Chapter 71: My Dear Shadow
SLASH—!
Elden’s eyes snapped wide, heart hammering against his ribs. The sheer pressure contained in that slash was maddening.
"Light Barrier!" he shouted, summoning a shimmering shield of pure light to protect his team.
BOOOM—!
The blow collided with his barrier, the impact reverberating through the air. Elden gasped as he watched his shield disintegrate, fading like mist under the assault. Gritting his teeth, he poured more mana into it, pushing himself to the limit.
The barrier held.
Barely.
"Huff... huff... huff..." Elden staggered, breath ragged. The amount of mana he’d expended — just to block one attack — was terrifying.
He lifted his head—and froze.
Noah stood there, calm, emotionless. His gaze held the cold indifference of a god peering at ants.
Behind Elden, Ester, Yuki, Elizabeth, and Eric remained under the protection of a shadow barrier. They could see everything, and their faces mirrored their shock. The destructive force Noah wielded was far beyond anything they’d expected.
"You—!" Elden started.
Noah didn’t let him finish.
"Shut up," he said, voice sharp as a blade. "Wait quietly for your turn."
SNAP—!
With a snap of his fingers, shadows burst from the ground, wrapping around Elden’s limbs, binding him so tightly he couldn’t even twitch.
"W-What?!" Elden cried out, horror twisting his face. "How—?!"
He struggled, but it was useless. A S rank being, rendered helpless by a boy considered an A-rank?
Noah didn’t spare him another glance. His cold eyes shifted to the inquisitors gathered behind Elden.
And then he smiled — an evil, soul-chilling smile.
"Normally, I would have entertained you. Let you strike first," he said, voice low, almost conversational. "But not today."
"For what you’ve done to my team... nothingness would be too merciful."
They didn’t deserve a painless end. No. He wanted them to feel every second of their punishment.
He summoned transparent swords from the void — each blade humming with soul-forged killing intent. The air itself trembled as the swords formed, sharp enough to slice not just flesh, but spirit.
Noah pointed a finger.
The swords shot forward.
None of the inquisitors moved. They didn’t even try to flee. They had seen Elden bound like a toy; they knew escape was impossible. freewebnσvel.cøm
The blades pierced them without resistance.
And then—
"Arghhhhhh!" Their screams ripped through the battlefield.
"NO—! PLEASE—!"
They writhed and thrashed like animals, the soul-forged aura slicing them from within — cutting through their bodies and shredding their very souls.
The torture went on.
For thirty minutes, the air was filled with screams, pleas, and the grotesque sounds of agony.
Ester, Yuki, Elizabeth, and Eric — now healed and rejuvenated — stood silently beside Noah, watching without pity.
Cold.
Merciless.
The inquisitors’ eyes glazed over. Their bodies twitched on the ground, broken beyond repair, their minds fractured from the endless torment.
Finally, Noah stepped forward, his expression unreadable.
"I think that’s enough," he said quietly, almost as if announcing the end of a lecture.
"I hope... in your next life... you’ll be more careful choosing your enemies."
He paused. Smirked.
"I mean... if you get another life."
He clenched his fist.
"Soul Destruction."
The words left his lips like a sentence.
Instantly, the inquisitors’ souls shattered into nothingness. Not even ashes remained.
Noah’s soul manipulation was nothing like before after the event with Shadeva’s soul.
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