'That's some weak ass paralytic.' Jack almost cursed in his mind, having done his best to act his ass off to seem like he had succumbed just like the rest of them. Kenji, thankfully did not have the same problem, his vitality low enough for a single of Emi's curses to bring him further down enough to be affected. The rest of the party had been subjected to the same treatment, the curse timing out in just another minute or two and them just laying there like bait much like him. 'Come on, move your ass faster you dumb piece of shit. Daylight is burning and the monster hunt will not happen on it's own.' Jack was cursing internally as the dumb bastard was taking his time to approach, no doubt basking in the bliss of the moment. It was fine though. Jack had enough patience and the sick shit that group was up to would come to an end soon enough while doing at least one good thing as they departed the land of the living- teach the kids just how sick and twisted humans could actually get, hardening their hearts to allow them to deal with similar monsters without much guilt. Or that was the plan at least. Still, he had to prepare for some quick movements, thus he spent ten of his free attributes, falling down to just a single unused one, to elevate his dexterity to a whooping twenty one, making his speed superhuman, sealing the fates of their would be ambushers further still.

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  Alexander could not quite put his finger on it as he walked forward with his group, but there just was something magical to his surroundings today. Whether it were the fallen leaves, crunching with a pleasant sound under each of his step, or the slight breeze of wind that hit his face as he walked forward, or further still the warm rays of sun that felt on his face as he walked forward, but it all gave him a sense of pleasure, a sense of accomplishment, as though he had righted injustice towards the world itself, a blasphemy towards a god. It felt good, so much so that he could not spot the grin on his face spreading further and further. His smile was downright demonic by the time he reached the true offender, the blasphemer who had fallen closest to his location of the whole group.

  Alexander had felt a slight desire to just ignore the bastard and move past him to start messing with his party, but something deeper within simply could not ignore the bastard. It just felt wrong to walk past, to allow the last disrespect, the spit in his face, to remain unanswered. With the grin still on his face, he swung back his leg and delivered a rather powerful blow to jack's gut, causing the body to jerk slightly from the impact, a satisfying feeling of pleasure spreading through Alexanders mind. He just could not help himself.

  "What's wrong, oh great Virtuoso? Why are you eating the dirt on the ground?" he mocked as he pulled his leg back for another kick, delivering it with glee and satisfaction before goin on with his monologue.

  "i am right here and now, right before you. Did your blade not thirst? Why not slake it now? i am ready and waiting?" he laughed, cheers erupting from the sides and feeding his ego more and more.

  "Tell you what." he laughed further, once again pulling back his leg, delivering yet another powerful kick to the prone man's gut "How about I and my compatriots have some fun with those companions of yours while you get yourself together, hmm? Let no one say I am not kind." His gaze the nmoved over to the girls, slowly observing them all, before making his decision.

  "I would probably start with the samurai girl, but promises are promises and I do keep mine. It is what it is. HANZO! Come over and lets get started. Do be a bit rough at the start though. Maybe a cry or two would rouse our great artist from his slump! Ha ha ha ha." he laughed, finally deciding "I guess I will start with the fencer. She has quite the figure and I do like them defiant as long as they can be."

  As he was finishing his sentence, Hanzo had already rushed over, pulled on Izumi toi straighten her body and was unbuckling his belt already, only to be stopped by a sense of crisis.

  "Sheesh! You do love the sound of your own voice, don't you?" A somewhat familiar, yet frightening voice brought Alexander out of his gloating, his instincts screaming at him to jump back, followed along by Hanzo as well, the latter holding onto his half lowered pants and quickly fastening them back in place. "I was kind of expecting you to take a bit longer to went one me before going for the girls." Jack was standing on his feet in a mere moment, his gundao placed pressed against his shoulder.

  "You know, level and attribute gap is one hell of a bitch to deal with, clearly not something as inexperienced and green as your group would understand. I was wondering how your ambush was supposed to work, but a paralytic? Sheesh that's weak as hell." Jack laughed now, though his laughter sent chills down the spines of Alexander's party.

