Point-of-View: Izzozon

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As a blade came swinging across towards my head, I swiftly ducked under the slash and drove my fist forward, slamming it onto the stomach of the guy who swung it at me.

A loud crunch echoed out as his bones shattered upon impact, he let out an agonized wheeze of pain, coughing out streaks of blood as he got sent flying back and crashed onto a nearby building.

He collapsed onto his knees and fell over, blood pouring out of his mouth as he let out a sharp, agonized gasp of.

I then glanced around the area as several people surrounded me, before unleashing a powerful wave of blue flames around me as the began to charge in towards me, excruciating cries of agony ringing out as my flames engulfed them and set them ablaze, reducing them to ash in a matter of seconds, their screams fading away rapidly as I let out a sigh.

After fighting and barely defeating Plasmuk, the Slime King, this is mind-numbingly easy. I almost feel bad, they’re all so weak that it kinda feels like I’m bullying them or something.

I then flew up into the air and surveyed the town, looking around...I think I killed all the fighting forces in this place, all I see are cowering civilians.

"Ahem...," I cleared my throat before inhaling slowly and addressing the people in a loud, clear tone, "Hi, how’s it going? I know you’re all afraid and stuff, but there’s no reason to be! I’m sure all of you are tired of the war that has been raging here for all this time, we’ve come here to put a stop to it! We’re a group made up of people with either and both Attributes, Demi-Humans and a few Monsters like me too, our intention is to create a nation here where all are treated equally, regardless of race or Magic Attribute!

And while we do intend to kill everyone who resists us, cooperate with us and we assure you a peaceful, free life in this place! You won’t be separated into Nobles and Commoners, everyone will have the same rights and freedom! Oh, and slavery will be prohibited too! If any of this sounds appealing to you, make your way to the center of the town!

I’ll assume that those who don’t do so are opposed to this, and kill them! I know you might think this is a trick or something, but it’s not...if I wanted to kill all of you, I could easily burn down this entire place in a matter of minutes! So, you know...choose wisely!"

Hm, maybe I could’ve worded all that better, I think I came off more threatening than I intended. Oh, well, I suppose that’s fine, I tried to be as transparent and honest as possible, and I think I accomplished that.

I’ll wait about ten minutes to see what they choose to do...I’m seeing a lot of hesitation and doubt down there, which is pretty understandable, I suppose. But some of them are starting to move towards the center of the town, so that’s good...

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Point-of-View: Larrk Stryker

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"S-stop...stop right there! I...I am the Commander of the Knight Order, and I will not allow you to go any further! I-I’m...I’m warning you! Stay back, you bastard!"

"Hm, you sure don’t inspire a whole lot of confidence, do you? All your Knights here in the capital are dead, you’re the only one left...ordinarily, you’d think the Commander would be out in front, leading the charge, but here you are, cowering inside the castle. I take it the Royal family are behind that door you’re guarding?" I inquired, as I strolled towards him.

"S-stay back, damn you! I-I’m...I’m warning you, don’t take another step!" He exclaimed, before shooting a fireball at me as I, you know, took another step.

I extended out my Magic Eater and swallowed up the flames, letting out a sigh as I shot towards him and slammed my fist onto his face, a powerful explosion bursting out upon impact, killing him instantly.

Alright, that takes care of that, I think that about accounts for all the Knights in the city. Man, talk about weak, Aries is way stronger than he is. Hm, well, I guess it’s possible that he’s more of an acting Commander appointed because the previous one was killed in this civil war?

Whatever, it doesn’t really matter.

Now, for the hardest part...I need to kill the Royal family. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

They’re behind this door, which can only be opened by Royal blood, not even Soul Weapons can destroy it, only the Mana of someone with Royal blood can open it.

And specifically, Royal blood of the Hematite Royal family, so my Obsidian Royal blood is useless here. Hm, what to do...

Ah, here we go.

There’s a small gap at the bottom of the door, no more than a centimeter or so...I could probably squeeze through and get into the room if I turned my entire body into slime.

Wait, no, I don’t need to do that...I can create an almost unlimited amount of slime with my body, I’ll just do that instead.

I then turned my right hand into acid slime, before kneeling down and forcing it through the gap at the bottom of the door, producing more and more with each passing second as I flooded the inside of the room with acid slime.

"Hey, what’s that?" Came a muffled voice from inside the room.

"Some kind of sludge?"

"Ow! I-I just touched it and it hurts!"

"W-wait, are we under attack? Commander? Commander!?"

Sorry, but he’s dead. So, just keep quite and let yourselves get melted down into nothing, this’ll all be over soon-...wait, no, I need at least one of them alive to unlock the prison holding the Demon they’ve got in their clutches.

Okay, back to the drawing board...

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