—Few days before Kael arrived at Vladis City—
At a local bar of H-Type City, Caelum Rhaegor began to explain something crucial.
"Kael, it's a good thing you actually asked me about The Death." said Caelum Rhaegor.
"Actually, in brief explanation....I would say they are purely bunch of serial killers. They enjoy the taste of blood, all they love is bloodbath around them." continued Caelum.
Kael silently listened on what Caelum was saying while having some snacks.
"Let's say, they might be the worst of all organization. The Saints were cruel but The Death? This organization never hesitates to kill. They even recruit other serial killers along the way to increase the bloodbath rate." said Caelum, drinking some hot water after explanation.
"There is a warning for you Kael if you want to destroy all organizations. Destroy The Death as your second target early on and you will be even more prepared to face others." said Caelum.
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—Present Day at the guild bar of Vladis City—
"Hm? What happened Kael?" asked Willy, noticing that Kael was spacing out for some reason.
Kael shook his head and pursued Willy to continue the meeting. Kael silently walked away from the guild bar and began to roam the Vladis City alone.
Meanwhile Willy and others wondered what happened to Kael so suddenly.
"What do you think, why is Kael acting strange now?" asked Noel, looking worried about Kael.
"Don't worry, he will be fine. I trust him. He might just wanted some space or fresh air or probably wanted some rest. He helped us a lot after all." said Willy, urging Noel to let Kael be alone for a while.
"I see....If you say so Willy." replied Noel.
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After roaming for a while, Kael came across a bunch of people at a local back alley street.
There were four of them, all of them staring at Kael with excitement in their eyes. The bloodlust could be felt and it wasn't a normal one.
Kael had pretended to ignore them as he moved forward but....
Suddenly one of the four people stood in front of Kael.
"Hey lad, don't you think that this is dangerous for such a young soul like you to roam in unknown places like this?" asked the person standing in front of Kael.
Kael responded with nothing but stood, staring back at the person with an expressionless face.
"Wow, look at this one. He doesn't seem to fear us. Hey kid, maybe you deserve a reward for it. It's paradise heaven!" exclaimed The Death member who stood in front, and attacked Kael without warning.
Kael responded with a simple jab as a counter with precision and perfection behind it.
One of the The Death member fall down on the ground.
"Ugh! Shit! Grab him!" exclaimed the injured member.
There were three more to go.
"What was his name again? Kael? He is our target for few reasons, boss said that he and his other friends are dangerous for The Death." said one of the member.
Kael had no expectations....However, The Death directly targeted him.
This was a simple plan of execution unlike most criminals who plan out murders or other crimes first.
"Here I come!" exclaimed another member, launching a brutal flame balls.
Apparently this one was a mage.
Kael had not much space to dodge the flame balls bare handed. So Kael had wield his sword, slashing through the flame balls with perfect execution.
Kael closed the distance between himself and the mage, knocking him out with a perfect Seiken Fist.
Seiken Fist, a powerful punch with all focused momentum, mass, acceleration, and kinetic energy to destroy any opponent. With enough practice, it can be a deadly weapon itself.
"He...He defeated two of our guys so easily!?" exclaimed third member of The Death with fear.
"Don't be afraid, we are only meant to be the one to test them. Seems like they surely are powerful, I think other participants- serial killers- would take care of them." said Fourth Member, launching a smoke grenade right after that along with stun grenade.
Kael was aware of their escape plans but because the back alley street had little space, the stun grenade worked.
However it wasn't enough to kill Kael since he made his distance just in case.
Because of that, all four of them had to run away, wasting their own grenades.
Kael had noticed one thing, all those members had a badge. It was a badge representing Lucifer with blood all over as design.
It was probably a representation of The Death, or basically they were one of the official members of that organisation. It was similar to how The Saints represented Angel like sculptures or designs on bracelets or Magi-Barrier.
But there was something strange according to Kael.
Kael immediately began to realise what The Death is actually upto or what method they might be using.
However Kael wasn't able to come up with enough conclusion. Why did The Death specifically target Kael and others.
The guild never actually revealed which members had defeated The Saints officially. But there might be rumours on who did that.
However, The Death would still gain no benefit if they go against Issac. Because Issac was one of the deadly leader of one of the Seven Deadly Organizations. He ran The Saints after all.
According to Caelum Rhaegor, Issac should still be strong enough to go against any leader of the Seven Deadly Organizations. Guild never revealed that Issac lost some of his powers either.
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—Meanwhile at a local ruined temple site—
Few men were talking. There were total of sixteen of them.
And among them, the leader of The Death was present.
"Boss....It seems like some guys reported us that Willy and his party might be a threat if not stopped." said One of the Member.
"Is that so? Well, I actually don't care about what they did to The Saints or what they want. But the Masked Man warned me to be careful about Willy and his party." said Leader.
"You fifteen members present here, you know your position right? You are all vip executives. The most trusted ones under me aside from other members. So make sure you all don't fail me." said Leader.
"Understood!" exclaimed all fifteen executives.
"As for Willy's party.....one of them named Kael was already put to test. It's time to test others too. I don't want them to mess with my plan and interrupt me while I am busy finding Runic Stone." said Leader.
"Until I get the Runic Stone, continue your scheme. Increase members who wants to participate in this bloodbath scheme. Hahahahah!" exclaimed Leader, laughing in a disgusting way.
"I shall free them all!" exclaimed Leader of The Death.
The maniacal laughter could be heard, even the wolves fearing his voice at the deepest night.
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