The remaining people in the safe zone stood frozen. The two men who had been standing beside the leader stared at the corpse on the ground, then at Clyde, their mouths hanging open.
Blood pooled around the man named Marlon's headless body, still warm, and still steaming faintly in the cold air.
They did not respond to Clyde's question.
For a few heartbeats, nothing happened. Because they havent been able to registered it.
Then it finally registered.
"What… what the hell just happened?" someone whispered.
"He… he just killed Marlon with one slash!"
A tremor ran through the group. Fear spread fast, crawling from face to face.
"What are you doing?" another man shouted, his voice cracking. "Kill them!"
No one moved.
They only stared at Clyde and Mina, shock locking their limbs in place. They had seen killing before, but not like this. Not effortless and clean like this. This death was done by someone who looked more exhausted than excited.
