Being thrown away with a single move, Prodige was surprised and angry at the same time.
He was hailed as a genius in this area, how could he lose to this rude man who just barged into his house? Soon, the anger overshadowed his surprise as he jumped back up and,
"Oh Goddess of Flames,
Head my Call,
Turn my Enemies into cinders,
Ensure his fall!
[Heavenly Spears]"
Around 5 spears made of flames forced behind Prodige as he glanced at Ace with hatred.
"Take this!" Saying that Prodige pointed his hand at Ace and the spears rushed towards Ace at a frightening speed.
"Wow, Young Master has mastered our family's Heavenly Spears! That's so amazing!"
"Now he might be able to fight with Elder Mais for a longer period of time!"
"It won't be long before our Maveric Family rises at the top of this world"
As the busybodies continued with their commentary, the fire spears neared Ace who had a surprised expression on his face.
*Puff* *Puff* *Puff* *Puff* *Puff*
With a wave of his hand, the fire spears disappeared with a puff, not even managing to touch Ace's clothes. Even after Ace parried the attack easily, the surprise on his face never lessened as he muttered calmly, "A Supreme Fire Physique, never would have I thought that I would see it ever again…"
"Y-You… H-How do you know about my Physique?" Prodige questioned.
"Hmm? Well, it wasn't hard to guess after seeing the purity of your Fire Attribute." Ace replied nonchalantly.
"A rare physique indeed, you could've become a renowned Mage in the future " Ace nodded to himself. "Too bad, your stupid father or uncle or whatever that guy's relationship is with you, offended me…
A talented individual would have to leave this world today…" Ace lamented as if he truly felt bad.
"W-What are you talking about?"
Without answering, Ace took out his black-colored Space Vortex and infused some Qi inside it.
The Space Vortex, a rare treasure found in Herferd, allows the user to store a living person in an alternative Space without killing him. Even in Herferd, its Value was very high and only a handful of people owned it. After infusing some Qi inside, the Space Vortex shined brightly and Valent was thrown out.
"So Valent, how does it feel to meet your family again?" Ace questioned, completely ignoring the studded gazes Maveric family members were throwing at him.
"You! What did you do to Valent!?" Elder Mais, who was silent all this while questioned in rage.
"Hmm? Nothing much, I just broke all his limbs, took out his core, and thrashed him a little, other than that, he should be completely fine" Ace answered nonchalantly but the Maveric Family members sucked in cold breaths.
"You bastard!" Elder Mais, on the other hand, fumed in rage and dashed towards Ace.
"Ahh… he must be someone close to you, huh?" Ace questioned as he turned towards Valent.
Seeing that his face had turned paler, Ace didn't require any more confirmations and waved his hand.
*Whoosh*
A wind blade was shot towards Mais, and before anyone could react, Mais's head rolled in the sky, before falling on the ground, painting it red with blood.
"AAGGHHHH!!!"
"FATHER!!" The children screamed in horror while Valent screamed in agony.
"Ace Vorste! I will make sure you pay!"
Ace merely smiled as he glanced in a particular direction, soon, his smile widened as he sensed the arrival of other Maveric Family members.
"Who are you? You dare barge into Maveric Clan? Do you know the consequences?" An authoritative voice questioned.
"Ahh, you must be the patriarch." Ace mumbled.
"Alright, now that you are here, I can finally start with my speech and leave this god-forsaken place. So…
Ahem Ahem.
People of the Maveric Clan, you all must know this person, he is your clan member, Valent Maveric.
Now I don't know what sort of position he had in your clan but, this foolish little soul has offended someone he shouldn't have. And that person is me. I mean, how foolish right? Out of all the people he could offend, he just had to choose me, and that too, when it was a beautiful and calm night, the moon was shining brightly in the sky, my little nightingale was asleep, we had returned from the beach, still reminiscing about our beautiful day, the things were about to get heated and I was just about to get nake-" Ace continued to mumble on before he realized that he was going out of context because of his frustration.
"Ahem Ahem, I mean, Now, as his family, and to make sure he dies in despair, I have decided that you all shall die and henceforth, the Maveric Clan should cease to exist.
Valent Maveric, remember this, the Maveric Clan ended because of you! And solely because of y-"
"BullShit! You dare be arro-*Splurt*" Before the man could speak, his head was severed from his body and he died.
*Thud*
"He isn't joking," The Maveric Clan Patriarch spoke solemnly.
"Maveric Clan members, this arrogant person dared to come here alone and kill so many of our brothers, the Maveric clan shall not take this humiliation and should wash it with his blood. The enemy may be strong but we outnumber him. Attack Together!" With that, the patriarch rushed towards Ace followed by the other Maveric Clan members who howled in rage.
But of course, how could these people fair against a Divinity? And a dual Elemental one at that? Ace shook his head as he dashed towards the Maveric Clan members.
Of course, he could kill them all with a single wave of his hand but it would fail the purpose of him coming here personally and talking so much.
He wanted Valent to feel despair, he wanted Valent to see how every clan member of his fall one by one all because he offended him.
And unsurprisingly, his plan worked.
Every time Ace killed a Maveric Clan member, Valent felt like thousands of needles struck his heart, tearing it into shreds.
As Ace said, he was the reason behind all this.
If only he had controlled himself.
If only he hadn't lusted for his wife.
If only he didn't plan against this monster.
If only…
He regretted, he regretted what he had done but alas, as they say, there is no medicine for regret in this world.
He could only watch his family members being slaughtered without mercy while he... while he just lied on the ground powerlessly, not even able to stand up and fight with them.
'Father, Grandfather… please forgive me…'
Valent closed in eyes as he couldn't bear to watch the one-sided slaughter anymore, two drops of warm tears rolled down his cheeks but no matter how hard he shut his eyes, cries filled with agony and despair rang through his ears.
These cries... these cries, he was sure that they would haunt him, even in death.