#137 - good friend

Avery was now completely isolated, his mind blank, but he still stood there stubbornly, glaring at Anduin. ReadingΜ

"Heh, looks like a stubborn mule, well then, let me introduce a good friend." Anduin chuckled.

With that, Anduin reached into his pouch and pulled out a metal four-finger knuckle duster, then slowly said, "This friend of mine is called 'Restore My Pretty Face Fist'. It's made entirely of Agrippa alloy, and I've enchanted all four rings with 'Pain Amplification' runes. At the same time, both sides are engraved with powerful 'Heal to Full' charms. I guarantee, even if you get hit by my friend for a year, you won't have a single injury."

After explaining, Anduin put the knuckle duster on his right hand and delivered a right hook to Avery's face. The solid force of the punch sent Avery flying more than two meters away, crashing heavily onto the dusty wooden floor.

Immediately afterward, Anduin began to savagely beat the fallen Avery.

"Just now, your chest should have been injured by my spell, now let me help you heal properly." After saying that, Anduin delivered a series of heavy blows to Avery's chest, abdomen, and face. His fists fell like a pile driver, each blow heavier than the last, and constantly making 'thud' 'thud' sounds.

"Aaaah..." Avery almost instantly lost the ability to think, only feeling the continuous, intense pain of being crushed by a heavy object, like a herd of Teebo warthogs trampling him back and forth.

Listening to Avery's miserable screams, the wizards who were still squatting with their heads in their hands were terrified and sweating profusely, their bodies trembling uncontrollably. The shrill sound echoed continuously in the empty room, so loud and terrifying that it made people's heads throb.

After continuously 'treating' Avery for a few minutes, Anduin finally slowly straightened up, raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and breathed a long sigh. After all, beating people up all the time was quite tiring.

It was now the cold winter near Christmas, and the temperature inside the house was extremely low, but Avery's sweat had already soaked his entire body. His voice had also become hoarse from the continuous loud wailing. At this time, he was lying on the ground twitching with his eyes rolled back.

"So, do you agree to my suggestion?" Anduin asked, looking at the exhausted Avery, his right hand raised high, as if he would strike as soon as he heard an unsatisfactory answer.

"Ag-agree, I agree, please, don't hit me, please don't hit me anymore." Avery pleaded in a hoarse voice, tears streaming down his face. He just wanted to get out of here as soon as possible and escape this demon.→

Anduin nodded in satisfaction after hearing Avery's reply, then turned to look at the squatting crowd, revealing a kind smile.

"Next, it's your turn. Everyone has suffered a lot of injuries just now, right? Now I will personally heal you!"

Anduin looked around and then looked at Millie Osborne, "Let's start with you first."

"No!"

Millie felt a chill in her heart as she looked at Anduin's demonic eyes. She stood up and ran towards the door, she wanted to leave this place, leave this hellhole.

But before she could take a few steps, she was locked in place by an invisible force, and then tripped hard. Then her feet were lifted slightly, as if someone was pulling her back to Anduin's side.

Looking at Millie's terrified eyes and swollen cheeks, Anduin chuckled softly, "Look at you, you got punched just now, and your face is swollen. Let me give you a good treatment."

With that, he leaned over and delivered a right hook to Millie.

"Ah!" Millie only felt a piercing pain shoot straight into her brain, and tears flowed uncontrollably.

"Don't cry, weren't you very brave when you slapped Vivian just now? Come on, Fighting!" Anduin encouraged her when he saw how unbearable she was.

Then he gave her another series of uppercuts.

"The corner of your mouth is a little broken, gotta hit it here." "Look at your chin, it's all purple and blue, gotta hit it here twice."

This scene made the hearts of everyone around them twitch. They watched as Anduin turned Millie from a pig's head with a purple and blue face into a beautiful woman. Not to mention injuries on her face, even the pimples were gone. But looking at Millie's tearful appearance, she didn't seem to be enjoying it at all.

"Hehehe." After putting Millie aside, who didn't even have the strength to cry out, Anduin looked at the crowd next to him who were sweating profusely with a smile.

"Next, it's your turn. I can't let you go back with injuries like this, or I'll have nowhere to put Anduin's face."

Next, there was a burst of wailing in the hut. Of course, the sound couldn't be heard outside, because Anduin had cast a shielding charm on the entire room.

And anyone who tried to escape would be controlled by Anduin and dragged back, and then punished with a few extra punches. The others, seeing this, also learned to behave and just endured a few blows.

After a while, looking at the crowd slumped on the ground, Anduin smiled and said, "The injuries are healed, now it's question time. 20 galleons a month for protection money, who agrees, who objects?"

Everyone trembled at his gaze and quickly replied, "Ag-agree, we agree."

"Okay, thank you for your cooperation. From now on, the monthly protection fee will be collected by..." Anduin looked around, as if randomly choosing something, and looked at Rosier, "Rosier will be responsible for collecting it. Don't worry, everyone, I'm not a devil either. Since I've collected your protection fee, I will naturally protect you well."

"Yes, yes, yes." Everyone looked at Anduin saying such shameless words, but because they were afraid, they had no choice but to agree obsequiously.

"Well, let's get the ugly words out of the way first. If you try to get your family to stand up for you, or try to default on the debt..."

Anduin looked at everyone, then looked at the knuckle duster in his hand, and said, "Then don't blame me for asking my friend to collect the debt. Don't worry, my friend is best at healing, guaranteeing to heal injuries and cure diseases."

Anduin wasn't lying to them. The Heal to Full charm he engraved on this knuckle duster was an optimized, advanced version. No matter how severe the injury, a few punches would definitely make it better.

Everyone raised their heads and looked at the knuckle duster in Anduin's hand, nervously swallowing their saliva. The places where they had just been beaten began to ache faintly again, and they nodded like chickens pecking at rice.

"A little reminder, compared to Galleons, I prefer some books and alchemy materials that I haven't seen before. If you can satisfy me, I might even give you a premium. As for your wands, they will be returned to you after you pay the first month's protection fee when you go to Hogwarts."