Saintess? Not Anymore! I'd Rather be a Destroyer-Chapter 328 - 265: Assassins

"Wasn’t Vatium supposed to be here already?" Asked a man clad in gray. He had a sword on his belt, being sheathed but his hand was over the hilt. Clearly prepared for combat or the very least to use the weapon.

"From what I can see, there’s a carriage approaching and from those clothes they’re wearing, it’s definitely one of our men," another man responded. He was also clad in gray.

"Guys be prepared," a burly man, standing in between them, said sternly. He was wearing a more sleek black outfit with two swords on his belt instead of one. He had a scar over his left eye as well.

A woman wearing a veil over her face spoke from behind them, "I heard Vatium is an extremely pretty boy, you guys don’t mind if I play with him a bit before killing him right?" The woman was wearing an all black outfit, it was very tight however. Because of this her curves were very noticeable, she had a body many would find their eyes glued to.

The burly man swatted his hand, "Do whatever you want with him Zace."

"Oh daddy boss, that’s why I love you!" Zace squealed with joy as she skipped around happily.

"Tch, pedophile bitch," the burly man scowled in disgust.

Noticing the carriage coming closer they all got into their designated places and hid in secret. Once the carriage got closer it stopped abruptly and in an instant 20 individuals covered from head to toe in black and gray attire surrounded the carriage.

"What’s happened?" Vatium’s voice questioned, his carriage had no windows so all he knew was they stopped. Of course he knew it was most likely an attack of sorts but he asked nonetheless. The Assassins simply chuckled at hearing his confused sounding voice.

"Sorry master, but according to the orders of my Queen, you must die here. You guys can take over," the butler said before stepping from the front of the carriage, walking off to the side.

Vatium opened the door of his carriage. Now seeing all the assassins he glared at them coldy, "So, you want to kill me huh? Bold of you to try something like that." His tone was confident and bothered at the same time.

The burly man’s voice was deep, he spoke in a labored tone, "It’s very simple, as he said, we were hired for a job and so we’re going to do it."

"Then you’re all going to die here," Vatium said with a cold smile.

Two of the assassins started walking towards Vatium when-

"Huh?" The burly man gasped in shock as he saw that one of his men was decapitated in an instant.

*Slash,* Vatium quickly stabbed into the chest of the other assassin, killing him instantly.

Vatium jumped out of the carriage slowly walking towards them. He flicked the blood off his blade. The whole time, staring down at the bigger assassin, who Zane referred to as "Daddy Boss," giving him a cold look.

All the assassins, including Daddy Boss, raised their guards.

Zane pulled out twin daggers before dashing towards Vatium. He shifted his attention quickly from Daddy Boss to her, as she was rushing at him at extreme speeds. He didn’t have much time to block her attacks, deciding to dodge instead. She swung her daggers, barely missing him each time but he was getting pushed backwards.

He was so focused that he didn’t pay attention to his surroundings, bumping into a tree Now being back to back with it, he couldn’t dodge backwards anymore, Zane saw this opportunity, swinging her dagger with a blinding speed. The tree was cut clean in half, however Vatium had slid to the side last second to avoid the critical wound. But, he didn’t get off completely clean, a cut was now on his face. A trickle of blood sliding down from it.

"I was planning not to hurt you, but since you chose to resist I might as well break some of your bones. I can still have fun with you in that state."

Zane licked her lips, laughing maniacally as she dashed towards him again. Slashing at him quickly, however, Vatium parried the slashes with his sword easily. His eyes tracking her lightning quick movements perfectly.

Zane had predicted if she had to fight him it’d be an easy battle, based on reports she’d heard of his strength but now she wasn’t so sure. That previous happiness to make him hers slowly faded and was replaced with a feeling of fear as he was handling her attacks easily. In an instant, as she was having a split second thought of doubt, Vatium grabbed her head with his hand. His hands weren’t big but the pressure she felt as he squeezed was dangerous.

She quickly tried to use her daggers to stab him but he immediately cut off her hands with his blade. Continuing to squeeze her head.

"Arghh!!" She screamed in agony as she tried kicking and punching at him with her nub arms but that didn’t seem to faze him. He looked at her coldly as he continued to squeeze her skull with all of his strength causing her to bleed from her eyes, ears, nose, and mouth.

The whole time the two had been fighting the rest of the assassins watched from afar, assessing his skills. Zane, noticing them a bit away, stretched her hand towards them as she cried out, "Help me."

Seeing she was in danger they all dashed towards Vatium. However, their path was blocked when huge stone walls protruded from the ground, surrounding Vatium. Daddy Boss crouched in a fighting stance before punching the wall, shaking the ground around them. Despite the force seeming great, the blow only caused a slight crack in the wall. Anger started to rise in him as he heard Zane’s screams of anguish continuing from inside the stone prison.

"No one should underestimate this boy," he yelled, the other assassins nodded in agreement.

Daddy Boss thought to himself, sweat starting to fall down his forehead, ’That battle between the two of them only lasted a couple seconds, yet he bested her that quickly!? This kid is more dangerous than we thought...’

Vatium looked at Zane with disgust as he remembered the encounter he had with her in his past life.

As naive as he was he had just graduated from the academy and Queen Amber sent a carriage to pick him up. At that time he hadn’t known the horrors that awaited him.

His carriage was stopped by these very same assassins. They were skilled, able to capture him with little to no difficulty. During that time he wasn’t that strong nor did he have the heart to kill. Moreover, Zane, the woman whose head he was slowly crushing was the cause for the majority of his suffering in the past life.

In his previous life he had been poisoned and violated by her until she was satisfied.

Zane had held his mother’s severed head before him, dangled it in his face, making him hate her. She enjoyed his anger and anguish before violating him. The amount of hate he had for her, made him want to kill Her all the more. He was disgusted by the woman, the same one who killed his mother. If he’d had the strength back then he would’ve fought her, but he didn’t. want to kill her and rip her to shreds. But he didn’t have the strength to face her.

Eventually, he had been lucky, finding a way to escape from captivity. In his cell where they’d held him there was a loose couple bricks in the wall. He kicked it open, slipping under it.

The guards found he escaped, soon after giving chase. It didn’t take long for them to catch up to him, since he was weak from the constant torture Zane had put him through. He’d been stabbed in the chest, falling down a hill which sent him straight into the river. That was the last thing he remembered before washing up onto a cave entrance in the middle of a lake, far away from where he’d been held. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Now done remembering all the suffering he’d experienced because of her he decided it was time. Her eyes watery, she stared up at him, "P-please... don’t kill me." She pleaded as tears of blood were pouring from her eyes.

Vatium, without a word, with one last cold glare he gave her head one last squeeze, making it pop. Her blood splashed on him but he didn’t bat an eye.

A second after he had finished her, the stone walls surrounding him crumbled as the Boss was standing alongside the other assassins. He turned slowly, a calm look on his face despite just killing someone. In fact, his face wasn’t just calm, it looked peaceful as he was smiling. It wasn’t a sinister one, it was a smile of pure joy and peace. He’d essentially buried that dark future with her killing.

"You bratt! How dare you kill my sister??!!" The Boss yelled in a fury as mana erupted from his body- the surrounding trees began to decay and crumble away.

Black covered the ground as a huge figure started to emerge from it. Before Vatium was a 15 foot tall being with the figure of a human, but unlike a human it had no eyes and possessed several mouths across its body. It raised its hands to hit Vatium who managed to dodge, but the aftermath of the attack made the ground bubble unnaturally.

Vatium’s smile of joy slowly turned to a frown as he stared at the thing being before him.