The Mage of Primordial Chaos

"D-D-Don't kill us! We were just following Dong Zhu's orders!" one of the lackeys immediately said. This was the short one - and probably the most clever one.

"What?! You're the one who suggested this!" Dong Zhu retaliated angrily.

"Oh...how amusing. A bunch of maggots, fighting amongst themselves," I remarked. "Isn't that interesting? The moment things go south, you all turn selfish all of a sudden."

"..."

They didn't talk back, which made sense considering the position they were in. I smirked. "All quiet and obedient now, huh? Man...all this would've been avoided if you didn't try touching my companions, y'know?"

"Y-Yes! I-I'm sorry!" Dong Zhu yelped, his tough demeanor now completely gone.

"Now...I don't want to kill you if I don't have to, so I'm just going to get one of my companions to erase your memory of everything that happened tonight. But if you ever cross me or any of my women again...I can't promise I will do the same. Understand?"

"Y-Y-Yes sir!" Dong Zhu and his lackeys said in unison.

I smiled innocently. "Good."

Then, standing up, I looked over at Mei Gui, my fake smile nowhere to be seen. "Knock them out again."

"W-W-Wha-? Didn't you just say you would let us g-"

"Yeah, but I still have to erase your memory, remember?" I replied, and motioned for Mei Gui to make the move. She hit the four of them's Stomach 9 pressure point precisely, and they were knocked unconscious once more.

"You can be a little more rough with them if you want," I said. "Like, slam their heads against the wall to knock them out or something."

"...Understood, Mast-"

"No, no, no," I quickly stopped her. "They're already knocked out. No point doing anything more now. They should stay like this until morning. I'll get Qing Yue to erase their memory then."

But suddenly, I heard a fumbling outside my door. I immediately raised my guard, but my Third Eye, which was still active, wasn't picking up on any hostile enemies. I frowned in confusion, and went up closer, and pressed my ear against the door.

"D-Did you record that?!" a female voice asked hastily.

"Yes, yes I did!" another girl replied.

By the sound of the two voices...huh. Feng Mian and Qing Yue?

I placed my hand on the handle of the door, then suddenly gave it a twist, opening it. The girls on the other side, not expecting this, all crashed into the room, one after another.

"So? What are you guys doing?" I asked, unamused, as they got up to their feet once more.

"E-Eh? Ah..." Feng Mian was at a loss for words, and looked towards Qing Yue to help. But Qing Yue didn't have an answer either.

Xiang Peng was the first to speak up. "Well, you were  so  loud that we couldn't sleep! So we decided to check out what was going on next door."

"...And eavesdropping on a conversation is your idea of 'checking out what's going on next door'?"

"A-Ahem, that's not my fault," Xiang Peng replied, immediately pushing the blame onto someone else. "The other girls wanted to listen in, so I just came along."

"What?! You're the one who suggested doing this in the first place!" Feng Mian exclaimed.

"N-Nope, don't know what you're talking about," Xiang Peng said, whistling ignorantly.

"I don't care who did it..." I muttered. "I only care about the recording you mentioned. What did you guys record?"

"N-Nothing!" Qing Yue immediately replied, hiding something behind her back.

I narrowed my gaze. "What are you holding? Hand it over."

I reached for it, but Qing Yue nimbly dodged out of the way.

I sighed. "Hand. It. Over."

Qing Yue, frightened by my serious tone, slowly, hesitantly handed me her phone.

"...Unlock it," I ordered, and she complied.

I found the clip she just recorded, and pressed play.

"...But if you ever cross me or any of my women again...I can't promise I will do the same. Understand?"

I pressed pause, then glared at the girls, who were blushing and giggling at the same time.

God damn it...why did I say that? Ugh...the mood just seemed right, and it just came out of my mouth without thinking...

"I'm deleting this..." I muttered.

"No! Don't delete it! Please no!" Yu An Yan begged.

"Yeah, don't delete it!!" Feng Mian added.

"Too bad," I said, before promptly clicking the delete button on the video.

I then handed the phone back to Qing Yue. "Don't try eavesdropping on me again, Qing Yue. It won't work."

"Wuwu..." she murmured, making a fake crying gesture.

