Chapter 262: Mass Killing!

As I tried to ignore Lazuli's power move, I used [Mass Teleport], which teleported us from the remains of Vanye and Vanimo's cabin to the edge of the clearing where the Mercenary encampment was. This time, we didn't appear twenty feet in the air.

"Woah, you really must've given those Mercenaries hell after we left; look at all the destruction you caused." Remarked Vanimo in slight surprise as he glanced at the Mercenary encampment in the distance, noticing the damages it had sustained.

"It was more like the other way around, but I'll take the compliment." Muttered Alexander with a faint smile as he glanced at Vanimo before shaking his head, only to shift his focus to Vanye, who started to walk forward.

"Woah, there, Vanye; I know you want your revenge, but you'll die going in there just like that." Added Alexander with a slight frown as he grabbed Vanye's wrist, stopping her, which only served to annoy her.

"I know what I'm doing; I've been a part of the Yemen Mercenaries for nearly forty years." Stated Vanye with a frown as she eyed Alexander before turning around and yanking her arm out of his grasp, causing him to roll his eyes.

"Haa, why must she be so hard-headed? She reminds me of Talis and Yuki; actually, Yuki isn't that hard-headed. Speaking of Talis, where the hell is she?" Remarked Alexander softly as he rubbed his face while glancing at Vanye's back, raising his head to the sky, prompting Lazuli to nod in agreement.

"No, but Yuki is terrifying. Also, Talis, she… Something quite spectacular has happened to her." Replied Lazuli as she glanced at Alexander, only for her to raise an eyebrow in surprise, garnering his attention.

"Hmm, how do you know? Oh, did you also put a piece of yourself in her body like you did me?" Asked Alexander in slight confusion as he looked at Lazuli, who faintly nodded while opening her mouth, only for Vanimo to break their conversation.

"Um, I-I don't mean to be rude, but will you assist, Vanye? I-I'm getting slightly worried about her." Asked Vanimo softly as he glanced between Alexander and Lazuli, prompting them to both look at the Mercenary encampment, which Vanye had already invaded.

Clicking my tongue at Vanye, I grumbled under my breath while summoning both Trina and Zartha from my body; we so easily could've just sneaked into the encampment, killed Boss, and then fled, but now, we're going to have to fight everyone.

"Lazuli, can you dear and remove the woman from the tower? She is very annoying; also, you don't need to kill her; just knock her out or something." Asked Alexander lightly as he pointed Trina at the tower in the middle of the encampment, where an elven woman was firing arrows at Vanye.

"Killing them will ensure less future problems." "Haa, yeah… You're not wrong." Said Lazuli and Alexander, respectively, the latter deeply sighing while reluctantly nodding in agreeance.

Kissing Lazuli on the cheek, I gave her a nice slap on the butt before suddenly pushing off the ground, dashing towards the encampment as I strengthened my body with mana while also using [Strength Augment] and [Speed Augument], further increasing my both my strength and speed.

Reaching the entrance of the encampment, I narrowed my eyes at Vanye, who was holding her ground despite being heavily outnumbered, though I could tell the archers and mages attacking from afar were proving to be a problem for her.

'Well, Lazuli will probably deal with them; let me help Vanye.' Thought Alexander as he glanced at the group of mercenaries surrounding Vanye before sprinting towards them.

"What the!? T-The human has re-" Yelled a Mercenary as he turned and glanced at Alexander, who smacked him with the back of his sword, knocking him unconscious.

The man's yell did serve for the mercenaries to notice me, but it made no difference as I simply carved a path towards Vanye, knocking every mercenary I came across into unconscious, though some did require more hits than others.

Once I reached the middle beside Vanye, I was forced to narrowly dodge her sword that would've otherwise sliced my arm, causing me to grunt in annoyance as I glared at her.

"Really? You knew that it was me; I'm the only freaking human within a twenty-mile radius." Said Alexander in annoyance as he eyed Vanye while blocking several sword attacks before pushing his attackers back.

"Sorry." Muttered Vanye softly as she side-glanced Alexander while continuing her revenge, her blade drawing with nearly every swing.

Snorting, I shook my head while swinging my blades, knocking one unconscious, though mainly to block arrows from penetrating my body.

