Death… And Me

Chapter 149 - Wake Up, Girl!

The bandit didnʼt waste time before saying.

”Iʼll say anything, please donʼt kill me!”

Luina, Oritis, and Rolim nodded, satisfied. Thatʼs what they wanted to hear. However, Rean just shook his head. Luinaʼs group got puzzled by that, but they just waited to listen to what Roan had to say.

Roan smiled after hearing that too. However, he shook his head as well in the end. He then put his hand on one of the manʼs injuries and channeled his Dark Element. Immediately, the banditʼs expression changed.

”Ahhhrg!”

Dark Element destroys Life Energy, and Roan was making it circulate the guyʼs body. Because Roan had already destroyed his dantian, he is nothing more than an ordinary person now. He simply had no way of resisting it. Having oneʼs own Life Energy attacked like that was more painful than any injury Roan could ever afflict him.

Roan then used his Spiritual Energy to Seal the manʼs mouth. So even though it was open, no one could hear anything. Roan didnʼt care about his suffering, though.

”I guess you misunderstood my intentions here. Doesnʼt matter what you say, you will die. How many innocent people have you killed because of your greed before? There is no way I could let you go after that. At the moment, you only have two options. Die a swift death, which I strongly recommend, or a long and torturous one, I wouldnʼt go for that, though. Tell me what we want, and I can give you the first option. Otherwise, well, I guess you know what will happen.”

Luinaʼs group were frightened by what they saw. The way the man was contorting and his expression showed that he is having the most painful experience in his life. Luina had killed quite a few of the bandits, her companions too. However, even they couldnʼt look at what Roan was doing and turned their head away. Cruelty was far from being enough to describe that Roanʼs actions.

In the end, Luina couldnʼt help but ask.

”Ar-Are you going too far?”

Roan stopped his actions and looked at Luina, puzzled.

”How many people do you think he killed in these roads so far? No, I guess this is not enough to convince you. Let me change my question. How many women had he raped and then killed in these roads before? Chances are that some of them are still in their nest, being treated like sex dolls. Do you really think Iʼm going too far?”

Luinaʼs expression changed after hearing what Roan said.

”Are you sure he did such things, though?”

Roan smiled as he channeled his Dark Elements into the man again.

”Tell me how many girls have your group raped since you joined them. There is no need for real numbers. Just an estimative is enough.”

The man couldnʼt even think straight as his inaudible scream came out. Finally, he seemed to start moving his mouth as if trying to say something. Roan dispelled the Spiritual Energy on the manʼs mouth after that.

”Ahhhh! Hundreds, maybe over a thousand. Kill me! Kill meeee! Ahhhh!”

Roan then sealed his mouth again as he looked at Luina with the same smile.

”If you want, I can ask him how they did each time.”

Luinaʼs expression changed completely. It was apparent she wanted to cut the bandit in a thousand pieces right now. Still, she took a deep breath before saying.

”Do what you have to.”

She then turned around and left.

Reanʼs expression didnʼt change even a bit. He already knew what type of person Roan is. He wouldnʼt go this far unless he was sure about his actions.

Finally, Roan changed his questions and began to inquire about the other bandit groups. Obviously, he did that while channeling his Dark Element into the manʼs body. He showed no mercy whatsoever, nor did the smile on his face disappear. That only made the man feel even more dread, though.

In the end, he confessed everything as fast as he could. He just wanted to die already. After Roan committed everything to mind, he swiftly cut the manʼs head.

Orits, who didnʼt leave, couldnʼt help but ask.

”Are you sure he didnʼt lie?”

Roan, now back to his deadpan expression, just nodded, not bothering to answer. How many tortures had he seen in his previous life (or death?) as death? He could tell with a glance that the man wasnʼt lying. The simple idea that lying could extend his pain even longer wiped out any thoughts of doing so from the banditʼs head.

He then joined Luina, who was waiting in the distance. In the end, he decided to give her and the other two Lagan Sect Disciples a piece of advice. After all, they did a good job during the attack, in his opinion.

”First, throw away your overproud self. If not for Rean and me, your group would have charged directly inside the banditsʼ net. Second, stop being naive. Although I wonʼt say that all bandits are rotten like that last one, I wonʼt stop to think whether they are good or not. Wake up, girl. You arenʼt a kid anymore.”

Luina narrowed her eyes, but she couldnʼt bring herself to refuse Roanʼs words. His actions proved that he was right, thatʼs all that mattered.

Roanʼs question showed all the other groupʼs locations. From what he found out, they only have two days to get rid of all the bandits. Thatʼs because the banditsʼ group should reunite after that. Once they notice that other groups didnʼt return, they will immediately understand what happened. After that, they will promptly cease their activities and spread. It wonʼt be before a few months before they join together again. They have to finish everyone before that.

Roan then pointed in the map. He showed the location of the big groups and the small ones. From the groupsʼ division, it was evident that their leader wasnʼt just brawn and no brains. He made it so that the small groups would act as scouts for the big ones. The small group they annihilated was one of the small ones.

The small groups were located in advantage positions where they had a fair vision of the roads. If the City Guards came passing in, they would immediately retreat and inform the big groups to withdraw into the forest. Thatʼs also why the City Guards couldnʼt get rid of them by themselves. They couldnʼt hide their numbers. Also, if a merchant caravan passed by the small groups and it was too hard to deal with, they would be able to inform the big ones and then organize a joint attack.

The location where the big groups were located also showed that they knew how to operate. It would give them the most significant terrain advantage, which proved beneficial even when many enemies were present.

Everyone nodded after Roan finished his words. Luina then looked at the sun high in the sky before saying.

”We only have two days, so we should move out now before we run out of time.”

Roan smiled before shooking his head.

”No, we will wait for the night time.”

Rean didnʼt say anything. As they had agreed before, any combat-related strategy was up to Roan. However, Luina and the other two narrowed their eyes.

”I understand that you want to take them while sleeping. However, it will be hard for our side to act during night time too. Besides, they know the land better than us and will definitely set up several traps after they retreat to their nest to rest.”

Roan shrugged his shoulders.

”Thatʼs something for me to worry about. You just need to follow my words.”