Before Yman chased after the bird riders.
Inside their room.
"Sis—tela?" Yman tried to call out after Sistela's voice suddenly sounded like a broken machine.
Yet.
Only silence had remained when Sistela's voice ironically went out.
"....."
He was wondering what happened to her. She suddenly went silent.
Yman gently lay Yana on the sofa and positioned her on her back. Then he took some pillows and put them under her legs.
Currently, his body was enveloped by Black Mana. Probably, this was the third time he would be using it. However, only now that he felt so complete after activating it.
He grinned and thought,
This is a different kind of feeling from before. I feel like I have the complete control of this power. Is this because I activated my Black Mana while in resonance with Sistela?
Perhaps. Since the last time I'd used it, I was not in resonance with her. I had no choice at that time but to cancel our resonance because of the lack of battery.
Now that I think about it, I activated it, though my stamina was still at 10 percent.
In this regard.
My hypothesis was in actuality!
After I breakthrough, the needed preparation to activate my Black Mana had become lesser.
Hehe.|
Yman felt a surge of satisfaction from within. He lifted his hand in front of his face.
It was oozing with black mana, but a moment later, it was absorbed within his body. He concentrated and thought of it as an extension of his limbs. The smoke-like black mana seemed to feel a familiarity towards him. When Yman silently ordered it to return within him, the smoke obeyed as he wanted.
He felt like he was not only in resonance with Sistela. But actually, he was in fusion with her system. No, it probably was, he was dominating her system.
Dang! Is this Black Mana actually hacking Sistela's system?| Yman exclaimed and questioned himself.
Yet,
He was delighted with this discovery; however, he had no idea of what happened to Sistela. He was a little concerned for some reason.
Yman was stunned when his appearance reflected in one of the glass shards on the floor.
"Who is this handsome face?" He mumbled.
This was the first time he saw his image when he was using the Black Mana. Never in his wildest dream, he would be looking like this!
Yman touched his face and gawked.
He tried to rotate his face side to side. Then the reflection in the mirror did as well.
"It's actually me!" He was in disbelief.
Regardless, Yman has almost entirely changed his appearance.
His messy brown hair had turned black, and his brown pupils in his eyes had become red agate.
Yman thought that it must be because of Black Mana that changes his hair color and his pupils.
All in all. He looks so handsome!
His unhealthy and dull-looking face from awhile ago had now beamed with vigor.
He scanned his body and noticed his skinny body was covered with muscle. Though his body was covered with muscles, looking from other's perspective his features still look slim.
Yman shook his head as it wasn't the right time to be thinking of such thoughts.
Regardless,
He wanted to chase after those people who were the cause of why his sister was in such a state right now. But he had to do something for his sister first. She was more important to him than chasing those goons.
With his 10 percent stamina, he believed he could remain in this state a little longer as long as he was not in battle.
Yman took something to fan Yana. However, a few seconds later.
Tok, tok, tok!
He heard hard-knocking sounds from outside the door which followed by, "Yman! Yana! Are you there! Are you okay?!" He heard a worried familiar voice.
"Ms. Pai?" Yman muttered and gawked.
Hastily, Yman glanced around him. He must do something with his appearance.
Or should he say she was in the wrong room?
No, he could not do that, he needed her help!
At the corner of his eyes, he saw something, |A hooded jacket? Good!| Yman noticed a hanging jacket outside the dressing cabinet. He forgot to put it inside this morning.
He glanced around again and saw another thing, |Sunglasses! Nice!| His face lit up with impish glee.
A perfect disguise!| He muttered inwardly.
He hastily went to open the door cause if not, he was afraid that Ms. Pai might destroy it.
When Yman opened the door,
"Eh?"
It was clear from her face that she was surprised to see his attire.
"Ms. Pai, come in." He urged her, but she was standing still on her spot.
"Y-Yman?" Ms. Pai looks suspicious at him. If not because of his familiar voice, she might think that he was a robber.
