There was silence...the atmosphere was cold and still the muscular man whose hand was cut off by me only kneel'ed down onto the ground as he stopped roaring from pain all of a sudden,his body was shivering and he himself whimpered lightly as he in a state of shock and pain,any normal person would have continued to roar or scream,but as a warrior it was commendable that he forced himself to be quiet to suck up the pain instead of crying over it.

The other two knights naxrian and lushen were shocked standing behind the muscular man whose name was pergiun I recall.The feet of those two knights were rooted onto the ground looking at me with wide eyes and a gaping mouth.The eyes of the leader,lushen in particular traveled down my hand staring at the golden radiating beam that came from the tip of the pitch black handle I held he couldn't help,but gasp at the plasma sword for a second while staring at it.

They were all shocked no,one knew what just happened,but everyone mildly suspected that I had somehow cut the hand of the muscular knight in front of me,the motion itself was something no,one saw coming or had even an opportunity to glimpse upon which was the main reason of disbelieve in the minds of these knights they believed it to be a simple fluke a mistake and a act of carelessness towards the knight pergiun's part,they believed that if the knight was a bit more serious he could have simply killed me without an issue since they had already established that I was a person without a shred of magical power a common citizen who knew nothing and could do nothing with no real strength or power other then my exceptional looks I guess.

But at the same time the leader knew better,lushen understood the situation without a doubt as he hardened the look on his face quickly reaching towards his sword and drawing it in lightning speed roaring at the same time towards his subordinates issuing a order his eyes looked slightly enraged,but deep down they were still calculative and calm,good enough to make rational decisions.

-KILL THIS BRAT !

He roared,loud and fast,his movements even more so as he thrusted his sword aiming towards my neck area with lightning speed while also circulating intense amount of magic around him aiding his over all strength.My eyes were cold and focused without a single shred of hesitation I raised my plasma sword and pointed it towards the knight.Stepping forward I intercepted his shining steel and cut through the sword without a single force of resistance.

With lushens sword cut in two the broken blade started to fly off high into the sky the smooth and reflective side of the blade shone for a half second,the effect was small,but enough to finally make the other two knights get back to their senses.This time ferocity could be seen in the eyes of the remaining two knights especially the injured one as he was smoking from anger thirsty for revenge with black smoke literally coming out of his ears,trembling as he used his other hand to mightily draw the huge sword behind his back the other knight also charged at me from the side drawing two short swords from his waist motioning to stab me from bellow.

The leading knight lushen was shocked,his sword had been decapitated,broken in two without any sort of resistance or backlash his face contoured slight fear,but that fear immediately distinguished as he felt the support of his two comrades coming for his aid he looked at me with triumph,but when he saw the look I had the knight couldn't help,but feel a sinking feeling rise inside his heart.

I was corned and even though it looked grim for me this wasn't anything I needed to be worried about up until now I hadn't even used my powers fully I had initially used Time Lag to cut off the guy's hand in a split second and even in this situation they weren't my equal no matter how many times they tried.

I smiled,the smile wasn't ridiculing or arrogant it was a amused smile that came from small entertainment.My hand was as if it was moving on its own invoking my powers and activating Time Lag for a second time temporarily stopping the actions of the people around me for a split second while my other hand also started swing my sword horizontally and vertical doing both of these moves precisely two times in a row finally deactivating the plasma sword in my hand and watching as time came back to normal.

The charging knights suddenly stopped in their tracks.

I could feel the close presence of the muscular man behind me,his large sword hovering over my shoulder in a stand still as if it was just about to cut me down,but the large blade wasn't descending...it was trembling instead.

-Hey !? You idiots what are you doing kill him already !

The leader shouted slightly confused and panicked as he couldn't understand why his comrades had suddenly stopped in mid swing,he wasn't sure what to do as he could only watch the blades of his fellow knights tremble before me their eyes squirming left and right finally watching my calm and casual figure in front of them,the muscular knight was the most enraged from the look in his eyes I could see that he was trying hard to move his body to descend the huge blade in his hands and cut me into two so he could get his revenge,sweat was accumulating like mad on his forehead he couldn't even make a whimper as his blade only trembled,but didn't move a single inch.

