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Chapter 123
Chapter 123
Chapter 123
[Translator – Kie]
[Proofreader – Kawaii]
Chapter 123: High Class (1)
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Fear.
Mr. and Mrs. Hanger trembling without realizing it.
The killing intent of Damien standing in front of them was so overpowering that one couldn’t breathe properly. Even swallowing their own saliva became tough.
Such a killing intent, they had never experienced it before.
Even among the dark mages who were crazy about killing, there was no one with such a killing intent.
Is this truly human?
Suddenly, doubt arose. No matter how much they thought about it, it didn’t seem human. It felt like a heinous monster wearing human skin.
If they were to slightly pull that skin, it seemed like it would peel off, revealing a horrifying sight.
But the Hanger couple also had pride.
Before becoming experimental subjects, the couple was high-class knight and high-level dark mage. They had never been defeated by anyone in their lives.
After being modified, they lived with pride in being chosen by ‘Him’.
Countless dark magic and magical artifacts being researched by Him were inserted into their bodies.
Thanks to his grace, the couple was twice as strong as they were when they were human.
Yes.
We are bodies chosen by ‘Him’. We cannot possibly be defeated by mere humans.
As their thoughts reached that point, the couple could escape from fear. Their minds became much calmer.
Then they saw things they couldn’t see before.
“…This absurd fellow is a first.”
The ‘husband’ smirked. He spoke with a sneer.
“The guy has quite a terrifying killing intent, but… in the end, he’s just a middle-class, isn’t he?”
The ‘husband’ could see through it because he was high-class even before becoming an experimental subject.
It meant that Damien’s mana was not on par with the high-class.
“If you flaunt your aura like that, did you think I wouldn’t notice? Nonsense. We are not such mediocrities.”
To them, Damien’s killing intent was ultimately just a show of vanity. It was like a hedgehog puffing up its spines.
It might seem threatening, but upon closer inspection, it was nothing.
“Darling, let’s show this middle-class brat what the real power is.”
The couple focused their dark magic on their bursting biceps. Instantly, the wounds regenerated and returned to their original state.
It was one of the abilities bestowed by ‘Him’. The couple could regenerate any wounds quickly.
The couple unleashed their dark mana. It flowed down to the ground like a rotten swamp.
The momentum of the couple overwhelmed Damien’s aura. His aura rapidly diminished.
“It feels like it’s been a while since we’ve been in full swing, doesn’t it?”
“Yeah, honey! I missed this feeling of liberation!”
The couple spoke with greatly excited voices.
“…Yes, this body is still weak.”
At that moment, Damien spoke. His voice was heavily suppressed.
“I want to kill you two with my own hands… but since I can’t do it in front of everyone else, if I don’t kill you, you’ll spread your filth everywhere.”
Damien brought the opposite hand to his mouth. He bit the bracelet locked around his wrist with his teeth and released it.
Immediately after that, dark mana erupted from the bracelet. Dark smoke covered the surroundings.
At that sight, the Hanger couple’s eyes widened as if they were about to pop out.
“You… .”
Dark mana. It has a nature that devours the surroundings.
If those two weren’t mistaken, that was definitely…
“How do you have dark mana!”
Although that man may not be a paladin, he was acting with the Church.
Such a person possesses dark mana.
Moreover, its concentration was much thicker than the dark mana that the Hanger couple was emitting and the amount was much greater.
What was even more surprising was what happened next. All of that huge amount of dark mana was sucked into the Damien’s body.
His flesh-colored skin turned gray. The whites of his eyes turned dark, and red light erupted from his pupils.
The blue aura turned dark. He had used dark mana to form the aura.
“This is ridiculous… .”
Mana and dark mana were completely different powers. That’s why the way they were used was also different.
A knight who had only used mana could not use dark mana. The vice versa was also true.
“Was he not a regular knight, but a dark knight… ?”
No, no. He had definitely used mana to create the aura at first.
“…It’s dirty.”
Damien said softly. His voice was thick with disgust.
“…Dark mana always makes me feel dirty no matter when I use it. It’s like getting filth on my body. I’m going to vomit because I’m taking it into my body.”
Damien’s red eyes turned to the Hanger couple.
“Be prepared. I’m not going to kill you easily.”
The Hanger couple felt goosebumps. But they tried to suppress that feeling.
“I don’t know what the hell you are… .”
The ‘husband’ decided to put the question on hold for a while. It wouldn’t be too late to find out more after defeating that man.
“Even so, you won’t be able to do anything to us who have received ‘His’ grace!”
The Hanger couple charged at Damien. Thanks to the release of dark mana, their bodies felt as light as feathers.
As they ran, they regripped their twin swords. Dark aura was condensed on the blades of the twin swords.
The ‘husband’ swung the twin swords wildly. The twin swords traced complex trajectories, trying to cut Damien’s body.
No, they had cut it down.
The arms that should have been swinging the swords suddenly disappeared. The left and right were the same.
