Chapter 265: 031 – Mercy Is...
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Cassy was gripping onto the sword with so much force that his entire body was shaking, "I'm sorry Anna," he said taking a step towards her.
Before Anna could take another step back she felt her feet lift of the ground an arm was wrapped tightly around her body and she was moving very quickly, when she opened her eyes again she found herself on the ground and besides her was the mayor and his wife.
The four of them were standing on a side road together, "Take Anna and get out of the village," he said shoving his wife towards the mayor then he ran back the way he came from.
He had made his decision the only reason he wanted to join Unity was so that he could get the power to prove to his family that they were wrong for disregarding him.
But if it meant killing someone that he loved, he'd rather stay as some common villager without any power.
When he returned he found that Lirian was still standing there on top of the burning building without moving an inch.
Cassy noticed the look of pain on Lirian's face and realised that something was wrong, which gave him an opportunity.
Cassy rushed over to the burning building, and with a quick swipe of his mythic grade sword, he cut into the burning wood.
Cassy jumped back as he heard the creaking sounds increase rapidly, the entire building started to collapse with Lirian standing at the top.
Boom.
A huge gust of wind swept in all direction, carrying burning splinters into the night sky, that resembled a swarm of fireflies.
Despite this Cassy still looked on with a guarded stance, he slowly walked into the burning wreckage, he knew that something like this was nowhere close to enough to kill a strong cultivator.
A three-storey fall would only hurt him a little and since he believed Lirian to be a superior in Unity, he doubted that he even had a fighting chance, but he had to do everything he could to buy time for his wife to escape.
"So, you made your choice, huh," he heard Lirian say from behind him.
He turned around to see Lirian standing in the wreckage and facing him with a scowl.
"I have something to protect," Cassy said readying his sword and pointing it at Lirian, he didn't rush in to attack, he knew it was a losing battle the only thing he could do now was stall for as much time as possible.
"Shut up!" Lirian shouted.
"Shut up, Shut up, SHUT UP!" Cassy heard Lirian roar while gripping onto the side of his head, with a crazed look.
Cassy felt that Lirian was a little of his rockers earlier but now he was completely certain that Lirian was insane.
He could tell that it wasn't him Lirian was shouting at like a mad man.
"It's because of you that I missed the show," he heard Lirian mutter with gritted teeth.
Seeing the strange state of Lirian, Cassy felt that it was probably his only chance to win in a battle so, instead of waiting he swirled the sword around with a fancy manoeuvre and kept a good set of distance between himself and Lirian as he brought the blade to confront Lirian.
Lirian's body moved on instinct, but instead of grabbing his swords he grabbed onto two of the daggers holstered onto his thigh.
With a slick movement he parried the blade with one dagger and closed the distance before planting a foot in Cassy's gut.
Cassy stumbled backwards and fell back, he looked at Lirian in disbelief, 'Wasn't he supposed to be a spiritist or a mage?" he wondered.
While the kick that he received wasn't very strong it was certainly enough to knock the air out of him, what was worse that he was barely able to follow Lirian's movements at all.
He could hardly accept it after all he was already a fifth stage novice, to lose in a battle of strength was unbelievable.
"That was a difference in technique not strength," he heard Lirian say as if reading his mind. "What the hell was that bullshit flourishing of your sword," he heard Lirian admonishing him.
"I guess that's all nobles are good for in this world, they learn how to wave their swords in fancy patterns that have absolutely no use," Lirian said with a scowl.
Cassy wasn't surprised that Lirian knew he was a former noble, it was only natural that Unity would do a background check into his past.
Cassy climbed back to his feet, he could tell that he was being toyed with, but he was grateful the longer he was toyed with the more time he bought for his wife to escape, that was all that mattered.
Cassy held his sword at the ready and faced Lirian with determination, he hated that smirk on Lirian's face, the one that said I can see through everything you do, it's all futile.
It was just like that look his elder sister always looked at him with, she was the first born so she would naturally inherit everything while he was destined to be cast aside.
It was a look of pity, a look that made him feel like he was worthless.
