Primordial Expanse: I have the Strongest Talent!

130  Arrival

"I can see Monty town!"

After nearly 3 hours of constant running, Alex finally came close enough to see the outline of Monty town, and he didn't like what he was seeing.

Smoke was rising from all over the town and fires encapsulated half of the town.

'I can't be too late, the Count needs living people to complete the sacrifice. This damage to the town has to be superficial. I still have another 3 hours before the sacrifice takes place.'

However while Alex was thinking, he spotted some battles off into the distance, causing carnage amidst the town.

"Is that…"

Alex immediately seemed to have recognised one of the combatants fighting, but he almost couldn't believe his eyes.

If he was seeing things correctly, then Martha was currently ensued in a battle with the Count, but what didn't make sense was the fact that the Count seemed to be injured somehow.

'This can't be right.'

Alex refused to accept what he was seeing unless he got a closer look.

But when he moved closer, things quickly became clear.

'No!'

He watched as the Count drove his sword through her heart, and the life left her eyes soon after.

But in her last moment she smiled, however Alex had a strange feeling that she was smiling at him for some reason.

She wasn't looking at the Count, and she had no reason to smile at the very man who killed her, so the only explanation that made sense was that she was signalling something to Alex.

But he couldn't get there in time.

Soon after, he reached the periphery of the town, and not wanting to make his presence known, he snuck his way in.

Alex moved swiftly through the ruined Monty town, his heart heavy with sorrow and his resolve to kill the Count unwavering.

He approached one of the entrances to the centre of the town, where multiple people from the Count's forces were waiting, stopping anyone from leaving.

'This is where he's keeping all of the citizens hostage.'

Now that he knew where the tens of thousands of people were being kept, a plan started to form in his mind.

At each entrance, he inspected the level of the individuals guarding and found that none of them went above D- rank.

'So the Count's keeping the people in the town centre while he sends his forces to set up the formation around the town. I don't have much knowledge regarding the subject, but I can imagine that a formation to sacrifice tens of thousands of people would be quite big, like covering the whole town big.'

With this information in mind, Alex finally had a complete plan of action.

First, he would use his element of surprise to take out as many of the henchmen guarding the town centre as he could, and then he'd free as many of the citizens as he could before the Count notices what's happened.

Creeping up on the first set of guards, he counted there to be 4 of them. With a single, precise blow, he sent each one of them to the afterlife, their lifeless bodies falling to the ground.

Alex felt nothing from their deaths. If they were willing to participate in the genocide of tens of thousands of innocent people, then they deserved to die.

As he moved through the town, he encountered more and more groups of guards, and repeated the same process with each one of them.

Each one looked in shock as Alex approached them, their eyes widening in fear as his sword separated their heads from their bodies before they could even form a thought.

Alex spared no words for these people as he delivered swift and deadly justice. One by one he ended their lives.

At one point, Alex came across a single guard who he couldn't kill instantly like the others. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

The man was Count Desmond's second in command.

"I don't know how you made it here so quickly, but you won't be able to stop us. We're only 2 and a half hours away from completion, and you won't even make it past me, let alone my father."

The man, a long haired, blonde hunk of meat, spoke to Alex with a criminal smile plastered across his face.

Alex knew instantly that he was a Mutant Class D rank awakened, but he wasn't worried at all, considering that he himself had also become a D tier awakened.

And he would use the fact that the enemy doesn't know this fact against them.

However, his mind immediately went back to the last words the man spoke.

'His father? Is this guy the Count's son?'

Alex smiled when he heard this. He could use this fact to his advantage.

He already knew that the Count would never promise the other nobles a chance to become Variants too.

But his son was an exception to this.

"You and your father planned everything perfectly. Everything would go in your way and by this time tomorrow, you'd both be powerful Variants."

Alex looked straight into the man's eyes, producing a snark smile, and continued.

"But you made one simple mistake. You didn't account for me."

The moment the last word left his mouth, he immediately took action.

'It's time to test out my combat power!'

Viscount Lucien, the Count's son, smiled, his voice dripping with arrogance. "So, you're the one causing all this trouble. I've been looking forward to meeting you. It's unfortunate that we're meeting in such a time squeeze though."

Alex didn't waste time on words. He drew his sword, the blade gleaming under the sunlight. He had no time for a prolonged battle. He had to finish this quickly.

With a swift action, he activated his Phoenix fury technique, feeling the surge of power as the fire element infused into his body.

Flames erupted around him, engulfing himself and his sword in a blazing inferno. The heat radiated off him in waves, the ground beneath his feat scorched by the sheer intensity.

Lucien's eyes widened slightly, but his smirk remained.

"Impressive."