In an unknown location underground, Sebastian was thrown roughly into a cell filled with other unconscious individuals.
After a while, a big woman came inside the cell holding them and splashed cold water on them. It served its purpose as it jolted all of them awake. Looking around frantically, each person tried to stand but an invisible field knocked them back to the ground.
Staring toward the woman, Sebastian realized something. The woman was high ranked and she was behind an invisible force field. Assessing her rank, he was able to estimate that she at least B-rank or higher.
Sniff!
'She's a vampire?' Sebastian thought to himself, confused.
Soon, another person came inside the cell and it was the Priest. Upon seeing Sebastian awake, he pointed toward him and the woman came inside, and grabbed him. It was like a mother cat grabbing her kitten, Sebastian didn't put up any fight at all.
After she grabbed him, they left the cell and Sebastian took the opportunity to look at his surroundings. It was obvious from the walls that they were underground and staring through some door, he saw multiple people getting their blood sucked.
Once they arrived at a door, the Priest put on a different robe and walked right inside. After walking through, Sebastian saw multiple members of the cult bowing while some were on the stage itself.
Inspecting their level of power, he realized three of them were S-Ranked. Any plan he had of escaping was quickly shut down. The only way Sebastian thought of escaping was to join them or die.
"I've brought an excellent specimen for sacrifice." The Priest said.
The speech giver looked toward Sebastian and an invisible force froze his body. Sebastian thought it was Emperor's Will or King's Will but this was different. It was like when a prey realized they couldn't escape their predator.
When they arrived at the altar, Sebastian was placed in the center and the speech giver began his speech.
"Tonight, our god will be feasting on a good meal. This boy you see was capable of stalling and killing a member of the Holy Church.
Since he's strong, he'll be able to provide our god with a good meal. For a long time, we've hid in the shadows and we will continue to do so until our god appears. The Dark Guild sent this boy to assassinate our double-agent and failed to finish the job.
Once they learn that their assassin is killed, they'll think twice before targeting one of our members."
While the speech continued, one member of the cult was constantly staring around. It was obvious that they weren't a normal member as they were watching their surroundings.
'Dammit Sebastian! I can't do anything unless I attack them.'
"That is all I have to say. Executioner! Kill him for our god!"
One of three S-Ranked individuals walked forward and pulled a huge executioner's axe from their back. After they arrived at the altar, they lifted their axe to the sky and was ready to execute Sebastian until a loud bang took their attention.
Rumble!
BANG!
"What's going on?" The speech giver asked.
"The Holy Vanguard found the entrance to our hideout!" A guard came rushing in.
Once they heard the name, every member froze and remembered how powerful they were. It wasn't their first time they had their hideout discovered by the Holy Vanguard.
In the past, the Holy Vanguard discovered their hideout and engaged in combat with one of their S-Ranked individuals and fought. The fight was destructive as multiple lives were lost but they lost against them.
The ceiling collapsed as a giant golden lance pierced through. One of the S-Ranked individuals shook as they remembered the past.
"Number 1! Hold them off for us!" The speech giver commanded.
"With pleasure!" He replied.
Lunging toward the giant lance, he grabbed it and used his brute strength to grip it hard. Soon, multiple people in silver armor came descending inside the hole.
Taking the opportunity, Sebastian escaped his binds and disappeared. He would rather be hidden than be visible to everyone. After all, Sebastian still had yet to kill the Priest.
Bang!
The man labeled 'Number 1' was sent flying into a nearby wall and shattered it. His smile on his face showed that he loved to fight as he lunged back into the fight. Every member of the cult was either fighting or fleeing the scene.
'Where did he go?' Sebastian asked.
Sebastian was looking among the chaos to find the Priest but couldn't find him among the crowd of people. The fight agitated him as he just wanted to kill his target and leave but he couldn't find him.
While searching for him, Sebastian felt a powerful presence and noticed every member of the cult had frozen. It took Sebastian a while to realize it but the presence belonged to a SS-Ranked individual.
"The commander is coming! We need to escape!" The Priest said, revealing his position.
'Found you!'
Swoosh!
A single knife whistled through the air. Sebastian didn't really use his throwing knives often but now he had a chance to use them. As the knife closed the distance, the woman from before stopped the knife with her hand and looked at him.
'Oh, you b*tch!'
Sebastian still hadn't forgiven the woman for manhandling him but this time he could get his revenge. She was distracted by the ongoing commotion and stuck with protecting the Priest.
Swoosh!
Lunging forward, Sebastian flew through the air and pulled out his Umbral Blade.
Shing!
Another person interrupted Sebastian and engaged in combat with him. It was obvious to Sebastian that this person wasn't any ordinary person, otherwise, they wouldn't have realized him.
"You're the Dark Guild's assassin." The man said.
Bang!
Almost instantly, Sebastian was pushed back and was surprised. He didn't expect himself to lose brute strength unless they were higher ranked than him.
Upon looking at the man, Sebastian noticed it was an A-Ranked individual. How unlucky for him to run into such a powerful individual.
Swoosh!
The man then appeared in front of him and swung his sword down onto him. The speed behind the attack and the man greatly surprised him as he barely had time to react.
