17 The Crazy Red Hair II (2/2)
For most people, dodging such a surprise attack was impossible. But, James was not most people. Like an agile monkey, he dodged the punch by tilting to the right while releasing a series of blows towards the exposed face of the Ogre in a quick succession. A muffled sonic boom accompanied each of his punches, which left the face of the Ogre looking uglier than it initially was, while also drawing blood, too. However, before James could withdraw and create a distance between him and the Ogre; like a sledgehammer, the interlocked fists of the Ogre landed on his chest which sent him flying into mid-air.
Just like the young man killed earlier, the Ogre caught James's skeletal body in mid-air, while dragging him down to receiving a brutal knee strike. But at that moment, James used his left fist to launch a devastating blow to the eye of the Ogre which caused the Ogre to scream, but it still delivered the knee strike to James's armored shoulders. If not for James's last attack, he would have received the attack straight to his skull.
The moment the knee of the Ogre and James's armored shoulder made contact, the screams of the Ogre became louder, because it cracked his knee, because of the durability of the Grim Reaper form's armor. Since James was akin to the undead in the Grim Reaper form, he neither felt joy nor pain. Although the Ogre's attack caused his HP to reduce drastically, James felt no form of emotion. He was the perfect killing machine in the Grim Reaper form, with the screams of the Ogre drifting into his ears, he jumped to his feet while also launching himself slightly into midair via the kneeling Ogre's body. The moment the Ogre's face and James's knee were of the same height and perfectly aligned, James grabbed the head of the Ogre while smashing his knee into the unguarded face of the Ogre. Causing the miserable Ogre to have a dazed expression on his face while he poured out mouthful after mouthful of fresh blood, with his eyes slowly turning into a dull lifeless white color.
Instead of James stopping there, he twisted his body in midair, while dropping a destructive kick on the head of the Ogre which caused the muffled sound of breaking bones to echo while blood gushed out like a flowing river from the head of the Ogre. With the Ogre falling face-first, James who was still in midair sped up the process by stamping his feet on the back of the Ogre's head, which sent the bloodied face of the Ogre into the bloodstained floor of the room, and a thumping sound reverberated in that area.
Standing on the fractured skull of the Ogre, James had a nasty smile on his face while he maintained his Grim Reaper form.
”System, save the corpse in my inventory. Hahahaha… Ogres are difficult to deal with, it is a good thing they are slow,” James muttered with an eerie grin on his face. The moment he finished his statement, the massive body of the Ogre disappeared from the room into his Inventory. Instead of being saddened that he accumulated damage from the fight, the results of the fight made him excited. Because, the Ogre was the first person to have pushed him so far since he reincarnated in Skyhaven. Although he defeated the Ogre, James did not become haughty. Because, it was among the weakest in the Ogre group, and there were also several races that exceed the strength displayed by the Ogre. The major reason he came out on top against the Ogre, was because of his superior agility, which made the Ogre seem slow. If it were any other person, they would have suffered miserably at the hands of the Ogre. From the damage James accumulated from the fight with the Ogre, one could easily tell that it was not as easy as James claimed it to be.
'If my guess is correct, the others are probably fighting in other rooms. No wonder that old bastard kept blabbing. I'm not even among the top 50 strongest people here. Hehe… This is getting interesting,' James mused as he stared at the various combating races. Since the Ogre fell at his hands, he had his sights set on his next target. All he waited for, was the right time to strike. With the system constantly accumulating Exp via the Death Energy in the room, James felt it would be wrong it he did not contribute his own quota to the killing spree. With this thought in him and an eerie laughter reverberating in the air, James figure disappeared into the darkness.
While James fought with the Ogre, varying colors of blood dyed the floors of the room red. Which caused a pungent and nauseating smell to pervade the air of the room, but still the killing within the room went on in a more brutal manner.
