Chapter 145 Killing Spree

"P-please s-spare me." The noble snake was currently being held by the neck.

Elysia slowly tightened her grip, slowly killing him. She also set her hands aflame, burning the snake noble's neck.

"Sorry, but you need to die." Elysia saw the life drain from the noble's eyes. Deciding that she had her fun, she fully closed her hand into a fist, instantly finishing off the noble. Blood ran down Elysia's hand and through the fur that covered her arm.

"Now that's over with, let's get out of here." Elysia, finishing off another target, now needed a way to escape the mansion. Doing what she does best Elysia went up to one of the back bookshelves and condensed the flames on her fist.

Elysia punched the wall causing an explosion which turned the bookshelf and the wall behind it to ash.

A blast of fire erupted from the back of the mansion, followed by a fox girl coming out of the hole.

Elysia got onto the roof of the mansion to look for Shaman, which Elysia assumed would be waiting outside. Spotting Shaman sitting on the roof of a side building, watching over the front of the mansion, Elysia ran in her direction, then jumped off the edge of the roof.

Shaman spotted Elysia coming in her direction and saw that she was in her fox form.

'Damn, she looks cool.' Shaman was in awe of Elysia's new form. Despite taking a more beastly look, the fire that came off her fur made her look like a video game character.

Elysia landed in the garden which was completely covered in flames, but she was able to move the flames out of the way creating her own path out.

Jumping over the fence, Elysia made it below Shaman and started to climb up the side of the building. Once Elysia was at the top she launched herself at Shaman giving her a hug while turning back to her humanoid form.

Shaman fell back as Elysia jumped on her, waiting for praise.

"I assume you managed to kill the target?" Shaman just wanted to make sure she did not just cause a house fire and left without finishing the job.

"Crushed his neck like I was scrunching up paper." Elysia spoke in a cheerful voice, sounding extremely proud of what she did.

Shaman gulped and started patting Elysia, glad that she was on their side.

"We should probably leave. I see people already trying to investigate what happened." Clara heard the streets getting noisy as all the noise Elysia made woke people up.

"Should pick up the pace though, the quicker the better." Shaman wanted to move on as she still needed to choose her new element and memories of her past to go through.

"Don't get too cocky! We were literally captured and could have possibly died." Clara did not want Shaman getting ahead of herself as they only survived by pure luck.

"I decided we will no longer be discreet, we will just nuke the places." Shaman gave up on being sneaky, since the loud and quick approach was easier.

"Didn't Kiruya say keep the casualties to a minimum?" Elysia out of all people remembered a key detail Kiruya told them before they headed out. Elysia also sat up still on top of Shaman, but was no longer hugging her.

"..." Both Clara and Shaman went silent for a moment before realising Elysia was the worst offender.

"Wait but you have killed the most people here?" Shaman was the first to point it out.

"I call it self defence." Elysia tried coming up with an excuse.

"Technically they are the defenders." Clara quickly refuted Elysia's point as indeed they were the ones attacking them.

"Okay, okay how about we try to find the noble from the outside and try to kill him by sending a massive strike into that room." Shaman saw how most of the mansion had windows so if they could spot the noble, they could target that room with a skill and kill their target.

"Fine." Clara could not oppose it as they all had long range capabilities, so killing the nobles would not be a problem.

Elysia nodded while averting her eyes as she could no longer argue that the guards needed to die.

"Alright let's get moving, night time only lasts for so long." Shaman slid out from under Elysia's legs and got up.

Pulling out the map, they oriented themselves and located the next target they had to kill.

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The group shortly arrived at their next destination. This time they were dealing with a half rhino. The mansion had a grey theme with a lot of the building being made out of a grey stone.

"Alright let's not waste any time." Shaman jumped off the roof and then over the fence.

Shaman and Elysia ran around one side of the mansion while Clara and Wolfy ran around the other side looking through the windows for their target.

Shaman and Elysia were the first to find the target on the first floor of the mansion in some kind of dining room which had a massive window looking out the backyard. The half rhino sat at a table with a bunch of books laid out across it and looked like it was filling things in a journal.

'Why doesn't he do it in a study?' Shaman thought they would do this kind of thing in a more private space, but nonetheless it made things easier for them.

"Alright Elysia I will take this one, I will use [Flamesicon] and wipe him out in one blow." Shaman figured using her most powerful skill would do the trick and provide enough distraction for them to get away.

"Isn't it kind of telegraphed when you use it? Won't they notice?" Elysia remembered it took time for Shaman to cast the skill so seeing a bright fire outside a window would be kind of obvious.

"It's an instant cast now don't worry." Since Shaman was now able to handle the skill she could freely use.

Elysia did not question it and moved backwards to get out of her way.

Shaman got in position and took a deep breath before activating her skill.

Shaman pulled out Kotetsu and the gem on the hilt glowed a bright red. Shaman activated [Blade of flamscion] and Kotetsu was engulfed in fire.

In an instant a massive blade of fire was created, lighting up the area around Shaman.

Shaman rushed straight into the window, smashing her body through it. The half rhino had not realised what was happening and fell back into his seat as he watched Shaman.

Swinging her sword towards the half Rhino, a massive slash of fire flew towards him. The flames crashed right into him and flames engulfed the entire room. The half Rhino burnt to ash without even letting out a scream.

Shaman landed on the floor and quickly dispelled her fire before she wasted any more mana. The guards were rushing to the room as the explosion had shook the building, drawing their attention to the dining room.

Shaman quickly jumped out of the window, returning to Elysia who was hiding in a bush.

"Let's go." Shaman grabbed Elysia's hand leading her to the back of the backyard before they jumped the fence.

Shaman sent a system message to Clara to let her know where they were.

"How about we go in groups of 2?" Shaman thought it could be quicker if they split up instead of doing one by one.

"Since we can communicate, if someone is in trouble we can always run over, so i don't see why not." Elysia was not opposed as it would mean she would be alone with Shaman which was always ideal for her.

"Hey Rea, can we send images through the message thing." Shaman, who had not spoken to Rea in a while, finally acknowledged her existence.

[Oh, ummm yes I can do that for you.]

"Cool, send the map and list of targets to Clara please."

[Sure can do]

Shaman was glad that they did not have to meet up each time to see the map as Clara and Shaman's inventory were not connected.

'I wonder, how close do I have to get to Clara before our inventory gets linked.' Shaman knew entering a relationship combines your inventory, but did not know if that was the only way since she skipped a lot of steps with Elysia.

[Thank you Shaman, I assume you want us to head to a different target?] Clara sent a message back asking about the map and list.

[Yes, I will head to the monkey. Just let me know which one you chose and if you need help shoot a message so me and Elysia can run over.]

[No worries]

Shaman was happy with the amount of progress they should be making if they keep up the pace.

'We might be able to finish tonight, although the sun may be rising by then.' They had only killed 3 out of a long list of targets, but with 2 groups going they should be able to finish in time.

'Time to speedrun and hope we don't run into any more trouble.'