Primordial Expanse: I have the Strongest Talent!

129  Martha's gift

Shing!

With a swing of his sword, every enemy in front of him was dead, leaving only Kilian sitting in his wheelchair looking deathly scared.

'That guy was a Mutant E+ rank, yet he killed him just as easily as everyone else. That means…'

Kilian had deduced immediately the extent Alex's strength reached now, and the realisation left him in horror.

'Considering his power, he might really have a chance to defeat the Count if he makes it on time…'

Alex looked at Kilian and contemplated. He remained silent longer than usual and it only left Kilian even more scared the longer he took.

At some point, a yellow liquid started pooling underneath him…

Then, Alex suddenly smiled and gazed off into the distance.

Kilian looked in the same direction, following Alex's gaze.

But when he looked back, Alex was gone.

Not only this, but so were his two remaining limbs…

"AHHHH" He started screaming wildly as the pain struck him all at once, and what was even worse was that a small but undying flame was lit underneath him, slowly roasting him alive.

But he was powerless to even do anything about it — without any limbs or energy left in his body, he couldn't even move himself.

He was doomed to sit there and die an excruciating and painful death after hours of slowly being roasted…

***

"Serves you right."

Alex felt no remorse or guilt for doing that to Kilian, in fact, during the moment he felt completely blissful.

In his mind, he was doing the world a favour by ridding it of scum like him.

He had just taken a few extra steps to make him suffer a more painful end.

'With my current speed, I should arrive in around 3 hours. That gives me another 3 hours to kill the Count and stop the process of summoning the Variant beast at all costs.'

This was the fastest Alex had ever run, but he felt it was still inadequate. If his affinity for the space element wasn't so shit, he could have gotten a talent better than his Inferior teleportation and teleported directly to Monty town, not having to waste 3 hours running over there.

But he was doing the best he could with what he was given.

Moving through the treacherous jungles, forests and wildlands, Alex completely ignored any obstacles on his way and mowed down anything he couldn't ignore.

***

Nearly 3 hours later, Monty town.

"You are quite strong considering you're just an Ordinary class. Tell me, who sent someone as talented as you to such a desolate place, and why."

Count Desmond spoke to the exhausted and blood ridden Martha with a casual and curious smile on his face.

While they may have both been D+ rank awakened, the difference between them was like heaven and Earth, simply due to the fact that Count Desmond was a Mutant class.

Nothing Martha did could penetrate his defences, and the fact that the Count's combat power equalled that of a C- rank awakened made her situation even worse. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"I… Huff… won't tell you anything…" Martha responded to the Count while trying to catch her breath.

'So this is how I die. I'm sorry master but it seems I was inadequate in the end.'

Martha had already resigned herself to death, but her gaze remained firm and she still stood her ground against the Count like she hadn't already suffered multiple broken bones and deep cuts all over her body.

"You know, I really have to respect your mental fortitude, but nothing you can do will stop me from completing my plan. We're just 3 hours away from completion. Don't worry, I'll make sure to keep you alive to watch this whole town perish. Maybe then you'll have the smarts to tell me who sent you here."

Martha fell to her knees and held her body up with her sword dug into the ground. She looked down, her hair falling to each side of her head, hiding her face from the Count's view.

'Sigh, It seems like I have no choice but to use it.'

"I see you've made your choice. Good, I was just-" Count Desmond walked over to her with a victorious smile on his face. Martha's act of falling to her knees and lowering her head was a common action known across the Cavernous empire of admitting defeat.

However, just as Count Desmond drew close to her, Martha suddenly sprang up from the ground with a renewed vigour and a wide smile on her face.

"Even if I use this on you, I still wouldn't be able to kill you. But I know this will be a tremendous help to a certain someone."

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She held a small pendant in her hand, while Count Desmond looked on warily.

But before he could finish Martha off, the pendant in her hand shattered to pieces and a mysterious force wafted out of it towards the Count.

It wasn't an attack, but its ominous energy still sent chills down his spine.

Unfortunately for him though, he wasn't able to avoid the energy at all and it entered his body with no obstructions.

The Count held a concerned look on his face, but he didn't feel any change the moment it fully entered his body.

"Hah! I don't know what tricks you just pulled, but it looks like your sorry attempt failed in the end-"

His gloating came to a sudden stop when he felt something change within him.

His energy started draining, and he felt himself become weaker and weaker until…

Whoosh!

A rush of wind flooded through the surroundings, originating from the Count's direction.

But this wasn't wind at all, it was energy! Pure energy!

'M-my energy… No! Tell me it's not true!'

Count Desmond desperately opened his details to look at the status of his soul core, but what he saw left him filled with rage.

Soul Core(Weakened - 6 hours until healed): [D - 99%]

"You bitch! I'll kill you!"

With a blood filled rage, Count Desmond launched himself towards Martha, sword in hand.

She paled as his sword drove deep into her heart, the pain sending her body into shock.

But a smile returned to her face as she looked off into the distance behind the Count, seeing a faint silhouette that felt all too familiar to her.

'I hope you make good use of this gift, Alex.'

A short moment later, she was drained of her last remaining light of life.

Martha had died.