Ruin of a Thousand Armies

[New Mission!]

[Survive!]

[Reward: 700 exp, Scarlet Energy Skill]

It all happened in a matter of seconds. As Nicolas looked at the notification, metallic sounds of unsheathing swords rang in his ears at the same time he noticed that he was surrounded by a group of 5 Stone men.

"My dear fellow cultivator, could you tell us what your purpose is here? "

The leader of the group was a tall, stocky man who wore a uniform while sporting some medals on his chest. The man had long white hair, blue eyes and a thin chin, his gray skin sporting a few cracks along his features making him look extremely handsome.

"My purpose here? " Nicolas feigned ignorance. "I'm hunting, isn't it? "

As soon as he heard those words the man exhibited a wide smile that did not bring any ounce of comfort to Nicolas's heart in fact that smile was full of hostile intent and arrogance.

"Kill him! As soon as the man said those words he turned and began to walk slowly beyond the forest as if Nicolas were already a corpse.

The man was only willing to talk first because he wanted to gauge Nicolas's true strength. As Nicolas was hunting so the man deduced that he should be at least in Stage 4 of Body Refinement for two reasons: The first reason was because Nicolas was hunting in a relatively safe region of the forest where only newcomers to Stage 3 of Body Refinement used to be cultivate, the second reason was the fact that if Nicolas was above the 6th stage of body refinement he would be considered a genius by his clan and would likely have an expert protecting him while hunting even in low risk areas.

Brutus made it clear in his orders that anyone who was in the dark forest of human territory and who was not part of the royal guard should be killed immediately regardless of the person's race or age. The man was only cautious with Nicolas because he didn't want to end up offending a powerful clan with this boy's death, but apparently he thought too much.

[You killed a Stoneman Soldier in the 5th stage of Body Refinement]

[+50 exp]

[You killed a Stoneman Soldier in the 5th stage of Body Refinement]

[+50 exp]

[You killed a Stoneman Soldier in the 5th stage of Body Refinement]

[+50 exp]

[You killed a Stoneman Soldier in the 5th stage of Body Refinement]

[+50 exp]

Looking back, the Man's eyes widened at the scene unfolding. The boy who for a moment appeared to be dead flesh swung an imposing white sword in an arc as all the soldiers and their weapons were split into halves.

Wielding the "Ruin of a Thousand Armies" Nicolas felt that cutting those soldiers in half was like cutting a soft fruit with no resistance whatsoever, as the red blood dripped onto the surface of the sword a bright red light spread across its surface in the form. of cracks leaving her with an aggressive appearance, at the same time Nicolas felt the bloodlust of the "Ruin ​​of a Thousand Armies" as he felt more and more excited to fight.

It was as if Nicolas and the sword had a deep connection. As soon as the sword consumed some blood Nicolas could feel a bloodlust growing strong in his mind. In a few seconds Nicolas shot forward, cutting through the void towards the man in an upright position.

Being a Warrior in the 1st stage of Energy Control the man's experience and technique far exceeded that of Nicolas, as soon as he saw the menacing blade of the sword descending towards him the man drew his own sword in a fraction of a second and positioned to defend Nicolas's attack.

The man could clearly feel the sword's bloodlust, faced with such an unusual weapon he didn't dare underestimate it and then began to manipulate a sharp, opaque energy to cover the blade of his sword before Nicolas's blow could connect. the two blades. When both weapons collided sending sparks in all directions, the man's eyes widened as he saw that a small piece of his blade was broken, leaving it jagged.

The skill disparity between both parties was huge. While the man had years of practice and training with the sword, Nicolas was like a child swinging an iron mallet, this is made clearer by the fact that the man was able to condense and manipulate sword energy which was one of the requirements for Become a high level swordsman.

Sword energy was an energy created through the will and aura of a sadachim warrior, the stronger his will the stronger the sword energy would be. The sword energy was used most of the time to increase the strength and durability of the weapon as well as the cutting power of his blades, however even the man pushing his sword energy to the maximum, that boy's sword was still powerful enough to hurt your own sword.

Facing such a frightening weapon the man became more cautious and instead of defending the attacks of the Ruin of Thousand Armies of Nicolas the man decided to deflect the attacks using the surface of his own sword. At this point he totally eliminated his disadvantages while deflecting Nicolas's blows with elegant moves while attacking.

