"Leave LUCY!" Alan screamed as he rushed towards the masked man with a punch ready, his face was filled with fury
The masked person took out his right arm from his pocket, and easily blocked Alan's punch. The man didn't even take a glance at the kid, instead looked at Lucy with an intriguing expression behind the mask
"Kid, do you know this big sis?" The man asked
Alan didn't reply, instead started exerting more force with the punch that was still in the masked person's hand
"A rebellious teen, huh?" The person said as he exerted pressure towards Alan's fist
Alan suddenly moved his free hand, and a strike of wind pushed him away from the masked person.
Lucy's eyes widened when she saw this, while a smirk formed on the masked person's face
"He is a Martial?" Lucy murmured
"Not just any Martial, he is a manipulator, a wind manipulator perhaps" The masked person said
"Hey, kid, do you want me to let this big sis go?"
"Yeah!" Alan replied with aggression in his voice
"Sure, just join me"
"What do you-" Alan said but was interrupted by Lucy
"Just say no" She said as she shook her head sideways
"Huh?" Alan thought to himself
"If you join me, you will-" The masked person said but was interrupted by a voice
Alan quickly turned around when he heard this voice, his soul shivered and his eyes widened on seeing who this person was.
"I am sorry, Mr. Spark, but at the moment we, the Diamond Clouds, are sponsoring this fine lad named Alan, so it won't be possible for you to borrow him from us, perhaps take my incompetent assistant instead" The voice came from behind Alan, and it belonged to the mysterious person Kwon brought Alan to.
The mysterious person looked at his assistant a with a serious expression, the assistant gulped on seeing this.
"Sebastian Walton, you came unannounced, how impolite of you" The masked person said sarcastically
"Sebastian Walton? As in The Sebastian Walton? The Spatial Wizard?" Alan thought to himself.
"Yeah Minos, you are right, perhaps, I am too impolite" Sebastian replied as he walked towards Alan, and wrapped his hand around Alan's neck. "Isn't that right? Alan?" He said while looking towards Alan
Alan didn't say anything, and just stood there, fear was visible in his dark brown eyes
"So, Ms Almond, how are you doing?" Sebastian continued
"What do you care, Sebastian, you are not even worth-"
"Yeah, yeah, I get it, you are fine, you can babble all day long once you get back to the Almond manor"
"You won't dare" Lucy said in denial
"Who said I wouldn't?" Sebastian said with a confident wink
"A global ranker is standing here, and you guys are babbling at each other? Such ignorance" Minos the Masked person sighed
"You really wanna throw some punches? Don't ya?" Sebastian said as he rolled up his sleeves and walked towards Minos
"Kid, see what joining me could do to ya!" Minos told Alan
Alan didn't say anything, he was in a confused state, and couldn't comprehend what the heck happening in front of him
While walking, Sebastian suddenly disappeared, and in a split second appeared above Minos with a punch ready.
Minos, who was still looking towards Alan, reacted to Sebastian's attack by throwing Lucy towards him, and he quickly created space between him and Sebastian.
Sebastian's eyes widened when he saw Lucy coming towards him, he quickly withdrew his punch, and tried to block Lucy. Suddenly, a very bright light generated from Lucy's skin, the light flashed right in front of Sebastian, so he closed his eyes instinctively, and after a second when he opened his eyes, Lucy had vanished.
Sebastian landed and looked towards Minos, "Where? No way, don't tell me"
"I was right, she was a clone" Minos said with indifference, as he placed his hands in his pockets, "I don't think we need to fight now, find your target, and I won't interrupt ya"
"Kid, see ya" Minos said before he disappeared
"Take the Kid back" Sebastian told his assistant
The assistant nodded in agreement before asking, "What about you, sir?"
"I will return, once I kill a pest"
***
Sebastian hopped from one tree to another, one moment he appears on a tree branch, next he appears on the ground running in the same direction that Minos was heading towards. By now he had travelled through three different hills of the range, and now was on the fourth hill.
He looked perfectly fine, as if all this sprinting and hopping had not taken a toll on his body, there were no signs of fatigue in his body. Even his clothes looked neat and tidy, except for his loose tie and the partially untucked shirt.
Suddenly, his phone rang
***
Between the lush green forest of the hills, there was a circular spot with no trees growing on this piece of land, only a small well was there in the middle of the circle, and Lucy stood there, her eyes glowed.
