Protagonist?Antagonist? I Reject Both

Chapter 329  329:Tracking And Hunting[III]

Huff, puff!"

Jeff, the leader of the special Black Demons team, gasped for breath as he looked at the massive building in front of him.

"I... I made it."

A glimmer of hope lit his eyes.

Was it because he had run non-stop, heart pounding?

Jeff had reached his destination without being caught.

"I need to... report this quickly."

Even though he felt like he might faint from exhaustion at any moment, he didn't stop.

He had to report the defeat of his team and the incredible power of the one who defeated them as soon as he could.

However, his goal was futile from the beginning.

"Thank you."

With the quiet voice from behind him,

Stab!

A single pale hand pierced his chest.

"Guh, gah!"

His eyes filled with shock and pain, and Jeff slowly turned around. A man was smiling at him.

"Hehehee!"

"Thanks to you, I found it."

"You are such a kind soul for leading me here…I will remember your sacrifice mate so just go and die."

A being that defied logic, the one who had killed all of his team with ease a while back and who could use magic inside a qi-blocking barrier.

It was Leon.

"Damn you..."

Only then did Jeff understand that everything had been a trap set by Leon from the start, but it was too late.

With his last breath, Jeff's life left him completely.

Leon, carelessly discarding Jeff's body, looked at the five-story stone building in front of him.

"Is this the place?"

A secret Black Demons branch.

He had to resort to such a tricky method because the location asked for 600 luck points.

"I don't know if there had been a raid but it would be fun to see their surprise."

With that thought, Leon walked up to the building and gave the huge front door, about three meters tall, a light kick.

Then,

From where Leon's toe had touched, cracks spread across the whole door like spiderwebs, and it fell to pieces.

As Leon stepped through the destroyed gate,

Dozens of arrows filled with cold air rained down on him from every side.

In a blink, Leon was lost among the storm of arrows.

"What? We couldn't stop him?"

One of the archers waiting at the entrance murmured, puzzled.

"No need to stop him."

A voice came from behind him.

"…!"

As he turned towards the voice, the archer saw Leon coming out of his shadow.

The archer's head was swiftly cut off by Leon.

"Attack!"

Only then did the remaining enemies start to charge at Leon, but it was too late.

Black Demons fighters, among whom were numerous attacks charged Leon as a cascade of multicolored attacks poured from behind them.

Just as the  onslaught raced past the fighters and approached Leon,

Darkness surged around him, cloaking his entire form and creating an abyss of oblivion.

Any qi condensed attack that made contact with this oblivion vanished without a trace.

"!!!!!!"

Witnessing their attacks not being blocked or deflected, but erased from existence, the fighters stood stunned.

Leon, now shrouded in darkness, lightly tapped the ground with his toe.

And then.

"...?"

In an instant, Leon vanished from his spot, reappearing behind the onrushing fighters.

BOOOOOM!

A sonic boom erupted moments later.

Accompanying it, the bodies of the caught enemies began to tear apart.

"What..."

Awestruck, the watching black demons were left dumbfounded.

They could not understand what had transpired.

Before the magicians could regain their senses,

Leon, pushing off with his foot and dashing before them, extended his previously withdrawn right hand. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

From Leon's fingertips, a blade-like darkness jutted out in a straight line, obliterating everything in its path.

"Kill... Kill him!!"

The remaining fighters, recognizing Leon belatedly, rushed towards him despite the terrifying scene unfolding before them.

But the tide had already turned.

This was no longer a fight.

It was a one-sided slaughter.

A devilish human.

A term referring to beings who have exceeded human limits by honing their abilities, whether it be swordsmanship or other skills, to an extreme degree.

Leon was unparalleled among those who hadn't exceeded the limits of the Divine realm.

Even the Divine realm might be beaten badly if he uses Draconic transformation.

"Mon... Monster..."

"A demon calling a human monster…What kind of comedy is this?"Leon muttered with a smirk.

The last standing one stepped backward with a pale face and mumbled at Leon.

Leon, who claimed even this pitiful guy's life without a hitch, looked up.

With that, Leon's figure melded into the darkness.

Shortly after.

"What... Aaaargh!"

"Block... Aaaargh!"

Bursts of sound, accompanied by continuous screams, reverberated from within the building.

...…

"All communication with the second-floor defense forces has been severed!"

"There was an intruder confirmation in Room 1 on the third floor... now their signal is lost!"

"Signals from Room 2 to Room 5 on the third floor have vanished simultaneously!"

"The fourth floor! We've just received a message from the elite combat unit on the fourth floor!"

-We are engaged with the intruder... Can't hold on any longer... Aaaargh!

"What on earth..."

Bill mumbled, taken aback by the terrifyingly rapid disappearance of signals from the combat units.

What was happening?

The layout of this secret branch, where he resided, differed from conventional buildings.

There were no central corridors or passages, only interconnected rooms, and to ascend to the next floor, one had to traverse through all the rooms.

And yet.

"...Is this speed even possible?"

Yes, with a significant stretch of imagination, he could fathom someone breaking through the rooms alone.

But he couldn't understand this speed.

Less than four minutes

The intervals at which the signals from the combat units safeguarding each room vanished.

Speed is only achievable if there is an extreme difference in ability, like an adult versus a child.

As Bill murmured, signals kept disconnecting.

Along with it, the sound of the explosion reverberated as if the person was tearing its way.

"Who is this shithead?"

A word surfaced in Bill's mind as he heard the resounding echoes.

"Such overwhelming power…Is it that human bastard Stephen…The Wood Cutter…"

Bill acknowledged the existence of such idiots as he had encountered one such individual.

If a person barrages ahead then either that guy was an idiot or someone who didn't fear any trouble and this guy was likely to be later

Although he hadn't directly witnessed it yet, he strongly sensed that the intruder causing this havoc was an entity born with the fate of a predator.

The instant they crossed paths, Bill was certain he wouldn't stand a chance and would be torn asunder.

'It's too late to flee.'

There was no hope that Demorgan would arrive here in time.

"Elder!"

As the booming sounds drew closer, the other organization members gazed at Bill anxiously, seeking instructions.

'In that case...'

With this thought, his eyes sparkled.

Crash!

He shattered the glass box next to him.

And Bill gripped the pristine white dagger within.

With that, immense hot energy erupted from the dagger, rapidly raising the room's temperature to the point of boiling.

The water glass solidified instantaneously, and frost began to form all around.

"Elder, that's!"

The organization members stared at Bill in surprise, but he remained silent, his gaze fixed on the door.

'There's no other choice.'