Roaring Heroes Battle the Overlord (Ainz)

Chapter 74: The Captain and the Expedition Bracers

"Why is it still pitch black?" EeDeChi turned around, looking around in confusion.

"The domain created by Innate Talent hasn't disappeared, which means its owner is still alive," Barrett said quietly. He and EeDeChi approached Clovis, the 'Lord of Despair,' and flipped over the assassin who had received a slap from EeDeChi, examining him closely.

Clovis's face was badly disfigured from EeDeChi's slap, twisted and crooked, with half of his teeth scattered on the ground and one eye shattered beyond recognition. Even his own mother wouldn't recognize him now.

But he was still alive; his breathing was faint, suggesting he was merely unconscious.

Barrett intended to wake up the notorious assassin with a stream of urine. However, as he was unfastening his belt, he suddenly remembered there was a girl nearby, so he quickly re-fastened his belt.

EeDeChi glanced at Barrett with contempt, then took a bottle of water from her spatial ring and poured it all over Clovis's face.

Soon, Clovis groggily regained consciousness. He looked at EeDeChi and Barrett with his only intact eye, his lips parting slightly with a loss of teeth, "Who... are you?"

"To make sure you understand, I am—" EeDeChi began, crossing her arms, ready to explain.

Barrett tugged at her, "Captain, skip the 'to make sure you understand' nonsense. It's better to just finish him off quickly; the longer we wait, the more trouble we might have."

EeDeChi nodded, "That makes sense. Go ahead and do it. I only took half of his life; the rest is up to you."

Are you really afraid of dirtying your hands? Barrett shook his head in resignation and raised his sword, preparing to stab it into Clovis's chest.

"No! You can't kill me!" Clovis, with his mouth and eyes twisted, trembled as he stared at the gleaming sword. For the first time, his eyes showed an intense desire for life and an overwhelming fear of death.

Barrett wondered if his victims had the same expression when he killed them?

"You can't kill me! If I die, my... brother... Slam Daguerre, and my employer... Odys Malcon Waverly... won't let you get away with this!" Clovis rasped, naming the two people in a desperate plea for survival.

"Good. I'll remember those two little bastards' names," EeDeChi said, clenching her fists. It seemed that being ambushed on her way home had really angered her.

Barrett drove the sword down, piercing through 'Lord of Despair' Clovis's heart, taking the rest of his life.

As 'Lord of Despair' died, his Innate Talent, the "Domain of Despair," vanished into thin air.

The night sky changed from deep black to deep blue, as if a deep blue velvet blanket had covered the sky, dotted with star-like golden specks, and a golden crescent moon peeking through the clouds. Starlight and moonlight bathed the ground, revealing the trees and road around the carriage.

The enemy was dead, so it was time to clean up the battlefield. For adventurers, that meant it was time to loot the spoils.

EeDeChi was particularly interested in the bracers on Clovis's arms. Clovis had boasted that these bracers, excavated from the Eight Greed Kings' desert, were treasures that could seemingly give one control over the world. Yet, the assassin who thought he could control the world couldn't even control his own life.

EeDeChi removed the silver bracers and examined them closely. The bracers were a dark silver color, adorned with ancient, wavy patterns and inlaid with arc-shaped red crystals that emitted a faint red glow.