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Chapter 40 - 40] Five Hell

By the time 50 S Rank assassins killed all 100 of their opponents, 3000 men of A rank or below have been put to death. While Daren's groups has only suffered around a hundred casualties.

Seeing that about 3000 men remain of the initial 6200( 6000+200 who defected), and that the support provided by men on the cliff have become less effective, Boaz signalled the 50 assassins as well as 550 men supporting from the hill to rush down towards the enemy and engage in a direct fight.

He also asked the men maintaining formation at the bottom of the hill to break the formation and rush to kill the enemies along with the other squads.

If we remove the casualties and the men that betrayed, then, around 1700 men rushed towards the enemies who numbered around 3000. The only advantage Daren's group had, was, that they have 68 S rank experts while the opposing group were A rank or below.

Still, the sudden change from defensive approach to an aggressive approach caught many enemies off guard and Daren's men not missing the opportunity, reaped their lifes.

The S Rank Experts were like a beast unleashed. Unstoppable and unrestrained. They reaped one life after another without much difficulty.

Boaz just stood on the hill and watched the battle attentively.

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Seeing that the battle has gone in the final stage, Kage stopped toying with his prey and decided to end his battle.

Kage's eyes turn cold and he spoke in a slow cold voice,

𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐍'𝐒 𝐉𝐔𝐃𝐆𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 : 5 𝐇𝐄𝐋𝐋

Kage started to turn blurry and then nine shadows jumped out from his blurry image. Each shadow rushed towards one of the nine SS Rank enemies, and took a human form, same as that of Kage.

And by then, each of his shadow was engaging one person in a fight. But it didn't seem like a fight, it was more of a domination.

In a split second, each shadows unleashed 5 strikes from their swords, so swift, that it was almost invisible to the naked eye.

First strike took their right arm,

Second strike took their left leg,

Third strike took their left arm,

Fourth strike took their right leg,

And the final strike behead them.

The strikes were so fast, that only after all the strikes were done, and the shadows sheathed their swords, did the arms leg and head detached themselves from their bodies.

Kage's sword was short and thin, making it swift. But this speed was beyond what one could achieve with sword alone. It was all over in mere moments.

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Morgan was still engaged in a tough battle with Samuel. Though with time Samuel was getting slower and committing mistakes and Morgan was slowly gaining an advantage over him.

Samuel was desperately hoping for his men to finish soon and help him, but he also knew that the man in black was strong and his men would need more time to deal with him.

He gritted his teeth and endured the pain from his injuries and started a war of attrition with Morgan.

Somewhere during the battle he managed to take a peek at the battle with the black clothed man. His eyes popped out of his sockets at what he saw. He saw 9 shadows passing through nine of his men and then suddenly, his men fell in pieces. Yeah, pieces!!

As he watched the events with horror, his body lagged for a second or so. And thus failed to dodge the strike coming at him form his side. Morgan's Saber was embedded deep within his sides.

"𝐀𝐚𝐠𝐡𝐡𝐡"

Samuel cried in pain.

But Morgan didn't pull back his Saber, instead, he twisted his Saber and slashed it upwards towards his heart.

Samuel got a grip of himself by this time and stepped back. The strike to his heart missed by an inch, but it still left a bone deep wound on his torso.

Samuel was already exhausted and with the addition of this strike, his situation was precarious.

Morgan didn't relent and moved in to end it once and for all. He unleashed a fury of attacks one after other without giving Samuel time to stabilize.

Samuel could hardly parry those powerful strikes form Morgan. With each strike he would step back and his hands would be thrown to the sides. The only reason he was able to cope up untill now was because he has 2 blades, one in each hand.

Before his arm could recover from the strikes, he would use his other arm and block the next attack. Buy this time his first arm was ready to block again.The cycle continued.

Samuel knew he couldn't keep this up for long. So as a last desperate attempt to save his life, he jumped back few steps to create distance and then rushed forward in a crouching stance. Both his blades placed one above other parallelly, tips of his blades pointed towards his right.

Morgan, seeing him strike, gripped his Saber tightly with both hands and countered his strike with a vertical slash from below to above.

Despite his trying, Samuel's attack was negated and his body was pushed back breaking his balance.

Using the momentum of his Saber, Morgan jumped forward and brought his Saber downwards in a piercing motion and lunged it towards Samuel, piercing his heart.

"𝐀𝐠𝐡𝐡..."

Samuel coughed up blood as the Saber pierced him before he could regain his balance. With a sigh he closed his eyes. Dead.

Morgan panted as he watched life leave the body of Samuel. He sighed and tuned to look at other battles ongoing.

He saw that the only battle yet to conclude was that of the largest group.

Though Daren's group was fighting a group with almost double their number, they weren't at any disadvantage. Well, atleast most of them weren't.

The speed at which the group lost life, was scary. Some people wanted to run away, but 50 S Rank Assassins at the back were not for show, how come they allow them to run away.

Slowly but surely the battle was coming to an end. At that time many noticed the death of their leader and were desperately trying to break free. Some even surrendered. But their plead fell on deaf ears, and they were all massacred mercilessly.

Within 10 minutes of their leaders death, the battle was over. All members were put to death.

Amist the battle, Daren's group lost another 100 of their men. But all those who survived, have been baptised with blood.

This was the first battle of Daren's group and they achieved a great victory in it. Fighting the odds and winning without much loss, was a great feat.

𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬, 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩, 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐟𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐢𝐠 5 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

A change is coming!

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FORCE:

ARIUS , BOAZ , KAGE , NHI , BLEIZ , ALIFA

SUBORDINATE (others)

Morgan , Ray , Ren

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THE BLOOD KNIGHTS:

Leader : Arius

Members: 400

(8 - S rank ; Rest A rank)

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THE JUDGEMENT TOWER:

Leader: Boaz

Members: 150

(All : A Rank)

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THE GUARDIAN SQUAD:

Leader : Morgan

members: 500

( 10- S rank ; Rest - A Rank

10 Squad of 50, each lead by one S Rank )

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THE REAPERS:

Leader : Kage

Members: 50

All - S rank

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Army : 500

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