When Colt was trying to find Mina, the Goddess Light showed him a specific memory.
The entirety of the cosmos unveiled, then it zoomed in to capture Colt standing still in the church. As if his soul got dragged out of his body, he was brought to the enemies’ hideout and saw their exact number and level of strength.
The cave was heavily guarded; three Master Class and a dozen of Rank-9 Warriors were present. It was littered with strong enemies. He couldn’t hope to fight them with his current level of strength. Thus, he asked for help.
The ground shook, and the cries of people could be heard from afar. Sister Mary and Neun had encountered the enemies. The commotion caused the cave to be left unattended.
Neun and Sister Mary drew the enemies far into the woods, and then Colt, garbed in the aura of darkness, swoop into the camp to attempt a rescue.
No one was around, there was no danger, but then, Colt heard a cry. It came from his wife and his daughter.
Colt’s mind blanked as he quickly made a move for it, and when he reached the end of the cave, there, he saw Mina holding a knife to her neck while Filla cried, begging her to stop.
A man dressed in white stood behind them, watching it all play out with a maniacal grin, savoring the grotesque and morbid sight.
When Colt saw this, his mind cracked.
Garbed in black smoke, he instinctively moved his left hand at the first notice of an element in the mind of the man dressed in white and then stopped Mina from killing herself before freeing her from the mysterious element’s shackles.
Colt’s mind got wrecked to oblivion; his morality crumbled, but he held on by satiating his lust for blood by taking a single arm.
‘That should be enough for now.’
He had to heal Mina to free her from the pain. He needed to be swift and calm. He spared the man in white to reflect on life if he should do it, but he chose to cross the line.
With an attempt, Olivier’s body morphed, and his mind altered. His limiters once again removed. His eyes changed. Olivier tried attacking Colt, wishing to end his life with a strike.
His cries echoed. A battlecry to enhance his capabilities rang. Colt heard it, and that was enough to set him off.
As he handed the World Tree to his Soul Partner, Colt picked up his sword.
At this moment, Olivier, the man in white, had already called upon strength to vanquish his enemies.
“Die, you bastard!”
Olivier cried out loud.
“Your voice grates my ears.”
With Olivier pushing forward, Colt lifted his sword and simply pointed it at him.
This action raised Olivier’s sensitivity to danger, causing him to abandon his attack and move to the side.
Colt quickly made use of his left hand, grabbing Olivier’s face. Colt absorbed the Light Element from Olivier and reverted his strength to a measly Rank-5 Warrior.
And as Colt clutched Olivier’s face, his anger finally revved up. His emotions ran wild, and his grip became a vice.
“The burn marks all over Mina’s body, the cuts on her back, the mind-shattering element injected in her mind, and worst of all, you forced her in attempting to take her life.” Colt unfeelingly stated.
His grip tightened and tightened some more before he finally could no longer control the rage and slammed Olivier down on the ground!
“YOU DESERVE DEATH!”
Crack!
“GAH!”
Olivier coughed up blood as his internal organs got damaged! His skull didn’t crack, but it felt like it did after having it bashed onto the ground without remorse.
Colt’s eyes became bloodshot as he took Olivier’s legs and threw him to the steel bars once more!
The ground cracked as Colt planted his feet on the world, and as he kicked and sent himself flying, clenching his fist-
BAM!
He delivered a devastating blow crushing not only three ribs but also the steel bars behind Olivier. Olivier spiraled through the air before crashing to the cave wall behind him.
Dust smoke abounds, the atmosphere became heavier. It was the apparent sign that Olivier is not going to keel over just yet.
“Y-you bastard, who do you think you’re messing with? I’m an Apostle; the heavens chose me. None can oppose me; no one should oppose me! Everybody should lie down and wait for their deaths as I enjoy your screams!”
The dust settled, and beyond that was Olivier with a body that seemed to have mutated to a lizard.
A pattern of white scales was on his right neck and cheek. His pupils had turned to something akin to a Dragon’s. His fangs grew, and his right hand mutated to claws.
Veins were popping from his temples, a sign that he was nearing an overdose of his ability. Even his body was warping out of control.
He no longer seems like a human, but he didn’t seem like a beastman either. He couldn’t have undergone mutation as the presence of Zara was nowhere to be found.
Colt, however, didn’t care. He looked at his enemy powering up by screaming.