"Why aren't you killing them?" Asked Vanye with a frown as she glanced at Alexander, noticing one of his enemies falling unconscious.

"Because we can handle the risk of them waking up several minutes later." Replied Alexander lightly as he glanced at Vanye before shaking his head, causing her to scoff while she shifted her focus to the battle at hand.

'Master, they've all seen your blood. Are you really going to allow them to live?' Asked Zartha coldly with a raised eyebrow as she looked at the sky, watching the battle through Alexander's eyes.

'I live on a completely different continent; I'm confident I will be fine.' Replied Alexander calmly as he used his armor to block a sword before kicking his attacker in the chest, pushing him back while following up with Trina to the side of his head, knocking another mercenary unconscious.

'Master, as Mythical artifacts that have lived for thousands of years and have been wielded by over a hundred different people, all kinds of magic exist out there. If the right person has your blood, finding you won't be an issue at all; killing them can and will save you a lot of future problems.' Stated Trina in a rare case of seriousness, her words prompting Zartha to nod in agreement while Alexander tightly clenched his weapons in frustration.

"Heh, at this rate, I'm just going to turn into a serial killer." Muttered Alexander in anger as he spun his blades before swiping them through the air, launching a [Void Slash], killing several in front of him.

'You'd rather become that than let someone kill Yuki, Michelle, Talis, Lazuli, or Chloe because of you, would you not?' Asked Zartha calmly as she folded her arms, seemingly already knowing the question to her words.

"Tsk fucking annoying. I wish I had known being an Adventurer would result in me killing so much; I would've re-thought my decision… I'm too deep into it now." Muttered Alexander in frustration as he sliced his sword upwards, cutting an unfortunate man in half vertically.

Since it seemed like we'd end up killing everyone, I completely ignored any defense; there was no point in preventing them from injuring me if they already knew about my blood. Pushin off the ground, I lunged into the fray, wildly swinging my swords as I killed at least one Mercenary every time, though my high kill count didn't come without consequences, a few arrows pierced my body, and several swords ended up stabbing the places where my armor didn't fully protect.

However, other than pain, which wasn't that big of a deal, it did nothing to me; it didn't slow me down, nor did it weaken me; I was practically unstoppable.

"YES!" Yelled a mercenary in glee when an arrow suddenly pierced Alexander's neck, stopping him, only for him to yank it out while his wound rapidly healed to the naked eye, terrifying everyone.

Taking advantage of their fear, I lunged forth and killed them; having thinned out the mercenaries by quite a lot, I raised my head, taking a fireball directly to the face and burning my skin, though by the time the smoke cleared, most of my face had already healed, and the mage that had attacked was now being run through by Lazuli's limb, which was now a sword.

While giving Lazuli an appreciative look, from behind me, I saw Boss charging toward Vanye, who was completely unaware; leaping towards her, I extended my arm and placed Trina right underneath her feet, only to fling her into the air towards Boss.

"You go and deal with Boss; I'll take care of the rest of these Mercenaries!" Stated Alexander as he glanced at Vanye while turning his focus to the several mercenaries attacking him, prompting him to block their attacks with his armor and body before retaliating.

With Vanye heading to deal with the leader of the Yemen mercenaries, I stayed behind, fighting the remaining mercenaries that we'd yet to kill, but from how things were continuing, they wouldn't last much longer.

"I-I'm out!" Stated a mercenary in fear as he turned around and ran, causing Alexander to bite his lip, only to appear behind him, decapitating him.

Killing so many people didn't feel good, though killing someone who was actively fleeing felt much worse; sighing to myself, I suppressed the uncomfortable feeling and spent the next minute killing everyone else who was still alive, and although several of them tried to flee, none made it very far, after all, it wasn't going to be easy to escape from someone who access to space mana.

Stabbing Trina and Zartha into the ground, I gazed at all the corpses surrounding me, only to sigh deeply in both frustration and sadness.

"Do you want a hug?" Asked Lazuli lightly as she approached Alexander, who wryly smiled before nodding.

"Yeah, but let's save it for later." Replied Alexander softly as he glanced at Lazuli before gesturing to the fight in the distance.