Chapter 8

A few minutes had passed since the plated person left, and Dary was about to walk away; however, a strange dark purple fog started coming from behind him. As he looked down and noticed the mist, he smiled and said.

"It seems I was faster than I could have anticipated. You are making my work much easier, you know taht, right? Well, I hope your friends will do the same, so I can save time."

Suddenly a pair of purple eyes appeared behind Dave.

"So you have been expecting us... Strange."

"I presume you can't even be considered a vanguard; you are just the scouts, right? You are here to test the waters, am I right?"

"I can assure you that although we are only here to see how strong you are, you shouldn't take us lightly, or you will get killed quite easily."

"You are looking down on me!"

Declared Dave, and suddenly a blueish light shined from behind him, and a bolt of lightning was about to hit him, but he easily dodged it and turned around. In front of him stood people, one with purple and the other with yellow eyes. The one with the purple eyes seemed to be a fighter as he had two swords in his hand and was wearing hardened leather armour. As for the other one, he was wearing robes and was holding a staff in his hand. Both of them were pointing their weapons at Dary, who was only smiling.

"Here I go!"

Said the man with the swords as a purplish aura surrounded his body and then dashed forward. His speed was so great he only drew a purple line and appeared behind Dary. He quickly turned around and looked back at Dary, who was still standing still; however, suddenly, the man's swords cracked and shattered. Then the man suddenly felt something flowing down his side, and as he looked at his side, he noticed that he had two quite serious wounds. Dary raised two of his fingers, and the man witnessed taht they were bloody.

"Kid, when attacking others, you should be prepared; otherwise, you can get killed very easily. This time I only warned you, but next time, you will not be so merciful."

The fighter looked at his teammate and nodded and then closed his fists and looked back at Dary, who turned around and continued.

"Go back and tell your boss that next time he or she should come if he wants to deal with me; I have no interest in dealing with weaklings."

The man dashed forward and punched Dary in the chest; however, he didn't even flinch; instead, he retaliated with an uppercut, sending the man flying up and away. The moment he landed rolled back and kicked forward as Dary was already there. Dary easily grabbed his leg and smashed the man to the ground.

"BROTHER!"

"Don't worry about me! I am fine!"

Shouted the man, but Dary stepped on his chest and applied great pressure, so great in fact that the man's ribs started giving cracking sounds.

"Give up while you can! But if you like being bullied, I can help you with that!"

"Go and fuck yourself!"

"Have it your way then!"

Declared Dary as he kicked the man, sending him sliding to the ground, and as he was being dragged by force, he damaged the environment significantly; in fact, he carved a line.

"Fallen Star!"

Shouted the mage behind Dary.

"Hah, dumbass!"

Shouted the man who was about to stand up, and in a blink of an eye, a five-pointed star appeared on the ground around Dary. The symbol's colour was light orange, and the moment Dary was about to move, it exploded. It created a pillar of orange energy with a powerful burst. The surrounding area was completely demolished; the two unknown men were also blasted away. The pillar grew stronger, and it also gave off heat; it melted the ground around it, and the trees were ignited. The siblings rushed a couple of hundred meters away and regrouped.

"Did we win?"

"Of course, although you took your sweet time casting it, but I am sure it killed him."

Stated the man in the leather armour, and then he kneeled down and coughed.

"Brother! Are you alright?!"

"Yeah, I am just a bit tired, that is all."

A few seconds later, the mage looked back at the pillar, and as he looked at it, he started sweating. Then he looked back at his brother and stated.

"I think we still should be cautious! I have a feeling this didn't kill him!"

"Don't be ridiculous! Master taught you well; you could kill even that Ainz guy if he wanted to. Do you think that this guy is stronger than him?!"

"I-I don't know, but I do have a very bad feeling about it."

"Anyway, let's send a signal back so that they know that we are done."

"You can go ahead and do that; I still have to maintain a barrier to hide the effect of "Fallen Star"; you know it lasts for a couple of minutes."

The man in leather armour stood up and was surprised as a butler approached him and grabbed his shoulder. The new man had an unattended beard and a rich moustache under his nose.

"Well done, kids!"

"We are no longer kids, master! We have already grown up!"

"You still need to learn a lot before I can acknowledge you as an adult. But I do have to admit you did do a splendid job, but it was only thanks to that man being a fool and only focusing on one of you."

Finished the butler and walked over to the mage, and grabbed his shoulder as well. The siblings looked at the man, who was slightly shorter than them.

"Congratulation on..."

Commented the butler but was interrupted because the mage suddenly grabbed his chest and fell to his knees, and he started gasping for air. He started shaking, and as the butler kneeled down next to him to check how he was, the mage hurled blood, slightly painting the man's outfit red.

"N-no...r-run... we ar-are..."

Uttered the man on his knees and vomited blood once again, then fell unconsciously.

"Take care of your brother; I will take a look at that man... He must have died, but what just happened is too surreal ."

Stated the butler and looked at the man in the armour. He nodded and was about to kneel down, but suddenly his left arm was suddenly cleaved off with a clean cut, and when his leg touched the ground, his knees were cut. And at that moment, the orange pillar of energy vanished.