Kyle went on his way to Fort V-2550, which was quite a long way from Forward Base 198. Each fort controlled a billion kilometers of area, which meant Fort V-2550 was almost two trillion kilometers from Fort U-878. Since Kyle was now a Major Sage, he could teleport more frequently, increasing his speed.
By now, Kyle could teleport around 40 times per second, which meant that he could traverse about a million kilometers per second, as long as nobody interrupted his teleportation. Most likely, he would need about two million seconds to get to his destination, which was a bit more than three weeks.
The ability to teleport really made traveling much easier for Kyle. If he couldn't teleport, even with his incredible speed, Kyle would need over twenty times as much time to get to his destination.
"He most likely sent me to a Fort this far away to make it harder to track me," he thought. "At some point, the Demons will target me, but they also still have to find me."
After traveling for about three weeks, Kyle reached the frontlines again. This time, he was assigned to a Fort in the V-range. These forts mostly intercepted Medium Sage Demons and some Early Sage Demons.
When Kyle arrived, he noticed that Fort V-2550 was an ancient Fort. It still had incredible power, but Kyle felt like the Energies around the Fort lacked some kind of unique harmony. The Formation Arrays simply didn't feel as smooth.
He entered the Fort and stopped in front of the Commander, who was a smaller woman with black hair, carrying a long staff on her back.
"Black Sin Hammer 37, reporting," Kyle transmitted.
"Accepted," the Commander transmitted. "I am Commander Nezeth, and I will be issuing your orders."
The Commander looked at Kyle's Emblem for a moment. When she saw the information Major Sovignor had included, she felt uncertain. Some of these requests were unusual. For example, Major Sovignor requested that Kyle's Emblem not track what kind of Demons he killed, just the raw number.
"Black Sin Hammer 37, here are your orders: You will act as a Decimator for the entire operational range of Fort V-2550. Start the Fourth Refinement immediately and report your expected operational efficiency."
Kyle closed his eyes and pushed Energy into his mind to start the Fourth Refinement.
As expected, the pain was much worse than before. At this point, Kyle could feel the pain clearly, and it wasn't easy to ignore. Kyle felt like electric shocks were traveling throughout his mind in waves. They became stronger and weaker in an expected rhythm. In a way, one could say that this was worse than constant pain.
"The Fourth Refinement also influences the pain of my Sin Flames," Kyle thought with furrowed brows. "The pain of the Fourth Refinement mixes with the pain of my Sin Flames, and whenever it weakens, I feel like my Sin Flames are also becoming weaker, even though they don't. At the same time, when it becomes more intense, it also feels like my Sin Flames become worse."
"This is not as easy to deal with as expected," he thought.
Kyle needed some time to adapt to the new level of pain, but he managed to adapt in the end.
"I can still deal with this, but things might be different during the Fifth Refinement. I need to use the next millennium to plan for my Fifth Refinement!"
"Operational efficiency is at 98%," Kyle transmitted.
"You will fulfill your duties as Decimator until your advancement has been complete. Due to the information in your Emblem, your kill target has been put above the normal. Move out!" she transmitted.
Kyle flew out of Fort V-2550 without saying anything as he looked at his Emblem.
"1.5 trillion Demons again,"* Kyle thought. "That feels about right."
Based on the surrounding factors, Kyle's kill target was much lower than the last time he had worked as a Decimator. Back then, his shift had only encompassed a century, while this shift would continue for a millennium. At the same time, Kyle had also advanced twice, making it easier for him to kill a great number of weaker enemies.
Compared to a normal Major Sage Decimator, Kyle's target was only about three times higher.
As soon as he left the Fort, he started killing all of the weaker Demons. Even though he was already a Major Sage, Kyle still couldn't kill groups of New Sage Demons. At most, he could kill three of them at once before his Energy started to run low.
Commander Nezeth watched Kyle entering the frontlines and slightly shook her head.
She had no idea why they had sent a Major Sage Decimator to a Fort in the V-range. This was akin to sending the Decimator to their death.


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