- "Heh...haha...HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I can't believe he sacrificed himself for his friend! It's really touching, tears are coming to my eyes." In a mocking tone, the man began to make exaggerated movements, feigning sadness.
- "But... The only thing it accomplished was to make your life a little longer, kid. A real pity that your death was in vain." With a sneer, he shook his head sideways.
The boy, slowly crawled over to his friend's body and murmured, "Forgive me..." He pulled the knife from his throat and rose unsteadily to his feet.
- "Oh?" The man simply looked curiously at the boy, as he tried not to fall.
Meanwhile, Kael was having a "conversation" with the mysterious Being in his head:
[Don't hesitate, young man. Finish them off, they don't deserve to live after seeing how they play with the lives of your kind].
- "I know... I know they don't deserve to live, but still... I never murdered another person. At least from what I can remember."
[Then don't think of them as "humans", but as "beasts". I already said it, but what they do is something inhuman. If you still can't do it, give me control of your body, I'll take over for you].
-"...No, it's okay, I'll do it myself. I have to do it." Kael said this partly due to the fact that he was very likely to have to murder in the future, and honestly, he didn't want the Being to take control of his body again.
[Mmph, fine, have it your way.] With that, he stopped responding to Kael.
Kael slowly advanced towards the naked man, who was not far away. The closer he got, the more potent the repulsive stench of the corpse and the man became, making it obvious that he hadn't taken a bath in several days.
- "I'm almost done, honey... kekekeke." Kael's hand held his knife even tighter, any trace of doubt leaving his mind as he approached. When he finally reached him, he pointed the knife directly at his neck- However, contrary to his expectations, the man suddenly raised his arm, causing the knife to get stuck.
-(How did he notice me?!) Surprised, he jumped backwards to move away.
-"...How dare you interrupt such a special moment, you ruined our honeymoon!!!" With obvious fury, he pulled the knife from his arm and pointed it at Kael.
- "Anyone who comes between me and my wives deserve to die!" Saying that, he charged at Kael, trying to stab his face.
Kael dodged it by mere millimeters and kicked him in the legs, causing the man to lose his balance. Taking advantage of this, he launched another kick in the direction of his head.
With one hand, he parried the kick and again pointed the knife at his face. - "Ugh!" Before he could cut his face, Kael shielded himself with his right hand, receiving a large cut. Before the man again tried to cut him, he kicked him with his free leg.
Hitting him hard in the chin from below, the man released his leg and Kael fell to the ground rolling to put distance.
- "Damn!" The man seemed to lose his patience, he lunged straight at Kael, aiming for his heart. *Thud* He managed to stab Kael, however it was not in the heart, but in his left arm.
- "You missed," Kael said. With his right hand, he grabbed the man by the face and, using his fingers, stabbed both of his eyes.
"AAAAH!!! MY EYES!!! LET GO, LET GO!!!" Contrary to the man's wishes, the hand holding her face increased the strength of its grip, penetrating deeper into her eyeballs.
Hearing the man's cries of pain, a slight feeling of ecstasy ran through Kael's body, which released his face at last.
The man fell to the ground, rolling and screaming in pain. Kael pulled out the knife and approached him, kicking him in the abdomen-"Dont move," he said. And finally ended his life, stabbing his neck as he had originally planned.
As usual, black smoke surrounded the corpse, healing Kael's wounds, only that compared to the Beasts, the amount of wounds healed was greater.
-(It seems that the stronger the opponent, the better the healing ability).
- "That's right, there's still another wretch left." It didn't take long to find him. A few meters away, he was standing holding a child by the neck. The visibly beaten child seemed to have succeeded in hurting him, as blood trickled down from his thigh to the ground. The wound was deep.
Shifting his focus, Kael didn't get too close and, in a throwing stance- He threw the knife, which pierced the back of the man's neck, killing him in that instant. Both he and the boy fell to the ground.
Kael ran over to the boy-"Hey! Are you okay kid?"
When he took a good look at the boy...
-"..." He had several stab wounds in his abdomen, and looked like he would die at any moment. He approached the boy, kneeling down and taking his hand;
-"I'm sorry child, if I had acted sooner..." He bit his lips hard enough that he began to bleed.
Squeezing Kael's hand tighter, the boy looked him straight in the eyes.
- "Easy... sir. I thank you... for avenging Sean..." With each word, his voice was losing strength and his eyes were closing.
- "Wait here, I'll find some way to-"
- "No. It's... all right, sir..." .... I don't have much left..." *cough* He began to cough up blood, and when he stopped, he kept talking.
- "Even though... I have... no... way to thank you... I can tell you... there is a village... a few hours from here..."
- "That's enough, don't talk!"
- "Thank you... sir... I can... see Sean now..." the boy's hand lost strength, releasing Kael's and closing his eyes.
Kael stayed there, still kneeling beside the boy.