“I don’t know how you are canceling the Light Element, but I just have to be fast enough to ensure you won’t get to touch me, right?” Olivier kicked the ground but didn’t pounce at Colt.
Like an uncontrollable spring, he bounced around, and with his claws, began chipping away at Colt’s body, tearing off Colt’s skin little by little. Blood was drawn, and despite his accelerated healing, Colt wasn’t able to keep up.
However, Colt wasn’t panicked. He has a trump card that he had not used just yet.
‘He’s too fast I can’t keep up. I need to try it...I am still new to this, but…I just need to redirect this into my mind and body, correct?’
Colt had a sudden realization, and the Light Element stuck in his left hand began to move. While he focused on protecting his vitals, Colt’s body screamed from pain as he forced the Light Element into his system.
‘Recall the information you inherited. Create a path using the smoke, slowly, but steadily…release the power of my left hand.’
Indeed, the black smoke churned and wriggled.
Like a snake, it coiled around his arm and reached his neck. Finally, it reached his temple. With the path established, the invading World Devouring Mark showed a side effect.
His sclera turned dark as the night, and as the Light Element flowed in, his pupils turned pearly white. His mind screamed in pain as his mind almost got devoured.
With his rage, Fluff could not help or assist him. Thus, Colt was forced to wait for the Light Element to settle down on its own.
The pain caused his veins to almost pop, but with the Chick’s help, he managed to avoid the worst.
Colt felt his body tremble. But he held on, aura rushed into his body, and quickly, his strength shot up, reaching Rank-6, then 7 then 8 and eventually reaching 9.
His breathing caused steam to come out. His body was burning from all the energy he had ingested. And as his blood also boiled, it mixed with his breathing resulting in a bloody mist.
The now blood-red steam became more and more dense, becoming more visible by the second.
“You’re nothing but a sacrifice! DIE!”
Olivier came rushing in as he saw a chink on Colt’s defense. With his claws turned sharp like a blade. Olivier wanted to pierce the heart of Colt from behind.
With bulging veins and a body that seemed about to explode, Colt felt he would die. Luckily, he had an outlet to pour all the energy.
With a burst of strength, he turned around and grabbed Olivier’s remaining hand.
“What!? Dammit, let go!”
Olivier was surprised and tried pulling away. Colt had just about enough, and with his body now steaming from all over, he crushed Olivier’s wrist. Colt then pulled him to him and cut off the remaining arm.
“AAAAAAAH! MY ARM!” Olivier screams and fell to his knees. He then saw Colt’s eyes, those white and oppressive gaze of his fell onto him. His breathing froze.
An instinctual feeling of needing to escape arose. The thoughts of, ‘I’m going to die.’
Repeatedly echoed in Olivier’s head.
With a kick on the ground, Olivier tried passing by Colt as a last-ditch effort. But his efforts were futile. Colt caught his leg, and it too was crushed, and as for the remainder got severed to ensure he couldn't escape.
“AAAAHHHHH! IT HURTS, IT HURTS! PLEASE, STOP! I SURRENDER!”
Colt heard Olivier’s plea, but he didn’t care and moved his foot to his neither regions and crushed his balls and castrated him shortly after.
A gut-wrenching scream echoed in the room.
Colt was angered. He was too angry even to consider that what he’s doing was no longer humane.
What he can think of is the thing he had done to Mina and Filla. He even brought Hylda to the brink of death. If not for his timely arrival, Hylda would no longer be of this world any longer.
Colt then wielded his sword and made continuous slashes, cutting him far from the vitals and keeping him alive for a long time to relish the anger and the punishment Colt wanted to give him.
With a twitching body, Olivier stared at Colt. He was still begging as tears flowed down his cheeks, “Please…spare me…”
“You disgust me.”
Colt severed Olivier’s head...killing him without mercy.
I thought i was a person with morals. But if my family was treated like how mina and filla was treated, i would’ve done much more than what cole did.
Nay even i will do the same thing.. even to throw away morals
A human was born without morals it was needed to adopt to what is society today.. in the past people were merciless killers from wars to domineer one another tribes and kingdoms, killing was a common situation everywhere.. people kill for thier own satisfaction be it for revenge,greed and anger, human morals was just a facade to hide our true nature..
Should've cut him up like a vegetable
Thx for the chap.
Good torture here. Just the good amount.
