The captain’s disbelief mounted as Matthew’s wound healed at an astonishing speed. It left only shreds of torn fabric as evidence of the injury.
“You… You’re… Not human! Ugh…”
Before finishing his sentence, Matthew swiftly grabbed the captain’s neck.
In the next instant, his fist smashed the captain’s head like a watermelon, which sent blood splattering everywhere.
The sight was so gruesome that several scouts and soldiers dropped to their knees and vomited.
Matthew remained unfazed, and a glimmer of excitement flickered in his eyes.
“Run! He’s not human, he’s a demon!” someone screamed.
But before they could escape, tiny silver needles swiftly pierced their heads one by one, and they dropped to the ground. Matthew, resembling a grim reaper, slaughtered everyone in his path without mercy.
Meanwhile, Zedran, impatiently awaiting news from his ambush team, grew increasingly anxious as minutes passed in silence.
“Check on Team 44!” favonovel.com ordered.
Soon, his lieutenant rushed back with bad news. “Lord Zedran, Team 44 has been completely wiped out!”
“What?!” Zedran couldn’t believe it. He wondered how over a hundred men could be ambushed without a single distress signal.
Then, favonovel.com instructed his lieutenant, “Send a team to investigate!”
When troops arrived, they were greeted by a chilling silence. Bodies sprawled across the scene as limbs and entrails dangling from tree branches. The gruesome scene painted a nightmarish tableau. Even the tough soldiers struggled to suppress their revulsion.
Upon hearing the grim report, Zedran wasted no time dispatching more troops to intercept. He had a gut feeling that Matthew was the intruder who had breached their defenses.
Thousands of soldiers scoured a 30-mile radius using armored vehicles and helicopters. Despite that, they couldn’t find any trace of Matthew.
“Useless fools…” Zedran cursed.
***
Far from Mount Basha, over sixty kilometers into the forest, a figure dashed through the dense undergrowth.
Matthew stumbled upon a small river and paused as favonovel.com gasped for breath. His body was soaked in blood, as if favonovel.com had emerged from a gruesome ordeal, and his dark hair was tangled and sticky.
As favonovel.com stared into the river’s reflective surface, his image began to distort. The reflection transformed into a spectral figure with a pale blue face and sharp fangs.
“Kill… Only through slaughter will you find peace,” the apparition whispered, and its arms beckoned toward him.
“No! Get away from me!” Matthew shouted.
He desperately tried to pry off the Ghost Mask. But no matter how hard favonovel.com tried, the mask seemed fused to his skin and resisted all his efforts to remove it.
The seductive voice echoed relentlessly in Matthew’s mind. “Give in… You sought my power to become stronger. Why resist now? I can make you invincible and let you dominate the world. Embrace me…”
As Matthew’s resolve wavered, the clarity in his eyes faded. Unconsciously, favonovel.com moved toward the water’s edge.
Just as his toes touched the surface, the Bloodreaper in his hand trembled violently. Its energy surged through the air and sliced through the surrounding foliage.
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