He tried to treat his wound quickly through mana control, however, the wound was too deep to treat that way.
Vwoom, vwooom-
A dense energy was enveloping Lux's sword.
It appeared to be a strong Soul energy.
Hiluman doesn't know the energy covering his sword as he failed to comprehend it, but deep down he knew it isn't just an ordinary power considering it damaged both his soul and physical body.
"It was shallow" Lux muttered in disappointment. he swung his sword to an empty space to remove the blood.
"You bastard..." Hiluman grit his teeth. "How did you know my position?"
"All I did was to feel your heartbeat and breath from a distance that's why I was able to know if you're close" Lux answered him calmly.
Hiluman went silent. It was obvious, the clones he made through illusions don't have the same characteristics as the real ones which makes it easier to figure out his location.
In the beginning, Lux was aiming to close the distance between them to get a one-shot.
"Such a cowardly act" hiluman accused him.
Lux retorted, "I don't think you're in any position to say that.
That shut hiluman up because he was right. No matter how talented Lux was, his skills are still lower than his which is basically close to reality manipulation. A skill that can kill you without knowing what killed you, If you compare the two, the gap is a world apart and that is the reason why fairness doesn't exist in this case.
There was no need to measure who has more underhanded technique.
Of course, this only applies to hiluman point of view who knows nothing about his real strength yet.
" well, that doesn't matter" Hiluman grunted, he tightly pressed his hand coated in illusion to the wound.
His wound that has been bleeding non-stop till now, slowly repairing on it's own and was shortly recovered.
'He's using an illusion to replace the parts sliced by the sword. Albeit won't heal his wound, it's possible to stop the bleeding by covering it with a fake skin ' thought Lux while taking a combat stance for the upcoming battle.
"The result would still remain the same," he said before casting the same spell again. "Illusion magic, Dark night"
The world was once again concealed in darkness. This would surely create the same tragedy again, but this time is different. hiluman created hundreds of clones with weapons each attached to their hands ready to strike from all directions.
His mistake earlier leads him to this.
"No..." Lux said while looking around. He could say that everything got darker and the clone army got larger than before.
Lux continued after a brief pause. "Everything has changed. I will end this in one strike..."
"That's a bold statement but-..." Hiluman tried to mock him, however, his words were cut by the strange energy devouring the sword in Lux's hand.
This was his second time seeing it.
Buzz...
A gentle yet rage bright blue energy started flowing out of the sword again, engulfing the darkness in the vicinity.
The flow of mana was frightening, it made hiluman take a few steps back.
Fear can be seen in his eyes.
His presence is now visible to Lux's visions due to the flow of soul energy lighting the entire realm.
"Now that I can see everything, it appears that you transferred us to a different realm," said Lux after looking around and found himself in a strange dimension.
What Lux saw was a space surrounded by an illusion with no path to escape
Hiluman refused to speak about it for a few seconds, however, he couldn't hide it anymore, nonetheless, he proceeded to explain.
"You've been caught in my skill and escaping here is pointless. This skill is called 'dream space.' It allows me to transport anyone inside this empty space whether it is a monster or not. I can also control everything inside here. For example..."
Flick...-
Fwoosh...
Splurt...
'This is...' Lux muttered while looking at the blood coming from his chest after a black spear stabbed him from behind unknowingly.
"Illusion... Huh." Said Lux.
The spear from behind faded away once Lux said those two words.
Hiluman made a frigid grin. "Hahaha, That's right, everything here is an illusion, except for the pain. It might be fake but the feeling of pain is similar to reality and escaping here is futile unless you kill me which is impossible for your current situation."
Hearing his explanation, Lux made a cold smirk. "Is that so? I guess you forgot when I said that everything has changed"
crack... Crack...
Crack... Crack...
Cracks started appearing one after another around them.
"Wha- what is happening" hiluman made a perplexing activity caused by the cracks.
Shattered-...
Small pieces of shattered mana from hiluman skill began to fall slowly like snow in the winter.
Back to the real world.
A two-person can be seen Amidst the shattered mana throughout the area.
Splurt-...
"Cough-..." Hiluman puked a mouthful of blood.
"Impossible... When did you?..." Hiluman muttered seeing the katana pierced through his heart.
Blood from his heart flowed endlessly.
"I thought I told you, everything has changed." Said Lux with his sword attached to him from behind.
"But, how?..." Hiluman questioned him.
