A strong opponent
When I received the message about the quest, and when I read it. I froze with dead eyes for 5 minutes. I wanted to express in "kind" words what I think about the fine! There are no words, only emotions! I even forgot about the Necomat sisters at the moment. The sisters themselves seem to have not dared to raise their voices while I stand like a statue after their names.
But when I regained my composure, I immediately asked Niva:
- (Niva, tell me who... Who put such a FINE!?!? This is too cruel a punishment! If I fail, I will only have to make a "Sepuku"!)- Shouted in his head.
[This quest was decided by a vote. Did you choose the punishment as usual &^#@^?*". If you do not like the conditions of the fine, write a complaint in the settings of "tech.support".] - Said Niva.
- (And where is it!? I haven't seen such a feature anywhere!) I kept screaming in my head.
[So it is not available to you yet and is not open. Expect an update.] - Replied Niva. And it starts to seem to me that she's getting high from all this.
-* Sigh*- Made a sigh full of despair and hopelessness in this situation.
In order not to get punished for refusing, I accepted the quest. When I did this, I immediately decided to check the status of the sisters:
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{Status.}
[First and Last Name- Kuroka Tojo]
[Level - 23]
[Mage Class]
[Age - 15]
[Gender - Female]
[Race - Yokai[83%]/demon[17%]]
[Racial abilities - Senjutsu, Yojutsu, cat/human transformation, Youki aura, hypersensitivity, fear, space element, demonic element, high magical power.]
[Abilities - Kasia[ur2], Currents [ur1], Space Manipulation [ur3], Space Magic[ur1].]
[Skills - Mana control[ur1], ki control[ur2], Space control[ur2], senjutsu control[ur2], yojutsu control[ur1], toki control[ur1], sealing[ur3], barriers[ur2].]
{Characteristics}
[Strength - 89]
[Dexterity - 71]
[Endurance - 837/4012]
[Protection - 103 ]
[Mana - 1236/2681 ]
[Ki-132/2401]
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{Status.}
[First and Last Name - Shirone Tojo]
[Level - 12]
[Class - No ]
[Age - 11]
[Gender - Female]
[Race - Yokai[96%]/Demon[4%]]
[Racial abilities - Senjutsu, Yojutsu, cat/human transformation, Youki aura, hypersensitivity, fear, high physical strength.]
[Abilities - Kasia[ur1], Toki[ur1].][Skills - mana control[ur1], ki control[ur1], senjutsu control[ur1].]
{Characteristics}
[Strength - 128 ]
[Dexterity - 83]
[Endurance - 398/2051]
[Protection - 97 ]
[Mana - 569/1871]
[Ki-15/1861]
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Surprisingly, they didn't even lose the power of "Ki". I don't even see a demonic race in their auras, although no, I do, but it's very difficult to notice. It looks like an old man, it was on them that he conducted the main experiments and it looks like he was on the way to success. After all, the rest of the children have lost the ability to use "Ki" due to the fact that there are too many foreign cells in their bodies that could not undergo fusion and adapt to the body. Because of this, they turned out to be mutants. But looking at these sisters, it seems that they have achieved their goal. Although not completely, but they could, partially.
Although it looks like the Alchemy Master was able to give them a demon race, but not give the "Youkai" race to the demons themselves. And we now know that demons blend well with the bodies of Youkai. It will be necessary to understand later how this Master of Alchemy did it. I haven't read all of his notes, but I hope there's something there. Although now I have a feeling that the old man didn't tell me something about the purpose of the experiment.
While I was arriving at the state of analysis - the situation and new information, I suddenly heard a voice:
- Who are you? Kuroko asked with a timid voice. I still can't understand why they are afraid of me? Suddenly I heard the answer:
[Master, you still haven't removed the dark matter from your body. And there is also a dark mark on your forehead. All this together causes others to have a feeling of fear, strength, and a desire to obey.] - Niva answered me. And now, having looked closely at myself, now I noticed a dark matter on me. That's it... it was necessary to make such a mistake! I quickly removed the dark matter and my eyes are emerald green again.
