Chapter 448 - Thank You (2/2)

Just then, he heard soft cracks from the side. He looked towards Wan Li and realized his bones were starting to crack.

'No, I need to hurry. I can't just fight him; I need to beat him. I need to…' Alex's heart started beating when he realized what he had to do.

'I… I need to kill him,' he thought. He was horrified that he even came to the conclusion, but he had to do it.

'If I want to save Wan Li, I can't just beat him, I need to kill him.' His resolve got stronger and his intention towards the battle got clearer to him.

'KILL'

His sword shined brighter as it flew towards the man.

'No, I can't kill people. I can't be a murderer,' he thought. The sword slammed at the man's spear, but couldn't do much damage.

Alex's resolve had faltered at the last second.

CRACK

However, the bones of his friend behind him reminded him of what he was fighting for.

'No, this is different. I'm in a different place. I'm at a place where he isn't hesitating to kill me or my friend for his own gain. So, I shouldn't be hesitating either.'

'If I need to be a murderer to protect me and my friends, then I should gladly become one,' he thought.

'I will gladly become one. I will gladly kill him.'

'KILL'

His clear resolve brought back the shine his sword has lost and attacked the man once more.

The sword clashed with the spear, but the spear wasn't able to stop the sword and was pushed aside.

”WHAT?!” the man was surprised. Then he saw something bright golden swing towards his waist again.

Alex felt the hardness of the white light he had just hit and the sword didn't go in much further. But, it had gone in just enough to cut the man's skin and harm him.

'I can do it. I can kill him.'

'KILL'

He swung once more. The man's confidence was faltering and he tried to block with his hands now that his spear was gone.

However, that was a really bad idea for him as the sword cut halfway into both of his arms.

Even though he was cut, his blood didn't escape from his arms. All of the blood had already left his body. The man was solely surviving on QI alone now.

If Alex hit him enough, then that too would end and Wan Li would become free.

'KILL'

Alex brought back his sword and slashed it once more. The man tried to dodge but moving aside only made Alex's strike land on his arm.

In a single slash, his arm was cleanly cut off.

”ARGGHH” the man shouted in a hoarse voice. He started shouting ”Log out! Log out!”

But he didn't leave immediately. The system didn't let him log out while he was in danger and gave him a warning instead so he knew what was at risk if he did.

However, before he could agree to the condition, a golden blade slid past the warning notification and drilled into his heart.

The man's eyes lost color and he fell to the ground. His body started convulsing before a hoarse voice escaped from his body.

”T-Thank you.”

Then, the man died.

<Congratulations. You have killed 'Honey_Truth29'>

No more notification arrived after that. No rewards, no punishment. The game only told him what he had done.

He had killed the person. He had killed people before, but never had it been this directly. Never had it been intentionally.

Seeing the bloody body on the ground with white eyes and a blank look, Alex felt like vomiting. Thankfully, he contained himself and forced himself to come to terms with what he had done.

Alex felt horrible for killing the man, but what was more horrible was hearing the last words of the man.

'Thank… you? Why did he thank me?' Alex thought.

”Urghh” he heard  Wan Li take a deep breath. He immediately forgot about killing the person and turned around to go see Wan Li.

Wan Li's body was pale and he could see blood dripping from all over his body from the bones that stuck out.

”Oh no no no-no. Hang on for a second, brother Li,” Alex said and searched amongst the few True pills he had.

”Ah, here it is. The Bone Restructuring pill. This will help you,” he said and slowly put it onto Wan Li's mouth.

The pill slid down his throat and soon Alex could see the effects of the pill.

Within seconds, Wan Li's bones returned back to how they needed to be, and he was all but fully healed.

”Brother Yu… you saved me?” he asked as his consciousness returned back to him.

”Yes. Are you fine?” Alex asked.

”Is he dead?” Wan Li asked.

Alex sighed and said, ”Yes. Yes, he's dead.”

”Good. One of my parent's killers is dead,” Wan Li said. ”But… the rest of the Black Venom group is still alive, especially Black Venom himself. He must be the main person who killed my parents.”

”I will make sure that he and the rest of them find salvation for my parent's dead through their death as well. I won't stop until the lot of them are dead.”

”But… I'm too weak right now. I will need to get stronger,” Wan Li said as he gritted his teeth. ”I couldn't even kill a weakling of the group and needed your help, Brother Yu.”

”Let's go back to the sect, brother Li,” Alex said.

” No,” Wan Li said. ”Not until I have found my revenge.” Suddenly Wan Li punched Alex.

Alex blocked the punch but was still sent flying back. When he got back up, Wan Li was gone.

Wan Li was nowhere to be seen even with Alex's Spiritual sense. ”He's… gone,” Alex said in surprise. 'Did he use an escaping technique, or did he… fully learn the invisibility and Concealment techniques?'

Alex stretched his spiritual sense to the fullest and looked around, but no matter what he couldn't find Wan Li at all.

”Sigh, I guess I should leave,” he thought and reached into his storage bag to pull out the boat.

But suddenly, a massive pressure landed on him and dropped him onto the ground.

Someone strong had arrived in the forest.