The Legacy System

With that said, he turned towards his four targets, and said with a calm and clear voice,

"Probably this is just a loss of time, but none of you guys is smart enough to start talking right away, so he doesn't have to suffer right!?"

These guys were professional mercenaries, professional killers who had gone through a lot of terrible situations to end up where they had.

Each and every one of them had gone through their fair share of terrible tortures, and pain in order to become what they were today.

Certainly, they weren't going to give up in front of a kid, right? 

Even though they were still shocked at being caught, and the fact that there wasn't any sign of the previous fight taking place, still, how bad can this young man be, right!?

So even though they all had a bad premonition about this, none of them showed any signs of wanting to collaborate or open their mouth.

Seeing this, Eric only let a deep sigh, and immediately got to work. He picked the strongest looking guy of the four, and picked him up by the neck like a chicken, and walked towards the closest tree.

God knows from where he took out a rope, and two hooks, as he threw the rope over a thick branch, and then tying up the hooks, he hanged the guy head down from the tendons of his legs.

Everything happened so fast, and so suddenly that the guy understood what was happening only when he felt the pain coming from his tendons.

"Arrggghhhhhh~!"

A powerful scream disrupted the peace and calm of the night, which was suddenly bloated by a sock to the guy's mouth.

Still, this wouldn't be enough for the guy to lose his will and talk though, even though it was painful as hell, he was still able to keep control himself.

As a matter of fact, Eric would have been disappointed if this was the case too, after all, he got in the mood and even had that bet with Inuhara Muto.

It would be such a waste of time and effort!

If someone else knew what he was thinking right now, they most certainly would think that he was a psycho, but no one was able to.

Without losing time though, he took out his 'Silent Reaper' and immediately made two cuts through the guy's military suit, to his hands.

Each one of the two, was a more than one-inch penetrating slash to the inside of the forearm between the radius and ulna bones, severing the radial artery.

Any professional soldier would know that severing the radial artery could result in unconsciousness in as little as 30 seconds and death in as little as two minutes.

Since the guy was hanged head down by the tendons of his legs, then the time would most likely be less than half of it.

From a practical approach, this was most certainly a fairly quick way to die, and it might not even look like torture.

But to someone who was hanged by his legs, which were burning and hurting like hell, see his blood run out of him like it was falling out of a bag, with death approaching closer with every drop of blood, wasn't!

The guy that was hanged on the tree could feel like his whole being was being pulled out of his body with every second that was passing by.

As if this wasn't enough, Eric made a few quick cuts to his pants, as they fell down, to reveal his legs and boxers. While he was pricking his 'little buddy' with his knife, he said with a calm and clear voice,

"I guess you probably understand this, but you are most likely going to die in less than 15 seconds, which can be considered as a quick death!

But still, since I am a generous and caring soul, I can't let you suffer for that long! So, I am thinking of making a cut through your 'little buddy' like that you will certainly die faster!"

Eric's voice was so calm and gentle that would make anyone think that he was talking to some little kid, afraid of his loud voice.

But to the person in question, he was nothing more than a demon, a cold-blooded, and a heartless demon that was calmly describing his painful death.

No matter who was in that guy's position would feel his soul leave his body, and be terrified of this devil in form of a young man.

Just the fact that he was able to use such a calm, and gentle voice as he said that made the whole thing even creepier, and terrifying.

Who would be able to keep his calm, and bear what was happening to the poor guy who was still hanging on the tree?

Forgetting all the pain and torture, he could feel that with each drop of blood falling on the ground he was closer and closer to death, and it was something he couldn't bear.

He couldn't afford to lose more time, as tears started falling down his face, and he made signs that he gave up.

In front of this little devil, he was far, far lacking! No one had told him that he would have to face such a devil when he took this job.

In fact, they were assured that they were overestimating him, as they were using a dragon to kill a chicken, but the results were quite the opposite.

That guy who had sent them over to kill him surely hadn't done their research correctly, and in fact, underestimated him beyond what was possible.

Seeing that, Eric showed a light smile on his face, as he used his 'Silent Reaper' to cut the rope that was keeping the guy hanging, as he fell on the ground like a sack of potatoes.

Right after, he pulled the sock from his mouth, as he didn't even need to ask, as the guy started blurting,

"It was Takeshiba Tomoya, he gave us 500k$ in order to capture you alive or kill you! But it didn't seem like this was his plan, someone else was guiding him!"

He said everything he knew under a breath, as the next moment he could only return to his pain, and scream, that never came along.

As soon as he said what he had to say, Eric decided to give him a quick end, and sliced his throat, and pierced his heart.

He had done what he should, and he had no need for him anymore, without losing time he did the same thing to the other three guys while keeping the ladies alive.

All this time, Inuhara Muto had been dead silent, there was not even the slightest sound coming from him.

The fact was that even he had been affected by Eric's torture. When he saw everything unfold he didn't understand why but he felt that going against this demon was the biggest mistake one could make.

No matter what happened, he had to make sure that going against Eric was the last choice he could make, otherwise, his death would be not only signed and sealed but also cruel as hell.

There was no way he could say anything right now, and refuse the deal they made before all this, but one thing was for sure, he was afraid of what awaited him.

Looking at his lost, and perturbed expression, Eric said with a startling tone,

"You aren't going to negate our deal, are you!?"

Eric's words awoke him from his shock, but his tone really sent him on edge, as he said almost shouting,

"Of course not, I am a man of my word! You won, I will be your personal guard for a week, and will obey whatever you say!"

Looking at him with a bad look, Eric said as he repeated,

"Whatever I say!?"

Inuhara Muto didn't know why but felt endangered at that moment, as his mind started wandering through some really impossible, but gruesome scenarios and said,

"No, not whatever! I can't have you sully my virgin body, not without having a lady as my first!"

Eric was lost for a moment hearing them, but then exploded on an out-loud laugh, as even tears were coming out of his eyes!

It was only then that Inuhara Muto understood that his mind had run just too far and that he had just self-imploded.

For that reason, he immediately turned aggressive as he started screaming to Eric,

"Forget about that! I will kill you!... Forget about it, please!!"

At first, he started threatening, but seeing that it only made matters worse, as Eric was laughing even louder, he started pleading him.

He had truly made a grave mistake today, in fact, he felt like the whole day had been just a misfortune for him.

Seeing that he was achieving nothing, he just gave up on it, as he let Eric laugh for as much, and as long as he wanted.

There was nothing he could do about it anymore, as the cat was out of the bag, and killing Eric was impossible.

Forgetting his job, his chances of winning against him were even lower than zero. So, he could only bear the humiliation.

Suddenly Eric turned serious for a moment, as he asked with a solemn tone,

"You are really a virgin!? Would you like *ahem, one of these ladies to lose your V-card!?"

He had thought that he was going to say something important, but this guy was just messing around with him, as he started laughing more.

He could only grit his teeth in humiliation, and wait for him to calm down, which took a while. It was only after Eric had relaxed quite a bit that he finally opened his mouth once again, and asked,

"So, what we do now!? We returning back!?"