When he looked down, he saw his own hands, still holding the swords, lying on the ground.
Why are my arms there? What the hell just happened?
A myriad of questions came to his mind. But there was no time to find the answers.
With his two arms gone, his torso was now completely exposed. Damien closed the distance without hesitation.
Damien swung the sword in his hand wildly, the blade slashing and cutting across ‘husband’s’ torso, shredding his flesh.
The muscles were tattered and the flesh fell off in pieces.
“Kuaaagh!”
The ‘husband’ screamed. But it didn’t make any difference. Damien’s slashing did not stop.
“Don’t touch my husband!”
The ‘wife’ hurriedly activated dark magic. The smoke of the Curse of Corruption spewed out towards Damien.
At that moment, Damien swung the sword forcefully.
A beam of light split and disappeared through his wife’s wrists. Shortly after, as the mist abruptly cleared, her wrists fell to the ground.
“Aaaargh!”
Amidst his wife’s screams, the ‘husband’ realized.
Initially, her arms hadn’t vanished. It was just an illusion caused by the rapidness of Damien’s attack, surpassing his own perception.
In the next moment, Damien plunged the blade deeply into her abdomen. Then, twisting the blade, he slashed outward.
Her abdomen split from the inside. Overwhelmed by agony never before experienced, the ‘husband’ screamed.
“Stop! I said stop!”
He shook the severed arm wildly. But no more attacks came.
As he raised his head, he saw Damien standing far away.
“Why… why…”
There was no way Damien would retreat feeling threatened by his recent actions.
“Darling! Are you okay?”
Meanwhile, the ‘wife’ focused dark magic on her wound. It was to regenerate the wound.
Being one entity had its advantages. One could take care of what the other hadn’t noticed.
“Huh? Wh-what?”
However, the wife’s response was strange. There was a palpable sense of panic in her voice.
“T-the wound isn’t healing! S-something is preventing the regeneration.”
“What nonsense…”
At the moment when they were about to investigate, a sudden sharp pain surged from the wounded area.
The tingling pain split open like lightning, digging deep into the wound.
As the pain burrowed deeper, the muscles twisted. The black magic wreaked havoc, destroying the circulation of blood in the body.
“Aaargh! Aaaargh!”
In the Hanger couple, mostly only the ‘husband’ can feel the pain, and the ‘wife’ uses dark magic to negate it.
But this pain was different. Both felt it. The excruciating pain scrambled their brains.
“What… what is this…”
The bizarre phenomenon didn’t end here. Suddenly, the wounded area began to swell.
The mutilated body swelled. And with it, the pain intensified.
“W-what have you done to our bodies…”
“Darling! Save me! Darling!”
With screams, the hanger couple’s bodies exploded.
Flesh and blood scattered. The surrounding ground turned a deep crimson.
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Cotton-Lined Forbidden Needle.
A mana cultivation technique that allows the user to manipulate blood vessels.
Damien injected mana into the wounds as he cut through the Hanger couple’s bodies.
Then, he activated the injected mana all at once, stimulating the Hanger couple’s blood vessels and causing them to explode.
He could have killed them more easily. But the reason he used this method was to inflict more pain.
“Ugh… ugh… ugh…”
“Aaah… aaah…”
The Hanger couple, who were left with nothing but bones and a little flesh, let out a blood-curdling scream.
Damien looked down at them and spoke in a cold tone.
“What are you doing? Hurry up and regenerate your bodies.”
His killing intent was still boiling. The frustration was not relieved. It seemed like he would only feel better if he stabbed them hundreds of times more.
“If you were created by Dorugo, you should be able to regenerate from this kind of wound quickly, right?”
Even at Damien’s words, the Hanger couple only groaned.
Their brains seemed to be damaged from the pain that exceeded their limits.
Damien gnashed his teeth at their pitiful sight.
“I told you to get up!”
He swung his sword, spitting out his anger. The Hanger couple’s heads were severed and rolled on the ground.
Their headless bodies trembled for a moment before stopping. Something slowly rose from their torsos.
– Uuuuh…….
– Huuuh…….
The souls of the Hanger couple rose into the air. Damien grabbed those souls.
– Kyaaaah!
– Kyaaaah!
The couple screamed. The pain of the soul was different from that of the flesh.
Damien squeezed the souls tightly. The pain was amplified hundreds of times, and the souls of the Hanger couple were destroyed.
Damien exhaled roughly. His anger, instead of being relieved, boiled even more.
“Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!”
Damien let out a loud cry filled with anger. He grabbed his face with both hands as if he was going to tear it off.
“Not yet… not yet…”
He couldn’t end it like this. It seemed like something would break if he didn’t completely relieve his anger.
Damien staggered and turned his head.
Far away, the Hanger couple of the ‘other side’ were fighting the Wind bounds paladins.
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[Translator – Kie]
[Proofreader – Kawaii]