Chapter 75: The Massacre

Kiro activated lightning manipulation, people would've thought it impossible, but that turned his eyes bluer. He had bits of lightning zapping through out his entire body, making his brown skin more prominent.

Of course nobody could really see his skin, but the eyes, underneath that dark hood they shone brighter than a full moon on a dark night.

People had one thought in their minds, 'god of lightning.' Which was a bit of an exaggeration, but it was rare to get such an elemental manipulation in the game, so they weren't far off either.

It was a shame that he could only use his lightning skill in such a mediocre way. He could make himself faster, he could coat lightning with Ryu, he could turn foes to charcoal.

But lightning manipulation was much more than that. It had more to offer, and unless Kiro figured it out himself, the skill would stay hidden.

"Hey you! What are you trying to do, do you know who we are?" A short and plump man shouted, though his voice denied his size.

"That's exactly why." He said coldly and unwavering, he activated blink.

Hubris wasn't left behind, he was on Kiro's tail. More than anything, he loved chaos. So he was truly feeling happy.

Everyone couldn't see him travelling, but Hubris could. When he appeared in front of the slug, they thought he had teleported.

Kiro didn't want to use Ryu, he deemed it an insult. He didn't hesitate and used bending kick, slamming the earth slug a few meters from where it was rooted in place.

Hubris was already there, with his sharp claws ready and sliced the earth slug into pieces.

"Tsk, was that really a boss monster?"

Ding!

[Earth Slugs are no match for a guardian like you. This was a low level boss monster. Don't be too smug.]

"Shouldn't you be giving me EXP instead of preaching nonsense?"

[...You've received 10k EXP and 200k coins.]

"System, why doesn't the title show on the status window?"

[Titles don't exist in Asgard.]

Hubris couldn't musk his surprise. He wasn't bleeding, but the wound was a deep one. With just one slash, his movements lagged and he was no longer faster than the players he was torturing to death.

The knight's smile curled into a smug one. He closed in intending to gut him just like he did with his comrades.

CLANK...

Kiro put himself between the knight and Hubris. The knight was visibly annoyed, as this person stopped his kill. He had forgotten there were two enemies.

"Well, Hubris, no meals for a week." Kiro taunted him.

He took out a health potion and emptied it's contents in Hubris' mouth.

"Make that 2 weeks for wasting my potions," he said grumpily.

He spun his staff around, aimed at the knights neck and connected. He didn't use all of his strength, he wanted to beat this person to death if possible.

He kept poking, and smashing his joints, cracking his bones faster than he could react. The knight was now on the ground, with most of his bones broken, he couldn't really stand up.

"You'll regret this!"

"Doubt it. You don't even know what I look like." He planted Ryu on his neck, the knight pixelated.

Luckily for Kiro nobody had recorded the fight because of how fast everything concluded. They didn't really recognise Ryu from the trending videos.

People watched how good the fighting was, they didn't obsess over the weapon he used. So nobody guessed it could be him.

Kiro had thought about the dangers of what he was doing. He was simply tired and just wanted to vent his anger. He only hoped he was cautious enough this time.

The men Hubris had tortured, finally pixelated when they became nothing but bone.

"If you've healed. Let's go."

Hubris was earnestly unhappy, not only did he fail the assigned mission, he wouldn't get food for 2 weeks, some would say Kiro was just exaggerating but Hubris knew better.

People moved aside to make way for them. They watched, as the mysterious young man, and his beast walked and entered Sun's Mountain.