"Now...since you're already here, erase these four guys' memories for me," I said, pointing at Dong Zhu and his lackeys sitting on the floor, unconscious. "You know a spell for that, right?"

"Yep! I learnt it a while ago," Qing Yue replied, instantly not depressed anymore. She walked over to the four guys, and raised her arms, pointing her palms towards their heads. "Level Two Psychic Magic - Amnesia."

Amnesia - a Level Two Psychic Element spell that made those affected by it forget what happened in the past day, 24 hours. Their memory will turn hazy, and will wake up confused, but with no lasting impacts. A faint pink light enveloped their heads, and after a good minute, she was done. Then, after repeating the same process with the six Advanced Mages, she let out a deep breath, and turned to me and gave a wink as well as a thumbs up.

"All done, Big Brother Xuan Kai!"

I nodded in satisfaction. "Good...now, you guys go back to sleep. We have a long journey ahead of us tomorrow, so you all should get some rest. Meanwhile...I'll deal with these four."

The girls agreed after some reluctance at letting me do everything by myself, but after a while, they returned to their own room, and I called the front desk. The receptionist picked up, and I spoke.

"Hey, can you come up to room 68 real quick? I need your help."

"Um...room 68? B-But wait...isn't that..."

I sighed. "Yes, I know Dong Zhu and his group threatened you to give them my room number. I've already dealt with them. Just come up here please."

"D-Dealt with them? U-Um, okay! I'll be there in a sec."

She sounded pretty surprised at my words, but she agreed nonetheless. I hung up, and waited patiently.

After a couple of minutes, the receptionist arrived at my room. She rang the doorbell, and I opened it. The first thing noticed was Dong Zhu and his three lackeys, tied up in the corner of the room.

"W-Wha-!"

I quickly covered her mouth. "Idiot. If you scream too loudly, they'll wake up. Listen to me closely. I'm not going to hurt you."

The poor girl nodded fearfully, and I let go of her. "Alright. Here's what's going to happen. You're going to find me two vacant rooms, one for Dong Zhu and his three lackeys here, and the other for those six Advanced Mages tied up in the corner over there."

I pointed at the group of unconscious Advanced Mages in the other corner of my room, and the girl nodded.

"Don't worry, they aren't dead, just unconscious. I've already erased all of their memories of what happened here today, so you don't have to worry about them taking revenge on the hotel or trying anything like this again. After all, they have already forgotten what made them do this to me in the first place."

The girl stood speechless, shocked at how easily I had dealt with the four of these guys my age, who all appeared to be more buff than me (except the short lackey) on top of six Advanced Mages. Of course, even if it was really just a pure fistfight, no magic or weapons allowed, I would still beat them easily, since I had trained my body to human limits - my muscles just didn't show under my thick cloak, so this girl couldn't tell.

"Now, when they wake up tomorrow morning, they're going to be very confused at why they are here," I explained. "But don't worry. All you have to do is tell them they were drunk last night, and-"

"Wait, drunk? But...Dong Zhu and his three lackeys are underage!" the girl exclaimed, clearly far too innocent for this world.

I sighed. "Knowing Dong Zhu? Do you really believe they haven't touched alcohol before? They're under the false impression they are above the law. But in this case, that works in our favor. Understand? Just do as I say, and there won't be any problems. Of course, that's only if you do it naturally. Don't give it away that you're lying."

"O-Okay, I got it," the girl replied, and I nodded in satisfaction.

"Alright. Lead the way to an empty room."

She did, and I dragged Dong Zhu and his lackeys to the empty room first. Luckily, it was midnight, so no one else was loitering in the halls. I repeated the same process with the six Advanced Mages. Once they were all in their rooms, I got rid of the ropes tying them and carefully laid them down on the beds. I didn't take their clothes off and change for them though, because that's disgusting.

After everything was done, I returned to my own room. The receptionist girl thanked me, and I waved her off. Mei Gui was waiting for me in the room, and I sighed. Changing into my clean clothes once again, I crashed onto the bed, exhausted, Mei Gui, as usual, crawled in nonchalantly after me.

That was a tiring night. Now then...let's hope tomorrow's journey to Shanghai is relatively peaceful.