When my appearance became normal, I saw from the sisters' faces that they became calmer and less afraid of me.
- You don't have to be afraid. I won't hurt you. I said with a kind smile. After my words, the fear on their faces became even less, and their auras also confirm this.
Then I went to the iron grate and put my hand on it, then I started breaking the iron grate to free the sisters.
-*Creak*-
-*Creak*-
-*Creak*-
-*Creak*-
When I finished, there was a big hole in the iron grate from which the sisters could get out. Then I reach out my hand directly to them and say:
- If you want to escape from this place, take my hand, but you will never be able to leave me or escape. You will belong only to me, and who exactly you will be, time and the outcome of all this will show. I said in a serious tone.
I understand that I'm putting pressure on them because of the situation, but in such a world without such means and influence, it's just not possible to survive, and under my protection, few people will be able to use them in the future. Moreover, it is unlikely that the Naberius family will quietly release their test subjects, and especially those who almost succeeded during the experiment. Although not completely, but with their help they will be able to complete their experiment much faster than from scratch. But under the protection of the Diablo family, they won't be able to do anything.
When they heard my words, they froze and seemed to start thinking about my words and their situation. I didn't interfere with them and gave them a maximum of 5 minutes. But after about 1 minute Kuroko spoke:
"If I take your hand and you help us escape from here, will you not touch my sister?" Kuroko asked in a very serious tone, and there are notes of suspicion and distrust in it. It seems she has already realized that they are not in danger yet and there is a chance of escape, so the fear has almost disappeared from her face, but Shirone apparently has not yet understood. I just couldn't help but smile at the picture of an older sister protecting a younger one. But it looks like Kuroko misunderstood my smile and hugged Shirone even more tightly.
- Don't worry. I will not offend you or do anything cruel. But you must also understand my position, it will be difficult for me to save you without revealing my secrets. And if you belong to me, then my secrets will not be revealed. Of course, you can escape by yourself, but you are unlikely to succeed. After all, you are very weak now, and even with all your former strength, you will not get out. - Explained their situation to them, in a serious tone.
And from my words, it seems that Kuroki has realized what the current state of affairs is for them. After all, she must understand that since I was able to get here, then I can get out. Kuroko then resumed her thoughtful expression. After a couple of seconds, Kuroko looks at me with a face full of determination, and then holds out his hand, and says:
- I want you to help us get out, and in return we will belong only to you, and you can do whatever you want with me, BUT if you dare to touch my sister and treat her cruelly, I will even give my life TO KILL YOU! At first, Kuroko said in a calm and resolute voice, but in the end it was replaced by a threatening tone.
When she was about to take my hand, Shirone suddenly intervened and stops Kuroko's hand to prevent her from taking my hand. Then Shirone, with not much panic on his face, says:
"Sister, don't do this! You have already suffered after all these experiments, taking on almost all the experiments that would not touch me. I'd rather take this burden. - Shirone said with a determined face, but you can tell from her voice that she is scared herself, but she is trying to protect her sister. It's all too sweet and touching.
Right now I remember my younger sister Greifia, how sweet she was when she asked me to ride her on my shoulders and run around the castle. Happy times... although you can try again, she hasn't grown too much yet, and with my physical strength, it won't be difficult. It's decided! When I get back, I'll spend a couple of hours of free time with Greifia!
- Shirone, as the eldest, I am obliged to protect my beloved little sister. You don't have to sacrifice yourself for me. Kuroko said all this with a kind and loving smile. And without even letting Shirona get a word in, she added. - Objections are not accepted. Kuroko said in a stern and commanding tone. Shirone's ears drooped down.
- I understand that you don't believe me because of what you've been through, but I ask you to solve everything as soon as possible, otherwise I haven't killed everyone in this place yet. So they can come here at any time. - I reminded them of the situation.
