154 Ready to die?

An hour passed by with Xander running and leading Sekke to the nearest 'young master' base.

"This place really does fit the land of the dead vibe. No f*king thing in the path, just barren land," commented Sekke.

"Hah!! Don't just judge by these outskirts!!! One look at the habitat areas and you will knock your socks off, you despicable human!!!" yelled Xander while running in front of Sekke's bike.

Sekke stared at his guide who had been running without any difficulty for the past hour.

'His endurance is high.'

"Divine energy effects. It's the best thing for conditioning the body" replied Vritra.

'Might be better to not hold back on these guys. Long-lasting battles might get troublesome if there are too many of them.'

"I agree to that as well...I wanna fight too," said Vritra in a sad tone.

'...'

"Anyway, I think it's time for you to be ready to use all kinds of spells and that includes the truly dangerous ones as well. All these people are here to kill you. Make sure to kill them first."

'The truly dangerous ones as well, huh... Well, it's better than expending too much of my mana while trying to kill using my conventional spells.'

"It's nice you are one of those people who have an aversion to killing your enemy."

'Before becoming a magic knight, I was a hunter. I am familiar with taking lives....also if killing someone keeps me alive then I can't hesitate.'

"...Don't worry, we will get out of here alive. After all, aren't you the great dark lord?" replied Vritra trying to reassure his host.

'That I am.' replied Sekke with a smile on his face.

Meanwhile, Xander, who was running in front of Sekke sneakily peeked at Sekke, the despicable barbarian lowly piece of shit, a human that killed his squad and was torturing him at the current moment.

'...Let's see how long can you have a smirk on your face.' thought Xander and continued to run with a determined look on his face.

Soon a smirk appeared on his face as he noticed the gem on one of his buttons glow. But he immediately controlled his expression so that the man behind him wouldn't get suspicious of him.

"How much longer?" asked Sekke in a bored tone.

"We are almost there. Just a bit longer," replied Xander and slowly moved his hand towards the glowing button.

Making sure that the man behind him wasn't looking, Xander did a sequence of taps on the button and immediately the button glowed red. Soon the red glow started coming out of the button and immediately Sekke stopped his bike and looked at Cander with a curious expression.

"Gonna tell me what's happening?" asked Sekke while unsheathing Extase.

"See you soon.....and start counting your remaining days," replied Xander and immediately the glow enveloped his body and the man started to vanish from Sekke's sight.

[Extase: Magic Cutter]

Sekke channeled mana to his bike and slashed Xander's vanishing body.

Immediately the magic enveloping Xander vanished and one of Xander's arms fell off his body.

"AHHHHHH!!!!!!"

A scream full of pain came out of Xander's mouth and blood started spilling out of the now missing arm.

"Like dealing with all your men earlier wasn't enough to make you realize the difference between us."

Saying that Sekke got off his bike walked towards Xander and picked him up by his collar.

"Lead the way without any stupid stunts and maybe we can reach the city before you die of blood loss. And I will be taking this."

Sekke made a sidecar for his bike and dropped Xander in it before pulling out the magic item button from Xander's clothes.

Xander clutched his wound tightly because of the pain and glared at Sekke with hatred.

But once Sekke's cold gaze landed on Xander, he immediately lowered his head.

Sekke looked at the wounded Young master and simply poked Extase in his wound.

"AHHHHH!!!"

"Let's get something straight here. You are not alive because you were some super strong or smart shit. You are alive because I have not yet killed you. And believe me, you will feel lucky if you get a swift death from me. So do yourself a favor and keep being useful to me."

Saying that Sekke pulled Extase out of his body and wiped the blood off it.

The feeling of hatred inside Xander grew stronger. He really wanted to make the human's skull explode with his magic.

"I am not some smart or strong shit.....let me tell this to you, human!!! The moment I get back with the rest of us will make you regret that you were ever alive. You will beg for mercy!!!" yelled Xander in anger.

Hearing that Sekke looked at the angry man with a calm look on his face.

But soon a small smile appeared on his face.

"Then, there is no time to waste, right? After all don't you want to meet up with the rest of your people and attack me? I want to reach one of your main cities. Our goals are aligning. So just be a good weakling and lead the way."

Saying that Sekke sat on his bike and once again was now on his way to the city.

Xander was angry but still led the way as he was told, well he needed some more persuasive stabs to work as told, but anyway, after that, the man was following orders like the good sla-*cough*friend that he was.

Soon Sekke saw the visage of a huge wall and immediately sped up his bike.

Seeing his HQ a huge smirk appeared on Xander's face but soon he got confused as Sekke stopped a few hundred meters away from the entrance.

"What? Don't tell me you got scared, you despicable being." mocked Xander.

"Scared? No. I am giving you a chance to go back first. Meet your friends, inform them how you got your ass beat by a single awesome man, and form a proper squad to take me on. After all, I don't want to make what is going to happen soon look like bullying, you know?"

"....Do you really think you have any chance of getting out of this alive?"

"Haha, don't worry about me. After all, if you were any sort of indicator of the strength I should expect for the following battle....well let's not spoil the results for you. Now shoo~ shoo~."