  "They are indeed scum, not deserving of mercy or compassion." spoke izumi as she too rose to her feet, a look of disgust on her face as she eyed Hanzo, the latter clearly now alarmed.

  "Indeed izumi san. Let's teach them a painful lesson they would never forget!" Kenji spoke, his eyes burning with anger at the mere idea of Kaede being forced and defiled.

  "HOW? YOU WERE PARALYZED!" Hanzo screamed, clearly both scared and angered as he was yet again denied what was rightfully his. Then it hit him, a feeling of sluggishness, as though he was cursed, moments later though he noticed that it was indeed the case, a slight negative attribute value added to his own, lowering the total value.

  "Curses are a nifty thing you know." Jack now grinned back "Get a smart enough group of people and they will figure out ways to utilize even the most bizzare of skills. Don't hesitate to take them out, though if at all possible, we need as many of them alive as possible to find their base. There are some things I need you to see there. We can decide their fate once that is taken care of!" Jack exclaimed and he and his party lunged forward, engaging the nearest bastards of the enemy group.

  Just moments later, the sound of weapons singing as they clashed, metal grinding against metal resounded all around them, just as an occasional cry of a skill performed resounded, making the already messy battlefield even more and more chaotic. People darted around, locked in combat while avoiding attacks from flanks, though no matter how hard Alexander's group fought, even with their numerical advantage, they were losing bad.

  The levels alone made a large difference, the bonus attributes earned by each member of Jack's party giving them massive advantage, add to that the extra stats gained from their weapons, the experience and teamwork gained through daily combat against monsters and their trust in each other, and was it then any wonder that Alexander's party did not stand a chance. Even worse still was the absolute difference in class composition as well. Where Jack's side was well balanced and complemented each other, the other side had next to zero synergy, or teamwork for that matter. And as a cherry on top there was still Jack to take into consideration, since he did, like always worked from the side to assist where necessary, intercepting an attack here, tripping a runaway there, and doing all sorts of interference where necessary to ensure his group ended the skirmish with nothing more than a few bruises that could be easily taken care of with a bit of healing.

  Alexander's group did fare much worse though. As much as they tried to limit the damage inflicted, a couple of the more vicious of the bastards were cut down in the heat of the battle, mostly in pure reflex by izumi, as her katana was incredibly sharp and deadly. Jack was happy that it was only Izumi who had killed so far, her mental state and upbringing having prepared the girl better than other to be merciless when needed, prioritizing her family and company back on earth, a place that was now taken by Jack and the rest of the kids.

  Alexander himself was spiraling deeper and deeper into denial and insanity. 'How could this be? Impossible. Him, the chosen son of the heavens. The reincarnated god. I am suffering not just a setback I could overcome and crush whatever cause created it, but I am being downright destroyed? Utterly impossible.'

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  "HAAAAA!" he screamed in anger as he charged forward, his mind shutting down in rage. He was one of the last people of his group standing, his manipulator class being great at subterfuge and infiltration, but not actual direct combat. Was it then any wonder that he was trashed with a single move as Kenji, who had just incapacitated his last opponent, noticed the enraged scum and proceeded to exact rightful vengeance on the bastard by charging to meet Alexander, only to then use a crooked arm lariat on the berserking fool to take him down and out for the count. What else would one expect from the exchange? One was average human, charging forward recklessly- the other, an athlete at the peak of human physique, even slightly beyond that at this point.

  Pained groans and whimpers echoed across the dell, numerous bastards wriggling on the ground, clutching shallow cuts or broken bones, clearly in quite the amount of suffering.

