Way of the Knights

Chapter 327: Reason

Everyone shivered in fear as they saw how Raven reduced Gil into mere ashes. 

Not even a moan of pain was heard from him. From the moment that the blue flame appeared until Gil was reduced to ashes, all of it only took mere seconds. Some blinked during that moment, causing them to miss the whole thing, thankfully there was not much to seen anyway. 

The invaders are now more terrified, even Harry himself couldn’t help but feel a shiver down his spine upon seeing how effortless Raven dealt with Gil. 

Harry fought with Gil once. He was able to defeat him but not as a easy as Raven made it look. What’s even more shocking is that, Gil didn’t have an ounce of retaliation during the whole ordeal. Harry knew Gil’s personality. Even him, the Tribe Leader of their tribe, would find it difficult to order Gil around or else he will fight him to death. Harry realized that Gil knew and already accepted his fate, and he couldn’t help but feel regretful of his actions.

Everyone in the Frenzied Silverback Tribe acknowledged the potential of the young monkey, some even considered him as one of the candidates as the next tribe leader. But in front of this human – no, monster. He wasn’t much at all. 

“Alright, that’s two down.” Raven announced in a casual tone. 

Silence permeated around the area. Everyone watched with bated breaths as they waited for Raven’s next actions. None of them dared to utter any sound, they didn’t even moved from where they stood due to fear that they might provoke Raven’s ire. 

Raven looked down at the prostrating apes in front of him and thought for a bit. After blanking out for a while, an idea dawned on him. 

He then raised his arm and beckoned. All of a sudden, one of the prostrating apes felt a mighty force pulling him forward. He couldn’t resist even if he wanted to, he could only watch as he helplessly floated in the air and made way towards the waiting human. 

Jus like how Raven grabbed Gil out from his hiding spot, the similar thing happened to this ape. 

The ape suddenly found himself being grabbed the neck. He then saw Raven staring at him with a bored look, yet in his eyes he wasn’t being choked by a human. To him, it felt more like the god of death was staring at him while silently pondering about the type of death he will make the ape experience. And even though the Ape was physically larger than Raven, it didn’t matter at all since the ape couldn’t even think about retaliating at all. 

“Tell the location of your tribe.” Raven ordered, his tone offered no refusal. 

The Ape in his hands shivered and couldn’t speak. Raven could feel its teeth clattering and shivering. He raised his brow and waited but the ape didn’t speak at all. 

“Don’t you dare!” Harry growled on his position. Raven casted him a side glance and nothing more. Harry then continued: “Don’t tell him! If you do, then I will personally kill you.”

“I don’t recall giving you any permission to speak, Monkey.” 

*Boom!*

“Gahk!!!” 

Raven blasted Harry with the full force of his cultivation base causing him to prostrate even deeper. The suppression felt like he was being pressed down by a whole mountain. The weight suffocated him so much that he vomited mouthfuls of blood. Now, even if he wanted to speak, he couldn’t since he felt like there’s something pressing down on his throat. 

“Are you going speak or not?” Raven asked the Ape on his hands. 

The said Ape never felt so torn. He could more or less tell why Raven wanted to know. He didn’t want to tell him, but he also didn’t want to die. 

“So you have chosen death, huh? I see.” Raven said in a bored tone. “Well, it doesn’t matter. If you’re not going to tell me, then I’ll do it myself.”

Raven then placed a hand on the ape’s head and forced his mighty will inside the ape’s psyche. The Ape roared in pain when he did that. The ape felt like its head was struck by a massive boulder. What’s even worse is that the pain didn’t only happen once. It was like Raven was drilling a hole onto its head using a blunt object. 

The sound that the ape made reverberated all over the tribe, causing many primates to grimace. The shrill cries of pain turned into a sobs of pain. Once Raven removed his hands from the head of the ape, it’s cries also stopped. 

Its head flopped on the side while its mouth was overflowing with spit. Its eyes were dilated and completely lifeless. Everyone who’s watching this didn’t have to guess, they all know that the ape died painfully. 

“About five kilometers northeast huh.” Raven muttered but his voice was heard by all. “Not really that far. It’s a bit populated too.”

According to the memories that he got from the ape just now, the population of the Frenzied Silverback Tribe would amount to 200 – 250 Primates more or less. 

Harry shivered in fright as he heard Raven said this. He was now panicking since he could clearly tell that this human just did some kind of sorcery and searched the location of their tribe from the memories of his fallen subordinate. 

Before he could even think further, Harry felt Raven’s mysterious power once more. But instead of pressing him down, he suddenly found himself floating in the air. 

It’s not just him, all of his remaining troops are also floating in the air. All of them were rising in the air along with Raven. None of them knew how he was doing this but this shows just how powerful he truly is. It makes one wonder what would they feel if Raven told them that he’s not even trying. 

Even though they were levitating in the air, their movements still remained restricted. They flew up until they reached almost a hundred feet in the air, only then did they stop ascending. 

“Stop…” Harry uttered with so much difficulty. His voice was laced with mixed emotions but it was obvious that this was a plea. “Please. Don’t do it.”

Raven turned around and looked at him in a bored manner. He then clasped his hands behind him and asked: “Why should I listen to you?”

Those words stumped Harry. He realized that Raven was giving him a chance, so he frantically searched for a decent reason in his head. Unfortunately he couldn’t find any. 

“Those words that you uttered€¦” Raven trailed off as he looked directly at Harry’s eyes. “That’s not the first time you heard those words right?”

“Those words weren’t uttered by you before, that’s the only difference.” Raven gave him a cold look and asked: “Isn’t it funny how fate works?”

“What’s more funny to me is that, if I was weaker than you and I said the same words…” Raven laughed coldly and continued: “Would you stop?”

Harry had no words to say. No matter how hard he wanted to deny his words, he couldn’t find the courage to do so since he completely understood that what Raven said was right. 

He had always believed in his strength. But now, it seems that he was not an Ape but a frog at the bottom of a deep well. He completely overestimated himself and now he’s paying for his blunder. 

“I could more or less guess what you were trying to do by catching the tailed beast oracles.” Raven then scoffed and said: “Beast Emperor? Dream on, dude. As if you’re going to make it.”

“Believe it or not, you will never be the Beast Emperor. Not you, nor anyone in this world will be one.” Raven mocked. 

“And?” Harry raised his voice and retaliated. “You will seriously try to slaughter me and my tribe? Just because I happened to hurt your friends!? Isn’t that unreasonable?”

Harry was grasping the last straws of hope as he said this, but Raven’s response left him hopeless. 

“What made you think I was doing this for them?” Raven tilted his head and looked genuinely confused. “And don’t misunderstand me Monkey. I won’t try. I will make sure that your tribe will cease to exist by the end of this day.”

Harry’s heart sank in the depths of despair, so does the hearts of his subordinates. He could find words to say, other than: “Why?”

Raven didn’t answer him at first. Everyone just felt his overwhelming power oozing out of his body and materializing behind him. A massive black hammer appeared on Raven’s hands and a majestic silver armor covered his body. A bright light suddenly glowed and before they knew it, a titanic sized hand covered with a brilliant golden hue materialized behind Raven 

“Why, you ask?” Raven chuckled and continued: “Well, first you irritated me. Second, I’m feeling rather bored and in the mood for destruction. Third, well I just feel like doing so. But those aren’t the real reason.”

Raven lifted his hammer and said: “I did all of this, because you presented yourselves as a threat to Humans.”