Conqueror

Hmm... that was... unfair. He's fast. Faster than me. How did he do it. Those fluid sword movements, his attack speed, his movement speed...

Its faster than me using a light armor with a dagger.

How did he do it... Was it like this... or this... or this..?

It moves with an unimaginable speed and as soon as it comes into contact, it just cuts through cleanly.

"Everyone, there's been movement of the other armies like this in the kingdoms that you all captured. Saving the kingdom is a priority, move out!" Zieglind then interrupted my concentration.

I then ran up to the nearest kingdom I could find and I got there within a single minute. But its still not enough. Zieglind could've been here within seconds.

How do I attain that power... I'm an assassin... I shouldn't lose a battle of speed against a swordsman.

I need to eliminate these monsters faster... and better than he did.

I snuck up and took a look at what was happening and I analyzed the whole situation. "Area Mapping, Entity Locator, Event Locator." A map opened up in front of me and then there's dots which highlighted the specific parts of the area.

White ones are neutral monsters like pigs, cows, chickens and more.  Blue dot is me and if there are someone with me right here in the Crimson Knights, they'd be marked blue too. And the red ones are the hostile enemies.

Even locators mark the points in the map where something is going on and a vague description of what's happening.

I clicked on one of the encircled one and it said, "Mind controlled creatures that are making the whole surface a hive." I clicked on the other three points and it seems to be the same. I brought out binoculars from my inventory and saw that there were mages directing energy into a single point. Same with the other three points.

Hive... it means a place where something is being gathered... Are they using it to summon something or bring something here..?

Either way I'll end this. "Shadow Travel." I submerged down in the ground and rode the walls while I can see them underground. I went under where the mages where and was about to jump to kill them there which should've caught them off-guard.

But there's a barrier below them too..? I tried attacking it but its tough. Tougher than any barrier I have seen.

But I still haven't been seen so all of my stealth passives like bonus damage won't be activated yet.

I'll make this place my training ground. "Inventory." I opened up my inventory and brought out a message skill. "Connect me to the Crimson Knights." Everyone then accepted and I began to talk. "I can't destroy these barriers. But I can hold them off. I need some help."

Ten minutes? Or maybe five? They might be here within those times. And this time, I'm going to challenge myself. I'll kill everything here except those mages within that time limit.

"Lightning Body." This exhilarating speed...

I ran and ran and attacked as soon as the enemies entered my strike range.

One hit to their necks, poison, paralyze, bleeding and burn will be applied. That's why I only need to hit them once.

But this isn't enough.

This exhilarating speed... the way I cut through the wind... the way I dance on the battlefield... This isn't enough.

I have to be faster... faster! Faster than him! "Windtalker!" A buff on top of a buff. "Lightspeed!" And another buff.

My speed tripled but this is not enough. I'm as fast as him. But its still not enough! Faster... I need to be faster!

Speed is all I've got. That's why I take pride in my own power. I won't let anyone surpass me. Not even you Zieglind!

"Dark Trail, Flaming Feet! Acceleration! Sprint!" I won't get overtaken by him. I won't! The only thing I have to be the best at is my speed.

I then saw something in the distance... like a light. I ran and I ran as if trying to grab it. And as soon as I did, a bright light covered my sight and I could only see a message in front of me from the system.

[Gained skill, Godspeed, combine five or more speed boosting skills that amounts to 10000% movement speed boost or more from your base stats. Has two sub-skills,

||Godspeed||

Grants 10000% movement speed boost. Anything more than that will add +100 damage every 10% more.

||Invulnerability Speed||

You're immune to all crowd controls.]

The light disappeared and I looked at myself. I was like... I had no body. It was like... I was just... a silhouette of a human being. And my body was replaced with the elements I infused with earlier. I could see the dark, fire, ice, wind and the other energies I created flowing inside me. Its as if my mana is for everyone to see.

My whole body was transparent and the elements were the only thing that can be seen.

It was such a weird feeling. But somehow, I felt like something in me changed.

Huh... why was everyone slow. I didn't understand. Those spells. They're targeting me or the enemies behind me?

I slightly touched the head of the monster and it suddenly exploded.

Everything around me was... slow. Incredibly slow. What's this feeling.

I was running like I wasn't restricted. I was like in a bubble space of my own speed. Slow... everything's so slow. 

But why does everything I touch suddenly explode... Ah... it seems that's it.

They're not slow. I was just too fast. And something faster than the speed of light hitting something... of course normally it would obliterate something. I retracted my daggers and touched the faces of the monsters.

It was like I was stuck in time and it was raining puddles of blood.

This speed... I've ascended once again. ONCE AGAIN I've gotten incredibly stronger.

I didn't know how fast I was going at the real time. But in my space I've counted about ten seconds to kill all these monsters.

It was no longer a battlefield, but a bloodbath of an ocean. And now, I felt power that I could destroy the barrier of those mages. And I did try.

I brought out my daggers and then attacked multiple times and I did manage to break it.

Looking at their faces, they seem to be so incredibly invested on chanting their spell. Not even knowing they would die right here.

A quick slice to their necks and their spells instantly stopped.

I then went on to the next one and did the same. 

And to the next one.

And to the final one.

I guess I should leave that one to them. I deactivated the godspeed and then I felt an intense sharp pain throughout my body.

I felt like my stomach was being twisted apart. What was going on... I took a look at my status and it was saying that I'm hungry, exhausted and dehydrated? Why did this happen to me?

Is this a curse that will happen if I kill those monsters or a curse for stopping their stupid ritual..?

No that's impossible. If that happened the system should've given me a warning or a message. So what the hell happened...

Is it godspeed?

I've moved too fast?

I felt it before, that I was going hungry, dehydrated and easily exhausted. That's why I switched over to stamina training. But the faster I got, the more I felt even more worse.

So the more I speed up, my body loses its nutrients because my body can't handle it?

It seems that I'm basically a black hole. 

Argh... this hurts.

But I have to keep up a brave front when they get here. And the first one to arrive was Herold.

I acted like nothing was happening and pointed him to where that big ball of mana was.

"Inventory." He then pulled out that weapon that sucks out mana and destroys it. He then stabbed the ball of mana but he's having quite a difficult time. But after a minute, he made it disappear. "So... care to tell what happened here?"

"I just killed them all." I replied.

"Then why is the whole place charred. And those charred places looks like... footprints."

I looked back and saw the destruction I made. It was like a burnt battlefield. Every step I took, it was like I'm moving at super speed. "Things... happened."

"Are you using Godspeed?"

My eyes widened at his question. "How do you know that..?"

"Here's a tip that you need to know. Use it only when you're going to initiate an attack. Godspeed is an incredibly powerful skill but its useless if you keep running around. You're going to destroy your body at that rate. While in Godspeed, you won't be able to feel a thing or feel the effects of hunger, dehydration and exhaustion. It will kill you. I have an ally that once had that skill. Just... be careful on using that."