Chapter 43: Jackson
Oliver could actually tell right away that it was his aunt's ice power because the aura was exactly the same.
This meant that she went further than him.
It's just that, why did she attack that middle-aged man?
Was the latter her business enemy who accidentally met her here?
Curious, he moved towards the ice while staring at Kim Hana.
"Stay here and continue your leveling!"
It didn't matter to him to leave her alone because she was accompanied by the shadow army that had been ordered from the beginning just to help her.
Moving with the flow of the river, he easily approached the location where the ice was.
In fact, he actually found a singlet shirt that was still in plastic stuck in the branches of a tree in the river.
It was unknown where it had come from, probably dropped by someone who went out with a clothing kit.
Since he was shirtless, he didn't mind wearing it even though it was actually just a cheap product compared to his usual clothes.
Not long after, he saw the figure of his aunt walking to the riverbank with a cold smile as she looked at the man on the ice.
Her appearance hadn't changed much, none of her clothes were torn, and even her hair still looked neat.
Sensing someone coming, she averted her eyes, slightly surprised to see that it was her nephew.
"Aunt!" Oliver greeted her first as he approached her while occasionally looking at the middle-aged man on the ice.
"Aunt, who is he?" he asked her.
"Only a stupid man doesn't know who his enemy is," Miya replied.
"Ohhh..." Oliver had expected the answer.
The man was indeed her enemy and perhaps when they met here, he had provoked her violently, which made her take such countermeasures.
In response, he asked again, "do you want me to kill him, aunt?"
He smiled faintly and looked very relaxed when he said that.
Since starting to kill humans, he had gotten used to it, so for him this could be done easily as long as the person he was going to kill had indeed committed an unforgivable crime against him or his family.
Miya looked surprised to hear that.
"Oliver, have you killed anyone?" she asked, knitting her brows.
This probably bothered her as the one who took care of him.
"Aunt, things like this will become normal with life as it is now," Oliver replied, not denying but not saying it directly.
In essence he was just trying to convince her that he just wanted to adapt because if he didn't adapt, being strong was pointless. He would probably fall because of being used by others.
Although a little hesitant, Miya nodded lightly, as if to say that she understood.
"Maybe I also need to get used to it," she said.
Her eyes looked up again.
When her finger moved, the ice suddenly tilted toward her.
"Miya, you!" The middle-aged man on the ice spoke as he got closer towards Miya.
Unfortunately, even after seeing him up close, Oliver still didn't recognize him.
"Jackson, I'm going to kill you today," Miya said in response to the man's words.
"What?" Jackson was naturally dumbfounded to hear that from a Miya he had often bullied without getting any consequences.
Of course, what surprised him the most now was Miya's strength. He kept wondering how she could be so strong. Shouldn't she not even have skills?
"You're just an insignificant person. Do you think you deserve to live longer?" Miya replied, only saying words to demean him.
After that, she pointed her hand at him.
The ice grew, covering Jackson's entire body.
"No, no, Miya, don't do this." The man quickly shouted, extremely frightened.
Just the coldness of the ice was enough to let him know that he might actually die.
Unfortunately, Miya remained indifferent, as if she hadn't heard what he said.
However, he suddenly said again, "I have evidence of the murder of your sister. If you let me live, I will give it to you."
"What?" This time, not only Miya was dumbfounded, but also Oliver.
What does the evidence of Miya's sister's murder mean?
Had her sister been murdered?
The problem was that her sister was Oliver's mother, which is why Oliver was so dumbfounded to hear that.
Both his parents died in an accident, that's what he knew and that's exactly what happened.
Why was there suddenly information that his mother had been murdered?
However, when talking about an accident, there are many speculations that can be generated. After all, accidents are not always due to natural causes. It could be because someone arranged it. There were too many cases like that.
Miya's ice stopped expanding, becoming even smaller while her eyes became extremely cold.
Pa!
She suddenly grabbed his neck then pulled his body forcefully from the ice so that it cracked.
"Tell me where it is?" She said very coldly.
Strangled tightly, Jackson had trouble breathing which made him even more frightened.
He could only force himself to answer, "as long as you get me back to the city and to my house, you'll get it, I swear...
"Le-let go of my neck," he added in a trembling tone.
To him this was very embarrassing, pleading to a woman he sometimes flirted with.
However, there was nothing he could say about it. This woman could kill him while he was too scared to die.
On the other hand, Oliver tried to be calm even though this was something that involved his mother and supposedly also his father since they died together in the accident.
"Aunt, let's take him to our base first and then bring him back to the city at night," he said, suggesting to Miya.
The latter nodded at that before dropping the man hard to the ground, making him cough up blood.
Oliver observed him, then attacked a Dragozilla watching from afar.
He sent only one bone, making the monster die instantly.
Its shadowy figure appeared and he ordered to tie up and carry the middle-aged man.
The Shadow Dragozilla quickly moved, using tree roots to bind the man's body before hoisting him up on his shoulders.
"So this is a skill called the Shadow Army?" said Miya.
She had known about the skill since Oliver had shown her his data system, but had only seen it now.
"Yeah, it's very helpful. I have quite a few, even three Shadow Monster Generals. However, they're helping Kim Hana right now, not far from here," Oliver replied.
Miya was a little surprised to hear that he was helping Kim Hana.
For a moment, she glanced at his eyes strangely without he realizing it.
"Okay, let's go there first," she said, allowing him to lead the way.
Oliver then took a step through the flattened bushes.