Chapter 185 - Pain

"I will make you pay!" Clement yelled out at Steph.

"Relax old man, you know that all of them were useless if they couldn't survive a fall from that height. They were all just deadweight. You're better having them dead since they would just distract you from your moan battles," Steph told Clement which seemed to clearly anger him.

Right as Clement grew too tired of having to listen to all the nonsense that Steph was talking about and was about launch his attack, he heard something nice inside the rubble.

"Who's there?!" Clement demanded as he thought that maybe Steph was working with someone else that was hiding.

Fortunately for Clement, that wasn't the case as he recognized two figures rise from the rubble with little to no injuries of their bodies.

"I see that you two are alive. I would expect nothing less from my captain and vice captain," said Clement in a relieved tone as he let out a sigh since at least his very best soldiers were still  alive.

"Of course, how could we die and leave out king all alone. We're only allowed to die once you have passed away. Until then, no matter what happens, death isn't an option for us-" the two guards which were the captain and vice captains of the royal guards began to speak to their king however Steph began to get quite bored of having to listen to their conversation. As such, he made a move so that he could bring that conversation to an end.

<<Secret Art: Fire Fist>>

Steph quickly covered his right fist in crimson flames before leaping towards the captain of the royal guards that was still busy talking to Clement with a smile. Without a second wasted, Steph hit the captain's head so hard that after just a little extra push, it had been hit so hard that his head was decapitated.

Seeing this, Clement and the vice captain of the royal guards just stood there with shock and a horrified look. They couldn't believe how quickly Steph had killed the captain. Although Steph had only met the captain of the royal guards inside king Clement's kingdom and was nothing but a stranger to him, to Clement and the vice captain of the royal guards, he was much more than that. He was a friend, comrade and basically family. They had spent years together as they headed into missions together. Even though Clement was in a higher than both of them, they still continued to speak like friends amongst each other.

As such, to Steph, he had just killed some random guy. However for both Clement and the vice captain, Steph had just taken away one of the most precious things in their lives as if it was nothing.

At that point, Clement began to lose it as Steph had taken away too much from him. He couldn't allow someone who harmed him both emotionally and mentally to continue living like nothing ever happen.

"I'll kill you!" Clement announced as he got a clearly frustrated look on his face that looked like it only sought revenge and nothing else.

Within just a few seconds, Clement hand managed to turn a large area around him into mud which his lifted off the ground and created hundreds of different weapons which were all created from the mud on the ground but were forced to take shape due to the powers of the special trait of Clement's weapon.

Without any hesitation in his eyes, Clement forced all of his mud weapons which looked just as strong as regular weapons of not stronger to get launched at Steph.

Without even the least bit of worry in his eyes, Steph casually dodged all of the weapons which were thrown at him. However, right as one of the weapons was about to hit him, Steph leaned his head back to create an arch of some sort so that he could dodge one of the mud blades that was thrown at him. Unfortunately for Steph, that would be the wrong move to make as he felt a little tap on his back but didn't turn around.

"You've lost," said the vice captain of the royal guards inside Clement's kingdom as he was crouching while pointing a very sharp dagger at Steph's back which meant that Steph had been cornered.

"Nice one! I'll finish this right now!" said Clement as he saw his chance go finally get revenge on Steph. However instead of complaining or looking scared for even a second, Steph began to laugh out loud which confused both the vice captain and Clement.

"What are you laughing for? You're going to die right now!" Clement yelled at Steph which was replied by Steph with a single grin.

"I'm sorry to tell you but I won't be dying today," said Steph as he allowed his back to fall on the dagger which was on the dagger than was being held by the vice captain of the royal guards.

Although both of Steph's enemies thought that Steph was being stupid for basically taking his own life, that was far from the truth which they would realize in just a few moments as Steph lifted his body up once again while the dagger was in his chest while looking not the least bit injured.

"What now? I mean I have been stabbed but now you don't have me cornered anymore. If I want, I can easily kill you both," said Steph in confidence as he looked both his enemies in the eyes.

"Actually, actions speak louder than words," said Steph as he let out another grin before clenching his hand once again to create a fist and punch the vice captain so hard that he died in an instant. Unlike the captain of the royal guards, the vice captain's head wasn't decapitated but it didn't matter as Steph smashed to kill his opponent with a single attack once again.

However that was the last straw for Clement as he had lost everything. He no longer read anything to live for.. There were already very little things which Clement derived pleasure from and Steph had just killed two of them right in front of him.