Unrivaled Demon's Odyssey

Chapter 184 - Martial Warrior

There were already hundreds of soldiers present in the field, but when the bell rang, hundreds more came.

"Well, shit," Arnold muttered.

The soldiers surrounded Arnold by making a circle around him.

He got on all fours and grabbed two swords in his hands. He changed his posture to an animal, as though he was looking at his prey before hunting them down.

Arnold had a body of a kid, small and petite, so he could easily blend in and hide in the horde of the soldiers.

He leaped between them and disappeared.

"Where did he go?!" a soldier yelled.

"Find him!"

"Scatter around!"

"He is just a kid! Don't be scared of him!"

The soldiers scattered around the field to find Arnold, but what they didn't know was Arnold was lurking with them.

He killed the soldiers one by one as they got out of the other soldiers' sight and hid their bodies in the corner.

It was a moonless night, and everything was dark except for certain parts of the fields.

Arnold was familiar with all the spots of the palace as he grew up there, and he took advantage of that.

He killed dozens of soldiers one by one. He lured them in the corner and killed them. He pushed down the ledge. He stabbed them from behind. He immobilized some. He knocked some out.

The number of soldiers in the field decreased, but they were still far from over.

'I can't keep up with this.' Arnold panted. 'My body is out of stamina, and my legs are already giving out.'

Arnold remembered the exact same thing happening when he encountered Nero for the first time.

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"Hey, kid," Arnold uttered to Zeus. "You didn't even use any weapon, and I couldn't see you using magic either, so how did you defeat those monsters?"

Arnold kept following Zeus after he saved him.

"Stop following me, old man," Zeus uttered. "I only saved you because my friends asked me to."

"I am not following you," Arnold argued. "I am going to the guildhall."

"Tch!" Zeus clicked his tongue in annoyance as he was also going straight to the guildhall.

"It must be nice to use magic, huh?" Arnold muttered. "Even though you are still a kid. You will grow much stronger when you grow up."

"...."

"Must be nice, huh?" he muttered again.

Unlike the current time where magicless humans were in large quantities, Eons ago, being magicless meant abnormal and useless.

Zeus stopped on his track and turned to Arnold: "So you think magic is everything?"

"What else? A magicless abnormal like me can't survive in this world," Arnold answered.

Zeus furrowed his brows and frowned his face as he asserted: "I had heard that humankind was enslaved by other races before because they were weak. But if pitiable people like you still exist, then it won't be long before humans get enslaved again."

"Seriously," Zeus sneered. "Humans are… unbelievable. They seek pity when in need and then forget everything once they have got what they wanted. That is… unlaughable."

Zeus turned around and began walking.

"Why are you talking bad about humans? Aren't you a human too?" Arnold commented.

SIGH!

Zeus sighed and titled his head back at Arnold: "Do I look like a human?"

Arnold felt a sudden chill running down his spines, and even eons later, he couldn't forget that feeling.

At that time, Zeus didn't have white hair, red eyes, sharp fangs, or anything that could define him as a demon. But a simple dry glare at Arnold was enough for him to conclude that Zeus wasn't a human.

He then quietly followed Zeus to the guildhall.

"Zeus!" Naben yelled. "You are back!"

Zeus glared at Naben and uttered, "Next time, don't send me to clear your mess."

Zeus glanced at Sophia, who was comforting the crying Rhea, who was rejected by Zeus a while ago.

Pavel had mixed feelings; he was happy that Zeus rejected Rhea's confession, but he was angry that he made her cry.

SIGH!

Zeus sighed in relief, thinking he would finally get rid of Arnold now. But, he had no idea Arnold was about to join their party.

Along their journey, Zeus taught Arnold various types of martial arts from his previous world and made him a martial warrior.

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"I won't let you down, master Zeus." Arnold tightened his grip on the sword and dashed at the group of soldiers without making any noise.

He stabbed a guard from behind before covering his mouth so he couldn't make noise.

Then, he quietly followed the soldiers and killed them one by one.

To save his stamina, he stood in one place and waited for the soldiers to get near him.

After killing hundreds of soldiers, Arnold looked at the sky and uttered, "This is going to be a long night."

Arnold knew that no matter how many soldiers he killed, more would come. He needed to kill Boris before the situation got worse. 

However, Boris was in the throne room, and it was guarded by dozens of elite guards.

If they were normal guards, Arnold could have easily defeated them, but elite guards could use magic.

Arnold couldn't run fast as he was running a while ago and he had no stamina left. He hid behind the pillar and observed the guards' movement.

'Should I wait for Boris to come out of the room?' he wondered. 'But it would take too long. If I get captured before that, then I am dead.'

'Well… I would die if I fought the elite guards too. No matter what I do, I am going to die, so why shouldn't I die after killing Boris?'

Arnold dashed at the guards with nothing but two blood-coated swords in his hands.

The guard fired a magic attack, but Arnold dodged and beheaded the guard.

The other guards started attacking Arnold, and Arnold kept dodging and attacking them whenever he saw an opening.

However, there were too many of them. 

Arnold could block the simple attacks, but he couldn't block the magic attacks.

A guard shot a fireball at Arnold. Arnold jumped and dodged it, but that's what the guard was aiming for.

The moment Arnold landed, another guard pierced a spear in Arnold's body from behind, and it came out from his stomach.