First Cultist

"Hahaha! With me using the wind element! Do you think you can even see me with those pesky eyes!? Die now for pissing me off!!!"

The cultist suddenly roared, and an incredible boost of strength and explosive speed surged through his body. At the same time, Kael's pupils shone toward his direction.

'That's some great skill in handling elements. His current agility surpasses your average 6-Star Aura User. I really can't see through his speed, but... I can see through the path of aura and mana...'

As Kael thought, he almost instinctively sensed the upcoming move through the movements of mana and aura in the surroundings. He placed both his axes over the right side of his head, and as soon as he did, the cultist's dagger-like claws were seen smashing against the axe that Kael just used to save his head.

"H-how!? This shouldn't be possible for a mere 5-Star! No matter how good the equipment is, this shouldn't-"

"Too early to be surprised..."

Kael smirked, and suddenly the eyes of the cultist moved downwards from where Kael's second axe was seen moving towards his head.

"Fuck!!!"

The cultist gritted his teeth and used both of his claws to immediately block the axe. But as soon as the axe made contact with his claws, a small paper-cut-like wound appeared on his wrist. Seeing that, the cultist became a bit surprised and retreated.

'Can't heal back!? This much should get healed almost in a second, yet this!'

There was a look of horror and panic on the face of the cultist as he saw those few wounds. At the same time, Kael noticed that look, and a grin emerged over his face as he coldly commented,

"You can't heal wounds made by my axe. Give up and die. I will be merciful."

"You! How dare a petty ant think it can kill me with mere bites!?"

The cultist was enraged and immediately rushed at Kael again, showing that explosive agility. However, Kael managed to block the strike with his axe while at the same time pushing him dozens of meters away with the axe.

"Agh!"

"Does the ant's bite hurt? What a surprise, but it will hurt more now..."

Kael grinned and immediately rushed forward, swinging his double axes all at once while the cultist was stunned in his position. This time, the wounds left by Kael were even deeper.

'How?? His strikes, they are getting sharper. The more blood he sheds, the sharper his strikes become...'

The cultist felt goosebumps as he realized this. Seeing the look on the cultist's face, the grin on Kael's face grew even stronger as he shouted,

"Too bad the realization didn't come faster! Well, forget about mercy now!"

Kael shouted, and this time, he swung his first axe directly at the cultist's face with the intention of taking him down in one strike. However, it got blocked by the cultist's blade-like claws. Even then, the grin on Kael's face didn't vanish.

"Boom~"

Kael smirked, and suddenly a surge of intense shockwaves exploded out of Kael's axe. Cracks emerged over those blade-like claws as he was pushed dozens of meters away into the wall.

"Kuagh!? This!"

He was immensely surprised as he noticed a small-scale earthquake covering the whole church. The cultist's eyes fell on Kael again.

"Th-this mere brat! So you have been relying on your equipment all this time! Fuck this cowardly trickster!!!"

As the cultist roared, he immediately took a strange, creepy dark crystal and crushed it under his teeth. The energy and pressure leaking from his body suddenly increased several folds as he dashed toward Kael.

'Shit!'

Kael could see the incoming strike and predict several more steps ahead, but his body couldn't catch up with his mind. He crossed both his axes in front of his face, and immediately an intense punch fell right on those axes.

"Damn coward!!!"

The cultist roared, his face filled with popped-out nerves, and he seemed to be in a state of berserk rage. He was mad over his ego and next his blade-like claws became even thicker as he continuously struck Kael with no plans in mind but just sheer force and strength.

"Khhhggghh!!"

But even that sheer enhanced force wasn't something even a prodigy 5-Star Aura User could endure. Kael was leaking blood from his mouth and nose as he endured it all. His healing couldn't catch up with the amount of injuries he was facing.

*Hey! Use magic! It's too much; use magic!*

'Just wait... I'm in the middle of the city. If I used magic, any skilled mage will find me. I can't expose my trump card while I'm living with these hounds....

I just need to wait, wait for that moment. A berserk-like situation makes a man lose his mind but increases physical potential. But without a mind, he will reach his limit.'

Kael gritted his teeth as several deep cuts slowly started to form around his limbs not guarded by armor. Then, Kael's losing eyes suddenly widened in realization, and he immediately flashed his axe.

"Kuaaaghhhh!!!"

The cultist lost his left arm in a flash, and at the same time, the overwhelming aura exploding out of him started to diminish, and sanity slowly returned to his mind.

"Yo-you! How can you be alive!?! Even my arm! This shouldn't be happening!!!!"

As he screamed, Kael grinned even more coldly. The next second, he suddenly grabbed his axe and started dragging it through the ground toward the direction of that cultist.

"I saw the chance and took it... but well, as expected of a cultist, you use quite shitty cursed things for little results. Now I've got a few questions for you. Answer them, and I will consider showing mercy."

"Ha!? This brat! You think I'm you-!"

The cultist was just shouting, but Kael didn't even hesitate. He sliced right through the second arm of that cultist too and crushed the left leg under his giant axe. He coldly glared at the cultist and stated while the cultist was groaning like a dog in pain,

"I didn't give you an offer... I'm giving you an order! Answer my damn questions when I tell you to answer them!!!"

As Kael shouted that, he roughly pushed his axe's upper edge even further into the leg and, like an absolute beast, just forcefully tore off the whole ass leg from the very waist of that cultist.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

The eyes of the cultist were now filled with blood and tears as Kael coldly looked down on him with blood dripping from all over his face. He asked again,

"Now then, the first question: How many cultists are hidden in this damn City of Luminara?"

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