Greatness Needs No Words X Darkness Appears Again: Silva

Dunn West bit his lower lip hard, using the fleeting moment of consciousness regained through the pain to immediately open his Aura Nodes, releasing his [essence] to resist the encroachment of "sleepiness."

It must be said that he does have a good sense of quick wit.

The underlying nature of "sleepiness" is essentially "thought"; if you attack with "thought," you must defend with "thought"!

Without his prompting, Edmund transformed into a "stinking torrent," almost beyond human form, with only countless pairs of angry eyes following the current, all glaring at Roy. A dark "psychic light" rippled across the lake's Edmond, simultaneously releasing their [training]...

With the combined strength of a C-level and a B-level expert!

A sudden, overwhelming surge of ferocious flames pressed down on Roy... Roy, smelling the familiar scent of what seemed like [blessing] emanating from the two, remained unfazed. He reached into the sunlight with his right hand, and immediately heard a "sword's cry."

A Light Sword was slowly drawn from the sunlight, its body wreathed in dazzling, blinding Solar Flame. Dunn, West, and Edmond Sanders couldn't help but squint, their expressions turning serious.

"Dunn, you're right, he's definitely not Andrew Cooper!"

"But he is... a viscount who has been [blessed]!"

"Pfft... pfft... pfft..." In the living room, corridor, and garden, dozens of maids, boys, and guards collapsed... Edmond Sanders, observing the Light Sword in Roy's hand slowly radiating Solar Flare, coupled with Roy's Nen Ability to freely transform into Andrew Cooper —similar to "shapeshifting" and "disguise"—began to burst into maniacal laughter.

"[Viscount] Well... Someone as important as you would never even glance at us normally, yet you've condescended to come to the Shantytown for some piece of trash..." Edmond broke free from his drowsiness, flowing downstream, when suddenly two rotting hands emerged from the torrent, enveloping [Firm], and slammed down on Roy's head!

Within the [Sumeru Mustard Seed], in a hazy space, a faint humming sound emanated...

Ribery Garcia lay on a floating wooden floor, frowning as he slowly opened his eyes. Through Roy's Nen Qi fluctuations, he vaguely saw and heard something... Just as he was about to push himself up from the floor, a Youyou voice suddenly entered his ears... "I advise you not to move around and get distracted. You'll only disturb my killing!"

"Where am I?" Hearing it was Roy,

Ribery; Garcia, feeling a burning pain in his chest, wisely lay down...

The man was silent for a moment, then cautiously asked, "Great being, may I take a look?"

"Look if you want, the cause and effect are right there." The fist, wrapped in [unyielding] force, arrived!

Roy gripped his Light Sword, blocked the attack, and calmly addressed Ribery Garcia... Ribery Garcia's thoughts shifted, and within the [Sumeru Mustard Seed] space, a water curtain suddenly appeared amidst the surging of Nen Qi. Reflected in the curtain was... the image of Edmond Sanders raising his fist to punch, which Roy blocked with his single arm holding the sword.

"A viscount? How ridiculous... This guy has no idea who he's dealing with!"

[The Rotten Flow Fist] rubbed his Light Sword, emitting a piercing crackling sound... Ribery Garcia recalled the fragment of time he had seen in the divination, a glimpse into Roy's future: the Sun Chariot... that Gilded Bird with wingspans almost obscuring the sky, and... the being on the chariot wearing a towering crown, giving him a dismissive glance... almost deserving of the description [god]!

even if,

Ribery Garcia had never seen a "god," much less experienced a "God Descent," but... the word "god" was the highest title he could think of!

"Crack!" The Nen Qi clashed... Roy's feet seemed rooted to the ground as he blocked Edmond's fist with just his sword and one hand. His composure and calmness made Dunn West, who was watching obediently from the sidelines, involuntarily touch the long, thin leather belt around his waist, which was also his weapon—a [Nen Artifact soft sword] forged by the master craftsmen of Rose City... He was sweating for Edmond Sanders!

"A viscount? So he's a viscount!"

Is there some connection between him and that boy?

Dunn West glanced silently at the boy, who was being submerged behind Roy, seemingly unconscious from the effects of drowsiness... He had clearly abducted the boy from a farmhouse in the Shantytown; his identity was perfectly innocent. How could he have gotten involved with a nobleman in the city? Or... was the boy one of the nobleman's illegitimate sons?

