The monster fell limp and dropped to the ground after its screams had gone on for a little more than 30 seconds.
It was now dead, and its corpse had been diced into hundreds of cubes and polyhedrons of different sizes, widths, and lengths.
Null looked at the creature without a single spark of sympathy for it. Technically, he wasn't showing a single emotion toward his victory behind that black mask he was wearing.
It was almost like the victory was too easy...
"Since I have this body for a little longer..." Null stroked his chin before placing the monster's corpse in his dimensional storage.
Teleporting back to the burning village, Null leaned down and took a core out a mana core out of the pile of ashes.
Usually, only the monsters with abilities ever dropped cores since they were the only ones who didn't have them destroyed when they died.
Monsters' anatomies worked differently from human's. A monster had a mana core no matter what, and they didn't have mana or body cultivation. They didn't even really cultivate. They usually ate other monsters' flesh and mana cores until they reached a level where they could break through to a different commandment or stage.
Since this was the case, they usually had no need for cultivation, so the only monsters one might see with actual cultivation techniques were those of much higher intelligence or strength.
However, while some thought that phoenixes and dragons were also in that category, that simply wasn't the case.
After all, dragons and phoenixes existed long before mana awakened in the universe itself.
They didn't have such things as abilities or classes; they were simply dragons who were attuned to different elements. They sometimes ate other legendary creatures to gain strength.
Still, since they were alive before classes and the traditional forms of mana, they didn't have cultivation techniques or categories like humans and other higher races did.
"They did say that they had a base. Maybe I can rob them?" Null before he expanded [Monarch's Aura] to its full capabilities.
The aura reached several miles in size, and even though the effect was nearly gone at the edges of the aura, Null wasn't using it for that.
[Monarch's Aura + Mana Sense + Void step]
Instantly, Null snapped his head to the side before teleporting several miles away.
He had used his aura to map out the entire place, and once he found the place he was looking for, he immediately teleported to it, appearing right in front of a large cave that was echoing with the sound of screams and laughter.
The screams were blood-curdling. Even Lloyd would have reacted to such a powerful and pain-filled scream, but not Null.
Null strolled into the cave without a second thought. At his first turn, he came across a few of those monsters beating some of the humans that were there, torturing them, and slowly ripping them apart, piece by piece.
"What a seductive bunch..." Null sighed, yet his words weren't said in anger or disgust. They were said in a way that made Null sound more like a disappointed mother than someone who was watching his own race being tortured by a bunch of monsters...
Or at least that's what Lloyd would have thought. Null didn't identify as a human. He never did, even when he first appeared inside Lloyd... Even when he was nameless and was simply watching from the sidelines, he never saw himself as human, despite Lloyd being human at the time.
"Huh?" A monster turned around and looked at the masked man who was simply looking at them with pity. Of course, Null wasn't showing any emotion in his eyes or face, but he always had a way of making it seem like he was despite speaking in a monotone voice all the time.
"Guys! One of the apes came to us out of their own will. Is this what these apes call a masochist?" One of the monsters cackled while charging forward.
They all had 9 topaz seals, while one of them had an amethyst seal, but it looked pretty new.
'The military must be beyond incompetent to not see an enitre civilization of monsters in the topaz stage.' Null thought while swinging his blade and cutting through the air.
[Nullification Style]
[Equasion: Zero]
In an instant, the monsters all disappeared and turned into purple particles. The ones with abilities dropped their core onto the ground, but there was only one of them out of the 20 he saw when he first entered the cave.
At the same time, Null still didn't get an ability from the monsters, causing him to sigh.
The cores were instantly stored inside his watch, and as he walked past the humans that were being tortured, he heard a view of voice call out to him.
"Finally! Thank you for saving us! Thank you so much!" One of them cried.
"Oh my god... Thank god." One of the girls fell to her knees and began to sob.
"Thank you, instructor! Did you get our distress call?" One of the more composed ones asked.
"..."
"Instructor?" One asked.
"Yeah... No." With a swipe of his hands, Null created several flaming blue bullets and shot them through the monster's heads, mealing their brains and causing them to leak out of their ears.
Null did this several times. The cave was surprisingly big and also really deep. For some reason, it always went down, as if someone had artificially made it that way.
There were many humans there, around 30 in total, which was a surprise since all the teams were supposed to be split out throughout the entire planet, not just in one place.
Walking down the halls and corridors that had been carved out of the earth, Null finally reached a larger room where he began to look around.
"Heh? Brother! Look, it's another ape that came down here out of their own-"
"Are you stupid?" The other monster asked while slapping his friend's head.
"What!" The first monster asked when he saw his friend and everyone around them crouch down and get into fighting positions.
They all had their weapons out and were pointing at a Null. They didn't see him as a stupid human... No, they were the strongest batch of monsters in the entire cave system, and the moment they felt his presence as he walked into the room, they could also almost smell the blood that was on his hands...
The blood of their brethren!
"How do you think he got here, you moron! The others would have realized, and if they didn't have enough time to ring the alarm and warn us, it means he's either a really good assassin that they didn't see, or that he killed them within seconds of them seeing him." The monster explained.
*Clap Clap Clap Clap*
Null slowly clapped, yet even his claps seemed a little melancholic. They weren't filled with the same vigor as a normal clap.
"Well done. I was wondering which of you filthy monsters would figure it out. Looks like I had to go to the top of the pyramid to find someone like that." Null sighed.
"You know our language?" They widened their eyes and asked.
"Do I speak your language? No... Why would I learn the language of a filthy monster? I speak all languages, so don't think you're special, alright?" Null mocked.
"Brother. He is just a first commandment!" The stupid one shouted.
"You're right..." Null spoke, and once his voice reached the monster he was speaking to, it was already too late.
A purple bolt of energy shot through his head, causing him to drop to the ground as blue blood leaked from the back of his head.
"You bastard!" One of them shouted and charged toward Null, yet as he swung his axe toward his enemy, he felt the hair at the back of his neck stand up, while a cold shiver ran down his spine when he looked into Null's cold purple eyes.
Purple eyes... A menacing deadly aura that made them want to drop to the ground. There was only one person they could think of who had those features.
And that was the person their 'lord' had told them to catch...
So... why would their lord make them catch him?
Or was it all a ploy to send the entire monster civilization into the palm of the man before them...
Did their lord send them to their death?
"You're the-"
However, before he could even mutter those words, a katana cleaved through his head, slashing through his skull and separating the monster's brain from the rest of its head.
Several others charged forward with the same anger and rage; however, they couldn't do anything once they were in front of Null.
It wasn't just his eyes or his aura.
No, it was more than that.
His technique was flawless. His mana control was extraordinary...
And his killing intent was so concealed that it made them think that he was playing with them. They were nothing in the face of his footwork and skill, to the point that he didn't even need his mana to kill them.
He blocked all their attacks with grace, yet the power behind his attacks always drew blood.
And before they knew it, there was only one of them left.
A group of over 30 amethyst seal monsters lay dead around him, the only one still alive being the one with two amethyst seals...
"The lord will awaken soon. He will destroy you and your filthy ape brethren!" The monster roared.
"Heh... You think I'm scared?" Null asked with genuine curiosity in his voice as he activated [Void Gaze] and looked into the monster's eyes.
"Y-Y-You will pay for your sins! He will avenge us!" The monster screamed.
"Then, if he ever does awaken, I'll tell him to say hello to you guys for me." Null patted the monster on the head.
"After all, all that awaits him on this side of reality will be death."
*Crack*
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