In the dark and quiet forest, sounds of swords clashing against each other and body parts being sliced off could be heard from the distance. The *Order of Knights sent by Governor Ravenwood were now engaged in a one-sided slaughter with The Mysterious man.
(T/n: Squad changed to Order)
"Ugh! Screw this!" One of the knights said as he tried to run away, but soon his head dropped on the ground as blood splattered everywhere.
"Don't expect anyone of you to leave here alive! Hahahahahaha!!!" The mysterious man laughed menacingly as he sliced and slaughtered the order of knights.
The scene was so gruesome. It was like as if the Order's bodies were vegetables and the mysterious man was the chef hacking and slicing away with his gigantic Butcher's knife.
(T/n: The gruesome death that they deserved hehe)
"Ugh~ What's going on?" Not so far away, Claire, who was knocked unconscious, woke up. But before she could even get her head together, the severed head of one of the knights came rolling down and stopped exactly where her face.
"AHHHHHHH!" Claire let out a horrifying shriek as she backed away from the severed head.
(T/n: Damn! I feel sorry for her. Twice in a roll today)
"W-What i-is t-that?" Claire stuttered as she was shivering on the spot.
Then, she noticed a figure of a man covered with blood with this terrifying devilish grin on his face approaching her. When she spotted the familiar *Death God Mark* on his neck, her expression darkened.
(T/n: Death God Mark is a symbol that signifies the title of a Warlord of the Death Posse. Explained in Chapter 2.)
"S-Stay back!" Claire screamed as she backed away quickly. Unluckily for her, she tripped and fell back first on a tree. Before she could get up the Mysterious man had already pinned her down.
"L-Let me go!" Claire shouted with a terrified expression on her face.
"HAHAHA! Don't worry pretty girl, you won't die. That's if you don't break first hehe." The Mysterious man grinned as he licked his lips. Then he waved his hands causing shadow chains to appear from the darkness to bound her hands and feet, revealing her alluring figure.
"N-No don't!" Claire said as her pupils constricted, her mind was racing and everything seemed to go black.
She passed out because of the fear.
"Oh? No fun! Hehe, I can always kidnap you." The Mysterious man said as he commanded the shadow chains to wrap her up.
"Okay~ I think it's time to leav…!"
Suddenly, the mysterious man felt an immense pressure weighing down on him, the air became too thick for even him to breath. The Mysterious man was shocked and frightened at the same time. As cold sweat dropped down from his face, he turned his head to see a beam of fire emanating from the exact place Thalor was. The beam of fire was so great that it stretched out to pierce the night sky, it was even more prominent than the beam of light that sone earlier.
"Ugh! What now!?" The mysterious man said as he reluctantly headed to that place.
In the Governor's house at the City of Misth, Governor Ravenwood was sitting on his table reading a book with his glasses hanging at the edge of his nose. He had long purple hair with big black eyes, and he looked very fit for an old man. He had a scar that cut through the bridge of his nose.
As he was enjoying his book, a soldier suddenly barged in and knelt.
"My liege, there's a big problem!" The soldier said hurriedly.
"Speak!" Governor Ravenwood said in a coarse tone.
"There has been a beam of fire spotted at the exact location the Order of Knights accompanying Miss Ravenwood was sent." The soldier said.
"What!?" Governor Ravenwood exclaimed as he hurriedly dropped his book and stood up.
'What in the world is going on?' Governor Ravenwood thought.
"Gather the men! We shall head to the location immediately!" Governor Ravenwood commanded.
"Yes, My Liege!" The soldier saluted then hurriedly carried out the governor's orders.
Back at the forest, the area surrounding Thalor's corpse caught fire leaving his corpse in the middle of the chaos. Suddenly, the severed limbs on Thalor's body began to regenerate itself as bones formed, then the muscles, veins and finally the skin.
Outside the ring of fire, The Mysterious man stood there as he wondered what suddenly pressured him that time as the pressure had died down. But as he was lost in thought, the fire suddenly stopped and then Thalor's figure could be seen standing in the distance.
(T/n: TF! HE'S BACK!?)
"Hey kid! Why were you hiding your power like this?" The mysterious man said with a skeptical look on his face
'I could have sworn he was a F-ranker. So, what's up with this ominous feeling I'm getting.'
After a while, Thalor still didn't say a word.
"Hey Kid! Oh~ Now you're ignoring me!? Don't think I can't kill you even with your new powerup." The mysterious man growled
(T/n: Na bro you dead.)
"Shadow Arts: Shadow Beast Creation!" The mysterious man shouted. Then, four Grade 9 Heaven Phase Shadow Demon Wolves appeared.
"Tear him up!" The mysterious man commanded.
Following the command of their master, the four wild beasts bared their fangs and ran towards Thalor in a terrifying manner.
But once the wolves were about to pounce on Thalor, They suddenly turned to ash and the wind blew them away.
"W-What!?" Shocked by what he saw, The Mysterious man suddenly became frightened as an unknown force was weighing down on him.
Suddenly, Thalor spoke in a voice devoid of emotion and life, "System Override Complete!" Then he opened his eyes, and an immense fire burned around that was hot enough to melt steel.
As the mysterious man stared into Thalor's eyes, he saw no pupils, just a white color like that of the gods!
Then, the mysterious man had only one thing on his mind.
ESCAPE!
He knew that if he didn't escape, he would die!
But before he could even take a step, Thalor came rushing at him with his fist as he punched him. The mysterious man blocked the attack with his sword. As the punch landed, an intense shockwave emanated and destroyed the surrounding trees, it even caused the mysterious man to move then steps back.
Coughing up blood, the mysterious man weakly stared at Thalor, "This kid! His power must be at the SSS grade for him to push me back this much."
"But I'm not a pushover either."
The mysterious man clenched his teeth as he flew up to the skies, wielding his dual sword he screamed, "SHADOW ARTS FINAL MOVE: SHADOW MOON WHEEL SLASH!!!"
Suddenly, the surrounding shadows came up to the sky, forming a crescent moon shape on the swords. The Crescent moon was as large as the moon itself!
Thalor just stood there indifferently as he stared at the immense attack being formed in front of him
"AHHHH!!!" With bloodshot eyes, the mysterious man slashed down at Thalor.
Thalor manifested a fiery sword with his hand and blocked the attack with it.
The immense pressure from the attack caused the trees behind Thalor to be destroyed leaving behind only dust and debris.
"What!? How can you block my attack so easily!?" The mysterious man said with a petrified face.
But Thalor quietly said, "PHOENIX ARTS 1ST MOVE: INCINERATE!!!" Suddenly Thalor's sword slashed through the mysterious man's body, and he landed not to far away from him.
The mysterious man stood there staring at the sky as he muttered,
"So, this is Power!"
Then his body caught fire and burned him alive, leaving nothing behind.
"Low-Level Threat Eliminated."
Sorry for the late update 😅