GREED: ALL FOR WHAT?



What he is doing may look chaotic and unruly, but that's because there is always chaos at the beginning of change. He is changing the art of life into the art of death. There is beauty in seeing a broken body leaking blood and pulverized organs. Art is subjective so some might not appreciate his endeavor. But everyone will appreciate the death of a threat. Apart from the obvious safety and prolongment of life that the death of the birds bring, there is also the peace and quiet that occurs when life is cut off. A dead raven is a peaceful raven. That's what Soverick cares about the most.

The fight continued for several minutes at a very fast pace but he only succeeded in killing more than 70 birds. He was wielding two dead birds as clubs to bash his enemies when the 9 pillars of momentum completed the preparation for the second phase of their usage. They thrummed and sent a shiver through his body. It felt like he was electrocuted.

He smiled to himself as he fell to the earth. 

"Let's end this."

The birds chased after him with unbridled fury. The red tint in their eyes has almost taken over the color of their eyes. They are literally seeing red right now. Nothing short of the desecration of his corpse will pacify them.

He activated the Fourth Step Of Mastery: Ten Thousand Fists of Glory. His divine sense mixed with momentum and solidified it to form numerous giant golden fists. He punched at the birds and the giant fists punched with him. The golden fists sailed forward as he fell to the earth. Then the giant ravens exploded into gore as the two forces collided. Hundreds of them were reaped when the golden fists tore into them.

He landed on the earth with his two feet while a rain of blood, flesh, and shattered bird parts fell onto him and the forest floor. The ground became covered with a thick layer of flesh.

He frowned as he surveyed the result. "This suppression is too much."

He had only created hundreds of fists instead of the ten thousand he expected. The suppression of the world fragment is far more than he expected. Even his empowerment with momentum has only increased his strength by 2 times. That might be large but it is only 4 percent out of his original 100%. He is still being suppressed by a full 96%.

His 4 percent is not something to scoff at either. Among the sound of exploding flesh is the sound of falling trees. The birds were not the only ones to suffer from his attack. The trees in the way were cleared creating a leveled area within the forest. It opened him to sunlight from the sky. It also allowed the birds in the sky to attack him in larger batches and they did so with fervor. 

The golden fists fizzled out against the onslaught of the Ravens. He is strong but they are many. The disappearance of the golden fist marked the removal of all obstacles to them. They fell down on him from the sky. It is like a tornado of Ravens intending to ravage the earth. They came at him in the thousands.

"You want a piece of me?" He roared as he leaped up to meet the avalanche of birds. "Come and get a piece of me.

He punched as he ascended. Golden fists formed again and struck the tornado of Ravens. This time, the number of punches is more than a thousand. The deaths of the bird had empowered him to a certain extent so the suppression eased up. He was able to punch the birds back and ascended into the sky.

He groaned when he reached the sky. "This is endless."

What he saw discouraged him. It seems that their number has only increased despite the thousands that he killed. They even surrounded him in a sphere now so there's no end in sight and no sky or clouds to see. There is no way to bypass them so he decided to return to tree cover. The birds cawed angrily but let him go so he returned to the safety of the trees unharassed. Another message was sent to him. He decided to check out all of them.

*PERSONAL MESSAGE*

/Killed Rank 4 Giant Reaper Bird/

/Gained 4th Step Death Mark/

This was the first message he received when he killed the first giant Raven. The poor bird had its spine broken and some ribs forced out of its chest when it was smashed against a tree.

-(CONGRATULATIONS ON COMPLETING A LOCAL FEAT)-

YOU ARE THE FIRST ONE TO KILL A RANK 4 MONSTER IN ARENA 28.

-(CONGRATULATIONS ON COMPLETING A GLOBAL FEAT)-

YOU ARE THE FIRST ONE TO KILL A RANK 4 MONSTER IN ALL ARENAS.

*PERSONAL MESSAGE*

-(CONGRATULATIONS ON COMPLETING A LOCAL FEAT)-

YOU ARE THE FIRST ONE TO ACHIEVE THE 1ST, 2ND, 3RD, AND 4TH STEPS IN ARENA 28.

-(CONGRATULATIONS ON COMPLETING A GLOBAL FEAT)-

YOU ARE THE FIRST ONE TO ACHIEVE THE 1ST, 2ND, 3RD, AND 4TH STEPS  IN ALL ARENAS.

These are notifications of the feats that killing that single bird granted him. He got a total of 10 feats for them.

He discarded the notification for his feats and went on to check the others.

/Killed Rank 4 Giant Reaper Bird/

/Gained 0.001% To 4th Step Death Mark/

/Killed Rank 4 Giant Reaper Bird/

/Gained 0.001% To 4th Step Death Mark/

These are the notifications for each bird that he killed and what they mean to him. The Death Marks are the things that leave the bodies of corpses after killing them. They enter his brand and are absorbed to empower him based on the laws of this world. 

This type of message went on for a long while because of all the birds that he killed. The first one that he killed gave him some power from the world but the others did very little to improve him. They only added to the progress of his rank 4 power towards the next rank.