Chapter 124 Warning


    ''Don''t tell me this is the guy the Count warned us about…''


    Carter slowly started to be more nervous when he considered this question.


    On the other side, Alex just gazed across the entire crowd of unmoving mercenaries,pletely unaware of Carter''s thoughts.


    His energy had already recoveredpletely to 100% by this point.


    "Well then, it seems like none of you are willing to return what is rightfully mine. For that, I can only say that what happens next is your own fault." N?v(el)B\\jnn


    Alex announced then shook his head.


    The moment thest word left his mouth, he immediately made his move.


    His first target was Carter, who happened to be the strongest person out of this bunch of mercenaries.


    His Mutant ss D- rank strength would prove to be a decent challenge for Alex to ovee.


    Yes, only a challenge.


    Alex didn''t actually view Carter as a threat at all.


    "You leave me no choice." Alex spoke to the man, but Carter didn''t look like he was in any mood to listen.


    Swoosh!


    Alex''s sword drew a heavy arc across the air, scaring away any brave mercenaries who wanted to step in and intervene with Alex''s fight against Carter.


    It''s zing glory proving to be quite the effective deterrent.


    A secondter, Carter appeared at another spot in the clearing.


    Deep red blood sttered on the ground.


    When his bloodshot eyes spotted Alex''s, a menacing light shed across them.


    With that one swing from his sword, Alex had cut off Carter''s thumb. Even worse was that it was his right hand''s thumb — his dominant hand.


    Carter''s grip on his sword immediately loosened, and he couldn''t hold it right without a thumb to support it. He was forced to switch it to his non-dominant hand.


    Without wasting a single second, the enraged Carter shouted some incoherent grunts and rushed forward to attack.


    Alex swiftly sidestepped, dodging the sword, and then kicked forwards, removing Carter from his rampaging path. Simultaneously, Alex''s sword shed in the air andnded a mind numbing blow on the back of Carter''s neck.


    His huge sword, over double the length of Alex''s, shot forward with a terrifying speed, tearing the air in its path.


    Alex swiftly sidestepped, dodging the sword, and then kicked forwards, removing Carter from his rampaging path. Simultaneously, Alex''s sword shed in the air andnded a mind numbing blow on the back of Carter''s neck.


    Thud!


    He hit the ground not a secondter,pletely unconscious from Alex''s previous attack.


    "Oh man, you really made this whole thing a lot easier for me by going all blood frenzy mode on me!" Alex made some sarcastic and joking remarks about Carter while casually wiping down his sword using Carter''s clothes, removing any blood or dirt that still lingered.


    The moment this scene urred in front of every one of the mercenaries'' eyes, Alex expected one thing to happen.


    For everyone of them to use their intelligence and see that they, even as a 50v1, were no match for Alex, and surrender themselves and Alex''s beast cores back to him.


    However, everyone just stood there, unmoving.


    That was the case at least, until one of the older men, clearly a veteran among this group, made the first move.


    But he wasn''t moving towards Alex, nor did his eyes even drift near to Alex.


    Instead, he held his hands behind his back the whole time, facing in Alex''s direction but staring at Carter''s body with a gaze that Alex couldn''t decipher.


    "What? Was he your lover or something?"


    Alex joked, making fun of the guy, but even that prompted no response.


    However at that moment he felt a spiking of energy in the air, one which didn''t seem natural.


    The source of the spiking energy just happened to coincidentally originate from the same direction the veteran was…


    ''What''s this… wait!''


    "You fucker!" Alex shouted in a rage as he realised what was going on by now.


    ''He''s absorbing one of my beast cores!''


    Alex felt himself be welled up with anger and every other negative emotion as heunched off the ground.


    Before the veteran adventurer had time to react, Alex closed the distance between the two of them in less than a blink of an eye.


    "You shouldn''t have done that."


    Silence.


    The moment Alex spoke, all of the mour and light speaking from the other adventurers died down in an instant.


    Shing!


    Alex drew his sword back to himself and wiped it down once again.


    "Puh… Puh…" The veteran tried to spit out a few words, but all that came were some noises and grunts.


    Thud!


    Shortly after that, his vision started fading to endless darkness, but not before he felt himself toppling to the ground.


    Alex hadn''t shown any mercy to this man — the moment he saw him so boldly take one of his beast cores and start absorbing it, he was practically a dead man already.


    This was only confirmed though the moment his head left his shoulders and rolled into the hole the man was previously digging.


    Mike felt his back drowning in a cold sweat. He looked towards the gruesome scene of the veteran''s still standing, headless body and couldn''t even catch his breath since the whole ordeal took ce before his eyes could even register what had happened.


    But it was like his brain instinctively knew, as the cold sweats appeared before Alex had even killed the man.


    It was like Mike was staring down a real predator, and he didn''t like what he was seeing.


    Step…


    Step…


    Mike slowly started to walk towards the centre of the clearing, where Alex happened to be.


    Alex of course noticed this change immediately, but he paid no notice to it and continued wiping down his sword.


    But when Mike finally came within stabbing distance, he looked up at him and met his eyes.


    Gulp!


    Mike couldn''t help but be afraid when he looked into the deep abyss of Alex''s eyes.


    "I-I surrender!"


    Pushing past his nerves, he stuttered out his surrender towards Alex as he passed him the two beast cores he had already collected, emptying the rest of his pockets as well to prove that he wasn''t hiding anything from Alex.


    "Thank you! Finally someone here with a brain, I''ll do you the favour of letting you keep all 10 of your fingers for being brave enough to step up first!"


    Alex announced loudly for all of the mercenaries to hear, and shooed Mike away when he was finished.


    Mike, naturally relieved, couldn''t stand staying here any longer and made a run for it out of the forest.


    He couldn''t care less what happened to hispatriots anymore.


    But Mike''s actions sparked a big movement, as every one of the remaining mercenaries started to walk towards Alex and offering their apologies and beast cores.