Adopted Soldier

Someone was here, and it was someone on the same level as Hektor or possibly even stronger . The only people stronger than Hektor at his full strength that are alive, were only a few . Yet all of those people were monster in human skin . The four of them who had their guards up heard footsteps echoing through the alleyway .

At the corner of the alleyway they saw a hooded figure with a scythe at hand, the scythe wasn’t the typical war scythe nor was it the same as the scythe used for farming . The scythe the hooded figure carried was the same as the one the Reaper of souls carried, it was a death scythe .

Each of the four then directed their guns towards the hooded figure . All of them knew who this person was, this was a person who had a similar status as Hektor inside the organization . He was a person with a mysterious origin, that only Richter knew of . No one in the organization even knew his name, all except for Richter .

The person who was most loyal to Richter, his right hand man, the person everyone called the Executioner . He was the one who dealt with all traitors inside the Shadow Mercenaries . The only traitors he allows to live, were the ones that Richter has approved of .

The executioner was now face to face with the four traitors . His face covered by a mask and only his eyes could be seen, his cold brown eyes which was looking directly at the four .

"James Bourne, Raphael Rihan, Joseph Herald, and Kris Braun . Our leader, Richter Greyhound, has told me to give you four one last chance . He ordered me to tell you four to accept your punishments and return to the organization . If you do not comply then I was given the privilege to decide the fates of you four . So what are your answers?"

"Sorry, but I can’t go back to such an organization . Not only did you guys kidnap my friends, one of your members is planning to destroy humanity, and the old man is allowing it . Such an organization needs to be destroyed . " Oliver answered with a smile on his face .

"I’m with Oliver, my mission and the organization’s mission no longer coincide with each other . " Specter gave out his answer as well .

"Heh, we might have the same goals, but the way you guys want to deal with it crosses a line a cannot cross . " Joseph spoke while frowning .

"I can no longer follow the crazy old man . I always thought he was someone worth following, because of his overwhelming strength, but turns out he was just an insane old man . " Kris answered while shrugging his shoulders .

While answering the four never let their guard down, since all of them were extremely wary of the Executioner . The man in front of them has never allowed a person to escape his grasp . He was the only one Richter truly trust as his subordinate . The old monster even commented once, that the Executioner was the only one he approves as a worthy subordinate .

That alone showed the quality of the Executioner’s work . Hearing the answers of the four former members of the Shadow Mercenaries, made the Executioner sigh as he got his scythe ready . He then pounded the flat end of the handle onto the ground .

" Very well, I have heard your answers . . . The four of you are all accused of treachery, as your judge, jury, and executioner I have decided that your sentence to be death . " When the Executioner said this he suddenly threw his scythe .

In the confine space of the alleyway, the four had no room to dodge properly . The only way they could dodge the incoming scythe, was either to jump upward or duck . The four of them quickly decided to duck . The scythe passed by them and as they were about to stand and start shooting at the executioner, they saw that he suddenly disappeared in front of them .

Oliver’s instincts kicked in, which made him raise his sword which was greeted by a downward blow by the Executioner’s scythe . When Oliver was able to successfully block the attack, the other three had their guns pointed at the Executioner, but they couldn’t get a clear shot since Oliver was too close .

Seeing that the other three were about to shoot at him, the Executioner let go of his scythe, which made Oliver lose balance, because of the sudden release of weight which caught him by surprise . The second he lost his balance, the Executioner gave him a kick right at his abdomen .

Oliver was quick to react as he changed the position of his sword to block the incoming kick . Even though he was able to block using his sword, the kick was still able to push Oliver backward . Seeing that Oliver was now fully blocking their shot, Joseph took out a grenade and threw it at the Executioner .

Seeing the incoming grenade the Executioner cut it in half using his scythe and at the same time he jumped backward . The moment he cut the grenade in half it exploded but the strength of the explosion was lessened . When the four saw that the grenade made the Executioner distance himself from them, they quickly started to run away .

In that short exchange with the Executioner, the four of them knew that they were in a disadvantage fighting the Executioner in such a narrow space . So without even planning it, the four of the came to the same conclusion which was to run away to a better location .

The four of them started to wall jump upward, until they reached the rooftop of the building . Without stopping the four of them kept on running and jumping from building to building . They didn’t even bother to look behind them .

Kris who was the slowest among them due to how heavy his equipment was, felt something strange . He quickly tried to discard his weapons to lighten his load . The moment he was about to finish throwing his extra rifle, he felt a burning sensation on his left hand .

When he looked at his left hand, he saw that it was no longer there . Kris didn’t panic when he saw this, as he continued running while stopping the blood flowing out his left arm . At that moment he knew that the Executioner was right behind him .

The other three who were in front of him, haven’t notice anything yet since all of them were focus on running as far away as possible . Kris made a decision not to say anything, since it was possible that his warning might delay them from escaping . Even a second matters if they wanted to survive against the Executioner .

That was when Kris decided to stop and delay the Executioner for as long as he could . He knew that by doing that he was signing his death warrant, but he also knew that if he didn’t fight he would die anyway, since he couldn’t outrun the enemy .

’I hope you guys will be able to kill this b*stard . ’ Kris who was looking at the backs of the other three, wryly smiled . After that, Kris took out a pistol and started shooting behind him . Kris then stopped running and faced the Executioner .

Seeing Kris stopping in front of him, the Executioner quickly figured out what Kris was planning to do . Knowing that if he was delayed too long, the other three would be escape, the Executioner needed to finish Kris as fast as possible .