The Survival of an Inferior

Among the dark mansion, only one room is brightly lit like a sun. Two middle-aged men with an imposing aura patrol the hallway. Both are strong enough to be the captain of a military group. 

"Haaaaw" one of them yawns and rubs his eyes. 

*BAM! THUD! BOOM!* 

Frantic loud sounds echo from the level below. 

"What?" 

The grand sword masters rush to the source of the noise to find a maid among a pile of books and toppled shelves. 

"What...were you doing?"

"I was tidying up..." the maid replies. 

It doesn't seem to fool the grand sword masters, they can detect lingering mana in the air. 

"Miss, we-"

Suddenly, the maid throws a smoke bomb into the ground, releasing the cover for her to escape. 

"That lady!" 

The grand sword masters throw a slash at the smoke to spread it, bits of smoke fly to them and unknowingly cause them to breathe the smoke. 

"Ugh?" Their sense becomes slightly dull and their limbs numb. There was paralyzing poison mixed in. 

When they recover, all that is left is an open window and traces of her escape. 

One of them checks the drawers and notices the order envelope and metal plate missing. "Damn it! She took it!" he exclaims, misunderstanding the situation. 

They fail to realise another intruder and go after the maid, successfully distracted by the maid. 

Rena hears the noise and can feel the pressure diminishing. She quietly thanks the maid in her head and goes to the room with light. 

"Woah!!!!" A piercing disgusting sound comes from within. Li is caressing one of the lady's thighs on a bed. His face is painted red with intoxication.

Rena kicks open the door and interrupts his fun.

!

"Whattttt? W-Who are you?! *Hic* What are you-" says Li with his eyes half open.

Rena walks slowly to the bed and pulls out a dagger, that sobers Li instantly. 

He panics and jumps out of the bed. The two ladies back off and cower behind the blanket.

"You! Hey! Jias! Iso!! Where the fuck are you?! There is an assassin here!!!" His scream reverberates through but no one responded. 

"Are you relying on the grand sword masters? Too bad, they are gone," says Rena.

"What?! F-Fuck! Wait? Who hired you? I can pay you twice...no thrice the amount! I can even throw in some artifacts! Wait!" 

Rena stays silent and continues her stroll to Li. 

Li grits his teeth and looks around before glancing at the ladies. They had eye contact before Li grabs one of the ladies and throws her at Rena.

"AHHH!" 

Rena grabs the lady and Li uses the time to run out of the room with his fat body. Little did he know Rena let him escape.

She pushes the lady aside and leaves the room. 

"Huff huff!!" a panting Li can be seen not far from the room. His fat physique made running slow and difficult coupled with low stamina. 

"There's nowhere to run," Rena says. Her voice echoes through the corridor like death. At the side of the corridor are large windows which allow the moonlight to shine through. Rena enjoys the atmosphere and situation. 

"F-Fucking hell! Help!! Anybody!! Helppp!! Damn it! Useless fucks!!!" Li desperately calls for help yet all the security is gone. No one can be seen. Where did everyone go?

Mana gathers around her feet. In an instant, Rena catches up to Li and blocks his path.

"EEEK!!!" Li drops onto the floor and desperately crawls back. "Wait! That voice...you seem familiar. Uh...are you one of my uhm...concubines? O-Or one of my clients?"

Rena clicks her tongue and pulls down her mask. Her eyes squeezed and her face contorted with disgust. "Disgusting..." Rena mumbles. 

"What?! It's you!? W-Wait! I promise you I won't go near you or any of your subordinates. I won't touch anyone! A-And I can cooperate with you! In fact, I was ordered by the Viscount and Duke. They are both higher in the hierarchy and I cannot afford to offend them! Please understand!" says Li.

"Yeah yeah...sure." Rena simply replies looking around. "You have a death dungeon here somewhere, don't you?"

"What..."

When Rena walks closer, Li jolts. "Y-Yes I do! But it's mostly for criminals-"

"Yeah yeah, where is it? Hurry up and bring me to it." 

Li gets up and nods before walking away. Rena follows. 

"Hurry the fuck up!" she screams. 

"Okay okay!" he quickens his pace as they walk down the mansion to the first level. 

Behind a large painting in the hallway, is a secret door that allows access to the basement. Li and Rena go through that door and arrives in a repugnant basement. Cages of corpses, mostly women, scatter. A few doors are present. 

Rena grips her dagger and cuts Li's legs without warning.

"ARGHHHHH!!!" He groans in pain as tears flow down his eyes. With blood spewing all over the place, he wiggles and rolls. 

Rena goes up to the doors and checks each one. The first door leads to a large room full of torture equipment, and the second leads to more prison cells. The last leads to a small platform with railings. 

Rena walks to the railings and glances down the mysterious void below the platform. Rats. It's a sea full of hungry rats ready to bite anything that comes by.

Rena goes back and pulls the weeping Li to the last door. 

"Ah?! W-W-Wait!! Not that! Please!!! Not that!!! Just kill me! Just fucking kill me!!! No!!!" Li frantically begs Rena. 

"I heard you have a fear of rats but like to make people feel your pain. Let's see how well you fare in there." Rena says gently with a beautiful smile. 

...

"D-Devil..." Li mumbles.

"Nice joke. If I'm a devil, what are you?" says Rena. 

Li's large body is dragged across the floor. With his heavy weight, Rena throws Li into the den of rats. 

*BAM!* 

The sea of rats is dispersed into two after Li comes crashing down. They sniff his meat and their mouth water.

A crowd of squeaks erupt around the basement followed by a scream.

"ARGGHHHH!!!!!"

Rena takes a deep breath and makes her escape.