Chapter 217 - False Belief (2/2)

With that in mind, he prompted the remaining three to go one by one, to which the three unhesitatingly followed, with each one of them explaining their skills in-depth while allowing Argentum to get a feel of the skills that he had learned as well.

And so, about a couple of hours had passed, with the moon now nearing the peak of the sky as stars twinkled beside it. At this moment, the four remaining humans all had relaxed smiles on their faces, knowing that they had done all of the things Argentum told them to do. They were incredibly certain that Argentum was going to hold up his end of the deal, which he was.

Now finished with processing and organizing all of the skills he had received from the four humans, Argentum radiated elation and happiness as he told them, ”Since you four held your part of the deal, the four of you are now free to go. Stay safe, okay?”

Hearing that they were now allowed to go, the four of them jumped up and down in joy as they unhesitatingly went ahead and turned around to head towards the nearest civilization in their minds as fast as possible.

As Argentum looked at the fleeting silhouettes of the four, he could not help but let out a light snigger as he muttered to himself, ”Who knew extorting humans was actually fun. Anyways, time to finish the plan I had in mind.”

Whoosh!

Not long after finishing what he had to say, Argentum soon activated his polymorph skill once more, transforming into a speck of black sand yet again. He then went ahead and moved towards the direction as to where the four humans were heading as fast as possible while chuckling in his mind.

…

With the four of them now free from what seemed to be a nightmare, the four of them let out boisterous laughter simultaneously, all of them slightly in disbelief that they were able to escape from an incredibly powerful Pseudo-Animate, who they thought was only a weak Pseudo-Animate. Although they were in disbelief, elation and happiness were the strongest emotions they felt, with a mix of slight melancholy and sadness after remembering the untimely deaths of their three brethren.

”Who knew they'd go out like that,” one of the humans said to the others. ”To be honest, I wasn't expecting the last one to lose his mind and complain against that Wind Spirit.”

”Yeah, I wasn't expecting it as well,” another human replied to the first human's words before looking at the ground while walking. Not long after, this human let out a long sigh before saying, ”You know what? We should go ahead and stop living our current lives of banditry. We should go and get stable yet righteous jobs.”

”Mercenary groups?” the first human could not help but say in response to the other human's words, to which the other human nodded before saying, ”Yeah. We could become a mercenary group specialized in killing monsters. We would be able to live stable and rich lives while paying off the massive debt we have.”

”I'm all in for that but…” Just as the first human was about to accept the other human's proposal, one of the other humans could not help but interrupt, saying, ”Don't you two have any intentions of avenging the deaths of the three brethren we lost? Although that Wind Spirit seems to be incredibly strong, as long as we have enough reinforcements, we could kill it, you know? Perhaps, we could even catch it.”

”Sure, we could go ahead and kill that Wind Spirit, but don't you know how expensive it is to hire people with higher ranks?” the second human could not help but reply to the third human's words, feeling that it was a waste of time and money to avenge people that were already dead. ”A Rank 1 class holder already costs 400 gold coins to hire, with a Rank 2 class holder costing 5 times more than that. Haven't you ever thought that they could die from the Wind Spirit's attacks as well? If they die, we'd have to pay 10 times their original cost!”

”But brother…!” the third human shouted in response to the second human's words, only for his words to be stuck in his throat, feeling that his throat was quite airy. Wondering what it was, he then looked down, his eyes widening as he found out that a gaping hole had been formed on his throat, prompting him to hastily clutch his throat with his hands.

Noticing that one of their brethren was struggling all of a sudden, the remaining three could not help but look at what was happening to their struggling brethren, their pupils shrinking as they noticed the gaping hole on their brethren's throat. In an instant, the remaining three were reminded of the viciousness of the Pseudo-Animate that attacked them a while ago as their struggling brethren fell to the ground with a thud, dying with an expression filled with regret and sadness.

”Great Wind Spirit!” the first human shouted as the three unhesitatingly ran far away from the corpse of their formerly struggling brethren. ”I thought you promised to let us go!”

”But I did.” Not long after, Argentum's voice could be heard resounding throughout the surroundings as he let out a malicious chuckle. ”I did let you four go. But that doesn't mean I won't kill you four, right?”

Hearing Argentum's response to the first human's words, the remaining three humans' pupils shrunk even further as they pushed their bodies to the limit. It was then that they realized that the Pseudo-Animate they were up against did not have any intention of letting them go in the first place. He was planning to kill all of them in order for his presence to not be known by other humans.

”Even if you run away from me, that won't stop you from dying!” Argentum shouted as he cackled, sending two bolts of wind simultaneously towards two humans, these bolts of wind hitting two humans directly in the head. In an instant, the heads of the two humans burst like watermelons, with tons of blood splattering not long after.

Thud.

Seeing how easy it was for the Wind Spirit they were up against to kill his brethren once more, the remaining living human felt his legs buckle as he fell to the ground with a thud. He hastily tried to stand up after that, only for him to stop as he felt a malicious presence behind him, making him turn around, only to see Argentum in his original form.

”Why…are you doing this?” the human asked Argentum with great fear. In response to this question, Argentum let out a chuckle before saying, ”Because I can.”

”[Lesser Wind Magic: Wind Bolt]!”

Whoosh!

Without hesitation, Argentum soon threw a bolt of wind on the forehead of the remaining human, creating a clean hole through it as the human soon fell to the ground with a thud, his expression still that of great fear.

After seeing the last remaining human die from his attacks, Argentum could not help but let out a sigh of relief before saying, ”Two birds with one stone? Three birds with one stone?”

”Ah well. It doesn't matter. All I care about is becoming a Super Animate anyway.”