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It all happened too fast,my movements seemed almost as if they were non-existing the knight was obviously shocked having no,idea what was happening in front of him the sinking feeling inside his heart only deepened the more he stared at me trying to keep his head clear,but getting even more unnerved every second he stood in my presence.

Finally vapors started to rise,those vapors were small,but very self evident and visible as they were colored crimson red flying though the air for a split second until they evaporated becoming one with the air,the smell was a distinctive iron like smell foul in my opinion,but nothing to be bothered about as the smell didn't disturb me for the slightest bit.

(Tack)

The knight lushen had finally fallen,not because he been struck or anything,but because he had tripped,his armor rattled vibrating from his shaking feet that could no longer support his weight...

The knight lost his cool his face contoured absolute terror as he watched his two comrade knights from behind staring at the bloody vapors coming off their bodies rising into the air,but that was only the beginning soon enough blood also started to come,flowing all the way down their boots creating a puddle of crimson red on which the knights stood on respectively.

(Thud,Thud)

In the end the knights collapsed drowning in their own puddle of blood that continued to flow,their injuries now very self evident showing that they were cut from the stomach and then up to their necks even their heavy metal plate armor didn't help to defend their rear as it was turned into simple scarp metal showing no sorts of defense altogether with the two knights going unconscious tragically.

-...

-...

My eyes were cold and ruthless I only scanned the two bodies a single time before looking down towards the last living knight in front of me while gripping my sword tight.

I stepped forward getting closer to the knight my steps resounded through this entire alley way finally alarming the knight as he came back to his senses crawling away from me in absolute fear grinding his teeth with anger and contempt.

-You...YOU BASTARD !

The knight roared and with a last pitch of effort the knight finally took his anger and used it as fuel to feed his courage,through this magic once again started to circulate inside his body,but this time it was different,the knights hands,feet and face started to change drastically mutilating and forming into a almost demonic being with sharp claws and fangs not really a demon or anything,but a dragon.

His transformation was very similar to that of verdaths and even though it was similar their strengths couldn't be compared to each other these dragon knights were obviously much more weaker then verdath himself either way that didn't matter much there are still things I needed to ask him.

The now transformed dragon knight charged at me his speed 3 times faster then before,but even then his every move was visible to as if he was simply walking,I didn't even need to use my ability and just activated my plasma sword stepping to the side dodging both of his sharp claws as I slashed my sword downwards with both hands creating a golden screen of light through the after image of the beam.

-arghhh...

The knight whimpered,surprisingly enough he didn't roar or scream like the other knight and only stared at his cut off hand with a small pained look on his face almost regretful even as if he had predicted something like this would happen.

The knight collapsed his cut off hand bleeding profusely as he leaned onto the dark wall of the alley way trying to calm his breathing while looking up to me,the look in his face was obvious fear,but he tried to mask it through a simple smile that he couldn't quite get off only make a wryly smile instead in which his lips quivered while also trying to stop his intense bleeding.

-Please...have mercy...I know we did wrong,but we only followed orders

The knight pleaded,he was pitiable really and looking at him,I knew that he wasn't a bad person to the core he was ruthless and a bit mean,but he wasn't meaninglessly cruel he simply did things as they came to go by life and generally speaking the way he also pleaded for his fellow comrades suggested that he did have some amount of companionship towards them not being entirely selfish in a way.

But still I also had a few things to do so it was unavoidable,I had to do what I had to do.

Gritting my teeth I swiftly pointed my plasma sword towards the fallen knight putting it directly beneath his chin,I could see him suffer under the heat of the sword it radiated making him pained and uncomfortable as I spoke.

-I will give you a chance you tell me what I want to know and if I see you lying to me don't think I will let you nor your friends go

The threat was very clear to the knight's ears he could only sigh seeing the piping hot beam threatening him until giving up everything.