A Little Cleaning (slightly disturbing scenes)

We slept late after that. We then took a few trips through the trees, looking at the students remaining on the wristband. I frowned at what I saw.

Wow! Merely three hundred and forty remained!

There seemed to have been a massacre, or the cold had killed them.

"Have you seen the amount remaining?"

"Yes." 

I eyed Cehn, who stood close by. Did he have to take my words to heart?

I released a somewhat frustrated sigh.

This boy is beginning to act more and more like a mute. I mean it's all fine and all he's no longer a water mouth but come on! He's getting on as though he had his full personality taken over, right?! In my mind I continued to rant, truly annoyed at this change. Just a little less talkative – an itty bitty bit less – was all I had asked, but ah! He fully changed. How boring!

"The freeze is at its coldest now, I am sure that they have died from the cold. Many of the competitors have had their suits and helmets stolen."

Did he read my mind? His offhand comment perfectly matched my internal questions.

That would be creepy as hell. I shook my head at that thought. There was no way.

Anyway, I was aware of what he said as well –  but not to this extent-

I chastised myself inwardly I am no longer on earth, no longer that woman who was from the tiny island, I am no longer even a normal human.

Matter of fact – was I even-

Everything I'd done before... Everything done to me... It was nothing a human could survive.

The humans here lived long, ageing slowly; while the years were different, called world cycles, with double the days on earth time, suns and moons, and this world would kill you if you were not prepared. To put it bluntly, this was not earth... not my old home, but my new.

I knew that, but still, they were mere children.

I still need to show some care, right?

If I had my own, did they have to suffer like this?

I shook my head. Of course not, I will train them and there was no way I'd allow them to suffer.

A banging was suddenly heard close by and my head snapped up. We all looked in the direction of the noise.

It seemed like someone had somehow found their way into our tree.

I cursed in my mind. It's OK if they found the tree, but we were so damn high!

"I'll go and look," Wincu said softly, rising to do as she said, securing her winter wear and the helmet I had made.

It took a while before she returned. By then, I had dressed and had stepped just outside the entrance of our home when I saw Wincu, who was seen sprinting through the trees, followed by about thirty figures.

She would have escaped easily if she ran back to the house, but it was clear that Wincu wanted to take every one of them on a wild goose chase, evident with how she just ran in circles through the tree.

Well, after being inside for so long, it was fun to truly exercise.

For a long while I stared at the scene before me, questioning if I had somehow really lost it or not.

How... Why? So many! with Windcu's speed she ran ahead of those figures by at least several meters.

Her figure, which was extremely agile, at least in comparison to those probably half frozen and malnourished enrolled students, easily dodged those who approached closer.

"Give us all the suits you have!" a boy yelled, gaining on her.

I raised a brow, wondering how someone could be so shameless.

Well, those would be his final words; invaders would not be appreciated.

I suppose I should vent all my frustration on these foolish children.

Know. Your. F**king. Limit!

A strong leap later I appeared in front of him, my knees in a squat position, I sprang upwards in a sudden motion into a flip, my head almost level with his own. Still in mid-air, performing an aerial cartwheel directly above his head, I reached with both hands, gripping his covered head firmly. With one hand gripping the front and the other the rear and landing on the tip of my toes - ah he is slightly taller than little me! - I lifted the left leg, kicked his body forward, still with his head trapped in my grasp, snatching the beautiful object towards me. My line of vision followed the slightly twitching corpse, which flew a few meters away. Standing elegantly on one foot, looking like a dark angel ready to deliver death, an endearing sound filled my ears.

Tilting my head to a side, I smiled. How long had it been?

Feeling the wondrous feeling of excitement from death beneath my skin; of course I had never killed a human myself, but I no longer had that hated restraint holding me back!

The melodic sound of ripping trickled closer, accompanying the blood spewing from the headless Corpse almost like a fountain as his body continued forward in its retreat, leaving a crimson trail in its wake. My smile spread wider, elegantly; eyes, even though they are normally deemed as beautiful to the point of being seductive, none of that could be seen at the moment. Instead, I had a look of a sinister devil, especially when the body finally smashed to a grisly standstill making a sort of splat as it hit the tree about twenty meters away. Look at that abstract art made from chunks of flesh falling, dying; the snow a gorgeous red wherever it touched.

Turning slowly I reached for the closest child who stood in place, stunned. I attacked with my left leg bent into a lower spinning heel kick, adjusting it so that was loaded with enough power to rip off the lower legs from directly below the knees. Immediately blood flowed, adjusting the height of my much taller opponent for my next move.

Tch, "Since you know I am a f*cking shorty, here!" Even though my thoughts had no proper basis for my complaint, it sounded unreasonable but ah, it doesn't matter. Standing to my full height, without hesitating, I sprang upwards.

I lifted my right leg and brought it down using half my strength. With my body recovering – around 52% - I felt the difference in strength and I was fully aware that if I used full strength, our treehouse would be in dire straits, so holding back was the only useful option now.

My foot continued on its downward path directly onto the student's "protected" head crushing the helmet, skull, neck and the entire spinal column collapsing in on itself. The look of the sunken head was a sight to behold, followed by the collapsed form; somehow, he seemed to still have a bit of life.. Eh? Perhaps it is a delayed reaction because his body twitched, was this a thing, that the bodies twitch?

Another glorious artwork –  look at those eyeballs that…. Ah, one has been damaged …sigh! But the other has been kept nicely. With the student laying there, collapsed from the blow on himself, I decided enough was enough. Moving on to the next victim, and the next, until I had dwindled them down enough, leaving a mere three standing.

"Plunder the dead, leave none alive!" I said softly, leaping away. From nearby there was a familiar screech, but even that I ignored.

This thing was not my normal style I rather force them to kill themselves or have someone else do my dirty work.

Just like back on earth, reaping the benefits, but today... I could not resist the urge.

Amount of vitality recovered from 52. 5% has risen to 54%>

So this was not much different from back then...