They stopped at the last foot print.
"SHIT!!" Ray exclaimed in disbelief. Right in front of them was the town. This meant that the abyssal was already somewhere in the town which made things much more complicated.
"Can you do your thing?" Ray really hoped her answer would be a yes.
"NO," she said blankly, crushing Ray's hope. "I have limits. The area is too large and the population of people and buildings are much. The abyssal in the forest just happened to fall in my range of detection, but this is much different."
Ray placed his hand on his jaw in thought. "By the freshness of the tracks, it came in at most a day ago. It disturbs me that the abyssal hadn't caused any chaos since then."
"That means we're most likely dealing with an intelligent abyssal. What do you suggest we do?"
A sigh escaped Ray's lips. "The only thing we can do for now...…search. But unfortunately, we don't have any tracks to follow.
His body started giving off a golden glow as his lips curved into an excited smile.
"This would be over in some minutes."
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11 hours later,
"That bastard!" Ray groaned. He was currently lying on his bed in exhaustion. They ended up searching for 11 hours without any luck.
This made Ray's wariness towards the abyssal rise even higher.
'How is it able to dwell with humans without drawing any attention. Is it very small in size? No, the foot prints were quite large. Can it camouflage?'
His eyebrows furrowed when this thought came to his mind.
"This might be more difficult that I initially thought."
Truly, Ray didn't know how difficult this was going to be.
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3 days later,
Ray could be seen strolling on the street. He was dressed in a blue T-shirt and black trousers with a black cap.
Not in his wildest imagination did he expect the search to take three more days. He and Sylph decided that she handled the southern part of the town while he handled the north.
At first he was hyped on hunting down the abyssal but now all that energy had died down and he was waiting for the abyssal to make its move.
This three days had been incredibly boring but it seems that today would be different.
"Finally, I've found you," he heard a growl from his left. He quickly turned towards that direction in alert, but when he saw who said this he sighed in relief. "Don't use that tone old man. I thought you were an abyssal."
The man who had just heard this stared at him in disbelief which quickly turned into rage.
"You bastard! Who do you think you are!" He bawled.
"Be careful with your words, I can get sensitive sometimes," Ray said casually.
An evil grin appeared on the man's face. "I'm sure you're the one. I'll never forget that despicable voice. You think you can disgrace me and get away with it? Well think again."
Ray stared at him in confusion. "Who were you again?"
The man almost coughed out blood when he heard this. He kept staring at the seemingly oblivious Ray deciding what type of punishment would be well deserved for him.
"If you don't have anything to say I'll be going old man. Make sure to take care of your health," Ray said with a farewell wave.
The man felt his blood pressure rise due to the amount of anger he was feeling..
"What are you guys waiting for! Grab this imbecile!" He ordered as six hefty men walked out from hiding towards Ray.
He looked at them in confusion and was about to say something when one of them suddenly grabbed him on the hand and kicked him behind his knee causing him to kneel.
*Of course Ray allowed this*
Another man grabbed his second hand while the remaining four encircled them. They were confused why their boss had to bring six of them. Even though he looks fit, at most three of them would have been enough.
"Hahaha! Where did all that attitude go. I'm sure you remember now or do you still plan on denying it," he scoffed looking at Ray who had his face towards the ground.
"Don't worry, you'd be treated better than a rat." He walked to him, slapped his cap away, grabbed him by his hair before raising his head to meet his gaze.
He became dumbstruck when he saw how handsome Ray was but this didn't last long as he got pissed by the expression Ray had.
"So this is the reason huh? Just because of your pretty face. Don't worry, I'll make sure it's a marvelous work of art by the end of today. You've courted death."
"Actually, you took the words out of my mouth," Ray said mockingly.
"Your arrogance knows no bounds. Take him!"
With a nod, the men tried to raise him up but he didn't budge.
"Hmmmm?" The man who had grabbed him first was totally confused. He and the second man holding Ray tried harder but the result remained the same. The other men were confused at what was happening.
"You're the first person to touch me like that for sometime now. I'm in a good mood so I won't be killing you immediately."
Ray began to stand up and they tried holding him down this time but to no avail.
After Ray had gotten up, he placed his right foot forward while pulling the man who held his right had forward with so much ease that it seemed that the man was weightless causing him to trip on the leg and fall to the ground. He proceeded to do this to the man holding his left hand who happened to be the one who attacked him first as he also tripped. Of course he had something special in mind for him.
The man who had organized this all, frowned in annoyance when he saw this move, as some bad memories came flowing in. He could still remember their mocking gazes. He was sure that he would forever hate this move wherever and whenever he sees it.
The other four men who believed what had just happened to be pure luck walked with heavy intimidating steps towards him.
Ray didn't plan on using his abilities on such weaklings. He wasn't even planning on using his physical potential. In order to enjoy it, he was only going to use martial arts.
The first man who reached him stretched his hand forward to grab him but Ray grabbed his hand instead and flipped him to the ground.
"Huh! What the hell are you guys doing?" The man screamed.
It was surprising how Ray was able to flip someone of that size easily and this wasn't just due to super strength. Ray had been thought the best ways to balance his attack and defense, so when he flipped the man, he positioned their bodies in a way that would make the flip much more smoother and easier that it should normally be.
One of them threw a heavy punch towards his face which Ray sidestepped as the punch missed him. He spun around with a kick right in the cheek of the man which caused him to stagger backwards with a bloodied mouth.
Another man punched at him and seeing this Ray blocked with his left hand while slamming his fist in the man's face.
The moment this attack made contact, he quickly grabbed the man's head and slammed it into his knee. A punch was coming from behind so he quickly ducked while pulling the man in front of him forward causing the assailant's punch to hit his friend.
He quickly spun around using his leg to swipe against the legs of the man who had just attacked him causing him to fall to the ground, and like a flash he stood up with a flying kick to another man's face while using it to push himself upward and flip before landing on the face of the man who he had fallen down earlier, turning his face into a bloody mess.
He blasted forward from the man's face worsening its state while heading towards the man who he had used his face to perform the flip.
The man punched towards Ray with his right hand, which turned out to be a feint as he suddenly punched out with his left, and Ray who seemed to have fallen for the trap, suddenly leaned backwards at an impossible angle evading the punch before hitting him on the chin with his leg, which caused the man's head to bend backwards with a spurt of blood.
Ray, who decided to use this opportunity to the fullest ran, towards him before delivering series of blows to different parts of his upper body, from the face to the neck to the chest and stomach, before spinning around with a kick to the jaw.
The man fell lifelessly to the ground, and Ray didn't believe he would be getting up anytime soon.
"You're attacks are heavy and strong. But you need to be fast enough for them to...…."
Ray quickly turned around, but he was too late as a punch landed on his face. He moved his mouth weirdly before spitting out. "Not bad," he said, glaring at the man who just attacked him.
The man's face had blood on it as he stared at Ray like he was a monster. That was a punch with all the force he could muster, and the boy in front of him handled it like it was a slap from a lady.
Even if he tries to suppress his strength, he couldn't bring it down to zero.
He ran towards the man who didn't know whether to retreat or not. And this contemplation give him enough time to knee him on the chest before delivering an uppercut.
"What do you guys think you're doing? What is going on here!" The man who had been watching everything screamed.