Chapter 259 Kind Death
While Dilan got to know a lot about the Blood Legion, and their doings, the tide of monsters was quickly taken care of.
Dilan didn’t even know how many monsters he had killed, but when Mayor Clerens was done speaking to him, it looked like there weren’t many monsters left for him to kill.
A moment later a hail of arrows rained down on the said monsters, eliminating them in an instant.
‘She is probably stronger than Ailee.’ Dilan thought while looking over to Sheriff Jennie. It didn’t matter much to him, so he turned his head back to Mayor Clerens.
“Thank you for sharing all the pieces of information with me. It was very helpful, I guess.” He felt like saying more but Dilan chose to shut up. There was something else he had to do, something that had to do with his people, and the fact that they had never fought against other human Ascenders.
They had yet to gain experience fighting against evil Ascenders, and that was exactly what Dilan had to change.
‘If they don’t learn to fight humans when they have the opportunity, they might mess up, and hesitate. And, by the time they let go of their hesitation, it will be too late to learn.’ Dilan thought. His mindset was quite simple.
By allowing his Ascenders to fight the Blood Legion, he wanted to give them the opportunity to learn how to kill other humans, and other Ascenders, who may even be stronger than them.
Dilan knew that he would face bloody Ascenders, who were stronger than him. This was only logical because these bloodthirsty Ascenders would focus on increasing their stats by absorbing human Essence crystals.
However, that was not the biggest problem. Rather, it was the fact that many of his Ascenders had only seen him, Kathrine, and Williams killing other humans. Most of the time, those killings had been executions that were more like punishments when they had beheaded the humans, who broke their group’s rules.
It was entirely different to be the one wielding the sword and to kill a human, while fighting with them using all your strength, in comparison to looking at someone beheading someone else, who was much weaker.
Dilan knew that his Ascenders needed to become mentally strong to survive in the world Milarn had turned to. This was a basic necessity, and he could tell that it was of utmost importance because Milarn would change quickly. The world he knew right now would not stay the same after all.
The Primordial Ascension had merely initiated the awakening of the planet’s mana. However, the changes that were occurring to Milarn wouldn’t stop at that. The planet had just entered its Infant phase, and it would take a while for the mana around them to grow.
Milarn would become more interesting for more races, and with the planet becoming more hospitable, it would only be a matter of time before stronger monsters would emerge on it.
In fact, Dilan wouldn’t even be surprised if Tier-2 monsters would emerge on Milarn soon. Simultaneously, it was only a matter of time before the first Tier-2 Ascenders would appear, and Dilan’s only worry was that it would be an evil Ascender who would become the first human to advance to Tier-2.
“Now that the tide of monsters has been taken care of, can I go back to my people and bring some of them to take care of the Blood Legion?” Dilan asked in a nonchalant manner. He knew that seeking Mayor Cleren’s permission was not necessary because he could do everything he wanted to.
Nonetheless, Dilan asked, his eyes clearly showing that he enjoyed what he was doing just now.
“It’s not like I can stop you, either way. Just do what you want…I guess…” Mayor Clerens replied, bothered about the fact that Dilan was aware of the advantage he had.
They had not known each other for a long time, but Mayor Clerens could tell that Dilan was stronger than him, and the others under him.
‘Even if we work together, I cannot tell for sure whether we will win or not. In fact, if we win, we might not be able to kill him, while our casualties would be terrifyingly high…’ This conclusion was something Mayor Clerens reached at in the short time he fought next to Dilan.
Dilan was a battle maniac, he loved challenges, and if something was too boring, he would kill his opponents off without hesitation.
‘His tense expression has eased up, and his eyes don’t twinkle in excitement while collecting the monster’s Essence crystals, almost as if the task is nothing but a big burden to him… However, his eyes are full of life, overflowing with Lifeforce, and his desires are clear in everyone’s eyes. He is not hiding anything…’ Mayor Clerens thought, feeling conflicted.
It may be easy to conclude what kind of monster Dilan was, but this was actually a problem for many people. His group was still somewhat old-fashioned, considering that the Primordial Ascension had initiated the start of a new Era.
Thus, Dilan’s true desires and his way of being honest and true to himself would be quite hard to get accepted by many.
‘Is Dilan even willing to get accepted as a ‘normal’ human being?’ He wondered all of a sudden. Dilan had taken the longest to collect all Essence crystals of the monsters he killed. There were probably 400 or more monsters he killed in a matter of 10 to 15 minutes.
That was fast, to put it simply, which was also why collecting crystals from every single monster took so much longer, to the extent that Dilan got frustrated.
‘I hope there are devices with which one can collect Essence crystals faster…’ He could only hope before his head turned in the direction of the few Soldiers, who had taken care of his prey, the unconscious bloodthirsty Ascenders.
His expression changed and he shot in their direction before looking down at the unconscious humans, who had betrayed their own race. They had killed their own brethren for the sake of strength which was why Dilan didn’t feel any pity while looking at them.
‘I don’t know if it’s lucky or unlucky for you guys that I got to know everything I needed to know about your group.’ He merely thought as his sky blue eyes looked at the unconscious Ascenders coldly.
The soldiers noticed his gaze but it was not as if they couldn’t feel what Dilan already felt. In fact, their emotions were of much more hatred toward the Blood Legion, and each of their members.
They wanted to beat up the bloodthirsty Ascenders, and even torture them a little bit. At least, that was what they imagined to do to them in their mind.
Only the young female Soldier was able to maintain a calm composure as she started to speak to Dilan.
“We took care of them. None of them has been injured and they’re perfectly fine. Sir, you can ta–..” However, even before the young female Soldier could finish speaking, Dilan’s flat hand lashed out into the air. Blood spurted through the surrounding, and a shocked expression appeared on the young female Soldier’s face as droplets of blood splattered on her.
His flat hand had reached for and pierced straight through the throat of the closest bloodthirsty Ascender. The body of the Ascender flinched once but he had still been unconscious, which was why he died without even realizing what had actually happened.
It was a peaceful death, something the bloodthirsty Ascenders didn’t actually deserve.
However, Dilan couldn’t care less about this, right now. The bloodthirsty Ascenders were of no use to him anymore, so he simply killed them.
It was that simple, yet the gazes he received were filled with horror and utter dumbfounded.
‘If he had planned to kill them, right from the beginning…why did we even stay here and watch them for so long?!?’