Chapter 9 – Rat Hunting (Part 2)
As they ran through the alleys Ren turned to the girls and asked
"His wounds are fine? Haven't they opened?" .
"They're fine, they've almost completely closed the spell he cast on us also took away the pain" said elena.
[Vine of Life]
— Rank: Land 1st Lvl.
— Grade: High
— Archive: [Wood Archive]
— Type: Healing
— Effect: Vines will grow around the target, these vines will do a life cycle around the target, bathing them with vitality taken from nature.
—(Note: The wood element is required to cast this spell – Born to steal life from the forest a vine that will bear the fruit of life and death – Passage left by a dryad.)
[Vine of Life] was the first spell Ren learned when he entered B rank, this spell was a gift given by the system when he entered this rank, even though it's only a 1st Lv Earth rank spell. This is a very good healing spell, since by bathing with the vitality of the vine, your wounds will heal at a speed visible to the naked eye, thanks to the vitality all states of tiredness are healed, thirst and hunger are also quenched .
Truly a spectacular spell, although the effects only last until the vine's vitality is completely consumed by the body, there is no denying that it is a great lifesaver.
After running for a while, Elizabeth who was leading the way stopped, pointing her finger at a small eating establishment she said:
"That's the place, don't be fooled even though it looks like just a food establishment that place has a basement where they hide the slaves and also where the traffickers are"
Listening to the information given by elizabeth, ren began to create a plan to sneak inside.
Although it is a small place it is still their headquarters (Lair), they must have at least a few detection barriers, a few dozen abysses, and if they have beasts they must also have some tamers.
It's definitely not going to be easy to go in and kill everyone... After coming up with a plan, Ren headed towards the girls.
"Do you need to keep someone alive?" I ask.
"Yes, the leader Nicolas Douglas, an A rank, has attributed the crimes of murder, rape, trafficking and others, he is very dangerous since he has a concealment device, perfect for someone like him who is from the assassin class" said Elena .
"In that case follow me" Ren said.
(Elizabeth POV)
While we were walking, Parca was asking us questions about the organization, I must admit that his way of working is very professional and excellent, although he is a student, Parca does not have the aura of a student, rather he seems like a veteran.
Elena cast a concealment spell on both of them, apparently the plan of the grim reaper is to check if there is a detection barrier, and if there is, she will open a hole for us to pass quickly.
"There's only one detection barrier, it's a formation so it's easier to open it temporarily." said grim reaper
"You see those two pots are key points of the barrier, I will interfere with the flow of magical energy of the barrier at that moment you will enter, you only have 10 seconds to pass the barrier." Grim Reaper said as she pointed to two porcelain pots.
Grim Reaper started to head towards the flowerpot, but when I saw him walking towards it like he was in his backyard I had a strong urge to yell at him.
Stretching out her hand, silver-colored spiritual power began to pour out of her palm, in a few seconds the barrier began to present adult-sized interference, when we saw this, both Elena and I immediately ran and crossed the hole in the barrier, following each other. grim reaper entered too.
Waiting a few seconds we were sure that the infiltration could be achieved without being discovered.
"Here, place one of these scrolls in each column, beam or vital place of the structure" said Grim Reaper as he gave us some explosive scrolls.
(POV Ren Kurobane)
I gave them the only explosive scrolls I had, a real shame because they cost me a lot, but at least they gave me a book to learn how to make them.
These girls are very intelligent, I just had to explain the basics about my plan so that they understood the essence of it, I guess they are not from the SI just to show, not only their intelligence, but also their abilities, so far I have only seen them do magic, but I can't rule out the probability that they're Mars like me.
Mars, the way people with two or more classes are called, the name given by the god of war, the reason, well... just like their title, the Mars are gods on the battlefield being able to fight in various types of form, basically they are very strong, although not invincible since they also have flaws and maybe many...
Arriving at a completely dark corridor, a fine wooden door could be seen, extending the range of my [Spirit Perception] I could feel the presence of two guards on the other side of the door, both of them C rank.
"Two C-rank guards, behind the door I'll take care of them, make sure no one comes" I said
(Third Person POV)
Elizabeth and Elena were surprised that Ren could tell that there were two guards on the other side of the door, and they can't be blamed, since the skill [Spirit Perception] is not an easily obtained skill so they didn't use it. have.
Reaching the door, Ren turned the knob and quickly entered.
