Darbat

The Subsystem actually regretted it a little. It had originally wanted to send Ye Yu straight to kill Linde, but its main system's earlier words had already cemented Ye Yu's resolve. It could hardly go back on them now, so it could only support Ye Yu as he continued his slaughter.

Ye Yu decided to head to the Royal Capital, because the Subsystem told him that the remaining monsters had all gathered there. As luck would have it, the two humans had been locked up.

Yet Ye Yu himself failed to notice that, the moment he thought of slaughter, the faint discomfort he had felt earlier vanished completely.

Then I can get rid of these threats, right? Ye Yu thought as he strode toward the Core.

Seven days remained until the Error-Checking System's arrival...

Dalv was already old. In his youth, he had been something of a music star in a small local area... As a monster who had met two humans—Bravery and Justice—he actually had quite a lot to brag about.

The former had hurt him; the latter had saved him.

But he had never told anyone about it.

After growing old, he had settled in New Home, taking walks around the neighborhood whenever he had nothing to do.

That day, he was walking along a bustling street when he suddenly saw some unidentified figure charging toward him. Wherever the figure passed, monsters turned to dust.

Dalv's gaze sharpened. He noticed that the monsters' barrages passed straight through the figure's body, which meant... this being had no soul at all!

Realizing this, Dalv hurriedly gave his attack physical form. A flash of lightning rose from the ground, preventing the attacker from rushing up and killing him in a single blow.

Then he retreated frantically, stopping only once he had put a safe distance between them.

Ye Yu walked through the lightning without a care.

HP -0.1

Hmm? It can actually hurt me? A physical attack?

How... interesting... Meanwhile, Dalv used magical sound waves to send a message to every monster—the attacker could only be hurt by physical attacks!

Elsewhere, Linde, who possessed magic power within his body, heard the message and could not help frowning.

After successfully getting the message out, Dalv was about to breathe a sigh of relief when he suddenly heard a faint sound behind him.

Almost instinctively, Dalv moved without the slightest hesitation, turning into a streak of lightning as he darted to the side.

The instant he dodged, a cold gleam flashed past. Ye Yu, holding his strange long blade, had already appeared where Dalv had just been standing.

That was close! Dalv cried inwardly, a bead of cold sweat trickling down his forehead.

This guy is so fast! Faster than I could ever have imagined. Even humans don't normally move at such incredible speeds!

At that thought, Dalv's expression grew grimmer.

With the strength Ye Yu has shown, I probably can't escape at all.

If there's no hope of escape, then... I can only fight to the death! Dalv took a deep breath, forcing down his fear as a glint of determination flashed in his eyes.

In an instant, lightning flashed and thunder roared.

The members of the Royal Guard heard the commotion and hurried toward the battle.

"All right, it looks like you're a heartless fellow... Why do you kill...?" Dalv's voice was strangely calm.

Ye Yu had no intention of answering. He only wanted to focus on the fight.

Dalv flew through the air, repeatedly using his sensitivity to sound waves to evade Ye Yu's attacks before they reached him.

Seeing this, Ye Yu sped up, flitting through the air like a phantom. His long blade swung relentlessly, slashing at Dalv again and again.

"It seems... your urge to kill... really is strong..."

Dalv did everything he could to dodge Ye Yu's attacks, but he found it increasingly difficult to evade the blade that hounded his every move.

Every time the blade swept past, he felt as though the world itself were rejecting him, leaving him more and more short of breath.

He could only seize the gaps between Ye Yu's attacks to unleash lightning, inflicting negligible damage on him.

"Hey, listen, are you really... going to do this?"

After narrowly dodging another slash, Dalv panted, realizing he could not keep letting his opponent dictate the fight.

"All right... then this is the only way..."

He decided to unleash his final trump card and fight Ye Yu to the death.

The air around him warped violently. Lightning gathered into a massive wave that swept toward Ye Yu.

Ye Yu's gaze sharpened. He sensed the immense power of the energy wave, but he had no particular thoughts about it.

He gripped his long blade tightly and summoned every ounce of his strength, an invisible energy gathering around him.

Just as the energy wave was about to strike him, Ye Yu let out a roar. An immensely powerful arc of blade light flared, cleaving the lightning wave clean in two.

A trace of despair seeped into Dalv's helpless voice. "So powerful... How could anyone win against you...? But... why are you doing this...?"

Ye Yu walked up to him. "...I suppose I don't really have a choice either..."

Error-Checking System: I never made him do this! I only wanted him to kill Linde! I just said the wrong thing by accident! He's slandering me! He's slandering me!

"Is that... so?" Dalv gave two bitter chuckles and let Ye Yu's blade fall, turning to dust.

With Dalv's death, the dark clouds in the sky gradually dispersed.

Ye Yu looked at the long blade in his hand, his face still expressionless. "A worthy opponent, I suppose..."

Just then, footsteps rang out-the Royal Guard had arrived.

P.S. All the monsters really will be killed, but the two protagonists will bring them back, so don't worry!