Bang-...
His greatsword landed on the empty land where Lux was supposed to be standing, and with his strength, he left a five-meter wide hole.
'He avoided that?' He thought as he goes for another strike once he discovered his location.
"Sword art, ground cut." He raised his greatsword covered in mana then slam it on the ground.
Slash... Bang...
A yellow slash traveled and split the ground in half and goes further toward Lux.
Lux avoided it by leaping himself up to where the skill is unable to reach him.
Tack...
Touching the ground with his foot, this time, the ones to attack him were the two who unexpectedly appeared from both sides.
"Sword art, flame attribute, flame tornado" the one from the right side swung his sword and created a flame tornado of slashes.
"Sword art, wind swirl" from the left side, the dual sword user swung both of his swords in circular motions with additional wind attributes resulting in creating a mayhem of slashes heading against Lux.
'They're catching up now huh...'
Lux leaped himself again up to 10 meters. He put his sword on his left side before swinging it in a circular motion.
[Technique deployment, moon type, luminous evening sky.]
Slash... Bang-...
From the left to right and back to the left side, Lux swung his katana in a circular motion. A sky blue 15 meters wide circular crescent slash with more crescent slashes hovering and scattering around it was formulated covering Lux and blocking the attacks from both sides, at the same time as an offensive skill.
Slash... Slash...
Dispersed...
Scattered...
Slash... Slash...
Cut... Cut...
Splurt... Splurt...
With the help of chaotic crescent slashes surrounding the main slash, the technique destroyed the mayhem of incisions and cut the flame tornado in half. That didn't stop there, the technique expanded further beyond resulting in splitting the guy on the right side in half and cutting the dual swords user's right hand.
Boom...
"Ahhhhhhhhh!!!" He screamed in pain seeing his right hand chopped down. His voice echoed throughout the area causing the other people who were fighting nearby to stop for a bit.
'What happened there?' Thought one of the S-ranks with his clothes torn. He happened to be their subordinate after hearing the scream and explosion that occurred from the other side while continuously fighting against another S-rank.
Descending on the surface, Lux spoke in satisfaction. "Four more to go..."
His words stimulated his opponents to panic in fear of dying.
'Who the hell is this monster? Based on his strength, he appeared to be an Ss-rank hunter, but why did they not inform us of him coming here. What happened to the spy?' Many thoughts came out of Kenya's head while in agony.
With his severe injuries and right hand gone, he is nothing but a dead man and an obstacle to his group. His bleeding hadn't stopped yet, implying, he was going to die soon.
"Fuck... Just how did it pass through my defense?" Kenya madly protested.
The other three could no longer disagree with him. None were able to find any flaws inside their defense, everything is completely fine and yet it's strange enough how their bodies are abruptly erupting with blood coming from a wound that doesn't exist.
On the other hand, Lux remained silent.
'It's not called soul slayer sword just for it's name.'
[Soul slayer sword]
It's a sword that cuts through the soul and inflicts damage to their physical bodies without them knowing.
This case is identical to Lux technique he invented which is why he called it as his soul mate.
They tried to calm themselves down and think for a bit after one of them just died instantly right in front of their eyes. However, the more they think about it, the more terrifying it gets.
It's An unexpected turn of events that slaughtered 6 of their S-rank companions in just a few moments.
On top of that, he hadn't utilized most of his techniques yet which makes it more terrifying.
Three, just three techniques were enough to put ten S-ranks into this situation? That doesn't make any sense. No matter how strong Ss-rank can be, it's not to the point where ten S-rank like them can just be slaughtered on the spot. It might be true for some cases that an Ss-rank can defeat them all together, however, it would take him quite some time to completely overcome them. Therefore, the four of them believed his strength is much more than that.
'Ss+-rank? No, maybe beyond.' Is what came out of their minds.
At this time, their mage finally finished chanting his spell.
