'The protagonist's luck had an expiry date, after all.'
Eren sighed as he heard about Ken's fate. He was just beginning to accept that Ken wasn't such a bad guy to be around. Out of all the shitty people he had t in his two lives, Ken was one of the few who he could say with confidence that wouldn't backstab anybody.
"Death is death. People die."
Eren said as he twisted his neck, his face emotionless, and his eyes void of sorrow. He looked left and right and rotated his wrists as well.
Ken's death did not change Eren's perspective on life. If anything, it only helped him strengthen his previous belief that strength was supre in any society, in any era, or any world. And that showing compassion was a luxury not everybody could afford.
Eren's voice turned solemn as he spoke his next words.
"Death changes nothing for the one who is dead. And the change will eventually not matter for those who have been left behind in the grand sche of things.
This is the reality for most people."
A few bone-popping sounds were heard by eshah and her teammates as Eren continued to speak to nobody in particular.
"Rest in eternity, Ken Riverine. Rest assured that I'll send your killers to et you soon.
Have fun with them."
Bzzt. Swoosh. Zoom.
"Aaaaargh!"
The healer of the group cried in pain as his neck was suddenly slashed. People watched with a mix of shock and horror as they saw Eren appearing behind the healer like a ghost and yanking off the healer's vocal cords.
The first healer of the team had died within a fraction of a second before eshah had a chance to initiate a one-on-one with Eren. And there was nothing they could do to prevent it.
It was at this mont that eshah realized that Eren was too fast for her or any of her teammates to successfully intercept. She imdiately used a Sansara Perk to boost her team's agility and other stats and intercepted Eren before he could kill the second healer in her group.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaa!"
Clang. Clang. Clang.
Streams of lightning surrounded Eren as he clashed with eshah. The dual-wielders exchanged a bunch of moves in quick succession and managed to inflict a few slash wounds on each other.
However, it was clear who had the upper hand after looking at the severity of the injuries they both faced. eshah had sustained severe injuries to her vital spots while Eren had ignorable wounds on his limbs. It could be said that the wounds Eren had on his body were a compromise Eren was willing to make to injure eshah to such an extent.
Clang. Clang. Clang.
The butcher was made to fight another pair of rankers in the next mont, allowing eshah to take a breather. The elf beauty was more hurt ntally than she was physically. She had thought that fighting with Ken was an exception. However, soone like Eren shouldn't have been too difficult for her to handle.
Turns out she thought wrong.
Eren was even more of a handful than Ken ever could be. At least in the Sansara world where everybody's powers were restricted. eshah watched with extre vigilance and regret as her teammates kept on attacking Eren and receiving blowback from him.
Eren started killing without any remorse or vengeance in his head. He started injuring and killing eshah's teammates in the most horrific manner possible. The dislocation of organs, flesh, bones, and everything in between from his enemies' bodies ca as easily as breathing for Eren.
The forces of Layos thought that they had beco numb to the sight of blood and gore. And for the most part, they did. Nonetheless, Eren's thod of killing them made them realize that ntal fortitude could always be challenged by the tough situations they faced.
The butcher also got injured by his opponents. However, the injuries were not enough to stop him. He kept on moving about and killing the rankers before they had a chance to be saved by Sansara World's defense chanism.
eshah tried to keep Eren from using various ans and perks. She stacked many of them and ca close to competing with him. However, the butcher wasn't idling around in the Sansara World either. He had his own set of Sansara Perks, which he used at the right ti and in the right way to tackle eshah's entire lot.
There was one more advantage Eren had that nobody else did among the participants.
His mana circuit training had allowed him to alleviate the Sansara World's restrictions to so extent. aning he could adapt his mana circuits and his constitution as per the restrictions placed on his body. This would allow him to maximize the potential of the rank he was in.
Eren's current level should theoretically allow him to exert the powers associated with soone in the liquid stage of the F-Rank. In contrast, his mana circuit training allowed him to loosen those restrictions. He was basically fighting as a higher-level participant with powers that belonged to soone who was a quasi-Ace-Rank.
When the butcher stacked his unique traits with the unique perks he had bought from the Sansara interface, the combination was sothing eshah's team couldn't handle for long. They started dying like flies under his barrage of attacks one after another.
Unlike Ken, Eren did not hesitate in making his moves. All of his attacks were on point and nearly impossible to guard against. And this was despite the fact that he was engaged with several opponents simultaneously at any given mont.
Several organs danced in the air before decorating the ground like fallen autumn leaves. The puddles of blood and other bodily fluids started shimring peculiarly under the starlight.
The scene was getting gory by the mont. And at the sa ti, the region was getting more haunting with a thick stench of fresh blood that one could almost taste in the air.
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