I ascended the stairs to find everyone's eyes on .
"Hey, who's on basent lookout today!? The kids are up and escaping!" soone complained.
Lookout huh. So they knew full well what they were doing in the basent.
"Hey, I don't recognize you. Were you the ones who set them free?"
"They don't even recognize . Laguna isn't living up to its na," I thought.
A large, bearded man with an overpowering aura began to approach us. Kurama narrowed his eyes and cracked his knuckles in response before reaching out---.
"Don't do anything unnecessary, Kurama. They're my prey."
Yes. They've awoken my unsightly emotions. I couldn't forgive them, no matter who they were. I wouldn't leave even a shred of their souls, let alone their bodies, behind after I destroyed them.
"My apologies."
Kurama gave an elegant bow and took a step back.
"Now then. Does anywhere here object to the tragedy in the basent?"
This was my final act of rcy. I'd painlessly kill anyone who felt even the slightest shred of guilt.
After a mont of silence, a vulgar laughter enveloped the room.
I see. This was reassuring, in a way. Now I can destroy this insanity without reserve.
"Are ya hearing this kid? Rights for re livestock? Oh I'm mister pitiable livestock. Sobody help !" soone mocked.
"Actually, ain't she a good woman?" asked the man with an overbite as he leered at and approached Aria with a bottle of alcohol in hand.
"Ain't that right. We'll send ya back where ya ca from."
The bearded man and the man with an overbite cackled with laughter as they surrounded Aria. Then, the man with an overbite reached out.
"Don't touch , trash!" she lashed back in anger, punching the man head-on, who then flew back and fainted.
I would have never imagined that that novice woman's punch could make him lose consciousness, not even in my wildest dreams.
"You!"
The bearded man raised his arm as a vein bulged on his head.
"Good grief," I interjected.
I grabbed his hand mid-swing and swept at his feet before slamming his back.
"Wha......"
The speechless soldiers stiffened as they stared at the unconscious man who was foaming at the mouth.
"I'll do that kid in," said a voice that ca from the far side of the round table further inside.
The voice belonged to a burly, bandit-like man, who stood up from his seat and grabbed the mace leaning on the wall.
"Are you fine with that, Yuurin?" he asked the tired-looking, scrawny man in robes behind him.
"Yeah. But don't ss around too much, Balm."
"But of course."
A hideous smile crept up onto Balm's face as he pushed his way past the soldiers and walked up to .
"How pitiful. You've only just t the boss, and yet you livestock are already going to die a painful death."
"You say that, but aren't you quite happy?" I shot back, after which Balm's face dyed in ecstasy.
"So ya understand? I an, I just love the screams of won and children. When I straddle them and then just wail at them, ya know, or when they desperately plead for forgiveness. They're all like, 'I'm sorry, forgive , please.' That sense of subjugation is like nothing else, ya know," Balm explained with a face of ecstasy. I kicked myself for even thinking of granting him rcy before.
"Geez. You small fry sure can talk."
I was getting tired of talking with this maggot. Let's hurry up and finish this.
"......a small fry?"
"That's right. I called you a small fry. Even a goblin would be stronger than soone like you."
That wasn't a taphor, but rather the truth. Those goblins were on an entirely different level in terms of shittiness, but at least they knew their battle skills weren't completely rotten.
"You fucking brat!!"
And as expected, the single-celled organism known as Balm shouted in indignation with a beet-red face and swung his mace down onto my head.
The mace kicked up a storm as it ca down. I easily dodged the turtle-like cursed mace and dashed forward, drawing my dagger from my waist and slicing through his right arm.
"Agghhhh!!"
He knit his eyebrows from the pain of his broken hand and kneeled down.
"Do you really have the ti to be wallowing in pain?" I asked before casually raining down plows onto his body.
---I crushed his ribcage and beat up his organs.
"S-sto"
---I ground his femur and upper arm bones to dust.
"Shum......body......heeeelp."
---Then, I crushed his ears and nose and smashed his jaw.