"Before you activated your skill, I used a substitution technique and activated it with my clone nearby to replace myself."Lux calmly answered his question.
" To be honest I knew that your real body was outside which is the true world because of what you said earlier" Lux added.
"...!"
Before the match started, Lux already knew where his real body at. The one he had been fighting earlier was just an illusion, and you can see that no wound in his chest can be seen which was inflicted on him earlier.
Hiluman realized his other mistake once he recollected his memories from earlier, but everything was already too late for him.
"it's the end of your life-" just when Lux was about to end his life, he heard a strange noise coming from hiluman.
Hiluman gritted his teeth firmly while holding onto the katana while creating swords made of illusion before aiming at Lux.
"Hahhhhhh!!!"- hiluman screamed like his life depends on it.
Swoosh-...
Seeing the incoming swords, Lux took a step back along with his sword to dodge them.
Causing hiluman to escape from his grasp.
Albeit the swords are made of illusion, it is still enough to hinder him from killing him. Therefore, avoiding it is a better choice.
'Hurry, I need to escape here' hiluman created a portal in front of him to escape.
Hiluman runs off towards it and was one step away to enter the portal, but...
Swoosh...-
Stabbed...
"Keugh!-" hiluman grunted as the sword pierced his chest.
"Just why?..." Is what came out of his mouth before plunging into the portal with the katana.
Thousands of memories began appearing one after another inside his mind.
It was during summer last year at night. Hiluman remembered himself in crumpled clothes crouching in the street begging for money in order to buy a food to fill his sore stomach.
His body cannot be described anymore if he's still a human or a moving skeleton.
He glanced at his skinny daughter sleeping beside him wondering if he was able to somehow let her survive amid their suffering.
Then a random man in his 20s walked in front of him and offered him to adopt his daughter. That would also mean separating her from him, but there is no other choice. The man in front of him looks young and wealthy. For him, this was a gift from the god, and so, he accepted his offer.
The man left with his daughter. he can see her crying and begging the man while taking her inside the car to take his father before leaving, but he refused, it was a normal response. Because why would he take him?
Hiluman felt inside his chest in agony as tears started flowing from his eyes. Shortly, it all disappeared and was replaced by joy and happiness.
"Finally, I can die without worrying anymore. I wished her Luck." Said hiluman as happiness can be seen filling his expression.
Tap... Tap...
Another man walked in front of him and offered him. It was yet another miracle.
What the man offered him was to make him a hunter and the only requirement is to join their faction.
It was called Black Moon.
At first, hiluman was confused about the sudden appearance of this man and tried to refuse his offer.
Hiluman was one of the few people that weren't able to awaken their powers, so it's not surprising if he rejected it.
But the man insisted and told him that he was one of the most talented people born in the century.
At this point, he thought that this guy was a scammer, but, hiluman accepted it. As a person who got nothing to lose, No matter what happens in the future is not something he should care about, is there?
Hiluman trained so hard after awakening his power and in just a year, he reached S-rank. You never knew what kind of expression he had when this happened.
Now that he is a capable person now, he soon starts looking for his daughter and it didn't take him long to find her.
After searching for information regarding the man who took his daughter, hiluman finally found his location.
Arriving in front of the mansion, hiluman immediately went inside without anyone noticing to see if his daughter is alive with a gift in his hand.
However, what he received opposed his expectation.
The man in front of him, the man who adopted his daughter laughed maniacally once he saw him.
The man started explaining after being questioned about her daughter's whereabouts.
"I sold her to a slave buyer and what can you do? I was surprised that you survive but you're already too late. I bet she's already dead after being tortured there."
Hiluman face sunk upon hearing him. His gift that was supposed to be given to her fell on the floor.
"Old man were you too stunned to speak? Too bad you're going to di-..."
His words were cut along with his head which fell on top of the floor.
Using his illusion magic, Hiluman repeatedly tortured him for 5 hours straight along with the bodyguards who came to protect their master.
While torturing, he started asking for the whereabouts of this slave buyer before killing him.
He immediately went out after receiving the information hoping that he somehow managed to see her alive.
But, sometimes reality is often disappointing. Just like what the man said, he was already too late to save her.
He found her in a secluded room with full of scars and blood below her body. Seeing her status, hiluman knew immediately what had happened to her during his absence.
Because of that, hiluman killed the people involved with no mercy.
With no other options left, Hiluman takes part in the organization, in order to kill everyone.
that is what made this innocent person become evil.