Chapter 31- Two Sinners And One Maniac
"Hah! Come here!! The fuck you think you are, huh?!" The scarred man yelled crazily as he rushed toward the Lizard knight straight up. In his eyes was a weird glint that would make anyone mistake him for a crazy psychopath.
Closing the distance between him and the monster, he sent a straight punch toward its left leg. The mere swing was strong enough to make a sound as it cut through the air.
*BANG*
The moment it hit its leg, the monster lost its balance immediately, almost falling to the ground. But, that only lasted for a moment as the next second, it was able to regain posture somehow, and then it blew out a tongue attack the next second.
Normally, one would think of dodging it, at least that's what Akio would've done if he was there. But, instead, what the muscular man did was completely different.
Extending both of his arms, he caught the tongue directly. Even though the impact dragged him back a few meters, he didn't seem to be greatly affected by it. His feet dug deep into the ground, creating a trail as he was pushed away.
'What the hell?' Akio almost coughed from the shock.
He had fought one of these not that long ago so he knew how strong that attack could be. Yet, somehow, this man had taken it on as if it was nothing. It could only make him wonder how high his strength stat is for him to pull that off.
"HAHAHAHA!! Gotchu!"
After saying that, in the proudest manner, he pulled the tongue with all of his power. His huge muscles flexed hard as his veins bulged as if they were about to pop. The pulling force was huge as the monster visibly arced forward as if it couldn't resist.
Screeching loudly, the lizard tried to shake off the scarred man but alas to no avail.
"HAAAH!!"
*Swish*
A few seconds passed in pure silence except for the shrills from the agonized monster. The sight was simply that absurd. A man, no more than 7ft tall was single-handedly toying with a giant monster weighing at least a few tons.
"A-Amazing!! He's like a human-bear!" Toru, who at some point appeared near Akio said in admiration as his eyes sparkled.
'I don't think even bears can pull this off.' Akio almost blurted out.
The fight on the other side didn't last long after that as the tongue couldn't handle the sheer pulling force and the crushing grip on it. With one last swing, it was torn off like a tender piece of meat.
Blood splurted out of the monster's mouth as it fell down to the ground. Using that time, the scarred man threw the tongue to the side and said.
"Already over? Where is the good fight in this, huh?! You fucking insect!"
Again, lizards aren't insects.
"Tsk, whatever." Rubbing the back of his head annoyedly, he approached the monster and with one stomp of his foot, he crushed its skull.
Its eyes widened for a moment before they quickly closed again and it died in the most painful way possible.
Akio and Toru watched the man silently as he stood there, motionlessly staring down. His body didn't move at all for almost a minute.
'Did he freeze?' The two thought at the same time.
But, the next second, the reason for his weird behavior was explained.
"Fuck! This blood is sticky! Tsk, I can't sleep properly with bloody feet." The scarred man said as he swung his leg left and right trying to get rid of the blood.
'So that was what concerned him.' Sighing, Akio held his face as he didn't know how to react to such information.
At that moment, Toru reacted first as he walked toward the scarred man with a chirpy smile on his face.
"You are indeed as amazing as I thought you would be." He said.
"Huh?" Turning around, the man glared at Toru.
"Who are you?" He added.
"Y-You don't remember me?" Toru made a hurt face as he asked with an awkward hesitation.
"I don't particularly remember every coward I meet, eh."
"C-Coward…" The more the scarred man spoke, the more Toru seemed shocked. The underhanded jabs in his words were indeed quite strong even from Akio's point of view.
"So, what the fuck do you want?"
"Let's be friends!" Instantly, Toru lost all awkwardness and happily offered.
"Friends?"
"When we met on the carriage I knew you were great dude! Now, I'm even more convinced! Let's be friends, brother! What's your name by the way?" By the time he finished speaking, his hand was extended for a handshake with the scarred man.
"Friends, huh… I see. The name is Keth." Replying to the question calmly, the man stared straight at Toru. Then…
*Smash*
A fast punch was thrown at the young man, sending him flying to the side before smashing into the ground roughly.
The scene happened in the blink of an eye and it even took Akio by surprise for a second.
"I don't give a fuck about who you are or what you want! Don't you dare approach me again or I will pull your organs out of your asshole."
'That punch could kill a normal person easily. What a monster!' Akio thought.
"Pfft!" Waking up slowly, Toru spat out bloodied saliva along with one or two broken teeth before he chuckled.
"T-That was a good hit, brother. That speaks volumes about your strength. After all, I can't give up on you being a friend of mine."
"Try it yourself and you will be sent to greet your smelly grandpa!"
"Hehehe! You have humor, brother."
As the two went back and forth like that, Akio could only watch the interaction with a confused look. He couldn't really discern what it was but there was definitely something wrong with both of these crusaders.
One of them was a violent, suicidal, battle-junky, buffed man, and the other was a mysterious, happy-go-lucky idiot that probably never heard of the word 'anger' before. Both of them have some twisted characteristics that made them seem extremely bizarre. Not that Akio had any right to judge them.
'I should just leave.'
"Hm, oh, it's the scrawny boy from before. We meet again." The scarred man shifted his focus to Akio out of nowhere.
Nodding his head, Akio turned around to leave. Staying here was like sitting inside a lion's den. He couldn't know when it will come and bite him in the ass.
As he looked behind him, he noticed something weird.
'Huh…'
At some point during their interaction, some weird mist had appeared around them. Since the place is extremely dark, Toru and Keth didn't notice this change but Akio who had the Nocturnal Overseer stigma quickly caught this detail.
If it was merely mist then Akio wouldn't be this alerted, however, the more palpable dread was coming from the eerie atmosphere that took over the place suddenly. The serenity abyss was a very quiet place as the name suggests but for the most part, it didn't keep Akio or any other prisoner extremely horrified and on edge. This silence was completely different.
'There is something wrong… I can't describe it, as if… as if we are completely trapped.'
He didn't know where this acute sixth sense feeling that took over his thoughts came from but he wasn't ready to wait and see if he was right or wrong. Without hesitation, Akio started running away as far as possible.
'I need to get as far away as possible!!'
Using all of his 10 points of agility, his speed was average. The distance he crossed wasn't big by any means.
By this time, Keth and Toru also started noticing the abnormality.
Especially Keth as his eyes turned dead serious in contrast to his casual expression when fighting the Lizard Knight.
That's when it happened…
*Swish* *BOOOOOOOM*
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