Chapter 38: Clean, Swift, Final
Lucen took a step forward, he was once again relying on Acting Adept to keep himself calm and steady his breath as he spoke with a chilling tone.
"Kill those villagers, and I’ll grant you a pain worse than death. So deep, you’ll beg for Velmira’s embrace."
Hearing Lucen’s voice made some of the bandits and even Rugar himself feel threatened. The full force of Acting Adept was on display, with every subtle shift of his body, Lucen radiated the presence of a dark knight, vengeance sharpened by justice.
"But surrender now, and I’ll grant you a warrior’s death. Clean. Swift. Final."
As he was done talking, Lucen could not help but sigh in his mind. The way he was talking was something he copied from something he had seen, but for some reason, he was starting to believe that he was that kind of person.
’... Is Acting Adept eating away at my own personality?...’ That thought suddenly came to mind, but he quickly shook it off, since it was no time to think about such things.
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Hearing Lucen’s words had reminded Rugar of the leader of his old mercenary group.
Rugar was once a mercenary who had been to many battlefields. He was once part of a small mercenary group called Blackbane. They were like family and stood side by side with one another. The leader of Blackbane Mina was a good mercenary leader and only took jobs that she felt were good.