"Healing magic, healing tears"
A magic circle appeared above. Shortly, green particles began falling out of it and gradually healed their injuries.
Kenya immediately got up and went to other's side.
Now that they've completely recovered, albeit their missing body parts, they started retreating little by little.
This might be an uncourageous act but...
No matter how insane you are, going any further would only make the given situation deteriorate. Especially when you knew you were going to die at any second the moment you move recklessly.
Lux took a few steps toward them. maybe because of their instinct, They instantly took a few steps away to deter him from closing their distance. You never know when he's going for you're head.
Seeing their frightened reactions, Lux mumbled: 'have they given up already? If so, things would go easier for me.'
"Given your circumstance, If you want me to spare you, give up and tell me you're useful information about your organizations."
"What if we refused?"
Lux made a serious look as killing intent instantly blanketed the entire area, putting them in chaos state. "I will kill you..."
"!..."
In that moment, they instantly kneeled before him.
'What the hell is this pressure... It feels like, thousands of elephants are standing right on top of my shoulders.'
All four of them had the same thoughts. The pressure inflicted upon them made their bodies succumb to the ground.
"What's the point of keeping you alive if you won't surrender?" Lux walked up in front of them. "It would be better to behead you right here and now"
Those words resounded inside their heart as they initiated to think about it before giving their answers. No need to tell if he's just joking, he is definitely going to kill them.
Lux raised his sword at the level of his head. Ready to behead them.
The movement of his hand raising above is signifying the judgment about to befall upon them, and that made their hearts start vigorously beating with no signs of stopping. In other words, they had no other choice but to obey what he says.
Swish...
"We will tell everything we know so please spare us!"
Stopped...
Just when they're about to be beheaded, They said those words aloud causing Lux to stop halfway.
Satisfied with the answer he received, Lux put his sword aside. "You did a great decision," said Lux.
Seeing his sword being put aside made their hearts feel at ease for a brief moment, despite the pressure.
"Now then, tell me everything you know about this organization."
"Y-y-y-yes" with a bit of hesitation, Kenya responded instantly.
"Good..."
"Where should I start? We-well, the black moon is-"
Boom-...
Splurt...-
Kenya would've said it now, however, the sudden change in the surroundings refused it to happen.
His head exploded in an instant without Lux being aware of what happened at that moment.
The blood splattered around that even his subordinates were unable to interpret what occurred or what...
Lux standing a few steps away from him got himself bloodstains on his clothes visible to everyone including his mask. Perhaps, because of that, Lux silently remained standing without giving any reply to this incident.
For a moment, he tried to comprehend something inside his mind. At first, he thought his subordinates were involved in this, but based on others' responses they conveyed, Lux gave this thought away.
"My, my, what is this? I can't believe seven out of ten of our elite S-ranks we're easily killed."
"...!"
Lux's expression widens The very moment he heard this voice. the calm yet stunned expression he had till now was instantly covered by shock.
"This amount of magical energy..."
Everyone immediately shifted their gaze to the man flying above along with a person in a suit that seems to be implying that he's a butler.
"Thanks to my skill, no information was leaked. If we're a minute late, death is our destiny."
"Also, it seems we found something rather interesting"
Nod...
Andre nodded in agreement although he found his first statement somewhat weird, he did not complain.
The two appeared to be Andre and eren who are supposed to be observing the battlefield from their previous location.
Boom...
A huge explosion emerged from the other side resulting in a constant rumbling throughout the area.
This made everyone from Lux's side halt their conversation for a brief moment to look at the huge explosion. Then a young man that appeared to be Lacner, emerged on top of the black smoke.
'Lacner? What is he doing there' Lux focused his eyes on Lacner who was flying above the smoke to observe him, and based on what he calculated, he was fighting with someone he doesn't know about.
This similar incident that took place suddenly made Lux have a grasp of what was going on.
Whatever the case is, these people are their enemies much stronger compared to those small fries earlier.