
“It's your own fault for seeking death! Prepare to be killed!” the bald man roared as one of his men immediately pointed out a short sword and pointed it at Gerald's chest!
Lurching towards Gerald, the assailant took a second to realize that even though his short sword had struck, exactly, to where he was headed, for some unsavory reason, he was, the sword failed to pierce Gerald's chest!
"What?"
It was the only response the astonished man could tell when Gerald angrily replied, "Don't tell me I didn't warn you!"
After saying that, Gerald immediately retaliated by slapping the man's cheek hard! Even though it was only a single slap, the man was thrown into the air!
The last thing the man could note was that his head changed shape as blood spurted out from his eyes. After landing in a puddle of mud several tens of feet away, the man was already on the verge of leaving.
“...He knows martial arts!” said the bald man, shocked by the turn of events. However, he instantly reset himself as he gestured at his large hand before saying, “Don't hold back! Get rid of him, everybody! ”
Obeying his orders, the remaining six men rushed towards Gerald at the same time. As expected, however, there was no way any of them could come close to dealing with Gerald.
Before any of them could even deal him a wound, Gerald had already efficiently landed a fatal blow on the six of them. In just a few seconds, the six people were already lying dead on the ground, their agonized expressions indicating that they had died in terrible pain.
“... H-ya?” the bald man murmured to himself as cold sweat began to flow down his forehead. He realized now that he was the only one left, and even though he was terrified, his legs felt like rocks. But the worst is yet to come.
As Gerald— - whose eyes had turned red like the eyes of a demon - now started walking towards him, the bald man became extremely frightened.
Now standing in front of the bald man, Gerald said, “Everything can end well if everyone is being friendly with each other, right? Why do you have to force me to do all this.?”.
“Y-yes, you are right. I swear by my life that I will always be friendly from now on! What happened before was just a big misunderstanding!”
“I even begged you to just go, remember? But what are you doing? You ordered your subordinates to move on me! Isn't that too much?” gerald replied as he flicked the grass from the trembling man's shoulder.
Although the bald man assumed that Gerald would let go if he begged enough, he soon discovered that he was gravely wrong. Before his sentence could even end, a painful scream filled the area as his four limbs simultaneously detached from his body.
After the shout finally ended, Gerald turned to look at the tree before roaring, “Stop hiding! Show yourself!"
Immediately after, a slow rustle of grass could be heard as a white-haired old man appeared to him.
It was none other than Caleb whose face was now completely out of color.
“Thinking that you have managed to reach your current state at such a young age. I, Caleb Merrett, admit that I failed to recognize your great talent before. However, note that I am not on the same side as the people from before, sir. ”
Caleb now speaks to Gerald with great respect as he has seen everything that has happened since Gerald broke the iron plaque with his bare hands.
While it is true that he originally stalked Gerald to retrieve the iron plaque for Zolton— while simultaneously investigating the reason the great power of Gerald—he was made dumbfounded with astonishment ever since he saw Gerald smash the boulder with his one throw. short knife.
From then on, he no longer wondered how Gerald stopped the flow of his inner strength so easily. Turns out, Gerald's been training far more than he ever imagined.
It was also the moment when he started hiding behind a tree, although it had nothing to do with continuing to stalk Gerald and more out of fear after witnessing Gerald's true power.
His fear and respect for Gerald only grew after learning that the young man had been aware of his presence for a long time.
"Are you here for the iron plaque as well?" ask Gerald coldly.
“I dare not lie to you, so I admit it was my intention from the beginning, Sir. However, I no longer wish to do so after witnessing your strength. ”