
Drops by drops of blood fell to the ground from my sword.
Looking at the remaining four assassins, I chuckled.
"One less, four left."
"Fuck!" The other eight-tier assassins cried out in anger and charged towards me. But before he could touch me, the tenth-tier assassin shouted.
“Number Four, follow the plan! Number Two, Number Three, help him! I will avenge our brother!”
The assassin called Number Four instantly stopped and looked at me with a hateful gaze. He then turned around and once again attacked the girls, this time accompanied by two other assassins.
With their high cultivation, the assassins needed less than a second to reach the girls.
I raised my eyebrows in surprise. It seems I am not the only target of this attack.
However, they dreamt that they thought they could kill someone under my watch.
Without seeing the three assassins, I released three sword stabs. For a moment, the distance seemed to lose its meaning, and the twenty-meter distance between us solidified into nothingness.
The assassins were unable to react to my attack. Under their astonished gazes, my sword attacks pierced through their defenses and pierced through their skin.
But at that time -
*delivery!*
A knife appeared.
Using a similar method, the tenth layer assassin sent his sword into space and blocked my attack.
At the same time, another sword suddenly appeared behind me. The impregnated blade of mana cut through the air at a frightening speed, arriving before me almost instantly.
"The laws of space?" I was a little surprised, but it wasn't enough to confuse me. With a leisurely pace, my body seemed to fuse into space as I avoided the sudden ambush.
Then, the three sword attacks from before fused into one. The tenth-tier assassin, who had stopped my last attack, felt a powerful force hit his sword. Then, a new sword attack cut through the sword and appeared before the assassins once again.
The process is almost instantaneous. Before the three assassins could rejoice at having survived the final attack, a new and stronger sword attack was in front of them.
And this time, no one could save them.
*sreet!*
The sword attack cut the necks of the three assassins simultaneously. In the next instant, blood rained down in the cave, painting the dark walls a blood red color.
Fortunately, Louise had put up a barrier before, so no blood had fallen on the girls.
"Sister brother!" A scream full of pain echoed in the cave. The last killer looked at the place of his dead friends and cried with tears of blood.
His friends, his brothers, the people he considers his family. All of them are dead.
All killed by me.
“Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!” His sad voice silenced all the other voices. He looked at me so angry that his eyes turned red, and then, he attacked.
"Death!!!!!!" Without warning, dozens of blades appeared in the air and flew towards me. Those pitch-black blades seemed to fuse with the darkness of the cave, becoming almost completely undetectable.
But it's useless. With a twist of my wrist, my sword fused into space and appeared in dozens of places at the same time, blocking each blade perfectly.
But it doesn't stop there. The sword also appeared in front of the final assassin, piercing towards his heart.
But this assassin was much stronger than the others.
When my sword was about to kill him, he disappeared. Instantly, he reappeared behind me with a knife in each hand.
His eyes turned cold, and his expression of anger turned calm with just a hint of hatred. It was clear that his reaction to the death of the other assassins was just an act of lowering my guard.
But such a trick is useless to me.
Without bothering to turn around, I moved my sword towards my back and stopped the attack casually.
Then, I looked into the killer's eyes and smiled.
Without warning, my hand appeared in front of him. The assassin was unable to do anything but see how his face was caught in a strong grip.
Blood flowed from his face. Sensing his impending death, he desperately activated his space law, teleporting just before his head was smashed into paste.
He then reappeared and looked at me with a terrified expression.
I looked towards the tenth layer assassin and curled my lips upwards. “Space law users. How rare.”
The assassin did his best to look calm, but his pale face betrayed him. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva and exhaled it.
"… Same here. This is the first time I've seen another non-mage who can manipulate space. Who would have thought that Prince Claus was hiding such an ability? And your cultivation is clearly above the fourth layer .. "he said.
“Shocked? It is not easy to kill me yes..” I chuckle. At the same time, I made sure that the girls could not hear our conversation.
The assassin nodded with a serious expression. “It looks like today's mission failed. Prince, you won this time, but your strength is no longer a secret. Next time, I'll make sure to take your head. ”
After saying that, a portal appeared behind the killer.
The assassin looked one last time at the corpses of his brothers and put on a reluctant expression, but given my strength, he entered the portal.
He knew that even if he wanted to take revenge, his current strength was not enough.
But in the next second, his expression changed.
“You.... What are you doing!?” An expression of pure terror filled his face. He looked at me as if he saw a monstrous monster ready to devour him.
I'm just smiling. "His tune, my understanding of the space above you."
The killer paled. He tried to activate the portal again, but remained unresponsive. No matter how many assassins tried to use it to escape, the portal did not respond.
"Just be free." I shook my head with a relaxed expression. "Do you think you can escape after trying to kill me?"
"Impossible! Impossible impossible impossible impossible... Impossible!!!” The killer screamed in fear. His eyes turned red and his gaze towards me had a slight plea.
But I don't care. He was the enemy, killing him without any form of torture was already merciful.
Seeing my expression of indifference, the assassin knelt on the floor in despair. He lowered his head and looked around.
Then, he opened his mouth.
"Ha…"
"Hmm?"
“Hahaha... Hahahahaha! Hahahaha…!"
I frowned. "What are you laughing at?"
“... Do you think you won?” The killer asked.
I'm staying quiet.
“Hahahaha... Today, I am destined to die, but before that... I will destroy your life!!!”
In an instant, all the mana within the killer's body surged out. Strong mana and killing intent filled the entire cave, even impacting the three girls within the Louise barrier!
His outer space law was activated. Miraculously, the killer's space laws broke through to the next level, making him even stronger. However, he did not use it to escape. No, he knew that running away was useless. Instead, he exerted all his strength into one final strike.
This attack is powerful. The combined strength of all his mana along with the enhanced space laws and the killer's determination to die brought that murderous power beyond the twelfth layer.
It was just a moment, but it was more than enough for him.
Space laws surrounded the killer, allowing him to teleport to his destination. Then, he stabbed his sword.
… Right into Claire's heart.
Time seemed to freeze at that moment. Claire watched as the sword pierced through her defenses, cutting off her clothes and injuring her skin.
His overwhelming killing intent froze his mind. She could see a shocked expression on Lena's face and despair appearing on her brother.
For some reason, even though she doesn't know that the killers are real, Claire understands the truth.
"I'm going to die." He said in his heart.
But then, he saw something extraordinary.
The killer opened his eyes in fear. He tried to force the dagger into the heart of the girl, but could not move forward. Then, the frozen time returned to normal, and someone's back appeared in front of Claire.
That'sme.
"Not useful." I said indifferently. "You need to do more than this to kill someone I'm protecting."
“T-No... Impossible.. Impossible impossible!!! Why why!!!" The killer shouted. He then attacked Claire again, but with his strength gone, I only needed to use my finger to stop her attack.
“... Stop fighting, it's useless. Now talk, why do you want to kill those girls?” That's the only doubt I have. The eldest brother only has enmity with me, there is no need to kill the others.
However, the killer smirked.
“Hah.. Even if I die, I won't tell you anything.”
“Is it...?” I looked at the killer and touched his forehead with my index finger while raising the corner of my lips. "You know, even though I'm pretty good at using space, in fact, (Spaces) aren't my strongest suit."
The killer opened his eyes wide. He felt something invade his mind, taking from him something more precious than life itself.
“T-No, no..” she screams in despair.
“... My true specialty is (Soul).”