The moon was currently quite high in the sky and the surroundings have already been plunged into the silent night for a long time. At the far side of the city, there stood a medium sized mansion which looked quite desolate if seen from far away.

Only two people were standing guard at the gate, in case someone decided to come at such a late hour. However just as the two people were talking while being lax, about their job two ice spears came out of nowhere and impaled both of them to the wall.

Right until the end they didn’t understand what actually killed them tonight, only Ariel who came out of the shadows the next moment, knew that he was responsible for it. Although he would usually not kill recklessly, today he didn’t have time to see if these people were innocent guards, or just the same like the slaver he had met today.

To him Erna’s life was much more important so he managed to ignore his own nonchalant killings while entering thought the gate. After crossing the line he saw a well taken care of front yard, which now was unfortunately still ruined by the night’s darkness.

Ignoring the other sights he could see, he directed his gaze towards the manor’s front entrance. Even if he was in a rush he didn’t forget to always be cautious, and this time it came through for him. Thanks to his special sight, he could see a large amount of Mana and Mana sources behind the door, signalling that there are undoubtedly people waiting to ambush him, inside.

However Ariel continued without fear and slowly pushed open the big wooden doors. The inside was similarly to the outside, also covered in darkness, unfortunately for the ambushers Ariel could easily see where they were due to their emitted Mana.

As he was carefully walking into the room, he soon heard a voice just as expected. Only the voice didn’t seem fully human and was mixed with a robotic or an artificial voice, “So you really have came brat. We were told you might come, but we really didn’t think you would be actually so stupid to arrive here alone.”

The person’s words had clear mockery in his voice, since to him a boy coming here like this is truly suicide. In the meant time, the room has been lit up by the suddenly igniting candles and Ariel could finally see what he was facing.

In front of his stood several sturdy, giant stone golems, making a small encirclement surrounding him. Ariel was taken a back for a moment, but then he remembered some old news of how the Hevorin family had bought a large amount of remote controlled golems before.

If he had to guess right now, this was the reason they bought them, not to guard against intruders but to be of help in their devious scheme when needed. At this time, while Ariel was still thinking, to the people controlling the golems it appeared as if he was scared of them, which encouraged them to be even more aggressive with their words.

“It is too late to regret now, you are surrounded and the only option is for you to defeat us. However that’s unlikely, these golems have almost no weakness, and even if we would stand and let you shoot us as much as you want, you wound run out of Mana before killing us all, so just peacefully give up.”

The person behind the golem seemed to be quite confident, but unknown to him Ariel had been absentminded and his words made him return to the matter at hand. Feeling amused, he looked towards the golem, who was the only one to speak until now and responded. “Are you really so sure of yourself? I think if it is, an apparently stupid person like you, controlling it, the golem is nothing dangerous.”

The person who spoke before became dumbfounded for a while, but the next moment he became furious after getting back his wits. “You little… Let’s see you being brave after I crush your legs and arms.”

Suddenly the golem in front of Ariel started charging towards him without any indication, it was obvious that his opponent though to be invincible and charged without fear, and that is just what Ariel wanted. This time unlike the rest, Ariel didn’t summon his ice shields cause he felt like he wouldn’t need them right now.

Casually dodging the golem’s fists, he stepped around it as easily as walking down a road. This only further infuriated the first golem since guy though he was being taken for granted. However all the rest of the golems have also got closer into the hitting range.

Unfortunately for them, they just stepped into Ariel’s trap, he had wanted to draw in the rest of the golems closer to take care of all of them in a single strike. The reason he was planning like this was because due to his Mana sight he could quickly detect where the golem’s cores were.

However he didn’t know if the creator of these golems was lazy or just and idiot, but all of the golem cores seem to be in the very same place, their neck. Though this only helped Ariel, since even if he knew the location’s of the cores, if his enemies notice that he could so easily find them, they would be much more guarded against him, but right now he can easily do it in a single movement, and finish them off all at once.

