‘What kind of monster is he!?
J-Just how is this possible!?
Is he even human!?’
General Armando was horrified.
This was supposed to be a simple job.
All he had to do was defeat Expert Stage Cultivators, if possible, capture them alive and then return to the base with the two of them.
Then, he would interrogate them and would also torture his subordinate who had betrayed him.
This was an easy thing to do…
Then…
Then… how…
How in the hell did he meet this monster…?
People who had affinities with two elements were considered talented, right?
They were god gifted and were called a prodigy, right?
Then what about this bastard?
Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, this monster had affinity with all these elements!
And as if this was not enough, this bastard also had unreasonable strength, speed, defence and most probably Mana.
Just… Just how is he supposed to fight against this bastard!?
“Oi oi, the strength behind your attack is reducing, are you getting tired?”
The man questioned and Armando’s lips twitched in frustration.
“C’mon, a King Stage Cultivator can do better than that, right?
Aren’t King Stage Cultivators supposed to be strong? Why are you so weak?”
‘You bastard! It’s you!
It’s you who is abnormal!’
The General cursed in his head.
However, he didn’t say anything out loud.
He didn’t have the time to.
He had to be extra attentive to fight against this man. If he loses focus for even a second, it might lead to a fatal injury.
Yes, it was a difficult and hardcore fight where both parties couldn’t be careless, even for a single second.
Or that was what the General thought.
“Haahh… this is getting boring…
Let’s end this shall we?”
“Huh?”
The General frowned and a smile appeared on Nux’s face.
“I won’t hold back anymore, okay?”
‘You were holding back!?’
The General screamed inwardly, however, before he could even react, Nux disappeared from his vision and appeared behind him.
“Ugghhh!!”
The general was unable to react in time and Nux attacked his left calf.
The General lost his balance and fell down.
Seeing this, a kind smile appeared on Nux’s face,
“With this, you won’t be able to run away.”
The General stood up, however,
“Ugghhh!!”
Nux kicked his stomach and the General’s body flew away.
*Thud*
“Don’t move, you are only going to make this more painful for yourself.”
Nux muttered calmly as he stepped towards him.
“Alright, let me ask you again,
Armando Callen, are you willing to be my Slave?”
“Never.”
The General glared at Nux with defiance in his eyes.
*Bam*
Nux, however, just stomped on his face and contrary to the General’s expectations, a big smile appeared on Nux’s face.
“Oh ho?
Well don’t worry, we have a lot of time to change your mind.
Fufufu~”
“General…”
Suddenly, the man who was looking at everything from far, Deputy General Ansel muttered,
“I would suggest that you give up…
It is for your own good…”
Saying that, Ansel turned silent and his body started trembling.
Seeing this, the General frowned and seeing this, Nux smiled inwardly.
The Doubt was planted.
Now, all he had to plant was ‘hopelessness’.
“Hmph! You think I will be scared of little torture?” The General snorted.
“Y-You might be able to bear it for a few hours… or even a day… but…
Can you bear it for months? Years? Decades?
Can you bear it for the rest of your life?”
Ansel questioned with no emotion in his eyes.
It was as if he was dead from the inside.
“Believe me, general, this man is scarier than he looks.”
“Your words do not scare me, traitor. And don’t worry, others will find me soon enough.”
“They won’t,” Ansel answered.
“Huh?” Armando frowned.
“You are already dead, General Armando.”
“Huh?”
“General Armando left his room with his trusted subordinate, Deputy General Ansel, however, Ansel turned out to be a traitor and the General was surrounded by Ember and 5 other Expert Stage Cultivators that the Woods Dynasty sent here for the sake of revenge.
The General fought bravely, however, he was eventually defeated and killed.
The proof of this incident will be the soldier, who ‘by chance’ saw this happening with his own eyes.
Ah yes, don’t worry, that ‘soldier’ is the spy planted by me as well.”
Nux muttered with a small smile on his face.
The General narrowed his eyes,
“You think they will believe this ridiculous story?”
“Of course not.
They will look for proof, therefore, they would come here, where you and I fought.
How many elements do you think were used in this fight?”
Nux questioned.
“…”
The General turned silent and Nux smiled.
“All 4 elements were used, not only that, but your signature move, Ground Tremor was used as well.
Combined with all that blood dropped here and the missing you, what do you think the common interpretation will be?”
“…”
The General didn’t reply.
Then, a crazed smile appeared on Nux’s face as he continued.
“General Armando Callen fought bravely, however, in the end, he was outnumbered and wasn’t able to make it out alive.
The case will then be closed and no one will look for you.
After that…
We would have a long long long chat with each other, General Armando.
As I said, we have a lot of time to change that rigid mind of yours.”
“…”
The General looked at Nux with a grave expression on his face.
He had to run… he had to leave this place…
However, he wasn’t able to defeat this man when he was at his full strength, just how would he defeat him now?
No matter how hard he thought, the General couldn’t see a way out.
‘Do I have no other option than to suffer from endless torture?’
He questioned inwardly and suddenly, Ansel muttered,
“General… I know you are loyal to the kingdom… however, this man would torture you for decades if it is required… 20 years ago, I was the same as you, however, within just 5 years, my willpower broke down.
These people are too horrifying… General…
Don’t try too hard…”
The General frowned.
‘These people…’
He noted these words.
‘This is a whole organization…
A horrifying organization that works in shadow, nothing is known about them.
He had many questions in his mind.
How strong they are?
How many members do they have?
How deep their roots are?
How long have they existed for?
The more he thought about it, the more solemn his expression got.
Nothing… practically nothing was known about this organization…
‘I need to do something about it…’
A determined look appeared on General’s face and seeing that look, Nux smiled.
‘Doubt, hopelessness and then, an opportunity to become a hero.
And what does the hero do?
Self Sacrifice.’
“I agree, I agree to be your slave.”
He decided to infiltrate this organization.
“Good job.
Now let me ask again for confirmation,
General Armando Callen,
Are you willing to be my Slave?”