*BANG!* *BANG!* *BANG!*
Silver and lustrous thunderclaps reverberated through the cold air. Heavy rain poured down from the heavens, shrouded by thick dark clouds. Water droplets dripped from the wet walls as mud and puddles slowly took form on the ground.
In an abandoned warehouse that had been recently bought by a big figure, Two people were fighting each other to the death. It was a middle-aged man and a young lady.
"Hehehe, you'll die b*tch!" The man kept swinging his arms and punching the young lady. Though, she dodged them without any difficulties and was defending herself from his attacks. But one could notice that she wasn't giving him a counter-attack.
She did nothing more but defend herself from the middle-aged man's attacks.
The man noticed her actions and couldn't help but smirk. He was fighting against an inexperienced girl that couldn't even have the will or ability to kill her. With this realization, the middle-aged man felt arrogant and started making dirty gestures.
"
B*tch, I'll take my time having fun with you."
The middle-aged man swung a kick toward her, which she easily dodged. However, it was nothing more but a feint. The man went for a tackle, and the young lady couldn't dodge it in time. Due to this, the two of them were knocked to the ground.
*BAM!*
With the young lady on the ground, the man noticed her unparalleled body. A sly smile emerged on his face as he whispered to the young lady's ears.
"Don't worry, b*tch. I'll take care of your body, hehe." The middle-aged man snickered to himself while the young lady was frozen in silence. A terrified expression was on her face. It gave the man pleasure, making him start his devious acts.
The old man watching them from afar furrowed his eyebrows. The current strength of the man wasn't that good. He was sure that his disciple would be able to defeat him without any problems. Though, it looks like his disciple wasn't ready yet.
"*Sigh...* I should move in."
The old man sighed and was about to step in. But before he could do so, the young lady headbutted the middle-aged man's nose. The man who was dominating the fight staggered back while the young lady stood up.
A cold expression was on her face. Her eyes were emanating bloodlust as if she had become a savage creature with only the intention to kill in mind.
"What the-" The man was surprised to see the change of the young lady. He was sure that she was someone who was naïve and had never fought in a real battle. How could she emanate bloodlust? The man gulped and prepared himself.
The young lady stood quietly as heavy rain poured on her body. Her hair and clothes were wet, but a strange aura was being emitted from her body. The old man, gazing from afar, noticed the familiarity. It resembled the creatures that came from the heavens fall.
She took a step forward, which made the man instinctively flinch. Her sapphire-colored irises glowed in a gem-like luster. The middle-aged man was forced into a trance, and horrible visions started to cloud his mind.
The entirety of the world was nothing more but a wasteland. Lakes of crimson blood were everywhere. Ash shrouded the entirety of the heavens. There were mountains of cold bodies that couldn't even rot. It was a horrifying sight.
And what made it even more frightening was the blood moon plastered in the dark skies. It should have been nothing more than a normal moon. However, as it gazes at him, a savage pressure dawn upon the man. The skin of his body started boiling as it peeled off from his body.
The middle-aged man then immediately woke up with cold sweat dripping from his forehead. It wasn't noticeable due to him being wet. But he was shivering, unable to move a single muscle.
As the young lady got closer and closer, the man got out of his trance and cried out.
"You're a monster! A goddamn monster! How can something like you exist in this world!" Without hesitation or delay, the man attacked the young lady with all his might. He swung his punches left and right, though the young lady easily dodged him.
She wasn't even reacting to him anymore. The moment he moved an inch of his body, she would have already done the same. It was as if, in her eyes, the man was incredibly slow.
The old man also noticed the change in the young lady. Along with the emanating bloodlust, she had also become faster than before. The way she moves seems to imply that her perception of time has become faster.
As if her thoughts had been accelerated.
The middle-aged man kept swinging his punches, but it was to no avail. They couldn't hit her no matter what. The man started panting as the young lady noticed his decelerating movements. Without any second thoughts, she started her counter-attack.