I calmly ignored his pleas for rcy and continued pumling.
"......"
I gave Balm, who had finally lost the ability to speak, a final kick. A plosive sound accompanied the sound of bones crushing as he shot up and crashed into the ceiling.
The building trembled a little before the now unconscious Balm fell plumted down.
"......"
The Feces Family's soldiers stared at Balm, who was spasming like a fish on the beach.
"So? Who's next?"
So soldiers groaned and unsheathed their swords while trembling, while others screeched like pigs and dashed out of the estate.
"Idiots......." I mumbled as a ball of fla passed in front of and collided with he soldiers by the door.
"Betrayal ans death. Have you forgotten the Feces code?"
The Feces code......you killed your own colleagues for that useless piece of shit code. I can't hate these people enough.
"So are you going to fight in place of that piece of trash?" I asked, looking at the still twitching and unconscious Balm.
Yuurin laughed scornfully, raised his right hand, and let forth another ball of fla. The ball headed towards the unconscious Balm, who quickly burst into flas.
"We don't need the weak."
"The weak, you say......"
You're not much different in terms of strength.
Certainly, he could cast【Fireball】without chanting, and his magic stat wasn't half bad at E-. I heard that being able to cast 【Fireball】without chanting ant you were on the level of an imperial mage, so he must've been quite the figure in the mafia world.
But that was all. He didn't have the wild battle skills that Caesar had, and E- wasn't anything impressive. He was a nobody; soone I didn't even have to put my guard up around. In fact, it's impressive that he can unabashedly term others as weak.
"Boy, I recognize your physical prowess. You have the qualifications to join our family. I'll put in a good word for you."
What an idiotic statent.
"And if I refuse?"
"Then you die."
It was so comical I couldn't even muster up a laugh.
"I need to correct your little misunderstanding," I said.
"Misunderstanding?" Yuurin parroted back, knitting his eyebrows.
"Yeah. The one that's faced with two decisions isn't , but you."
I casted the sa 【Fireball】spell ten tis and fired them at him.
However, their size, power, and speed were on an entirely different level. The oppressive fireball spun forward at a high speed, grazing Yuurin by re milliters before crashing into the estate and exploding.
I then took control of and extinguished the raging flas with 【Fla Rondo】.
"......"
Yuurin robotically turned to look behind him and swallowed his breath.
"Listen here. You've seem to be under a misunderstanding, so I'll tell you this: you people from the underworld can only do what you want with people from that underworld. You've infringed on this huge unwritten law."
If you didn't like that, then you could dye your hands in evil or you could continue walking a proper path. Either way, the sun would surely shine its kindness down.
These people laughed at the tragedy in the basent. They've already stepped into the darkness. No longer can they return.
"W-who......are you?" he asked with a faint voice.
What a ridiculous question.
"This is my final request. Please, at the very least, face your death and struggle like a human."
"Don't fuck with !" he roared and began chanting.
His chant sounded like he was about to cast the high rank spell, 【Fla Rondo】. Well, there were a lot unnecessary words in his chant, however.
The high rank spell, 【Fla Rondo】, gave control over all flas within a certain distance. There was a limit on hoe much magic you could infuse the spell with, and the distance was also limited, so it was the weakest high-rank spell, although it was remarkably easy to control in comparison. Once you got used to it, you could burn weak monsters and obtain precious yakiniku. Basically, when you included the convenience, it was a more daily use sort of spell.
And to think that, of all spells, he would use the one most unsuited for battle. The chantless 【Fireball】spell made much more sense.
"Dance, flas!"
After his long chant ended, a wall of flas flickered in front of Yuurin. It was a weak fla, but it was strong enough to at least burn everyone in this room, which would happen if he didn't control 【Fla Rondo】and instead set it off on a rampage. The spell specialized in its ease of control, so you normally wouldn't do that. What a novel idea.
"Hm, it's at least interesting."
"There's no point in pleading now! My flas will burn everything to a crisp!!"
In excitent, he sent a death stare at with bloodshot eyes.