Suddenly, Ms. Pai's face turned grim when she noticed that the white T-shirt under the black jacket that Yman was wearing was stained by blood. No, it was almost all red. Even his face and mouth were stained by blood.
"Y-Yman are you o-okay?" Ms. Pai in wide eyes asked in panic while trying to grab Yman's T-shirt. But Yman jerked back a little out of reflex.
He forgot he was bloodied all over!
"Yman, you're hurt!!" Ms. Pai shouted.
"No no no, Ms. Pai. I am fine. I managed to use my healing ability in time." Yman shook his hands in front of his face, then explained to ease her.
She sighed in relief but it was still visible on her face that she was worried. She could not tell if he was telling the truth because of the sunglasses he was wearing.
Ms. Pai was puzzled why Yman was in such attire. But did not choose to point it out. There was a more pressing issue in front.
Ms. Pai rolled her eyes to scan the room, and saw how messed up it was.
She opened her mouth, "Hows Ya—" but she stopped when Yman said in haste, "Regardless, Ms. Pai, I need your help. Yana had fainted."
Her eyes widened and hastily forced her way inside then saw Yana on the sofa lying unconscious.
Yman asked Ms. Pai to excuse himself, he had to grab something outside. Although doubtful at him, she nodded somehow.
He directly ran towards the rooftop and jumped on the water tank to have a higher view.
At the distance, to where those riders went, he saw some smoke and fire in some of the buildings.
He also noticed some shouts and people were running around disorderly.
His eyes glinted and a wicked smile happened on his face. How come he just let those who tried to hurt his sister let off without paying a price.
Yman jumped off of the water tank and free-falling off the building while tucking his hands in the jacket's pockets.
20 meters above the ground before landing, a moment later, his silhouette dashed forward towards the direction of those bird riders.
He was jumping rapidly in the air just like when he did it on the surface. Sometimes he landed in the building and sometimes just rushed in the air.
In fact, he was sequentially using Air-Dance ability and the Rapid Leap. With this combination, he was able to maneuver in the air without descending or falling.
Because of the sunglasses he was wearing, the wind pressure could not bother him. He even was thinking that it would be better if he wore a mask too to cover his mouth.
Yet,
Ironically, something happened.
The collar on his neck, which was supposed to be Sistela's shell, turned into a mask! Covering entirely his mouth and nose!
Yman was surprised. It looks like this thing could also change its form by following his thought. And yet another discovery.
Now for certain no-one could be able to recognize him in this disguise.
He decided to quicken his pace.
...
Presently,
Jun and the 2 people in the enemy side were dumbfounded as they stared at the individual in front of them.
Yman was surprised too after hearing his voice. It sounded like a mixture of his and Sistela's voice. However, it sounded cold and computerized.
He noticed the three people just staring at him. Two of them were the enemy who laughed at him a while ago while the other one was — he believed he was a magician from the academy.
Yman also noticed an unconscious girl tied well on the bird's back. Yet he didn't mind it.
The three were dumbfounded at his sudden appearance.
At first, they thought it was some kind of monster. But on second look, he was a person in disguise.
He was even wearing a weird mask. His face was well-covered: with hood, sunglasses, and a mask with the designs of two blue oval-shapes forming like eyes.
What's eerier about him was the black smoke he was exuding from his feet and hand.
The most mysterious part was how he managed to climb on this height. When Jun and the two people on the enemy side glanced around them, they noticed that they were 50 meters above the ground and the nearest building from them was 35-40 meters away. Summing it up, that currently they were flying at a speed not lower than 90 mph.
So how come this person managed to climb here? The three were in bewilderment.
After a moment of silence, "This shi....t!" One of the people in dark blue cloths managed to spat the words.
But it seemed to be a signal when the other one shouted, "Bean Cutter, save the boss!" After a scream, his hand was enveloped by fire and shot it slightly above him without a warning to where the mysterious person in black was currently standing.
