Re-Overlord: I Can Acquire Anything!-Chapter 80: One Strike, One Cut

As soon as they heard the distant rumble, Rax and the others froze. Cold sweat trickled down their spines.

Two Mechas were pursuing them. One was flying above with a menacing hum, the other galloping across the ground with thunderous steps.

"Fuck, how did they find us?" Rax muttered, panic rising in his voice.

Igaris clicked his tongue in annoyance. He should’ve known these fools couldn’t be trusted with matters requiring precision and secrecy. Their carelessness had likely compromised everything.

He could have escaped easily.

But he won’t.

Because, he needed them. Their intel, their contacts, their network.

So he stepped forward, placing himself between the Mechas and the trembling group of thugs.

With a blink, the Architect’s Eyes activated, scanning the terrain within several kilometers.

And only two Mechs were seen.

If they were official Law Enforcers, surely an entire squadron would have followed. This wasn’t standard procedure.

"Strange," Igaris muttered. "Just two?"

He focused, his vision penetrating the reinforced cockpits of the Mechs. What he saw made his expression darken.

They were wearing the official insignias of the Law Enforcers, elite units at that.

They had high-ranking Mechs even. Probably B or C Rank.

But then, a question echoed in his mind.

"If they are Law Enforcers, why only two of them?"

It didn’t add up. Not in a warzone town like this. Not for someone labeled a ’Monster from the Other Side.’

Aluna and Daisy’s current bodies were different. Because of this, Igaris didn’t recognize them as his ex-fiancées.

He didn’t know they were the one of them who betrayed him and his family.

Still, the moment he laid eyes on them, something primal stirred inside him. A wave of killing instinct surged through his veins, irrational but undeniable.

"So... you’re the Monster boy who slipped past the defenses of the Warzone?" Aluna asked, her voice calm yet charged, her Mech’s piercing eyes scanning him with cold precision.

Igaris didn’t answer, but his grip on the sword tightened.

Instead, Rax stepped forward, trying to buy time. "How did you find us?"

Daisy chuckled from within her cockpit, her voice crackling through external speakers. "Heh. You street rats haven’t heard of X-ray vision, huh? We tracked your sorry little trail while you were underground. Honestly... with your brains, I’m surprised you even made it this far."

She leaned forward, her Mech flexing, metallic muscles creaking. "And trust me, our Mechs can do a lot more than just scanning rats."

The hulking Mech she piloted grinned with a mechanical snarl as it raised both arms. Twin sabers extended from each forearm, radiating deadly light.

"Hmm... Why aren’t you speaking, Monster Boy? Are you mute or something?" Daisy taunted, her voice laced with mockery.

Igaris held back the rising tide of bloodlust threatening to consume him. The moment he saw them, the urge to kill had ignited without reason. But he suppressed it, focusing instead on the oddity of the situation.

He narrowed his eyes, then finally spoke,

"Are you two so confident to defeat me? If that’s the case... you’re gravely underestimating me."

Aluna snorted coldly. "I alone am enough to defeat you, monster."

Tension crackled in the air like static as her words echoed through the alley. Her Mech’s wings fluttered slightly, giving off a shimmer of refracted light like a poised butterfly before a strike.

But then Daisy stepped forward, raising a hand between them. "You’re clever, Monster Boy. So let’s not play games."

She paused, then said bluntly, "Yes. We have another motive to approach you alone. We’re not here to kill you."

Her Mech’s eyes flickered as she continued, "We want something. Summoner Arts to be exact. If you give us some ancient technique, we’ll let you go. Unharmed."

Igaris remained silent.

Daisy’s tone dropped a pitch, turning cold. "But if you try to attack us before that... we’ll transmit your location directly to HQ. The Law Enforcers will hunt you to the ends of hell."

The sun rose brightly in the east, casting a serene glow over the land, but Igaris’s heart was anything but calm.

The bloodlust surged with every passing second, intensifying the more he spoke with them.

He clutched his head, a splitting headache pounding through his skull.

"Kill them! Kill them! They betrayed us!"

Unknown emotions, long buried, began to claw their way to the surface.

They felt familiar... yet distant, as though echoes of a forgotten past. Something deep inside screamed that giving them Summoner Arts would be like shooting himself in the foot.

Aluna and Daisy watched him in silence, their confusion growing as he stumbled slightly, still gripping his head.

"Hey... what’s wrong with you?" Daisy demanded, stepping forward. "Answer us!"

Slash!

As soon as she stepped closer, a flash of white crossed her vision. Then the Monster Boy was gone from sight.

Thud! Thud!

Instead, her Mech suddenly felt lighter and smoother to operate.

But warning alerts rang out without pause.

"Warning! Mech’s health is below 60%!"

With astonished eyes, she looked down at the ground wherr both of her Mech’s arms lay there, severed and lifeless.

It had all been done by Igaris, who had used the Godslayer Sword Style’s First Form: One Strike, One Cut.

This form could slice through anything like butter. Rock, metal, nothing could resist the edge of that sword.

Daisy stood in horror. She hadn’t even seen him move, let alone had time to raise her dual sabers to defend.

What was worse, the monster continued hacking away at her Mech without mercy. His eyes were crimson, filled with a hatred that felt personal and deep.

But she had just met him. Why was he looking at her like she had committed an unforgivable sin?

What she didn’t know, and couldn’t even imagine that this so-called monster was Igaris, their former fiancé and childhood friend... the one they had betrayed.

"Clang!"

Just then, Aluna came to the rescue, defending Daisy with her own massive longsword.

This one was forged from Mythril, a rare metal known for its unbreakable durability and sharpness.

But—