An Understated Dominance by Marina Vittori

"Don't worry, Luke. Since you hired us, consider your troubles taken care of. We're here to help," one of the Bovens twins reassured him.

"That's right. You just sit back and watch how we deal with this troublemaker," the other chimed in.

The twins bantered back and forth confidently as if victory was already in their bag.

Luke glared at Abigail and shouted, "Hey, troublemaker! Did you hear that? If you're wise, surrender now. Otherwise, today will be your last."

"Enough with the chatter. Let's get this over with. I've got dinner waiting upstairs," she retorted impatiently.

"Arrogant fool!"

"Get ready to face our wrath!"

Enraged by her words, the twins quickly grabbed their weapons and charged forward.

Their choice of weapons was rather peculiar. One brandished a spear, while the other wielded an iron abacus.

The iron abacus beads were released with a flick of the wrist. They shot out like hidden weapons as it rained down on Abigail.

Simultaneously, the spear lunged forward like a charging lance aimed directly at her.

Their coordination was flawless as they hid their deadly intent.

First, they used the barrage of abacus beads for distraction. Then, it was swiftly followed up with the spear for the finishing blow.

For an ordinary martial artist, countering such a tactic would be next to impossible.

But Abigail was far from ordinary. As the Grand Sorceress of the Mystic Arts Order, ranked second on the Legendary List, she didn't even bat an eye at the Bovens brothers' attack.

"Is this the best you can do?" She snorted contemptuously and raised her hand.

surge of internal energy exploded like a crashing wave and scattered the incoming abacus beads in all directions. It sounded like hailstones were

"Go to hell!"

momentary distraction, the elder Bovens brother lunged forward with his spear aimed at Abigail's

effortlessly intercepted the spear midair with two

had happened. He couldn't believe their meticulously trained killing technique had been

the best you can do?" Abigail's eyes glinted with deadly

trap, troublemaker!" The elder Bovens brother's grin turned sinister as he swiftly triggered a hidden mechanism on

a Frost Needle shot out from

It was

it struck a vital point, it spelled doom

Needle was the Bovens brothers' last resort. They

threat of death, the elder Bovens brother decided it was

close range, he knew it was impossible to evade

Bovens brothers believed victory was assured, Abigail surprised them by clamping down on the Frost

is this possible?" The twins' faces

react, she took a deep breath and forcefully spat out the needle. It

"Ugh..."

Bovens brother's eyes widened in disbelief as he stood frozen in place. His entire body

backward and broke into countless pieces. There was nothing left but fragments scattered

Watching his brother's shattered remains strewn across the ground, the younger

control. But he never expected their attempt at a sneak

I'll make you pay!" the

fiercely. All the beads were unleashed, and a relentless barrage

motionless and raised her hand before swiftly sweeping her

grandmaster's internal energy exploded. It propelled

pierced through the younger

collapsed onto the ground and drew his last