Corpses piled up one after another forming a small mountain.
As Alex slew the last enemy, his danger senses kicked in again and his sixth senses tingle on his back.
"Not again." Alex sighed.
He had been finding enemies again. Every time he finished a group another would appear out of nowhere as if they were monitoring him and waiting for their chances to jump up at him.
He didn't think twice before leaning sideways and used his extensive footwork to the side away as far as possible.
Swish!
An instant later, his eyes caught the sight of a blinding flash of light missing him by a few inches and passing by him swiftly while striking the tree.
Struck by the arrow, the huge towering tree burst into pieces turning into dust
It was quite a ridiculous sight. Alex couldn't even imagine the sight of the arrow hitting him and blasting his body away.
Creases appeared on his face and he looked in the direction from where the arrow came. His pupil contracted and the hair on his skin stood up.
"Shit!"
Alex cursed as he saw many blinding flashes of light heading straight at him.
Alex instantly coated his body in the aura and jumped up quickly.
Using the tree as a foothold, he jumped from one to another leaving behind after images.
Trees were taken down one after another behind him, Alex didn't even spare a glance while running away.
Alex, who jumped over a tree, was instantly startled to see an arrow stuck in its trunk.
BOOM!
The trees exploded and Alex's figure shot back, clashing against the tree and a dent appeared in the tree resulting in the huge tree falling to the side, meanwhile, Alex's body bounced back after colliding and rolling on the ground.
"Haaaaa!"
With a heavy grasp, Alex squeezed out his strength to speak"Who are you? Why do you want to kill me?"
Alex's pained expressions brought forth laughter from another side.
"You dare to ask me who I am and why I wanted to kill you after you killed the tribe that was under me?"
"What an insolent brat?"
A loud sound was heard followed by clapping noises. Alex's eyes immediately moved towards the source of the sound from where a man walked towards him with casual steps.
His face was dark and tanned with black lines swirling around his face like tattoos.
He wore black cloth with leather armour.
The first thing Alex noted was that the man didn't look as ugly as the otter's shadow creatures which even made him doubt whether this was a creature of dark or not.
The man who introduced himself as Khim opened his mouth to praise Alex"Human cub, you have impressive reflexes. You are only at Epic rank still you were able to wipe out a whole tribe. It's impressive but sadly I have to kill you."
"Before killing me, can't you at least tell me your identity? I mean what's up with these disfigured guys? Are they lab rats?"
Khim rubbed his chin pondering for a moment.
"Hmm, you can say so. These are all cannon fodder that we have bred."
Khim noticed Alex's curious expression and his expression hardened.
"I wish I could take you with me but I have to kill you for causing all the damage, on second thought I change my mind."
"You will be a good sacrificial pawn."
Hysterical and maniacal laughter burst out from Khim and without any warning, he raised his bow aiming straight at Alex who lay on the ground with a pained expression.
Swish!Swish!Swish!
Khim fired three arrows but contrary to his expectations of seeing the bloodied figure, the arrows struck the ground and Alex's figure disappeared as if the previous display was all an act to fool him.
He was startled by the sudden events and looked around to find Alex.
Alex instantly teleported behind Khim and tightened his grip on the sword, slashed at him aiming for his neck and tried to kill him instantly.
Just a mere inches away from Khim's neck, two arrows appeared out of nowhere and struck Alex's sword.
Lightning passes through the sword, to the arm and finally hits Alex.
Alex groaned and a spasm rapidly transmitted through his right arm paralysing the right upper portion of the body immediately.
Alex let go of his sword immediately and used the other hand to manipulate the air to fly back a few metres to gain some distance.
The second Alex backed away, three figures dropped down from above and stood close to Khim.
Alex observed two females and a male in the group and Khim seemed to be their leader.
Alex swung his hand to get rid of the spasm after applying a minor healing spell.
After getting rid of the paralysis, Alex's expression darkened and his swallow eyes became as dark as black holes.
He observed their figure after activating the eyes of truth and was taken by surprise after seeing the information on the screen.
Alex spoke with a rough and hoarse voice filled with anger and hatred.
"You let your soul be corrupted and become a servant of darkness. How can you betray your species and side with the otherworld?" Alex asked with disdain.
"Hahaha!"
The people that stood behind Khim burst into laughter.
"Betray our species, you sure know how to jest. It was our species that betrayed us first. What do you know? A person like you drunk in power can never know how miserable the life of the low rankers is." Dest muttered.
"We were disdained, treated like slaves, and abused as if we don't have any value in this world. If humans treat other fellows as humans, the world wouldn't be as miserable as it."Arose came forward while pointing at Alex.
"Commoners and poor had nothing except misery and sadness which people like you can't understand. Anyone who doesn't have strength would lead a horrible life. So, how is it wrong to let go of humanity and embrace the darkness."
Alex raised his brows and spat"Do you think your reasoning would turn black to white and white to black? What you are doing, isn't it the same? Pulling away innocents and offering them as sacrifices."
"Khim, we should kill him. He knows about us and the operation here. We cannot let him escape."Arose spoke.
The last man who stood behind whose name was Moab glared with lifeless eyes at Alex and said "No, we cannot let him. We need to subdue and capture him first. We need to fork out the details from him and find out how this guy came here and who is behind him. Later, we can offer him as a sacrifice. These foolish people are just like pests. There is no end to them. Fortunately, we are greatly rewarded for finding them."
"Where did you sacrifice people?" Alex asked.
"No need to hurry boy. We are going to take you to them." Khim muttered and waved his hand following which three figures swept past him.
Looking at the incoming figures, Alex had one thought in his mind.
Are they fools...He killed many Epic ranks now and their corpses are still fresh even after this, they are charging ahead.