Nice, he remembered the golden rule: "always double tap or severe the head to ensure the demise of your enemy!". Nicely done author!
no prisionerssss what a deserving end, now it's time to hunt the smart ass who though that it was a good idea to sent this idiot after Colt's family
Such a beautiful chapter.
yeeeeeeeee kill the bastard
I find the idea that killing a psychopathic murderer that is attempting to kill you and your family is immoral to be very jarring. You keep saying his "morality breaks" or "crumbles," even though Colt has not been the aggressor in most of these combats, and has only killed those that are trying to kill him. That doesn't strike me as immoral or unethical.
I realize why we had to sit through the needlessly and utterly pointless torture po*n the author was wanking off to over the last few chapters now; it was to get us to hate Olivier. But I don't hate Olivier, it wasn't their fault, they were a victim of bad writing. This entire arc was a victim of bad writing.
Maybe don't subject people to your fetish without warning. Because some of us have actual experience with it and actually want to die when we get triggered through being reminded about it.
The way this ended as well is just terrible. The protagonist basically teleported to the final fight and beat down the antagonist like they were an abnormally sized toddler. From beginning to end I was not happy with this arc. The slave bullsh*t was just so cliche, the betrayal was predictable and I feel bad for everyone who hadn't seen it coming because they're likely particularly slow. To say I got mad over the last few chapter would be to say the sun is "a little bright" or that a black hole is "kinda heavy".
Also sudden mental torture, allusions to rape, burning alive, possible accidental (or unwanted) abortion, pick and choose a life for a life Faustian bargaining and suicide... did you read my diary and decide you wanted to write an amateur hour attempt at triggering everyone whoever experienced any of that?
Because you got me pretty good, and I spent almost ten minute simmering with utterly and completely justified rage before I managed to calm myself. I said some colorful things in the comments as well, and I am not going to take any of that back. End of the road I want to just say if I met you in the street I wouldn't hurt you, but you'd ruin my day by mere proximity. Because there comes a point when it becomes obvious the author doesn't give a damn about writing a compelling story and is just writing to get a reaction, and this is a prime example of an amateur writers attempt at getting a reaction.
Well, you got one.
Thanks for thoroughly ruining my day with your low effort fecal painting. I'm sure someone will happen by and call all that sh*t you threw at the wall art or something dumb like that. As someone who now currently hates you by sheer bint of you writing a story that was 'okay' and then promptly running it into the ground before setting it aflame with the kind of authorial spite that lets the reader know the author really just wants everyone reading to suffer and for no one to ever be happy about anything, I'm giving up on your cooking channel as it were.
Funny how the sh*t sandwich happened immediately after a boring mini arc that saw a large dip in likes.
Now, I'm a grown adult man-child and am fully willing to admit I am being childish. And while I don't hold grudges, mostly because I just don't care about people who offend me by existing - I'm making a very special corner of my 'people I actually hate' box and putting the author in it. Its been empty for the last decade, so there'd plenty of room.
AM I trigger? Yes, yes I am triggered.
I apologize if I offended you and ruining your day, also, I already said that Olivier was not a character that everyone should hate because his story was yet to be told and their situation was unknown. Even the backgrounds of these "Apostles" are yet to be told, all of it is simply surfaced level that no one really knew about. And as for the bad writing of this mini-arc, even I know that it has its flaws but I use them to ensure that not everything that happens in the background will need to be said in a single chapter without a need for it except for an info dump.
But I still get your hate, and I am sorry for that
Simple question, Why are you venting your frustrations about your life on here? You comment like the authors goal was to personally attack you which quite frankly it was not, the novel has its flaws as do all novels that exist but your rant was simply unnecessary. No one on here particularly cares about your problems regardless of how sad and unfortunate they may have been, nor do we care for your opinion if you are not going to be constructive about it. There are way better ways to show displeasure to the writing than doing everything in your power to sound like a top of the line asshole, if the novel started pissing you off once it started heading in a certain direction you could have stopped reading no need to fall into a mad hysterical rant.
@Seyer_Jad do we really need a backstory for him? no. he's obviously just trash. he is having fun letting a mother and a child kill each other for f*cks sake man. no amount of backstory can redeem that.
finnally kill him, well if i´m in the place of colt i gonna let alive and let him see destroying his kingdom into ashes yeah colt need to go to destroy the light kingdom and his church