Thirty-Eight

I noticed the new skill that was added to my system, but I didn't have any time to focus on it. I used the wall as a platform as I jumped over the head of a Punisher and landed in eh middle of two more Punishers. I immediately swung the axe in a wide arc and blood flew across the tunnel as I decapitated the two punishers that were closest to me. I drove my axe down into the head of a third punisher and I kicked him back into the body of some others that were trying to swarm me.

I took a moment to catch my breath as I noticed the other Punishers were no longer trying to rush me. They were just staring at me in shock as I stood there with blood dripping from my ax and body. I gave them all a look of contempt, "Well?" I asked, "Are we going to do this or what?" My voice was hollow and I intentionally made sure they could feel the intense hatred I had for them.

"Magic," One of the punishers suddenly whispered and she started to move back in fear, "That boy has magic! We don't stand a chance!"

The other punishers who also realized that I now had magic tried to run away, but it was too little too late. I wasn't going to allow a single one of them to escape. I charged into the crowd of punishers once more and this time they didn't even try to fight back. They just tried their best to run away from me as I slaughtered them all.

The hallway was painted red and it was deathly quiet as I finally stabbed my axe into the head of the last punisher. The woman beneath me was trying to seduce me with her body so I would spare her, but I had no interest in sex with a woman like her. I looked around at all the bodies and I was irritated when I realized that the main punisher wasn't there. The male that whipped me was not part of this horde. Where the hell s he?

"W-What are you?" A quiet voice whispered from behind me and I turned to see all the rats standing behind me. They were all huddled together like sardines and in front of them was the girl that always picked my stones, "You killed them all?" she asked in disbelief.

"Yes, I did," I responded calmly before turning forward again. I heard one of them puking as they couldn't stand the sight of the dead bodies. I pointed towards a path on the left side of the tunnel, "We'll go down this path for three days and we should come out on the other side of the cave. I want you all to go and steal as much food and water as possible from the store rooms. You will need it. Meet me back here in a few minutes. Anyone that isn't here when I get back will be left behind."

"Where are you going? Won't you need food and water as well?" The girl asked but I just crouched and applied magic to my legs before running down the hallway. I could survive for a few days without a meal since I had magic now. I would find food and water if I really needed to, but the most important thing to me now was making sure I finish this purge and no one came after me.

As I ran, I saw another punisher. A young man with narrow eyes and short hair was walking down the hallway towards me. He was surprised by my speed for a second because he never expected anything to be running at him so quickly, but he quickly recovered and tried to bring out his sword, but I got to him before he could bring it out and I slammed my knee to his chest, sending him to the ground. I stabbed my axe into his shoulder and he screamed in pain.

"Where are the sleeping quarters?" I snarled in his face but he just continued screaming. I grabbed his mouth and shut him up as I leaned closer, "If you don't answer my question right now, then I'll stab you in the kidney and let you bleed out slowly. Do you understand how painful that is?" The man nodded immediately. "Good. Now, where are the quarters?"

I took my hand off his mouth and he swallowed nervously before he nodded his head towards the right, "T-Take the tunnels. About a hundred meters from here, you'll see a crossroad. T-The right is for the men and the left for the women. You can't miss it.,"

"Good," I said before I swung my axe into his temple and killed him. I followed the path he pointed out, and before long, I arrived in front of a large wooden door with [Males] written on it. How poetic. I slammed my foot into the door just like the Punishers would slam their foot to wake the rats and the door broke off the hinges and flew across the room.

Boom!

"Wake up, you rats!!" I chuckled loudly as I shouted this and looked around the room. There were ten men inside the room and each of them was staring at the broken door in surprise. The men must have been off duty because they were mostly shirtless and they were scattered around the room when I entered. I only had eyes for one of them, though. The punisher that whipped me was sleeping at the very end of the room and he sat up immediately after the door broke off the hinges. I glared at him as I rolled the axe in my arm and started to walk towards him.

"Hey, where do you think you are going –" A man was about to grab my shoulder but I didn't allow him to finish before I swung my axe and stabbed it into his stomach. I immediately pulled it out and kicked him away as I dodged the sword of another man at the side that wanted to stab me. I ducked under the swing from a third man and I stabbed him twice in the thigh and a third time in the neck as he was falling. I kicked another man in the back of the knee and sent him down before stabbing him three times in the chest and killing him immediately.

I kicked his body to the ground and he tripped another man who was running towards me. He fell beside me and I applied magic to my leg and stepped on the back of his neck. A loud crack echoed through the room and everyone flinched as the man died. Throughout all this, I kept looking back at the bald punisher and I could see the nervousness creeping into his expression as he watched me kill all the others.

I caught the hand of the one remaining punishers when he wanted to slash me with his sword and I pulled him forward and swung the axe into his temple. Blood splattered everywhere and I stared into his eyes and watched the light leave before he fell to the ground.

Now it was just me and the bald punisher in the room and I watched with pleasure as he squirmed in fright. He looked around and saw that there was nowhere to run except for the door behind me and he decided to charge for me. I easily dodged his punch and I kicked him into the wall.

"You really enjoyed beating me, didn't you?" My voice carried a hint of playfulness to it as I looked around the room, "I told you that I would get you and you didn't believe me. But you see, I've been counting over the past week," I said as I grabbed the whip at the side and cracked it against the air. The punisher flinched in fear and I smiled, "Now, how many was it again? Oh yes, it was thirty-eight."

"W-Wait! You have no idea who you're dealing with right now!" The punisher cried in a desperate attempt to save his life, "Do you think you can deal with the consequences of destroying these mines? You have no idea who owns them, you fool! They'll track you down to the end of the world!"

"I'll take my chances."

Whip! Crack!

I immediately released the whip and a large gash opened on the punisher's leg as the rope slashed his skin open! The punisher screamed in pain and he tried to use his hand to protect himself but I only increased my speed as I flogged him like an animal.

Whip! Crack!

Whip! Crack!

Whip Crack!

The punishers screaming started to reduce as we reached the twenty mark and before I even got to thirty-eight whips, he was already dead. I dropped the whip and turned away from his bleeding and torn body to leave. I still need to go to the female quarters.