It was a violent display, a massacre of immense proportions as with each movement of a silvery silhouette, a lizard-like corpse would join the ranks of its slain kin.
Swing! With a sound of a humming blade, a cold silvery light would flicker from left to right at alarming speeds, crossing in and out of the narrow cavern pathway. Wherever this light went, a severed body part would fly across the pathway or fall onto the coarse ground, dimly lit by various mounted torches that hung from the walls of the cavern.
As this happened, a silver-haired youth garbed in furry martial robes would appear and disappear as the scythe in his hands danced around his body as he revolved it in a vertical manner. Suddenly, the youth halted his actions as he twirled the scythe before gripping it firmly in his two arms, lowering his posture as he held the scythe at a sideways angle with its edge facing forward.
Nero narrowed his eyes as his pupils looked from left to right, in moments, two swooshing noises sounded from nearby as two even larger Snalards arrived at his sides.
"Sssss!" As if they had invoked a technique, both Snalards chopped their swords towards Nero's torso, leaving behind a series of blade lights.
At this instant, both of Nero's eyes had a calm look when reflecting the two rapid slashes of the Snalards swords. The world before his eyes growing slower as his grip on the scythe became tighter as if he was waiting on something.
"Do it now," Adult Nero said in an icy tone.
Nero, hearing this didn't hesitate, as his body erupted in dazzling silver energies. In moments, a strange scene had occurred as his body split into two ghosts like shades, one moved at an incredible speed utilizing his [Four Point Unity Steps] to accelerate forwards arriving behind the backs of the Snalards.
However, as for Nero's other body, it remained standing in regular position as the two rapid sword assaults bisected his body into multiple pieces. In a flash, these two Snalards had landed a step behind Nero's body; their faces seemed delighted as they held their swords before them.
However, it was at this moment; both lifted their heads in confusion as if they sensed that something wasn't right. They wanted to jump and avoid the incoming danger, but it was too late.
The other ghost-like Nero that had arrived behind them, twisted his body at an incredible speed. Before they could even react, the scythe's edge, which was resting on the ground between the two Snalards tilted upwards as it vanished, leaving behind a cold arc of silver lights.
The arc of light rapidly moved before it stopped at an upwards angle, looking at it more closely one would now see that it was connected to the handle which Nero now held in one arm as he rested it on his shoulder. He stared at the fake Spector-like body of his, which was now vanishing before he looked at the two corpses with his gleaming red pupils as he spoke out loud, "I'm slowly getting the hang of this new skill..."
Adult Nero hearing this spoke, "Yes, the Myriad Spector Cut, a truly useful maneuver, it was one of the beginner skills that made even that Phantom Brat a force to be reckoned with at the early stages. Other than that, your techniques have all achieved Stage 5, and your level is nearing the later parts of Level 5. As for your combat style, you are performing nicely with your Reaper Stances, reaching a decent level of competency with the first and most basic stage, the Mowing Twist. Once you reach the state where everything is in one motion and the flow of your scythe resembles the dance of a flowing snake, then and only then will you achieve the second level, otherwise known as the Dancing Reaper. Work harder..."
Nero, hearing this nodded with a smirk as he inwardly replied, "Alright, I'll start making my way to their boss after I check their gear."
Nero had begun to make his way towards the corpses, but suddenly he heard a notification.
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Ding!
[You've have killed two Snalard Elites! 70 EXP gained!]
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Not paying any mind to the notification, Nero looked on the ground and saw that all the Snalard Elites dropped were nothing more than a few copper coins, they didn't even drop an armguard.
"Tsk! I really hate this stingy system..." Nero cursed under his breath.
Adult Nero chuckled at this as he spoke, "It's life, besides, where will you find such easy means of powering up in the Novice Zone? This entire zone is a grinder mean for young pups to train and fight to earn what they desire, heh... even once you advance from here, things will still get harder, treasures are found in places where you face all sorts of challenges."
Nero didn't bother saying anything, he grumbled silently and stooped down to pick up his coins. However, as Nero did this, his face sunk as he noticed that the coins had vanished.
"MY COPPER! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?" Nero exclaimed as he saw in unthinkable phenomena, he questioned himself, 'Did this shitty world had timeouts? I refuse to believe that my coins would vanish over some shitty rule!'
It's understandable why Nero would get mad, he wasn't like those well off, and every single copper counted towards the goal of his first silver.
As if he couldn't bear it, Adult Nero started to laugh out loud in his mind as wiped the corner of his eyes, Nero didn't like his behavior, so he cursed at him inwardly, 'Hey, why didn't you tell me anything? Can't you realize my situation?'
After calming himself down, Adult Nero took a deep breath and spoke, "Of course I do, have you forgotten that I've once lived it? Hmph! As for your coins issue, there's no such nonsense time out rule, objects in this world are the same in ours. If the coin suddenly vanished, then it can only be for a logical reason, someone needs to start paying more attention..."
As Adult Nero said this, he grew silent no longer saying anything else; his eyes were fixed on a certain distant part of the narrow cavern, his smile grew wider as if enjoying himself.
Nero had a dark look on his face; he still wasn't feeling any better after those words. However, he gritted his teeth while thinking, 'No time out rule... then it could only mean one thing...'
As Nero thought to here, an astonishing murderous intent clouded the cavern's passage as he glared around while wrapping up his thoughts, 'Someone took them...'
Nero's murderous will developed everything, but no matter how hard he used his senses, he couldn't pick up a trace of any person.
Nero frowned as he saw no results, he shook his head as his eyes showed a regretful look as he spoke inwardly, 'Hmph! You better not let me find you...'
After saying this, Nero no longer concerned himself with the thief and indifferently continued on his way. Yet, if one were to look at him more carefully, they would see a stern and cautious look on his face as if he would attack even if a mouse made a slight movement.
A pity for Nero, however, for the moment he carried on, two familiar pair of beautiful blue eyes appeared staring at his direction with a teasing light as a slight voice that no one else could hear said, "Hehe… serves you right…"
The eyes then faded from reality, as the scene here returned to one of silence.