I looked at the 6 soldiers in front of . I wasn't adamant about killing them. If they retreated I would have no reason to go out of my way to kill them. After all, nothing good would co out of starting an unnecessary conflict.
"HUIWY WYEI DHGET NOWUR" The soldier whose sword had broken said to , still pointing his broken sword at .
The disrespect irked . Even if the rest could be spared, at least this one had to die. I walked closer to him, and he began to panic. In this frenzied state, he raised his sword against , but I easily evaded it. Not because it could in any way harm , but it just looked so filthy.
I swiftly appeared behind him, and as soon as I did his neck twisted. Imdiately, his dead body fell to the ground. I gazed at his body and the last expression displayed on his face was fear.
"Too late for you" I said to him, not that he could hear .
"AHAYYW AYWIW MKSOS WUWUS WWSBU" The remaining soldiers ranted as they saw this sight.
"What a bother," I thought to myself.
I couldn't even understand them. That was annoying. I decided to try sothing. I looked at the 5 soldiers who seed furious at for killing their comrade. If only I could hear them then maybe I would be able to understand so of their dissatisfaction.
Moving swiftly once again, I moved behind all of them, and in one fell swoop, I struck down four of the five, leaving one alive. The one with the bronze armor. He seed to be of higher rank compared to the rest. Before he could respond to , I grabbed his head with my hand. I tightly gripped it and activated one of my body's features.
In order to adapt to any situation, I had devised ans by which I would get by. One of such ans for adaptation was mory Collection. I could access mories of people and learn what I could learn from them.
To be honest, I was a little skeptical about this, since as a Primordial I knew what all gods and man didn't. Even my siblings didn't know as much as I did in certain departnts. However, I am glad I included this feature. Thanks to it, I would be able to access this man's mory.
It wasn't the life of the man in particular that I was interested in, but the current state of the world, the language he spoke, and whatever information he possessed. However, since this feature only works in a straight fashion, I had to access all his mories from scratch to finish.
Since he was a soldier, he was fairly aware of matters in the land. I learned a lot from him, a lot of which disappointed . I decided to sort out the mories I uncovered later and focus on the girl I saved. I twisted the neck of the servant and disposed of his body by flinging it away.
I walked toward the already brutally bruised girl. Her ears were pointed and long. A feature exclusive to elves and fairies. However, she was not in possession of wings, which would make her an Elf. But... I still had a notion she was a Fairy.
I gazed at her, and she looked frightened of . Who could bla her? I just singlehandedly killed four soldiers effortlessly. The sa soldiers who were too much for her to handle. The natural state of a being who was facing a more powerful being is 'Fear'.
I stared at her. She was really injured. Perhaps I should heal her. That would be good. I stretched my hands toward her. She imdiately growled, showing her intentions to bite as she did to the other soldier. I found that cute and laughed.
She seed surprised at my reaction, but not as surprised as I was. After all, this would be the first ti I would laugh in this new body. It felt... Strange.
Once again I stretched my hand toward her. She initially wanted to but found herself hesitating to carry out the act.
"Smart choice" I mused to myself.
My hands glowed and her body glowed as well. Imdiately her body began to heal. The wounds she had closed, and the parts which were injured glowed more than the rest. This was when I saw the brightest glow coming from her back.
My eyes widened at the realization. She was indeed a fairy, but...
"Those bastards..." I said to myself.
I wasn't really angry at them for doing what they did. They were too low for my wrath, however, I still felt a stirring within . I couldn't explain it so I just cald it down till it died out.
The Fairy girl saw that I noticed her back, and she looked away in sha and embarrassnt. For fairies, losing their wings would be the most shaful thing they could ever imagine. Death and defilent would be even better. I wondered how it had happened, what led to it... The cruelty was certainly repulsive to .
After a few seconds, I was done with healing her. She hesitated, but finally, she looked at and struggled to open her mouth.
"T-Thank y-you..." She stuttered.
"You're welco," I replied.
She looked surprised that I understood her. I had the appearance of a human after all, and she had just spoken in Fairy tongue.
