Chapter 108 - 101: Killing Thousands (2/2)

He waved his hand and thousands of his enemies lost their heads. He ran towards them as he drew his Black Halberd, and he slashed towards them a couple of times!

With that, he returned back to his original position as time began to move again.

The moment time moved normally again, many demons and beastmen fell to the ground, and all of them lost their heads.

”Wha- What happened!?” The Beast King roared as he saw a hundred thousand of his army fall.

”Tha- that's simply impossible! How!?” The Demon Emperor reacted almost immediately.

The army stopped their advancement when they saw their comrades fall to the ground. It was… a gruesome sight. The outside of the Capital was painted in blood, heads were rolling on the ground, thousands of corpses were being pecked on by the ravens that suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

There was only one explanation to this…

”You! Who are you!?” The Beast King pointed at Hikaru, who had a crazy look on his face. While he was quite far-away from the Beast King, he can still hear him due to his heightened senses.

Hikaru gracefully bowed, as if he was mocking them, and said, ”I am the Monarch of this Kingdom, I simply killed some insects that dared to enter MY land.”

The Beast King exploded in anger and yelled, ”Huh!? Who do you think you're calling insects!? They were all precious soldiers that I nurtured myself!”

The Demon Emperor remained in silence, even though everyone could tell that he was seething in anger. Thousands of his precious soldiers died, too.

Suddenly, Hikaru started cackling madly as he said, ”Hahahaha! Precious soldiers!? They're mostly worth nothing in my eyes! Here, let me show you how weak they are!” With another swing from his Halberd, thousands died again in front of the two monarchs.

Even though he wasn't touching them directly, the force of each of his swings is enough to cut reality itself! He calls this, [Reality Slash]. This technique of his isn't really a form of magic, it's just that he's physical strength is so powerful that he can grab reality now.

”Monster…” The Demon Emperor muttered, ”Beast King, what are you doing!? Order them to retreat now! All of us are no match against this monster!” He roared towards his fellow monarch.

”But he's just one man! With our numbers, we can defeat h-” He was cut off.

”You imbecile! That ”one man” can slaughter us all in less than a second! Do you know what he did earlier? He was able to slash through reality itself with pure physical strength! Use your brain for once!” The Demon Emperor yelled at the Beast King.

”Hey, what are you two talking about?” A voice came from behind him, and it was eerily close.

The Beast King widened his eyes.

The Demon Emperor froze. He could feel his presence behind him. He felt as if he was about to die. His heart thumped loudly, his white mane started to wither and fall off from his body. His face grew a hundred years older. His skin was as pale as white. He felt like many years had passed, even though only a few seconds passed.

He suddenly grew older in a few seconds due to fear!

”Oi, I'm talking to you, Lion thingy.” Hikaru said from behind him.

The Demon Emperor turned around on top of his horse as he scratched the back of his head and nervously said, ”Ahahah...hahaha, I didn't expect for your highness to come here. You shouldn't have, what if we dirtied your clothes? We were just visiting to go sightseeing, we will be retreating now. Ahahahahaha!”

Hikaru grabbed both of their throats and said, ”I have little patience for people like you. Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill the two of you right now?”

The Demon Emperor then struggled, ”Your… hand…”

Hikaru let go of his neck, then said, ”I'll give you a few seconds to speak, or I'll send you to hell...”

”Wai-Wait! We can negotiate! Uh, eh, uh, eh, how about forming an alliance! If we form an alliance, our respective Kingdoms can live in peace! We'll open our trade routes towards your Kingdom! We Demons can make all kinds of potions, and anything alchemy related! We can trade you that!” The Demon Emperor said in panic.

”How about the beastmen?” Hikaru turned his eyes on the Beast King, and released him from his grip.

”What can you make?” He asked the Beast King.

The Beast King looked at him with enraged eyes and said, ”We'll never surrender to you humans. You've taken a lot from us! We can never forgive all of you!”

Hikaru's eyes turned icy as he said, ”Then, so be it.” He raised his hand and the Beast King closed his eyes, waiting for his death.