First Kill

They had finally met other participants.

White saw the three from his group mutedly looking at the three new-found participants. He also glanced at them and was surprised to see that all of them were familiar in his mind.

The golden-haired youth was Frez; the person who had approached him at the first trial, and the cloaked figure was his companion which he found out after trailing him. 

The last one was someone he had seen at the corner of his eyes but not encountered; he was one of the people who remained unaffected by the worldly aura in the first trial: the youth with slit pupils like a snake and sword strapped on his back, except the sword now was on his hands.

"Be careful White, they are not ordinary," said Aizu, she realized they had intruded on the place that had belonged to these participants.

"Alright," He nodded, he could understand the air even without her remainder.

The snake eyes youth turn in surprise, seeing new faces.

"Ohh! It seems we have company!" He said said with some interest.

"Hmm, It's you!" Frez exclaimed, looking at White, he thought he saw someone familiar, but it turned out to be him.

As the cloaked figure and the golden-haired youth looked at them, the golden-haired youth was especially surprised upon seeing a person.

"You people know them?" The slit-eyes swordsman turned and asked, he was standing some distance from them.

"No, but I meet one of them at the first trial," Frez responds, turning to the sister of his.

At that moment, she was already facing the newly arrived group and was staring intently at them.

"White, let us go to other places." Aizu's voice sounded especially solemn and her expression was serious when she spoke.

White momentarily looked at Aizu's seriousness and didn't respond immediately.

Looking at this situation, the three didn't look to be at a party; which was good for them. But he didn't know anything about the cloaked figure and the slit eyes person's power.

Turning to Aizu he asks, "Do you know them?" 

"Not an idea." She immediately replies.

At that time, they heard the slit-eye swordman's voice resounded.

"Frez, why don't we team up for now and wipe them out? Although they're low-level, I can sense that all of them are no longer mortal and have started the union."

Upon hearing his words, Aizu, the bulky youth, and the grey-robe girl's countenance all changed!

The latter two even took steps back in fear.

Frez who was contemplating didn't replay immediately and look at the cloaked figure.

The slit-eyes swordsman's suggestion doesn't have any allure to him, but currently, he was powerless with a Unity of 0%, if his sister were to duke out with the slit-eye swordsman now, at the end, the new group will take all the advantages or even worse, they may team up with the slit-eye swordsman and attack them, that, would be problematic.

And as for teaming with them, he knew it was impossible considering his sister's way for primal seeds; it was questionable if she would split some for a single person, but four? Impossible. Although it was a bit cowardly for a person of his status to gang up against a weak group, it was the best outcome he could hope for.

But he still needs his sister's acknowledgment.

The three groups fell into a strange silence, all waiting for looking at the cloaked figure's answer. 

White could feel the glaze of the mysterious figure and he looked at Aizu, whom the glaze was directed at.

After a moment, the cloaked figure finally uttered a word with a voice that sounded beautiful yet cold to the extreme,

"Who are you?"

The three ordinary desolated people from the group including White knew it wasn't them being referred to, so, they naturally kept quiet. 

Aizu too went quiet.

After not being answered, the figure turned saying, 

"It's fine if you don't want to answer but leave, you can't take any of the primal seeds here."

"...!@!"

The turn of events surprised Frez and the slit-eyes swordsman.

Not only them, the people from White's group were also surprised and happy.

The two hastily ran back into the distance but stopped upon seeing both White and Aizu stay unmoving, although confused, they didn't dare to go back anymore knowing that these people were dangerous.

Aizu looked at White, but she didn't leave because she saw that he hadn't moved from his spot. Besides, she was also unwilling to leave after finding a group of primal seeds at this time of the trial.

"Do you have any plan?" she asked in a slow voice, she had decided to stick with this mysterious person who she couldn't seem to figure out.

Seeing he didn't respond and his face remained unchanged, then she thought of the scene in which he decapitated the mad beast and didn't ask anymore. Looking at the three people she thought, 'I need to occupy one of them at least!'

Then she saw the slit-eyes swordsman turn toward them with a slight smile. Although he was unhappy with the cloaked figure's decision, he couldn't complain as they were trying to kill each other a second ago.