As the surrounding golems jumped to attack him, Ariel casually cast a single ice slice in a roundabout motion, instantly decapitating all of them. “This can’t be…” Even in defeat the person who spoke previously seemed to be unable to notice his own faults.

The golems fell to the ground and crumbled into pieces. Without a Mana source they were nothing more than rocks put together so this outcome was expected.

Making sure that all of golems were out of the count, Ariel gave a quick look around the mansion with his Mana sight. Through the walls he could see several places where there were groups of people doing something and didn’t know to which he should head to, however just before he was lucky enough to see one of the groups, suddenly become extremely disorganized.

If he had to guess, it must have been the people controlling the golems he just fought, and if he had search the manor room by room, he felt it would be good to take care of them as soon as possible, since there are probably many more golems in this mansion and he didn’t want to waste too much time and Mana fighting them.

That is why he, without hesitation, walked down one of the narrower corridors, leading straight to the group in question. Although while rushing in a hurried pace, Ariel still managed to observe the interior and evaluate it, and just like one would expect, the Hevorin family sure liked luxury. Most of the walls were decorated by expensive art and exquisite carpets were put down along the floor. There were also plenty of golden chandeliers hanging from the ceiling and many pedestals whit precious items on them.

Just with the amount of wealth in this mansion, you could probably sate several villages for dozens of years. However all of this was just staying here, gathering dust pointlessly. This really made Ariel feel quite frustrated at the injustice, but he didn’t dwell on it for long, since he was already close to his destination.

Seeing the double wooden door, soon he heard voices behind it, speaking in a fearful manner. “Get the other golems ready, quickly, we don’t have much time.” The first voice was quite similar to the person who was trash talking Ariel before while the second one was more scholarly. “It takes longer than you think. If you hadn’t been so arrogant and assured of yourself they could have been ready form the start.”

From the conversation Ariel understood that the ones behind the door must be the fighting team and also the supporting team. However, they also seem to be about to break into fighting amongst themselves out of desperation.

On the other hand this didn’t really mean anything to Ariel, since he always adopted the policy that if no one bothers him, he won’t bother them as well, but of anyone even tries to do anything to him, he would make sure they end up dead.

Because of this he barged into the room with the intent to kill everyone inside. Entering he saw that there about a couple of dozens of people inside, more than half of them dressed as guards while the rest of them like the old researchers of the middle ages.

The room itself looked to be used for magic rituals and sort of a magic lab. It looked like this was the place the golems are prepared to be used and Ariel got lucky enough to come here first.

His arrival however brought complete despair to the people inside, as they looked towards Ariel as if he was the grim reaper himself, coming towards them. They got especially frightened when they saw countless ice spears manifesting in the air around him.

They all were about to plead for his mercy, but Ariel didn’t give them the chance. With a snap of his fingers, all of the ice spears flew, impaling themselves into at least one person, and sometimes two. The scene quickly turned into a picture of hell as the blood covered the ground entirely.

In the end there were only a couple of survivors after Ariel’s first barrage of attacks. The person who spoke before, to the guard turned pure white and started shaking in fear as he pleaded for his life. “I was ordered to do it please spare me. I swear I will never cross you ever again.”

Ariel only sneered at his words as he replied. “By following a person’s orders you take up all the sins that come with it.” The next moment the man felt his body grow cold and hit the ground lifelessly. From that, Ariel continued finishing off the survivors with ice slices until there was no one left alive.

When the last one fell to the ground Ariel finally let out a sigh of relief. Even for him such a massacre took a toll on his mind. After Reorganizing his mind, he turned and was about to head towards the other places full of people, but just at that time, he noticed that there was another hallway leading from the room he was in, to a place with the largest amount of people in the mansion.

Looking at the dreadful pathway, Ariel felt hesitant, but after a moment of doubt, he resolutely stepped towards the ghastly corridor, with the intentions to see what was on the other side.

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