Chapter 36 - Massacre
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nSeeing the headless corpse falling to the ground I had realised what just happened.
nAnd I was flabbergasted!
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"So that´s where the XP came from... I literally headshot that guy!
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n`I didn´t even mean to do that!´
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"Nonetheless, they have quite the number... around 20?
" Slowly raising the Veren sword.
nMana started to flow through my body into the sword.
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"Firstly...let´s confirm their capabilities. If there are too many to handle I will have to rethink my actions.
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nWith my Wind Blade fully charged, the question where...
n`Who should I target first...?´
nAs I was troubling myself on who to choose. Someone seemed to volunteer.
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"Quick! Everyon-
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nHim!
n*Tseeeen!
nIf you don´t know who to choose, go for the loudest!
n`Fortunately, though, the guy didn´t even manage to dodge my wind blade and simply stood there waiting to be cleaved in half.
nAs for the other poor guy who stood behind him...
nLet´s call it collateral damage.
nYou gained 1300 XP
nYou gained 1200 XP
n`With the amount of XP that those guys give, it's no better that guy Rapha lackeys. Heck, they might as well be weaker than those.´
nAs I was making about to move towards the group.
nLike a chain reaction, the moment I cleaved these two guys with my wind blade all of them screamed out loudly which made me startle for a moment.
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"Martial Arts?
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"Quick, call sir Rapha!
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"I wasn´t told that I will fight against something like that!
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n`What are you guys screaming about!? Haven´t you ever see some cleaved in half bodies with all their guts to plainly see?´
nNevertheless, one of these guys did say something interesting though.
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"Rapha...if they want to call him then that means that he isn´t here right now.
" That means one less worry to worry about! Although my current me should be stronger than him. This magic would have been quite troublesome with those meat shields in my way...
nWhile I was thinking about Rapha's magic.
nI suddenly noticed someone making a step towards me.
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"Hmm...?
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nTaking a closer look at the one I felt intrigued by him.
nWhich I thought was quite a weird thing...
nThis human...
nHad the same armor like all the other soldiers.
nThe same weapon as the others.
nHe even had the same fearful expression on this face.
nBy one glance he would seem like all the other humans among him or even inferior!
nSince he seemed a lot younger than the others, that should also speak about this strength.
nIf someone elsewhere to take a look at him he would simply say
"He isn´t any special
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nAnd that would mostly be the truth.
nBut If you were going to ask me, I would say he is special.
nWith the same armor and weapon as the others. There is no difference between the other soldiers and him.
nWith the same fear as the others, he walks towards me.
nAlthough some other soldier had done the same and taken a stance towards me.
nHe was different.
nI could somehow tell that he was different than the others.
nThat was because of this gaze.
nOr rather these eyes.
nAs if he had something to protect which was worth putting this life on the line...
n`What is that feeling... why do I feel...some kinship towards him...´
nTightening the grasp of the hilt, the same burning feeling that I was feeling started to flow through my body.
nBut instead of the usual burning feeling, that was spread through my whole body. This time all the burning feeling was focused in one place.
nIt felt as if someone was grasping your whole being while tingling this grip.
nIgnoring the pain, I unconsciously said.
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"It´s the same...
"But as I said a strong headache came into my mind, which resulted in my vision being blurred.
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"What is happening...
" As I was about to scream with all my might...
nY** **** **s **e* *o***b** stabil***
nThe moment this bizarre message appeared.
nAll the burning feelings dispirited together with the headache.
nInstead of feeling any pain anymore.
nI felt rather refreshed!
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"What has just happ-
" As I was still confused by all this.
nI noticed that the young man that I saw before has been replaced with an older-looking soldier.
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"Everyone! Prepare to engage! Crossbow to th-
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nSeeing the soldiers regain their focus and moving to surround me by the command of this old man. It made me grin slightly.
n`So you are the commander, huh?´
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"Hah, quite of bold of you to make yourself know, at least this makes it more interesting that simple be slaughtered! Sprint!
