Chapter 403 - Second Target (2/2)

In any case, the primal instinct still took Aurus's survival as priority, placing the thought of heading to the larger settlements at the back of Aurus's mind for now as the both of them pursued for greater power that would allow them to fight back. With that, Aurus unhesitatingly redirected all of the energy he was using on his various skills a while ago back to [Zenith Nihility Dash], teleporting to a certain direction as he headed to the nearest city to Nachthexen.

Whoosh!

Within half an hour or so, the silhouette of a city similar in size to Nachthexen gradually entered Aurus's field of vision, taking note that the citizens within the city were also moving in the same way the citizens in Nachthexen moved. Nevertheless, that was more than enough for Aurus to inwardly let out a sigh of relief, somewhat thankful that the other cities hadn't caught wind of him returning to destroying settlements yet again.

Landing a few kilometers away from one of the entrance gates of the nearby city, Aurus then did smaller teleports, making sure that his presence wouldn't alert the guards, which were already spread out to begin with.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Just like what he did back in Nachthexen City, his idea had paid off, allowing him to enter the city without attracting much attention once more. However, unlike what he did at Nachthexen City, which was destroy a small portion of the houses one by one, he instead thought of destroying every house in the city with one fell swoop, just like what he did to the towns…eight towns.

Moving to and fro throughout the city, he eventually found a way to do just that without alerting any of the people. Of course, he could just teleport himself to a point high up in the sky where no one else would see him and drop a large ball of wind on the city. But to him, that would just be boring, as well as him giving his traces away.

And so, looking at the sign that said, ”Silver Hoof City Underground Sewers”, he made his way down into the sewage system that was connected to all of the houses in the city. Ignoring the putrid stench inside the sewers which came from all of the garbage and other disgusting stuff submerged in the murky waters, Aurus headed deeper into the city's sewage system, eventually finding himself at the center of it all.

Redirecting all of his energy to [Dark Universal Blade], he then placed his hand on the top portion of the pipe nearest to him before imbuing it with the element of Wind. Gradually, this element of Wind spread throughout the entire sewage system, with Aurus then manipulating every single Wind energy particle in it as he tried to make it seem like the city was experiencing an earthquake.

And surprisingly, that's what all of the citizens thought. However, at first, they thought Aurus had come since attacks of his caliber would definitely make the ground shake. But after seeing no signs of Aurus appearing in their streets or above their cities, they immediately dismissed it as an earthquake that would eventually go away.

But it didn't.

Gradually, the intensity of the earthquake gradually got stronger as the houses, which were more or less made out of sturdy material, started to flex in ways that would make one think as to whether they were possible in the first place. Nevertheless, realizing that the earthquake was just gradually becoming more intense, almost all of the citizens left their houses, even the higher-ups of the city weren't exempt from this, evacuating the buildings they were in lest they wanted it to cave in on them.

Eventually, the earthquake, which everyone thought was going to get worse, had finally stopped, prompting everyone to let out a sigh of relief as they headed back inside their respective homes. However, just as they were about to head back inside, another rumble resounded from the ground once more, but this time, it was accompanied by the ground slightly bulging.

”What's happening?” This was the question that everyone thought to themselves. With their innate curiosity, they came closer to the parts of the ground that were bulging, only to regret it not long after as the ground…exploded.

Bang!

With an explosion filled with great fervor and energy, the entire sewage system under Silver Hoof City blew up with great intensity, turning all of the houses and buildings that were connected to it into rubble as all of the people that were on top of the bulged parts of the ground were turned into a mangled mess similar to the rubble.

A few seconds, pieces of rock and flesh small and large started to fall on the ground, making a great portion that had survived the event kneel on the ground and vomit out all of the contents in their stomachs from sheer disgust. To those that had not seen blood before, they were vomiting because of that. As for those that had seen blood before, they were vomiting because of the murky water that accompanied the blood, flesh, rubble. In their minds, they instantly thought that they had gotten a bit of their feces into their mouth as all of that rained down on them.

As for Aurus, who was in the sewage system all along, he could not help but lightly nod in satisfaction, seeing how infusing the entire sewage system with Wind energy particles before blowing up had obtained such a great effect. With a great swarm of Wind energy particles heading towards his way, he decided that it would be a great time to show himself to those that remained in the city, deciding to teleport to a decently high point in the city.

Whoosh!

A few seconds later, Aurus had indeed appeared at the center of the city, hovering about ten to twenty meters above it to let everyone know what had happened. In an instant, after seeing Aurus appear in their cities, those that were vomiting instantly stopped as the fear in their minds overwhelmed them. For those that weren't vomiting, they were instead stupefied and dumbfounded to see Aurus appear in their city all of a sudden, frozen in their spots from the fear lingering in their minds.

As for Aurus, he let out a maniacal chuckle as the primal instinct took control of what he had to say. Radiating out the killing intent in his body without restraint, he raised one of his hands before conjuring a large ball of wind. While he was conjuring the ball of wind, he looked at the survivors that were stricken with fear and told them, ”If I were you, I'd escape.”

”But then again…”

”Would I allow you to?”