Then Kuroko took my hand. I took this as a positive response and helped them get out of the cage. When we were in the room of the "Master of Alchemy", suddenly I heard a question behind my back:
- May I know your name, Nya? Kuroko asked. And I asked from a sharp change in her image:
- What kind of "nya"? -
- Oh, I'm sorry, it's my habit. Hmm... it's strange, earlier when I said "Nya" I was struck by lightning because of the order of the "Master". But for some reason now it doesn't hit. What happened to him, Nya? Kuroko replied.
"He's dead. And since he's dead, you don't belong to him anymore. I answered Kuroko's question. From my words , a smile appeared on Kuroko's face and she said:
- Thanks for killing him, Nya. - With notes of happiness. At the same time, pressing Shirone to himself.
- You're welcome. I was just on my way to kill him. As for my name, you can call me "Alucard" for now. - I told them my fake name. I can't just tell them my real name, a lot of things can happen and they can shout my real name, but only with this knowledge, I can reveal myself.
They seemed to understand or almost understood my hint, and nodded. Then Kuroko asks again:
- Alucard, what is the escape plan, nya? -
When I wanted to answer, after looking at their appearance and condition, I realized that they would not live like this for a long time without treatment. So I started searching for level 5-6 healing potions in my inventory. When I took the potions out of the inventory, but for others I took it out of the air, I handed it to Kuroko. I saw a glass bottle appear, Kuroko showed a face of surprise, I told you:
- To begin with, drink a healing potion, it will help you last much longer than with such wounds. As for how it appeared, it can be called a mini spatial pocket. - Advised and lied about the pocket. If everything goes well, I may tell them the truth in the future, but right now it's risky.
When I explained this to Kuroko, she nods and then says:
- Thank you, you. -
Then Kuroko took a bottle of potion, but the first thing she did was check the potion by dropping it on her wound. When the wound on her body healed in a couple of seconds, she gave the potion to Shirona. While they are being treated, I decided to tell the plan:
"Give me a couple of minutes and I'll deal with the Alchemists outside, but we need to find the grimoire hall urgently." When I call you by name, you will have to help me look for a map of this place. - I said in a serious tone, and then I go to the exit door.
---
When I left the room of the "Master of Alchemy", an Alchemist was coming to meet me, and then rudely says:
- Slave, since you have already passed the message, get out of here! - Then he swung his right hand to strike at me. I just clench my fist and then...
-*Bam*-
I hit the Alchemist with great speed, and his body flew into the wall. Before anyone could figure anything out, I quickly activated the "Demonic Aura of Dominance.".
-*Bam*-
-*Bam*-
-*Bam*-
When my aura came out, some, before falling to their knees, things fell out of their hands, others fell and were pinned to the floor, and some are still standing, but paralyzed. Although auras can do this, but it is more effective against weak opponents, or for intimidation. Aura is also more effective if you give it a lot of mana for such tricks.
I quickly covered my body with dark matter, and then said with a smile:
- "Hell's Hedgehog" -
And out of my body came a thousand black spikes in different directions, which pierced the bodies of most Alchemists. They didn't even have time to understand anything before they were quickly killed.
-* Shh*- piercing of thorns into the body.
-*Shh*-
-*Cap*- the sound of blood falling.
-*Cap*-
Some of the bodies were hanging on spikes, and blood was flowing from them. And some dead bodies are still lying on the floor. Those who did not get the spikes, I left for questioning. Then I removed all the spikes from the dark matter back.
-* Sigh* And now, let's talk. I said with a kind smile. But my smile made the Alchemists shudder for some reason, and some are still trying to move. Because of my aura, they can't move quietly yet. To begin with, I quickly connected everyone. Before that, I threw a couple of ingredients into the inventory, but you can't take books, there may be a map there. Then he called the Necomat sisters. When they arrived, Shirone immediately hid behind Kuroko, it seems she was scared by the sight of a pile of corpses and blood.