Bang!
The strength behind the strike was powerful enough to send Sebastian through the broken ceiling and into the skies. With this, Sebastian truly realized the difference between him and a person who actually trained in both magic and physical.
'Dammit!'
He continued to fly through the sky until he slammed into the top of the cathedral. As he was about to stand, he coughed up a mouthful of blood and fell to one knee.
Looking down, Sebastian realized he had been stabbed several times during his clash with the man. Each stab was dangerously close to his vital organs and realized a lot of his spiritual energy was gone.
'F*ck… I just need to finish the mission, then I'll be done.'
His wounds began to heal at an astounding speed and soon they were done. It was obvious to him that he had to be more careful.
Swoosh!
Arriving at the hole in the ground, Sebastian saw multiple cult members dead and the Holy guard arresting a few of them.
'I was too late… No! He must've gone to the cathedral's secret passage.'
Turning around, Sebastian went to the cathedral and saw the Priest with a few escorts. Stalking them, Sebastian was awaiting for an opening but noticed three powerful individuals exit the passage as well.
'Dammit! I can't kill him!' His anger got the better of him.
Equipping multiple throwing knives, Sebastian opted to create a distraction that would distract the powerful individuals.
A whistling noise was heard and quickly looking toward the noise, the powerful individual used their hands to deflect the throwing knives. Now that they were distracted, Sebastian flash-stepped behind the Priest and used his skill 'Blitzkrieg'.
Expecting the Priest to be dead, Sebastian tried to escape but was grabbed and thrown through against a wall with a powerful strength.
BANG!
Flying into the sky, he expected himself to be safe but then one of the S-ranked individuals appeared in front of him with their fist ignited with fire.
Slash!
Before the attack could be released, he pulled his magic nullifying dagger out and slashed their hand, canceling their magic. After the magic was canceled, the person was confused as they never seen something like that happen before.
Lifting his hand up, Sebastian stuck his middle finger up while grinning and spoke. "F*ck you."
Swoosh!
Before he attempted to attack the priest, he set up a precautionary measure and attached a string to one of knives. He then used this precautionary measure to escape his attacker and head back toward the cathedral. Upon getting closer, he saw the Priest was fine and not injured.
'I've had enough of this!'
"Flawless Style: Dragon's Fury Tornado Kick"
As soon as he said those words, a powerful cyclone circled his leg before shooting toward the Priest's location. The massive energy that was released didn't go unnoticed by the guard surrounding the priest as the felt a foreboding feeling but it was too late.
BANG!
The attack landed on the Priest, squishing him into the ground and turning him into meat pastry. The ground around the cathedral had shattered in a quarter mile radius and caused loud alarms to go off. The attack surprised everyone as they didn't feel it incoming. Sebastian, on the other hand, had his leg destroyed and every bone shattered.
The moment the attack was released, the shockwave from it was strong enough to send him flying through the air at supersonic speed. It was obvious that the attack was extremely powerful and dangerous to the user unless they had the strength to use it.
After flying through the air for five miles, he stopped and slowly started to fall back down to the ground. Overtime, his speed began to pick up as the world's gravity was pulling him back down.
'I'm dead, aren't I?' Sebastian asked himself.
He used a lot of energy to repair himself when he got struck and slammed into the cathedral. After he released his kick attack, he used up the remaining energy he had left and couldn't heal himself anymore.
'What a lame way to die. Dying by falling to death…'
BANG!!!
Landing onto the ground, Sebastian felt an immense pain go through his body as he felt every bone in his body shatter and fly out of his body. His landing was hard enough that it created a large crater and the noise from it reverberated throughout the forest.
The color in his eyes were slowly fading as he was getting closer to death. Since the landing, he couldn't even think properly and didn't think about his death as he was in agonizing pain.
Screech!
'I'm really gonna turn into beast food.'
High above in the sky a beast made of fire arrived at the crater and descended until it landed near him. The beast then lowered its head and started to inspect his body's condition.
Opening its mouth, Sebastian was expecting it to eat him but instead, it lifted him from the ground and brought him to its nest.
Chirp! Chirp! Chirp!
'Baby food, huh…' Sebastian thought as it a more humiliating way to die.
Closing his eyes, he felt a strong pain course through his body. Ignoring the pain, he waiting to pass onto the the Underworld.
Chomp!
A loud chomp had taken his attention as he opened his eyes and saw the baby birds eating a fruit made of fire. Upon closer inspection, he realized they were phoenixes, a noble, beautiful and prideful being.
"Where did you come from, child?" The phoenix spoke.
Even if he wanted the speak, he couldn't. His jaw was shattered and his vocal cords were destroyed upon impact on the ground.
"Poor boy, how can someone like you endure the pain you feel? The damage to your body seem to have affected you more than I had thought."
Opening its mouth, a single drop of fire landed on his body and a soothing feeling overcame his body. Slowly, his body began to fix itself and the pain that came along surprised Sebastian.
The feeling of having his bones grow back was painful as they were constantly changing shape to the perfect size and length. Five minutes had passed since he started healing and his body was back to normal, minus the aching pain.
"Now tell me, child. Where did you come from?" She asked again.