"P-please, what do you w--" Blood splashed on the demon mask as a huge muscular head was cleanly sliced off. The head hit the ground and blood leaked out of it, soaking the spot where it landed.
Ethan didn't wipe the blood off his sword. It was the same sword he had gotten from the cave. The sword was long and robust at the same time.
"One down, only juice knows how many are left," Ethan muttered to himself as he pushed the ship door open slightly, not knowing what waited for him on the other side.
The group has separated. Each of them had chosen different areas from which they would enter the ship, and Ethan had chosen the front door because...
That's where the fun is.
As the old metal door flung open, sure enough, people were inside.
Most of them didn't notice the door was open as they were busy playing card games and drowning themselves in bottles of drink.
The men all looked like the first man Ethan had killed. He didn't know if it was planned, but they all had bald heads with their entire bodies covered with tattoos.
They looked like circus freaks.
"Knock knock." Ethan got all their attention.
They stood up in a flash and activated their abilities, and at the same time, Ethan gripped his sword, and flame raced from the handle before it completely enveloped it.
"This is not Halloween. So what's up with the demon mask? " A man with a cruel face filled with veins, making him look like he was constantly angry.
Ethan didn't pay heed to his comments. Instead, he said,
"Come on, big man, I'm right here. broke into your ship, sliced one of your men's heads." He added "cleanly."
"Whatever shit you pulling, take it somewhere else."
"I can smell your mouth stink from here, so can you do me a favor and just shut up," Ethan said, and the next moment, he closed in on the first man who didn't have enough time to react.
The man's head fell to the ground, but his eyes gazed up at Ethan with killing intent.
Ethan stabbed the eyeballs with his flamy sword before he turned the head into ashes in an instant.
"Do I have your attention now?" His fangs slowly extended to the side, making him look creepy.
The remaining men all fired their abilities at Ethan in a flash.
Ethan swung his sword in the air, deflecting all the attacks.
Due to the attacks, dust rose from the ground and covered the spot where Ethan stood.
"Wait!" A man far larger than every other man said.He had small eyes, a crooked nose, and a thick, unkempt beard stained with white saliva.
He was in charge of the folks in this room.
The dust cleared, but no one could be seen at the spot again.
"Where did he go?" The leader said as he walked to the spot.
The leader looked scared as he approached the spot. He had seen what the black and red-masked demon did. But as a leader, he needed to act tough, although he had wet his pants a little.
"I think our attacks made him run away." One of them said
"Yeah, he came this here, acting all tough and cooly, but in the end, he ran away with his dick in his hands." Another one said, feeling good about himself.
His joke lighted the mood of the room again, and everyone gradually released the stiffness in their shoulders.
For one moment, they felt like it would be their end because of the way the demon acted and the way he killed one of them without giving them even a moment to react.
"We all done good. Boss kai gonna increase our pay this week." The leader had a smile on his face, but his smile disappeared...
when a drop of blood hit his bald head.
He touched the blood and wiped it away from his head.
He turned to the door when he noticed a black figure pass in a flash. He didn't see the figure properly, only a blur.
He turned back to his gang.
And there he was...
The demon stood behind his group with a creepy smile.
The leader tried to signal his gang to look back, but they were happily chit-chatting about the double pay they would receive.
The leader moved his gaze from the demon to his men. He contemplated what to do. He knew one mistake here would cost his men's lives here.
Ethan waved at the leader and made a slitting throat gesture with his sword.
The leader finally made up his mind and leaped above his group and came down on the demon with a sharp ice sword raised above his head.
Ethan pulled the closest man and blocked the attack. The ice sword slashed into the man's chest, and blood poured out, dying the leader's face and turning his beard red.
The leader pulled his sword out, but the man's, still beating, heart followed it out.
The other men immediately turned their heads to the demon, but they noticed a trail of blood on their necks when they tried to attack with their abilities again. Their heads dropped to the ground one by one before their headless bodies slumped to the ground in an instant.
The leader's small eyes widened more than they were supposed to. He didn't notice any movement from the demon, yet all his men's heads had been cleanly cut off.
"You ain't know who you're messing with, freak. This here belongs to the Boulders. You know what that means, right? " The leader said, with a confident smirk.
Ethan reverted his sword to a small size and wiped the blood off with a scarf. "Care to enlighten me?"
"They gonna whoop your ass."The leader swung down his massive sword at Ethan again.
Ethan countered the sword strike with his own, and the two swords clashed together. A trail of cracks appeared on the ice sword before it completely shattered into several pieces.
The leader made another one as fast as he could, but before he could raise it, a loud alarm went off.
The leader grinned at Ethan.
"They are all here."
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