When the Innocent Becomes the Executioner (Part 4)
A silence fell over the place. No one had ever thought Danilo would be so decisive. The girls covered their mouths with their hands in shock. Then tears welled up.
His mother also began to cry.
Fear and adrenaline made him ignore the fact that he had killed someone for the first time.
While the others were still stunned, Danilo kicked another man and stabbed Zacarias in the stomach. There was resistance, but the sword eventually pierced through. Danilo deduced that Zacarias's talent might be related to defense. So he kept stabbing Zacarias in rage while shouting:
— Fuck! You dared to look at my mother, at my family?
Who do you think you are?
Do you think I don't exist?
Danilo's eyes were red, and tears streamed down his face. He dropped the rusty weapon from his hands and grabbed the sword that was in Zacarias's hands.
— Mom, use Slowdown.
His mother didn't react.
— If they escape, they'll call the police.
After hearing what he said, the others forgot they were the majority. They forgot to fight and tried to flee. But something terrifying happened. Their movements became extremely slow.
— Please, no. Please — begged Tiago, trembling.
Tiago, an ordinary man, was among them. A man who had just gotten married, from a common family, and had just entered the Divine Domain. His mother was sick, and he thought that through the Divine Domain, he could find the opportunity to heal her and give his family a better life. Talent class C, Steps of the Wind. While not as amazing as Zacarias's, it was still reasonably good.
— Don't kill me, I beg you — knelt Zeca.
Zeca, too. Four children. He had lived a hard life all along. Since he was chosen to enter the Divine Domain, he came with hopes. Especially for his youngest daughter, who had a disease that required a lot of money for treatment.
Then, when he entered the Divine Domain and saw his class C talent, Eye of Truth, even though it was a small talent, he found hope. But Danilo killed him anyway. Everyone has a story, and only the one who survives will tell the version known to all.
So Danilo reaped them one by one. When the seven men were dead, he stopped and came back to his senses.
— I just killed someone… — he whispered to himself.
He looked at his blood-stained hands, the sword, and his cloak also covered in blood. He began to tremble and suffer panic attacks. He fell to his knees and then vomited.
Deep down, he always knew he would do this. But he never thought it would be so soon. After all, it was still the first day of the Divine Domain. He knew human nature was unpredictable, fickle, and cruel, but he thought there would be some time before people changed so drastically.
Then, he pulled himself together and stood up.
— Let's stop for today. It's time to go home.
Everyone nodded in silence. No one had spoken since the massacre.
A crystal appeared in each of their hands, and just as they were about to log out, Danilo's voice echoed:
— What are you doing? — he asked. — We can't leave the Divine Domain here in the wilderness. It has to be in a safe zone, otherwise when we log back in tomorrow, we'll probably end up here again.
Then he walked over to the corpse of one of Zacarias's men, the one who had the other sword, not rusty, and picked it up. After that, he went to Zacarias and saw an improvised bag made from a sweater, probably belonging to one of them.
He opened it and saw many crystals. Among them, four stood out. Looking at the bag, he wondered why Zacarias hadn't used the crystals.
Another thing that stood out beneath his corpse: there was a skill book. When he read it, the depression from the recent events lessened a little.
Then he returned to the village, with his mother and sisters silently following behind.
SYSTEM ANNOUNCEMENT
CONGRATULATIONS, UNKNOWN, FOR BEING THE FIRST BEING ON EARTH TO LEVEL UP AND REACH LEVEL 2.
REWARD: BRONZE TREASURE CHEST.
He was so tired and emotionally drained that he decided to ignore it. After all, there was a high chance these announcements about the so-called "Unknown" were triggered by the same person. And there was another great possibility that this was a cheater.
One big rule that every novel reader knows: it's useless to compete with a cheater.
But then…
SYSTEM ANNOUNCEMENT
CONGRATULATIONS, NAMELESS SWORD, FOR BEING THE FIRST BEING ON EARTH TO KILL SOMEONE OF YOUR OWN RACE AND CARRY OUT A MASSACRE.
REWARD: TITLE — ASSASSIN