"Idiot, I'm an assassin, not a mercenary."
"What I'm supposed to do is hide in the shadows and kill with a single strike."
Sting Snake couldn't hold back a curse when he heard that.
After all, how had this guy even survived this long as an assassin?
He might as well switch professions immediately and become a mercenary.
At that moment, both of them suddenly felt a chill run down their spines.
An immense pressure filled with killing intent, destruction, and all kinds of negative emotions appeared, enveloping them both.
Their waists instantly bent, and sweat began to pour down their foreheads.
Great danger! A monster is behind us!
That was the thought that appeared in both of their minds.
A gigantic monster stood behind them, because the pressure coming from behind filled them with fear.
At this moment, they couldn't even straighten their backs.
Knowing that, they didn't dare turn their heads.
Some voice in their minds kept urging them to run, to escape immediately, to get away from here at once.
But their legs couldn't move.
In this situation, they could neither flee nor dare turn around.
They could only silently endure the pressure.
"Mercenary or assassin, there's no need to discuss your future profession."
"In any case, you'll only be corpses."
At that moment, a voice sounded as though it had come from the abyss itself.
When the man heard it, only one thought remained in his mind.
I'm going to die.
I'm going to die.
Because those words meant that someone had come to kill them.
"G-G-Great lord..."
"M-M-Misunderstanding!"
The two of them stammered out the word "misunderstanding," but Shiro knew there was no misunderstanding.
"Misunderstanding?"
"Weren't the two of you here to kill me? Where's the misunderstanding in that?"
"Since you couldn't find me, you tried to harm my fiancée, and in the end you accidentally injured my little wife."
"Tell me, which part of that is a misunderstanding?"
As Shiro spoke, the man was already screaming internally.
To hell with the bounty!
Who provided this information!?
The information was problematic.
Seriously problematic.
The other party's strength had nothing to do with what was written in the report.
His power was simply absurd.
The two of them could say they had been in this line of work for years, but they had never met someone capable of creating such terrifying pressure.
Compared to the people they had met before, this man was on an entirely different level.
Most importantly, the information hadn't mentioned a single word about it.
It only stated that the other party possessed a certain amount of strength.
The hell you mean "a certain amount of strength"!?
At that moment, both of them cursed furiously in their minds.
Their lives were in danger.
Nothing remained of their previous composure.
They could only curse in their thoughts.
Of course, only in their thoughts.
Because now they couldn't even speak properly.
The very next moment, they saw what they would be facing.
Shiro had already appeared in front of them.
Most importantly, they had no idea when two blood-red crosshairs had appeared on them.
The two of them looked at the person standing before them.
At this moment, it seemed as though the other party was wrapped in a cloak of pure malice.
That cloak completely covered him.
Only his eyes could be seen.
A pair of eyes filled with pure slaughter and destruction.
Their minds nearly collapsed from fear.
However, Shiro intervened and stabilized them.
Only one thought remained in both of their minds.
Devil.
Without a doubt, this was the most terrifying devil in the entire universe.
Neither of them had expected to come here to kill a devil.
At that moment, they were bound to the bloody crosses.
Shiro then created a metal club.
He looked at the two of them.
And then, without the slightest hesitation, he swung it at one of their legs.
The moment the blow landed, that person's pain was amplified tenfold.
That strike didn't merely increase physical pain ten times over.
It directly struck his soul as well.
"AAAAAH!"
The moment he was hit, the man threw his head back and let out a horrifying scream.
The agony of the abyss itself could not be concealed.
The other person's face instantly turned deathly pale.
After all, he knew what kind of person his partner was.
If even he could let out such a scream, it was enough to show just how painful that blow was.
After Shiro struck him, the sound of cracking echoed out.
The bone in that person's leg shattered and caved in.
But in the very next moment, it returned to its original state.
Then Shiro continued striking.
Again.
Again.
Again.
Until the person lost consciousness.
Only then did he stop.
The person beside him, who had been listening to his partner's screams, experienced over half of his mental defenses collapsing before his own punishment had even begun.
That, too, had been one of Shiro's goals.
Sometimes waiting is far more unbearable than enduring the attack itself.
And the other person was currently going through exactly that situation.
As he waited, listening to the screams, his mental defenses continuously crumbled.
After seeing that the other person had lost consciousness, Shiro didn't continue.
Instead, he used his own method to wake him up.
After waking up, the person looked around in confusion.
He seemed unable to understand what was happening.
But once he fully regained his senses, he couldn't stop himself from crying out loudly.
"Please... kill me!"
At that moment, he felt complete despair because he had woken up at all.
In his despair, he decided to destroy himself.
He hoped to provoke Shiro's hatred and force him to kill him.
As long as he died, he would never have to endure this torture again.
In this situation, he would rather die.
However, Shiro completely ignored his words.
After all, he already knew who was behind everything.
But what did it matter that he knew?
In his eyes, none of them would escape.
In any case, they were all already on the execution list.
One by one.
Every single one of them would be dealt with.
And there was also a reason why he had punished this culprit first.
Shiro then did exactly the same thing to the other person.
"AAAAAH!" ×2
At first, only the person being struck screamed.
But the other person was different.
When he heard the screams, along with the sound of bones breaking and Shiro's actions, the sensation of physical, spiritual, and mental suffering instantly returned.
He couldn't control himself.
He began screaming together with the other person.
While striking him, Shiro looked at the person who had attacked first.
A satisfied expression appeared on his face.
Did she really think there was no significance in the fact that he had punished her first?
Although it might have been a little unfair.
The other person was only experiencing fear and mental exhaustion.
While the first person was reliving the pain of body, mind, and soul over and over again.
But what did it matter?
After all, that person had been the first to attack. Although both of them were guilty, there still had to be a difference between the primary culprit and the secondary culprit.