Noticing Ren's presence, the guards immediately went into battle stance, attacking Ren in a pincer attack, both guards moving at incredible speed with [Fast Step] skill, the one on the left aiming at his ribs while the one on the right went for his head.
clanking
The sound of metal colliding with metal rang out as the two attacks collided with Ren's body, the guards were shocked and instantly knew that they were no match for Ren, retreating at top speed with his [Fast Step] skill, they ran, but before Before they reached more than three meters, an invisible force stopped them both. They went to the [Authority of Sloth].
Approaching them, Ren spoke: "Where the slaves are, speak and I will spare their lives." Ren's words were a clear threat but to the two guards it sounded like the voice of a goddess, this was an effect of the activation of the [Authority of Lust] and [Charm] at the same time.
"Slaves are in the corridor to the right after you go down the stairs" one of the guards said to Ren while the other one gave him a murderous look as if to say "how dare you answer before me".
Crack
Getting what he wanted from the guards, Ren killed them outright, they weren't even worth it, Ren went upstairs again and beckoned the girls to come back with him.
Pa
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Going down the stairs the three of them saw three forks in the path, one path to the front, one to the left and one to the right, following the instructions of the guards ren and the girls walked to the right.
Pa
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Splash
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A dark and damp road, a rotten stench spread, from all sides the screams and moans of agony could be heard more clearly with each step they took.
Soon they arrived at a place where there were prisons, in that place the stench was so intense that they ren and the girls almost vomited from disgust, approaching a prison ren saw a girl with several whip marks, the girl seemed dead, the flies entered and they came out of her mouth as if it were her house, she had empty and dry eyes, dried blood could be seen on what was left of her fingers, clearly eaten by her in her hunger, ren said nothing and continued.
Walking to another cell he saw a man next to the corpse of a baby, but what surprised Ren the most was that the man was eating the corpse as if it were a steak, the man seemed to sense that he was being watched because he quickly turned to face him. Ren, running quickly the man crashed into the iron bars.
BANG
The sound of an explosion echoed through the corridor and along with it the sound of tearing flesh. "JE, JEJEJEJE, JEJEJEJEJEJEJEJE" the man began to laugh at the top of his lungs, clearly he had already lost all use of reason and sanity, cracking of his bones could be heard as if they were a musical instrument.
"How cruel, they don't even take care of them, they are leaving them to their fate" Elena said and Elizabeth just nodded.
"This is the world, if you don't want something to happen to you, just be strong and if you don't have the way to be strong then look for someone strong to protect you, the law of life is something that cannot be changed, in all There is evil and cruelty on both sides" Ren said, to which the girls did not refute.
"Clearly these guys are just villains that need to be kicked out of the realm" Elizabeth said.
"Villains, eh, there is no such thing as a villain" said ren looking at elizabeth.
Elizabeth and Elena frowned after hearing Ren's words.
"Because it says that there are no villains, it is not clear that those evil men are nothing more than villains and cancers for society" Elena said, while she refuted Ren's words.
Shaking his head ren spoke with a voice without feelings "Have you heard the story 'The Revenge of the Prince'" asked ren, the girls just shook their heads so ren continued talking.
"Once there was a good prince who helped the poor and protected the weak, this prince despite not being the first son was given the title of crown prince, his older brother jealous after learning of this, made the people despise the prince, first he did not let the merchants sell him food to give it to the poor, the poor seeing this said that the prince was a selfish man who by obtaining the succession to the throne no longer helped them.
The prince was depressed by this but he tried to solve it, his older brother, seeing that he did not manage to knock him down, bought all the prince's guards with gold and titles, by doing so the prince could not protect the towns and they suffered under the attacks of beasts , trafficker and thieves, the weak seeing this said that the prince was a scum and weed of the kingdom.
Every time the prince went out he was insulted, humiliated, mocked and mistreated by the people who had once loved him. After these incidents the prince lost the succession to the throne and ended up being despised by his father for being selfish and treacherous according to the king, his wife, seeing that he lost the throne, no longer valued him, but rather cheated on him, humiliated him.
The angry prince for this made a deal with a 'Devil' this gave him power, power that he used to destroy everyone, he killed and terrorized the people, tortured and tormented his family, and thus the prince achieved revenge on him .
Now I ask you, who was the villain of the story?" Ren asked.
"..."
After hearing Ren's story the girls said nothing, because they understood what Ren meant by the story.
The message is clear, both sides hurt the other, but only one is considered a villain, this 'villains is relative to where in the story you see it from, in the end even if you are the most despicable being in the world if your story is told From your point of view, you will be seen as the hero and those who go against you as the villains.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: FROM NOW ON THE MAGICAL ENERGIES WILL ONLY BE: PRANA, QI AND SPIRITUAL POWER.
LATER WILL BE UPDATED AND SOME THINGS WILL BE MENTIONED LATER.