Epoch: A Berserker's Rise

Adam smiled and asked "Why are you making this kind of face? I'd almost believe something went wrong."

Henry rolled his eyes and said "A year ago you were nothing more than a brat at the Iron Realm, and you already reached my realm. How am I supposed to feel about my talent?"

Adam waved his hand and said "No need to feel ashamed, in front of me everyone is talentless. Don't think you are less talented than me, just think you are on the same level as the strongest people on this continent."

Henry rolled his eyes and said "I can almost touch your pride. But enough jokes, the situation is quite perilous."

Adam shrugged and said "I didn't exactly expect them to obey my orders willy nilly either. So, what's up with the old fogeys."

Henry's face turned a little grave as he said "Don't think you can randomly insult the elders of the powers of Epoch just because you have reached the strength of the Legend Rank, they are far more powerful than you think."

Adam grinned and said "Don't worry about me, I am plenty confident I can take care of whatever they have to throw at me. Now, tell me, what are their intentions?"

Henry sighed and said "You can't always do everything on your own. When you sent back those representatives, no one was happy with your condition. You are basically slapping the faces of them all in the face of the world. Reputation is something those powers care even more about than their lives."

Adam's gaze turned cold as he said "I see, it looks like I will have to show them they don't have a choice. What do they want to do then, exactly. Block people from entering my realm?"

Henry shook his head and said "They can't do anything to you inside your realm, that much is obvious to everyone. They wanted to target your guild, or kingdom, but they can't do that either. So they want to strike your allies. That is, me."

Adam was shocked as he asked "Isn't Coldlands going to do anything about it? Are they targeting you too?"

Henry replied "You must understand you haven't just angered a few people, you have angered the entire world. Although you have many friends in high places, such as the Imperial family of Coldlands and Aldeneid, as well as the Yok Clan in Buwog and the faction of Cave Master in Blackheart, it isn't enough."

He sighed and continued "Racial Powers are complicated, and their leadership isn't based on a single person. While in the eyes of the public it is the Emperor, Battle Chief or whatever Supreme Leader who is leading, the influence of the elders and clans of that nation are not to be underestimated."

Adam frowned and said "So you are telling me that the hidden factions of the Racial Powers are the one striking out?"

Henry nodded "For those I mentioned, yes. Well, not Coldlands, since you have the support of over half of our Legends, so they won't strike, but for the rest, yes. As for those with whom you have no relationship, they don't have such worries. And that is only the Racial Powers. The Monster Faction will also attack with a few exceptions. You should also worry about the Demonic Faction, who wants your head for spoiling their plans. They wanted to destroy our foundation by killing our young generation."

Henry expected Adam to be scared by now, but much to his dismay, Adam grinned and asked "So they want to attack you to pressure me? To make me understand I shouldn't offend them, is that right?"

Henry said, helpless "What are you grinning for, my kingdom is the one being targeted." Adam replied "Don't worry, they should know their limits, your wife is the daughter of the King of the North, they won't dare to go too far. Moreover, I assure you they won't dare set foot in your kingdom."

Henry asked, curious about Adam's confidence "What's making you so sure of yourself?"

Instead of answering his question, Adam said "We are the first of the month, right?" Although he was curious as to why he asked, Henry nodded, it was indeed the first day of the month. Adam continued "Good, then in the future people are going to call this period the Month of Slaughter."

As he said that, he disappeared, teleporting away, leaving the dumbstruck Henry behind.

Adam was even faster than he used to be now that he had been promoted to Gold Rank, and so he didn't even need to use the teleportation arrays to travel through the world.

The entrance of Providence was located in the South-East of Coldlands, which itself was in the North of the continent. As for Adam's destination, it was farther in the South, just North of the Mirage Desert, between Blackheart and Feynwoods.

The reason he was heading there was because this region was known as the Demonic Region, where most of the demonic cults gathered. Of course, not the entire Demonic Faction resided there, like the Demon Clan that was North of the Kloss Canal, or many other smaller clans, but it was still a land filled with almost only demonic people.

It took Adam a couple of hours to fly over to his destination, a journey that would have taken him days if not weeks back in the past, even with the use of Teleportation arrays. As a Legend Ranked powerhouse, life was much easier.

When he arrived in the Demonic Region, Adam flew to the nearest city and unleashed his domain's might. The moment he did, all movement in the city stopped. Even the magistrate of the city, a peak Gold Rank, was incapable of moving.

Adam quickly scanned through their minds with his Spirit Concept, and quickly learned of the location of the surrounding demonic powers. After killing all the people associated with them, Adam quickly left, freeing the scared population.

A minute later, Adam arrived in front of a town like settlement, where a faction known as the Skydevil Sect ruled. They could be considered quite powerful as they were the rulers of the area with millions of people in their settlement, and a few tens of Heroes leading them.

Like before, Adam used his Domain to surround the city, and sent an overpowered spirit wave, killing everyone in an instant. The people of Skydevil barely had the time to realize a powerhouse appeared above the city before dying.

As he absorbed the Soul Energy of the people he killed, he then used his Domain to make all their bodies explode in blood, including the Legends, drenching the town in blood. At the same time, he took the spirit rings of the Heroes and plundered the treasury.

In a second, a town had turned from one full of life to one drenched in blood, with all it's inhabitants dead. Finished with this town, Adam quickly went for the next one.

In a day, all the surrounding area had been cleaned of the demonic faction, all their members dying a tragic death. Although no survivors were left, some people tried to enter the city after Adam's passage, and the rumours quickly started spreading.

Unfortunately, Adam was faster.

It was only a week after Adam began his slaughter-fest that the true rulers of the regions got the confirmation Adam was exterminating their men. A gathering was held, and a squad of Legends were sent for Adam.

In the past week, Adam had already destroyed hundreds of demonic sects, and he never crossed a Legend. But as he attacked a city where only a single Hero resided, five Legends appeared not far.

Their leader looked at Adam with squinted eyes and said "Today is the day you die, scum." But he barely finished his words when Adam appeared in front of him. He tried to react, to attack Adam, but he found his body unresponsive. Why was he getting higher?

It was only after a moment of realization he discovered Adam had appeared behind his group, and all five of them were decapitated. As the elder tried to understand what just happened, a sword light went through each of their heads, destroying their Golden Soul. Adam quickly absorbed the Soul Energy, clenching his fist as the powerful energy flooded his mind.

All five of those Legends were weak, only reaching the Early Basic Essence Level, two levels away from Adam. As such, they didn't even stand a chance against him.

But more importantly, after absorbing the Soul Energy from tens millions of people in the past week, the Soul Energy from those five allowed Adam to finally condense his Spirit Essence, third Essence of Adam.