He unsheathed the crimson blade hanging around his waist and grinned. "Tch. This is going to be a bloody one."
He was about to step out of the river onto dry land, but he stopped himself. Instead, his figure changed direction and dashed towards another rock on which an ape was standing.
The apes did not remain idle and shouted and screamed loudly, wanting to tear apart the intruders.
However, when they started jumping towards Liam's current location, they quickly realized that something was amiss.
Only three or four apes were able to stand on the rock and that too when they did, it became a crowd and their balance was compromised.
Otherwise, only two apes were properly able to stand.
"He He. Only now you are noticing? Too late!" Liam smiled as he waved his sword casually.
Sure, facing hundreds of these apes at the same time would have been a challenge but two or three at the same time, was a piece of cake, especially when his attributes were so much higher than these apes.
Not able to withstand the humiliation, some apes did not give up and tried to jump directly on top of Liam or grab him and toss him onto dry land to pummel him to death.
But Liam's body was like a strand of grass.
His flexible body swayed, bent, and jumped, nimbly dodging all the attacks coming for him, while simultaneously balancing himself on that single rock.
And when things went out of control, he simply moved onto another rock, evading everything together.
The apes were completely enraged.
From the beginning to the end, they were not able to land a single attack on him. They also only had the physical attack and physical defense and lacked any sort of magical attacks.
So they were completely helpless against him and were being slaughtered without having a chance to fight back.
Watching Liam fight, the other demons started feeling more confident. They as well mimicked his strategy and jumped onto a rock, exchanging blows with the apes.
However, watching it and doing it personally were two different things.
After moving around on the small surface while continuing to block and attack, they realized that they were just as much disadvantaged as the apes.
Unlike Liam, who was slicing and dicing the apes left and right, clearing out two to three beasts at a time, they were only able to fight one or two and it was a long fight.
It only took them a few seconds and their admiration for their leader shot up.
Usually, the other squad leaders stayed at the back safely and commanded, but this leader was fighting at the front and leading them by example.
So strong!
Now, they understood why the previous group had not taken any other missions and waited for this specific squad leader to return.
They also wanted to stick to Liam and stared at him with worshipping eyes. They fought with a lot of gusto and energy, doing their best to impress him.
Fighting together, they were putting away many of the purple apes at the same time, collecting a lot of experience points.
Everybody's movements also became more fluid and they were improving steadily.
Liam danced around without any restraint, his sword dripping with blood, forming puddles of crimson in the stream that were quickly washed along as more water gushed down.
His balance had always been good because he had trained his body to an extreme in his previous life.
Without having the capability of wielding mana, his body was his only tool at disposal and he had trained day and night like a lunatic.
How could all of that hard work disappear?
Everything was ingrained in his bones. Even if he died again and was reborn, he would still remember it all!
His hard work and efforts showed in his movements and the wobbly rocks on the stream were only a hurdle to the apes.
Liam twisted and turned his body, dodging and slashing at the apes with relative ease as if he was simply standing on dry land.
There was simply no difference for him.
With every move of his sword, aimed perfectly at the ape's vital points, one critical hit after another popped up and the lifeless bodies dropped into the stream, carried by the currents.
The apes were completely overpowered and were being massacred mercilessly.
But surprisingly, they were still fighting back.
Liam also noticed this peculiar behavior and silently wondered if there was something else going on here.
Level 20 and higher beasts were very intelligent. In fact, their moves right now could be compared to a professional boxer fighting at the ring.
However, they still persistently kept coming and fighting against an enemy who was far higher than their level.
Why didn't they simply turn tail and run? Why were they fighting against him with such ferocity and hostility?