The moment three men rushed at Callius while he was charging his attack, they knew this was a do or a die situation.
Because they had already learned from their employers about how Callius fought.
'Explosive and Precise.'
Those would be the words that would define the way Callius had fought in the past.
And he had a new nickname as well.
'Flash Swordsman.'
Although people who belonged to Lismore City didn't know about him locally, he was actually a pretty famous adventurer that was on the list of newly rising adventurers made by the guild.
Because he fought with several others over sometimes little disputes, sometimes for a bounty or sometimes for quests, there were a lot of fights he had done before, which was witnessed by a lot of people.
In the end, if you are successful, fame is bound to follow you for a long time.
That was the reason why he had got the name Flash Swordsman.
Therefore, after he left the city, his fame reached there soon after.
Since his mask was what it had to reveal his identity.
Because of those reasons, the three men above knew they needed to interrupt him as soon as possible.
However, reality is different from a theory.
Even if you know something and try to move according to it, that doesn't mean it will go the way you want, which could be seen from there.
/SHINE/ /CRACKLE/
With his eyes opened while a blue aura shone over his body and lighting surged from his feet, he readied his posture.
"Reach him!"
It was only for a moment, but a glimmer of hope could be seen in the eyes of the attackers.
A glimmer of hope that their attack would be enough to interrupt.
/SWOOSH/
However, it was nothing but a delusion.
Because the moment their attack reached where Callius was supposed to be, the only thing it cut was nothing but air.
An empty air that was ionized with lightning bolts surged from here to there.
"""Huh?"""
And they were surprised.
They were surprised because they were not expecting such a sight in front of them.
/SWOOSH/ /SWOOSH/
And at that moment, in their eyes, only a bright black lighting bolt could be seen that surged through their body.
A black lightning of death they would name if they were able to.
But sadly, they were not.
Because, soon following that lighting bolt, three heads fell to the ground.
"Hiss…"
With the culprit released a frost breath behind them to lower the speed of the blood flowing in his veins.
/SWOOSH/ /CRACKLE/
However, before even a second could pass, Callius disappeared from the place he was in.
Because the movement technique he developed for such cases needed him to never lose his momentum.
And to do that, he immediately turned his attention to the clash that was happening behind him.
A girl with a dagger was trying to defend herself against a man with daggers.
However, it was almost time for her to lose this confrontation because she was at a disadvantage in weapons and strength.
But, just as she was about to lose confrontation, another black lightning surged through the attacker's neck.
/THUD/ /THUD/
Which soon followed by two arms falling to the ground.
In front of the girl, a man who had lost his arms was standing.
"Hmm?"
The man was surprised, feeling something was missing….
And that missing feeling was soon filled by a pain that came from both sides of his arms.
"AAAAH!"
With a loud shout, the man turned his head to the sides, only to see two fountains of blood…
On top of that, in front of him was a girl whose hands were shaking.
Because, in her entire life, she had never killed any person before.
No matter how badly treated a person is, if she or he is a 'normal' human, then they would be reluctant to kill another.
Which was the case for her too, and what Callius was aiming for to correct for his own future.
Because, sometimes, changes should be made.
And to make changes in your life, you need to make hard decisions.
This was what Callius wanted Lirienne to do.
If he wanted, he would have easily killed the man in front of him by simply severing his head.
But he didn't.
Because he wanted Lirienne to do it.
He wanted Lirienne to be the one that would kill the man in front of her.
Be it defenseless or weak, in the end, the girl Callius saw in the game was a girl who was killing people for her vengeance.
Some may call him selfish; some may call him inhumane.
But this was what he thought and what he saw fit for the future he was planning.
A girl whose talents needed blood in order to bloom.
Since that girl's talents were in the field of killing people.
It was not saving.
However, right now, in Callius' eyes, that girl was nothing but an unpolished gem that would need to go through the process of being polished.
And the girl that we have been mentioning was having inner turmoil right here.
"AAAAAH! YOU FUCKING BITCH!"
Because the man who had lost both his arms was now looking at her ferociously.
With the eyes of hatred.
"I WILL KILL YOU!"
Although the man would also know the girl in front of him was not the one that severed his arms, he was no longer in the condition to think logically thanks to the pain he was feeling.
With his eyes flashing green light for a second, smoke started flowing through his face.
His eyes, his mouth, his nose, and his ears were all releasing a type of green smoke.
And seeing this, Lirienne sensed this was something dangerous.
She felt threatened.
'What is he doing? Is he not dead?'
With her hands slightly shaking, she extended her hand to the dagger she used while attacking Callius.
A dagger that was given by her mother to her.
'I-I need to kill him, or he will kill me.'
With her resolve shaking, she thought.
"DIEEEE!"
The man was spurting saliva from her mouth, and seeing the disgusting smirk on his face of the man; fear bloomed over her heart.
'N-no! I-I can't die.'
It was one of the most primal fears of people.
Fear of dying.
/STAB/
And soon the dagger followed her thought, stabbing the man in his chest….
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