That look got his veins burning and he felt like his body would explode at any moment, he swung his sword wildly at Lirian bringing it down in a vertical slice, he wanted to hack Lirian in half from the head down.
Lirian didn't dare to face the attack head on, his current opponent was a lot stronger than him, not to mention that he was a good foot and a half taller than Lirian.
Facing that attack head on was asking for death, and Lirian wasn't sure if the daggers would hold out against such a strike from a mythic grade weapon.
But that said Lirian already achieved his goal, he riled up Cassy and got him to make an overly big move which created a big opening.
As the sword came down Lirian took a quick step forward and done a simple spin on the ground, it allowed him to avoid the strike and close in on Cassy in one swift movement.
He used the spin to propel one of the daggers forward, Lirian felt a bit of resistance when the blade reached Cassy skin, but it quickly broke through under the force Lirian instilled, and soon Lirian's dagger was planted in Cassy's elbow, and with another lithe movement, he planted the other dagger in on the other side of Cassy's elbow.
Cassy didn't even get the time to think, one moment he slashed at Lirian and in the next second two daggers were planted in his elbow, before he could even let out a grunt he saw Lirian press that blade and give them a slight twist.
Which resulted in his elbow dislocating and then being completely severed.
Cassy felt like he was seeing stars as he watched his arm get severed, it was like he could only watch and do nothing about it, everything felt so surreal at the moment, he couldn't even scream.
His body went into complete shock and his remaining hand lost all it's strength, the sword clattered to the ground but he barely heard it over the raging flames that encircled him.
"You really are worthless," he heard Lirian whisper to him, but he felt like he was incapable of responding.
He watched as Lirian picked up his sword and gave it a swing that was so beautiful and crisp, that for a second he forgot that Lirian was his enemy.
The last thing he saw was the flickering flames flashing of the edge of his blade, as it swiped horizontally and passed through his neck.
Lirian staggered suddenly, as Cassy's head rolled onto the ground, and his blood became fuel for the fire.
A message popped up on the system.
[You killed a first grade cultivator +500 fate particles]
[x2 fate particles for killing someone of a higher-grade]
But Lirian didn't have the mind to pay attention to the alert, because the voice was there again sounding like an explosion in his head, "mercy is…" it cried with a soft and gentle plea to its tone.
Lirian gritted his teeth to get rid of the blaring siren in his head, but it barely helped at all.
Lirian felt like his entire mind was swaying and a feeling of nausea overtook him, but he forced his feet to keep moving one foot in front of the other, just like he always did in the past.
Lirian walked past the dead body of Cassy without a care he used the mythic grade sword like a walking cane to guide himself around the debris of the fallen inn.
All the while silver energy began to pool all around his body.
Lirian took deep breaths when he finally left the burning wreckage and then he let a wisp of the silver energy touch the raging flames.
"Ignite," Lirian whispered while clutching onto his head.
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Cassy was gripping onto the sword with so much force that his entire body was shaking, "I'm sorry Anna," he said taking a step towards her.
Before Anna could take another step back she felt her feet lift of the ground an arm was wrapped tightly around her body and she was moving very quickly, when she opened her eyes again she found herself on the ground and besides her was the mayor and his wife.
The four of them were standing on a side road together, "Take Anna and get out of the village," he said shoving his wife towards the mayor then he ran back the way he came from.
He had made his decision the only reason he wanted to join Unity was so that he could get the power to prove to his family that they were wrong for disregarding him.
But if it meant killing someone that he loved, he'd rather stay as some common villager without any power.
When he returned he found that Lirian was still standing there on top of the burning building without moving an inch.
Cassy noticed the look of pain on Lirian's face and realised that something was wrong, which gave him an opportunity.
Cassy rushed over to the burning building, and with a quick swipe of his mythic grade sword, he cut into the burning wood.
Cassy jumped back as he heard the creaking sounds increase rapidly, the entire building started to collapse with Lirian standing at the top.
Boom.
A huge gust of wind swept in all direction, carrying burning splinters into the night sky, that resembled a swarm of fireflies.
Despite this Cassy still looked on with a guarded stance, he slowly walked into the burning wreckage, he knew that something like this was nowhere close to enough to kill a strong cultivator.