My older brother came looking for me?

Thoughts churned... Dunn West's brow furrowed suddenly, his attention drawn to a sword light slicing through the sky! The light was too dazzling, too intense... Then, the Sun-Earring Boy, transformed into Andrew Cooper, lightly swung his sword upwards... Suddenly, Edmond Sanders let out another pig-like scream, his fist flying through the air, turning into a shower of blood that fell silently... "Lord Edmond!" This was the first time Dunn West had seen Edmond Sanders injured. As a knight's squire, his eyes no longer held commands, only the duty of "guard." He suddenly lunged forward, drawing his soft sword and delivering a sharp thrust! They were both swordsmen, seemingly of one mind...

Before Dunn West could get close, Roy merely glanced back at him, and a crimson light suddenly emerged, replacing the bright light. Then, three slowly rotating, jet-black tomoe appeared, invisible yet radiating a chilling aura!

[Illusion Jutsu... Unlimited Void...]

"[Nen Qi] was projected onto Dunn West using [Yin Release] through his Sharingan."

This knight's squire, a man who liked to wear a split-front vest, imitating the attire of the noble lords of the Samir Principality, suddenly widened his eyes. Before his sword could even pierce Roy, his pupils dilated, and in a violent tremor, he was forcibly infused with the information of the entire [Demon Slayer world] within 0.001 seconds.

My mind was completely filled, then exploded, shattered!

[Hint: "Life Energy" +50]

[Hint: "Power of Faith" +10]

[Anomaly detected in "Power of Faith," suspected... the other party received [blessing] from an unknown entity. 10 points of "Power of Faith" are unusable unless...]

[The host must find the source of the "Faith," kill the source, and strip the source of the "Divinity" before absorbing it.]

"As expected," the panel notification sounded...

Roy finally found that familiar feeling!

The so-called "unknown being," the so-called "Divinity"—if it's not the [Thunder] worshipped by the Samir Principality, then... who could it be?! "Thud!" Dunn West collapsed... then his [Nen Soft Sword], which hadn't yet been thrust out, clattered to the ground, serving as a stark warning to Edmond Sanders, whose arms had once again been severed by Roy's blade!

The man transformed into a [Rotting Torrent], countless mouths opening to cry out in disbelief, "You are not the [Viscount]!" This appeared to be a [Transmutation] technique, possibly of the [Transformation] type.

[Photokinesis] suspected to be of the [Conjuration]

Add to that [drowsiness]... and a bizarre [Mental Shock]...

"Two, three, four... [Duke][Marquis][Earl][Viscount][Baron]... Damn it!"

"What the hell are you?!"

Edmond Sanders snapped back to reality, as if suddenly gripped by the death of Dunn West, who slapped him repeatedly across the face. Trembling, he looked at Roy, then with a swift turn of his head, fueled by a surge of Nen, smashed through the window and fled... His decisiveness was astonishing! "Heh heh heh... cough cough... what is this... you are defiling a great being!"

In [Sumeru Mustard Seed],

Ribery Garcia sneered, his injury aggravating him, and he winced as he watched Edmond Sanders flee in a disheveled state. He roared, "Blasphemers will be punished, they will be killed!"

As the words were spoken, in the villa's living room, the window was just inches away, opening directly into the garden... and it looked like they were about to leave...

Edmond Sanders suddenly heard a soft whisper, "Freeze!"

The man froze abruptly, then looked down. Inside his rotting, foul-smelling body, a new Flesh Bud had appeared. This Flesh Bud, upon entering his body, was like a dying fish washed ashore, suddenly swept up by the waves and back into the water, instantly coming to life—even too active... too frenzied... to the point that... he could only watch helplessly in despair as it absorbed his Nen Qi and grew wildly, instantly becoming a small tree. Its branches spread throughout his limbs and bones, causing him to lose his surging form and shrink continuously... shrink... shrink again... until he was drained into a dried-up corpse, strung on a branch!

In the blink of an eye, he was down to his last breath!

"That's enough,"

Don't make me slap you!