- *Sigh* Kuroko, I understand your sister in some ways, but try not to make her do stupid things because of emotions while we are in enemy territory. I said in a tired and serious tone.
Kuroko seemed to understand the seriousness of the situation, and nodded to me. And I dragged all the Alchemists to the room where Kuroko and Shirone were being held. And then he started torturing and interrogating prisoners. Lucky this room is soundproof.
---
After an hour of questioning and devouring souls, as well as after searching for the sisters, they found several maps. I was able to find out the approximate location of the "hall of grimoires". The sisters were still able to find a couple of papers resembling a map and drawings.
After checking all these papers, I was still able to find a suitable map. Then he said to the sisters:
- You can come with me, but then there will be a lot of blood in your eyes, and if you stay here, I can't guarantee that others won't come in here. - in a serious tone.
"We'll go with you, I've almost recovered my mana and ki, so I can protect myself and my sister for a short time, nya." Kuroko replied in a serious tone and holding her sister closer to her. I quickly turned my back on them, and then began my inner monologue:
- (Damn, it's too cute and touching, of course I remember that Kuroko protected her sister and was ready to do ANYTHING for her! But seeing this in person, it's hard to restrain your emotions. So hold on! Pull yourself together, rag! Now I am in enemy territory, it is impossible to give in to emotions in such a place and time. So, take a deep breath and exhale.)-
-*Inhale*-
-*Exhale*-
When I regained control of my emotions, I turned to the sisters and said:
- Since you have decided, follow me, but always be prepared for the unexpected. - I informed the sisters, then we left this place together and went to the "hall of grimoires".
---
After 23 minutes of walking, we still got to the hall of grimoires, but while we were doing it, we met a bunch of idiots-mercenaries. When they saw Kuroko and Shirone, they ordered them to have sex with them. I had to kill them right away, and hiding the corpses, burning them would take a lot of extra time and explaining to the sisters about the hellfire.
Well, there were a lot of problems, because more than once we were asked and clarified "what are we doing here", we had to lie, but there were cases when there were smart mercenaries, such had to be killed quickly. And looking at the quest, I have already killed [17/107] mercenaries, and [34/56] alchemists. It's not a bad start, but we need to speed up the pace.
When we entered the "hall of grimoires", the first thing I noticed was that it was very dusty here. There are also a lot of old books, tables, chairs, chandeliers. In general, an old library is more than a "hall of grimoires". In the center of the hall was a pedestal, and on it was a blue sphere, from which magical power was oozing. I turned to the Nekomat sisters and said:
"Kuroko and Shirone, watch the entrance to the grimoire hall, I'll be busy resetting the magical barrier of this place right now. - I gave the order to the Nekomat sisters. They nodded to me and went to the front door. The most they can do is put a barrier on the door in case of intrusion, although looking at this place, there are doubts that someone will come here.
But in order not to waste such old and possibly valuable books, I threw a couple into the inventory. I hope they will be useful in the future.
Then I started looking for the book in my inventory. After a couple of minutes of searching, I still found a book called "Formulation and principles of Barriers". With this book, I began to reverse the polarity of the magic barrier of this entire laboratory.
---
After my attempts to do everything right and change the barrier properties as I need. What I spent 50 fucking minutes on! And I was ready to bang my head against the wall when I tried to change everything correctly and install it without glitches! For an ordinary magician, it would take only 30 minutes. Yui could have done it in 10 minutes. And if it was an experienced barrier magician, then in general in 1 minute. So calm! I've done my job, so it remains to call the sisters.
- Kuroko and Shirone! - Necomat called out the names of the sisters.
