The beginning 4

Realizing he was really going to die today, he tapped into his mana core and started releasing his whole power. Realizing what Arthur was trying to do, James shouted, "Are you mad? If you overload your core, you will definitely die." Hearing this, Arthur just smiled, saying, "If I am going down, you are coming with me." The next moment, Arthur jumped onto them and used explosive power attacks without any regard for self-preservation or any idea of defense.He first shot at Seth, who raised his axe high in the air to use a devastating attack, but before he could bring it down, Arthur used his momentary explosive speed to cut at his neck. Immediately, blood sprayed from both his hands and head, which had just separated from his body. Immediately, Arthur kicked Seth's axe in the direction of James and immediately went on to Raider.Raider, who was shocked by the death of Seth, got momentarily frozen. Immediately, Arthur used this chance to cut at his body just below the ribs. The slaughter sword, like its name suggests, had cut his body into two parts from the stomach area. Without even looking at the raider's corpse, Arthur just continued on to the last guy, James.James, who rolled to the side to dodge the axe coming his way, looked up to see the raider's body cut into two parts, and immediately he looked at Arthur coming his way. "This fucking monster" he mumbled. Arthur jumped high into the air and used an attack straight down at him, all his remaining mana augmenting his sword. James raised his sword into the air in a horizontal direction to block the sword or at least change its direction momentarily. But it became the worst mistake he had ever made in his life. Arthur's sword cut through James sword and did not even pause a second before continuing its way onto James body. Without any twist, the sword continued onto his head and passed through his whole body before coming into contact with the ground and forming a small crater. James also died in a very brutal way. Everything that happened in reality took just a few seconds to happen. This did not give Mia enough time to process what happened before everything was already finished. She never thought Arthur would overload his core like that and fight to death without caring for his life.Usually, overloading the core is a pretty painful process. At that moment, all the mana from the core will be released into the body, destroying everything in its way. After that process, the whole internal organs and everything inside the body will be basically destroyed. And also at that moment, the person will feel unimaginable pain. So usually people don't use this method, even in desperate times.Arthur, after killing James, turned to look at Mia. Just as he was about to get her, he vomited a mouthful of blood, which is mixed with parts of internal organs. Seeing this, he realized he had a few seconds more to live, and also that his pain, which he had suppressed until now, had registered in his brain, and he felt unimaginable pain coursing through his body. Looking at his shaking body, Mia realized that the aftereffects of mana core overload had started to show and that he couldn't move anymore. Slowly, she came to him and took a knife from her storage ring. "You are amazing as always Arthur. Don't worry, since we are lovers, I will kill you to release you from this pain. Consider this my breakup fee." She said that she thrust her knife at the place where his heart used to be.Already, because of mana core overload, most of his heart is damaged; because of this thrust, his heart was completely destroyed. Just before his death he opened his mouth one final time and asked the only lingering question in his mind, "Why?". 'Why did she do that? Did they not just agree to start a new life in the neighboring kingdom?. Didn't they just think about leaving their past behind and hoping for a new future?' Slowly, Arthur fell down and lost his life.Looking at the corpse at her feet, there is not a single change in Mia's facial expressions. After confirming his death, she took a communication crystal from her storage and used her mana to call someone.In a faraway place, inside a luxurious room of a castle, a middle-aged person was sitting on the desk and looking through some documents. Suddenly, he felt a vibration from his communication device, and as he connected the call, he could hear Mia's voice coming from the device. "mission accomplished. Arthur Ashborn is dead."Hearing this, the middle-aged man just gave a single response: "Good." Then he ended the call and went back to looking at the documents, like Arthur's death was pretty insignificant in his thoughts. Looking at the corpse at her feet, Mia mumbled, "Poor guy, you are just a small thorn at their side, and they don't even properly care about your living or dying." She slowly turned away and left that place, and went away.