The life of the underworld was something Ashley had dreamed of escaping all her life. Born as a bastard from an affair between an underworld kingpin and a prostitute, Ashley was meant to die even before she was born. The only reason she survived was that her father thought she was a boy.

From a young age, she understood that if she wanted to survive in this world of violence—on top of her father’s wife and daughter’s schemes—she had to be useful.

So, she made herself a promise: one day, she would escape this world.

Ashley almost succeeded… until her father found her again and thrust her into a marriage of convenience with his rival, Dominion, in his beloved daughter’s place.

Everyone in the underworld knew Dominion.

They were cruel, organized, and simply spawns of evil. And the man who stood above that power, Luciano, was said to be downright diabolical. Just their name alone could make anyone tremble.

And this organization was where Ashley now had to survive.

To make matters worse, the marriage also came with a child — Luciano’s mute heir.

Forced to become the wife of one of the most violent and powerful underworld organizations, and the mother of its future leader, Ashley made a vow.

“No matter what, I’ll escape this place!”

But she would soon realize it wouldn’t be as simple as that. Not when the feared members of Dominion clung to her feet, begging,

“Madam, don’t go!”

And when the mute stepson finally spoke, “Mommy, if you’re leaving, please take me with you.”

Finally, her diabolical, obsessive, and utterly territorial husband said,

“I’ve packed our things. Where should we go?”

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Omen's bloodshot eyes slowly widened behind his cracked glasses.


On his screen, standing casually beside the corpse of Mr.Handsome123, was a character he hadn't seen in a very long time.


"Shit." He panicked as he closed the world chat. "Shit, shit, shit—"


He immediately resurrected his character, but it didn't even take a second before his character died once again.


Omen was already fast at resurrecting and jumping out of the PVP area, but BBGoddess was faster.


[Holy shit! BBGoddess is bullying him again!]


[Damn! I came here to watch a nice duel, not a massacre—shit, my character died!]


The player who sent the message found his character dead the very next second.


None other than the strongest—and possibly the craziest—player on their server.


[BBGoddess doesn't even play anymore, but whenever she comes online, Mr.Handsome just has to be talking big.]


[I believe Mr.Forever2ndPlace is not a very lucky lad.]


Chapter 548 - Hello, Omen.