The Mark

Chapter 37

Chapter 37

The Delta Squad Warrior Ruke had jumped inside the whirlwind, thinking to help Flourance in the battle, but he didn’t know how wrong his timing was. His position was just as bad.

He couldn’t see the other side of the whirlwind, so he didn’t know what was happening here. He just happened to jump in the middle of Flourance and Lucifer. The fist of Lucifer that was aimed at Flourance hit Ruke, who appeared out of nowhere.

"Wha-"

Ruke couldn’t comprehend what was happening. As soon as he jumped inside, the first and the last thing he saw was Lucifer’s fist that landed on his face.

That was the end... the end of his life. The power of Lucifer’s attack was so high that as soon as it hit the face of Ruke, his head blew up.

Remains of his head flew everywhere, some of which landed in Flourance’s face as well, covering his face with blood and other things.

Lucifer also suffered the same. His chest and his face were covered in blood. It didn’t stop there. Even when the attack had blown up the head of Ruke, his body still suffered the impact of the attack.

The rest of Ruke’s body hit Flourance, throwing him back as well. Flourance flew out of the whirlwind and crashed on the ground. Ruke’s headless body laid on top of him.

"Urgh." Flourance moved the body to the side as he stood up.

The rain had lightened before, but it had again intensified now.

He used the rain to wipe the blood off of his face.

"Looks like I really underestimated that guy. Anyway, I shouldn’t take risks anymore. His healing is really powerful. I can’t defeat him easily. I think my plan worked well enough as it is."

"I have enraged him enough to forget all the suspicions he might have had. Now, it’s time for the main part of the plan. I need to take him to the designated location at any cost."

"Three Delta Squad members are already dead. I can’t lose more," Flourance muttered as he started running towards the rest of the Delta Squad members who were standing on the other end of the road, right beside spot zero.

"He will definitely follow me to kill me after he sees me there. He is really enraged. I think this time, we got him. The start of our plan was slightly off track, but we are back in the right direction. We can do it."

....

The rest of the Delta Squad members were watching the whirlwind, waiting for people to come out.

"What’s happening? What’s taking so long? Is that kid really so strong that even Vice-Captain Flourance is having a hard time defeating him?" one of them asked after waiting for some time.

"Don’t be stupid! He must be playing around with the kid; that’s why he is taking a long time. Don’t think too much," another Variant replied, refuting strongly.

"Right. There is no way that he is unable to defeat the kid when the kid can’t even touch him."

The rest of the members also agreed. They all had faith in Flourance.

That was when they saw Flourance come out with a headless body; crashing on the ground.

"W-was he defeated? The kid tossed him out? That headless body isn’t of the kid after all," One of them asked.

"Don’t talk nonsense. He seems perfectly fine. Only Ruke is dead. Also, no one else is coming out of there. The kid must be dead already."

That’s what they thought when they saw Flourance running towards them, which confused them even more. They decided to hear from Flourance himself about what happened inside.

....

Flourance continued running towards the other.

He glanced back only to grow surprised that Lucifer wasn’t out of the whirlwind, chasing after him yet. After thinking carefully, he understood the reason.

"I understand. I remember seeing another person jump inside the whirlwind after Ruke. He might be the one delaying Lucifer, but I can’t stop. He can’t face that monster. By the time I go back to help, he would be dead. That makes four members dead today," he let out, sighing.

"I can only use his sacrifice as an opportunity. He can delay him. By the time Lucifer comes out, I would be there. I was worried that Lucifer might see me moving through the corners and follow the same path. That would have failed that plan. That’s why I enraged him so much. It is even better if he can’t see how I get there. It’s much safer."

...

Inside the whirlwind, Lucifer had just killed Ruke when another person jumped inside the whirlwind. Ruke’s body and Flourance were thrown out of the eye of the whirlwind, leaving only Drai and Lucifer inside.

"Blood? You killed Ruke! You bastard! I will kill you!" Drai roared as he ran closer to Lucifer and kicked.

Lucifer gazed at Drai with an expressionless face. Just when the kick was about to hit him, he did the same as he did with Flourance.

He kicked out as well; however, the outcome was different. Drai was a Warrior who didn’t back off at the last time, unlike Flourance, who was more alert.

The legs of the two clashed, resulting in the scream of one person.

Drai cried in pain as the bones of his legs were broken in the clash.