In comparison, the surviving soldiers scrambled for the exit, desperate to dodge this upcoming attack.
Of course, 【Wind Manipulation】had the door blockaded with a wind wall.
"I-It won't open!!?" shouted one soldier.
"Move!" said another as he shoved the first out of the way. Then, he slamd his longsword into the door, but it just bounced off without leaving a single scratch.
"Diee! 【Fla Rondo】!!"
The wall of fla flickered before rushing towards , burning the wooden floor in the process.
I pointed my finger at the wall and used the sa 【Fla Rondo】to condense the wall of flas.
"Huh?" Yuurin squeaked, and the other soldiers stared at my finger with their mouths agape.
"Is that all?"
"I-impossible. 【Fla Rondo】is a high-rank spell! Not even the imperial mages are guaranteed to be able to use it!!"
"【Fla Rondo】is a good spell with high versatility. However, that's rely within the confines of daily use," I explained.
"Daily......use?" he sputtered in a daze as he turned paler than a ghost.
Now then. It's about ti to end this farce.
"This is thanks for showing sothing interesting. I'll show you magic ant for actual battle."
I snapped my fingers and the room imdiately dyed red. Then, in an instant, a strange phenonon befell the room.
A black haze rose up from the floor, the ceiling, the walls, the table, and even the chairs. Then, small organisms began creeping out.
Yuurin let out a shriek.
Spiders and praying mantises grouped up, covering the floor and the walls, and bees leisurely flew about in the air.
"B-bugs!?"
Shrieked a soldier as the rest all retreated to the center of the room and began trembling.
The super rank spell, Gu, calls forth spiders within a certain area that you can control.
However, the bugs' strength relies on the caster's magic, so each and every bug has an average of D- stats.
I had Judo attempt this spell, but his bugs' stats were rely around G . In short, when I use this spell, I can bring about the worst-case scenario.
Aria looked over her shoulder and, as expected, quickly paled as the bugs slowly encroached on her.
"Aria, I'll send you back to Satella and the others," I said.
However, although a thick layer of fear of the surrounding bugs dwelled in her eyes, an incomparably pronounced violent hatred reigned supre.
"No. They did all those horrible things to our beloved citizens. I'll watch until the end!" she replied.
Idiot. It's not sothing an immature child like you should see. I won't budge on this.
"Kurama, you got it?"
"Yes. I seed to have misjudged you a little. Besides, this is already more than enough."
"Stop it! Who do you think---" Aria yelled before disappearing the mont Kurama easily overpowered her.
"Now then. The interruptions are over."
I gazed at Yuurin, who let out an unseemly shriek. The soldiers, aware of the fate that was soon to co, collectively cried out in fear.
"At least regret the cris you've committed before dying."
"S-stop---"
"Bugs, eat to your hearts content," I said, calmly ignoring Yuurin's cries.
In an instant, the bugs surged forth, sward over the n, and began chewing them down to the bone.
Soon, the room turned into pandemonium.
The bugs didn't leave a single drop of blood behind. That's what I had ordered. That said, this was certainly outside of my expectations.
Three giant bung monsters kneeled before .
After devouring Yuurin and the soldiers, they fused together to form three giant monsters. One was in the shape of a praying mantis, the next a spider, and the last a bee.
Moreover, the praying mantis's stats averaged C, the spider C , and the bee B-.
That's just too strong. There's no way this is just a super rank spell.
Before I had only called the bugs forth but didn't have them feed on anything. To think they would react......Well I can leave the inspection for later. I had the bugs stay on standby, so they split apart into tiny bugs and disappeared.
"It's over. Can you stand?" I said.
I reached out to Kurama, who was kneeling before with a waterfall of sweat streaming down his face. He shakily stood up and said, "No need. Let's keep going."
"Yeah, let's," I replied, and we headed towards the so-called boss located on the second floor.
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For those who don't want to read, it's a poison that is prepared by sealing several venomous creatures in a closed area and they devour each other, concentrating their toxins into a single survivor. It's often used in black magic practices.
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