The Insurrection of the Inept Hero

Chapter 30: Punishment at Nigh

Ding!

A message popped up from the system as I was running in Kiyomi's direction.

[Osiris Skill Set has been Unlocked!]

[Skill Obtained: Grim Dragon Cage(Lvl.1)]

[Grim Dragon Cage: Encase your enemies in a cage made of the Grim Dragon's bones| Effects: Summon an indestructible cage made of the Grim Dragon and trap them for 10 seconds or more if you have the required mana;| Conditions: Consumes 500,000 mana per use and 10,000 every second after the timer is up]

[Skill Obtained: Grim Dragon Maw(Lvl.1)]

[Grim Dragon Maw: The jaw of the Grim Dragon devours your enemies without hesitation| Effects: Summons the jaw of the Grim Dragon to trap or consume your foes| Conditions: Consumes 1,000,000 mana per use and gain 100,000 every entity consumed]

[The further you level up the more skills you get]

Interesting I'm looking forward to seeing what these can do.

Once I've felt Kiyomi's presence become higher, I stopped in my tracks and began to walk.

Along the way, I saw people lying on the ground and I assumed they were the bodies of dead zombies. But upon closer inspection, I recognized that they were the bodies of the six others that had tagged along with us.

I noticed some of them were severed into pieces and some were encased in flames, ice, anything able to be created by mana.

Looks like those two managed to kill these guys. Since I don't see Kiyomi's body, I'm guessing she's safe. But she won't be able to take on two at once so I should go and help her.

When I took a step forward, a body came flying at me and I quickly caught it. Once I saw the face belonging to this body, I was a bit relieved and a bit angry at the same time.

It was Kiyomi, however, she had multiple wounds on her body and she was in her Kitsune form. Her clothes were slightly tattered and her breath was ragged.

She turned her head and looked me in the eyes. A smile appeared on her face.

"Master, you're here."

"Sorry to keep you waiting, Kiyomi."

I cast Quick Regeneration on her and the injuries around her body began to heal. Once she was healed, I laid her against a tree.

"You've done enough. I'll take over now."

"Master, they are strong. Please be careful."

"Don't worry, they won't be able to kill me."

I got up and appearing from the smoke were the two brothers.

"Where is that Kitsune at...?" Simon said as he wandered around until he spotted me.

"Hey, it's him, brother! Let me at him, I'll kill him in one go!"

"No, Simon! I can sense his energy it's too much! We can't risk it, we must leave!"

"But brother, I want him dead... you know what happens when I don't kill my target!"

"No, Simon! We are leaving now before we get caught!"

While the two were arguing, I had thrown Volatile Orbs into the air and they became invisible after a few seconds. I'll just leave those there and let them ignite themselves when they get in their range.

It's a good thing too because Volatile Orbs multiply every few seconds so after a minute has gone by, there won't be just three or four, but around a hundred. Luckily, they can only split if they are sizable.

"How about you guys stop arguing and focus on me?"

I said as I walked closer to them.

"Yeah come closer, I'm gonna smash you into pieces."

"So much talk coming from a knucklehead. Did you really kill so many people with that tiny brain of yours? Must've been embarrassing every time they escaped and you needed your brother to stop them for you."

"You!"

In a fit of rage, he stomped the ground and he yelled. I felt a wave of mana heading towards me so I activated my Aura Barrier.

"Disrespectful. It's my turn now."

"YOU-!"

WHAAAM!

A loud sound echoed through the air after I had punched Simon in the liver.

"How did you-?"

Simon who was in a bent position eventually fell unconscious and dropped onto the ground. I stretched my left arm and heard many of my bones cracking. Man, I should practice with my left hand more.

Now that Simon was down, I turned my attention to Kyle.

"Eek!" He shrieked as he dropped his staff and struggled to gain a proper stance. In fear, he began to back up.

"I wouldn't move if I were you," I warned him. He turned around and slowly moving towards him were many small bright orbs.

"There is no escape for you. I'm going to give you guys a taste of your own medicine. Punishment is at nigh."

