Chapter 385: The Beginning of the End (2/2)

Whoosh!

Naturally, with news regarding the previous villages, the third village was no different from the state of the previous one. Almost all of the able-bodied villagers were at the front of village, thinking of themselves as responsible for the safety of the other villagers. Surprisingly, there was also a slight change to the villagers themselves.

Before, the people that Aurus had killed had no strength whatsoever to speak of. At the first village, the strongest being among them was near the peak of what a Rank 1 class holder could achieve. For the second village, the greatest strength had reached the level of a Rank 2 class holder. As for this village, there were surprisingly a few people at the peak level of Rank 2 while a couple of people had even reached the strength of a Rank 3 class holder!

If it was any other person, seeing a Rank 3 class holder in a small village like this would make them fearful, wondering why the village hadn't become a town yet under the leadership of this great strength. But to Aurus, only one thought lingered in his mind when he realized that.

'Oh. More experience.'

Swoosh!

Without holding back, Aurus decided to kill all of them with a large blade made of wind, making one swift horizontal slash as all of the people were bisected, even the buildings. After that, he decided to rain down blades of wind on the village, wanting to make sure that he had obtained all of the Wind energy particles he could get from the village.

And with that, Aurus had eradicated his third village, with the first one ending up in a state of abandonment, the second one totally gone, and this current one in a state of tatters. Checking that his comprehension level was halfway to reaching Level 25, he decided to stay at the village to adjust to the strength before continuing onto the next village in mind.

After doing so, he then left for the fourth village, aiming to eradicate at least five villages before aiming for the larger towns.

…

While a great portion of the villages near the destroyed three were in a state of turmoil and panic, one of the nearby towns had obtained an urgent report from one of the panicking villages, being notified of the being that was going around and destroying villages left and right.

Red Juniper Town, inside the town's only manor.

Although most of the people in this town were fast asleep, the only manor in town had all its lights open, showing that the town's leader was wide awake.

Knock. Knock. Knock.

”Come in,” the voice of a middle-aged man resounded from the other side of a door, prompting the young boy that knocked to enter with haste. Entering the room, the young boy could see a middle-aged man sitting in front of a desk, reading a book with the light in the room on.

Closing the book as he noticed the young boy's fearful expression, the town leader looked at him and asked, ”What's wrong? What information did you guys from the information center receive?”

The young boy, who was a part of the information center the town leader mentioned, lightly nodded as he tried his best to not stumble over his words. ”We've obtained reports that Delverid Village, Ferunel Village, and Maratisk Village have been destroyed by a single person within these past few hours. Other sources have said that the person is heading to another village to destroy them, or perhaps destroy all of the villages within our vicinity.”

”W-what should we do, leader? They're asking us for reinforcements, so should we give them some?” the young boy asked, prompting the town leader to remain silent as he pondered over the whole situation. Eventually, the town leader let out a sigh as he responded, ”Although it pains me to say this, there is no need to give them reinforcements.”

”Eh? Why?” The young boy asked in response.

With an as a matter-of-fact tone, the town leader replied, ”Because they won't need them.”