" One person down, few more to go. " mark paused for a second before exclaiming " Come fast to find your deaths! This young master does not have time to play around with whimps. "
Smoke screen used by mark was already shocking enough for the bidders in the crowd, now at present when he started using darkness bind, a complex trick used by darkness law user, they were dumbfounded.
Mark was truly enlightened about this new ability, during his battles earlier, where he had secretly used darkness extract with in the fighting ring.
Hidden behind the eyes of others by his smoke screen, he had been pummeling his opponents one after the other by absorbing their measly amount of mana, and depriving them of the chance to properly guard against his onslaught, and tossing them directly out the stage in an adverse condition.
Other than cultivators of higher realms or those, who had exceptional high vision. Others were only able to see the member from blue flame alliance to be petrified, like a stone, waiting for his death.
After hearing out mark exclamations, it had enraged rest of members of alliance on the stage, and few among them under anger had unsheathed their swords and had all simultaneously made a leap, jumping towards mark.
About six of them had surrounded mark it equal distance, their bodies were radiated dense killing intent, their eyes were spiking cold daggers to one's heart and their faces carried a desire to kill.
They were pouring large quantities of mana towards their sword tip, to finish him in one clean sweep.
They were about to kill razor and get revenge for their fallen, but mark had bumped in their way, right before that part begins. Now they want to burst out the anger, right onto him, to calm their senses to normal.
Unlike previously, where all of his contenders had made their challenge to him, with an intent to make a name for themselves or bring their connections to blue flame alliance.
They lacked of any traces of killing intent towards him. As for that part, mark had spared their lives. Leaving them behind with heavy injuries, over their bodies with exception of few, who had touched his nerves that had to suffer heavily under his powers.
Comming back to present, all six opponents of him had swung their swords, simultaneously towards his neck, to sever his head apart his body.
Six swords had rushed towards mark's neck, and were few inches apart from reaching his skin.
" Bind! " Mark had muttered lightly, before their bodies put to freeze, a sense of disbelief ran their face. They were confused as to what had happened to their bodies.
They were able to feel their body, at the same time had lost over it's control. Like an source of invisible force had bonded them and made them petrify over the space.
" There's a few words which I would like to say as of now. I mark hate the ones, who shows their hostility towards me. Driving their killing intent towards myself willactually touch my nerve. Do you the reason as to why, I had killed the one earlier and not the ones before him. I had to kill him as I seen both the traces of killing intent and hostility toward me. Since I had also seen the same qualities of him in your eyes, you should probably know your outcome by now, since you are about to die. Don't think that I am blindly blabbering before amateurs, who are about to die. You people are going to serve an example to those that turns their desire in killing towards me. " He activated his ability resonance, and had simultaneously broken the swords around his neck at once. Raised the sword he had picked earlier, before making a clean circular sweep around him and beheaded them all at once.
* Drop! Drop! Drop! *
The heads of them were severed from the bodies, dropping right over the ground, with blood which was not gushing out their neck ceaseless like it had to be, but still the one which had frightened the rest were the headless bodies were frozen in the space not to be fallen down to the ground.
This scene had frightened the audience as they had not expected mark, to start out a slaughter. Unlike razor who had killed them using his brute strength like a berserker, Mark had butchered their heads cleanly with out spilling even a drop of blood, which was more frightening than the case earlier.
" Defeat him with numbers! " Wilhelm bellowed out after spacing for a second, he exclaimed hesitantly. " This young master shall gift you his cherished treasure, breakthrough potion of grade 6, which can help you reach lord realm, in case you managed to slay him. "
" Breakthrough potion! Grade six! Young master wilhem you aren't joking right " few of the members from alliance had bellowed out in disbelief, all their previous anger got lost in seconds, now their desire to covet the potion had ran through their face. Wilhelm replied with a " yes. "
Mark had already pushed him to the extent where he could only choose to use this move to keep them motivated, or else they would choose to abandon him at last and put his life under the threat of mark.
This piece of information had caused an uproar, several elders from lamia race at the scene were already fed up with anger, seeing wilhelm who had already lost the face of their family by his shameless and cunning plots, now that he was willing to use the one among the family's most valuable treasures to deal against mark they burst out in anger.
Generally breakthrough potions are considered to be rare even among the potions made by alchemists which had to exchanged for a price of several artifacts, and a grade six could only be made by alchemists of grandmaster's title, who were considered to be god's in the eyes of commoners, and their numbers could at most be counted up to hundred, regardless of the race, even after including the hermits that choose to live out their life in seclusion.
Wilhelm got the potion as a result of his connections. Being a four fanged serpent variety he got hold of this medicine in his pockets from his family's master.
After he reach the peak of grand master class, to prevent himself from facing the bottleneck, during his cultivation process, he was given this potion so that he could use this and become true a lord class cultivator, entering the ranks of experts on the floor, where he could exhibit his use.
The thoroughly motivated group had became hesitant after listening toarks exclamation.
" I mark had known few rules about the platform. As long as a contender chooses to accept his defeat. He would simply be teleported outside the stage, marking the end of his fight.
This young master shall give three seconds before you reconsider his offer, don't blame me for not being merciful enough in case you found your heads flying around after getting a taste of my blades. "
The domineering words of him had indeed shaken the will of few, as they chose directly to quit the match, as the greed to covet a breakthrough potion was far inferior than preserving their life, and they were all rich young masters from prominent families, they had no end to riches, as long as they preserve the could get hold of the treasure, later from the hands of the ones who gets hold of it at the end.
But to few the words of mark were like empty threats. Since only a weakling decides to play the fight by words, and if they manage to slay him, they would one day become a Lord class individuals, surpassing their peers far behind to them in the path of cultivation.
Only some forty or more decided to stay behind and fight him to the last, including wilhelm who was hiding behind them.
They had made a dash towards mark, trying to overwhelm with their numbers " There had to be a limit to which his new trick could work! since few of us may be trapped, the rest could simply use the chance to slay him. "
Wilhelm was standing next to razor, to keep him as his hostage in case an abnormality arises.
" Bind! " regardless of the numbers that encircles him, his darkness bind could entrap all entities that were weaker to him unless a mutant or bloodline holder like selvira were at the scene.
The mark who had originally not moved half a step from his place, starts to make his move.
* Slash! Slash! Slash! *
One after the other mark had made his way to wilhelm, killing the alliance members as chickens that were petrified to the scene.
" I accept defe.... " Wilhelm was not able to state his defeat, as he was petrified at this moment.
Wilhelm had grabbed razor within his arms, placing his sharp blade over razor's neck in his current weak condition after razors bloodline powers had ran out, to preserve his life in hostage situation, but it was useless in current situation, as he was not able to even move, half a inch of his body.
Mark after pointed his blade towards his neck, exclaiming " If you even exclaimed half a sentence about your defeat, then this blade will slice off your neck, killing you in a clean sweep. "
" Partial unbind " He removed the restrictions over wilhelm's vocal cords allowing him make him to talk. " State your crimes, and this young master may spare your life. " like a judge who determines the crimes of a criminal, Mark had exclaimed to wilhelm.
The overall event was still like a dream to Heil, this person was brought out by young miss, then he should at least be grateful to her, and will not join a force that is a rival to us. This time we flame glory family are going to rise, with young miss who had shown a brilliant potential that even other families were left in awe, we now had a new genius that can rival her at her age, let's see what will be the final outcome.
Author's note.
Alchemist - A person who makes mysterious potions, which is quite a rare profession, since all do not have the aptitude for it, and a grand master title is carried by the person who's in the pinnacles of the field. The further information about it would be discussed in later chapters to go.