The power they were witnessing at the moment was simply unprecedented. They have never seen anything like it.
His power was best described as overwhelming. Against his power, even the dragon head that they brought out from the dimensional space was not being much of a help.
Riley, the boy who Hurial and Rebethra was witnessing right now, was the one who possessed this unprecedented power.
“That stench from the breath sure is horrible.”
In front of the dimensional space, standing on top of the dragon’s nose to be precise, Riley was tapping his shoulder with the flat side of the sword which had become substantially thinner.
‘Just where did someone like him pop out?’
Rebethra knew the story about Riley very well.
He was the brat young master who was born as the youngest in the Iphalleta House, the family which was most famous in Solia for the swordsmanship.
The rumors said Riley was a lazy and foolish young master who never held a sword despite being born in the house of sword.
That was the Riley that Rebethra knew.
Before this boy was mentioned in the Priestess’s divine message about a dragon, and after the message was received… Rebethra actually never thought too hard about Riley.
It was because…
“It would be best for you all to keep your mouths shut, you disgusting little runts.”
It was because he never knew that Riley was this strong.
Riley cut down the corpses that were controlled by Hurial. He cut them down like they were nothing. When Riley saw Astroa’s Seven Circles magic, Riley just yawned as if it was nothing. When the dragon’s head appeared out of the dimensional space, Riley was now stepping on its mouth as if he was squashing a bug, annoyed.
“Well then.”
They wondered if they were just dreaming. The boy’s power was just too overwhelming. The boy slowly turned his head and looked at Hurial and Rebethra who were on their knees.
“It is you guys’ turn, right?”
Riley hopped down from the head of the dragon’s corpse. He cracked his neck left and right as he approached the two who were sitting there vacantly.
“Uuuu. I wonder how long it had been since I moved like this. Thanks to Ian, I ended up this far.”
Riley came this far because of a sincere request made by Ian, and this was the aftermath. With cold look on his face, Riley came to the front of Hurial. Riley raised his sword on his right hand.
“First, I’ll kill the iron leech half way.”
“…?”
Slash.
Riley’s sword drew a blue line. It swept through Hurial’s legs.
“Uuu, uuu?”
Hurial’s mouth slowly opened.
“Ahah.”
The way his face was getting crumpled was somehow slow. As if someone used time magic, the blue line that was drawn on his legs was slowly separating his thighs and knees.
“Ahaak…”
His scream was stretched out long.
Hurial was certain now that someone had cast time magic on him. However… he had no way of stopping any of what was happening. His legs were slowly being cut off, and his face was crumpling slowly along with slow scream that continued.
“Are you feigning pain? You are the one who had been working dead people who died in pain.”
Although Hurial was screaming, Riley looked at him with a cold gaze. Without a moment of hesitation, Riley swung the sword again.
This time, he aimed for Hurial’s arms.
Just above the elbows, starting with the tendons, he cut the bastard’s arms clean. Riley then looked at Hurial’s eyes.
“Uuuu, uuuu!”
Noticing Riley’s gaze, Hurial thought that this must not be the end of it. For the second time in his life, Hurial’s eyes were saturated in fear.
“Pl……ease…”
His words continued slowly. Riley ignored Hurial’s words. As if cutting off Hurial’s arms and legs were not enough, he raised the sword again.
Hurial’s eyes were overflowing with fear. A long, blue line was drawn horizontally on his eyes and made the sound of wind passing.
“Kuuuuaaaaaa… ak!”
From his arms, legs and eyes, Hurial was drawing fountains of blood. It seemed he was affected by Riley’s time magic. Hurial was experiencing pain for extended period of time. He was not able to cast any spell.
“Don’t die yet. Sit tight and wait, all right?”
Hurial’s screams were not the only thing that was slow. The fountains of blood gushing from the cut places were moving at crawling pace. Riley watched it all and told Hurial to die slowly. Riley leisurely turned his body and looked at Rebethra.
“What are you looking at vacantly like that? You will become just like him too.”
“… Huuuu.”
It seemed Riley was rough handling the sword until now. It seemed like the blade was going to be gone soon with a few more swings. The blade was that thin now. Riley mumbled as he examined the deteriorated condition of the sword. He noticed Rebethra was flinching his shoulders. Riley tilted his head side to side.
“Hu… Huhuhu…”
It seemed Rebethra had gone insane from the fear. Rebethra was smiling as he flinched his shoulders. Riley, with his cold gaze, raised the sword on his right hand once again.