"Sammy, please spare me! I'm still young. I want to live!" Lucas begged.
"Cut the crap! If you run away, I'll lose my life in there! You only have one choice, which is to charge into the room!" Sammy said.
Lucas was dumbfounded upon hearing his words, but he had no choice but to approach the basement slowly.
The room was not lit brightly enough, and Lucas sensed that multiple dangers were waiting for him inside. If more hidden traps were activated and they shot out weapons that he could not dodge, he would surely lose his life.
"Look at how cowardly you are, you good-for-nothing!" Jett roared. He had already gathered his life force toward his hands, ready to strike at Lucas should he step back.
Lucas gritted his teeth, mustering his courage to dash farther in. Right at this moment, Aria struck with a dagger.
Aria dared not be careless. These men were all traditional martial artists, so she had to give this her all.
Lucas was cowardly, but he was also on guard. When he saw Aria dash toward him, his fear abated. How powerful could a woman be?
At this moment, Aria's dagger pierced his shoulder.
Lucas screamed.
Aria's grip on her dagger tightened as she rotated the blade still impaled in Lucas' shoulder. She did it until she could hear the blade clanging against the man's bones.
"Ah, that hurts!" Lucas was in so much pain that he was about to faint from it.
However, Aria had no intention of ending this here. She withdrew the dagger and pierced it toward Lucas' heart.
Just as she was feeling somewhat gleeful, she suddenly felt dizzy. Jett had slammed his palm on the back of her neck.
Aria's dagger fell to the ground with a clang. She failed to withstand Jett's attack and ended up spitting out a glob of blood.
Sherry was curled up in a corner of the basement, trembling from head to toe as she was consumed by helplessness. However, when she saw Aria get hurt for her sake, she stood forward bravely.
Sherry walked out of the corner. "I'll go with you. Don't hurt her!"
Jett was surprised and even somewhat afraid when he witnessed her valiantness. He said with a smile while waving his hand, "Sure, sure. I'll stop here as long as you're willing to come with me."
He was not a man who fulfilled his promises, though. He would kill Aria after taking Sherry with him.
Just as Jett was immersed in his glee, he heard footsteps from outside the basement. In a panic, he held Sherry hostage.
If Caspian had returned to the villa, Jett would not be able to leave. He had no choice but to hold Sherry hostage!
However, it was not Caspian who was coming over but Denzel. He was followed by about 30 men who were all the Massey family's bodyguards.
Denzel had been hiding with those bodyguards near the villa. He came over to Sherry, asking respectfully, "How are you, Ms. Lynch? I'm sorry that the guards from the Massey family and I were late!"
Denzel did not conceal his identity from Sherry but instead laid it out clearly.
Sherry said, "I'm fine, Mr. Denzel. You came right on time."
Jett's face darkened. As Jerry had no intentions of getting on bad terms with the Masseys, he could not strike directly.
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