After a couple of minutes, both sisters came running, and then Kuroko asks:
- Are you done? -
- Yes, in 2 minutes this whole forbidden laboratory will be completely isolated from the outside world for a good 3 hours. Also, the magic of communication will not be completely available to anyone at this time. You will be here, I also put a timer on this place. So there will be a barrier here too, but it will only hold for 2 hours. During this time, I will be able to kill everyone in this place without risking your lives. - Explained his plan to the sisters. But suddenly Kuroko asked:
- Do you have to kill everyone? We just wanted to escape from here, and not waste time killing everyone here. - Kuroko reminded me of my goal. But I can't tell them that I have a quest to kill all the mercenaries and alchemists here. We'll have to improvise:
- If I leave someone alive, they may be able to figure out you and me. I don't know exactly how, but in our world, there are many ways to find a person. You can't risk it, especially me. I replied in a serious tone. Kuroko wanted to say something, but it seems that realizing that it would be difficult to convince me, she could not find the words.
- You don't have to worry, I'll have time to do everything in 1 hour. - I said going to the exit, since there are 8 seconds left before the barrier is activated in this hall. At parting I heard:
- Come back alive. - not understanding from whom I heard it, I could only turn my head to them and smile. Then the barrier activated.
-* Sigh*-
I made a tired sigh. Then I took a serious look and walked down the corridor, covering my body with dark matter, I also did not forget to activate the dark mark.
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(From the 3rd person, from the side of the mercenaries)
A couple of minutes ago, the mage mercenaries felt that a massive barrier had been activated that covered the entire mountain. Having received no information about this in advance, the mercenary magicians tried to send a magical message to their leader Vaiko Gray to find out the reason for the sudden appearance of the magic barrier, but suddenly the communication spells stopped working.
Realizing that something was wrong, the mercenaries stirred and decided to find out from the Alchemists personally, but when they came to the main hall of the laboratory, they saw piles of corpses and blood. They didn't even notice that a lot of equipment was stolen, as few people understood such things. After checking the bodies, they came to the conclusion that they had died about 40 minutes ago, which meant that an outsider had entered here.
When the mercenaries left the main hall, they quickly ran to inform their leader, but suddenly they heard loud footsteps.
-*Top*-
-*Top*-
-*Top*-
-*Top*-
Suddenly, most of them stopped and froze, and then the newcomers ran, but after a couple of steps, they also stopped abruptly and froze.
Everyone, without exception, now felt one thing, namely "DEATH". All the mercenaries who have gone through many battles and battles, trusting their instincts, felt "DEATH" coming to them, and if they move even a little more, they will DIE! They also felt some kind of force that holds them and intensifies the effect of fear of death, but they did not pay attention to it, as they listened more to their instincts at that moment.
-*Whistle*-
-*Top*-
-*Whistle*-
-*Top*-
-*Whistle*-
-*Top*-
-*Whistle*-
Now they could hear someone's footsteps and whistles ahead. When they looked closer, they saw a dark figure walking towards them. After a couple of steps, they were able to make out the figure, but what they saw for some reason made their hearts and souls freeze.
The one they saw was a boy of 13-14 years old, he had golden hair, a muscular body, BUT! What made them horrified was his dark eyes and the tattoo on his forehead!
It was from the tattoo that they felt a huge aura of horror and despair, as well as the power of domination in it, which required them to fall to their knees, but the latter did not affect them too much. When they saw who their possible opponent was, the warrior's instincts screamed at them, "RUN!" But their pride does not allow them to run away from the child! When they were about to say something, the boy made a sudden movement and stretched out his hand directly to them, opened his palm, then said:
- Die. "The roar of hellfire" - As if it was the verdict of Death itself. They saw a dark purple flame come out of his hand at great speed, which engulfed their vision and then:
- AAAAAAGORAAAAAAAA!!!! -
- AAAAAAAAAASASAAAAAAAA -
- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA -
- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA -
As if nothing was holding them back anymore, they were able to move again, but already covered with this terrible flame, which caused much more PAIN than anything they had ever felt and seen! They even felt their souls screaming from such PAIN!
