Chapter 31: Beast Den
Nick didn’t even flinch upon seeing the two mutilated bodies hit the forest floor with a grotesque squelch.
He’d already condemned the two of them the moment he noticed those tracks the Radiant Slayers had hidden deliberately. They were mentally written off before they’d even chosen to make their escape, in Nick’s mind.
Death was no stranger in the Beast Domain. The reek of blood clung to everyone eventually.
Besides, Nick wasn’t about to waste his emotions on fools who hadn’t realised they were already walking corpses the moment they signed on with Beast Slayer. He didn’t know how exactly they found themselves in that situation, probably something similar to how he’d ended up as bait for the War Beasts.
But at least he tried to fight for his life!
They just ran away like cowards.
’Cough... Well, I also technically ran away... But I was running while being chased by a Radiant Beast of all things! I had every right to run!’
He wasn’t saying that they deserved death for trying to desperately create a situation for themselves to escape the Radiant Slayer’s clasp — just that they were too late in doing so. They should have made that attempt much earlier if they wanted to stand a chance.
In fact, it would have been even better for Nick, since Beast Slayer would have lost his bait to lure out the beast, forcing him to use his own men to do so, putting his cohort at much higher risk.