"Y-You understand my words...?" She said, questioning herself even more.
"I do" I responded.
I wanted her to explain the reason behind the eyes she gave. That was the sole reason I saved her. I would have my answer even if it ant I would drain the mory from her, though I suspected it wouldn't have to co to that.
Before I could ask her I noticed a presence.
"Looks like we have an intruder," I said to the girl.
Erging from the forest was a well-built man. He looked older than the soldiers I had just killed and was wearing a more distinguished armor compared to them. It had bronze color, but with silver designs on it.
"A higher rank I suppose..." I said to myself.
He paused as he approached us. He looked at the dead bodies around him, even the leader of the bunch. He closed his eyes for a bit and then finally he opened them. His expressions remained the sa. Calm, stern, and resolved. I could tell this was a man who had witnessed countless deaths and was aware of his strength. A survivor.
"Did you do this?" He asked .
"Ah" I was relieved. I could finally understand their language.
At least the bronze armored man didn't die in vain.
"What if I said I did?" I said, replying to him in the sa language, though it felt strange to .
I was getting used to it though.
"Do you know who I am?" He asked in a nacing tone.
I remained silent.
"I am their leader." He added.
"You sure aren't acting like it. Shouldn't you be a bit sad for them?" I retorted.
"Why should I be? Such weak n do not deserve my sympathy or grief. They were simply weak, that is how the world is. The strong prey on the weak." He said.
Finally, soone gets it.
He understood the nature of the world, so was he going to let this slide...?
"However, as their superior and as a warrior, I can not let this go unpunished. For your cri of killing 6 warriors of the Western Kingdom, I, Sir Leon Bertuli will dispense justice." He declared, drawing his sword.
I stared at this man, overall he was vastly stronger than the ones I had previously faced. He was still weaker than though.
And what was with his noble speech on justice, especially after kidnapping and brutalizing the Fairy before , going as far as taking away her wings. How repulsive!
"What is your na?" He asked .
"It would be wasted on your ears" I replied him.
What purpose would it be to tell soone who would die my na?
"Ho, you're fairly confident in your skills then. However, you are too confident." He replied, taking a battle stance.
I kept staring at him. I looked at the Fairy girl and she seed greatly terrified of this Leon guy who just showed up. Was he that strong?
Of course, I had seen him in the mories of the soldier whose mory I collected. He was one of the Imperial Knights of the Western Kingdom. He was also the leader of their whole group, and they had captured the Fairy girl. She managed to escape but they caught up to her in the forest region and finally I showed up.
For him to be among the Imperial Knights he must be fairly strong. I watched him take his stance, It was good. All that was left was his actual attack.
He leaped toward at full speed. It seed he was serious about killing . Interesting.
I dodged the first slash, but it seed he had anticipated that too. He twisted and turned revealing his sword's slash headed my way. I jumped and avoided the hit once again, but he quickly leaped and with great force he once again slashed vertically at with his sword.
I was impressed. His swordsmanship skills were good. Perhaps I too should respond in kind.
I lifted my right hand and then a katana appeared in my hand. I used the katana which instantly appeared to parry the sword and the impact sent both of us backward.
"I'm surprised. I didn't know you were the user of 'The Arts'"
"I'm not sure I know what you an" I replied.
"What else would you call that move just now. Summoning a sword just like that?" He stated.
It seed I still had a lot to learn in this world. I scanned through the mories I received from the dead soldier and indeed I saw ntions of "The Art" which the man before was ntioning.
"It looks like I won't have to hold back against you after all. I will also use The Art... One which devastates enemies and renders all things no naught." He said to .
I was curious to learn what he would say. The soldier's mories of Arts were limited. So there were different kinds of Arts?
"This is the end of the line for you!" He stated.
"Art of the Ultimate Destruction... Hex!" He declared, and suddenly a massive rush of power swelled from within him.
I was conflicted about how to feel. There was mostly shock.
"H-How is this possible..." I said to myself.
If that was what I thought it was then I might be in more trouble than I realize.
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