As he thought about it, not too many seconds had passed. He managed to approach the ape correctly; his body still covered the stake behind him, so this ape did not discover it.
But the stakes were only a few meters away from him and the ape, so he did not have much time to act.
Immediately, he smiled.
Just before the ape reached him, a wave of cursed energy from the front hit him. The blow carried Klaus away and flipped in the air, quickly landing on the stake coming from behind. The speed of the stake was quite impressive, but in the face of Klaus' weight, it deflected its trajectory slightly, and just at that instant, one of the waves of cursed energy that Klaus was expecting hit the foot that was firmly on the stake with ferocity.
Before running off before the plan was initiated, he took one last look at Tom. Actually, he didn't do it to see him; he was making sure that a surge of cursed energy was about to hit him. When he could confirm that, he made sure to run fast enough that the speed and timing to hit him were right for this moment.
He knew. When he tried to dodge a wave of cursed energy, it would strengthen quickly, and the moment he was hit, the power behind it would be much more powerful. Therefore, he used that strike on his foot, which came with great power, to further propel the stake into a desired trajectory and speed.
He needed to do it, no matter if it hurt him, for he had only one chance. It was a long shot, of which he had only one chance. If it went wrong, what awaited him would be a rough road, but if it went right... Naturally, he would win.
'Now I just need you to be male and have balls... If you're female, I'm screwed.' Klaus thought, smiling as he looked at the ape's face.
Just at that instant, the stake, which increased its speed all at once, came down towards the ape's lower body. Shortly thereafter, it made an impact on that huge body.
The movement was drastic and sudden; the ape did not expect it.
"GYUAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" a great cry of pain came out of its mouth as the stake crossed back and forth, taking a portion of the ape's body with it.
Klaus smiled. 'This is a success.' He thought, landing on the ground, still being covered by the beast's body.
At the same time, two huge stakes hit the back of the ape, one after the other. That increased the beast's pain, and the scream was even more terrifying.
"GUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUAAAAAAAAAA!"
The intense pain and the fact that it suddenly had huge blades destroying its body left the ape in shock, so many of the people nearby roared.
"IT'S TIME, KILL IT!"
Several of them quickly jumped up with their weapons, and the one who roared was one of the loudest present.
He took the lead and leaped towards where the ape was, grabbing his lower body. Yet, just before he finished jumping, a sword crossed his sight, and his body suddenly felt slack.
Unable to move, his body was split in two, and a stream of blood shot out.
This man looked in shock at the shadow in front of him. "Tom..." His mouth soon filled with blood, and he could not utter a word; he fell to the ground and looked at 2 others behind him who also died in that treacherous attack.
That shocked all the remaining ones, all of whom stared at Tom.
"Damn you, are you betraying us before you even kill the beast?" snarled one.
But Tom sneered.
"Don't worry, I have ways to kill it from now on. With a stake through the neck, this will be simple."
He stood with his back to the beast, looking at the few remaining before him. He made sure to kill the most powerful ones in that attack so the remaining ones would be a piece of cake for him, and he wasn't worried.
But those guys were angry.
"Well, well...!"
"Guys, let's kill this bastard first; what he says is true; the beast can wait!" Said one of them, who stepped forward to stand as leader.
"Surely, you think you got rid of the most powerful ones, but you're wrong. From the very beginning, it was I who had managed to achieve Realization." As soon as he finished speaking, this man leaped toward Tom to strike him.
He caused his body to be surrounded by powerful positive energy, which became a small protective barrier around it.
It didn't look like when a person surrounded himself with positive energy; it was more like he had made a shield of positive energy.
'This bastard reached the realization!' growled Tom inwardly in alarm. He, too, jumped backward to dodge the attack.
But that man followed close behind him, seeking to kill him.
"HAHAHA, DON'T RUN AWAY, YOU BASTARD!"
Tom let out a snort with his mouth then.
"Fine, since you want to die in my hand, then let me give you what you want."
Tom immediately summoned a Ring towards his hand, covering his hand with it.
Suddenly, the hand wrapped around his ring transformed into an extremely sharp and large weapon. At the same time, several parts of the ring transformed into small sharp daggers.
Tom stopped running away then and quickly approached the body of the guy attacking him, thrusting his hand into his chest. The small daggers are also stuck in different places. Only a moment passed, but suddenly, the unfavorable situation had been turned around.
"Just know that I already reached the First Level of the Power Scale. My Ring Specialization is by Edges; how do you feel? Do you like my specialization?" he smiled teasingly.
"You... You are... So powerful." After saying these few words, the guy fell backward, dead.
The other people who were rushing to try to kill Tom stopped abruptly when they saw this.
"HE ALREADY SPICE HIS RING!" shouted one, the closest one, with great fear.
He tried to take several steps back but suddenly saw Tom jump towards him, and his head soon fell to the ground.
"RUN!" Fear gripped those who remained, and they tried to run in opposite directions, but...
They couldn't run away from someone already walking into the Sorcerer World.
So their heads soon rolled on the ground before Tom's sharp hand.
He looked at his hand and smiled. 'The difference between me and these little scumbags is huge. Now I'm just worried about those two bastards that haven't shown up...' He said as he turned to kill the beast.
Still, all of a sudden...
*CLAP*CLAP*CLAP*
The sound of clapping made his body stiffen.
He suddenly turned sharply because the place where he heard them was where the beast should be.