Chapter 4: Sludge apostle

By the orders of the committee! I hereby judge you as a heresy for forming ties with demons!"

On a platform, surrounded by hundreds of people, a woman was on her knees with her head trapped between a guillotine. A man stood over her with an axe.

"For such crimes, we condemn her to death!"

The judge said with a cold face. The crowd watched in silence as the woman begged for her life.

"It's lies! I did not do such a thing, believe me!"

The woman looked at the judge, and her eyes were wet with tears, but it was for null as the executioner raised his blade.

The woman started shaking as her eyes filled with fear opened wide, her teeth started rattling in fear and hate, and she kept her eyes locked onto the judge, burning his image into her mind.

"Execute!"

The axe fell onto the woman's neck, and it sliced through it with barely any resistance, with a splurt of blood, the head flew in the air, before falling onto the ground.

The judge turned towards the ruler of the city, and he trembled with fear as he spoke to him.

"Your majesty, it is finished, but this was the fifth person this month, isn't it too much?"

A plump man smiled, his bald head resembling a jellyball. His eyes drooped due to the excess weight on his face, and a cup perched on his head was filled with a bright red liquid.

"I don't care. Continue to apprehend anyone that looks suspicious, under the charge of heresy..."

"As a ruler, I must ensure my people's safety from sinister individuals."

A monotone voice came out of the man's voice, he smiled as he talked about heresy, his eyes not having a shred of care and guilt.

Under the platform, the people suddenly walked back in shock as they saw a man pick up the head of the woman.

"What a fucking bastard..."

Guts looked into the eyes of the woman, which was still open. Even in death, she had hate and despair in those innocent eyes of hers.

"Sister!"

Guts looked towards the voice, and he saw a little kid crying as he tried to get to his sister, in those little eyes of his, among the tears, Guts saw something else mixed in there.

It was pure hatred. It was overflowing from a kid as small as that. Guts smiled as he looked at the head in his hand again, turned towards the kid, and walked to him.

Guts walked over to the kid, just as the soldier was about to poke the spear through the chest of the kid, Guts stopped him.

The soldier watched in fear and shock as Guts crushed the metal spear in his hand, and he backed up in fear at the supernatural sight.

The kid looked up, with tears streaming down his face, and Guts got down to eye level with the kid.

"Do you want me to kill them?"

Guts asked as he touched the bleeding brand on his neck, the kid nodded his hand as Guts handed the head of his sister to him, which the kid immediately cradled as he started sobbing.

Standing up, Guts let out a sigh as he cracked the bones in his neck, he let out a comfortable sigh as he turned to look at the apostle on the platform.

"Guts, are you sure you can take down these soldiers? And that so-called apostle?"

Puck looked around them with worry as he emerged from the hoodie of his cloak. Puck saw tens of soldiers surround him, with the king of the city being an apostle from what Guts told him.

The apostle looked down at Guts, and he opened his eyes wide as he saw the bleeding mark on his neck.

"Interesting, the Black Swordsman huh? Is this a declaration of war?"

The apostle asked with a curious one in his voice, not scared of Guts at all, believing that a human could never kill an apostle, just like the snake apostle.

Guts smirked as he took the Dragon Slayer off his back, the sword resting comfortably in his hand. The soldiers took out their weapons, and Guts looked back at the little kid.

"Kid, watch this with your eyes wide open, don't miss even a slight detail!"

Guts turned around, and with a swipe of his sword, 3 soldiers in front of him were chopped in half, their upper bodies flying in the air, organs and intestines being thrown into the air.

"Kill him!"

The judge of the platform declared, and instantly at least 30 soldiers surrounded Guts from all around, the residents of the city were already running away from the place.

Guts let a huge smirk make it onto his face. He looked up at the apostle and he swiped his sword again, cutting a few soldiers in half again from the waist down.

Feeling the increase in his strength, Guts felt comfortable as he felt strength enter his body.

"What the hell is that sword!..."

The soldiers backed up in fear, but Guts was not about to let any of them run away.

"Archers, get ready!"

From the top of buildings, archers took the chance to try and shoot Guts, but Puck came in clutch and he lit himself up with a fierce light, blinding the archers.

Guts took the chance, and he shot his own arrows, killing them in quick succession.

He might not know how to aim, but his body is getting stronger, and this allowed his control and aim to be good even without practising with a bow and arrow.

"Captain!"

Guts looked back, and a huge man was walking towards him, he had a mask on and a huge Warhammer in his hands.

"Wow... Talk about scary!"

Puck floated back down to Guts' shoulder, and he looked at the huge man with a mocking look on his face, Guts smirked as he dashed forward, his speed leaving an afterimage.

Boom!

His sword cleaved through the body of the Captain, killing him instantly. Guts smiled as he felt the force equal to killing 3 soldiers enter his body.

"He is stronger than I thought... "

The apostle looked down onto the battlefield with a cold expression in his eyes, he did not want to reveal his demon form to the public, but he knew he now did not have a choice.

The apostle stood up from his throne, and Guts smirked as he looked up at the platform, he cleaved through a horde of soldiers as he dashed towards the platform.

With a jump he soared 5 meters into the air, his sword was raised high in the air, and with a roar, he brought it down with full force towards the apostle.

"Arghhh!!!"

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