I leave the city as quickly as possible, avoiding people’s gazes as much as I can, and if I feel cornered I simply teleport to a less crowded place. After several hundred meters in an open area, I decide to take this seriously, I levitate into the air and begin flying.
I didn’t do it inside the village to avoid alarming the citizens, I also want to stay unnoticed as much as possible.
I pull out a poorly made map from the dimensional bracelet of the person who gave me the information. This map is a complete disaster, a six-year-old child could draw something better, although I understand it was made that way to avoid giving too many clues to anyone capable of stealing it.
I look northward, a huge mountain stands several kilometers away, then I shift my gaze slightly to the left, I need to head in that direction first. The snow in this territory is not as abundant as in the southern and northern parts of the planet, it only snows enough to lightly cover the surfaces.
Under other circumstances I would hate this place, I dislike the cold. My ruby rank body and ice affinity make it easier, right now I feel like I’m on a tropical island.
After flying for almost an hour, I finally arrive at a point where it’s better to continue on foot. The base is close, it’s better to proceed carefully. I walk between the trees making as little noise as possible, being cautious is always a good thing.
During the entire trip I haven’t seen any grade 4 monsters, mostly only grade 2 and fewer grade 3s. This place seems fairly safe to live in if you are sapphire rank, but at the same time it is a huge limitation if you want to continue growing, which explains why there are so few ruby ranks.
I suddenly stop after advancing a few more meters. My Personal World detected something unusual, I can’t inspect the area completely, but the closer I get, the more noticeable it becomes. There is a huge invisible sphere a few dozen meters ahead.
This is the place, this is the base of those damned sons of bitches. According to the information I received, there are no more than twenty people and only five of them are ruby rank.
“Glia, stay inside, only come out if you think I’m in danger.” I speak to my sister, I can feel a bit of anxiety from her, she wants to come out and help.
“Fine. If I sense even the slightest danger to your life, I’ll come out.” She calmly closes her eyes again.
My abilities begin taking shape around my body, all my power erupts like a volcano through my body. There will be no mercy for these people, not after what I know they have done.
As expected, the moment I take the first step inside their hideout, my entire perception changes, I can no longer feel anything happening outside. My Personal World detects several people trapped in small cages off to one side like animals, all of them women or small children.
On the other side, around one hundred meters away, I can sense people sleeping inside tents and others celebrating around a bonfire. The moment I see this group of people, I completely lose my patience, with one step I advance dozens of meters until I reach their backs.
One of them notices my presence, a bald man with a very long and messy beard. “Who are you? Where did you come from?” His voice sounds slightly friendly, but his Imra is rotten, he is looking at me like prey or trash.
Before his companions can react, the man falls backward dead. A massive black ice sword pierced through his entire chest in less than a second.
“We’re under attack!” I hear one of them shout. All of them stop what they are doing and focus on the only person who is not part of their group or merchandise: me.
“There’s no point.” My words vanish amidst all the noise around me. The moment I finish speaking, the pressure of gravity intensifies, electric serpents attack everything within a thirty-meter radius, and deadly cold erupts from my body.
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The sapphire ranks fall like flies, they have absolutely no chance of enduring all my abilities infused with my Imra, Laws, and above all my Dominion. The last one is still difficult to use alone, it is only relatively easy to combine it with my constructions because I used to do the same thing with my Banner.
The sudden explosions of power are extinguished instantly, their bodies suffer severe burns from the electric serpents, some have lost organs or limbs, gravity keeps them almost frozen in place, only a few can move slightly.
The ruby rank men are a different case, they still have some mobility inside this field of death. Their movements are slowed enough to force them into a Dominion battle, I try to restrain them while they struggle with all their strength to escape.
Not even thirty seconds pass before only six people remain standing. Every sapphire rank is scattered dead across the ground, some killed by death mana, others by the serpents, and others frozen by the Joyeuse, I showed no mercy.
“Who the fuck are you? Do you know who you’re attacking? You’ll regret this.” A woman with blonde hair, a pointed nose, and fierce eyes shouts at me, she is even taller than me.
“I know who you are, that’s why I’m attacking you. I won’t regret anything, you’ll never know who attacked you.” My eyes are closed and several layers of cloth cover my hair color and part of my face, it’s somewhat uncomfortable fighting with my eyes closed, but with Personal World it isn’t that much of a problem.
My clothes are very simple, black pants and a black shirt you can find anywhere in the world, no logos or special materials. I’m preventing them from getting any description of me, if they have a way to communicate, they won’t be able to provide an exact description.
“It’s just one guy, he already spent a lot of energy killing all those idiots. We can send him to hell if all five of us attack together.” A short but very muscular man shouts, he holds an enormous hammer.
The entire group quietly agrees with their companion’s words. I simply observe them, waiting for their first move, ready to unleash myself.
The moment the long-legged woman is about to take her first step, I release the electric and gravitational energy from my body to propel myself toward her first. The force of not restraining myself at all is reflected in the cracked ground.
A dull sound echoes behind me. The woman’s head falls first, then her entire body collapses as if the strings of a puppet had been cut. The rest of her companions freeze after seeing one of their allies die without being able to do anything.
I have to admit that woman wasn’t weak, at the last moment I felt several of her abilities activate and her Dominion tried to protect her. Her mistake was not preparing a second earlier, trusting she could defeat me as a group led her to death.
The others are still pieces of shit, but they aren’t idiots. They activate all their abilities as quickly as possible, their bodies become reinforced, their weapons gain mana affinities, and several constructions fly directly toward where I’m standing.
I don’t move from my position. Gravity, ice, death, and electricity do their job, stopping all the projectiles around me, and the few that reach me simply collide with my body, only tearing my clothes slightly.
A man with a large shield positions himself in front of his companions, the others prepare to flank me while the long-range attacker begins constructing something much larger.
I don’t want to give them much time, I charge toward them again at full speed. The shield man places his shield in my path, I swing my sword with all the force possible without damaging any muscles or bones.
The man manages to block my strike. I open my eyes in surprise when I see him withstand the blow, I can see a confident smile on his face after the first exchange. My other sword is already moving to strike him again, he adjusts his shield to block me once more.
This time I don’t hold back much, I feel the muscles in my body tearing slightly because of the gravitational force. The strike is considerably stronger because I send the man flying several meters backward. This time our reactions are opposite, he is shocked while I have a huge smile.
I like this new body, it’s already healing itself, I don’t even need to use my healing ability to regenerate these minor injuries, life mana already flows through my body continuously.
My body never stopped moving, the moment the shield bearer lost his position, the other two were forced to attack me. A huge hammer and a spear target me, I dodge the hammer by lowering my head slightly and the spear is deflected by one of my swords.
My other arm moves even faster than when I launched the shield bearer away. I hear a scream and the sound of a hammer hitting the ground. I can see the short man staring at me with clear anger, and deep inside his eyes I see it, he is afraid.
I have to retreat immediately because several water serpents appear around me trying to trap me. These serpents are not insignificant, they possess tremendous power, if they hit me directly they can easily injure me.
That is if they manage to hit me. I’ve practiced my defenses for a long time, almost all my time as sapphire rank was dedicated to improving my defensive abilities. The serpents are weakened before reaching me, and the few that do touch me only cause slight injuries on my skin.
I stare at them while a smile escapes my lips. I can see all their bodies trembling after seeing me smile. Yes, that fear, I want them to feel it, the same fear they caused their victims.