Chapter 58: KNOCK

“So, Lukas, mind telling me your secrets, or will you do it once I have killed your subjects?” the intruder muttered, pulling out two knives.

While speaking, he gazed at all the buildings and subjects in this domain, elves and even giants. Earlier, he had even seen a few dwarves.

This was certainly not normal, and this guy could even bring out so much food.

’It is a big discovery. I had seen diamond class domains in videos before, and even they were nothing like this. How great would it be to steal it?’ his lips curved up greedily.

“So you are from Arlo’s gang? Haa, I knew it, his gang is just full of criminals.” Neil mumbled while thinking of a plan.

This intruder was at the Silver Class, 2nd Origin. There was no way he could currently defeat him.

’I have to drag him out of here, those people outside can certainly take care of him.’ He gripped the dual blades tightly.

All others were also completely focused on this guy in the black outfit.

“Well, this went easier than I expected. You are just classless, haha.

How did you beat that meathead Jose?” he chuckled, but suddenly dashed towards Neil.

Despite his high strength, he sneakily attacked at full speed.

BANG BANG

Several arrows were shot all at once, but they were all a bit too slow to pierce his body.

A few actually managed to graze against his skin though, shocking the guy.

But without stopping, he continued his charge. As soon as Neil was taken care of, everything would be fine.

But just as he got close to Neil, dozens of slimes suddenly pounced at him out of nowhere.

’What the hell is this?!’ he tried to stop, but his body skidded a little, ultimately colliding with a couple of slimes.

He tried slashing, but it was useless. The knives couldn’t hurt them.

In a moment of carelessness, he allowed the slimes to attach to his body.

“Harden!!” Neil shouted as he lunged towards the intruder.

The slimes suddenly became very heavy, greatly slowing him down, and more slimes kept jumping onto him.

“What the fuck?!!” he crazily moved, but the slimes restricted his movements.

WHOOSH WHOOSH

Arrows tore through the air, plunging into his flesh as he let out muffled groans.

But still, they only managed to strike his shoulder and back.

’This is bad. How is this army so strong?’ he looked at the elven archers in shock. How could a territory have such strong subjects?

BOOM

Right at that moment, Neil kicked his chest, making his body shoot back.

Rock, the leader of the giants, let out a terrifying roar and punched the intruder’s body into the air.

BOOOOM

With an explosive sound, he was thrown outside like a rag doll.

Neil was quite impressed by the giant’s strength, but right now he had other things to do.

’My army is actually quite powerful. Although that guy seems like the type who gathers information, he was still Silver Class. I have to purchase all 100 of them!!’ he thought excitedly.

All other lords would be defeated very easily.

The intruder was thrown right out of the domain, feeling pain all over, completely baffled by the display of power.

’I have to run and inform Arlo!!’ he thought, as fear gripped his heart.

He was sure at least he would be able to escape with his superior agility.

“H- Huh? What’s happening?” the few people guarding outside had just finished killing the beasts and heard the commotion.

“Kill him, he is an intruder!” Neil shouted, running outside.

“So it was him who lured the beasts here!” they exclaimed in surprise.

There were five people, three at Silver and two at Bronze of the 2nd Origin.

Unfortunately, none specialized in agility like the intruder.

They managed to land several strikes, but even in his bloody state, the intruder managed to escape.

“He must be from Arlo’s gang. I will inform Hiroshima, wait here.” Joe instructed and ran towards the settlement.

The other four stood there protectively. They had been careless, letting that bug slip into the domain.

…

His body was bleeding badly. A few wounds were severe, and if not treated soon, he really might die.

With his heart thumping wildly, the intruder quickly sneaked into the settlement.

’Damnit, damnit. I should never have revealed myself!! I am only a scout. I got overconfident and engaged in a fight. Fuck!’ he cursed internally.

Not sure how that guy was so strong when he should have died by just one attack.

But thankfully, his skills allowed him to escape.

His vision was blurry as he soon arrived at the door of Arlo’s house, finally feeling safe.

There was a healer in Arlo’s group, and for the information he had brought, he would surely be rewarded nicely.

WHOOSH

A cold wind breezed past his bloody back, making the man shiver.

Raising his blood-covered hand, he knocked in a hurry, leaving blood prints on the wooden door.

But suddenly, he felt a shadow loom over him.

Two hands covered in complete darkness came from both sides of his head, suddenly gripping it.

CRACK

With a strong twist, his head suddenly rotated a full 180 degrees as the intruder saw a tall, terrifying figure.

’M- Monster…’ a single thought popped into his mind before his vision went dark.

Bones protruded out of his skin, and veins were severed.

BANG

Another loud bang was heard. Arlo, who was just eating, frowned.

“Go open the door. Is it Hiroshima? That bastard is here to cause trouble?” Arlo spoke to one of his women.

He stopped eating and grabbed his weapon, slowly following behind her.

“Yes…” the woman fearfully climbed down the stairs and then walked up to the door.

’Huh? What’s this?’ she looked at the tip of a blade that was piercing through the door in confusion.

Taking a deep breath, she pushed open the door, but there was no one outside.

“Kiyaaaaaah!!” As her gaze landed on the snowy floor, she couldn’t hold back her scream, seeing so much blood pooling there.

“What’s wrong?” Arlo finally rushed out. He gasped upon seeing the blood.

After a moment of confusion, he saw the door and stumbled back, falling onto his butt.

“T- There…? G- Gary? C- Come here!! SOMEONE!!” Arlo screamed in terror, his face turning white.

He had barely experienced the terror of this hellhole.

Gary’s corpse was impaled against the door with a knife, his body facing the door.

But his twisted head stared into emptiness with a terrified expression even after death, the knife piercing through his heart.

This scene became a nightmare for Arlo, terrorizing him for the nights to come, and so he held back on attacking Neil for a while.

***

Neil had locked his senses onto Gary, though he had to transform to kill that guy.

Following him was easy because of all the blood, but he was still rather fast.

’Haa, that was satisfying.’ Neil had just killed a human for the first time, but he felt nothing.

No guilt, no fear, nothing.

Instead, it made him feel more relaxed.

Was it because of his new race as a phantom?

Whatever might be the case, Neil just had to stay in control of himself.

He walked back towards his domain through the secret path Gary had taken earlier.

’This was the first time killing such a strong opponent. I wonder what rewards I will get this time.’ Neil was really excited, but decided to check after returning to his domain.

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