Chapter 726

Chapter 726

It was only natural for one’s fist to hurt more when punching with something in their hand. Without hesitation, Davey began assaulting the figures using the cross in his hand.

“G-get—Aaaah!!”

Wham!!

His extremely fast punch crushed another figure’s head, leaving not a trace of it. The battlefield was engulfed in chaos before he knew it. Although the Rho Aias barrier magic that they had used to subdue him was impressive, it was meaningless if they couldn’t properly maintain it.

Davey quickly knocked out another figure. Like a flash of light, he then flew toward the others and started beating them to death one by one.

Pow!! Bang!!

“A-aaahh!! Don’t come any closer, you monster!”

Bang!

Davey hit the man trying to cast black magic in the chin, making his head disappear before he could even chant.

Thud.

The headless body fell helplessly and disappeared. Only fifteen men remained.

“Next patient.”

Davey’s glare made them flinch and retreat. One of the people who made eye contact with him instinctively knew that he was next.

The trick up their sleeve was Rho Aias’s artifact. Unfortunately for them, it didn’t work on him.

“What?! How did that magic not work?!”

“I know that magic better than you, you idiots.”

Bang!!

With the cross on his palm, he swung his hand upward, slapping his target from below. The man’s head was blown away.

“Our attack has failed! Follow our plans for retreat!”

“Run! Ruuuun!”

They spread out in all directions, making it clear that they had a retreat plan prepared should things go south. However, if Davey had planned to let them run away, he wouldn’t have beaten them to death with his own hands.

Watching them run, he raised one foot. He then muttered, “Gnoass, I request the Colosseum.”

[Complying with the contractor’s request.]

Rumble, rumble!!!

The ground cracked and twisted. A wall rose from within it, blocking the enemies’ escape route.

“Huh? Our escape route...”

Trembling in fear, they looked back at Davey. He blew up the head of the first one to make eye contact with him.

Hiss...!!!

Right after, he arranged atmospheric mana to create a thick fog.

“Let’s see who’s next.”

‘Ready or not, here I come!’ Davey thought.

Bang!

Bang!!

Bang!!!

“Save me! Help—”

Bang!

The sound of heads exploding echoed through the mountains. By the time Davey had wiped the blood from his hands and cleared the fog, not a single enemy was left in the inescapable Colosseum.

“One of them ran away. Hmm... I’ll catch him later,” Davey said calmly.

She broke free from Davey’s grasp and ran toward him. With tears rolling down her cheeks, she shook their uncle in an attempt to wake him up.

"Uncle! It's me, Hyun-Ah! Open your eyes! Please!"

However, he remained unconscious.

Davey remained quiet. For some reason, he couldn’t shake off the complicated emotions that he was feeling. He knew some would call him stupid for what he had done. He could still remember how happy Kain was upon learning that the elixir could awaken the Absolute Gem immediately.

However, things ended up like this instead. There was no way of telling if this was what the Illuminati had been hoping for, but Davey knew that even if he could turn back time, he would still make the same choice.

Slowly, he walked over to Hyun-Ah’s uncle. “How can you call yourself a med student when this is enough to make you panic? Move.”

Hyun-Ah bit her lower lip as she moved aside.

Davey checked the man’s pulse and condition. Pressing and checking various parts of his body for abnormalities. He also used mana waves to accurately examine his internal organs. Confident that his uncle had returned to normal, Davey raised his upper body to support him.

“Although he has physically reverted to his old self, only a miracle can bring his mind back.”

“That can’t be...”

“Even so, keep praying. You never know; a miracle might happen.”

“You’re a Saint, aren’t you? Don’t you have a way to tell?”

“If I had, I wouldn’t be a Saint—I’d be God.”

Demigods and gods were different. Moreover, even if his uncle regained consciousness, Davey figured he’d suffer from significant aftereffects.

Davey met Hyun-Ah’s eyes, which were filled with fear.

“Take him home,” he said. He then nodded at Kouna. “She’ll protect you.”

Afterward, he got up.

"What about you?" Kouna asked.

“The ones who caused this mess have to pay for what they’ve done.”

He prepared to track down the traces of the spirit mana that he had planted on the runner. Davey planned to chase him down no matter where he went.

Soon, he started his hunt.

***

“Haaa! Haaa!”

The man, who had been desperately running away, smiled. He survived somehow, which was more than enough for him.

“Holy shit. He wasn’t a Saint. He’s a crazy bastard.”

The man giggled, not knowing how to deal with the goosebumps appearing all over his body. While running, he kept thinking about Davey, whom the man thought hadn’t changed since he had first appeared. However, the man also knew that that didn’t make any sense.

Although the others had been too distracted by the strange turn of events to notice, he had sensed that something inside Davey had briefly awakened. He could tell that Davey had masked his usual self, concealing his madness so that no one would suspect that he had a monster within him—a monster so terrifying that even a psychopathic serial killer like him who had killed countless people would flinch.

Regardless, they had accomplished what the Malicious Spirits had asked them, which in turn would give the Illuminati high-quality test subjects and information. For him, though, the Illuminati's purpose was irrelevant. He was just satisfied that he could kill more people.

“That bitch’s blood was delicious.”

He thought about the small Japanese girl he had stabbed in the stomach, causing her to collapse. With an ecstatic expression, he recalled the way she looked up at him indifferently. The memory made his lips curve into a bright yet frightening smile that could make anyone tremble with fear.

“Let’s meet again next time.”

A barrage mage by profession, he was a serial killer and an Awakened who had joined the Illuminati. While thinking about going back to see the girl once he had gotten himself out of this situation, he suddenly felt someone look at him from behind.

“Hmm? Is someone coming after me?”

The man turned around but didn’t see anyone—it didn’t really matter, though. He was confident that even a strong and fast person would not be able to find him.

After reaching a certain point, he drew a transfer magic circle on the ground and activated it. He caught his breath and rubbed his hands.

“Alright. Time to head back.”

Little did he know that right next to him stood a young man—perhaps just a boy—nonchalantly staring in the same direction.