While Ryle was rushing to the village, a bit away a man was being surrounded by 8 people in black clothes. The horse he was riding lying dead on the ground with a scorching hole through its head.
"Why does this not surprise me." said the man as he looked at the hooded figures surrounding him.
Then without giving any indication a small explosion came from the bottom of his feet propelling him towards one of the 8. He grabbed him by the neck and a second explosion sounded from his palm, decapitating him.
"GRIMOR!" Shouted one of the hooded figures, instantly two of them rushed back towards the city.
The man slowly took off his hood showing his face. White skin like the snow, a clean shaved face with handsome features, short crimson hair with golden eyes that were releasing immense killing intent as he watched the two running.
"Can't have my location leaked so soon, how about you stop." As his words sounded his feet once more exploded while propelling him forward. Two of the hooded figures that were still surrounding him rushed to intercept. One of them took out a dagger, her features while hidden, still showed that she was a woman. The other threw a fist that was coated in thick lightning arcs.
The man propelled himself to his left by exploding the palm on his right side, going in the direction of the woman with the dagger. Clenching his hand into a fist, fiery red mana came into being around it, solidifying into a metal-like substance.
'CLANK'
"AARRGGHHH"
With the collision, the woman screamed as her whole arm was crushed into pieces. The man soldifyied a small needed and threw it through her head, killing her, then proceeding to give chase. When the others saw that the felt cold sweat in their back.
"BACK TO THE CITY! REPORT TO THE LORD!"
Knowing that won't be able to stop him, the man shouted, afterward each of them ran in a different direction. By the time the man killed 5 more of them, the man with lightning around his fist was gone.
"Damn it." cursed the man before taking one of the horses still there and rushing.
2 days passed with both Ryle and the crimson haired man closing in, outside Fors Village, the scouts were getting news and starting to take actions.
In a small part of the forest near the village, 20 cloaked figures were readying to take action
"The City Lord wishes for the Lest family, which is the goal of the other 3 groups as well. Head of the Winster family sent 10 men, Adventures branch in Sun City has 15, and the Haze Merchant has sent 10 as well. Remember, our goal is the family, but the most important is the boy. When we finish this mission, lord will have her body guard please us for a week. Let's Go!" one of the man, spoke before having them all rushing inside the village.
Similar conversations were happening in the other groups as well and unaware of the villagers, their fate was decided then and there. As the assailants rushed in, the poor villagers that were not on the capture list were being slaughtered like animals. Screams came through the whole village.
As Ter was about to rush, Lily gave him a hug and a kiss as she cried.
"be careful." she softly said and went to hide with her two daughters.
Ter nodded and ran out, once outside his aura erupted with rage blinding him. Children dead, women, men, old, everyone.
"Terry... Mina, little Rin.. everyone. " unwilling and in despair he cried as he looked at the ones responsible. There his friends were confronting them, Kent was missin an arm as tears were dripping from his eyes, just like all the others. Mark lay there dead, Lady Milan bleeding out.
"MOTHERF*CKERS!! I'LL KILL YOU!" Ter heard someone scream but he could not think properly at the moment, he brandished his sword and rushed at the assailants. cutting 2 of them down in 1 hit, with the better Adsorption skill, he was able to compress his mana core for the 3rd time, becoming a rank 3 mage. with the majority of the stronger assailants confronting the other groups, all that were left were rank 1 and 2 mages, but those were enough to kill the villagers.
Ter dashed towards Kent, killing the 2 attackers in a few seconds. With his show of power 4 rank 3 assailants came towards him, 3 attacked him with the intent to kill while one helped him out.
With Ter locked down, the others were falling one by one.
A few minutes ago, when Ter just rushed out of the house, Ryle arrived at the village. The sight of dead bodies inside made his blood boil. He rushed towards his house, anxious. When he reached there, he saw the fight and the dead bodies, but he did not focus on them, all he focused on was Ter.
When he saw Ter crying, Ryle felt his heart shatter. 'No.... no.... mom, Lisa, Lyn...'
"MOTHERF*CKERS!! I'LL KILL YOU!" He screamed and rushed forward. His eyes showing a red circle he swept his gaze over the group confronting each other and then the ones fighting against the villagers. He saw how Ter easily killed 4 assailants and then how he was locked down.
He looked at one of the assailants rushing towards Mark's wife, Mea. Seeing his gaze filled with distorted lust, blood trickled down his eyes with his mana plummeting alarmingly.
'BOOM!!'
'BOO-!'
Multiple explosions sounded which made everyone except for Ter look at where the explosions came from. They saw a man or what was left of him, charred black. Arms, legs, half his stomach and half his head were gone.
