"This is all!? You kept me in suspension and fear just due to that little blue fog around yourself!? Furthermore, how can a Monk like yourself deal with poison?
How come you haven't suffered Heaven's retribution yet?"
"Huh!?"
It was clearly impossible for Monk Tao to expect this reaction from Eric. He didn't seem even the slightest bit scared of this thing.
He had wasted so much time and effort to actually create such a poison that was able to make any expert under Realm 5 suffer and even die. But Eric actually gave him just this washed-up reaction.
"Hahahahaha~! Brat, are you trying to encourage yourself with those words? Are you that afraid? Don't worry, once you get poisoned I have the antidote, I will make sure that you don't die!
After all, you have to suffer my anger and rage don't you!?"
By that time more than 15 of the experts from the crowd had already been poisoned and he felt extremely happy with himself.
The rest wouldn't tarry long either, as even if they didn't approach him anymore to seek death, then he would personally walk forward to give them a breath of death.
Things were as simple as that! They had already lost any chance they might have had the moment that they had gotten into his bad side.
Not like he would have ever allowed them to drink from his leftovers without paying the price from the beginning but that was another topic altogether.
Eric just looked at the guy with a pitiful expression, like he didn't want to be the one who would break the young one's dreams.
'Clappp…, claappp…, claapppp~!'
As Monk Tao was reeling from his happiness about the current situation, Eric suddenly started to clap in what seemed to be a fake admiration.
"This little one is truly speechless Monk Tao! It seems like you have completely turned the tables on this little one.
Not only did you deal with these little fries, but you even turned them to your side now! After all, what other choice do they have if they want the antidote from you, right?"
His words clearly changed the whole situation and mood around the place, as many of the experts around started pondering about his words.
Monk Tao had to accept that he truly had such thoughts in his mind, but he didn't expect Eric to voice them out for him.
It didn't really make sense, why would this damned kid act so confident, high, and mighty in this situation? He even seemed to be throwing ideas against himself at that moment.
How could Monk Tao understand that Eric was actually after all these guys' lives? Seeing Monk Tao fight them, and not kill them had kept him quite satisfied until now.
But now that they were extremely tired he was hoping that he found a way to turn them against himself.
It was just like having Monk Tao beat the fish to death, while he took the last strike to kill them off and earned all the possible SP and Exp points he could from their deaths.
How could Monk Tao know that Eric actually had a lives convertor Legacy System that would give him wealth upon taking lives?
On the other hand, how could Eric lose such an opportunity in front of him? Faced with their sure death it was clear that these guys would forget about the money, and background involved.
Human survival instinct was able to shadow any other feeling or thought. Even if someone was against Heaven itself, he would try to survive. Not to mention only a Viper organization.
Monk Tao didn't even need to say something, as for them it was already decided. They would try their best to make Eric's death an apology gift for the Monk.
It would be something along the lines, please forgive us Monk Tao we were blind while having eyes and got cheated on this situation.
Just like always, they would try their best to bootlick the stronger and thicker thigh in order to survive. With that decision made, the poisoned guys were the first to attack.
These guys were the ones that Eric worried about the most, as he was afraid that they would die before he claimed their lives, and he didn't want to lose precious points.
Mosquito meat was still meat no matter how one looked at it, and he didn't want to lose such a great opportunity in front of him.
To Eric's good luck these guys fortunately were the ones in a greater rush as they were the first to appear in front of him, attacking him with the intent to kill.
Seeing this scene Eric just revealed a mocking smile, as he said in a calm and relaxed tone,
"Sometimes having eyes doesn't mean that people can see!"
With that said, he just made a move himself as well, as the Ice-Flame knives started dancing amidst the crowd.
Even Monk Tao could only two blue and red lines moving unimpeded through everything, cutting through bones as if cutting through butter.
With each move at least a life would be claimed at a body would start floating above, while having a layer of ice, or a burning flame on top of the wound.
'Danger!'
Just looking at Eric's movements, flow, and ruthlessness made him feel that he had actually messed with a terrible psycho this time. If he didn't kill him, he would surely be killed.
The moment those thoughts were born inside his mind, he felt a great danger upon his head. The surroundings around him became cold and hot at the same time, and he was stunned.
It didn't really make sense, Eric was right in front of him, he could still hear the sound of the two knives killing those idiotic experts in front of him, so how could that happen.
The first thought on his mind was that this was fear! It was quite impossible to believe that he was getting afraid of a Realm 2 brat that wasn't even half his age.
But what other explanation could he have for this moment? Nothing else made sense, his eyes couldn't be wrong Eric was right in front of him.
The knives he was holding were in his hands as well, he could still see the lines that the two knives were leaving on the water as he kept on killing those wastes.
'Puchii…, puchhiii~!'
It was only when he felt two pricking sensations on his chest and neck, that he finally saw Eric's body start dissipating in front of his eyes.
It was just like all this time he had been watching a fast-moving image that started to dissipate only now.
Unable to believe what was going on, he immediately placed one hand on his neck, to see what the pricking sensation was for, only to feel his hand chilly like he had touched the ice, and some red ink frozen on his hand.
At least he thought it was ink, how could it be something else? His mind, and heart couldn't accept that this was his own blood and that he was dying at that moment.
How!? How could that happen!? Just what kind of trick had Eric used against him? How was this fu*cking possible?
Of course, there were a lot of questions on his mind at that particular moment unfortunately, none of them would be answered.
Or rather he didn't have the time to hear the answers as his time was nearing its end. He was with a foot on the grave.
If he had made some prior arrangements, perhaps this wouldn't have been a deadly attack on him, but unfortunately, everything had happened too fast.
Before his brain could even process his body's death, he had already lost all opportunity to react and save himself.
On the other hand, Eric didn't seem to want to lose time with him, as he immediately returned to killing the rest of the waste around him.
The matter was concluded fast though, as he even had Takeshiba Aika and Ice cleaning these wastes. While he would only get the SP points with their kills, it was still beneficial to him.
After all, these beauties needed to level up and break through as well. He couldn't get too strong himself without having a solid foundation.
Otherwise, instead of them being his help they would be nothing more than his burden and worry.
The moment that Monk Tao finally lost his life and soul, he quickly checked his whole body, before taking the golden eye-ball bead on his hands as well.
At that moment, the golden eye-ball bead seemed to release an even shiner light, probably demonstrating that it had already found its target.
Unfortunately, there was no one to get excited about it, as the only people who could look at it were Eric and the two beauties by his side.
Or so he thought!
After all, there was another person in this whole ordeal that was keeping a close look at the situation over this place, and that was Master Tegen.
Seeing how Eric and Monk Tao had started fighting with each other he couldn't believe his luck. It was probably the greatest boon he had ever received.
Without him needing to do anything those two bastards had started fighting each other, his clam and snipe were doing perfectly, it was time for him as the fisherman to watch carefully and enter the frame.
Unfortunately, while he was trying to think about his grand entrance and the best moment, he saw Monk Tao slowly lose his life as his body started floating, while Eric was still busy with the wastes.
Just, how!?
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