After he said that ... it was like .. the whole world and been put to silent mode ..
everyone felt like the time around them had stopped a little .. even the sounds of their heartbeats became so slow that the thumping sound slowed .. by a large margin ..
their breathing became heavy .. and their eyes opened without closing ..
the sounds of air even stood silently ...
the leader ... stroked his hair with interest as he looked at Theo ...
in a split second Theo disappeared from his spot and suddenly appeared infront of their Elder Brother like a red phantom ..
he became a shadow that covered Elder Brother's entire sight ..
aside from the leader .. he was the other person who could still follow Theo's movements .. but very slowly ..
his reaction speed paled in comparison to Theo's speed ..
compared to Theo .. he was only a snail on a hot stove ...
stuck in the same spot ..
he quickly raised his arm ... that only travelled a few inches above his eyebrows before Theo struck his abdomen with a kick ..
his legs turned into a steel like jade that cut a chunk of his meat ..
a massive ripple travelled at a snail's pace .. making it possible for someone to see with their naked eye ..
even though it was invisible .. it still caused a disturbance in the space ..
the spot where Theo dashed from cracked and blew up in the face of the Disciples ...
a trail of red aura rushed from its spot slowly in the direction of Theo ..
the way it moved .. caused the entire atmosphere to become eerie .. and if one looked closely .. they would see Theo's shadow and after image ..
it was like Theo was faster than time itself .. even than space ..
the leader smiled .. and relaxed as he watched with much more interest and respect ...
the debris that rose up ... fell down slowly ..
Theo then dashed back with the speed faster than his own being ..
as if on que .. everything that went into the air .. and everything that blew up .. finally made sounds .. but slowly .. and slowly until they reached the normal speed of sound ..
the Disciples saw the ice rocks falling at them .. and since they were too late to counter .. they blocked with their hands and allowed the rocks to clash against their arms ..
the Elder Brother ... flew like a ragdoll .. and crashed into the wall behind the leader ..
blood covered his face and soaked his white clothes .. his bones creaked and cracked with the collision ...
his spine bent inwards and stroke his organs and caused him an internal damage ..
and made him puke blood .. his bleeding instantly got out of control .. his abdomen exploded on impact .. his ribs shattered .. and the red energy that Theo attacked him with .. spread inside his body and invaded his system ..
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"Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrraarrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggh!!!!!!" his scream .. echoed inside the mansion as his mouth instantly puked out an enormous amount of blood ... that was filled with red energy ..
the Disciples who deeply respected him .. were worried as he screamed in agony ... and no matter how much blood he shed .. he didn't pass out .. instead he was stuck in the wall with nothing but pain ... and a lifeless soul ..
soon though .. when his blood went dry and his body went out of it ... he was still screaming .. as redness swelled on his skin ... and made him bloat ...
although everyone thought that he was going to die .. the leader sat there with a carefree smile as the platform fell down into countless particles revealing the man who held a dagger and a sword ..
his aura was like a sharp polished sword meant for cutting through galaxies and realities ..
each step he took ... made the hearts of the Disciples beat with fear .. anger .. and resentment ..
but even so .. they didn't dare do anything after witnessing what he had done to their Elder Brother ..
his confidence .. his will .. and his arrogance .. were crushed by the might of the man's powerful kick ...
and when they saw the leader doing nothing .. they felt wronged and their anger rose to other levels ..
"Master !! Elder Brother is dying ..!!!" the female Disciple from before who held a grudge against Disciple 3 .. spoke up in anger ...
the leader though only glanced at her with a small smile and looked away ...
the Disciples were enraged ..
although they respected their master and leader .. they really didn't on other matters ..
but there were others who loved him .. and those sat quietly .. without questioning him ..
Theo walked slowly and quietly in the Elder Brother's direction .. his killing intent was still rising ...
although the time was running perfectly .. it still felt like .. they were trapped in some type of a domain for hundreds of years ..
his eyes were cold .. and his face was twisted with rage ..
the moment he got close to the captain ... captain Rose immediately stood infront of him .. with a worried expression ... as she looked and checked any injuries ..
but she didn't find anything though .. she thought of boosting medicine .. and pills ... both of them came with a heavy price if he was using them .. he could lose everything he had worked hard for ..
not to mention that he had already lost his power by travelling through a tunnel to this earth ..
captain Rose wanted to embrace him and assure him that it was over .. and that this didn't have to continue .. but after looking into his eyes .. she only saw death ...
the beautiful grey was gone .. it was replaced by an evil red ..
his hair had also started to turn red ..
the latter didn't even glance at her as he walked past her .. towards the Elder Brother ..
the captain .. found herself terrified of this Theo ... this version of him .. showed her that .. everything that he cared about wouldn't leave his side unless he leaves its side ..
and after seeing that he cared about her so much that he was going to sacrifice himself to fight another man ... her eyes changed from terrified to worry and resolution ..
she turned around .. and quickly ran past him and jumped infront of him ..