Each race had long met the 10 per race quota, but they all continued to battle with reckless abandon. Even the slimes who had no business in the battle initially, Joined the foray the moment Darkness covered the room. Even though they were slimes, their killing techniques was just as brutal as the other races. Instead of attacking one specific race, they attacked all the races within the room, while paying special attention to the humans. An unsuspecting young human lady was the first victim of the slimes. The manner in which the humanoid blue colored slime killed her was bizarre, but bloody and gruesome. The moment it set its eyes of the young lady, it turned into a gelatinous blob, while forcing itself into the orifices of the young lady which left her gasping for air while her body trembled.
The moment the slime disappeared into her body, hundreds of tiny spike-like projections suddenly burst out from the body of the young lady which caused her body to resemble a perforated tank of water. Blood poured out from every opening in her body, even are organs, too. Before the body of the young lady dropped to the ground, the slime had vacated her perforated body, while looking for the next target. However, some humans also eliminated the slimes. Especially those who practised sorcery with affinity to Fire. With fire being a major weakness to slimes, they did not stand a chance against the sorcerers.
Unlike before when each race had 30 members, which was a total population of 240 beings within the room. Ten minutes after the commencement of the brawl and eight minutes after the appearance of the black smog, there were only 28 people left from the eight races put together. The humans had only 3 members left, the Ogres had 4, the Dark Elves had 5 & the Demons, too. Meanwhile, the slimes had 7 members left, the Beastmen had 2 members left, and the Lizardmen & the Halflings each had one member left.
As fate would have it, none of the standout performers of each race had yet to fall within the battle. But, with the way things were going, it was inevitable they would collide. Since James was killing like true Grim Reaper, no one could detect his presence within the smog, they had even forgotten about him. In fact, no one cared if he was still alive or not.
The standout performer of the humans, was a tall youth who looked only 19 years of age. His kill count in the battle was already up to 10, spread among the various races. Although he was from the path of Light, he was a cold and brutal killing machine who did not hesitate to eliminate members of his own kind. Clad in a blue warrior's armor, he fought against one of the Dark Elves within the room, with the Dark Elf being at a disadvantage.Even though he had no weapons, he used the gauntlet on his hands to pummel the Dark Elf in a manner that rendered it miserable. Wasting no time, the young man grabbed the head of the Dark Elf, as he twisted it without mercy, ending the life of the Dark Elf.
He felt neither joy nor sorrow as he took the life of the Dark Elf, instead his eyes searched for the next target. Just as he was about to make a move, a sweet and gentle voice drifted into his ears, ”Hehe… Handsome, will you play with me? You will play with me, right? I'll give you something special if you do… Hehe…”
As the voice echoed, the handsome face of the young man became ugly. Because the person who said those words, was none other than the female demon who had the nickname - the Crazy Red Hair.
Since the humans did not fight off the bat, he watched how she brutally killed over 4 Dark Elves in less than two minutes. From his expression, one could easily tell that he wanted nothing to do with the young demon. Just as the young man wanted to back away, a white glint appeared in the darkness. At that moment, a dagger embedded itself in the youth's skull. Although he was already dead, his corpse had a stunned expression on his face as he fell to the ground.
Meanwhile, the young demon had a displeased expression on her beautiful face. ”Who the hell dares to play with my food! Do you…” before she could finish her statement, a ghoulish but cheerful laughter interrupted her. Followed by a ghoulish voice, ”Food? Hahaha… What right does a demon have to kill one of my kind? You want to play, right? Don't worry, I'll keep you company. I rarely play with little girls, but I'll make an exception for redheads!”
Hearing these words, spoken in a condescending voice, the face of the young demon had a masochistic smile on it, which made her face looked radiant as she stared at a certain part of the darkness. Seconds later, James's Grim Reaper form emerged from the darkness with a nasty grin on his skeletal face as he stared at the young demon who briefly had a stunned expression on her face after seeing him. Seconds later, she had an orgasmic smile on her face, while her lust inducing voice echoed, ”A Grim Reaper? Although you are skinny, I'll enjoy the meal.”