- Hmm... so I can even use this technique without a sword, but the accuracy of the hit then becomes worse, as well as the speed of the flame output. - The boy muttered about something, then he turned to the screaming mercenaries and said - Thank you for helping me to make sure of my theory exactly, when souls come out of your bodies, I will try to eat them quickly, don't worry, if you're lucky, I'll leave someone's soul for a snack. - He said all this with a kind smile, but the others could not see it, as they were busy burning alive!
---
(From the 3rd person, from the side of Meliodas)
Right now, Meliodas has spent about 37 minutes killing the rest of the mercenaries and alchemists. He killed everyone in different ways to test a couple of his techniques, as well as enjoy the screams of these freaks.
Those who could not be saved from the children, Meliodas had to be killed, since it was impossible to change and return everything as it was for their bodies. And those who could or did not pass the experiments, he ordered to go to the Arena. Also, due to the fact that almost all the children were kept in special cells, they could not see how Meliodas looks with dark matter when he killed mercenaries and alchemists.
When 33 minutes had passed, the number of mercenaries killed was [96/107], and alchemists [54/56], Meliodas was already walking down the corridor, but suddenly he felt through the "five senses" and "echolocation" that an object was flying towards him at a higher speed.
-*Whistle*-
Meliodas quickly created a shield of dark matter and closed it from the object with it. Since he doesn't know what kind of thing it is, he decided to defend himself from the blow.
-*Ding*-
Hearing the sound of something metallic hitting his hard shield, he felt a living being already running towards him. Quickly removing the shield, Meliodas created blades of darkness and ran to meet with great speed.
-*Ding*-
-*Clang*-
-*Creak*-
Meliodas' blade was stopped by someone else's sword, his opponent. Then both made jumps back, and broke the distance against each other. Meliodas realized that his opponent was much stronger and more experienced than ordinary ordinary mercenaries. Looking closely at the figure, he was able to make out its special features.
He was a very grown man, but rather an old man who resembled a war veteran. The face looked old and wrinkled, as well as there were scars on it that speak of combat experience and a long life history. He had brown eyes. Gray hair that reached below his shoulders, and was tied in a ponytail. The upper part of his clothes: a leather jacket, and under it a metal armor. The lower part of his clothes: red pants, as well as brown knee-sized boots. He also holds an ordinary long sword, and the other, which resembles a rapier, is worn on his belt.
When they both looked long enough, Meliodas asked a question to confirm his guess, but he asked it in an emotionless tone:
- Is Vaiko Gray? -
The old man looked at Meliodas for a couple more seconds, and then nodded to him. Meliodas himself, quickly checked the status of Vaiko and realized that he is purely a swordsman of two swords, and has his own unique style called "Rakvai". Age 246 years. Level 89.
While Meliodas was re-reading the information through the evaluation, Vaiko made a sharp jerk towards Meliodas.
-*Whistle*-
-*In the past*-
-*Ding*-
-*Clang*-
-*Creak*-
Meliodas abruptly defended himself from Vaiko's blow with his blade of darkness. And then Vaiko began to quickly attack Meliodas from different sides.
-*Ding*-
-*Clang*-
Vaiko's right kick.
-*Ding*-
-*Clang*-
Blocked by Meliodas.
Vaiko's backhand.
-*Ding*-
-*Clang*-
Blocked by Meliodas.
Vaiko's blow from above.
-*Ding*-
-*Clang*-
Blocked by Meliodas.
Again Vaiko's right kick.
-*Ding*-
-*Clang*-
Then Vaiko breaks the distance by jumping backwards. Meliodas himself prevents him from doing this by jumping in after him, since it is stupid to give the enemy time to prepare. Without giving Vaiko even time, Meliodas quickly lifts the blade of darkness into the sky, and then lengthens and expands its size, making it huge, and then it falls on Vaiko...
-*Bam*-
-*Explosion*-
Vaiko, not having time to dodge, took to block the blow with his sword, but having received huge damage from such a force and a sudden explosion, a little blood poured out of his mouth. Then Vaiko, blocking the sword, said:
- Agrh... What are you? A failed experiment? Or successful? Although no, there is too much knowledge of fencing and this style... - Suddenly Vaiko stopped talking, and then smiled and added - Ahahaha, answer me, boy, who is your fencing teacher? Is his name by any chance Dayron Drakson? Vaiko asked.