"Theo ...!!! stop this now ..!!! " she shouted ... with a stern face .. with a sword covered in dark blue aura ... electric power surged through the blade as it pointed at him ..
however .. the words fell to deaf ears as Theo walked towards her .. his eyes focused on the one in the wall ..
"Stand down ..!!! I order you as your superior ... I say stand down soldier ... or I will take the matter into my own hands .." she said ..
those who heard her .. thought that she was crazy ..
the level of power Theo released was not something neither they could go up against ..
they were already terrified of the leader .. but Theo made them realise that one's Rank didn't matter ..
as long as his will exists .. all is possible .. and now they knew why he was so arrogant infront of them ..
now they realised that .. he was actually playing with them .. and each word he spoke to them .. previously was basically a warning to not mess with him ..
so hearing a person with a weak aura and no powerful will standing infront of him felt like she was trying to commit suicide ..
"Please .." her head lowered as she said softly .. her voice cracking ...
"Please stand down .. " she said and raised her head to look at him ...
she then lowered her sword ..
the blade made a swing sound before disappearing from their sights ...
then they saw her walking forward ... towards him ...
before they knew it .. she threw herself into his embrace .. and wrapped her arms around him ..her head in his chest ..
the latter's red eyes dimmed and returned to its beautiful grey .. his hair returned back its new evolved light brown ..
his killing intent ... disappeared .. and the aura that strangled the Disciples disappeared along with it .. the atmosphere .. returned to its beauty and fresh air came in .. however silence enveloped the entire mansion because of everything that had happened ...
Theo's hands then felt limp as they fell down as if they were now in peace ..
the twisted expression on his face disappeared as well .. and was replaced with a confused expression as he looked down at the captain .. who filled his entire body with warmth ..
he wanted to hug her back but something inside of him told him not to ...
aside everything .. when the captain felt that the atmosphere was back to how it was ... reluctantly pulled herself away from his chest ..
whilst hugging him .. she wanted him to hug her back .. and when the atmosphere went back to normal she thought it might happen but instead she felt nothing .. and so she had to pull back ..
and seeing his beautiful grey eyes ... she felt at peace ..
"Sorry captain ... I never thought I'd go out of control .." Theo said immediately and took a few steps back ..
"It's fine .. but you're going to have to compensate the leader .. for the damages you've done and for disrespecting his space ..." she said in a low voice with her her hands behind her back clenched into fists ..
"No , no .. it's fine .. it was a duel between the two of them .. besides ... this mansion will heal itself once the little man falls down from the dent .. nice show by the way young man .. " the leader chortled lightly ...
the Disciples who sided with the Elder Brother were enraged as they heard the mocking words that came out of the leader's mouth ...
they knew that the two had a grudge between each other for longer than they had lived .. but whatever caused the grudge was not something light and not was it something they would know of anyway ... but hearing those words made them feel like they were following the wrong person ...
and now seeing the bloated man on the wall .. they gritted their teeth in anger ...
they so wanted wanted to ask Theo to remove anything that he had put inside the Elder Brother's body ..
but their pride prevented them from doing anything ..
"So are you going to help him .... young man ..??" the leader chuckled as he pointed at the one in the wall ...
although the Elder Brother didn't show it .. he was really happy about it ... and from where he was sitting .. he could feel that the Elder Brother's Rank was reversing .. and devolving his body and Rank to a mere normal commander .. he could squash under his thumb ..
he had already devolved to a mere Low Tier Prodigy Rank .. and this kept going until he reached the initial stages of the Silver Rank ...
Theo looked at the Elder Brother with hate and simply waved his hand .. his pale face regained redness ... the red energy recovered his blood ... but didn't recover his Rank
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the Elder Brother then fell out of the cracked wall .. with a look of distaste .. fury .. hate ... and fear ..
the bits that were chirped off the wall .. then flew straight to where the wall had collapsed and started repairing everything ...