Before he could even blink, he found his neck in Lucifer’s hand. His life force was being sucked out as his body started decaying.

- : Reaching Spot Zero

- : Reaching Spot Zero

- : Reaching Spot Zero

Using this method, Lucifer was hitting two birds in one stone. He was not only killing an enemy using his power of decay, but he was also replenishing the energy that he had spent.

He had only recently found out that when he used his Decay Powers on beings. This way, he could gain some energy, effectively replenishing the energy he lost in battle.

He had also realized that decaying dead beings gave much less energy than decaying living beings.

"You shall be the one dying," Lucifer let out in a gritty tone as he saw the dying body of Drai that seemed like a skeleton. Not even a few seconds had passed since he started using his power on him.

Drai tried resisting, but nothing worked. He couldn’t escape death. He had come here to defeat Lucifer and help his vice-captain, but in the end, he only ended up helping Lucifer by helping him recover.

Soon, Drai’s body turned to ash and mixed with the water lying on the concrete road.

After dealing with Drai, Lucifer started walking towards the direction where he saw Flourance fly.

He soon stepped out of the whirlwind.

As he looked around, he soon found out the location of the person he was after. He could see Flourance, who stood in front of other delta squad members.

"I must say that I underestimated your strength but so what? You are just a bastard who has a few strengths? So what? One person’s strength can’t defeat everyone else."

"Didn’t your father have strength as well? Still, he died like a weakling, didn’t he? Hah, we thought he was strong, but he was just as useless as you."

Flourance started laughing as he mocked Lucifer, trying to make him even crazier so that he wouldn’t understand their scheme.

"I... will... kill you all!" Lucifer roared like a wounded beast as he started flying towards Flourance without waiting for even a second.

’Hah, come, kid. Come! Please show me your craziness. As soon as you get here... it will be your end,’ Flourance thought as he saw Lucifer flying towards him like a crazy beast.

Enraged at the words of Flourance, Lucifer dashed towards them. He didn’t care what his future entailed, but at the moment, he only wished to s*******r everyone that stood in his way.

His feet barely touched the ground as he moved, making him seem like he was really flying. His feet did occasionally touch the ground as he used his strength to increase his momentum even more.

While he ran, he collected electricity in his body before he fired another lightning bolt towards Flourance, which was followed by one more bolt. Similarly, he kept shooting more and more lightning bolts simultaneously.

At the moment, more than five lightning bolts were flying towards Flourance.

One after another, all-black lightning bolts reached Flourance. The same thing happened once again. The lightning bolts passed through him without hurting him at all.

"Hah, that i***t really thinks that his puny attacks can harm the Vice-Captain."

"He is really an i***t. After all this time, he still hadn’t realized that it is impossible to harm him because of his ability."

The Delta Squad members laughed as they saw the futile efforts to harm Flourance.

"Mae, Lu, show him what you are capable of. Enrage him even more," Flourance muttered softly with a faint smile on his face.

’He has gone crazy in anger, but that doesn’t mean he can’t come out of it. Anything can happen. Until he gets to Spot zero, we must keep him enraged,’ he thought.

"Yes, Vice-Captain."

The two variants answered at the same time.

"Vice- Cap, should I use my powers as well?" Another person asked Flourance.

Flourance shook his head slowly. "No, your powers are related to gravity. Even though it won’t work on him, it can make him slower. We don’t want to make him slower. The faster he gets here, the faster we can finish." He swiftly rejected the suggestion.

The two variants he had commanded started attacking Lucifer.

One of them was the same person who had fired a blue lightning bolt previously. Flourance chose him since he only wished to enrage Lucifer but not actually hurt him.

The other selected person was a water type Variant that could use the water in the surroundings to harm his enemies or trap his enemies in a solid bubble of water that was tough to get out of for any normal Variant.

He didn’t create a water bubble prison around Lucifer since he was sure that it would be broken instantly. He also knew that it would only work to delay Lucifer a little, so he didn’t use that.

He was aware of what Flourance wished for. He simply created knives of water that shot out towards Lucifer.

Even though he was a master of aim who rarely missed his target, he intentionally aimed wrong so that his attack wouldn’t hit Lucifer’s face or chest. He aimed at Lucifer’s right hand, which he thought was the only hand that could fire the black lightning bolts.

Throughout the battle, Lucifer had mostly used lightning bolts from his right hand, which effectively created a misconception in people about his powers. They all assumed some things about him.