The Mark

Chapter 36

Chapter 36

"What is that whirlwind? Should we still attack? I can’t see anything on the other side."

"Are you crazy? Vice-Captain Flourance is inside with that guy. If we attack blindly, we might hit him accidentally?"

"So we should sit idly? Aren’t you worried about the Vice-Captain? He is fighting that guy alone?"

"So what? Are you underestimating the Vice-Captain? Don’t you know his power? He is someone that the kid has no chance of defeating. I have full faith that the kid will be beaten black and blue inside."

"Sigh, his power is good indeed. He is the most versatile and can even fight against Master Xander for a long time without being trounced. We shouldn’t underestimate him."

"Really? Did he fight against Master Xander? How come I didn’t know about it? When did this happen?"

"Hah, you were out on a mission, I think. It was just a practice battle. Even though Master Xander went easy during the battle since it was practice, it still wasn’t an easy feat to stand against master Xander. That’s why Vice Captain is known to be the second strongest in our Delta Squad."

"Yeah, his A-Rank elemental power of Spatial Displacement makes him a tough opponent to hit."

"Tough? He is impossible to hit! He can bring himself to a parallel space momentarily, dodging attacks. There is no way someone can hit him there. Along with his B-Rank Physical Power of Strength Augmentation, he is really powerful to beat. That kid has no chance."

While Lucifer and Flourance were hidden in the eye of the whirlwind, the Delta squad Members stood on the other side of spot zero, lamenting about the situation inside the whirlwind.

...

Lucifer swung his fist towards the face of Flourance, who simply stood there, confidently.

"Second lesson. A crazy beast is worse than a calm beast. On the other hand, a calm beast can be more threatening than the crazy beast who attacks in the same pattern," Flourance muttered as he observed Lucifer’s fist.

Lucifer’s fist reached dangerously close, but the man didn’t duck and let Lucifer do as he wished.

Lucifer’s fist reached Flourance, but it didn’t even touch him. It passed through Flourance as if he was an illusory person that didn’t exist in reality.

"My turn now," Flourance let out, enjoying the stunned look on Lucifer’s face. Packing his fist, he punched Lucifer.

Flourance’s fist landed on Lucifer’s chest, making him cough out a mouthful of blood. Lucifer flew back like a stone, crashing on the puddle of water. The water splashed upwards as he crashed before it went back to the ground.

"Lesson number three. If an attack fails, you should follow up with another attack instantly or fall back instead of contemplating what went wrong. Otherwise, this is what happens," Flourance told Lucifer as he smiled.

He stepped towards Lucifer while enjoying the scene before his eyes.

"Sigh, we really overestimated you. If I had known that these were your actual skills, I would have advised Xander against using so many resources here."

"I can’t even believe that someone like you was capable of killing the four members we sent to catch you in Legion city and our two members here. They were killed by you. Such a disappointment." he sighed as he continued stepping closer to Lucifer.

Cough! Cough!

Lucifer pushed himself up as he replied, "Do you expect me to thank you for such lessons?"

Sarcasm was evident in his tone.

"Hahaha, no need. I am not teaching you. I am just pointing out how stupid you are to think that you can take on people who have years of professional experience like us. Do you think killing a few people makes you strong?"

"Do you think you are some big shot that can destroy government facilities alone? Hah! You make me laugh. I detest people like you the most who misuse their powers."

- : Fighting With Everything

- : Fighting With Everything

- : Fighting With Everything

" If it were up to me, I would have killed you right now. Unfortunately, Xander wants us to catch you alive," Flourance answered Lucifer with disdain clear on his face.

...

The Two Warriors of the Delta Squad that had left the team, and walked to the other end of spot zero from the side, reached closer to the whirlwind that was surrounding Lucifer and Flourance. They also got confused as to what they could do in this situation.

These two were the warriors of the Delta squad, both of them possessing A-rank physical powers.

"Ruke, Should we go inside?" One of them asked.

"What are you thinking, Drai? We came all this way to help him. It’s not to stay out and watch, is it?" Ruke answered gravely.

"I am going inside! Jump in after me!" he let out right before he packed his fist before he jumped inside the whirlwind.

...

"Let’s get back to what we were doing. I suppose you might still have a few things that make you believe you can defeat me?"

