Chapter 137: Repayment

Nexus shoved the people in front of him as he hastily made his way to the stage. His hand began changing into claws.

The man who wore a white uniform already ordered the executioners to do their job.

However, with Nexus' speed, he arrived in front of a kneeling naga and thrust his right obsidian colored claws straight to the executioner's heart who was standing beside the naga.

The late-stage executioner didn't even have the reaction time to sense the incoming danger, how much more to block the attack? 

Nexus clutched the executioner's heart.

*thud* *clang*

The crowd was wide-eyed as they saw someone getting killed on stage. They didn't expect for someone to actually have the audacity to do such a thing. 

"Capture him!" The man in uniform roared. He then got a blade from his spatial ring and dashed forward.

"Run! They are here! The creatures of the sea are attacking again!" A person in the crowd yelled as he made his way out of the crowd.

Others followed until everyone was running around like headless chickens. 

Chaos ensued as people shoved, kicked, and grabbed people who were blocking their way. All they could think of was getting out of this place alive. 

Nexus, who stood on the stage, dropped the heart. He then grabbed the naga and dashed towards a kappa close by. 

The executioner that tried to block his way stood no chance. The human was killed in one blow.

After killing another executioner he continued to go to the kappa. 

The man in uniform drew closer and closer by the second. 

He, however, couldn't beat the cat's speed.

Nexus placed his hand on the kappas shoulder and ported into the stone where Eva was waiting.

He landed in the living room and handed the races of the sea to Eva.

"Thank you for helping out." Nexus smiled as he prepared to go back out.

Eva giggled as she walked over to the creatures that Nexus brought in. "I don't have to manage the company anymore, so I got a bit of free time on my hands to help you with these kinds of tasks." 

Nexus went out of the Stone of Destruction to rescue more of the creatures.

The man in uniform was dumbfounded when he saw the man who had just disappeared, reappearing in front of him.

"Fuck off! I'm in a rush!" Nexus raised his claws. They glowed purple as he attacked the man. 

The man blocked with his blade, but Nexus didn't just stop with one attack. He followed it with a dozen or so more swipes with full-on fury. 

Sweat trickled down the man's forehead as he tried his best to defend the incoming blows. "You would never be able to save your brethren. Soon, we will destroy your city and kill your people!"

"Shut up and let me kill you already." Nexus thrust his claws forward. This time, a sharp illusory purple spearhead appeared and wrapped around his claws. 

With extreme speed, rained down a barrage of attacks. His other claw too was wrapped around with an illusory purple spearhead.

Nexus jumped back, his claws were now back to normal.

The man lifelessly looked at Nexus. Blood flowed down from the large holes around his body. A few seconds later, his legs gave in. He dropped to the ground, Dead.

He then turned to the other executioners who were now hesitating to fight. They have lost their leader, the strongest one here. If he couldn't beat the person with a mask, how much more them, who were only late-stage Elites.

One of the executioners ran as he contacted someone on his watch.

"Coward!" An executioner turned his head to his fleeing comrade. He dashed towards Nexus without any fear in the world, swinging his ax as he drew close.

Nexus scoffed, as he went on a spree, killing everyone who stood in his way, both executioners and soldiers.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you are coming with me." He hurriedly transported the races of the sea to the stone. Nexus knew that reinforcements would be coming soon 

Inside the stone, Emily and Zoey came to help. Erika was still cultivating, trying her best to catch up.

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The boulevard

"Sir, someone is attacking the plaza. We need immediate assistance." The watch of a tall burly man who was close to the sea sounded.

"Can you identify the enemy? Is he one of those creatures?" The man asked as he made his way to meet the leaders of the Strongwald family.

"I am not sure sir. He doesn't look like one." The voice in the watch panted. "But it looks like he is planning on releasing the captured ones."

"Soldier, go back and hold. We will be sending troops right away." The burly man arrived near the four leaders of the Strongwald family.

Senator Bong was the first one to look at the incoming soldier. 

