Villain Retirement

"I will not hurt you — that is the price I am willing to return in exchange."

"Huh…?"

The man seemed to find it incredibly using as he looked at Riley from head to toe; a small smirk, slowly crawling on his face while his breaths soon turned into a chuckle.

As for the woman, she just looked Riley in the eyes while still completely blocking his path.

"I truly don't think you understand the situation you are in right now," the woman shook her head, "And since you don't, you truly are an outsider, and I can only assthat you're from down there, where the mortals live. You must be really brave to go here when it is strictly prohibited for your kind to even be in close proximity to this place."

"That, or he is stupid — I do not even sense a hint of energy from this man… and he's threatening us? Were the mortals in the Domain of the Gods also this funny?"

"Don't be stupid, Ram," the woman clicked her tongue at Ram's words, "No mere mortal could reach this place, much less the inner areas of this pl— this man is clearly hiding his strength so he could hunt here, he is strong."

"A mortal is still a mortal, Emis," Ram once again smirked before walking behind Riley, completely covering his path to escape, "No matter how strong they could become, they will never surpass us."

"Don't you know that our parents were also once mortals?"

"Psh, impossible."

"Oh…?" Riley blinked a couple of times as he glanced at Ram before focusing his attention to Emis, "So, the two of you are not originally from the Domain of the Gods? That's… interesting. When I was there, the gods were not able to procreate – does that mean that you two were just born 16 yea—"

"Stop yapping and just disappear!"

"Ram, no!"

Ram did not let Riley finish his words as he just suddenly rushed toward him; his hand threatening to grab Riley by the neck. His sister tried to stop him, but the only thing she could really do was watch as Riley just casually grabbed his wrist before sweeping him by the ankles and tripping Ram straight to the ground.

"You—"

And before Ram could even say anything, Riley grabbed one of his knives and stabbed him through the back of his hand, pinning his arm into the impenetrable ground of New Theran. And almost as if to deter any more future ramblings…

…Riley continued to stab his knives through Ram's limbs without giving him any chance to explain; only letting his grunts and quiet whimpers to escape his gritted lips. And once he was done, he retrieved a needle and thread from one of his many trusty pockets and started sewing Ram's lips shut.

And through all of this, through the noise and muffled screams, Emis only watched.

"I hope you do not mind what I did, Miss Emis," Riley patted his hands clean as soon as he was done, "The constant noise would scare the wildlife."

"...I am thankful you didn't kill my brother," Emis took in a small gulp as she stared at Ram, who could not even struggle, as even the slightest movement gave him a pain that crawled throughout his entire body.

"I will leave now, okay?" Riley glanced at Ram for a few seconds before focusing on Emis, "I will get my knives back, and I will go hunt somewhere else — I promise not to hurt you anymore if you promise that you will not do anything else and will forget this ever happened."

"You have my word," Emis raised her palm, "Please free my brother."

"Hm, interesting," Riley nodded before he just casually started pulling the knives one by one. Ram's muffled screams; only seeped out from his nose as Riley was already a master of sewing flesh and guts shut,

"I never truly thought of the gods from the Domain also having children here."

"You were in the Domain of the Gods… does that mean you're also a god?"

"I am a father, Miss Emis," Riley just shrugged as he started wiping and cleaning his knives before placing them back to their holsters as soon as he got the last one from Ram's body, "I am going now, Miss Emis — please do not try to follow me, because I will not let you go the second time, I am simply not in the mood right now and I might slip."

"...Of course," Emis bowed her head before stepping to the side to make way for Riley. She still seemed completely wary of him, however, as she could not take her eyes off of him for fear that he might do something. Unfortunately for her, Riley truly did not do anything…

…but Ram did.

While Emis was busy observing Riley, she did not notice Emis ripping out the threads on his lips and then blowing ssort of whistle; a quiet and silent whistle that still seemed to echo throughout the entire bamboo forest.

"..." The noise caused Riley to turn his head back, and as soon as he did so, he found himself tilting his body to the side as a spear that was probably 4 meters long threatened to take his entire head off.

"Ram, what did you do!?" Emis sucked in a deep breath as he rushed toward her brother and snatched the whistle away from his hands.

"You're dead now, mortal!" Ram cackled as his lips healed, "My father's not going to let you leave this place alive — and they are probably also going to punish your people for breaking into our domain!"

Riley really only glanced at Ram for a few seconds before grabbing the 4-meter spear pierced into ground… and then throwing it back to where it cfrom; causing the bamboo to ripple away from the sheer force of the throw.

Just a second later, however, the spear once again returned and shot straight toward Riley, only for Riley to catch it this tand return it immediately.

"You fool…" Emis gritted her teeth as she looked at her brother, "...We've heard the sstories of how dangerous and deadly a battle between our fathers and mothers are… and yet you call for our father?"

"...You really think Father can't handle someone like him!?"

"You might have just killed him," Emis closed her eyes; a small tear, trailing on her left eye.

"What do you—"

"Who dares intrude in my, Ramis, land!?"

And before the siblings could even share their dismay with each other, their father arrived — and much like them, he had green hair; only wearing a garb and a sash as he had several blood markings painting his muscular body.

His spear which was 4 meters long, now seemed small as he was almost taller than it.

"...And you also dare hurt one of my children!?" The father, Ramis, raised his voice as soon as he saw the state of Ram; whose multiple wounds were still healing as he sat defeated on the ground, "Is it you!?"

And while the tip of Ramis's spear was only inches away from Riley's nose as he pointed it at him, Riley just let out a small breath as he glanced at Emis.

"I already told you I was not in the mood," Riley closed his eyes, "And since I am a father now, I understand how it is to want to please one's children, and how it feels to fail them — so I apologize for doing this to you…

…and how I am thoroughly going to enjoy it."

And with those words, Riley opened his eyes — and not even a millisecond after doing so, broke the spear in half with his hands; spinning his way toward Ramis and then stabbing him straight in the eye with the pointy end.

Riley then pulled out the spear, taking out Ramis's eyeball and then using it to plug his throat before he could roar or say anything. And while doing this, Emis and Ram watched as a small smile very started to crawl on Riley's face.

"Pavoom," Riley then pointed his finger at Ramis's legs, completely erasing his limbs before pinning his head through the ground. And as soon as Ramis's hand let go of the other half of the spear, Riley grabbed it from him before instantly flying toward Ram.

"!!!" Ram tried taking a step back, but it was too late as Riley had already swung the spear through his neck; his scenery, turning around as his head slowly dropped; not to the ground, as Riley caught it with the spear before batting it directly toward Emis's hand.

"Lord, please stop—!!!" And before Emis could even plead, Riley threw the spear toward her; or more specifically, toward her brother's head and then through her stomach.

"No," Riley shook his head before he started walking back to Ramis, who already fully recovered and standing,

"I already warned you several times…

…what happens now is entirely not my fault."