Vengeance of the Returner

Chapter 118: Fate

Beads of sweat dripped down his body as his hands trembled standing opposite two hundred soldiers with merely fifty soldiers by his side clutching his sword.

"Haha, Die already you puny humans!"

The horse devil, Gemnir scowled and shapeshifted into a form of half-human and half-beast. He stood by his two-horse legs yet, possessing hands similar to that of a human.

As soon as Dark Nix's instincts screamed he began to rush towards Gemnir instead of dodging his attacks. In a mere moment, the number of soldiers was shaved in half.

"Surrender you, impudent humans! You've lost!"

Though Gemnir said that, the other few soldiers remained unwaveringly and ready to die for their land except Dark Nix. His desperation for money led to this and he was there just for a hundred gold coins.

The last time he had a proper meal was probably eight months ago. He was that unsuccessful and deliberately in need of money. He was kicked out of some jobs because of his incompetence and weakness. Yet, there he stood collecting his emotions striving to survive gritting his teeth gazing at the army.

Gemnir grabbed a soldier that ran near him and tore him in half with his hands and took a bite of his body with a smile as the blood-splattered and dripped down his face.

Though the soldiers lost their morale. 

"I have to survive."

Dark Nix mumbled and shot his foot from the bloodied ground and went inside the battalion of the two hundred soldiers.

He was surrounded by all the sides. Dark Nix might be weak compared to Nix but that didn't mean shit. He didn't gain the level that was it. His stats were on par with a level three thanks to his meticulous training and hard work and his abilities possessed ranks far from what Nix could even take it to.

For the record, his Latent instincts were at a superhuman level which he desperately harnessed even though it heavily relies on subconsciousness.

The countless swords came to a part of his body. His body was aching all over. His hands that clutched the sword screamed to let go. His legs were deliberate to stop him from moving. Yet, his mind and soul harmoniously controlled his body taking every thrust and slashes, head-on with the shield.

Upon every attack, he was pushed and stomped down. Nevertheless, the sword simultaneously moved on its own attacking every opponent that entered its trajectory. 

Nix who was witnessing and literally feeling every emotion, pain, and instincts of Dark Nix was going through couldn't help but get goosebumps.

Swiftly few messages appeared before him along with a female voice. Probably the assistant angel who administers his system.

[Path ~ Intransigent Will have been opened up]

[Intransigent Will - is a path of suffering. One should overcome adversities after adversities. It has the potential to reach godhood but needs thousand years of hardships to reach the pinnacle of the path.]

[According to the Administrator Narel's commands to the system the Godhood reach has been restrained]

[Ethereal switch -Intransigence (Phase 4)] 

[You are the first human to attain enlightenment as a level one.]

[You've forcibly achieved VF because of your unyielding will.]

[VF cannot be maintained unless you use ethereal switch since your physique lacks mana and overall stats]

"This is enough."

Dark Nix mumbled with an evil smirk. How was he able to smile in such a dire situation? Well, as someone who was lacking everything and waited for at least a small upgrade to survive couldn't help but, smile at how ironic it was.

His nerves in his hand with which he held the sword were bulging out. No, to be precise his whole body was in an uproar in the sudden surge of awakening his souls' potential. It was not able to handle the recoil.

He closed his eyes and plain followed his instincts and intuition. He focused only on his sword and the image his mind created and began to show swordsmanship that cannot be tackled.

Nix was fortunate to witness and feel the magnificent occurrence. Though he hasn't even touched the surface of the path. He got to feel how it was. Dark Nix was completely blind and in a trance. Nix who was feeling the same sensitivity was compelled to be mesmerized by red dotted lines Dark Nix's mental image created.

It showed lines to where Dark Nix should slash and thrust and he followed the lines and made his moves. The images of the enemies were nothing but a faint silhouette of dotted lines.

His every cut and thrust were in sync with every single feeling his body picked up. His body was so sensitive that even the slight sliver of air and force created by the soldier's swings alarmed his mind.

He didn't care about anything and continuously brandished his sword until his body went numb and fell to the ground. Over the past thirty minutes that felt like an eternity ended abruptly as Dark Nix fell.

Fortunately, the fourth battalion and The angel came to the rescue. Rebecca went on a slaughter nevertheless Gemnir was something she couldn't handle.

Nix who witnessed it couldn't help but feel desperate and get up as Gemnir Picked Dark Nix to rip his body into two.

He was far stronger than how he was when he battled and moreover Nix wasn't able to do shit. 

To his surprise, Rebecca rushed towards Gemnir and began to use the sword energy that shot out like laser cuts to her every swing. 

{Come on man! Wake the fuck up!}

Nix said gritting his teeth.

As though Dark Nix heard his whining he opened his eyes and stabbed Gemnir's hand with the pocket knife he carried for emergency and fell to the ground.

"Kueek!"

He screeched and dragged his body from the lump of other dead bodies crawling towards Ranrak.

Ranrak was already in the losing state their armies were almost wiped out into one-fourth of their original number.

What surprised Nix was Rebecca fighting for him. In a mere instant, his complexion darkened as Rebecca turned and smiled at Dark Nix who was crawling back while her head was getting ripped off.

He didn't know what their relationship in the past was but Dark Nix's heartbeat wilder and his lips quivered as he glanced at her headless body that fell to the ground. Nix who was feeling all that couldn't help but feel the same way as him.

"I am sorry... We'll meet in our next lives if we ever get a chance."

Dark Nix mumbled as tears dripped down his cheeks.

Within a few seconds the vision spun and sent him back to the blank space.

[Synchronization complete]

[You have acquired Latent insight as the Compensation of Experiencing war of Chaos mainland]

[New Mission - Change the fate of Rebecca. Help in the war of Chaos mainland]

[Description: Rebecca is one of the important persons of your past life. Change her fate to pay the debt.]

[Failure: Loss in five stat point | Succession: Path~Transigent Will]

He didn't care about the message he was already ready to help her regardless of the mission since he felt the inexplicable emotions Dark Nix had.

He sat in the place for a few seconds until he regained his vision back to normal.

As soon as he woke up he found himself in the same place where he fell unconscious. Reegan was arguing with a bunch of Draconians in a distance.

He rose from his place feeling far stronger and healthier than, how he felt in the synchronization and just smiled thinking about how fortunate he was. He picked Rebecca and put her on his shoulder and walked towards the group that was arguing with Reegan.

"Yo, man what happened?"

"Black and white warrior! I sensed my kins souls from you. So I asked about it with this short human. Did he try to attack you?"

"No, He was protecting me when I was unconscious."

"I see... We are sorry for the misunderstanding."

Draconians respected their kins decision and respected the man they handed their souls over to. This was probably why he gained weird gazes in Babel and they possess a keen skill in observing their kins.

"It's okay, thanks for looking out..."

Nix said with a smile and bid farewell.

"Handle our kin with care."

The draconians said and left.

"What was that about?" Reegan asked with confusion.

"Well, It's about the chains I guess"

He shrugged.

"Why are you taking her with you?"

Reegan said looking at Rebecca.

"I changed my mind. I want to save her."

He said and carried her towards Theemai.

"Well, Whatever..."

Reegan shrugged his shoulder and walked along with him. Over their course to Theemai, they had to confront a few weaker monsters until they reached the town. 

"Welcome lord Nix!"

Remo greeted Nix just nodded his head and took Rebecca to a room in a rush and made Yumeko heal her up. 

"Thanks for the help."

He said in a cold tone.

Over the last three days, he let her choose between dying and helping Nix instead of mind-controlling. Though they were still on bad terms. He also ordered Gunther to keep an eye on her.