Chapter 22 (1/2)

Volume 1

Chapter 25: The Hero’s Party, Rejoice in Blood and Slaughter

“IT IS!! And I’ll make due on my vow, right now!! I’ll kill you! I’ll kill you all!! Starting with YOU, Yumiss!! I’ll send you to the pits of despair, desolation and derangement, I’ll make sure you DIE, painfully!!”

It was finally time . My mind, my body, my soul, my everything was absolutely ready for this .

First, we’ll destroy her forces in a head on battle .

“Such nonsense!! Even if I can’t see your status, I can feel that you’re much weaker now!! Lightni…”

Yumis’ words got caught in her throat the moment she attempted to cast .

“Nope, that dagger I had you stabbed with was covered in a spell venom that messes with your ability to mold mana . Even if you use an antidote item, until all the poison is out of your system, you can’t cast even the tiniest fireball . ”

“Ukh…”

Making a frustrated expression, Yumis fell back, opting to deal with her poison situation . Now that she had her 1st run memories, the mage could actually finish counteracting Minnalis’ handmade spell venom in a matter of 3 minutes .

Basically, this meant we had all the time we needed to kill every one of them .

“Now, we’ll be crushing you . Be sure to enjoy this 3 minute opening act, from the edge of your front stage seat . ”

Right then, let’s have a small warm up finishing off her personal troops .

My blades of choice were the 【Soulblade of Origin] and the 【Ghostblade of Heartfire] .

The battle then started as if a fuse had been lit .

“They got only 3 of ‘em!! Don’t panic, we can kill ‘em easy!!”

That man, I think he was called Ronbert, stood in front of Yumis and calmly handed down orders .

There were 50 enemies, so we’d each get 15 or so . Then again, it was Shuria’s village that got decimated, so they were all rightfully her prey . So basically, Minnalis and I were going to hold back on how many we crush, we should behave ourselves after all .

“… Hahahah!! What’s wrong, you chicken shit bastards!! Fight like you mean it, fucking pussies!!”

The three of us dispersed in separate directions, and like putting sugar on an anthill, the goons, who only relied on their confidence in numbers, split up to hunt us down .

Of course, I wouldn’t dream of instantly ending their lives like I did that mountain of monsters . We would break them just enough so that they won’t be a threat, deal fatal attacks in a way that they bleed slowly and painfully before dying .

“What’s with these b-GAAHH!!”

“They’re too fas-GYAAHHH!!”

“No, NOO-GAHBRHR!! ”

I stabbed both eyes, then cut the tendons in both legs . Once their bodies started falling, I broke the bones in their arms backwards, and for an extra helping of pain, I made it so that those jagged bone tips tear through the muscle and jut out from the outside .

In no time at all, 3 wonderful objets d’art were rolling on the ground .

“Kuhahahah, hm? Oops, that’s a miss, he’s passed out already”

Here I was, giving them the opportunity to see their life slowly dwindling away, but that unconscious guy was going to just die bleeding out normally .

Meh, no biggie, there was lots more where they came from .

“What, that scare you now? Where’d those balls go, damn useless mercs!”

When I looked again, their initial willingness to fight was all gone, they looked scared, hesitant to approach any closer . I wasn’t going to wait for their balls to grow back though .

“GUHAAA!!” x 2

I jumped into the fray myself, shoving my swords into the gaps in the armor of the frontmost two, slicing into their elbows, I avoided lopping their arms off since I didn’t want them passing out on me again .

“Hah, an idiot, you die now!!”

Seeing both my weapons currently occupied, one of the prey tried to stab me in the chest .

Normally, this wouldn’t be a bad move . None of these soldiers were gutless enough to let a prime opportunity pass . Problem was, this wasn’t an opportunity at all .

“GYAAAA!!”

“Not so sure about that, are ya now!”

The 【Wingblade of the Healbug]had a thin, translucent blade like an insect’s wing, with a red hilt and handle .

It felt good hearing the man’s pain as this sharp sword smoothed out his face, slicing away his lips, nose and eyebrows .

After that one quick swing, I got rid of the 【Wingblade of the Healbug], pulled out the 【Soulblade of Origin] and 【Ghostblade of Heartfire], turned them vertical, and stabbed them into his feet .

I then proceeded to kick his completely defenseless body, sending him flying .

“GUOGYAAHHH!!”

As usual, I reinforced that kick with an instantaneous coating of mana right before it hit, generating many times more power .

His flesh and bones were much weaker than my soulblades that were extra toughened with a ton of mana . The impact of my kick was being counteracted by the swords stabbed deep into his feet, and he ended up basically torn off at the ankles .

“Shit, that monster!!”

“Nope, no running away now, be a good sport . ”

“GIYAAHH!!”

One of them attempted to run away screaming, but I closed in with sky walk and used one of the longswords strewn about to pin one of his feet to the ground .

The prey around me realized that they couldn’t even afford to run away now and their movements greatly lagged due to their incredible fear .

“The fuck is that guy!! Hey Miss, what’s the hold up with yer spells!!”

“I need just a little more time, hold them off until then!!”

“What the hell!! We’re getting annihilated out there, I’m running!!”

“What!? You dare betray me!?”

“Shut it ya dyke!! Either I run or they kill me!!”

But there was still some idiot stupid enough to try . So to set an example, I gifted him with a throwing knife .

“GUGEH!! GYAAAHHH, FUCK FUCK FUCK!!!”

The knife struck the man, Ronbert, perfectly in the shoulder, after this he started to roll around on the ground, screaming in pain .

We’d prepared for runaways by having these knives coated in Minnalis’ pain poison . As the name implied, the effect of this venom was to heighten the target’s senses and spread continuous, searing pain all over their body .

It also promoted blood circulation, preventing the target from fainting too easily . It was unlike other poisons in that it dealt damage at a much slower rate, focusing on causing as much pain as possible .

“Hey, what’d I just say? Give me a show here you bastards, not one of you will get out of here alive unless you kill us . ”

“Aieee!!” x 3

I spoke in pure bloodlust, without even bothering to augment the effect with mana .

“You got everything to lose, so fight like you mean it, I’ll massacre every one of you . ”