[Flesh Seed Technique]... Roy flicked his finger and struck Edmond Sanders, quietly watching him turn into this dried-up human form. He sheathed his Light Sword, flashed, and walked to Edmund Sander's side. He slapped the [Heart Bug]'s rear end, sending it along the Thread of Causality, before Edmond Sanders could breathe, it burrowed into his heart!

"Five... five..."

Following [Transformation], [Photokinesis], [drowsiness], [Mental Shock]... Edmond Sanders's mind jolted, realizing that a transparent worm had abruptly entered his heart, raised its slender mouthparts, and plunged into the ground, like a [Flesh Bud], beginning to frantically devour his "despair," "fear," "resentment," and other Negative Emotions.

Barely holding on to his breath, he stared at Roy, his eyes wide, and said, "You... you... you are something else..."

Before he could speak, Roy shushed him, silencing him.

Then, Roy breached the gates of Edmund Sander's heart in an instant, invading directly at his will, standing with his hands behind his back at the very spot of his heart attack... "Whoosh!" In Edmond Sanders's heart, the scroll of his life slowly unfolded, appearing before Roy's eyes... There were images of him growing up in the Shantytown streets, eating the food of many families...

There are images of him teasing cats and dogs, only to be chased and bitten by the dogs, fleeing in a sorry state...

I remember him being a little older, stealing in the street, getting caught, and looking bewildered and helpless...

At one moment, Roy suddenly paused,

Seeing a familiar head of dazzling silver hair suddenly come into view, Edmond Sanders was rescued.

Roy nearly lost his composure; his Nen Qi surged violently, almost disfiguring him and revealing his true appearance!

No other reason than the striking resemblance... Roy stared in disbelief as the silver-haired man, who had unequivocally saved Edmond Sanders, said to the bakery owner who had captured him, "Hand him over to me."

As he slowly turned around...

He revealed a cold, rugged face identical to Silva's.

Roy's mind exploded with a "boom," his consciousness violently jolted, and "poof... poof... poof..." transformed into countless "swords," instantly piercing Edmond Sanders's heart like a sieve!

"Squeak!" [Heart Bug], still consuming Negative Emotions, was suddenly disturbed by Roy's actions and lost its footing. It squeaked in dissatisfaction and, following the Thread of Causality, rolled back...

And with Edmond Sanders's heart shattered completely, his Nen Qi, including his life force, lost its support and couldn't last two seconds. His head lolled to the side, and he died instantly...

The remaining [Flesh Bud], which had grown into a small tree, trembled with discontent. However, it was startled by Roy's cold, sharp glare and shrank rapidly, reverting to its [Flesh Bud] form, and followed the [Heart Bug] into Roy's body.

[Hint: "Life Energy" +170...]

[Hint: "Power of Faith" +25...]

[Anomaly detected in "Power of Faith," suspected... the other party received [blessing] from an unknown entity. 25 points of "Power of Faith" are unusable unless...]

[The host must find the source of the "Faith," kill the source, and strip the source of the "Divinity" before absorbing it.]

Roy stood blankly by the window, letting the panel notifications echo in his ears. His eyes were slightly lowered, his expression dark and uncertain. Even Ribery Garcia in [Sumeru Mustard Seed], separated by spatial constraints, keenly sensed something through mere fluctuations of their Nen Qi... The man was over forty years old; he had seen more filth and depravity than he had eaten salt.

He wisely kept quiet, but his experience told him that the Sun-Earring Boy was clearly emotionally unstable due to what had happened. Fortunately, time is the best healer; some emotions and some events, given enough time, will gradually fade away, until they are forgotten, until they disappear completely...

After standing silently by the window for a moment, Roy forced himself to come back to his senses, looked up at the bright sunshine outside, and saw the sunlight streaming down, illuminating and warming the earth...

The Sun-Earring Boy took a deep breath and, with a single sword stroke, slaughtered all the guards who had aided and abetted the evildoers. The system panel indicated he had gained another 40 points of Life Energy. He then summoned the [Sumeru Mustard Seed] again, absorbing the remains of Dunn, West, Edmond, Sanders, and over a dozen guards, along with the hypnotized "young girls."

Finally, with a flick of his finger, he unleashed [True Meaning of Scorching Heat], catalyzing a flame that engulfed the entire villa from the inside out. The people inside were instantly Photokinesis, drifting with the light and disappearing without a trace...