"You are quite a bitch, aren't ya?" Minos said as he appeared behind Lucy
Lucy, who was standing in front of a small, well shrine, looked back and said "Look whose talking"
"I love that confidence of yours, you know the object I seek, is right in front of me, and I will do anything to-" Minos said before getting interrupted from a bright light, the shrine emitted
A dark dagger like object emerged from the depths of the well, the dagger was enveloped in a dark aura, there was a grim feeling in the air. Lucy took the dagger in his hands, and held it in an offensive position, ready to attack. There was a smile of confidence on Lucy's face
"Andhera, the dagger of darkness" Minos said with a grin on his face, while his eyes gazed at the weapon in the woman's hand
"Look, what we have here" A figure suddenly appeared behind Minos and tapped his shoulder, and this figure was none other than Sebastian Walton
"We don't need to fight, your target is right in front of ya, hell I would even help you" Minos said still looking at the dagger
"No need, after all you, Minos are my target" Sebastian said coldly
After hearing Sebastian's words, Minos instantly pushed Sebastian back, and quickly stepped away from his previous position. Now he stood right in front of Lucy.
His hands reached for the dagger, while Lucy just stood there, she shivered senselessly. Minos' death glare that was directed towards Lucy, made her touch death, and comeback to reality, the experience gave her the true meaning of cruelty, the coldness reflected in Minos's eyes, cracked her soul from the within.
Just before Minos could take that dagger, he felt a punch on his right cheek, which sent him a few meters away
"Damn, this is so pathetic, am I really this weak?" Minos thought to himself with a furious face behind his white mask
Suddenly blue sparks of electricity started appearing around his arm, after he made a fist, the sparks got wilder
Sebastian smirked as he brought his hand up, and formed an orb of black crystals. He then charged towards Minos, ready to hit him with the orb, Minos also rushed towards Sebastian
When Minos got close enough to Sebastian, Sebastian jumped and threw his orb straight at Minos' head. Instead of blocking, Minos charged towards the orb, he intended to destroy it. But, just moments before, his fist could clash with the orb, a bluish light blinked around the orb, and it disappeared.
"Where?"
Minos instantly looked behind him, only to find, nothing, suddenly he looked in front of him, and blocked himself. The black orb had hit him.
"How you like that?" Sebastian asked
"Not bad, Not bad" Minos replied sarcastically, as he took out the crystal stuck in his arms
"Now, how will you counter this?" Sebastian asked, as he brought out his hands. About twenty orbs formed above his hands
Without wasting anytime, Minos charged towards Sebastian, his fist electrified. Responding to this, Sebastian hastily threw the orbs towards Minos. Midair, these orbs disappeared, and appeared behind Minos, lined up to perfectly hit him.
Minos looked behind and worry covered his face, suddenly this worry vanished, and the smirk of the devil appeared on his face, as electricity formed around his legs. The orbs were now just a moment away from colliding with him, while Minos was a meter away from Sebastian.
Minos suddenly disappeared, and appeared behind Lucy, punching her, and sending her a few meters away, he followed her and landed a kick to her calf, and snatched the dagger in her hands.
Sebastian's orbs were now coming at him, and he didn't have enough time to redirect them, so he could only take them head on.
***
"Finally" Minos said while looking at the dagger called Andhera, in his hands
Lucy and Sebastian laid in front of him, while he looked at them coldly
"Do you know why this is called Andhera?" He asked
"Perhaps, you don't, then let me tell you, Andhera literally means darkness, and this dagger is made up of darkness itself, no, I would rather say that, this dagger is the darkness, and this darkness, this is the power that will liberate this world" He said
"Lucy, look at me, I have finally obtained it, the power that should belong to me" Minos said as pointed the dagger towards himself, and slowly moved it towards his torso. It seemed as if he was going to stab himself.
"Now!" Suddenly Sebastian shouted
A figure appeared beside Minos, ready to punch him, the figure's arm was covered with a blanket of raging wind, and this figure was none other than Alan
The distance between Alan's fist and Minos was less than a few centimeters, when Minos brought his hand up to block the boy's fist, the movement of his hand was so fast that Alan couldn't even see it. Minos coldly moved his neck and looked at the boy.
When Alan saw Minos' hand that was put up to block his punch, a grin appeared on his face, there was confident in his eyes, and it shone brighter than most stars in the skies.
The grin surprised Minos
The punch was now a centimeter away from Minos' hand, which he had started to curl, in order to capture Alan's fist.
Suddenly, Alan glowed with a bluish light.
In a split second, he appeared behind Minos, and punched his back, and at that moment of invulnerability, Alan took the knife from Minos, by using the wind to make him more agile, and simultaneously to push the knife from Minos's grasp.
Alan now stood with the knife in his hand. The boy had no clue about the power he was holding at the time, only to learn about it in the days to come.