Ohma didn't know how strong he was so he didn't wanted to engage them and started flying with all his might. Flying came naturally to him after surpassing rank 10, it felt like he broke through planet's gravity to some extent. It happened to every warlock surpassing rank 10. Though it is different for different planets depending upon their sizes. Ohma started flying there was a boom and he pushed himself. His speed almost doubled.
" Impossible, that brat was only rank 8 at most" commander Shen was in disbelief the life scanners from airship showed the life signals of shitu and Ana faded.
He was angry losing two subordinates both about to advance was a loss even for him.
" I'll go myself, I'll butcher him"
" Wait commander isn't it quite dangerous what if it was a trap"
" Cut the crap, two officers already died this is no trap that brat just got lucky I'll hunt him myself " with that Shen rushed to ohma.
Ohma while flying with full speed heard a sound like something was cutting through wind in high speed. He turned around and saw commander Shen rushing to him furiously.
" Fuck a novice " Shen spat out angrily the way ohma was flying he could tell ohma just advanced at best he will be rank 11 but he lost two of his best agents to this novice that hurt even more.
At this rate ohma was going to be caught so he came down on ground and jumped with full strength making a 20 meter wide crater. His speed again increased and he started repeating this again. Commander Shen was getting annoyed ohma was getting far from him. He had to acknowledge physical strength wise he wasn't Ohma's match so he held his hands and a 8 meter long and thick thunderbolt appeared in his hands.
Ohma while flying observed and the sky suddenly turned dark and a sense of danger alarmed him, he stopped in the middle of his flight and fell down, a thick thunderbolt passed through his previous position. Ohma was baffled that thunderbolt created a deep pit on the ground. Commander Shen was standing proudly looking down on ohma with two thunderbolts in both hands.
Ohma without a second thought started flying towards Shen. Now he could see Shen was rank 12 but ohma was stronger than him.
But every time he was about to catch him Shen would back off and start throwing thunderbolts on him.
One hand he used it as a whip scorching the land while from other hand Shen was continuously throwing thunderbolts.
Ohma was getting annoyed, first he was terrified but after getting hit twice he observed other than a slight heat and burn mark there wasn't any damage and even that had started healing. Ohma was still dodging it he wanted a chance.
Shen was grinning while looking at ohma jumping and running all around. Smoke was coming out of ohma. Shen observed and ohma's speed was decreasing he felt like he should end this play. OOhma was still a newly promoted and a rank below him the outcome was expected instead he was amazed how many thunderbolts ohma survived. With that there was a shine in the sky and than a 50 meter thick thunderbolt striked where ohma stood devastating the land the sound of roaring clouds were heard far and wide.
While commander Shen was panting for breathes there was a booom from the ground below him and a golden figure rushed to him in just a second.
Shen wanted to back off but a figure was already before his eyes and a hand was coming out from his back, where his heart should have been. The figure was glaring at him with murderous eyes. There was a burnt smell coming from the figure and no hair was left on his head, his clothes were in tatters and he looked worse than a beggar but Shen didn't ridiculed him instead was astonished even for a strong body he shouldn't be able to pierce his chest but this person did, that meant even his rank exceeded Shen.
For a newly promoted warlock to have this much power, Shen died with same expression as his subordinates.
The corpse fell down from air. Ohma was still lavitating. First he thought that Shen might get careless or just come in his closer proximity, he will get a chance to strike but instead came a full blown strike. Immediately ohma dug underground but even that land was demolished. His hair was burnt and for a few seconds he couldn't feel his limbs and the moment he got his strength he rushed towards Shen from underground. He didn't wanted to give any chance to this brutal enemy. He pierced his heart instantly incapacitating him.
Slowly ohma's wounds started healing even his burnt eyebrows and hair started growing.
Ohma than started flying towards the remaining attackers.
*****
While shen's subordinates were waiting they saw a golden beam moving towards them.
" it's a person"
" is he commander"
" no"
The attackers became tense their commander went chasing but someone else was coming from the same direction. They were Confused was he a foe or friend. No considering their reputation and wreackage around he would become atleast a witness if not enemy. Though it didn't took long for them to realise since the golden beam directly pierced through the airship killing many.
Ohma after striking one airship went for others. There were many warlocks but only few had elemental affinity or special powers. Many relied on brute force but were eventually slaughtered by ohma.
After destroying all ships and killing there was only one Warlock left alive. Lying flat on ground. He was beaten to a pulp. This person was second in command and could freeze anything. He had trapped ohma into an ice mountain but was eventually defeated.
Ohma looked around, his airship was completely demolished along with all his belongings. He was again furious. In a new world he was now without a spare underwear but only some tattered clothes on his body. He didn't even had any relatives outside.
Ohma was in a daze for a moment. He sat down and calmed him heart.
" what's your name" asked ohma after a while
" ...Venton "
" oh ...why you wanted to kill me"
Venton was tense, in his team only he was alive. he didn't know why this demon left him alive but his neck still felt cold. All 236 members were killed along with commander and ship operators no one was left alive. He didn't felt luckey in the slightest.
" we didn't wanted to kill you, commander got a hint from spy about a rank 5 rookie and two officers were send to secure him, so he just came here to kill them, if we knew you were this talented we would have invited you instead"
SIGH
" Now I understand why you are so criticized by public"
" What do you know, why you think they hid your ranking " Venton scoffed
" They said to save me from dark organisations like you" ohma replied calmly
" Really, you must be from one of those prisons right"
" How do you know?" ohma was intrigued, he didn't mind him calling that place a prison since it was one. only after coming out and gaining some knowledge ohma understood.
"Naturally only some country bumpkin would believe that, many council members use nano-viruses and neurotoxins to control new rookies and consolidate thier powers. Once you reach academy you will be injected with them and than you will be controlled by them for rest of your life." replied venton in a sneering tone
Ohma felt cold, reading all the books he thought he knew everything but he was only at the bottom of well.
He certainly felt danger since he entered the airship and was also feeling ill intent from the two officers. He awakened this ability along with his strength and trusted it. he didn't doubted Venton's words and fully believed him.
After asking some more questions he casually crushed Venton just like others. He never intended to let him live.
After searching the main airship he found shen's belongings. He changed into his clothes and also found his vallet. There wasn't much money but there was a golden card with Shotson as the holders name. It was shen's real name.
But not knowing the code no. he could only keep it.
Ohma started flying towards the city again and this time his speed was comparable to Shen. After 3 hours of continuous flying ohma reached the city. Surprisingly ohma didn't felt fatigued at all and there weren't any visible wounds on his body.
The name of city was LAKEMOR.