The Lord's Return Chapter 8: Chapter 8: Lady Roberta

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AGHHHHH!!! “Marcelo, Marcelo, calm down! Calm down, you're safe!” … Marcelo, the man who'd almost died was completely drenched in sweat and a woman who was in the room where he appeared was wiping away the sweat with a damp cloth. Marcelo’s body kept shaking and he hadn't said a single word since he appeared here and his face was completely pale from fright. The woman who was tending to Marcelo’s needs wore a loose dress that didn't reveal anything about her body, only her fair and smooth arms were exposed. She was above average in looks and nothing seemed special about her. “I've already reported your arrival to the boss and he said he's coming to see you. Marcelo, can you tell me what happened? What happened to Jeffrey and Carter?” the woman asked but Marcelo said nothing. After she finished wiping off his sweat, the woman massaged his tense shoulders and even started to become intimate with him, kissing his neck and licking his cheeks but Marcelo wasn't turned on. “Jeffrey and Carter are probably dead…” he suddenly spoke and caught the woman completely off guard. The woman then placed her chin on his shoulder and their cheeks were practically glued together. “Who killed them? Did you see his or her face?” the woman asked and Marcelo shook his head before bursting out in laughter. “Hahaha, that…that thing…that thing isn't human. At first I thought it was a kobold but when it tried to bite my head off, I saw it…it's an abomination! A human-wolf chimera, I've never seen anything like it before! That thing…that thing is terrifying…everything about it is terrifying! I don't want to go back there! I don't want to go back there!” “Don't worry, you won't go back there, I promise! Just leave everything to the boss, he'll know what to do.” … Roberta woke up the next day with a headache but just seeing the person sharing the bed with her, her headache seemed alleviated. When Roberta woke up, Luke also woke up. “Good morning,” “Good morning,” When Luke extended his left arm to caress Roberta’s face, he noticed that he suddenly had tattoos. He had two ring tattoos on his wrist, the one closest to his palm had five starts on it and the second one had only one star. Luke was very confused by this because he doesn't remember getting a tattoo. Roberta also saw the tattoos and was shocked to the core because this was a big deal. “Luke, you're a Ring Master? A Dual Ring Master at that, how did you do it? Were you purposely hiding it? What is your Profession?” Roberta bombarded Luke with questions, questions that he too didn't have answers to. ‘Was it because of those guys?’ Luke thought. “I also don't know what happened and why would I hide my identity as a Ring Master and even allow myself to be captured and enslaved? I also don't know what my Profession is, maybe my status as a Demi-Human doesn't allow me to have a Profession.” Luke replied. “You're right. Maybe you're a rare case like those late bloomers whose Mana Affinity suddenly peaks and they become Ring Masters. Tell me, how do you feel? Do you feel Mana coursing through your veins?” “No, I don't feel anything. Besides the tattoos, I don't feel like anything about me has changed…maybe my stamina has improved, how about we put it to the test?” said Luke with a naughty grin. “You're a bad boy, aren't you?” … “My sense of hearing, taste, sight and smell have received massive boosts. I can listen in on someone's conversation from 80 kilometres away, my sense of taste is at least twenty times better than before, I can clearly see something 160 kilometres away and I can smell something as far as 80 kilometres away. And it isn't just my senses that have greatly improved, my strength and speed have also improved. I can carry a minimum weight of 800 kg and a maximum weight of 8 tons. As for my speed, I don't even know how fast I am but if I were to estimate, it's a minimum speed of around 90 km/h and a maximum speed of around 300 km/h. What am I exactly?” Behind him were big boulde