Kevin was reminded of how big the mansion was, as he was rammed into various walls. He spat a mouthful of blood while using his lightning magic to electrocute the man holding him.
"Argh," the muscular man groaned in pain, letting go of Kevin.
Flames engulfed the man's right arm as he tried to reach for Kevin once more, but using the speed from his tiger form, he sidestepped and delivered a kick to the man's jaw. Hitting as fast and hard as he can, Kevin threw out many punches while the man was stunned and ended it with another kick.
'I bet Lilith is still sleeping through all this, Tsk! Was the noise from outside more people?' Kevin thought, thinking the fight was over.
Before he could completely walk away, he felt his collar being grabbed from behind.
" What?" Kevin said in surprise, he had hit the man with everything his fists could muster up. Unfortunately for him, he could do nothing as he was thrown outside, to the back of the mansion. Luckily for him, his fall was softened by the huge swimming pool he landed in.
Kevin was grateful for the large pool until he realized he could not swim. The teen threw his arms out hoping for any chance of floating.
" You brat! My race gets stronger the more we are bea- " The muscular man yelled, coming from the mansion but was greatly confused by the sight of Kevin drowning.
'How can he fight with such tenacity and not know how to swim?' He inwardly asked.
He removed his tank top, revealing a chest with multiple red veins popping out. With a look of confusion, be perched near the end of the swimming pool wondering what to do. He could always jump in to sink the boy faster or leave him to die. But it would be a waste, to come all the way there to end it so fast and he very much enjoyed the fight. He could not jump in due to lightning's bad relationship with water. Therefore, he did what any logical man would do. He instructed Kevin on how to swim.
"Bring your hand close to your body, all the way back through the front of the stroke. Keep repeating this process!" he instructed. Although he tried his best to explain the forgot one key detail, you cannot teach a drowning man.
" If you wan..na help, g..et m..e out!" Kevin tried to say while still struggling to stay alive.
" Tsk! Your better off dead anyway," the muscular man said. There was no point in teaching if Kevin wasn't going to try to learn.
A ball of flame slowly formed in his hand, he intentionally slowly materialized it to make the teenager feel helpless.
'I'm so gonna beat him up!' Kevin thought.
[ Lightning magic: Twin dragons]
Even though Kevin was still drowning, lightning materialized around his legs. At this point, he completely sunk into the water making the man believe he chose suicide. The teenager shot out a lightning dragon toward the bottom of the pool, creating a loud thud sound. The impact of the projectile shot Kevin out of the water and into the air.
"You are not getting away!" The red-veined man shouted while shooting his fireball.
"Just watch me!" Kevin yelled in return, shooting his projectile towards the fireball. It completely devoured the fire attack and continued till it hit the ground beside the man. Although Kevin missed, the impact caused the muscular man to fall into the swimming pool.
The teenager landed successfully on his feet, now looking at his enemy.
" Oh my! How the tables have turned! Now lemme to teach you how to swim," Kevin sarcastically said.
" Ha! I can already swim!" He said with a large smile.
" Even when I electrocute the water?"
With that said, the man's smile immediately dropped. He was in danger.
Kevin brought his finger near the swimming pool inciting a reaction from the man.
"No!" he yelled as Kevin then pulled his finger back.
"Oh?" Kevin said amused.
He continuously brought his finger near the pool, and every time he did, the man begged for him to halt.
"This was fun but I have things to do!" Kevin said finally shocking the water.
The man was quite durable, therefore, he had to continuously shock the water until the man was knocked out. When it was over, Kevin sighed in relief before leaving to Max's side.
However, when he turned around to leave, he slipped on the wet floor. Falls back into the water.
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Max, walked up to the crowd of people with his fist clenched.
"Since when did lackeys break into mansions?" he said sarcastically.
" You dumb-" Before one of the figures could spew any more insults, a tall slender man with tattoos signaled for him to stop.
" Anami?" he mumbled
" You look like you know a lot. But tell me, can you fight in such a state.. against all of us?" Anami pointed out.
He was right, not only did Max sustain serious injuries but he had nothing to eat to replenish his lost energy as well as had little mana in store.
" Ha, I am guessing you are the Anami gang? Whether I can fight or not.. is none of your concern!" He said, shouting out the last part. Although he barely had any energy, he stood in a defensive stance, ready to defend those who saved him.
"Fair enough!" Anami said, flicking his finger toward the man beside him.
The man grinned as he dashed towards Max using wind magic.
'Mando relies on energy, therefore, I shall fight purely with what little mana I have left!' Max thought.
The man slapped his palms together, releasing a huge gust of wind that Max was able to block by creating a small mud wall.
'Earth affinity?' The man said deciding to change up his tactics to break the wall.
To his surprise, Max could tell what he intended to do and punched through the wall hitting his abdomen.
The wind user coughed in pain, suspecting that a bone must have been broken. He tried to use his arms to support himself to stand but Max came running in to finish him off.
Before Max could take him down, a bullet pierced his shoulder.
" What?" Max noticed another man, coming into the fight. He was using weapons such as guns and daggers.
During this era, it wasn't odd for one to use magical weapons. Weapons that feed off your mana to create stronger attacks.
He covered his hand in a thick layer of earth to block incoming bullets. While paying attention to those two, another goon came from behind, stomping on his back.
'Crap! Only if I had a bit more energy!' he cursed.
" And like that! The big bad boy was caught," Anami said In a bored tone. " End him fast."
With the orders given, the second goon reloaded his pistol. Ready to murder Max.
'I cannot keep my identity hidden any longer!' Max decided, and he began to transform. Starting with his pupils changing shape and his back broadening.
" YOU MORONS!"
A punch was drilled into the man who stomped on Max's back.
"Can't a girl get some sleep?" Lilith said in an annoyed tone.