A three-storey fall would only hurt him a little and since he believed Lirian to be a superior in Unity, he doubted that he even had a fighting chance, but he had to do everything he could to buy time for his wife to escape.
"So, you made your choice, huh," he heard Lirian say from behind him.
He turned around to see Lirian standing in the wreckage and facing him with a scowl.
"I have something to protect," Cassy said readying his sword and pointing it at Lirian, he didn't rush in to attack, he knew it was a losing battle the only thing he could do now was stall for as much time as possible.
"Shut up!" Lirian shouted.
"Shut up, Shut up, SHUT UP!" Cassy heard Lirian roar while gripping onto the side of his head, with a crazed look.
Cassy felt that Lirian was a little of his rockers earlier but now he was completely certain that Lirian was insane.
He could tell that it wasn't him Lirian was shouting at like a mad man.
"It's because of you that I missed the show," he heard Lirian mutter with gritted teeth.
Seeing the strange state of Lirian, Cassy felt that it was probably his only chance to win in a battle so, instead of waiting he swirled the sword around with a fancy manoeuvre and kept a good set of distance between himself and Lirian as he brought the blade to confront Lirian.
Lirian's body moved on instinct, but instead of grabbing his swords he grabbed onto two of the daggers holstered onto his thigh.
With a slick movement he parried the blade with one dagger and closed the distance before planting a foot in Cassy's gut.
Cassy stumbled backwards and fell back, he looked at Lirian in disbelief, 'Wasn't he supposed to be a spiritist or a mage?" he wondered.
While the kick that he received wasn't very strong it was certainly enough to knock the air out of him, what was worse that he was barely able to follow Lirian's movements at all.
He could hardly accept it after all he was already a fifth stage novice, to lose in a battle of strength was unbelievable.
"That was a difference in technique not strength," he heard Lirian say as if reading his mind. "What the hell was that bullshit flourishing of your sword," he heard Lirian admonishing him.
"I guess that's all nobles are good for in this world, they learn how to wave their swords in fancy patterns that have absolutely no use," Lirian said with a scowl.
Cassy wasn't surprised that Lirian knew he was a former noble, it was only natural that Unity would do a background check into his past.
Cassy climbed back to his feet, he could tell that he was being toyed with, but he was grateful the longer he was toyed with the more time he bought for his wife to escape, that was all that mattered.
Cassy held his sword at the ready and faced Lirian with determination, he hated that smirk on Lirian's face, the one that said I can see through everything you do, it's all futile.
It was just like that look his elder sister always looked at him with, she was the first born so she would naturally inherit everything while he was destined to be cast aside.
It was a look of pity, a look that made him feel like he was worthless.
That look got his veins burning and he felt like his body would explode at any moment, he swung his sword wildly at Lirian bringing it down in a vertical slice, he wanted to hack Lirian in half from the head down.
Lirian didn't dare to face the attack head on, his current opponent was a lot stronger than him, not to mention that he was a good foot and a half taller than Lirian.
Facing that attack head on was asking for death, and Lirian wasn't sure if the daggers would hold out against such a strike from a mythic grade weapon.
But that said Lirian already achieved his goal, he riled up Cassy and got him to make an overly big move which created a big opening.
As the sword came down Lirian took a quick step forward and done a simple spin on the ground, it allowed him to avoid the strike and close in on Cassy in one swift movement.
He used the spin to propel one of the daggers forward, Lirian felt a bit of resistance when the blade reached Cassy skin, but it quickly broke through under the force Lirian instilled, and soon Lirian's dagger was planted in Cassy's elbow, and with another lithe movement, he planted the other dagger in on the other side of Cassy's elbow.
Cassy didn't even get the time to think, one moment he slashed at Lirian and in the next second two daggers were planted in his elbow, before he could even let out a grunt he saw Lirian press that blade and give them a slight twist.
Which resulted in his elbow dislocating and then being completely severed.
Cassy felt like he was seeing stars as he watched his arm get severed, it was like he could only watch and do nothing about it, everything felt so surreal at the moment, he couldn't even scream.