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nReinforcing my legs with my mana, I dashed forward aiming at the commander!
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"Shoot him before he reaches us!
" The soldiers as commanded, pointed their crossbows at me and fired at me at the same time.
nBut with my current speed thanks to the skill Sprint.
n4 out of 7 arrows missed.
nBut even though my speed was probably to another level than those soldiers.
nThe crossbows arrows were still way faster than me. Thus letting 3 arrows hit my right shoulder, my chest, and my shield.
nAnd with the state that was my current armor and shield...
nThey didn´t manage to hold up...
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"Dammit, do you know how much time it took me to find armor though that dam lake!
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nSeeing not only my shield getting destroyed but also big pieces of my armor to fall of. I gritted my teeth and activated Sin of Wrath.
nWith the dark green ethereal aura flowing through my body and with the increase of bloodlust.
nAll the soldiers couldn´t help but flinch.
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"You filthy undead~! Die!
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nBeing finally in range of the soldiers, I easily dodge the pathetic attempts to pierce me with their spears and made quick work out of them.
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"N-No!
" Since I was right in the middle of their ranks, the only threat that was the crossbow couldn´t get a clear shot at me without risking hitting their comrades.
nWhich made it especially easy for me.
nYou gained 1200 XP
nYou gained 1200 XP
nYou gained 1200 XP
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nYou gained 1300 XP
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"M-Mercy...! Please...!
" Ignoring the crying man in front of me. I pierced my Veren sword through this chest. Quickly ending this life.
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"And here I thought that the commander would be stronger than the others. But I guess I was wrong...
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nTaking a look at my surroundings, I saw around 19 bodies lying there, lifeless.
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"It didn´t even take me 3 minutes to finish all this punch...I guess my recent increase of stats made me.
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nI walked back to the gate hole and picked the staff that I threw away while pulling the arrows that were stuck in my armor.
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"I lost about 500hp just from their crossbows. I guess even the weak can be a thread with the right equipment...
" But as a result of me pulling the arrows out of my armor. The chest armor fell apart and crumbled into the ground.
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"When I finally became comfortable with the armor, did it had to break...At least there are replacements nearby.
" Looking at the remaining corpses again I grinned bitterly.
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"Sigh...will this be my fate from now on?
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"Stealing the possessions of the dead?
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"What am I?
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"A garbage man?
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nEven though I was slightly unwilling to undres- cough cough, I mean to steal their armor.
nBut knowing that one guy escaped calling reinforcements. That arsonist Rapha is bound to come here...
nWhat a headache.
n*Thick, Thick
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"Hmm, the armor does fit me more than I thought...
" After getting familiar with the armor, I moved towards what seemed like a road.
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"The fact that there is a road should mean that it leads to where people are...
" Taking a better look at the road I noticed some drops of blood on the ground.
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"Weird...why should there be a trail of blood in the middle of the road? Did anyone get hurt before I came...
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nI bent down to my knee and through pure curiosity, I touched the blood from the ground. Feeling this blood with my fingers I unconsciously grinned sinisterly.
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"Hehe...the blood hasn´t dried yet! Hehe...Right, there were originally 20 soldiers! This guy should be the last one!
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nStanding up, I began running straight through the road at full speed!
nEach step made some metal noise cause of my newly acquired armor.
n*Thick, Thick
nWhile I was running with everything that I had, I couldn´t help but say bitterly.
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"That guy sure is unfortunate...
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"Hah...
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nSorry!
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"Hah, Hah...
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nForgive!
nCurrently in one of the roads that lead to the city of Nexvarres...
nA young man with a soldier uniform was running with all this strength while this face being full of tears and this body with sweat.
nSuch a young man was screaming out loudly for forgiveness.
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"Why did such a thin- Why did something like this show up!