Kyle turned around with a frightened look on his face. Suddenly he dropped his staff and dropped to the ground.

"PLEASE FORGIVE ME! I BEG FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS! I APOLOGIZE FOR EVERYTHING I'VE DONE, FOR THE LIVES I'VE KILLED!"

He was crying as he continued to beg. Is he really begging for forgiveness right now? Who the hell does that when he knows what's going to come next?

I walked over to him and wrapped my right leg in flames.

"Forgiveness? I'm not the one you should be begging, you know."

"Eek!"

He yelped once again. I slowly rose my right leg pointing the end of my foot up in the air. Then, without any warning, I quickly brought the heel of my leg downward, delivering a devastating ax kick to the back of his head.

Clang!

Crinkle~

When I looked to see what I had hit my right leg began to freeze. I quickly retreated as I melted the ice off my leg.

"HAHAHA! Bet you never saw THAT coming!"

Kyle cackled as he picked up his staff. There was ice all over his body but he was moving around as if that didn't affect him. He also had a helmet made of ice, but that shattered a few seconds later.

"What the-?"

Kyle himself was confused about how that happened, but I already knew how. Looks like his Ice Armor can only withstand a single powerful blow. So if I had hit him one more time, he would've been dead.

That would've ruined the fun...

"Come on." I beckoned.

Kyle pointed his staff at me and a shard of ice flew straight towards me. I quickly weaved and Flash Stepped to the side to regain my posture.

Kyle proceeded to summon more ice shards at me, which I easily dodged. Then he pointed his staff towards the sky and a stream of ice bolted out from his staff. The ice stream traveled through the air and then it headed for me.

Luckily, my Volatile Orbs were in the area.

Ka-boom~!

The ice stream was quickly neutralized. I threw another round into the air and let it do its thing. Returning my attention back to Kyle, he had an angered look on his face.

"Y-you have dual classes? Are you perhaps a member of a hero party or the holy church? Or perhaps you are a demon!"

"Who knows? I don't even know what I am myself."

In order for one to gain dual or more classes, they must be a part of a hero's party, part of a church, or they're demons. It is also possible for one to achieve dual classes without being any of those but that is a rare occasion and mostly associated with nobles. Heroes, however, don't need those limits and can have up to 4 classes. But that is different for my case.

Now then, back to the fight.

"I'm going to kill you, take this!"

He tapped the ground with his staff and suddenly I felt an electrical charge run through my body. Quickly, I activated Aura Barrier before an electrical field surrounded us.

"I see..."

That was a close call...

"A nice little trick you have, but I can do better."

I placed my hand on the ground and amassed mana into the floor.

When I performed Grim Dragon Cage, the results were... satisfying.

Immediately from below Kyle, bones erupted from the ground and wrapped around him, preventing him from moving.

"Wha-? Let me out at once!"

"You're in no position to talk. Now quiet down."

It's time for the other brother's turn.

However, when I turned to look at Simon, he was gone. Just disappeared.

Clutch!

"Hmm?"

Huge muscular arms wrapped around me and squeezed me in. I didn't need to look over my shoulder to know who it was.

"AHAHA! You are mine!"

He began to tighten his grip to try to suffocate me. However, he had some time struggling as my armor was preventing him from strengthening his grip.

"What the-?"

"Looks like you brothers have some things in common, one being weak."

"You-!"

Krrsh!

Simon's gaped his mouth open and blood spat out. He'd let go of me and look at his stomach, noticing he was impaled by Osiris' tail.

"So that's what the tail was for. I thought it was just for show."

I grinned as I returned my gaze back at Simon.

"Don't worry, you aren't going to die... yet."

I withdrew the tail and cast Quick Regeneration on Simon; the hole in his stomach closing up.

I turned towards Kyle who was trapped in the Grim Dragon Cage and I released him.

"Honestly, I thought you two would put up more of a fight. But I guess trash will always be trash."

Walking over to him, I grabbed his hair and begun dragging him. I also dragged Simon with Osiris' tail.

"Wh-where are you taking us?"

"Just dragging you guys back to town, what else?"

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