"Damn it!" Bean Cutter curses before hoisting the rope to maneuver the bird. The bird sped up its descend and chased after their boss who was currently falling.
On the other hand, Jun was staring with wide eyes when the other person in blue cloth shot a high-level Flame Attack.
He wanted to shout a warning to the mysterious person but he was too late.
These guys who hunted them had fast incantation ability. They could easily summon mana like it was normal to them.
The blazing fire that burns like the sun, it travels in an instance and shot to the mysterious person.
Jun countenance turned bitter. He felt dismayed that he didn't warn that person beforehand.
Yet his eyes widened again. Weirdly enough, the flame failed to hit the target!
"Eh? What happened?" Jun was staring in puzzlement.
The person in a dark blue cloth called Lighter was staring at the mysterious person with the same question.
Both were wondering how he wasn't hit by that attack! Did he dodge it? Evaded it? No way! They didn't see him move on his feet. And he was still standing on its original position.
"Heh!" The mysterious person scoffed behind the masked.
Lighter broke into laughter, "Gyahaha, don't get cocky! I will kill you!" He released the rope and stood also on top of the bird just like the mysterious person in black.
Now both of his hands were enveloped by flame. This time he will make sure to turn this cocky person into a crisp!
Yet the mysterious person was standing still on top of the bird without doing anything. Perhaps he was waiting for the enemy to fire again.
He only lifted slightly his hand that was exuding with black smoke. And doubly stayed it at above waist level. Aside from it, nothing else seems weird.
No one knew of what face he was making because of the disguise he was wearing.
"NOW DIE!!" Lighter shouted once again.
Then he sent successive shots of flames.
Then again, none of his flames were able to land a hit to the target.
"Hehe." Yman finally grinned behind his mask.
...
"What the fuck is that?!" Inside the auditorium where the open forum was being held. One man screamed in puzzlement.
Together with him were the other trainees who were present in the open forum at the moment.
The one who shouted was one of Kiko's friends, Marco. Beside him, Kiko and the others also were staring at the large monitor in the auditorium with their wide eyes.
Currently, most of the trainees were present inside. Maybe only the infamous person was currently absent in this open forum.
Actually, the forum had just ended, but one of the trainees shouted about some live coverage happening in this city. About an unknown group of people chasing after the juniors of this academy.
Almina as a leader of the Elites, and the one who led this open forum event decided to play it on a big widescreen monitor. Although they could watch it through their Cyber Screen, it still gives a different feeling if all were watching it together.
She was actually dejected at the moment. That person she personally invited did not show up!
Almina was thinking of how she would be going to punish him later for snubbing her invitation.
Not only in this academy that the current fight was being watched.
Yman was unaware that millions of people were currently watching them at the moment from different parts of this world.
Everyone was puzzled about how that guy in dark blue cloth couldn't hit the mysterious person in black, who was standing at a close distance to him!
None of them could explain the reason behind it.
...
"Oh my, hehe, you can't even hit at this distance," Yman said while shaking his head. "Say what? kill me? Before that, aim properly first, hehe." His computerized voice rang out on their ears.
Lighter stared wide eyes under the hood. He could not believe it, 'How in the hell that guy is still standing and breathing like nothing happened?!' His fury of attacks didn't toast or even graze him?
Lighter was stunned and thought to himself, 'How is that possible?'
Jun on the other hand had already turned white while thinking, 'What kind of curse is this?'
Actually, it was one of the abilities of his Black Mana, which enables him to weaken the senses of the enemy and create some illusions.
While the ability he used to defeat the Noble Rat was a kind of ability that enables him to copy the Noble Rat's abilities and used it for himself like the Air-Dance.
The black smoke he was exuding was not just an ordinary mana. They enter the enemy's body and modify their DatS(Soul Data). Finding possible weaknesses or any possible data that might be helpful to him.
But no one knows about it except Yman himself.