"It seems these two didn't want to take your generous offer," looking at the cloaked figure, the slit-eyes swordman commented.

The mysterious cloaked figure was slightly surprised, she could feel that both of them didn't have a high Unity, but she could feel a slight unease at the elegant girl so, she gave them a way out although it was unfavorable for her.

But before she could have any more thoughts, the slit-eyes swordsman had already advanced.

The slit-eyes swordsman moves with a slight smile. He didn't think this was a difficult task, he had killed many before and was an expert in swords. His Unity was also already at 40%; which made him faster than even the fastest mortals, and strength that could tear the limbs of an average weak human. So, he didn't think handling the two would be difficult.

As said before, when the Unity percentage starts to increase, you stop being an ordinary mortal and change into something else. That change includes an increase in the speed and strength of the person the higher their Unity goes.

Seeing the approaching swordsman, Aizu shallowed down her uncertainties and prepared to fight. White did the same as he kept his hand on the hilt of his magical sword, he looked at the swordsman in a strange way and his presence was negligible in his eyes.

At the next moment, the external power of Unity was revealed!

An unseen pressure seems to descend on both as the slit-eyes swordsman moves extremely fast and crossed the distance of about 10 meters almost instantly and appears in front of Aizu!

But she seemed prepared, she raised her sword bringing disturbances to her surroundings. Her face was solemn looking at the incoming sword that latches onto some unnatural power affecting the surroundings too.

CLANK!

Their sword crashed into each other, causing sharp wind enough to cut one skin to blow everywhere and affect the surroundings.

As soon as she took the force of the clash, Aizu was shocked and lost her footing, groaning, her body shot back from the place of confrontation, before hitting the ground heavily.

Stabilizing herself, she looks at the silt-eyes swordsman with cuts only on his clothes in shock. Different from her looks before, her long black hair was a mess with unseen cuts all over her body and there was blood on the corner of her mouth!

"So fast! Mid-level Unity?" she exclaimed.

"Oh, wrong but not far off. I was initially lucky but because of a nuisance like you all, I am only in my current state," he was surprised at first but grew hateful, he rushed toward her without any hesitation; intending to kill!

With his sharp sword descending, Aizu didn't have time to attack, and fearing for her life, she maneuvered all her strength to divert his sword.

But, when their swords were only a few centimeters from colliding, something unexpected by the two took place!

In an instant of the next moment, a long and sharp sword just like Aizu's, whistled past from her side and parried the oncoming attack, causing sparks and sharp winds to blow everywhere, but that wasn't all, as the sword didn't stop, its sharp tip directly tore into the hand and traveled upward; splitting the arm holding the sword into half!

Slash!

Both were still in shock as blood sprayed everywhere, the arm of the slit-eyes swordsman was carved in half, all the way from the hands to his shoulder; making his bone exposed!

The slit-eye swordsman was still in dismay, his pupils shrinking into smaller slits looking at the pale-white swordsman that had appeared behind the girl in disbelief.

The unassuming thin person who stood at the side had interfered, causing blood to flow!

"Ahh!!"

Dropping his sword, the slit-eyes youth scream miserably in pain while looking at his hand. The pain came too instantly that it made him almost lose consciousness.

Aizu turns to look at the youth behind her in shock! They were closed to the point she could even feel his breath, at some point during her battle, he had appeared behind her.

White looked at his blood-covered robes, not caring about it or the shock on the girl's face.

He immediately moves toward the miserable swordsman, screaming in both pain and madness.

White had finally seen how these people fight during their first exchange, although short, it was all he needed.

Now he had some idea about the changes in his body.

Looking at the slit-eyes youth laying miserable on the ground, he slightly shook his head.

Utilizing the strength of his body through the Unity, he raised his sword to the side and swiped easily through the neck of the slit-eyes youth. He was sure to die sooner or later, White just acted faster and saved his time.

The youth didn't even have the time to scream before his head separated from his body; his eyes wide and mouth agape. 

White just stood there, looking at the dead body, his expression unchanging and only sighing at the blood.