"Get this over with? Who does this brat think he is?" The tall and skinny kid laughed.
Zareth wasn't listening to his words, however. Instead, he was in his head.
'Now... how should I take care of this? I have nothing else to do right now so I guess I don't have to end this fight too quickly.'
"If you think this is going to be easy, think again." The girl shouted condescendingly.
"Maybe he wants to get his beating over with so he can go cry to his mama!" The short and ugly kid laughed.
'I still can't test out my sword I guess, that would be hard to cover up... Looks like all I can do is thoroughly teach them a lesson, and traumatize them for the rest of their lives.'
A grin appeared on Zareth's face as he plotted his next moves.
"What are we waiting for!? Let's get him!" The girl shouted before being the first one to lunge in toward Zareth with a punch, initiating the fight.
At the start, Zareth wanted to evaluate some of their abilities first.
How strong were normal kids his age? Knowing this information would allow him to discern how much strength he should show in front of other people.
Zareth could tell that the girl's punch had no mana in it. Using Scan, he saw that no one in the group except for Ace even had any affinities to use.
None of them could conjure mana. It was quite disappointing, but it lead Zareth to focus on Ace to test out his abilities.
After using Scan on him, his stats came out to be:
[Status]
Name: Ace Uokell
Species: Human
Bloodline: Normal Human
Age: 10 Years
Combat Power: 11
Vitality: 100 Years
Health: 21.0/21.0
Stamina: 16.0/16.0
Strength: 24.0
Agility: 23.0
Defense: 12.0
Body: Basic Earth Bound
Rank: Foundation Creation (12.45%)
MP: 19/19
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His stats were surprisingly better than Zareth expected. Especially his strength stat.
Being from the mayor family of the city, he must have been nurtured with elixirs, so it was a given that his cultivation had risen slightly as well.
After stepping to the side, cleanly dodging the girl's punch, Zareth infused mana into his hand and strike the girl in the stomach with his palm.
She was immediately thrown several meters away to the ground.
The strike wasn't infused with much mana, but it was enough to make her stay down for the remainder of the fight.
Zareth moved swiftly, his steps almost untraceable as he blitzed both the fat and ugly kid, striking them both in the stomach as well with his palm with moderate power.
In a split second, only the skinny kid was left. Zareth's simple gaze was enough to make him fully piss his pants before dropping to his knees.
"Spare me." He quietly spoke, his voice on the verge of tears.
Zareth didn't even want to waste time with him. He didn't want to fight those who had already given up. Such cowards weren't worth his time.
Instead, he switched his attention to Ace.
Using the same amount of power as he did for the others, Zareth threw his palm at him.
However, his palm was stopped by Ace's leg, which was also infused with mana.
Their mana looked to combat each other's, as small lighting sparks flew out from the clash.
After a couple of seconds, Ace was propelled back multiple feet before landing on his bum.
As Zareth slowly walked closer, Ace immediately stood up, looking almost embarrassed that he didn't win.
Now, he was fuming. Although he might have held a bit of power, he was still just a kid with an immature mind.
Without thinking, he rushed toward Zareth before throwing a sidekick infused with as much mana as possible at Zareth's torso.
Zareth quickly locked the blow from the side with both of his arms, however, not without being moved slightly.
With a single push, Ace fell to the floor on his hands and knees once again.
"Damn it! How are you this powerful!? Did you make a deal with the devil or something!?" Ace screamed in his rage.
"No! Let's just not mess with him, Ace! He--" The skinny kid, who hadn't even gotten hit, yelled before being cut off.
"Shut the hell up, you coward! I'm going to make him pay!" Ace yelled as he slowly stood back up to his feet.
Zareth decided that he had seen enough. It was now time to make these kids never forget this moment for the rest of their lives.
Before Ace could do anything, Zareth abruptly released an explosion of killing intent that instantly enveloped everything present inside the alley, thickening the atmosphere.
All of the kids, including Ace, were forced to be still, not being able to move their bodies even an inch.
Worse of all, a horrible and extreme feeling of fear and impending doom assaulted their minds.
They all began to shake uncontrollably as their breath turned erratic and their heart began beating rapidly.
Before they knew it, all of them had gone number one, however, their minds were completely focused on the person standing in front of them.
Zareth seemed like a demon, a monster of death. The amount of fear they felt toward him was indescribable.
All they wanted to do was flee. It was a primal instinct they felt from being faced with death.
Finally, Zareth stopped releasing his killing intent.
All of the kids immediately fell to the floor, completely unconscious.
'System, create that into a level-able skill.'
*Ding* [New skill created: Bloodlust (Description can be found in the status menu)]
Zareth now found himself with four passed-out kids in front of him, all of which had pissed their pants, and some of which had even sh*tted themselves.
He put his hands back in his pockets before indifferently walking away.
However, just as he turned his back and took a few steps, he suddenly heard a thump behind him.
It closely resembled the sound of a body falling from quite a high height.
He quickly turned around to see the 15-year-old young man from before, unconscious amid the four children.
'What the...'