"Huff… Huff…" A young man panted heavily as he rested his hand on his knees. With his body bent over and his mind in exhaustion. His mind was sluggish.
After a short break and not wasting any time, he straightened his body as his eyes narrowed in caution.
Surrounding him were three, black creatures in different shapes and forms. One only blob with eyes and black tentacles, one in the shape of a gorilla with small legs, and one had a bird-like face in a human body.
Three Anomalies surrounding him.
Why are they targeting me? The young man silently wondered in curiosity as his eyes swept at these creatures.
Just then, he felt an intense pain in his head. His vision turned blurry and the blood vessels on his head were throbbing.
The pain nearly made him lose consciousness! If not for the fact that he encountered this pain slightly worse in the past, he would have fallen to the ground with his eyes rolled back.
Instead of succumbing to the pain, he endured it with great difficulty. Causing his eyes to flow out with blood as it passes through his cheek.
Three Anomalies seemed to be surprised as they jolted their body as though they didn't expect this.
As he endured the pain by gritting his teeth, he said with hatred and anger, "I'll kill all of you and show you true despair!"
His red eyes glowed under the dark alleyway and his body fluidly dashed towards the nearest Anomaly, the blob with round, black eyes.
The other two rushed in his way yet the young man was a step ahead in terms of speed. Within a few winks, he was already behind the blob creature.
Its size was 1,3 meters and looked like black slime. Its round eyes noticed a figure behind it and its first instinct was to get away from him!
His yellow hair fluttered after he dashed behind the blob.
"Bind!" The young man shouted and a long chain mysteriously materialized from the thin air as it ended in his grasp. Its chain was so long that it coiled around his arm, reaching his shoulder.
With a simple throw, the kunai with a chain coiled around the blob. Shortly thereafter, it lightened and the blob exploded into a million little pieces!
Its remains didn't disperse nor dissipate. It rained down on the ground.
The process was rather fast, six seconds to be precise.
"Rank six Anomaly? No wonder they have slight intelligence." His brows slightly pricked.
Soon, he noticed that the blob remains melted on whatever it touched! Faint smoke went to the air as the remains sunk, melting the ground.
Aware of this, he hurriedly leaped backward. Some of the blob's remains hit him, making him look like a person soaked in blank ink.
He neutralized the melting ability with his unique spiritual energy. During the process, his eyes glowed red.
In his vision, he vaguely saw something like a line, seemingly a thin, white thread in the black liquid. Controlling his spiritual energy with ease, he disrupted the line of the black liquid by cutting it.
The black liquid was now only an ordinary and smelly fluid.
He then diverted his gaze towards the two Anomalies. It was the body of a gorilla lunged towards him and one was the bird-like face in the back, acting as a support.
In his vision, there was a long, thin thread in the air and extended to the Anomaly as though giving the youth a clue to where he should attack. Then, with his kunai with a long chain, he dashed forward and simultaneously lowered his body to dodge its lunge.
Incapable of doing anything as it was in the air.
The youth hurriedly changed his grabbing position from the chain to the kunai and threw it, its flying trajectory was guided as it follow the white line!
The line went through the lunging Anomaly and coiled around it. In a flash, the kunai pierced the black body and coiled around it! All was according to the white line in his eyes!
Phew… He secretly exhaled a mouthful of air and motioned his hand to the ground. The coiled Anomaly abnormally stopped in mid-air and it fell with a heavy thud.
The chain let out a faint glow. Following this, the Anomaly let out a shrill shriek! Causing the young man's ears to ring and goosebumps to spread throughout his body.
Despite all of that, his deadpan expression was unfazed as though the shriek was nothing.
Next, by opening his right palm as it faced the confined Anomaly, he closed his hand. As a result, just like the last one, the chain tightened and with not much of a struggle, it popped like a balloon.
The remains scattered as it emanated a strong stench of human waste, ten times worse.
Upon seeing all of this, the last Anomaly tensed and turned around. Fleeing staggeringly.
The young man averted his attention to the fleeing Anomaly. His gaze was cold and seeing his enemy running away for its life. He was somewhat satisfied.
Extending his right hand to his shoulder and aimed at the Anomaly. A long, thin line soon formed in his eyes as it extended to its target.
With that, "Go," he nonchalantly said. The kunai with a long chain akin to a snake locked at its target as it slithered in the air at terrifying speed.
When the kunai pierced the air, gushed of the wind swayed his long hair.
Following the line, the kunai successfully stabbed its back.
The long-chain extended to five meters and a few meters were still around his arm.
Tracking the source of the chain, it was coming out of his elbow! There was a small, white gap below it.
He willed it and the chain stopped extending! The Anomaly was similar to a dog tied on a tree with rope on its neck!
Then, the Anomaly was pulled towards him as the chain went back into the white gap of below the elbow.
It tried its best to struggle and stopped its body from further being pulled yet the force was beyond what it could withstand.
The Anomaly gave up struggling as it accept its end. Rapidly, the Anomaly closed its distance and when it was a few inches away from the youth, he opened his hand.
Its neck was grabbed by him and strangled by the youth's right grip.
The process of when the Anomaly closed its distance towards the youth was reminiscent of a metal meeting a strong magnet!
Also, when its neck met his hand. The ground slightly trembled and the Anomaly didn't struggled at all as it accept such an end.
It ceases to exist after strangled to the death.
One could hear bones cracking from its neck. One might find it oddly satisfying while one shivered in fear.
The body collapsed with a loud thud. The young man surveyed his surroundings before concluding everything was safe.
He fell to the ground as he kneeled. His vision had turned red and his body aching in pain.
This wasn't because of the recent fights. It was before that. He hunted one sorcerer and successfully ripped her heart. Before that, however, he had to drain most of his spiritual energy as his prey was stronger than he thought.
Should that be not the case, three Anomalies of rank six would've died within seconds without the need of him to move a muscle!
And with his weapon enhanced by his special trait from his eyes was enough to form a terrifying and deadly combo. Adding that with his unique spiritual energy, he was thrice stronger than most people his age!
One might guess it already, the special trait of his eyes were the thin line that was formed. Poured his spiritual energy into his weapon, it allowed him to control it. Henceforth, he simply followed the line as it guided him to end his enemies.
As such, if not for the fact his mind became sluggish. There was no need for him to move.
But, he had to do it despite his muscles almost turned numb and his spiritual almost depleted.
This had its reasons.
Before this, due to facing that sorcerer. If not for the fact Anomaly cases increased and causing sorcerers to spread throughout the city to hunt one. Which increasing the chance of him getting caught.
He probably wouldn't act rash when facing her.
The reason why he didn't bail was that certain reasons made him unable to.
As this was winter, the cold seeped into his body. His skin became white due to the extremely low temperature and lack of spiritual energy.
For people who had it and depend on it, reaching a critical point of spiritual energy was similar to losing blood after got stabbed.
As his face looked at the sky with no decorations called stars, a figure wearing a long black robe approached him.
The youth used his remaining energy to move his head, wondering who this figure was.
Pale face with white hair and receding hairline. Face as though sculpted by a skillful artist with no wrinkles. His body showed no skin as his clothes consisted of long black sleeves and white gloves.
Black jeans and formal black shoes. He emanated an ancient air.
After observing the figure, the young man knew who this old man was.
"Zarakhtul."
"Yo Honza. The heart you give me is quite matching with my body. It's a pity the owner of this heart isn't dead. She reminds me of a dullahan and instead of having no head, she has no heart.
Tell me, why don't you kill her?" He asked in a carefree manner as though a human life has no weight.
"That's not what's in the contract. As long as you help our client improve his business, her heart will be yours."