Chapter 386: The Great Calamity (2/2)

Since it was daytime, he had to be more careful than ever before since he wasn't being shrouded by the darkness of the night anymore. Not only that, but his body was covered in dried-up blood, which would definitely make anyone looking at him shiver in fear. Nevertheless, he was still successful in killing a few people using the technique, eventually instilling fear into all of the townspeople in Red Juniper Town within an hour or so.

To Aurus, it would be beneficial if he could kill all of the townspeople one by one since that would not alert any other towns of his existence, allowing him to do the same thing on other towns. Though, as if the heavens did not want that to happen, one of the town's guards doing their usual patrol around town had come across Aurus decapitating an innocent person at the end of an alleyway. Without hesitation, he chased Aurus, only to fail as the latter teleported away to another part of town.

Surprisingly, even though the guard had not been able to capture Aurus, he was not dismayed. Instead, a layer of fear slightly covered his body as he grabbed a special device out of his pocket to contact someone, telling the person that was listening on the other side of the device, ”The culprit the town leader has placed his eye on has finally arrived at our town.”

After a few seconds of silence, a voice resounded from the special device, telling the guard, ”Alright, good work. You can head back to the manor now. Also, tell the other guards to make sure the townspeople are in their houses at all times. Make sure to tell the town leader what you saw.”

”I will,” the guard responded before placing the special device back into his pocket. After that, he used up all his strength to head back to the manor as fast as possible, making sure to use the communication device they had as guards to tell the other guards to alert the townspeople of what was about to happen.

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As time passed, Aurus eventually noticed that the number of people he could lead into alleyways to kill them was gradually decreasing. By the time an hour or two had passed, no people were strolling through the streets anymore, as if someone or something had alerted all of the townspeople of his presence.

Fortunately for him, after waiting for a few more minutes, watching for people to kill along the wider streets of the town, a seemingly lost young man had finally appeared in front of him, with Aurus instantly eyeing him as prey.

Utilizing the same tactic as before, he was able to lead the young man to one of the alleyways, having great confidence that he would be able to kill the young man within one hit. Though surprisingly, just as he was about to swoop down and end the young man's life with a simple slash to the neck, Aurus felt a presence standing behind his back, radiating an imposing aura befitting that of a leader.

Gradually looking behind him, the sight of a middle-aged man with an amicable smile soon appeared in front of his field of vision, with the middle-aged man even going so far as to tell Aurus, ”Hello there.”

Bang!

Without hesitation, the middle-aged man threw a straight jab at Aurus's face, not holding back on his strength whatsoever. Surprisingly, Aurus was sent flying by the attack, surprising the middle-aged man, as well as the great number that had accompanied the man as they surrounded Aurus. Naturally, the middle-aged man was the town leader, while the people that accompanied him were the town's guards.

Since they were a prosperous town, they were able to invest a lot of resources into their guards, with all of them being peak level Rank 3 class holders. In fact, some of them had even broken through the barrier and reached the level of a Rank 4 class holder. As for the town leader, he was in a class of his own, being a Rank 5 class holder!

If one were to compare the various strengths of the town leaders in Maerr-viki Continent, then he would definitely be amongst one of the top, being only one step away from breaking through the so-called ”Heavenly Barrier”.

Seeing that they had the advantage against Aurus since they caught him off guard, the town leader instantly dashed to where Aurus would land being going ahead and pummeling him down to the ground, slowly but surely making a crater in the process. Eventually, the town leader was finished with his barrage of attacks, allowing the town's guards that came along with him to land their attacks on Aurus, deciding to release the rage they felt from what the villages had gone through in the form of these attacks.

Eventually, all of the guards had unleashed their attacks. With Aurus not moving whatsoever after all of those attacks, the guards, as well as the town leader, thought that the other towns would be safe from the problem that was this person in front of them. But, in a rather cliche turn of events, Aurus gradually stood up from the crater, moving as if he had not accrued any injuries from multiple attacks at all.

In an instant, the great confidence all of them amassed from seeing Aurus being beaten down was shattered with one move. Even the town leader was not exempt from this feeling, even going so far as to feel great horror while looking at the being in front of him covered up in dried blood.

After looking at each other in silence for a bit, the town leader eventually decided to ask Aurus, ”Who…are you?”

In response, Aurus went silent as a blade of wind manifested around his right hand. Then, with a swift slash, the town leader was quickly decapitated as a hoarse yet grim voice resounded from him.

”You can call me…”

”The Great Calamity.”