His body went into complete shock and his remaining hand lost all it's strength, the sword clattered to the ground but he barely heard it over the raging flames that encircled him.
"You really are worthless," he heard Lirian whisper to him, but he felt like he was incapable of responding.
He watched as Lirian picked up his sword and gave it a swing that was so beautiful and crisp, that for a second he forgot that Lirian was his enemy.
The last thing he saw was the flickering flames flashing of the edge of his blade, as it swiped horizontally and passed through his neck.
Lirian staggered suddenly, as Cassy's head rolled onto the ground, and his blood became fuel for the fire.
A message popped up on the system.
[You killed a first grade cultivator +500 fate particles]
[x2 fate particles for killing someone of a higher-grade]
But Lirian didn't have the mind to pay attention to the alert, because the voice was there again sounding like an explosion in his head, "mercy is…" it cried with a soft and gentle plea to its tone.
Lirian gritted his teeth to get rid of the blaring siren in his head, but it barely helped at all.
Lirian felt like his entire mind was swaying and a feeling of nausea overtook him, but he forced his feet to keep moving one foot in front of the other, just like he always did in the past.
Lirian walked past the dead body of Cassy without a care he used the mythic grade sword like a walking cane to guide himself around the debris of the fallen inn.
All the while silver energy began to pool all around his body.
Lirian took deep breaths when he finally left the burning wreckage and then he let a wisp of the silver energy touch the raging flames.
"Ignite," Lirian whispered while clutching onto his head.
Cassy was gripping onto the sword with so much force that his entire body was shaking, "I'm sorry Anna," he said taking a step towards her.Before Anna could take another step back she felt her feet lift of the ground an arm was wrapped tightly around her body and she was moving very quickly, when she opened her eyes again she found herself on the ground and besides her was the mayor and his wife.The four of them were standing on a side road together, "Take Anna and get out of the village," he said shoving his wife towards the mayor then he ran back the way he came from.He had made his decision the only reason he wanted to join Unity was so that he could get the power to prove to his family that they were wrong for disregarding him.But if it meant killing someone that he loved, he'd rather stay as some common villager without any power.When he returned he found that Lirian was still standing there on top of the burning building without moving an inch.Cassy noticed the look of pain on Lirian's face and realised that something was wrong, which gave him an opportunity.Cassy rushed over to the burning building, and with a quick swipe of his mythic grade sword, he cut into the burning wood.Cassy jumped back as he heard the creaking sounds increase rapidly, the entire building started to collapse with Lirian standing at the top.Boom.A huge gust of wind swept in all direction, carrying burning splinters into the night sky, that resembled a swarm of fireflies.Despite this Cassy still looked on with a guarded stance, he slowly walked into the burning wreckage, he knew that something like this was nowhere close to enough to kill a strong cultivator.A three-storey fall would only hurt him a little and since he believed Lirian to be a superior in Unity, he doubted that he even had a fighting chance, but he had to do everything he could to buy time for his wife to escape."So, you made your choice, huh," he heard Lirian say from behind him.He turned around to see Lirian standing in the wreckage and facing him with a scowl."I have something to protect," Cassy said readying his sword and pointing it at Lirian, he didn't rush in to attack, he knew it was a losing battle the only thing he could do now was stall for as much time as possible."Shut up!" Lirian shouted."Shut up, Shut up, SHUT UP!" Cassy heard Lirian roar while gripping onto the side of his head, with a crazed look.Cassy felt that Lirian was a little of his rockers earlier but now he was completely certain that Lirian was insane.He could tell that it wasn't him Lirian was shouting at like a mad man."It's because of you that I missed the show," he heard Lirian mutter with gritted teeth.Seeing the strange state of Lirian, Cassy felt that it was probably his only chance to win in a battle so, instead of waiting he swirled the sword around with a fancy manoeuvre and kept a good set of distance between himself and Lirian as he brought the blade to confront Lirian.Lirian's body moved on instinct, but instead of grabbing his swords he grabbed onto two of the daggers holstered onto his thigh.With a slick movement he parried the blade with one dagger and closed the distance before planting a foot in Cassy's gut.Cassy