Chapter 69
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Flashes of fire travelled around the battlefield as people were sliced through by a menacing looking chain. Amidst this chaos, one man's points kept increasing. From forty eight to fifty four to sixty nine, it just keep increasing!
"Save me!" a man called to his companions as his legs were dragged by the chain.His companions didn't even care to look back as they themselves were fleeing for their own lives. No one wanted to become points for that invisible maniac!
"Join me Ronald!" justin's blood intoxicated voice called out to the jaw dropped Ronald standing idly. His mouth was wide open as he watched justin butcher these people like they were chickens in a farm.
"Elvian texts, sage of the green!" the green part of justin's battle axe increased in area as it gradually covered the whole axe. Huge thick vines grew spontaneously, attacking from beneath the grounds. The vines grabbed a candidate, squeezing her body so tight she exploded.
Gruesome and violent deaths kept happening here and there as the maniacal laughter of the man who was behind it all was heard.
"Impenetrable mother nature!" Justin raised his arms up as the vines grew faster and thicker, surrounding the fleeing candidates and barring their roads. It formed a dome around covering justin and all the candidates present. There was no escape here.
"Miniscule mortals" Justin's dark chilling voice was heard as a light source appeared. He had stopped using the Stealth freak skill and was visible now. In order to give his victims the pleasure of seeing his face before they died.
He descended with the crown of fire above his head, iris still glowing from the effects of the potions he took.
"I...it's the gr...grim reaper!" a man said with a stuttering voice. His whole body was shivering from the pressure.
Justin's head faced the direction from which the man spoke. Immediately the man saw justin looking over, he jolted as his heart ran a mini race in that moment.
"A befitting name. You shall have the honour of dying first" as justin said that, his chain extended to a gigantic size. It directly pierced through the man's neck, Taking its pound of flesh for the moment.
The head fell as the other stared in horror at it. Some even collapsing from the extreme fear.
"Ahhh having mercy on us grim reaper" one at the forefront started crying as he bowed, knees to floor and head to ground. He kept hitting his head on the ground with so much force that blood started dripping from his forehead but that didn't stop him.
Justin slowly looked over to the man. "You showed him no mercy earlier, why then should I not do the same" Vines rose from directly beneath the man and grabbed a hold of his head. Another took hold of his torso. The vines then pulled, tearing off the man's head from his body.
"Kami (Japanese word for god) , I never attacked you. I was only a bystander in all this" another man rushed to the front and kowtowed not minding the man he was doing so beside a headless body.
"Liar!"
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Asmodieus kept walking as he desperately tried to find justin. The number above his head had increased by six points owing to the fact that he had killed two more men after escaping from the group chasing him. Although he still felt uneasy as if someone was watching his every move but he decided to ignore the feelings and focus on the task ahead. He had to regroup with his team.
He was also facing an internal struggle, the hanging face proved tempting even to the most loyal of friends. Slaying that particular man would guarantee him a spot in stage two with no qualms...and yet....
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The audience had ignored the rest of the screen and focused only on the spot where Justin could be seen. Others had even changed seats just to be able to watch.
"why the sudden cut?!" the screen showing justin suddenly turned black as nothing else could be seen again. Weird thing was it only happened in that spot, all the others showing different images were working just fine.
An uproar occurred as the people got upset, some even calling out the announcer to take note of the problem. Of course he was as helpless as them since he too had no idea why the screen suddenly went blank.
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As the flaming god was about to execute another, the walls of the vines shook as a huge hole was blasted in it. A black substance flew from the hole and landed right on justin's body, putting out the fire in the parts it landed.
The black sticky substance spread around his body in an extremely short amount of time, covering his whole body from neck downwards.
Taken by surprise the emperor lost control of the vines and they retracted, setting the trapped candidates free while he fought his own battle.
Grabbing a hold of the substance with his hand, he struggled to stop it's advancement. He could feel the mana he had being drained.
With great strength and power,he managed to tear off the substance from his body swinging it far into the distance. the flames returned to his body as he clenched his fists getting ready for any attack of sorts.
He had been caught off guard by a very weird attack. Never had he experienced an attack similar to that in all his years of conquest.
A black flash passed by his sights and suddenly the emperor found himself flying. A hand grabbed him by the throat adding a force that maximised the impact on his landing. The lands shaking in response.
Regaining his balance, the emperor looked around but could find no one of such that could have perpetuated that attack.
"Show yourself!" the emperor looked around as his chain blazed more and more.
Silence was the sole response to his callbacks. The rest of the candidates had fled. Ronald was nowhere to be seen, leaving him all alone to face this mysterious threat
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