  "Kaede, please heal the most wounded up a bit. We need them alive for a while longer at least." Jack spoke once he was sure there were no other dangers nearby "Let's go and see what proof and traces of their atrocities have been left behind in their hideout so we can judge them properly, shall we? Do prepare for some insidious stuff though. Those titles are nothing pleasant to say the least." The grave tone with which Jack spoke clearly expressed just how much he was underselling the gravity of the situation. Still, the ember of justice and due process was embedded in the minds of the kids, allowing them to easier come to terms with harsher punishments on people that had been proven to be worse than beasts and thus deserving said punishment. Would they have what it takes to administer it now when they would not be filled with adrenaline and in a life and death struggle? That Jack did not know.

  The next fifteen minutes were spent on patching up the criminals a bit so they could move mostly on their own, as well as tying them up with strengthened ropes so escape would be nigh impossible. Then, Chiyo led them all balk to the enemy's hideout, backtracking their left trail. It took them a solid hour to reach a small cave that was decently fortified, by amateurish modern day human standards at the very least. Still, said fortification did not survive even a couple of strikes from Jack, his might already far beyond human limits, thus their path ahead was open, giving them free access to the place.

  Since their captives were all gagged, no screams of warning could alert their comrades of the danger that had just walked inside their camp and since the initial barricade break had been quite silent, Jack's weapon having sliced through it with unnerving ease, the few remaining guys were also captured by Jack in a timely manner. He had asked is party to not delve too deep just yet, the dangers here possibly too great for them.

  Once Jack was sure he had caught the last few bastards, he signaled for his team to advance, once again warning about the gnarly stuff they will see further in. And, much like teenagers would often do, they did not believe Jack, much like they would disregard their parents warnings, and proceeded further, only for each and every one of them to rush outside just a few moments later and vomit, tears filling in their eyes. Even Izumi was the same as her friends, the cruelty and horror they had witnessed inside no doubt etched deeply in their minds.

  Jack waited for a few minutes more for the kids to recover a bit, offering them water to wash out their mouths and to take their minds off what they had seen, even if only for a moment. Once some more time had passed, and his party seemed at least somewhat gathered, Jack did bring up the needed topics.

  "First and foremost, after what you saw in there, do you all agree with my call to execute the damn bastards responsible for all that?"

  His words turned the attention of his party to the culprits and at the same time turning all the pity and disgust and terror they had witnessed into sheer anger and hatred towards the ones responsible. Jack could not see an ounce of compassion or forgiveness in their eyes. "You are free to administer the punishment now." he added as he held out his gundao towards the group, his intention clear- those that did not have a weapon for killing could use his to do it.

  Izumi did not hesitate in the slightest as she walked forward, drew her katana and delivered decisive cuts, slaying the closest two guys in but an instant. Fumiko, Chiyo and Kenji followed suite right behind her, using their own weapons to deliver killing blows to another few members of Alexander's group, the rope and their weakened state preventing their escape. It also meant that Kenji's target did suffer a tad bit more, his head crushed under the power of his mace, leaving behind a splattered mess.

  Kaede Walked over and grabbed Jack's gundao, clearly not used to the large and imposing weapon. She walked over to another of the culprits, hissed "Monster!" and swung the weapon down, her anger and determination clear. Due to her inexperience with the weapon, the bastard would have dodged, if not for Jack pulling on the rope and holding the bastard in place, resulting in the weapon slicing in the guys shoulder deep and a large spray of blood to gush out, resulting in near immediate death of the guy.

  Emi hesitated for just a moment as she walked over to Jack, though her hesitation had been for entirely different reason as to what Jack himself had expected to begin with.

  "Can you point out, who of the remaining is the greatest scum here?" she asked as her near bloodshot eyes glared towards the remaining five or so guys, among which was still both Hanzo and Alexander himself.

  "Sure, it's the leader, but I will need him for another task right after this, so the next worst scum would be that bald dude." he pointed towards another guy that had such atrocious titles as 'Rapist'. 'Dismemberer' and even 'Canibal.'

  "Understood." she replied and headed towards the bald guy. She stood in front of him and spoke in a normal, yet chilling voice, so much so that no one who had ever talked with her would recognize the person here. "I know this will be nothing compared to what those girls went through, but it's at least something."

