166 The Problem Solver
"I am speed."
[A/n: Kachow]
Watching as several arcs of lightning crackled around Grim's body, Secre couldn't help but shake her head as she watched him use [Thunderclap and Flash] to mow through a horde of magically enhanced bears covered in stone armor.
'He's not even using his swords anymore.'
*BOOM!!*
Slamming his palms into the centre of one of the bear's stomach's, a cruel smile spread across his lips as his lightning coated palm cracked through the bear's protective stone armor and blews its organs out through it's back.
Unable to even let out a roar in protest and without the slightest hint of grace, the bear's body fell forward crashing into the ground with a loud thud. Sidestepping its falling body, Grim's head snapped in the direction of the other stunned bears who had halted their assault after seeing the gruesome end of their comrade.
*GRIN*
!!!
Turning on [Breath of the Beast] and focusing the grey aura on his body around his hands, he shaped it into the form of tangible claws.
"Ha...Ha...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!"
Shooting forward like a speeding bullet, wherever his claws flashed fountains of blood erupted dyeing both him and the sky a deep red.
Chasing after the fleeing animals, he took immense glee from their pained screams and terrified faces. Moving in an almost animalistic-like manner, he butchered them one by one not allowing a single one of them to die easily. By the time he was done, a mountain of corpses with his blood soaked figure standing above them was all that was left. If one looked closely they could even see his incredibly sinister and villain-like grin.
"Nothing like a good slaughter to start the day. Now then-"
He looked towards Secre who was standing at the side.
"What's next?"
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[A couple hours later]
"Really? Is this it?"
Days after throwing the Clover kingdom's parliment into chaos, in order to give the noble faction some peace of mind, Yami was ordered to assign Grim to do a couple of missions outside of the capital.
Having nothing else left to do in the capital for the time being, it wasn't hard to convince Grim to go somewhere else. Especially if the place he was going to meant he could relieve his growing bloodlust.
So he packed a bag, burnt a couple of noble houses down, re-introduced them to the world of NTR and left the capital with a certain pep in his step.
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Having dealt with the bear population threatening nearby settlements, Grim's next task was to wipe out a group of roaming bandits who had been reported to be terrorizing some random village out in the boonies.
"What a peice of shit. Hey Secre, what's this place called again?"
"Hage village." The pale faced girl answered.
Staying in bird form, she flapped her wings and eventually settled on his shoulder.
"Hage village?"
'Why does that sound familiar?'
"Urghhh~"
Hmm?
Remembering that there was still a couple of bandits left alive, he let go of the crushed throat of some goon he was holding up.
"Mer...cy..." Kneeling abit aways from both Grim and Secre, the leader of the bandits held his severed arm with his one working hand.
"Mercy?" Cocking his head to the side, a confused expression settled on Grim's face before slowly turning into a deeply disturbing smile. "Where's the fun in that."
"What do yo-
Crouching down in front of him, Grim's beast aura claws manifested as he put a finger to his lips.
"Shhh..." He smiled as he place one finger on the bandit leader's forehead.
"Don't ruin this for me."
Moments later, the finger touching the bandit leader made a weird noise as it pierced through his forehead and dug its way into his brain.
Watching the bandit leader's face spasm before his eyes rolled into the back of his head, Grim pulled his finger out of the guy's brain and watched his body hit the floor.
"How disappointing." He mumbled cursing Yami in his head.
"But look at this place." He whistled taking a look at the village off in the distance. "Why the hell would anyone want to make this shithole their base of operations?"
"This shithole as you call it used to be the home of the elf tribe five hundred years ago." Transforming into her human form, Secre who had heard Grim's mumbling explained the significance of the area to him.
"Seriously? This place?" Taking a second look at the area surrounding him, he found it increasingly harder to imagine those arrogant elf bastards living in such as desolate place like this.
'Well whatever, it ain't got nothing to do with me.'
Maybe it was because he had faced off against several dozen elves and even a devil at the time, but when comparing the strength of each race, humanity seemed to fall short by a large margin. Even the random beasts he had taken care of back when he lived on the outskirts of the Witches forrest were stronger than the average human.
He didn't know if this was because his standards had risen, but as more time passed he started to wonder "What would happen if I just killed them all?"
How many of them could actually make him break a sweat?
100?
50?
Honestly, he doubted the number even reached 20.
But wouldn't it be fun to find out?
'I really need to find a way to enter the underworld.'
As for Secre, using the excuse of honoring Lumiere and Licht's dream, she's decided that she would watch over him and guide him to the best of her ability... Unfortunately, that plan hasn't really been working out well so far.
For some unexplainable reason, wherever Grim went trouble seemed to follow.
And worse yet, he solved all these problems using violence! The thing Licht and Lumiere wanted to use the least!
According to him, if violence didn't solve the problem, then you just weren't being violent enough.
And seeing the results, she couldn't even argue.
What she experienced after spending only a couple of days with an unrestrained Grim had left her completely desensitized to the horrors of mankind. Even the corpse of the bandit leader who had a hole in his head couldn't make her blink twice.
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[Late night]
"Hey Secre, be honest with me. Between the current me and the wizard king who fought demonized Licht, who's strong-
"His highness."
"..."
"..."
"Tch, goddamn dick rider."
Sitting in silence and enjoying the weird atmosphere between them, Secre couldn't help but think back to the way Grim had carried himself in front of the whole magic parliment. The way he walked with such confidence in the face of the kingdom's supreme authority.
It was honestly kind of awe inspiring.
And the way he put that black bulls robe on her >_<
Looking at the blush appearing on Secre's face illuminated by the light of the campfire, Grim couldn't help but wonder if she was catching something.
'Since she can seal damages, can she seal illnesses to?'
---
"Ever wonder what's out there?" Secre suddenly asked.
Laying down next to each other under the blanket of the night sky, the sound of the crackling campfire echoed out in the background as the duo stared up at the starry sky.
"Aliens probably."
"Ali what?"
"Little gray people that piss out of their finger tips and self fellatio."
"...You say the weirdest things."
*Shrugs*
"You just can't understand the profoundness of my words."
Having grown used to his tone, Secre could only smile.
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Meanwhile in the Clover kingdom...
Outside of a drear and creepy looking house, Asta and friends prepared their hearts to meet Gordon's family.
