Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

The blond-haired youth who was close to Bao Bingqing was one of the earliest scavengers to build Dark City with Bao Bingqing.

He almost starved to death in a garbage dump, but Bao Bingqing took him in and gave him food.

The blond-haired youth approached Bao Bingqing from behind, a sharp knife already slipped from his tattered sleeve, slowly drawing near his neck from behind...

His eyes were filled with malice and greed; he had no recollection of his former disheveled state.

However, just as the blond-haired youth was about to make his move, he was suddenly taken aback to discover something.

The hand holding the dagger suddenly began to turn black!

"Huh?... Ah?! Ahhhhhh...!!!"

Soon, starting from his hands, the skin of the blond youth quickly turned black, moving up his wrists, arms, shoulders, and then his entire body...

It was an eerie black, like being poisoned by some terrible toxin, but you could vaguely see something strange wriggling beneath the skin!

The blond-haired youth panicked and dropped the dagger in his hand.

"Oh~"

Ye Ge whistled, a half-smile playing on his lips: "So you do have some kind of life-saving equipment on you after all."

The other hunters in the room also had drastic changes in expression.

Bao Bingqing turned around, and the blond-haired youth was already curled up on the ground, screaming in pain. Bao Bingqing said coldly, "Bastard! You dare betray me!"

"Bang!" He kicked him hard in the stomach.

The blond-haired youth was curled up and convulsing, constantly spitting out white foam. His skin had turned completely black, and his muscles had begun to twist and deform, making him look extremely terrifying.

Bao Bingqing raised his cane, revealing the rapier at the end, and pierced the heart of the blond youth with a single strike!

"click"

At this moment, Liang Kuan picked up a large-caliber revolver, put his thumb on the safety, and aimed it at Bao Bingqing's head.

Several hunters also took out their guns. Some pointed their guns at Bao Bingqing, while the two hunters standing at the door pointed their guns at Ye Ge, blocking his way.

Night Song suddenly stopped in its tracks.

He glanced at the two hunters blocking his way at the door, their large-caliber pistols pointed at him, and shrugged helplessly: "You want to rebel and kill the boss, and you want to drag me down with you? I was just passing by..."

"Liang Kuan, what are you doing?"

Bao Bingqing remained expressionless.

Liang Kuan chuckled: "【Wraith's Protection】, your pink-quality amulet. Any enemy who gets close to you and poses a life-threatening threat will be cursed by the vengeful spirit that has made a pact with you. Unfortunately, this thing is only a one-time use item. I really have to thank this guy for shielding me from this curse."

Then, Liang Kuan pointed at Ye Ge and said, "By the way, don't let this young master of the Ye family go. His life is worth a lot of money. Duke Wang En specifically asked for his life."

"..."

Ye Ge remained silent.

He calmly scanned everyone in the room with his gaze, his pupils flashing with technological light. A data panel appeared on his retina, and the system scanned the attributes of everyone in the room.

"There are eight hunters in total, all low-level transcendents of the gunner class: three at the Heavenly Realm, three at the Earthly Realm, and one at the Profound Realm..."

"Although Liang Kuan is a transcendent being at the Myriad Manifestations Realm, his profession is only support, and within the Hundred Souls Forest, he can only unleash the strength of the Hundred Souls Realm... Huh?"

Ye Ge suddenly looked puzzled, sensing something strange.

Including the eight hunters, Liang Kuan, Bao Bingqing, Ququ on the bed, and the dead Huang Mao on the ground, there should only be twelve people in the room besides myself.

How come the system also detected the attribute panel of a thirteenth "person"?

Bao Bingqing gave Liang Kuan a deep look: "I really didn't expect you to betray me."

Then, his gaze swept over the other hunters in the room. These were all once his trusted subordinates.

The hunters seemed a little guilty and avoided eye contact with him.

Liang Kuan smiled enigmatically: "It's your own fault for not knowing what's good for you. If you had listened to my advice, there wouldn't have been so much trouble."

Bao Bingqing: "You mean..."

Liang Kuan said, "Your abilities are indeed beyond question. Most of the people living in Dark City are death row inmates who have escaped from the mainland. They have offended various nobles, heinous wanted criminals, vicious thugs, some are petty thieves, and some are murderers and robbers... Only you can keep them in check."

"It's a pity you made a terrible mistake this time; you didn't know when to back down. If you had listened to me and cooperated with the dark races, our business would have been established long ago, and we would have made far more money than we have now."

"And now, you want our brothers to fight the dark race to the death just to avenge a few dead people? Heh heh, don't you think about it? We've only had a few good days, and we haven't even made much money yet. How many of us are willing to go back to the old days of risking our lives every day?"

"..."

Bao Bingqing sighed softly, "I'm so sorry, Young Master Ye Ge, I didn't expect you to see such a joke..."

Ye Ge shrugged nonchalantly: "It's normal. Our Ye family also has to eliminate several traitors and spies every year. I'm used to it."

Liang Kuan looked at the two of them and frowned.

Then he gave a cold laugh:

"Heh... At a time like this, you're still trying to act calm and relaxed..."

Bao Bingqing didn't care about the large-caliber pistol in Liang Kuan's hand. He sat down on the sofa in the room and said, "It seems you have really forgotten how we survived in the wilderness by relying on each other, forgotten the blood feud with the dark races, and forgotten the purpose for which we built Dark City."

"Tch... Of course I haven't forgotten." Liang Kuan said coldly, "It's precisely because I remember that in the eyes of the Empire, we are already a bunch of trash, so let's just be trash to the end! I'm not like you, who are already considered trash but still clinging to some bullshit bottom line. So what if I trade with the dark races? Being a traitor is fine with me, as long as I can live a good life, this is my means of survival!"