"We'll have to face him," one of the hooded men said as he pulled out two silver stilettos from his torso and dual-wielded them. These stilettos amassed visible blue energy giving off a weak glow as it streamed back and forth adorning it.
"You have got to be kidding me!" One screamed with mucus dripping off his nose and sweat on his face. He was afraid, so were the others. Their fear was warranted as they stood against this fiery blue figure.
" We can do this, gulp down the magic potions!" he hastily instructed. Just then, he and the others took up a small thin cylindrical container that held a red potion within it. This potion occupied two-thirds of the container and small spherical lights formed at the unoccupied region glowing and floating about. Immediately after he ordered, the rest did the same and brought out theirs suddenly driving it to their mouth and emptying the contents.
"Yahhhhhhhh!" they all screamed in excitement. The potion seemed to be working as a blue aura appeared to be surrounding their body, their eyes as well glowed blue and held no trace of the fear they once felt.
Seeing this, their oppressor and the victim of their theft glided down and landed softly. The fiery blue aura that covered his body earlier has long dissipated and his body came into view.
The town had light stands illuminating the streets that depended on constant Mana supply from Mana stones hence providing a light source for the figures.
"What's going on" someone had opened their door to get where the noise was coming from.
" Is a fight happening?"
" Ohhh that guy looks handsome"
" Who do you think will win this?"
" Who froze the pathway!"
" My house!" Most of the nearby residents had woken up and become onlookers to the fight that was going to erupt.
"Shit! We've drawn attention to ourselves, let's end this quick and scram" one said, he was the one that instructed that they should take in their magic portions and he was their boss.
"Yes, Boss!" They replied
"Hahahaha! Do you think taking some potions will help you? You all are becoming arrogant just because I didn't burn you all into crisps on time." he laughed a bit and immediately put on a stern face.
"Don't tell me..... That gear!!!" the boss said with fear seeping back into his energized body.
This figure before them had a tall, muscular, and broad build, brown straight short hair, a well-placed jaw, tall height, and most of all, he was very handsome. Currently, he is equipped with red armor that resembled scales and a broad red long sword positioned on his back. Everyone could tell that he was no ordinary fellow and they could feel the immense power that dwelled within him.
" That guy! how can a human possess such vast Mana?" an onlooker stood at his house exterior door and observed this strange man, his eyes gave out a blue glow as he looked from a distance.
" Anyways there's no way he's going to lose to that bunch" he concluded.
" The guards will be on their way here soon, I better finish this quickly," the red armor-clad figure said and gave a bright grin portraying his bright set of teeth that gave off a sparkle at that moment.
Hearing this, the boss of the gulped down saliva and had his legs shaking vigorously.
"Boss what's wrong?" one asked
" it's nothing, let's end this fool," he said as he managed to summon up courage at the last minute.
After he said this, two standing side to side each other with a bit of distance between ran forward with their armed stilettos, in a flash four blurry images similar to them formed at the gap they placed between each other. Two looking like each one, the originals leaped on the wall and ran horizontally towards this daring man alongside their replicas.
" Illusions? such trivial techniques will not work against me!" he cried, just as he did so, the remaining three including the boss seemed to be in preparation of something as blue light continues to grow brighter and brighter amongst them.
"Perish!" he conjured up two big balls of lightning that rested on his palm, both looking bigger than half of his body.
" What!" one shouted.
"Let's see if you've got an answer to this," he said and grinned a little looking absolutely sure that they pose no means to stop him. He swung his arms and released those huge balls of energy towards the entire area covering the buildings at the side and the path leading to him.
BOOOOOMMM
Schhhwww
" Is he insane?" onlookers screamed as they witnessed him destroy the two buildings that his opponents trod upon, the portion of the road that had the illusions at that moment was destroyed and got clipped off with flames forming a short wall over him. They burnt down to nothing and traces of their existence were erased immediately
" Velt.... Slit!" their companions cried,
" You'll pay, you'll pay for this" Immediately, the boss also the most distinguishable amongst them held a projected shape of lightning on his palm as he lifted it high and threw it.
"Take this, Lance of Lightening!" he cried
Seeing it hastily approaching towards him, he grinned and held out his arms, leaving his huge mouth open when suddenly...
THHHCCWW
The spell seemed to have warped as it approached his head and without any hint disappeared into his mouth.
"What!" the boss shouted, "that was made from all of our combined Mana, even nobles would have problems stopping such a mass of energy in one blow, Just what are you!" he wailed.
" it's my turn, I'll do you the honor of ending this with my blade," he said immediately retracting his broad sword. Without giving his spectators a chance to blink neither his opponents, he moved at a speed faster than that of light and bisected the heads of his enemies.
"Well that takes care of things," he said and dashed upward leaving a trail of blue light as he disappeared into the night.
" Did you see what happened?" spectators questioned one another looking confused, they neither saw the strike he landed nor the direction he flew to, all they could see were three lifeless bodies with their heads slowly tilting down and then
THUMM
Their heads fell off their bodies and rolled on the ground.
" No way!"
" he has finished them off already!"
" I didn't see anything" the onlookers were now confused as to how he won the fight however there was one who saw everything. His eyes caught this strange man's movement as he moved at an insane speed and swung his blade taking off the three's heads at once. Sweat beads formed on his wrinkled old face as he stood looking confused and frightened, he managed to utter a few inaudible words " was that a member of the Arslan family?" he said and walked down staring upwards in awe of this spectacular person.