Ter in his rage did cut down one of the rank 3 assailants who was distracted. Ryle looked at someone else intending to have him die as well, but he did not know what happened as he lost conciousness.
"Careful now, you don't want to overdo it now." A crimson haired man picked him up and walked slowly towards the now stunned assailants and villagers. Even Ter now was looking at him like a statue.
"RYLE!! LET GO OF MY SON!" Ter screamed as he rushed at the man. slashing his sword at him. The man caught the sword in between his fingers.
"Careful now, you might hurt him if you do that." he said and gave Ryle to him.
"Watch out for him will you, let me get rid of these bugs." He then dashed at the assailants, in just a minute all those under rank 4 were killed. from those left, the ones belonging to the city lord mansion had already left. with those from the Haze Merchant being annihilated and the Winster family's men and women were all wounded. Like pigs waiting for butcher to come.
Only those from the adventurers guild stayed, even then, they had only 5 left, with 1 rank 5 mage and 4 rank 4 mages.
"Sir, why did you attack our men? We were aiding the villagers." The leader said, she was a women with short black hair that had her body hidden behind a cloak.
"That is why I did not kill the rest of you, kill those bugs over there and fuck of or I will make you join them." The crimson haired man said as he released his aura, scaring the shit out of the others.
"RANK 8!!" shouted the woman in fright. without any hesitation she killed those from the Winster house and left.
....
Kent who was hugging Milan slowly looked at the crimson haired man. "Please, safe them." he said as he cried. looking at the 2 kids Jordan was now holding in his hands. A boy around 10 and a girl that looked around 12. The girl was missing her left arm and 2 fingers from her right hand. a bloody gash going from her left shoulder to her right leg. the boy on the other hand was better of, with some cuts across all of his body. but he had lost too much blood and would probably die.
Jordan looked at their savior with hope, his face full of tears and snot. "Please, I will do anything, please save my children. please "
The man looked around, he saw 2 women holding each other in embrace, both impaled by a spear. both dead. If Ryle saw them he would know those two were Talia and Emilia. A woman holding a man in her arms crying. She was Mae, Mark's wife.
He scanned with his magic around the villager and aside from 3 people in the house behind him, only those here were alive.
Looking at Ryle and back at the survivors. He walked towards Kent, took out a small pill and put it in his hands.
"Feed it to her through mouth to mouth, it will save her life." he said and then went towards Jordan. He already checked everyone's condition and was aware they the girl was on the verge of death, Her injuries were not the problem but he conciousness was fading, the damage she sustained by the los of her arm and fingers and were too much for such a young girl.
As he looked at her he let out a sigh and took out a potion from his bag and poured it on the girls head he also gave a pill to Jordan to help he wounds close. this Pill was different from the one he gave to Milan.
One was known as enhance healing pill while the other was just healing pill. the difference was that the one Lady Milan got would use her bodies mana enhance the pill and make it strong. The one the girl got would use the pill itself and heal the patient. Which was much more expensive.
Jordan did not hesitate and gave the pill to her through mouth to mouth. Normally people would be disgusted but this concerned his daughters life. No time to find a doctor.
The boy was losing blood but that was only the problem that was visible. he had a poison in his circulation. The man used his mana to forcefully take the poison and gave him some blood replenishing pills and an mana pill. The mana pill will be the energy for the other pills.
Unlike the other two who had too many wounds, the man poked a slight hole in the boys stomach and tossed the pills inside.
Ter who was watching all that took Ryle in the house. There both Lily and Lyn were hiding in the basement with swords pointed at the door. When they saw Ryle and Ter coming inside they panicked when Ryle was unconscious but soon relaxed after they heard Ter said.
"Lyn, you and Lisa watch after your brother. We will go help the rest." without even waiting for a replay he put Ryle on the ground and went out with Lily.
When Lily saw the state of the village where she grew up in, all the familiar faces she considered as her family she could not help but cry. She walked towards Mae and held her in her embrace.
"He did not even know I was pregnant, Lily... I wanted to surprise him for his birthday... sniff.. Now he is gone.. sniff." Mae cried as she carresed Mark's face.
"He always said he wanted to name our child when we had one.. He said... sniff... he said he wanted to surprise me...sniff.. the name.. Lily, help me, sniff... what am to do now.. sniff.." Tears were falling like a waterfall from her eyes, her eyes were red.
The crimson haired shook his head when he saw that. 'It is still the same, we escaped being livestock to the beastmen to being livestock for our own kind. Just in different uses.' He went towards a chair and sat down, letting the villagers vent their sadness