Devastating The Murim with My Little Sister-Chapter 139: Mercy?

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" It... it was the Four Clans under the Moyong Clan, they made us do it please... please spare my husband..." The mangers wife crashes unto her knees before the Patriarch.

' Maria? nooo, I told you not to come out...' The Manager thinks to himself as he remains frozen and trembling.

His body could not respond but his mind was somewhat ok.

He he could hear everything that was going on.

" If my lowly life could suffice, I would willingly give it up, I...I only ask that you indeed spare every other person here..." His wife says as she slowly lowers her head with tears flowing down her eyes.

' No no no no, Maria don't...' He says to himself a she tries to make his body move but his body just wouldn't respond.

' Please, Please look at me, please take your eyes off her, I'm the one who offended you, don't you touch her....' he cries to the Patriarch but the Patriarch couldn't hear him since he couldn't speak out.

Tears begin to flow down his eyes.

His head was still bent low so he couldn't see what was going on.

The only thing he could see were the feet of the Patriarch.

" Then please... let me die as a foolish virtuous wife." His wife says as she now shuts her eyes completely.

' Ahhhhhh!! you foolish body, move god damnit, pleasee...'

And just as the Patriarch sends down his needle maybe out of instinct to protect his wife, his body finally reacts and with a burst of energy he moves his body to block the needle.

Of course his body alone wasn't enough to stop the needle so as it exits his body through o needle as it pierces through them both before he finally catches it at one end with both hands.

He began bleeding out his mouth, his chest and hands but he wore a smile, happy that he had protected his wife.

Maria slowly looks up and see her husband bleeding out before her.

" J...Jonah?" Sh youe utters.

" I'm sorry my love." He says with a smile before collapsing to the ground.

" Jonaaahh!!!" She yells out loud as she drags herself on her knees to his body.

" M...Maria... I'm sorry for putting you in this mess..."

" N..no no, don't say that Jonah, it's not your fault, we the powerless are just victims of the tantrums of the powerful, I could never blame you..." Maria states as she begins to cry.

The fellows of the Dang Clan and the people Jonah had brought with him all remained silent as they watched this scene.

" I... I was gonna use the money to have us go on a vacation, just the two of us, and then get you those things you wanted so much..."

Jonah says as he locked hands with Maria.

" Shhh... shhh don't worry... we'll still go on that vacation." Maria sobs.

Jonah gives a soft smile to Maria.

" Patriarch, you stated... a life for a life... I know it may be incredibly shameless but along with my wife, could you also... * Cough*... could you also spare this innocent people I brought with me?, the were only listening to me, I swear to you... that... they are not bad people..." He struggles to say out.

The Patriarch looks down at him silently for a while.

" You are indeed shameless...

But a life for a life only works when one life is taken...

You won't die..." The Patriarch states as he turns away and begins walking towards his room.

" Wh...what??" Maria and Jonah ask together confused.

The Patriarch walks into his room and closes the door.

Diana walks up to Jonah and Maria.

She bends down and picks up the needle from Jonahs right hand.

'That soft old man.' She says to herself after analyzing the needle and blood on it.

She heaves a sigh as she rises to her feet.

" There is no poison..." She says to them.

They looked confused for a moment.

" And seeing as he said you won't die, it must mean he didn't strike any major organ, get him to a physician fast and he might just survive, count this the Mercy of the Patriarch and show your gratitude to him when you are healed up." Diana says with a bold voice.

They remained speechless for a while.

" Well, aren't you gonna get going?" Diana asks.

" Th...thank you...thank you very much..." They all say as the scurry to carry Jonah out of there.

Diana heaves a sigh as they leave.

" Our father is too soft..." Rohli states as she stands with her hands folded.

" The Patriarch has his circumstances..." Dang Kal says trying to defend Dang Woon.

" Yh yh, hopefully his soft personality doesn't get us killed one day." She states.

" Don't worry about that, he can be really ruthless when pissed off..." Diana says.

" Yes yes I know he isn't all that soft, else he wouldn't be sharpening his daggers right now would he?" Rohli says and the rest turn to look at the door of the Patriarch.

" So you could hear it huh?" Diana questions.

" Of course, even though he can be annoying soft, he is still a member of the Dang Clan... no he is the Patriarch of the Tang Clan..." Rohli states as she walks into her room.

Diana gives a smile.

" I suggest you all get yourself ready, we probably aren't sleeping this night hehehe..." Diana states as she follows behind Rohli.

Dang Hyuk also goes into his room to prepare leaving Dang Kal and Dang Juro outside in the hallway.

" Umm... Are we gonna do what I think we are about to do?" Dang Juro ask with a little panick in his tone.

Dang Kal looks at him like; ' Don't you know what Clan you belong to?'

" It's best you be as prepared as you can, there's gonna be a lot of blood and poison in the air this night..." Dang Kal says as he goes into his room.

Dang Juro stands there alone wondering;

" Fuck I might actually die at a young age..."