*Pam!* *Pam!* *Pam!* *Pam!* *Pam!*
The young lady pummeled the man with a fury of attacks. She was hitting his vital areas, such as his head, kidneys, bladder, and solar plexus. The middle-aged man was unable to dodge her attacks and was directly battered by them.
The man almost lost consciousness during the subsequent attacks, and the young lady didn't even plan on stopping. She swung a kick towards him, hitting the base of his neck.
*Bam!*
The middle-aged man flew backward and was barely holding on. He was having a hard time breathing as he felt a part of his trachea collapsing. The girl took this as an opportunity and swung another high kick hitting the side of his neck.
*Bam!*
The man was forced to kneel as he started coughing up crimson blood.
*Cough!* *Cough!* *Cough!*
"P-Please... Have mercy... I will not- *Cough!* mess with you ever again!" The middle-aged man started asking for mercy since he really thought that he was going to die. He was having a hard time breathing, and he felt that his neck was slowly breaking.
The man reached out his hand, wanting his opponent to hear his plight. Unfortunately for him, the young lady lacked any signs of mercy in her eyes. It was cold as if looking at a trash bag.
*Bam!* *Klack!*
"AAaaaahhhh!!!" The middle-aged man screamed in pain as the young lady gave his arms a knee strike. It resulted in his elbows being severely dislocated with his lower arm dangling from his upper arm. And the young lady didn't even stop.
She swung a frontal kick to the man's remaining arm and also dislocated it.
*Pam!* *Klack!*
"GAaaahh!!! You b*tch! I'll kill you!" The man cried out, trying to stand up, but the young lady swiftly threw a low kick that hit his knees. Before he could even react, the young lady swung a front kick, resulting in the dislocation of his knees.
*Bam!* *Klack!*
The middle-aged man fell to the ground with his back, making him lie down in the mud of dirt. Tears started escaping from his eyes as he started crying. The young lady seeing this stopped her attacks on him.
The old man raised an eyebrow, wondering if the middle-aged man was given mercy. However, his thoughts were wrong. The young lady crouched right beside the man and looked at him with the same cold eyes as before.
Without waiting for a second, she started punching his face over and over again.
*Pam!* *Pam!* *Pam!* *Pam!* *Pam!* *Pam!* *Pam!* *Pam!* *Pam!*
*Pam!* *Pam!* *Pam!* *Pam!* *Pam!* *Pam!* *Pam!* *Pam!* *Pam!*
A minute later, her fist was injured and bloodied. The middle-aged man finally died as his front skull collapsed in on itself. His eyes were squashed while his nose collapsed inwards to his skull. The man was barely recognizable and had a horrifying death.
The young lady stood up, thinking that it was over. But then the mouth of the man started opening even though he was already dead.
"YOU KILLED ME! YOU MURDERER!!!"
He rose from the ground and screamed at her with all his might. Even with a collapsed face, the middle-aged man kept crying at her for what she had done to him.
*Gasp!*
Mercedes woke up and noticed that she was back in her room in the inn. Sweat dripped from her forehead as she remembered what had happened the night before. Her arms trembled in fear as she clenched her fist.
"I- I killed someone..."
She murmured to herself while gritting her teeth. After a few seconds, her heart calmed down. It was a fight to the death, and the opponent was planning to kill her after defiling her body.
Even if she had been met with the same choice, she would have done the same.
Mercedes stood up and started wearing some extra clothing which she had bought with the old man's money. He was rather generous in giving her clothing. Though, it took time for her to find some clothing that was the perfect size for her.
Her current clothing was a black-leather jacket covering a white t-shirt. She wore some pants that were skinny jeans and also a small utility belt that could be equipped with small knives and daggers. The aesthetic was pleasing to her, so she planned to buy the same thing in real life.
'This world... Despite being a bit lower than my world in terms of technology. The aesthetic of clothing they have is more or less the same as my world.'
Mercedes marveled at their advancement in clothing.
Anyhow, after preparing herself, Mercedes went outside of her room, and a new day was about to start. Her training in the Imperial Grim Art was about to be further cultivated by the old man.
And she couldn't help but feel a little excited.
"The feeling of increasing my strength. It's more pleasurable than I thought."