stumbled backwards and fell back, he looked at Lirian in disbelief, 'Wasn't he supposed to be a spiritist or a mage?" he wondered.While the kick that he received wasn't very strong it was certainly enough to knock the air out of him, what was worse that he was barely able to follow Lirian's movements at all.He could hardly accept it after all he was already a fifth stage novice, to lose in a battle of strength was unbelievable."That was a difference in technique not strength," he heard Lirian say as if reading his mind. "What the hell was that bullshit flourishing of your sword," he heard Lirian admonishing him."I guess that's all nobles are good for in this world, they learn how to wave their swords in fancy patterns that have absolutely no use," Lirian said with a scowl.Cassy wasn't surprised that Lirian knew he was a former noble, it was only natural that Unity would do a background check into his past.Cassy climbed back to his feet, he could tell that he was being toyed with, but he was grateful the longer he was toyed with the more time he bought for his wife to escape, that was all that mattered.Cassy held his sword at the ready and faced Lirian with determination, he hated that smirk on Lirian's face, the one that said I can see through everything you do, it's all futile.It was just like that look his elder sister always looked at him with, she was the first born so she would naturally inherit everything while he was destined to be cast aside.It was a look of pity, a look that made him feel like he was worthless.That look got his veins burning and he felt like his body would explode at any moment, he swung his sword wildly at Lirian bringing it down in a vertical slice, he wanted to hack Lirian in half from the head down.Lirian didn't dare to face the attack head on, his current opponent was a lot stronger than him, not to mention that he was a good foot and a half taller than Lirian.Facing that attack head on was asking for death, and Lirian wasn't sure if the daggers would hold out against such a strike from a mythic grade weapon.But that said Lirian already achieved his goal, he riled up Cassy and got him to make an overly big move which created a big opening.As the sword came down Lirian took a quick step forward and done a simple spin on the ground, it allowed him to avoid the strike and close in on Cassy in one swift movement.He used the spin to propel one of the daggers forward, Lirian felt a bit of resistance when the blade reached Cassy skin, but it quickly broke through under the force Lirian instilled, and soon Lirian's dagger was planted in Cassy's elbow, and with another lithe movement, he planted the other dagger in on the other side of Cassy's elbow.Cassy didn't even get the time to think, one moment he slashed at Lirian and in the next second two daggers were planted in his elbow, before he could even let out a grunt he saw Lirian press that blade and give them a slight twist.Which resulted in his elbow dislocating and then being completely severed.Cassy felt like he was seeing stars as he watched his arm get severed, it was like he could only watch and do nothing about it, everything felt so surreal at the moment, he couldn't even scream.His body went into complete shock and his remaining hand lost all it's strength, the sword clattered to the ground but he barely heard it over the raging flames that encircled him."You really are worthless," he heard Lirian whisper to him, but he felt like he was incapable of responding.He watched as Lirian picked up his sword and gave it a swing that was so beautiful and crisp, that for a second he forgot that Lirian was his enemy.The last thing he saw was the flickering flames flashing of the edge of his blade, as it swiped horizontally and passed through his neck.Lirian staggered suddenly, as Cassy's head rolled onto the ground, and his blood became fuel for the fire.A message popped up on the system.You killed a first grade cultivator +500 fate particlesx2 fate particles for killing someone of a higher-gradeBut Lirian didn't have the mind to pay attention to the alert, because the voice was there again sounding like an explosion in his head, "mercy is" it cried with a soft and gentle plea to its tone.Lirian gritted his teeth to get rid of the blaring siren in his head, but it barely helped at all.Lirian felt like his entire mind was swaying and a feeling of nausea overtook him, but he forced his feet to keep moving one foot in front of the other, just like he always did in the past.Lirian walked past the dead body of Cassy without a care he used the mythic grade sword like a walking cane to guide himself around the debris of the fallen inn.All the while silver energy began to pool all around his body.Lirian took deep breaths when he finally left the burning wreckage and then he let a wisp of the silver energy touch the raging flames."Ignite," Lirian whispered while clutching onto his head.
