Urban Seduction: Housewives Club

With his usual indifferent smile, Eric said lightly, "If you tell me what you know, I'll let you go!"

The blond man obviously understood what Eric meant. After glancing at his comrades, he gritted his teeth and said, "I'm sorry, based on the mercenary code, we cannot disclose information about our employer!"

"Oh?" Eric raised an eyebrow and said coldly, "Is this so-called mercenary code worth you and your brothers' lives?"

The blond man's eyes were cold, his face solemn. "In our eyes, the glory of mercenaries surpasses everything!"

"For the glory of mercenaries..."

The other four men all pounded their chests with their right fists, shouting loudly. Even the Asian youth with broken hands stood upright and shouted in a deep voice.

Eric's eyes narrowed, not expecting these people to be so determined. Although he slightly admired them, he had no intention of letting them go.

Shaking his head, he said, "Your trigger fingers are useless now. It's unlikely that you'll be able to shoot freely in the future! Why not take this opportunity to retire from the mercenary world? I'll give each of you one million euros..."

"Stop!"

The blond man's eyes were full of anger and resentment. "Although mercenaries may sell their lives for money, they will not sell their honor for money! Even if we retire from the mercenary world from now on, we will never tarnish our honor in the final moments of our mercenary career..."

"In that case, be prepared to pay the price for failing the mission..." Eric shook his head regretfully and waved his hand.

Skidmore understood Eric's intentions and deliberately smirked as he walked slowly towards the blond man and the others, his aura fully released, intending to suppress the enemy's mental defenses.

The aura of a grand duke-level vampire was quite powerful. Even in terms of intimidating the mind, due to the unique blood power of their race, they were slightly superior to peak pre-heaven experts.

However, these six men in front of Skidmore were all "tough guys". Although they all looked pale and trembling under the pressure of his aura, they all clenched their teeth and refused to confess.

Skidmore flashed a hint of admiration in his eyes, but more of it was anger. He felt that these people were disrespecting him in front of his master. So, with a raise of his hand, he was about to take action.

Just then, a distant voice rang out, "Stop!"

A hundred meters away, the taxi driver who had brought Eric and Skidmore here ran over quickly.

He shouted as he ran, "If you want to know something, let me tell you! Please spare them..."

Skidmore glanced at Eric, who nodded slightly. Skidmore lowered his hand and stood quietly in place. The blond man and the others, however, were shocked and angry at the appearance and words of this man, shouting loudly.

"Shut up! TNT!"

"Damn it, shut up!"

"Traitor!"

As they spoke, including the blond man, the six mercenaries rushed forward, trying to stop their comrade, who was about to violate the Mercenary Code.

Skidmore naturally wouldn't let them go unchecked. As soon as they moved, he flashed out and knocked them all down.

TNT, the taxi driver known as "TNT," sprinted a hundred meters without much panting. With an inexplicable expression, he looked at the six comrades lying on the ground cursing, and said in a deep voice, "Release them first, and then you will know everything you want to know!" As he said this, his sharp eyes were fixed on Eric, indicating that he knew very well who the mastermind was.

Eric shook his head and said, "You speak first, and then I'll let them go!"

"No!" TNT resolutely objected. "You must let them go first, or I won't say anything!"

With a faint smile, Eric stared at him and said, "You have no choice! If you don't speak, you will die..."

Seeing that Eric seemed indifferent to the information about the employer, TNT hesitated.

Just as he hesitated, the blond man got up from the ground, hugged his shoulders, and said solemnly, "TNT, stop it!"

TNT was slightly surprised, his eyes flickering as he said, "Boss, what are you saying, I don't understand..."

"I understand you!"

The blond man patted TNT's shoulder and smiled, "You must be trying to deceive them into releasing us... If I'm not mistaken, you should have powerful explosives wrapped around your body now, right?"

As he spoke, he pulled open TNT's shirt, and sure enough, there was a circle of cylindrical explosives around his waist.

At this moment, their comrades all stood up, gathered around them, and laughed and cursed loudly, completely ignoring Eric and Skidmore.

Skidmore's eyes turned cold, but he didn't move under Eric's hint.

After a burst of laughter, TNT waved a remote control at Eric and said, "Sir, this is my specially made explosive, powerful enough to level this old car processing plant! If you don't want to die with us, then let us go safely..."

The blond man also advised, "Sir, since you and your companion are unharmed, let's end this matter here! To express our apologies, I am willing to offer one million US dollars as compensation..."

Eric ignored his words and secretly used his mental power to destroy the remote control in TNT's hand, then gave Skidmore a command.

Skidmore leaped forward without hesitation, and in a few moments, he knocked out all the enemies except the blond man and TNT.

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TNT was shocked and shook the remote control in his hand, saying, "If you mess around, I'll press it..."

"If you want to press it, go ahead, no one is stopping you!"

Skidmore sneered, not even looking at him. He reached out and grabbed the blond man, who was trying to resist, by the neck, and his blood power flowed into the man's body, immobilizing him.

TNT's eyes narrowed, a sense of desperation rising in his heart. He pressed hard on the remote control—nothing happened!

In TNT's inexplicable shock, Skidmore knocked him out with one palm strike, then dragged the blond man back to Eric's side.

Looking at the blond man, whose eyes were full of sorrow, helplessness, heartache, and regret, Eric smiled faintly and said, "Actually, it doesn't matter whether you want to talk or not! As long as it's something I want to know, I can find out!" After that, he waved his hand, and Skidmore, who had received the instruction, immediately used the Soul Search Technique on the blond man.

The Soul Search Technique was a secret technique of the vampire race, which could read the memories of others.

In terms of power, the Soul Search Technique was far inferior to Eric's Unified Mind Technique. If the opponent's will was strong enough, or if there were prohibitions in their memories, then the Soul Search Technique would be difficult to use, or even completely ineffective.

Because Eric somewhat admired the toughness and camaraderie of the blond man and his companions, he did not use the Unified Mind Technique that would turn them into vegetables, but instead asked Skidmore to act.

Although the blond man was an outstanding mercenary, fundamentally, he was still an insignificant ordinary person. No one would impose restrictions on his memory.

Moreover, although his willpower was strong, under the power of the grand duke-level vampire, it was not unbreakable!

Therefore, just ten minutes later, Skidmore obtained what he wanted.

Casually throwing the unconscious blond man back to the ground, Skidmore respectfully said, "Master, these people belong to a large mercenary organization called 'Thorn'. They attacked us because of an unrestricted mission on the Mercenary Network!"

Many of the security guards at Wu Mei Villa were famous figures in the mercenary world. As the master of these people, Eric was not unfamiliar with the mercenary world. At least he understood what the Mercenary Network and unrestricted missions were!

The Mercenary Network was a professional website that non-registered users could not access.

It contained all kinds of mercenary information, ranging from hostage rescue to kidnapping and murder, from adventure and treasure hunting to secure bodyguards, covering everything.

Of course, the employers were all anonymous. Even the Mercenary Network only required the other party to provide a fund guarantee, regardless of their nationality or identity.

An unrestricted mission was a high-risk, high-reward form of mission that was open to all mercenaries.

Generally speaking, this kind of mission had very little information about the target, and few mercenaries would accept such a "knowing oneself but not the enemy" task. Therefore, its reward was quite high, after all, "with great reward comes great courage"!

With some interest, Eric asked, "How much is the bounty?"