The sounds he made at that moment were so terrifying and gut-wrenching that it made everyone look away in repulsion. They were so inhumane and brutal. A limbless body cried as blood gushed out of his body, if that wasn't a nightmarish scene, then nothing was.
His body wiggled powerlessly as he struggled to even breathe or utter a single word. Tears and snot came out of his eyes and nose. Eventually, his screams slowly died down when his vocal cords were exhausted.
"AAGH!! AGH!! YOU.... BASTARDS!!! I WILL KILL!!! I WILL KILL YOU!!" Through his loud shrieks, he managed to say a few words.
His eyes glared at Sophie with endless hatred.
However, that latter completely ignored him as she summoned a few more strings and wrapped them around his mouth to stop him from speaking. All that he could muster at that moment were silent whimpers as he glared daggers at Sophie.
"Talon, are you ok?!" But, all she cared about at that moment was Talon who was still on the ground. With a small move of her hand, the strings untangled themselves, releasing him completely. "I'm really sorry, did it hurt too much?! I didn't know how much pressure I had to use." With a panicked look, she started inspecting his body.
The latter stretched his limbs with a smile. "I'm fine. You did a perfect job, Sophie." He said as he patted her head.
"I did?" She asked curiously.
"Yeah, that was perfect. You really sold that acting."
"Oh, hehe, well, it's my thing after all. I didn't know I could imitate a robot this well."
"Hahaha..." Talon laughed as he turned around to Hyun-Jae who approached him with a relieved look on her face.
"Hmm, what do you think?" He asked with a smirk as he touched his temple. "I'm quite smart when I want to be, no?"
His words made her laugh before she nodded her head. "I've already known that. Maybe less ridiculous and more cleverness would help though."
"We will work on that." Then, Talon turned to the rest of the group. "I'm quite impressed by how well everyone acted their role. We have really done a masterpiece right there. I almost believed that you were terrified for your lives."
The students cheered loudly in excitement.
"You're making me blush, leader, hehe..."
"I didn't know I could act. But now, I know what career I want to pursue when we rebuild this world."
"I was actually quite worried so it wasn't that hard to pretend I was scared."
Such comments kept coming out of their mouths as they talked to each other. Seeing that, Talon could only shake his head with a wry smile. Deep down, he felt proud of these people for how much they grew and improved. He could fully say that he can rely on them now and that was a great step.
"Hmm, now..." However, that smile slowly faded as he turned around. "Time to talk to this limbless trash."
Walking toward the struggling Hyun-Ki as he crouched down near him. The latter flinched as he stared at him.
"It's quite funny, right? Outsmarting you twice in two days. Tsk tsk, that's quite embarrassing, to be honest."
With that, Talon got the rest of the group to follow him to the other side of the base where the army was waiting. When they saw that Talon was the one to appear, their fear skyrocketed.
They have already heard of what he did so seeing him there was just a nightmare. However, when they heard that Hyun-Ki was defeated... They had no other choice but to surrender.
In reality, many of them were ready to surrender in case Talon invaded the base. The news of what happened yesterday made them realize that the man they worked for was a monster through and through.
Their comrades and friends died with their own hands, it couldn't get any worse than that.
"Please, spare us, sir!!"
"We won't dare to do anything!!"
Going down on their knees, hundreds of men begged for their lives in union. None of them cared about pride or dignity in front of imminent death.
"You have two choices at this moment. You can either follow your previous leader. Or, you can be under my control."
It didn't take them long to accept his offer. So, Talon made them accept the soul contract. With that, he had 500 more, well-trained soldiers under his orders.
Then, in a matter of a few hours, Talon was able to take over human society. The only thing left to do is to make the people know of that.
Since they were all confused, Talon had to introduce himself and explain what happened. Whether they accepted that or not was going to be very crucial for his future plans.
If he wanted to gain their trust, the first impression was going to be very crucial.
So, when the survivors snapped out of their hypnotized state and found themselves in the city center, they were naturally very confused.
Looking around them, they tried to figure out what happened.
"What happened?"
"I can't remember anything..."
"I was taking a nap..."
"Mommy!!"
Meanwhile, from the roof of a building nearby, Talon watched the confused masses silently.
"How are you going to do this?" Hyun-Jae stood next to him as she curiously asked.
The latter didn't reply immediately and instead exhaled a small breath. "Just watch..."
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