When Lisa heard Morden make that declaration, her body shuddered. She strained her neck to glance at the man's back.

Never had she felt such loathing for another person in her life.

This man's family killed her father, took away everything that belonged to her family, and even went so far as to keep her brother hostage just so she wouldn't retaliate in the future.

Now when she heard Morden put her dearest friend, Adam, in such a terrible situation, she couldn't help but spit through gritted teeth, "Morden Gracie, you despicable scum! How could you do this?!"

Morden ignored her. He continued to glance at Adam's shocked expression and asked with a smirk, "So what's it gonna be, boy? Edward or Lisa?"

Adam's fists clenched so tight that his nails dug into his palms, causing blood to drip to the ground.

He was already past the feeling of helplessness.

His heart was filled with boundless rage. He hated that all his past actions had brought such consequences to him and the people closest to him. He hated that he was powerless in front of his enemies.

The youth had already lost a friend tonight. Now, everything pointed toward the same thing happening again.

His eyes turned bloodshot and he gnashed his teeth in fury. All the while, he kept mumbling to himself incoherently, "No you can't

"I'll kill them all

"Even if I die

".cannot come out.

"No matter what, you cannot

"not yet.

"Promise me"

Seeing Adam begin to ramble like a madman, Morden burst into maniacal laughter, "Hahaha! Who are you going to choose, boy? One lives, the other dies!"

Edward had never seen Adam in such a state. He couldn't even begin to imagine what his friend was going through.

His eyes blazed with anger and he roared, "Adam! Don't listen to him! Just leave! Run away!"

Morden turned around to glance at the youth and sneered, "Run away? Wishful thinking!"

Meanwhile, Lisa seemed to have come to a decision. Tears welled up in her eyes as she gritted her teeth and resolved herself.

She turned her head and looked at the young man beside him, "Eddie"

Edward glanced at her and could immediately feel something was wrong. His heart sank and a sudden foreboding feeling overcame him. "Lisa, what are you"

However, he was interrupted by her.

"I am the root cause of all this," Lisa began, "if it weren't for me, you and Adam would have never ended up in this mess."

Tears trickled down her face as she lovingly glanced at Edward. "I have always held you two back But now I won't anymore."

The next moment, her eyes flashed with determination as she reached for her concealed weapon within her robes. She gathered all her remaining strength and swung her hand backward at such speed that it appeared to be a shadowy blur.

Before anyone could even react, she had already stabbed the orc above her in the neck.

The orc was wide-eyed, not expecting Lisa to overpower him suddenly. Blood gushed out of his neck as he choked and tumbled to the side.

Following that, Lisa tightly gripped the dagger with both hands and cast one final glance at Edward.

Her lips parted and she softly muttered, "Live well, Eddie I will always love you."

The next moment, she closed her eyes and viciously plunged the dagger straight through her heart.

"NOOOOOO!!!" Edward screamed in anguish as he reached toward Lisa, his eyes bloodshot with anger and unwillingness.

But suddenly

Lisa opened her eyes in shock and saw that the dagger in her hands had disappeared. Then, a cold voice drifted into her ears from beside her.

"I commend your courage and selflessness."

She turned her head and glanced at the man who had just appeared.

When she saw who it was, memories of that fateful night when her father was killed right in front of her eyes flooded her mind.

Oswald Gracied glanced at the blood-stained dagger in his hand with a stoic look. He then gazed at Lisa and coldly muttered, "But like you've said, you are the root cause of all this."

He paused for a moment before his lips curled up into an evil smirk. "You don't deserve such an easy death." His eyes spewed venom and he continued, "I'm going to make you wish you were"

Suddenly, Oswald's pupils constricted and he hurriedly turned his head and glanced in Adam's direction.

A terrifying otherworldly pressure started to emanate from Adam. He slowly rose to his feet and glanced at his enemies with bloodthirsty eyes.

He took a deep breath, clenched his fists, and roared to the skies, "OOAAAHHHHH!!"

BOOOOM!!!

The ground underneath him cracked open from the sheer pressure he radiated. Adam accumulated all the feelings of rage, helplessness, and hatred bubbling inside him, and channeled them into raw strength.

His mana channels trembled intensely as a large amount of mana coursed through them. The rate at which he was expending his mana was so ridiculous that it caused the others to be shocked.

At the same time, his spiritual power also seemed to deeply resonate with him, it seeped out and inadvertently combined with his mana, resulting in a thunderous aura that destroyed everything around him into smithereens.

Adam glared at Gorgo, Morden, and then finally at Oswald with immense anger and animosity.

He was like a wounded primordial beast that had been pushed to the corner by his enemies.

Now, he was going to go all out.

Oswald's eyes narrowed. He didn't expect the youth to suddenly burst out with such great strength at the last moment.

He couldn't help but incredulously think to himself, He still has so much mana left? Is he even human?!

His expression turned grim. He then turned to look at Morden, who had dropped to the ground after sensing Adam's fiendish aura, and stated, "Let us not waste any more time."

Morden jolted back to his senses and nervously gulped. "R-

Right!"

Oswald wanted to kill Adam this instance. For some reason, he was starting to feel a very bad premonition.

At the same time, he didn't want himself or his brother, Morden, to directly kill the youth, lest the Soulmark Retribution technique activated and linked them to Adam's death.

Hence, he glanced at Gorgo, who was frozen in absolute shock, and coldly ordered, "Send the remaining beasts and kill him this instant."

Gorgo snapped out of his daze and hurriedly nodded. The next moment, he reached for the ivory trumpet hanging from his waist and blew on it.

Following that, the remaining courrpted beasts in the vicinity, numbering in the hundreds, rushed toward the raven-haired youth with blatant killing intent, ready to deavour him no matter the cost.

Adam coated his hands with mana and fearlessly charged at the endless horde of beasts approaching him.

"I'll take you all on!"