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Reality.

The moment Esmond was attacked by Noah, who he believed to be a weakling and useless ability-less human, was when his perception of reality warped.

After trying his best to survive by employing his Skills, he managed to cover his body with rocks as he would usually do to fight or defend himself, managing to live a few more seconds than Noah had anticipated.

And then, he saw one of the girls that followed him around and with who he had sex some days within the week, Amanda.

He really did not even care about her.

He did not even love her or anything at all.

It could be said that the only person Esmond loved was himself.

But still, seeing the girl he has been with a lot of time be beheaded so crudely in front of him really impacted him.

He was already pissing and shitting himself out of fear, and now he just finally saw someone from his party actually dying.

…Although Esmond did not know that this test was actually designed for such things, he had thought about beating Noah’s party until they could not move and then leave them to the mercy of the monsters.

Even if he had some kind of intention of killing these useless people, he was not going to nasty his hands.

But Noah and Iris were willing to do so, and very crudely at that.

“Y-You… killed Amanda!” cried Esmond, as he tried to blast Noah away with another rock projectiles, but he quickly noticed that they began to come out smaller and smaller, his mana was already getting low.

If he could reach his backpack and get a potion, maybe he would be able to recover some Mana… But Noah was not letting him do as he pleased.

Noah did not want to waste more blood in projectiles as he began to use his Blood Claws, crushing the rock exterior of Esmond as he agonized loudly.

“Okay, I get it! I will not… bully you anymore! Please…! Just do not kill me! I… I have a lot of connections you know?! I could be very useful to whatever you want to do! Please… Don’t kill meeee!” cried Esmond, as his rock exterior went flying into the air through Noah’s crimson claws.

“Sounds tentative, but I’ve already made up my mind, I don’t want any of you to remain alive, so you don’t go telling the teachers… Maybe I could convert you, but I cannot really imagine having an idiot like you at my side,” said Noah rather calmly, as Esmond roared, using this opportunity to release the last explosion of rocks, which he used to dart away!

BOOM!

Noah took the hits as he was left with a few wounds while the other rocks were blocked by his claws, he glanced at Esmond coldly and expressionlessly.

“So you had that trick below your sleeve,” he said, as he quickly ran towards Esmond who was trying to run away!

Esmond was barely standing, running away until he realized that Arthur was still rather confused, he did not want Noah and iris to do this!

“Oi! Arthur, heal me! HEAL ME YOU LITTLE SHIT!” he roared, as he ran towards Timassa, who got into her way!

“Get away from Arthur-sama- NGAAH…!”

CLASH!

Timassa was blown away by Edmond’s powerful rock punch, several of her ribs breaking as she was thrown like a bloody ragdoll near a tree!

“Edmond… I…!” muttered Arthur, as Edmond fiercely grasped Arthur’s neck!

“NNGAAH… NNnggooh…!” cried Arthur, barely gasping for air.

Noah glanced at the scene as he stopped in his tracks.

“If you give one single step, I am breaking this little rat’s neck! NOW, HEAL ME, YOU PIECE OF TRASH!” roared Edmond.

“H-He… He… Hea…!”

“GET AWAY FROM ARTHUR-SAMA!”

Suddenly, an enormous bolt of lightning emerged from the side of Edmond, the same direction where Timassa was thrown, as the gigantic lightning bolt clashed against Edmond, throwing him away as Arthur fell to the ground!

CRASH!

“UNNGGYYAAAAAHH…!”

BOOM!

Edmond’s body fell to the ground, as he vomited mouthfuls of blood, even his large vitality was beginning to not work with so many wounds…

Noah smiled, appearing right before him.

“Sorry for the wait, Blood Spear,” said Noah, generating a spear of crystallized blood, right above Edmond’s face!

“I should have really just aimed at your forehead the moment I threw that attack at you, but I wanted to see you suffer some more. I guess I shouldn’t have even thought about that,” said Noah.

“Wait… You… little SHIT! Nnnngggyaaaahh…!” cried Edmond, as the Blood Spear penetrated his forehead, going all the way into his brain and getting out through his skull!

CLASH!

Noah quickly began to manipulate all the blood that Esmond possessed, drinking mouthfuls of it to recover his wounds and strength while saving the rest inside of his Blood Sphere.

Meanwhile, Iris had already killed another girl through poison and was dealing with two who could barely move and were simply desperately spamming attacks.

The moment they saw Esmond die, they completely lost all of their hope.

“ESMOND…! DIEEE!”

“H-HE… KILLED HIM?! YOU FUCKING PIG!”

The two women began to release lightning bolts and spears of darkness towards Iris, who was barely evading while also shielding herself within the tall trees.

The two quickly grew frustrated, as they pointed their spears to weaker targets!

“We will take at least one with us!” cried one.

“Die, you little shit!” cried the other, as the two girls fired their attacks at Arthur who was in the ground, Timassa had many of her bones broken, and could barely move!

“A-Arthur-sama!!!” she cried, trying to exert some of her power but not being able to due to her excessive use of Mana, which even gave her a sharp headache.

Arthur was unconscious when his head hit the ground rather strongly, the lightning and darkness closing in!

Suddenly, someone who had been hiding this whole time appeared, Jon, grabbing a large shield and putting himself in front of Arthur!

BOOM!

Lightning and Darkness clashed against Jon, his shield broke into pieces and he received a large wound on his chest, sending him flying into the air to fall loudly into the ground.

“That’s enough,” said Noah, as he and Iris quickly rushed towards the two girls, who had run out of Mana and tried to struggle to the very last minute, their cries of fear and agony resonated through the forest!

Slash! Slash!

Noah ripped apart one of the girl’s head, while the other had her head sliced off by Iris, as large quantities of blood exploded out of their severed necks like rivers of scarlet nectar.

“Ungh…!”

Noah and Iris quickly walked towards their party, which was barely hanging on their lives.

Timassa was barely standing, as she finally reached Arthur, her insides were mostly crushed, and she would soon die.

“Please… save… Arthur-sama…” she cried, glancing at her unconscious master.

“Sure thing and there will be two legs as an extra,” laughed Noah, grabbing Arthur rather brutishly as he seeped his fangs into his neck, surprising Timassa as she tried to resist and attack Noah for what he was doing!

“Stop…! Ungh…!”

However, Iris appeared and embraced her, quickly biting her neck as well.

“Ah…! Aahh…!”

After a few seconds, Noah was done with Arthur, throwing him into the ground as his skin suddenly turned pale white as if he had died, however, a strange crimson aura emerged from his body.

Iris sucked Timassa’s blood from her tender neck until she fell unconscious, leaving her resting while undergoing her transformation as she glanced at Noah bite Jon’s tender neck rather hurriedly and without many delicacies, only giving a quick bite and then taking some blood before dropping him into the ground.

As the seconds went by, Noah and Iris poured blood into their mouths so they could drink it, making the changes go faster.

The changes into their bodies finally began to emerge as their wounds healed themselves, Arthur’s legs slowly began to grow like young saplings, and even Jon’s blind eye recovered.

“Welcome to our family…” said Noah, as Iris smiled at the three new members of their creed, who had just woken up.

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