"Raging lunge! "

The man screamed as he pushed the tip of the sword forward like a spear, while the sword traveled towards Nicolas's abdomen the man covered his blade with sword energy making his attack even more menacing, he was willing to end Nicolas's life right then and there.

Nicolas tried to dodge to the side however the man's attack still opened a deep cut in his waist making Nicolas clench his teeth in pain. Despite having been injured Nicolas didn't know how lucky he was, after all that attack was aimed at his vital points and when trying to avoid him accidentally made the attack miss his vital points thus saving his life.

"Five Cut Blade! "The man yelled again.

At this point the man began to cut through the void with frightening speed as beams of sword energy were sent one after the other giving Nicolas little room to dodge. He knew that if he got hit by any of those energy beams he wouldn't be able to survive.

'Add 10 points in speed and 5 points in strength. '

At the same time Nicolas said that he activated "Boost" making his muscles swell. With overwhelming speed Nicolas ran to the side making the energy beams miss their target and without hesitation shot towards the man holding the Ruin of a Thousand Armies in his right hand.

The man didn't know what made Nicolas's speed increase so abruptly, being taken by surprise the man only realized what was happening when the Ruin of a Thousand Armies was descending towards his shoulder threatening to rip one of his arms off. Being taken by surprise, the man only had time to defend the attack with his sword causing another irregular hole to appear in the blade.

'Is he using his ability?! ' Upon seeing the subtle change in Nicolas's physical characteristics, the man soon understood what was happening. 'So I also have something prepared for him. '

While fending off Nicolas's attacks the man made a subtle movement with his fingers sending five imperceptible needles towards Nicolas, those needles were so small they were almost impossible to detect by inattentive eyes and their frightening speed barely gave room for them to someone could dodge them.

Sharp pains filled five different points of Nicolas's body at the same time that the vision of him was affected by an enormous dizziness. That was the man's skill, "Stunning Needles." Those few seconds of stun plus the man's terrifying speed resulted in Nicolas being hit by several beams of energy one after another.

1 attack...2 attacks...3 attacks... 4 attacks... 5 attacks. Attacks made from different positions took the form of a "*" while Nicolas was losing a huge amount of blood. When the effects of the needles wore off, Nicolas finally realized what had happened. All five attacks hit him with enormous force and knocked him backward causing Nicolas's body to crawl into a trench in the ground before colliding with a tree and stopping abruptly.

The loss of blood left Nicolas's face slightly pale as he looked at the man walking towards him. His right hand still held tightly to The Ruin of a Thousand Armies, yet he was unable to exert all his strength at that moment. All Nicolas was able to do was move the sword lightly toward the wounds in his chest.

Remembering the description of the weapon Nicolas smiled as he thought.

'Considering how much blood I've already lost, what I'm about to do is almost suicide anyway... if I can take a Stone Man to hell before he dies I'll be calmer. '

As soon as the Ruin of a Thousand Armies came into contact with Nicolas's blood it began to absorb it at a frightening rate, apparently the effect of Nicolas's blood was more potent as it was the blood of the sword user. Little by little the white color of the sword was replaced by a scarlet red color as enormous strength was transmitted from the sword to Nicolas's body.

Ignoring all the wounds and bruises on his body, Nicolas rose, raised his sword, and prepared for the last attack. Cutting through the void towards the man the Ruin of a Thousand Armies shone even more brightly as a sword beam separated from its blade and headed towards the man. The sword beam traveled vertically at an enormous speed, with this attack Nicolas's body lost all strength, this was basically a long shot if the man didn't die with the attack Nicolas would be really lost.

Already the man was stunned by this scene, Nicolas' abilities hadn't met even the most basic requirement to form sword energy, however that boy was actually able to send a sword beam in a desperate moment.

Nicolas's body had already been drained of all energy. He was so exhausted that even his transformation into a Stone Man was canceled, causing his body to revert to its previous state. As soon as he saw this scene, the man exhibited a menacing smile.

'So this son of a bitch was human?! Luckily I found him now, if he had room to grow, I don't know what would happen. "There was no hint of surprise on his face. <

As soon as the red sword beam came within three feet of the man, he swung his sword with a casual gesture and deflected the sword beam's trajectory, making it miss. If the raw power of the sword was so frightening, the man dared not defend the sword beam.

As soon as the Man got within six feet of his victim and prepared to deliver the fatal blow, a notification rang in Nicolas's mind.

[Mission Accomplished!]