  The next several minutes were quite brutal, as Emi layered the nastiest curse after curse she had access to. The girl even went so far as to get a momentary enlightenment to create a contract with system to gain access to a certain set of extra curses for a limited time in exchange for entire level's worth of experience. Then proceeding to use said curses to downright torture the unlucky bastard. No one could blame her, even if they themselves could not go that far.

  Eventually though, the bald dude expired, this mutilated corpse hitting the ground, after which Emi was enveloped in a warm hug by the rest of her party.

  Once they seperated, somewhat calm once again, Jack spoke, having reclaimed his weapon from Kaede.

  "I will deal with the remaining ones, though Izumi, do you want to deal with this scum yourself? He did go for you in the dell after all."

  "Please do it. While I wish I could simply do it, he was a classmate of ours once." she looked away as she answered, just like the rest of the kids. "Be quick please." she added.

  There was a sound of air getting sliced and just after that Jack's voice resounded. "It's done."

  Before him laid headless corpses, the only one still breathing was Alexander.

  "I will need you to stay out here for the next part." Jack spoke, one of his hands rubbing his temples. "I will use that scums screams to try and rekindle at least some of those girls lights, though I do have little hope. Whatever happens, don't come inside." he added, his voice grim.

  Once he had the kids promise to do as told, he grabbed Alexander by the collar and dragged him inside, speaking in a cold, spine chillingly so, voice "Come now you bastard. Let's see how well you sing."

  The next few hours passed as though they were days, the kids outside heard scream after scream. There was no need to ask who was on the receiving end though, it was clear as day. Eventually, Jack came out, holding a girl, heavily wrapped in cloth blanket near his chest, carried out like a princess. He then walked over to Kenji and handed the sleeping girl to him. "Carry her. I will be back in second." and then Jack went back in, moments later emerging with another girl in his hands.

  "These two are all that I could save." Jack said with a twitch in his eye, clearly pissed at the low number, as well as at himself for not ignoring his sixth sense when he first saw these bastards and not taking them out right then and there. It was then that he realized why it had gone as it had. 'Of course. Now I got all the bastards from this tutorial as opposed to the small group back then.' It still irritated him, even though he was now well aware that in the long run, he had saved many, many more girls than the ones that had fallen prey and were lost here. Did not make him feel better about the current situation. 'Time heals.' he told himself as signaled for the group to head out, saying he was right behind them, he had to do one has thing though first. Once his party was far enough, he turned around and light something on fire, throwing it inside the cave and setting it all on fire.

  He gave mercy to the rest of the girls, too broken and mutilated to be saved. Alexander and all proof of what they did here would burn in to nothingness, the traces of powder Jack had scattered all over would makes sure of that. As the fire quickly caught on and spread inside the cave, Jack turned away and caught up with his party. Their return to the city was spent in absolute silence, the two rescued girls remained asleep all the way back. The rest of the day was just as gloomy for them as the kids spent it all in the house looking after the two girls and Jack roamed the village, looking for a certain person that would fit his needs.

  Jack Raja(?)

  Age- 27

  Species- human(?)

  Level- 12

  Class- Twin aspect of Creation and Destruction(EX)

  Stats unassigned: +2

  Attributes:

  Strength- 24 (14+7+3)

  Vitality- 21 (12+7+2)

  Dexterity- 21 (15+6)

  Intelligence-7

  Spirit- 25 (20+5)

  Skills- Wisdom of Creation and destruction(EX), Choice of the creator(EX), Eyes of procurer(EX), Matter storage(EX), Arukain language(C), Spark of inspiration(EX).

  Spells- temporary spatial storage (shrinking)

  Titles(unlocked): The real Monster, Big Game Hunter, The brilliant rookie, The insane Solo. The actor.

  Gear: amulet +2 vit: weapon- Gundao+3 str.