Fragment Of Death

"Shit," Theos cursed. 'I was overconfident, speed is what stands out most about this abomination.'

Theos could hear Luna's cries of concern and, to a lesser extent, the screams of a hiding Alice, but he ignored them for now. He needed to be 100% focused on the fight, but he still stood up and gave a slight thumbs up to confirm his well-being.

After that, Theos heard no more cries of concern, for surely they knew the great danger of the threat and the concentration required to defeat it.

The three shadow wolves gathered beside Theos, waiting for orders. "Go and distract that guy…. They can't leave as long as Luna has mana, so don't worry," Theos ordered, and the three wolves nodded.

Following the command, the three wolves separated and began to bark in unison. Theos' crimson eye glowed brightly, moving restlessly from place to place to survey the entire battlefield in less than a second.

And he saw it.

The abomination was attacking one of the wolves, its brutal speed starting with a small jump, but strong enough to leave a mark on the ground. With that speed, it struck one of the Shadow Wolves, which disappeared upon impact.

"Bingo," it was all seen by the eye of Theos, who found the trick in his movements… 'It can only move in one path' he thought. It had done it to him and now to the Shadow Wolf, so it could not be a coincidence.

Tightening his grip on his weapon, Theos ran straight at the abomination as if it were a spear. As he gathered more negative energy around him, his physical abilities increased.

But the figure moved too, with such speed that it was even faster than Theos, but with his eyes, he had already seen the small jump he had made, so he swerved to the side and extended his sword downward, making a horizontal slash.

*He fell*

The sword slashed and severed the lower limbs of the abomination, which fell straight to the ground.

"You're pretty easy to beat; you just have to use your head a little bit," Theos commented before stabbing his body several times with the sword, over and over again… And again… And again. And again.

So many times that Theos lost count of how many times he had stabbed him, but that wasn't enough for him. 'After all… He attacked me, his filthy hands attacked me!' remembering this fact, Theos stabbed the abomination with even more hatred.

It wasn't until some time later that he was completely satisfied.

When he put the sword down, it lost its real value. It was just a simple sword that Theos had given him mana to use to cut his opponents so easily.

Even after only a few seconds of receiving Theos' mana, the sword had small cracks and tears in its blade, so Theos decided to throw it away.

Ignoring the now-dead body of the abomination, he walked past it, not stopping until he reached the same area where the six hooded men had been sitting before.

Looking at the different lines of blood on the ground, he saw that they formed a pattern, a runic circle. "My reward…" Theos' left eye twitched ominously as he looked at the circle beneath it.

When he touched his eye, Theos felt as if it would pop out. But he could also see things he couldn't before… The black aura surrounding the entire circle was a frightening and strange mana aura.

As a user of negative mana, he could sense a strange phenomenon forming. 'One of the variations of Negative Mana, Death Mana' Theos recalled, reaching out to touch the center of the blood circle under the terrified gaze of many.

But to Theo's ears, nothing could be heard; the only thing that could stop him now was Alice screaming at him, for her safety was more important to him than the rewards themselves or Luna's safety…. Or the voices of his ancestors, father or mother, could stop him.

But neither of their voices could be heard, perhaps because two were not present.

And Luna and Alice seemed to trust him because of his strength and intelligence. Just the thought of them trusting him made him smile slightly.

His hand touched the circle of blood, making each line glow scarlet. The glow drew the attention of the other hundreds of hooded men who were still attacking, and they began to run desperately towards Theos.

Unfortunately for them, Theos sent out violent waves of mana that drove away any being that dared approach him by at least 30 meters. The only one who was safe was Luna, for Theos made sure that the waves did not reach her.

Gradually, a completely dark blade emerged from the circle of blood, which, in addition to being thin and long, gave the impression of elegance itself…. And the killing itself.

With each passing second, the weapon was fully revealed… Its design resembled a scimitar, with a protective hilt and a single blade.

Such a work of art also conveyed the feeling of suffocation when looking at it, as if it were a knife to the neck, a sensation felt by everyone looking at it.

But Theos was undeterred, nonchalantly taking the sword by the hilt. Immediately, he felt a sensation of power running through his entire body, and his left eye quickly became restless as he touched the weapon.

The veins in his hand bulged from the sudden power he received, which he gradually controlled and concentrated in his mana core.

[The host has been detected as being corrupted by the mana of death.]

…

The announcements kept coming, but one in particular, the only one he cared about, sounded much louder and more important than the previous announcements.

[The host has received the Legendary Weapon: Fragment of Death.]

I'm sick and had to edit this chapter in the wee hours of the morning hahaha, I'll edit it better when I feel better.

I hope the chapter is still enjoyable :)