Hmmm...
Although I did decide to conquer Lupus...there is only one way for me to do so.
And I don't like it.
Lupus prioritizes Kazuki in the previous life because she loves him...so now. How am I going to do this?
...
Lupus is a kind girl. She also avoided killing me and once even tried to convince me to be a good person. She hates violence the most and prefers a peaceful way. However, she is not naive.
Once, Lupus decided to wipe out a gang of bandits and placed a bounty of a thousand platinum coins(1 platinum coin=100 gold coins) on the leader. She went all out just for the safety of her citizens.
But her mind changed after Kazuki convinces her to stop. She listens to whatever Kazuki says...
No...the most important thing is finding out what makes Kazuki so appealing. His kindness? No, there are plenty of kind people like him...so...what made him so...
Unless Lupus has a different reason for loving Kazuki.
Argh, no point in thinking too much I will visit her first.
*knock* *knock*
"Come in."
I open the double doors and walks in. There is a coffee table in the middle of the room with several coaches surrounding it.
Other than that, the room is just filled with expensive antiques.
Lupus is sitting on one of the coaches.
"Have a seat." Says Lupus.
I sit on the couch opposite her.
She is the one who calls me here, what is she planning?
"Hero-"
"Don't call me that, just call me by my name."
"Oh...okay. Akuma, I need your help to escort me to Kins kingdom. I heard you are an SSS rank right? With your presence, you can easily fend off any dangers."
True. Although my rank is now SSS×3 rank. For some reason, SSS rank is supposed to be the highest level but my skill forbids that. Now I can stack my ranks and become even stronger than the strongest. But I should stop grinding for ranks now. It's enough, next I will need is skills.
However, some people still refuse to believe that I'm an SSS rank so they will surely attack Lupus with me as their escort though, which means this is the perfect chance for treasure baiting.
"Okay then, princess. I will escort you."
"Really? Thank you so much!" Exclaims Lupus.
Let's go Skill hunting
The word spreads really fast and soon almost everyone in the kingdom knows about it. The captain of the knights, Zelkam, is one of those who refuse to believe how strong I am and challenged me to a duel.
"There is no way trash like you can grow so fast!"
"Fair enough. I accept." I say.
I don't even need to use my weapon. The captain is only an A rank. Easy.
I signal the captain to attack first. It's more of a taunt instead.
He has a huge dignity so he immediately charges at me with the greatsword in hand.
Yes, although his speed is fine. His attacks are too obvious. He holds his sword high up in the sky, literally telling me he will strike from above.
I sigh. Being an extremely impatient person, I just take a small rock and flicks towards the sword.
Using mana, I engulf the rock with it so it travelled at a speed faster than a bullet and immediately breaks the sword.
"Wha-"
As an extra effect, I dash towards Zelkam and aim my fist to punch his face, only stopping when it almost reaches. The shock wave generated from that is at least enough to smash a boulder.
Luckily, Zelkam used his paladin defence skill in the nick of time or he would have lost his head.
"I...I admit total defeat."
He falls to his knees.
I smirk and say, "Now you shouldn't have any problem trusting me right?"
He nods and smiles. "With you at our side, there will be no problem."
Good, looks like he trusts me now. But his skills are useless to me, all are defence paladin skills. I don't need them however...he does have the trust of the soldiers. I can make good use of him.
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"Boss!! I heard that the hero is an SSS rank and he is escorting the princess!!" says a subordinate.
"Hahaha!!! What bullshit. How can a Z rank become an SSS rank?!" says another subordinate?
"That's right. So we make our move tonight and capture the princess. Remember none of you touches her unnecessarily understand? She is our good and quality is a top priority." Says Kelson.
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For some reason, Lupus is going to Kins at night. I don't know if that's dumb or if that's smart. Either way, I'm very sure The Red Eagles will attack.
From my previous life, this event happened too and the hero managed to fend off their leader, Kelson. But I don't know the exact detail of their raid so I am still at a disadvantage to their ambush.
However, what interests me the most is Kelson. He has a passive skill which is very useful in an assassination.
The passive skill allows him to blend into a shadow. And will camouflage as such.
He also has slavery taming skills which can tame both humans and demons as long as they are stronger than him, which is a broken skill in a sense. Of course, that shit won't work on me but it is very useful.
...This reminded me of another skill. Sword control.
Most people deem it as useless as it's hard to master but once you did master it, it becomes a killing machine. You can control a sword and move it freely, becoming one with the sword and the wind. It can even kill a whole army while your physical body may be just sleeping in bed or doing something.
I witnessed it after all. I'm not the only antagonist in this world. Some are my "rivals" and among them are really strong monsters.
I sigh.
Well, whatever. Let's get this over with.
I will deal with those monsters at a later date.
Lupus gets into the car and I follow next.
Gosh, I wish the guards weren't too much, there are about 20 more cars. The car I'm in is a white one while the guard's car is a black one... seriously, If you are not asking for trouble then what are you doing? Too many people will just attract too much attention.
Throughout the whole trip, I was bored as hell. Nothing to do actually. I am also not the type to waste my energy trying to detect the red eagle's presence. They want to attack, attack. Don't want to? Then fuck off. No need to be so secretive.
I yawn and take a little nap.
That may be my worse mistake.
I am awakened by a loud explosion and I could hear gunshots everywhere.
"What...the fuck?"
The car stopped moving and there is blood everywhere. And the princess is gone??
I stepped out of the car and holy wow. Bloodstains everywhere and bodies.
Heh...a good view.
I would have enjoyed this if only I wasn't this tired. Damn it...
Hmm...should I step in? Most of the guards are dying one by one and Lupus is tied up in a car.
Hmm...I'm feeling very fucking tired anyway so let me just take the short route to finish things up.
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"Mmmpphhh mmmmmff!!"
"Boss! We got the princess."
"Alright let's go."
"However...there is no hero anywhere."
"Whatever, that's advantageous to us."
The car took off and i follow them.
Using lighting steps, I can keep up with the car.
...
...
Damn it... I just want to finish this and go back to sleep.
The car stopped at some sort of old factory, guess this is their temporary base.
"Mmmpphhh!!!"
One of Kelson's thugs pulls Lupus out of the car and into the factory, they chained her up to a wall and pulls the tape off her mouth.
"*bleh* *cough* *cough* you guys..."
Kelson walks up to Lupus and grabs her face. Her angry expression excites him and he smiles.
"Now, do us a favour and stay quiet-!!! Ow!"
She bites his hand as a sign of retaliation.
"Fuck off." She says.
"Oh, and what are you going to do about it?" Says Kelson. "Are you going to kill me? Are you going to escape from here? Listen here you little shit, your life is in my hands. Even your stupid little hero can't save you-"
"The fuck you say? Something about me?"
"T-That's the hero!"
I made my entrance from the top. The factory is so old that there are spots on the roof that is not covered.
"You guys didn't attack for so long I'm sleepy as fuck now..."
"Heh..." Kelson smirks. "Don't think your SSS rank bullshit will work on us, go kill him-"
*BOOOM!*
Without warning, I blast one of his subordinates head with a rock. Like a watermelon exploding, the blood is splattered all over the place.
I am very tired, I just want to get this over with. I don't even have the energy to enjoy this thrilling scene.
"T-That..."
I slowly walk forward with a few other rocks in my hand.
"So...who's next?" I ask.