The next moment, the orbs started moving as if they were attracted by something or someone, as they rushed towards Mark, and the moment they got close, they forcefully entered his body.

  Feeling the tearing pain as if someone had torn open his soul, Mark screamed as he clutched his heart.

  But just as the pain had come, the next moment it disappeared. Instead, from inside him, four blue lights came out, and the next second, they turned into four figures.

  Looking at the room, which did not belong to them, David, Jade, Oscar, and Anna felt strange.

  And seeing the stranger who was standing beside them, wearing butler clothes, made them feel weirder.

  “Mum….” When all of them heard a heart-tearing whimper.

  Turning around, they finally saw the person who was standing behind them.

  "M-Mark," Jade whispered.

  "MARKKKKKKKKKK……." David literally leapt forward as he grabbed his son tightly and hugged him in shock, anxiety, and relief, as so many emotions rushed through his being.

  “Mark!” Oscar and Anna also rushed as they tightly hugged him, not understanding what was going on.

  But seeing Mark, and finally having him with them, they didn't care about anything and just hugged him tightly as tears after tears fell out of their eyes.

  Mark wasn't any different, like a kid, he was bawling, but at the same time biting his lips tightly, not to make a loud noise.

  Why?

  He had no idea.

  As his eyes fell onto his mom, who was still standing shocked, not knowing whether what she was seeing was even true or not.

  "Mom." So once again, choking, he called out, and finally, it awoke Jade from her stupor, as she also rushed towards her son and hugged him tightly.

  "Mark….. oh Markkkkkk….. my precious sonnnnnn….." Crying hard, Jade kissed her son everywhere on his face, as she hugged him so tightly that it seemed as if she wanted him to become part of her.

  "You are not hurt, are you…? Let me see, let me see…." Hurriedly, Jade pushed everyone aside as she started checking Mark to see whether he was hurt or not.

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  “I am fine… I-I am fine, mom…..” Still choking and sobbing, Mark spoke as he once again hugged his mother.

  And sobbing, Jade hugged him back, as she let out shaky breaths. "It's good if you are fine. It's good…." And kept patting her son's head and back, making David, Oscar, and Anna hug both of them tightly from behind, too.

  For minutes, they hugged as silently they sobbed and heaved sighs of relief in between, as finally they separated.

  Mark wiped his mother's tears, who wiped his tears back, while finally David's and others' attention fell onto the butler standing on the side with a gentle smile on his face, making him ask, "And who is this, Mark?"

  "This is Mr. Butler, my……." Mark paused, having no idea what to say or how to explain his situation.

  "You don't know who I am." Mr. Butler was surprised as he then came to a sudden realization, "Short memory loss. No, not memory loss, maybe because none of you belong to the tower, and never went through the test, you don't have any memory at all. Let me fix that."

  Saying that he clicked his finger, and the moment he did that, all four people froze.

  Seeing this, Mark was startled, but before he could say or ask anything, everyone awoke from their frozen state, and instead, shock and disbelief filled their faces now.

  “What… do we do now, David?” Whispered Jade in sadness as she felt her legs getting weaker.

  Her son just got protected from their previous cruel world, just to fall into another crueler one.

  If that wasn’t enough, he had to kill to live each day, and this was the law here.

  Law of the tower, which no one could deny or protest.

  "Mark doesn't need to do anything, Mom. We are here. We can cultivate. Even if we die, we will be reborn again and again. Isn't it just killing? So what if we killed some people, so what if we killed some monsters? And don't forget, every person living here is a killer. From now on, you, me, dad, and even Anna will be killers too." Oscar hugged Mark's head as he rubbed it while taking deep, trembling breaths.

  "Exactly, Mom, if this is the law here, then we will have to blend in too. It's either Mark or everyone, and I would rather choose Mark living a better life than the world surviving. After what he had gone through, he has every right to live a better life. If it is killing what we need to do, then we will kill. And if our humanity comes in our way, then we will just kill the bad and cruel creatures, who deserve death. That will make us the so-called good people, won't it?" Anna added as she held Mark's hand tightly.

  And hearing all of that, Mark felt his heart tighten in fear and love.

  "Alright, let's not be dramatic, madam and sirs." Said the butler, interrupting everyone, making everyone look at him, "First of all, my lord has 47,151 days to live in the safety zone, that means 129 years, 1 month, and 5 days. Secondly, he possesses a lifespan of 1000 years. Thirdly, I have a fool-proof plan of taking lordship to the third floor, gaining 10,000 years in lifespan, and living that out to the end without dying, and after that, if you all are afraid. There is a fruit of peaceful death, my lord can eat that, and we can all die peacefully. And because of the fruit of death that my lord will now eat, no one will ever be able to resurrect us temporarily or permanently. What do you say? I think 10,000 years living in a safe zone is enough for a happy life and peaceful death for everyone, including me, and that is also in the worst-case scenario. "

  For a second, silence filled the room.

  Even Mark didn't have any idea what to say or do.

  While Oscar and Anna felt as if they had just eaten some roaches and someone had slapped them hard on the face, just to spit on the ground, and then leave, disdaining them.

  And such a feeling was really not great.