"Vice President," The soldier looked at Merts. "There has been an attack at the plaza."

He proceeded to tell the leaders the little information that he was told.

Merts scrunched his brows, Pald clenched his fists, Bong started floating in the air, and Vid plainly looked at the soldier.

"You said that there is only one enemy there?" Merts asked.

"Yes sir," The man nodded.

Merts then ordered. "Send ten Commanders to deal with it. When they are finished disposing of the threat, order them to come back here right away. There is a chance that the event in the plaza is only a bait, luring us away from the sea." 

"Understood," The man bowed and dashed away.

Bong, who was in the air, looked at Vid. "If we didn't pull out the men we had there a few minutes ago, this wouldn't have happened."

Vid calmly spoke. "Don't act like you knew what was going to happen. And didn't you hear? There is only one person there. What could a single individual do to rescue dozens of those creatures?"

Pald nodded. "Vid is right. This was unexpected."

Merts scratched his chin with his left hand. "Who could it be?"

"Probably just a naga who transformed into a human." Pald turned to the Vice President.

Senator Bong scoffed. "No water magic was used during the fight. How could it be one of those creatures?"

"Maybe the attacker purposely didn't use any water magic, to cover itself." Vid joined in.

They were told that the one who attacked the plaza had a mask on, they were also told that the eyes of the attacker were purple.

"Could it be from another country?" Merts asked again as he looked at the dark sky. Having a lot of connections from other planets and countries also gave them a number of enemies.

Vid nodded. "That could be. They must be using the recent events as an opportunity to mess with our country."

The Senator shook his head. "We don't have to worry about threats from other countries with the Octopi on our side."

Pald clicked his tongue. "You are trusting that organization way too much. We don't know, they might be in on this, and are working with other countries. Have you ever thought about that?"

The Senator scrunched his brows. 

"Do you think we should go there?" The Senator asked. He felt unsettled about all this. A feeling that came from his gut.

"Hahaha? Are you crazy or stupid?" Vid laughed. "I thought Pald was supposed to be the 'less smart' of all of us. We don't know if the creatures in the sea are watching. One of us going there could be what they are waiting for."

The Senator glared at Vid. His hands balled into a fist.

"What do you mean by 'less smart'?" Pald turned to Vid.

Vid chuckled. "Don't worry, that doesn't mean dumb. It's just that we are a bit smarter than you are."

Pald slowly nodded.

Merts cleared his throat. "Alright, we'll let them deal with it. Right now our main priority is still the ocean, and the creatures coming out of it."

In the end, one Preparation Stage expert was sent together with three Commanders.

Ten or so minutes later the same burly man dashed towards the leaders of the Strongwald family.

"Was the enemy really that strong?" Pald asked. It took longer than he expected.

The burly man hastily nodded. He turned to the Vice President. "Sir, the creatures that were captured, they all disappeared. The one who attacked the plaza is also nowhere to be seen."

Silence followed. The fresh breeze coming from the sea lightly whistled.

"What did you say?!" Pald shouted. 

The burly man trembled as he looked at the bald leader of the Strongwald family.

"Cut him some slack." Vid walked forward and patted Pald's shoulder.

He then turned his head to look at the burly man. "Tell us what happened."

The man nodded. "The troops we sent clashed with the enemy right away after they arrived. They stated that the enemy kept disappearing from time to time…"

The man reported the details that were said to him by the troops they sent.

As the burly man ended. Merts took a deep breath. "Let's go. There is no use of guarding this area anymore."

"But sir, what if the attack will still happen? A lot of people will die." The man knew that it would be a disaster if an attack would happen and no one was guarding.

"Let them die, I don't care. Pull back the troops, you all have the time off." Merts flew to the direction of the Strongwald villa.

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Nexus stood in the living room inside the Stone of Destruction with his right arm missing. Cuts and bruises riddled his body. He lifted his head and looked at the ceiling, his eyes hardly open.

"Old man, consider this as a repayment." He coughed and fell onto the floor.