There were no changes on Meliodas' face due to the activation of the dark mark, which can suppress his emotions well, but not immediately, and the longer he holds it, the stronger the effect of suppressing emotions becomes.
Not receiving an answer and not noticing the changes on his face, Vaiko simply threw the huge blade out of the darkness with all his might and again broke the distance by jumping back.
Due to the size of the blade, Meliodas had to spend time reducing it to a normal size, so he could not prevent Vaiko from preparing.
Vaiko quickly pulled out his rapier, taking it in his free hand, and then took a stance to continue the battle, saying:
- Shall we continue? - with a smile on his face.
Meliodas just nodded, and they both ran at each other.
-*Ding*-
-*Clang*-
-*Ding*-
-*Clang*-
-*Explosion*-
-*Ding*-
-*Clang*-
-*Ding*-
-*Clang*-
-*Ding*-
-*Clang*-
-*Explosion*-
---
After 10 minutes of exchanging attacks. Meliodas stands quietly with almost no cuts. Vaiko himself stands in front of Meliodas 20 steps away from him. At the same time, Vaiko is breathing heavily, and there are many wounds and bruises on his body. His clothes are broken and torn, and there are also severe wounds. And the Vaiko swords themselves already give noticeable cracks.
- Haaa... Tepehaaaar... I Haaa... definitely uverenHaaaaa... You're Dayron's apprentice...Haaaa... - Said the seriously wounded Vaiko.
Meliodas looks at Vaiko for a couple of seconds, and then makes a sharp jerk towards Vaiko. Seeing Meliodas' attack, Vaiko only smiled, and then took the last of his strength and took a fighting stance, pulled the rapier on his left hand straight towards Meliodas. But with his right hand he holds his sword for a swing.
Meliodas, almost flying into Vaiko like a bullet, abruptly changes the blade from darkness to huge paws. Seeing a sharp change of weapons, Vaiko did not have time to react and he attacked huge paws on reflex.
-*Bam*-
Now Vaiko's body was pinned to the floor. Vaiko's body itself is now being held by Meliodas' left paw. Meliodas takes Vaiko's swords with his right hand, and then speaks again in an emotionless voice:
"You won't need it anymore. - Then a dark purple flame appeared on Meliodas' hand, which in a couple of seconds turns Vaiko's swords into a pile of molten metal. Seeing such a flame, Vaiko felt terrified, because of his weak state, he could not resist the aura of this flame, so the horror was visible on his face when he looked at the flame.
Then Meliodas said the last words for Vaiko, in his emotionless voice:
- Great fight. As a sign of respect for you as a swordsman, I will keep your soul for the future. - And then Meliodas quickly created a blade of darkness on his right hand and pierced Vaiko's heart.
-*Shh*-
And so ended the life of the swordsman "Vaiko Gray" and the leader of the mercenaries "Gray Wolves".
Meliodas took Vaiko's soul and placed it in the domain, and then Meliodas took out potions and regained his strength. Meliodas then proceeded to slaughter the surviving mercenaries and alchemists.
---
(From the 1st person of Meliodas)
After the battle with this Vaiko, I was very tired mentally, thanks to the dark mark, my thoughts always work better and faster, and emotions do not interfere, but for some reason it puts pressure on me when I turn it off. It looks like I still have to get used to the dark mark, I don't activate it too often.
The fight in Vaiko helped me a lot to notice a lot of my shortcomings and get real combat experience with a fairly strong opponent. I was also able to experience a "mana explosion" while hitting him with a huge blade of darkness. Although it cost me a couple of serious wounds that healed in a couple of seconds. Thanks to my high regeneration, I was able to last longer than Vaiko.
