EVIL SYSTEM

The night journey passed without incident, even though Ben spent it looking around in the darkness.

Every time he felt uneasy thinking about the horrors lurking in the night, he would look at Judy, and all that unease would disappear.

He knew Judy was weak and couldn't help him in any way. But even so, her presence was comforting to him.

They arrived in Azakur City at 4:30 in the morning.

Everyone got out of their vehicles and took a break from their uncomfortable seats.

They breathed in the fresh air and took the opportunity to have breakfast at a roadside food stall.

The woman running the stall was very happy with the large sales and served everyone with a big smile.

There were so many guys that the poor woman had to call and wake up her 14-year-old daughter to come and help.

Despite being woken up so early and being forced to help her mother with the business, the girl seemed just as happy as her mother about the large number of customers.

Ben wasn't too picky and just ordered a cup of coffee with some bread.

He sat on the roof of Bedsi and watched as two older guys organized the fraternity members so they could get their breakfast in a more orderly way.

But the good atmosphere quickly went down the drain when the distinctive sound of a motorcycle engine was heard.

Slowly, more sounds followed, and with those sounds, the expressions of the woman and her daughter changed drastically.

The fraternity guys also noticed the situation and looked confused and uneasy.

The sound of motorcycles grew louder, and the fraternity guys could see a large caravan of bikers approaching rapidly.

In just seconds, the group of bikers arrived at the stall and parked near the fraternity's bus.

A group of intimidating men got off their motorcycles. They were all wearing the same black jackets with flames on the back.

Some of the men who got off the motorcycles touched the fraternity's bus, as if evaluating it.

Some even pushed a few of the guys to the ground and laughed at them. The guys wanted to retaliate but were stopped by their own friends, who were still hesitant.

Ben frowned in disgust and anger as he saw the men looking at Judy and the other girls in a way that was far from respectful.

The group of men briefly ignored the fraternity guys and approached the woman's stall.

The one who seemed to be the leader walked up to the stall and, without changing his expression, kicked and destroyed the entire setup.

The bread, eggs, meat, and everything else fell to the ground as the woman watched in horror.

Her eyes conveyed the deep sadness she felt at seeing her small stall destroyed.

"You still haven't paid the protection fee, and you dare to sell in our territory?"

"Please, give me a little more time! I was about to gather what I needed!" the woman begged the man.

"No way!" The man didn't care at all about the woman's well-being and threw her to the ground near a puddle of hot oil.

The woman burned her hands, but none of that mattered when she saw what the gang members were doing.

"If you can't pay your debts, maybe your daughter can do it for you," one of the gang members grabbed the girl, who put up a strong resistance, and threw her over his shoulder. "Don't worry, a month in our brothel should cover your debt."

"Nooooooo!!" The woman screamed hysterically and tried to stop them, but all she got was a beating in return.

Many of the fraternity guys were stunned by the situation they found themselves in.

For many of them, this was the first time they had seen such a dark side of society.

Others, however, couldn't stand to see such injustice.

"Let me go!! I'll turn those scumbags into mincemeat!!"

"How dare they?!!"

"Why aren't we doing anything? We have to help them!!"

One of the guys couldn't be restrained in time and ran toward the man carrying the girl on his shoulder.

Everyone was surprised and couldn't stop him in time. The guy reached the gang member quickly and threw a punch.

The gang member seemed used to this kind of thing and simply sidestepped the attack.

The guy had too much adrenaline in his body and kept going after the man, only to find himself surrounded by gang members in seconds.

The guy didn't stand a chance. In a matter of seconds, he was the one lying on the ground, blood pouring from his nose and mouth.

Fan Mo, one of the organizers of this trip to Magnolia and one of the strongest in the group, being a peak elemental mage, couldn't watch this without intervening and stepped forward.

Many from the fraternity joined him.

Very quickly, the situation escalated into a much larger conflict.

The fraternity had over 30 hot-blooded guys who valued their brotherhood and couldn't stand to see one of their own treated like that.

On the gang's side, there were about 20 of them, but their presence was clearly more intimidating, and they seemed stronger.

Neither side wanted to back down.

Ben watched the situation with a frown. Although he had grown fond of the fraternity guys, he didn't see enough reason to get involved.

Dante and Ryuji, on the other hand, were already part of the small, furious mob.

"Look, boss," one of the gang members pointed at the fraternity guys with an amused smile. "They're just kids playing at being men."

"Hahaha."

"We should show them how the real world works."

"Though they've got some really pretty girls," another gang member said, staring at Judy. "We should take them with us. We can enjoy their bodies and then sell them at the brothel."

The gang member's expression suddenly twisted when a fist connected with his face and sent him flying.

Everyone was surprised to see Ben suddenly in the gang member's place, sending him flying through the air.

Ben was practically in the center of all the gang members, but he didn't care.

His eyes were red with rage.

He walked past the gang members, who couldn't understand what was happening.

Even the gang leader raised an eyebrow, not understanding what had just happened in an instant.

Ben quickly reached the gang member lying on the ground, his fist imprinted on the man's face.

He grabbed the gang member by the collar of his shirt and, to everyone's shock, began to beat him mercilessly.

Punch after punch, the man's face deformed, his teeth fell out, and blood painted the ground.

The gang members still couldn't fully grasp what was happening, but they understood that one of their own was being brutally beaten.

Several of them lunged at Ben, who was still distracted beating the gang member.

"Watch out, Ben!!" Shen Huiliang shouted in panic as she saw the situation.

Ben's ears twitched slightly, and without needing to look back, he raised one hand and caught the punch aimed at his head.

His left elbow struck backward, hitting the stomach of another gang member who tried to attack him.

Ben's figure seemed weightless as he rose from the ground like a feather and delivered a kick to the first attacker's head.

The gang member fell face-first to the ground and began to bleed profusely.

The guy who had taken the elbow strike also received an uppercut to the jaw that knocked him out cold.

Out of the 20 gang members, three had been taken out in a matter of seconds.

Ben stood up with bloodstained hands and slowly walked toward the gang leader.

On the way, five more gang members lunged at him.

Some of them even pulled out knives.

The first one to attack him had a knife and tried to stab him in the neck.

Any other guy would have panicked in this situation, but Ben grabbed the gang member's wrist and, with his other hand, struck his elbow with tremendous force.

Crackkk

A horrible sound of bones breaking was heard as the gang member's arm bent in a completely unnatural direction.

Arrgggghh!!

The gang member began to scream in pain and panic, but Ben silenced him with a punch to the face.

Some of the gang members who had lunged hesitated to continue, but Ben didn't.

He approached one of them and delivered a powerful punch to his chest. The sensation and sound of bones breaking made a smile form on Ben's furious face.

He grabbed the gang member by the leg and used him as a club, slamming him into two other gang members.

Ben swung the gang member's body with such ease that it seemed like he was wielding a thin branch.

With the gang member still gripped by the foot and dragging him along the ground, Ben continued on his way.

The other gang members were too scared to get in his way and stepped aside.

Without much difficulty, he reached the gang leader.

Ben, a guy standing at 1.75 meters tall, faced a man nearly two meters tall, and they stared each other down.