Chapter 186 - A Merciful Death (1/2)
”[Lineage Ending Nut Shot].”
Swish!
Plop.
Without hesitation, Aurus manipulated the sword of energy to slash at a certain part of Chonk's body, a part most commonly known as the organ that allows one's bloodline to proliferate for many generations.
Chonk's nuts.
”AAAAAAAHHHH!!!” At the very instant both of his nuts dropped on the ground, surprisingly, Chonk was able to break free from the stun that Bell applied on him, opening his mouth as wide as possible as he let out a scream that seemingly pierced the heavens. Alongside that, the area where his nuts were cut off was bleeding profusely. Fortunately, Bell noticed this before he lost even more blood, piercing his proboscis on Chonk's abdomen before injecting another foreign fluid into Chonk's bloodstream.
”[Blood Manipulation Imbuement].”
”[Hemostasis].”
Whoosh!
And just like that, the flow of blood coming from Chonk's nuts had stopped in an instant. Nevertheless, Chonk continued to scream out in pain since nuts have a lot of nerve endings. Add in the fact that his sensitivity towards pain was amplified by 10 times thanks to a foreign fluid, it would make sense that this would happen.
Herellia and Horell looked at Aurus from afar, both radiating an aura of fear after seeing what he had done to a vulnerable Chonk. Never once did they expect that Aurus was going to do that, making a mental note in their minds not long after to not get on his bad side.
On the other hand, Fenrir and Charisa looked at this as well, and just like Horell and Herellia, the two of them radiated an aura of fear, with Fenrir muttering, ”I'm glad I'm on Master's side. If I wasn't…”
He then shook his head multiple times after saying it, not wanting to imagine what would befall him if he wasn't on Aurus's side.
Eventually, around thirty seconds or so, Chonk lost most of his strength to scream out in pain as his throat had gone hoarse, his scream gradually softening before it came to a stop. At this moment, his complexion had become pale. The fur on his body was not jade green anymore, it now took on a pale green color. His limbs were affected as well, buckling from the pain, but still barely holding on.
In that state, Chonk's eyes focused on Aurus, with Aurus focusing his sense of vision back at him. It did not take long for Aurus to notice that there was some intent hidden in Chonk's gaze, an intent of wanting to speak. After some time, he found out that Chonk lost most of his intent to kill him, being replaced with slight fear towards him instead.
Soon after, he sent a message to Bell through the connection they had, who still had his proboscis poking through Chonk's abdomen. Obtaining Aurus's message, Bell then muttered, ”[Redirection: Torso].”
Whoosh!
In that instant, Chonk felt that something in his bloodstream gradually moved away from the muscles of his head, congregating towards his abdomen and limbs instead. He tried moving his jaw, slightly glad that he was able to do so. Not long after, Chonk looked back at Aurus, enduring the pain that was still lingering in his body as he asked him, ”Why…did you do this…to me?”
”Well, you attacked our alliance,” Aurus replied to his question. Soon, he added, ”Isn't that enough of a reason for me to do such a thing?”
”Have you…ever wondered…about the reason…why I did it?” Chonk pondered over his response, asking this question soon after.
Hearing this, Aurus could not help but think about Chonk's motives from a different perspective, taking quite some time to respond, ”So…you're saying that there's a greater reason to this war other than becoming the ruler of Tempest Cliff?”
”I yearned…to reach greater heights,” Chonk answered his question, letting out a few grunts of pain here and there before continuing, ”The peak…level of…a living being's…existence…”
At this point, Aurus thought that Chonk declaring war against the three alliances was quite a selfish move, letting out a slightly disappointed sigh before telling him, ”I presume the reason why you waged war against the three alliances is because your class has something to do with the Tempest Cliff, right?”
Chonk's eyes slightly widened at Aurus's response, muttering, ”How…did you know?”
”Just a hunch,” Aurus soon replied. Not long after, his tone took on a hint of anger as he told Chonk, ”Even though your class is related to the Tempest Cliff, you didn't have to wage war with the three alliances, to be honest. Couldn't you just ask them kindly about your plans? If you did that, then you wouldn't be in this state.”
”…” Chonk was at a loss for words, thinking about Aurus's words over and over again. It did not take long for him to realize…that Aurus was right. He had approached this problem at a wrong angle. With that in mind, he laughed out loud in a mocking tone, a mocking tone that seemed to be directed at himself.
Aurus and the others looked at this in silence, sensing the great melancholy that was radiating from him. While he was still laughing, Aurus teleported to where Fenrir and Charisa were, telling the both of them, ”Let's dispel the Ignis Zephyr Anima Form. It seems we don't even need to use the forbidden art anymore.”
He then focused his sense of vision towards Chonk, uttering, ”That wolf…has lost his will to fight already.”
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
It did not take long for the aura emanating from the three to return to their original states. Coincidentally, Chonk was finished laughing, with his eyes fixated towards Herellia and the hovering Horell. After looking at them for quite some time, he then said something that made everyone in the area look at him with shock.
”By the looks of it…I'm undoubtedly…going to die…here. Let's settle…our grievances…here and…now.”
Everyone in the area, except for Chonk, looked at each other, wondering if they had heard it correctly. Noticing this, Chonk took in a deep breath as most of the pain he felt subsided before saying once more, ”Let's settle our grievances here and now.”
With Chonk repeating his statement, Aurus then looked at Herellia and Horell, with Herellia radiating an aura that she was raring to settle their grievances. As for Horell, the aura he had was around the same as Herellia, just that there was a slight difference.
A hint of pity.
Aurus thought about this and concluded that it was understandable. Horell's life was saved by Chonk, and here he was, on the opposing side of the one who saved his life. Horell did hate the fact that he was used as a tool by the one who saved him, but once Horell thought about it, it was akin to repaying for what Chonk had done.
Sensing that the aura emanating from Herellia had intensified quite a bit, Aurus looked at Bell and sent a message through the connection.
”Bell, dispel pain sensitivity. This fight is approaching its end.”
”Alright,” Bell responded through the connection, disabling the amplification to Chonk's pain sensitivity before retracting his proboscis and hovering a couple of meters away from Chonk.
At this moment, Aurus held a bit of pity towards Chonk, knowing very well what aiming for the peak entailed. In that path, there were times where one would make mistakes, possibly getting tens…hundreds…thousands caught up in a disaster that they didn't expect to befall them. But since Chonk was an enemy of the alliance, this was the least he could do out of pity before ultimately ending the enemy's life, letting out a sigh as he told Herellia, ”Go and settle your grievances, Herellia. You're raring to go at him at this point.”
Whoosh!
Hearing those words, Herellia did not hesitate to dash towards Chonk at the shortest time possible, clenching both fists before sending a barrage of punches on Chonk's vulnerable body. With each consecutive punch, the strength behind it gradually grew, inflict more pain on Chonk as time passed by.
Of course, with his pain sensitivity back to normal, the amount of pain he felt was now negligible. He slowly turned his head to look at Aurus, who was a decent distance away from him and gave him a look of silent gratitude. Nevertheless, the words let out by Herellia would inflict more pain on him compared to getting his nuts cut off.