There were five men in total, all shrouded in dark cloaks and masks with a monstrous grin painted on it. They stood maliciously in the night with the light of the moon illuminating their half concealed faces which only made the situation more eerie. But that didn't matter because his mother was held in the hands of one of them. What made Fejiro even angrier was the sorry state of his mother, her clothes were haggard with her face beaten, she was even missing some fingernails. It was clear as day what had happened, she had been tortured.
"Mom..." Fejiro said painfully.
Hearing his voice, she lifted her head to looked at him through swollen eyelids. She then opened her mouth;
"...Run" She said weakly, passing out soon after.
"Oh, are you the son? You have to be right?" Said the cloaked figure at the center of the group who seemed to be the leader.
"We arrived a while ago but you weren't around so we had to ask your mom a few... questions."
"Why?" Fejiro said through clenched teeth. His fist clenched so hard that his nails could have pierced his palm if he hadn't already bitten them off.
"Why? That doesn't matter right now, does it? You'll be dead soon anyway."
"You're right, it doesn't matter." Fejiro replied.
There was a stillness in the air around him that made the assailants confused. Soon it was broken when they noticed a raging red aura begin to surround him.
"What's this?"
"Hey now, don't try anything funny." The assailant holding his mom had lifted a knife to her neck.
The next second both Fejiro and his mother disappeared. This caused confusion as they saw them reappearing in a room of the house through a window. Fejiro gently placed his mother on the bed.
"Don't worry mom, I'll take care of this."
He then returned to the front of the assailants the same way he had left. This time they had seen him, he was just fast and they had underestimated him.
"That's some speed you got there." One of the men said in a mocking tone.
"How dare ... how dare you ... she did nothing wrong and yet you ... I'M GONNA KILL YOU." Fejiro said yelling at the end.
Suddenly a torrent of red ki exploded from his body causing huge gusts of wind which almost lifted the men off their feet.
"What's this?"
"What's going on?" They said in dismay.
In front of their eyes Fejiro started to transform. Originating from his area with his heart, a large red spot appeared on his skin which had multiple ends stretching out throughout his body. His hair began the elongate and stand up like the quills of a hedgehog, his muscles also began to increase in size and tighten ripping through his clothes.
"SHIT! He's 'deviating' . Stop him!" Said the leader but it was too late.
A large burst of ki erupted out in all directions as the transformation was complete. When the dust settled, standing before them Fejiro had changed. He had grown two feet taller with muscles that threatened to rip through his skin. On his chest was a large patch of red that stretched round his body and would regularly pulse like a heartbeat. His hair had turned black and grew long passed his shoulders, his face filled with rage and hate.
"Shit! He's peak blue grade."
"I'll handle him, you guys stay behind and support me...." Said the leader who appeared to be in green grade. He couldn't finish his sentence because Fejiro had vanished again.
"Arrrrrh! HELP ME!"
Turning around they saw that he had appeared behind them and grabbed the man who had held his mother with the knife. Before they could do anything Fejiro proceeded to lift the men into the air and effortlessly ripped the man in two halves. Pieces of flesh and organs fell to the ground with the mutilated corpse falling soon after. The rest of their faces turned pale with fear in their eyes. Standing among the pools of blood Fejiro cast a terrifying shadow, he then turned and stared at them with his piercing red eyes. This was the straw that broke the camel's back as they all immediately turned around and fled in all directions. Big mistake.
"Arrrrrh!"
"Help!"
"I'm sorry!"
One by one short loud wails of agony were heard before going quiet. The leader halted his retreat and turned around to face the threat. He took a sword stance and looked into the darkness, he couldn't see him but he knew he was there. Slowly a red glow appeared and Fejiro's body soon after, walking towards him with slow calm steps.
"Why?" Fejiro said without any emotion whatsoever.
"Why? It's simple really, you got your hands on something you shouldn't and we were just carrying out a job. Nothing personal." Saying this, he steadied his stance and a milky glow began to cover him.
"I see." There were no more words from him and then a flash and he was gone.
The leader hurriedly brought his sword to the right to parry the attack using his ki to strengthen his sword, there was a clash of red and white energies but he could see the red ki was devouring his own and then it reached his sword breaking it. The attack continued and the next second his vision blackened. He was dead.
Fejiro stood over his corpse examining it. He bent down and digging through he found a badge with a wolf logo on it. He recognized it as the one given to certain members of the Mercenary Association. The Mercenary Association was an organization who specialized in all manner of jobs and had branches in most of the realms. Just like he had said this attack wasn't personal, someone had paid them to do it but who?
Then there was a flash of light, then a surge of pain and he was sent flying. He only stopped after crashing into a boulder. He looked up and saw someone he wasn't expecting.
"I had a feeling they would fail the mission." Miss Ani said.
"You sent them? You did this?."
"You worm are unworthy to possess that stone. Why not give it to someone with the talent to use it?" She said with a mocking grin.
"You...will...pay."
Huge amounts of red ki started surging from his body shocking Ani.
'How does he have this much? Is the stone that powerful?" Ani thought before a greedy smile appeared on her face, she wanted it even more now. Her smile didn't last long and Fejiro's energy didn't stop increasing.
The red patch started to spread from his chest soon covering the entirety of his body, his canines grew into fangs and his eyes because completely red. Then an immense amount of energy grew in his throat as he lifted his head and roared, sending a massive red beam of light into the sky. Soon the light spread among the clouds and the sky became blood red from as far as the eye could see. Fejiro that stood up bathing in the red light ready to erase the woman in front of him from existence.
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Miles away a group of armoured soldiers hurriedly advanced, then they saw a beam of light and the sky turning red in front of them.
"What do we do Captain?" One of the men said.
"Hurry towards the location of the light, that is our objective." A man revealed to be Raphael said.
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