When I dealt with Vaiko. I continued to cut out the mercenaries, and I had already finished off the last mercenary, and there were about 34 minutes left before the Barrier was removed. Do I still have to decide what to do with the children? There is one idea, but we must first go to the hall of grimoires and check the condition of Kuroko and Shirone, and pick them up from here.
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When I arrived at the door of the grimoire hall, the barrier had already been removed. When I entered, I didn't see either Kuroko or Shirone, at first I thought that someone was able to escape from me, but this is unlikely, since I have already killed everyone, which means...
- Kuroko and Shirone, come out, it's me Alucard! I shouted at the top of my voice at the hall of grimoires, after a couple of seconds I heard the sounds of footsteps behind the bookshelves. They are smart, they decided to hide in advance, in case of something.
When they appeared in my field of vision, the first thing I asked was:
- Are you okay? - in a worried voice. Kuroko stopped and then said:
- Yes, we're fine. And how are you, Nya? - also in a worried voice. I smiled and said:
- I'm fine, I got a couple of serious wounds, and I almost lost my arm, but everything is fine, ahahah. - in a cheerful voice. Yes, that's just, for some reason, I'm the only one laughing.
- Don't joke about this, nya! - Kuroko said sternly, and Shirone nodded and even bored me with a disapproving look.
- Sorry, I just got too carried away with all this, so I'm talking nonsense, hehe. - I tried to make it look like a joke.
[You should be a clown, Master.] - Said Niva and switched off again. When she needs to tease me, she always has time, well, never mind, I'll take revenge on her someday.
- Okay, let's leave this conversation for later. Now we have to go to the arena. I said, pointing to the exit from the hall of grimoires.
- Why, Nya? Kuroko asked, holding Shirone's hand.
- There are a lot of surviving children after experiments, I have a plan for saving them, so to speak. - I explained the reason, but it seems Kuroko was not enough, it was evident from her face. I tried to ignore it, along the way I started looking for one book in the inventory. I also quietly took that magic ball.
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When we arrived at the arena, you could see about 20-25 children in its center. Of course I understand that I said to come here, but it seems I forgot to specify exactly where to take seats.
- Everyone leave the center of the Arena! I shouted in a commanding tone to the children. They obediently stood up and took the spectator seats. Then I turned to Kuroko and Shirona, telling them - You will also take some seats, I will be busy for about 1-2 hours. I pointed to the empty seats. Kuroko and Shirone reluctantly nodded and left.
I started drawing a pentagram with my blood, looking at a book called "Formulas and Principles of Pentagrams". It was lucky and good that I was forced to memorize the magical coordinates of our house and a couple of teleportation reference points. As my Mother used to say, "Even if you don't know how to use teleportation, it doesn't mean that you shouldn't know the location of our house.". Now her words make sense.
After 1 hour and 40 minutes of drawing the entire arena into a pentagram for mass teleportation. I gathered everyone back at the center and did not forget to tell Kuroko and Shirona to be closer to me.
There are only children who can be cured with the help of magic, and some can be cleaned up and returned back to their native lands. You can also put pressure on Naberius with such information.
Pushing aside unnecessary thoughts, I began to activate the pentagram to activate mass teleportation. After a couple of seconds, the red patterns of the pentagram began to glow and slowly cover everyone with a bright light. After that, I fully activated teleportation to our personal warehouse, the Diablo family. I began to slowly lose consciousness due to the huge use of mana, but before that I decided to say important words to the sisters:
- Kuroko and Shirone, when we get to the other side..., Agrh... you should call my name as "Meliodas Diablo" and then say everything...Agrrrrh... anything, but don't talk about my abilities...Ahhhh and you should, demand a personal meeting with a member of the Diablo family...Agggrph.... to prove that you are from me, pass the following words "The Labyrinth of Orcus in the 11th spring." - I told the sisters the place and time that only Milim and my family members can know about, only they know about my visit to the labyrinth. So I hope they believe them. I didn't even have time to get the words of confirmation from the sisters, as I lost consciousness.