Xander gritted his teeth and clenched his fist in anger. He got off the bike, looked at Sekke one last time, spat on his bike, and walked toward the entrance of the city.

Sekke looked at the one-handed young master and deactivated his [Bronze Rider].

"Was provoking them a good idea?" asked Vritra.

'Well, we'll find out soon.' replied Sekke.

"*Sigh* So, my other half, what's the plan of attack?" asked Vritra.

'...Attack.'

"....Seriously?"

'I mean what else, do you want me to transform into a titan and just run past that wall and start showing them who's the boss...That sounds enticing.....Tatakae...'

"Oi! Snap out of it!"

'...But the wall....titan...attack!!!'

"Don't start trouble. Only act if trouble comes seeking you. I told you before, be careful, we are in the enemy territory. We don't know how strong they are."

'...okay.'

"Don't be sulky my other half."

'I am not sulky!' thought a pouting dark lord.

Half an hour passed by with Vritra and Sekke goofing around.

"Well, that's enough time for forming an emergency task force,"

Sekke then walked towards the huge majestic gate and looked around.

"There's no doorbell here."

'So how do we enter?'

"Hey!!! Anyone there?! Can you open the gate?!?!" yelled Sekke.

"....."

"So what now?" asked Sekke.

"...When in doubt, punch it out?" replied Vritra.

'You want me to punch the huge door?' asked Sekke in disbelief.

"Well, it's you who says that if violence is the question and the answer is yes," replied Vritra.

'...Can't argue with that logic.' replied Sekke and shrugged his shoulders.

Gathering mana in his arm and clenching his fist tightly Sekke punched the huge gate with full force.

"Dark Lord's Base Level Max Power: Serious Punch!!"

*BOOM*

A huge shockwave passed through the gate and a loud deafening sound came out of the door.

"...Quite a name for a single punch," commented Vritra.

"Leaving that aside...this door is sturdy as hell," commented Sekke as he looked at the dent caused by his punch but was still surprised that the door was still intact.

*ALARM SOUNDS*

"INTRUDER ALERT! GATE 03 UNDER ATTACK! INTRUDER ALERT! GATE 03 UNDER ATTACK!!"

"....So what was that about not making a scene thing?" asked Sekke in a calm tone.

"...We have not made that huge of a scene. Even in the past people, dragons, and gods who came to challenge me used various means like these to grab my attention."

'And what happened to those people?' asked Sekke.

"Oh, I killed most of..... Oh....We made a scene."

'Great timing to realize that buddy.'

Sekke could feel the mana and ki of the people who were making a fuss behind the gate and he could tell that quite a few of them were preparing for battle.

"Let's give them some more time to prepare," commented Sekke and walked a few meters away from the gate.

---------- 10 minutes later ----------

Sekke who was sitting on the ground with a bronze stick in his hand, making a drawing on the ground.

Suddenly he stopped drawing and looked at the gate that started opening.

"Finally!! Do you guys have any idea how long you made me wait?!" complained Sekke as he got u from the ground and stretched his body.

Soon the gate opened fully and a huge army consisting of more than a hundred white armoured-clad people appeared.

The one who seemed to be the leader came forward and looked around and soon narrowed his eyes at Sekke.

"So there was only one person..." muttered the man.

"Hey man, nice to meet you. I am Sekke Bronzaza. I need some help getting back to my home. Can you guys help?" asked Sekke with a smile on his face.

"...Xander, is he the one?" asked the man in charge.

"Yes! He is the one who possesses the dragon's soul!!" explained Xander.

The man gave a side place to Xander but soon focused back on Sekke.

"You despicable human! Get ready to die!!" yelled Xander with a smirk on his face.

"Xander! My friend. Your arm's fixed. Want me to change that?" asked Sekke with a smile and took Extase out of its sheath.

"Xander stand back. You already failed the mission that was given to you. We will deal with you later." ordered the man in charge.

Xander looked at the man with a conflicted look on his face, but knowing his position he nodded and walked to the back of the army but still glared at Sekke.

Seeing that Xander was gone the man focused back on Sekke and raised his spear.

"And as for you intruder. Prepare to die and hand over the dragon's soul."

Hearing his words the whole army readied their weapons and spells, ready to attack the man in front of them.

"Haha! Be prepared human! You are not in your dragon form now!! There's no escaping!! You will die!!!" yelled Xander from the back of the army.

Hearing that Sekke smirked and said, "Really, looks like my help is standing back there, behind all of you all along."

This made all of them widen their eyes in shock and look behind them to see what the weak human was talking about.

"Huh? Behind us? What the hell are you tal...k...i...g"

Xander looked behind him and didn't find anything or anyone there and turned around with an angry tone, but soon the anger turned into horror as he saw a long blade pass through the necks of the men and women standing in front of him.

*Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud* *Thud*

Heads started falling one after the other and soon it was followed by the headless bodies.

[Extase: Shrink]

"Damn, you guys fell for such an old trick. Well then Xander buddy....ready to die?" asked Sekke with a smile and a bloody sword in his hand.