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nThe young man named Alon was filled with grief.
nHe knew very well what kind of strength the undead was capable of.
n`That thing used martial arts...and out of all kinds of martial arts, it knew the Wind Blade one! There is no way that the others will survive...´
nAlthough the Wind Blade skill was a pretty average skill among the martial arts. It was for one reason an extremely rare skill to possess.
nNot only did you need to have some mastery on controlling your mana but you also had to be knowledgeable towards the arts of swords.
nCombining two professions to create 1 single skill is an extremely hard thing to do.
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"And yet that thing used it like it was nothing...! Dammit!
" Alon dropped on this knew through exhaustion.
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"Even though sir Maike sacrificed and the others sacrificed themself...! I let them die pointlessly!
" As tears were continuously falling from this eyes.
nThis pocket vibrated for a moment while showing a glimmer of red light.
nNoticing that, Alon hastily took the communication device out of this pocket with a face full of hope.
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"That´s it...
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nAs he activated the device.
nA loud and harsh voice could be heard from inside the device.
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"Quite...what´s the situation
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"S-Sir Rapha! Please...! When will you be able to arrive!?
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nHearing the soldier asking the question instead of answering them Rapha, The Captain of the knights of the Darcy family frown slightly.
nBut not cause he didn´t answer this question, but rather cause the voice of this recruit sounds full of despair.
n`What happened of there...´
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"Recruit, calm down, and report the situation. I will be in 10 minutes over there. What happened to the Undead?
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nAfter calming down for a second. Alon tried to report what happened.
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"The undead broke through and...
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nBut Alon was going to tell Rapha what just happened.
nA sound of wind being cut could be heard through the distance.
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"Huh...?
" Turning Alon this head, this face was full of terror.
n*Tseeeeeeeen!
nAlon jumped to the side, barely dodging the incoming wind blade.
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"How could it be...!?
" Seeing the silhouette coming neared by the moment. He runs away from the road and right into the forest.
nBut although managed to prevent him from being cleaved in half, he accidentally dropped the communication devices in the road.
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"Recruit! What happened! Respon~
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nAlon couldn´t care less about picking this device.
nThere was only one thing that was through this mind.
nAnd that was fear.
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"There hasn´t even been 5 minutes! How could this monster manage...
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nBeing able to Massacre a team of 19 soldiers in a matter of fewer than 5 minutes...!
nThat thing was a monster!
n*Tick. Tick...
nSounds of metal meeting the ground were getting closer and closer to Alon's position.
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"I can´t die here...Lacia
" While running through the forest, he finally reached a plane field with all kinds of different flowers in the surroundings.
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"Ah, this sight...is similar to...
"Alons remembered the memories of the past.
nOf how he confessed to this childhood write in a similar field.
nA plane field with flowers in every direction with a large tree in the middle where they were used to playing around since they were kids.
n`It's truly similar...`
nThe day where the young man confessed two years ago was a similar place to this.
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"Hey...Lacia
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nHe remembers every word that was said on this day.
nThe wind that day carried the woman he loved her beautiful long red hair.
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"What´s is it Alon? Is it another of your dreams of being an adventurer?
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nHe remembers how this face was as red as a tomato was back then.
nA truly embarrassing and blessed day that was.
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"No...Lacia, today I got a gift for you.
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"A gift you say? Hehe, Is it another of those `chocolate treats you given me once?
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nShe sure was a glutton at that time...
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"No...Lacia this time...
" Benting this knee and pulling a small box from this pocket.
nAhh... that face that she made that day was truly the happiest thing that has ever happened.
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"Will you marry me? Lacia?
" Showing the golden ring with a small crystal in it. She began to cry.
nSeeing her cry though made me panic at first but the answer that I got was worth it.
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"Yes...Alon, of cour-
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n*Tseeeeen!
nAs if someone cut the connection from these memories with a big scissor.
nAlon felt once again despair.
nBut right now...
nHe felt more pain.
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"Kaaagh!!
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nFalling through the ground only to see where these legs were supposed to be missing and lot´s of blood coming out.
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"Found you...
" Seeing the Draugr coming out of the woods.
nHe felt fear.
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"I-I can´t die in such a place....!
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