Chapter 56 Berserk
Luke's gaze became vacant when he saw this, and his heart almost stopped beating.
The assailant, a man in black clothes, sneered at him in mockery. He then raised his sword and aimed it at Ben's neck, intending to sever it.
Thump!
Luke's heartbeat instantly sped up and within his soul, the black rune representing [Berserk] pulsed with a reddish black light.
Whoosh!
Before the man could bring his sword down, he froze in place because Luke had appeared in front of him, and his hand was clenching his neck.
The man looked at Luke in terror. Luke's emotionless eyes—which now had turned blood red—made him feel a fear he never imagined he could feel. Just looking into them made his soul shudder.
The main camp leader and others were stunned. For a moment, they stopped in their tracks because of their shock.
"Did he just teleport there?" The dark-skinned man asked the question that was in everyone's mind.
Because Luke had disappeared from his original spot and appeared in front of their companion before they could even blink. If the distance was just a few meters, they wouldn't be so shocked, but he had crossed over 20 meters, and doing this within a split second was no simple feat.
This horrified most of them. Only their leader, the man holding the crossbow, looked relatively calmer, but his brows were knitted together tightly.
Just then, he noticed a faint, black and ghastly energy seeping out of Luke's body.
"Mm?" His eyes narrowed. 'So, it's a skill and maybe it's a second order one.' He thought, his eyes flashing with greed and desire.
He then shouted. "Don't worry. It's some special skill and I'm sure he can't it use without consequences or he would've used it to kill or take me hostage. Now charge and kill them off. Remember to leave the ladies alive, you got that?"
"Yes, leader." Everyone shouted, feeling relieved. They then rushed at Luke and others once again.
On the other side, the man in Luke's grasp was shivering with terror and face had turned green because of the blockage in his windpipe thanks to Luke's tight grasp on his neck.
"P-Please don't kill me. I-I have little k-kids to take care of." He uttered with difficulty.
"Oh?!" Luke explained as though surprise which gave the man some hope. Inwardly, he seethed with anxiety. 'What are you doing, you bastards? Hurry and kill this monster!'
When he noticed his companions were once again charging toward them, he felt relieved and tried to delay for time, "Y-Yes. They don't have anyone except me to take care of them. P-Please don't kill me."
"You… didn't think about… his loved ones before killing him." Luke said, his voice horse as he was fighting to stay sane, but it was very difficult because of his overwhelming rage.
"I'm so—"
"I don't need… your apology…" Luke said and clenched his hand.
Crack~!
The man's eyes bulged out. There was horror, disbelief, and anger in them. He tried to say something too, but his neck had been cracked, his wind pipe squeezed into a bloody goo.
"But… he isn't…" These were the last words he uttered with utmost difficulty before his life left him.
'There… we lost a good tracker.' The main camp leader sighed in his heart when he saw this. This man had good stealth and tracking skills. He was the one who found Luke's group. If not for him, Luke and others would've left the city and he… wouldn't have a chance to get Luke's extraordinary skill.
'Well, nothing can I do about it.' He shrugged before lifting his crossbow and aimed at Luke's head. 'Now, I just need to make sure I land the killing blow so he would drop his skill.'
He, Ramsey, had a special skill which no one knew about: Unlike others, when he killed any human being with his skill activated, they were sure to drop one of the skills they had learned. The only catch was—it could only be used once a day.
This was the first skill he got and after that, he had sneaked attacked and killed his superior and cousin brother, who was supposed to be the camp leader. From him, he got the camp leader's position and this magnificent crossbow he was holding and the skill that made him feared by everyone in the group, [Annihilation Arrow].
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The others charging toward Luke arrived in his five-meter range, their weapons raised. Those with bows were standing in the distance, their bows aimed at him, but couldn't release their strings since their companions were in the way.
Luke turned around to face the crowd, and then, with a powerful swing, he threw the dead body in his hand at them. After that, he was about to charge at the three people who would be hit by the body. He wanted to take advantage of that and quickly kill them, however..
BANG!!
When the body struck those three, they were sent flying and when they crashed on the ground; they were… dead, their body disfigured.
Stunned, he glanced at the dead body he threw. It was completely disfigured, as though it had just endured the impact of falling from 100 meters tall building.
It was squeezed tightly, head was burst apart, chest was caved in, a hand and leg were missing and the remaining leg was barely attached to the body by some muscles. It was a bloody mess.
The crowd was stunned and the fear they had toward Luke reach a new high. Right now, they didn't want to fight because even if they could kill him in the end, most of them would die and no one wanted to be among the unfortunate ones.
'Why am I suddenly so strong? I haven't even used the [Mana Amplification] yet.' Luke thought and then he noticed the reddish black energy seeping out of him.
Frowning, he closed his eyes to find out what was amiss. As he focused on the skill runes, he noticed the [Berserk] rune pulsating with the reddish black light, and it also seemed to be going through a change.
However, he didn't have time to find out the reason it was happening because he was surrounded by enemies.
Ramsey, when he noticed his subordinates had stopped, frowned and muttered under his breath, "Useless cowards!"
He then pressed the trigger on the crossbow and the arrow, which was swirling with violet energy, shot out like a lightning bolt.
Whoosh!
Luke immediately noticed this and his first instinct was to chop it down with his sword when he noticed the violet energy swirling around it. He then prepared to dodge it but then realised that professor Nina, Lori, Julia and… Ben was right behind him.
If his instincts weren't wrong, this arrow was capable of mass destruction. Meaning, if he dodged it, they would die or be severely injured at the very least.
"Bring it on." He shouted and activated his [Mana Amplification] to enhance his [Berserk].
Boom!
As soon as he did it, he felt his strength increased by a fold. The feeling was addictive. The only downside to it was that he wasn't used to this much power and couldn't properly control it.
Furthermore, he could feel his mana reserves were rapidly being drained and within a half a minute, he would run out of mana. And lastly, he could feel himself going out of control and his mind become blurry.
ROAR!
He roared like a wild beast, gripped his sword tightly, infused some mana into it, and then threw it at the incoming arrow like a spear.
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