I thought you would be happy."

"Who knew you would suddenly vomit, haha," Ethan chuckled.

However, a few seconds later, his voice suddenly turned low and dangerous.

"Now then, Mr.Terry, there’s only one reason I spared you."

"Do you mind telling me what ability you awakened? And why did you let them bully you?"

With mana surging in his eyes, Ethan peered directly into Terry’s mana core with intense vigilance.

If this Kid dared to make any suspicious moves, Ethan was fully prepared to burst his heart on the spot.