"Generally, I wouldn’t have given you an opportunity to do it, but I don’t find you threatening at all. You are just like a little puppy who can be crushed anytime I wish," Flourance taunted Lucifer as he saw him still having control of his emotions.

He was surprised that Lucifer wasn’t attacking him like a wild beast.

As he had said, he was warier of the calm than he was of the chaotic.

"I never met your parents, but I did hear a lot of praise about them. I used to think that they were really at the peak of human evolution, but I can’t think the same after seeing you. They must not be anything special if they can give birth to someone as useless as you," he continued as a faint smirk appeared on his face.

No matter how much Lucifer tried, this insult to his parents was enough to make him go crazy.

Blood-l**t filled his eyes as his left eye turned a bit more violet but only faintly. The violet color in his eye was so faint that it was barely visible. The aura that was around him changed as well.

The sky roared and started thundering as if signaling a war cry for Lucifer.

Lucifer disappeared from his position, leaving water droplets splashing everywhere behind him as he flew like lightning.

His hands didn’t have any gloves, so a good grab was capable of killing Flourance, but he couldn’t even do that because of the annoying power of Flourance that didn’t let him touch the man.

It was challenging to defeat the opponent that couldn’t be touched, but Lucifer didn’t care. He was more furious than he had ever been.

It wasn’t the first time someone had talked about his parents, who possessed the last bit of space and affection in his desolate heart that was filled with hatred for humans.

His mother and father were the only two people in this world he cared for, but they were dead now. He couldn’t forgive someone talking about his parents like that.

He hadn’t expressed his rage in his words ever before. He hadn’t spoken about his parents in front of anyone since he had died in that facility. He cried alone, but he never asked for anyone’s shoulder or help. His parents were his only. They were his everything, even if they were dead.

Furiously, he opened his lips and roared like crazy, letting out all the emotions that he had buried inside for a long time.

"My parents did more for this world than you could ever do! They died for you bastards! They gave their lives for you all! They couldn’t even accompany their son in their last days because they were fighting for you all!"

"After all that, you still managed to betray their trust! You are the evil ones, not me! All of your death is justified! Their death is because of you! Even if every single being is wiped in this world, it’s justified! You are all responsible! You are all the monsters! You all deserve death!"

Lucifer let out all his rage and emotions through his words, but he didn’t wish to limit that to only his words. He had decided to kill everyone who stood in his way.

"Even if the gods come and block my path, I will slay you today! I will destroy everyone who stands in my way! I will kill everyone who opposes me!"

" I will not sacrifice anything for you monsters! I will take whatever I wish! I will take my revenge! You shall all die!" Lucifer roared as he packed his fist and punched towards Flourance.

His power of decay was activated, but black lightning also surrounded his fist, forming a glove made of lightning that seemed absolutely mystical.

He also used his superhuman strength in this punch, amplified by the power of the wind that was helping him move.

Lucifer hadn’t realized yet, but at the moment, he wasn’t just using two or three powers simultaneously.

At the moment, he was using four powers at the same time, excluding his healing that was ready to get active whenever he got injured.

At the moment, he was truly fighting as a Penta-Awakened Warlock who was out to destroy the entire world if it stood in his path.

Flourance had the power of Spatial Displacement, which helped him move to a parallel space when an attack landed on him, making him almost immune from attacks at that period of time. Still, he felt threatened in front of the attack that was coming towards him.

’Why am I feeling so scared of this attack? It can’t harm me! It can’t! Why am I feeling that my hands are shivering? What is this tingling sensation all around my body?’

’I didn’t feel like this even when I faced Xander! Why am I feeling like this against a kid?’ Flourance thought as he felt fear. He felt like he shouldn’t take the risk.

- : Intentional Enraging

- : Intentional Enraging

- : Intentional Enraging

’No! I can’t take the risk! I need to dodge this attack at all costs!’ he thought as he jumped back, without caring for anything.

He activated his power of strength augmentation to help his movement become faster. Simultaneously, he got ready to use his Spatial Displacement at a moment’s notice if Lucifer’s attack got close enough to hit him.

He kept his eyes on Lucifer. He was sure that it was going to be a deciding attack that he couldn’t underestimate.

The two of them were awfully close to the walls of the whirlwind. Right at that moment, a person appeared out of nowhere.