I Spread my Genes to Level Up in the Apocalypse

Soon, the two returned to the group of people who were watching nervously.

"Master Seraphine!" Fern shouted with relief the moment she saw Seraphine limping next to Ray.

Seraphine remained silent, deep in thought, her pupils flickering as she surveyed the criminals.

The group of criminals felt an ominous chill as Seraphine's gaze swept over them.

As expected, she coldly issued a command: "Kill them all."

The girls moved swiftly, pointing their guns at the men and shooting without hesitation.

"Damn it, let's fire back!" one of the criminals shouted, but his head exploded from a sniper shot before he could react.

For a moment, gunshots erupted around them, drowning out all other sounds.

Even Seraphine, despite her injuries, joined in the slaughter.

To these ordinary people, even with their guns, she was an unstoppable force even if she was injured with just a thrust of her Lance almost everything froze.

Ray stood to the side with raised brows, surprised by the girl's decisiveness.

She really dared to kill all these people, making her an absolute enemy of King.

There was one thing about King that Ray admired: if his subordinates were killed, King would retaliate no matter who the attacker was.

If not for that, Ray and King might never have clashed.

However, Ray doubted this would be the end of their conflicts; King was driven by wild ambition and he was a criminal, after all.

King's goons had come to his apartment for looting resources and women, making conflict inevitable.

With an S-class skill, it was only natural for a person to become increasingly arrogant.

Soon, in Ray's eyes, corpses lay scattered on the ground—a bloodbath.

Seraphine approached him, still limping, with a fist imprint visible on her face.

"Are you happy now?" she asked, her expression as cold as ever.

"Of course I am," Ray replied, rubbing her silver hair affectionately.

Seraphine frowned but didn't back away, allowing him to stroke her smooth hair as much as he wanted.

She did the slaughter to express her agreement with Ray—she couldn't beat him and didn't believe that, after dealing with King, he would simply let her go.

Although the outcome of the fight between Ray and King was uncertain, Seraphine observed the small injuries Ray had sustained from her ice.

They weren't severe but consisted of numerous small cuts with slight blood oozing out.

Now, all the injuries have healed, leaving only a few blood stains behind.

"What kind of monster is he?" Seraphine narrowed her eyes.

According to her information, only one type of Awakening skill could match Ray's power: Body-strengthening.

However, this was considered one of the most useless skills, even though it was E-class.

To the public, only skills of this type were detailed by the military because they were deemed ineffective.

With Body-strengthening, even the strongest individuals could only achieve the strength of a slightly stronger human.

No matter how powerful they were, the enhancement of their stats was not significant—any gun could easily kill them.

So, even in her wildest imagination, Seraphine would never have thought Ray possessed the E-class Body-strengthening skill.

Ray gave her an unfathomable feeling, even greater than King himself.

"I have a question," she said softly.

When you don't know something, you should just ask, regardless of whether Ray will give an answer or not. It was worth the try.

"What is it?" Ray asked lightly.

"Are you also an S-class Awakener?" Seraphine asked.

"Who knows."

Ray smiled mysteriously and shook his head. "Right now, I should be considered A-class."

"Right now?" Seraphine thought, shocked to the core.

Her body shuddered as a train of thought flashed through her mind.

For a moment, she felt overwhelmed, her mind shaken and her body instinctively trembling.

Ray could see some of her thoughts and smiled mysteriously.

He didn't need to say much; they could assume whatever they wanted about his skills, but they would never know that he could awaken as many skills as he wished, as long as he spread his genes.

Letting her imagination run wild suited him just fine. Sometimes, letting people's imaginations take over was better than trying to explain himself.

"So what should we do now?"

"Wait for King." Ray looked at the sky. "By the way, my name is Ray. Also, please arrange for me to have a residence for now."

"Alright." Seraphine readily agreed.

"I'm going to fetch my two companions. You wait here."

Ray spoke softly and leaped toward the gate. Since he had already destroyed it, his figure turned blurry as he went to retrieve Gina and Melissa.

"Master Seraphine, why did we agree to that disgusting man?" Fern whispered into her ear.

"You don't need to whisper to me. Besides, why didn't you raise your weapon when Ray was here?" Seraphine's gaze fell on her with a playful expression.

"I... I..." Fern looked nervous, her pupils darting around.

"Fern, you're being a hypocrite," Seraphine said lightly.

A strange atmosphere hung between the two women, and the girls could sense it as well.

However, they remained silent. Among the girls, Fern had the highest right to speak after Seraphine, followed by Edie. The others were unawakened and knew their place.

"Sigh, I didn't think I'd confront King so soon." Seraphine had known from the moment she joined King's gang that a confrontation was inevitable.

Fortunately, she had managed to protect the girls with her strength. However, she couldn't shield them from all dangers, especially from the criminals whose heinous acts had truly disgusted her and King was also the main agent.

Ray soon returned with two women in his arms.

"Eh, Melissa, you're here?" Fern was the first to shout excitedly upon seeing the red-haired girl.

"Fern." Melissa's gaze was complicated as she looked at her.

"I thought you were on a mission. How come you're here and with this hateful monk—"

Fern's mouth was quickly covered by Seraphine.

"It's fine; you should have let her continue." Ray said with a smile.

She involuntarily shuddered.