"They are here" .. Lucas' perception picked up the approaching and quick footsteps of the group that had caused harm to my benefactor...
[Status ]
[ Name; Lucas Grimstone. Age; 15 .... Sex; Male.... Height; 1.9 meters ....Citizenship; Marion Country, Oslon City,.... Parents ;Paul Grimstone and Selena Grimstone..( Deceased).....
Occupation; C rank hunter, Student of Oslon city academy.
Affinity; Permanent mirroring
Affinities permanently mirrored; Flame affinity... Associated skill; Flame Maestro.(Click here for details of skill), Pyromancers slug.(Click here for details of skill)
Lightning affinity... Associated skill :Lightning maestro( Click here for details of skill)
Skin hardening affinity... Associated skill ; Monumental skin( Click here for details of skill)
Paralytic Liquid Affinity..... Associated skill: Medusa's Avalanche( Ability to summon paralytic liquid and launch it towards a particular target. Skill's potency increases, depending on hunter's level). ]
Lucas dismissed his status details with a thought , then anticipated the appearance of his foes.
Rustle... Rustle..
Three men donned in casual clothes appeared before Lucas from the bushes...
One of them turned to his two companions, who in turn ,both reciprocated the malicious grin plastered on his intimidating and scarred face before a malign laughter from the trio swept through the environs...
"Brothers, it looks like Santa brought our presents to us before Christmas this year .To think we would catch two birds with one stone... The disrespectful girl who refused to let us have a good time with her and the gentleman the guild master instructed us to eliminate...all gathered together in one place.."
Lucas glanced at them,as he sighed audibly and feigned a nervous disposition " Fellas ...relax... as you can see... we are just innocent youngsters who just managed to resemble the people you are looking for... Kindly let us off and I promise you that in case we spot these treacherous people you are after we will not hesitate to hit you up.. As a proof of our sincerity, we will leave our communication details with you.. How about that? "
"Scared right now ain't you... How about you hand over the lady and we promise to make your death less painful.. A pretty great deal right?.... Hehe " One of the three men snarled at Lucas, a malific smile clouding his face..
"It's a shame we cannot come to a consensus then fellows... Rest in peace " Lucas sighed dejectedly.
[Medusa's Avalanche activated ]
Two small, greenish, undulating liquid orbs appeared on his right index finger in a split second ,then in the next blink of the eye, the liquid orbs shot at lightning speed towards two of the vile men.
Splash.... Splash...
The liquid orbs splattered on their clothes upon making contact with them, then coalesced around their whole bodies in a split second, causing them to halt in their movements... Their figures halted, motionless,palpable shock displayed on their static faces...
The remaining one of the trio , fortunate to not have been attacked, thought his companions were unprepared for the attack of the teenager before him, which led to their demise..
Choosing to cling to this absurd notion of hope, he lept forward towards his adversity with breakneck speed, his right hand assuming a different shape and form, akin to a kitchen knife..
However, his attempt to attack Lucas probably proved to be the worst choice of his life..
Coupled with being a rank above this fiend, Lucas had awoken perception-a passive advantageous physical characteristic anyone who steps into C rank comes to possess...
The breakneck speed of this vile vermin was literally that of a slowpoke to him..
Lucas sidestepped with swift ease and precision, and before the attacker's attack managed to fully charge past him, Lucas' hand clutched the slowpoke attacker's waist from the fiend's behind..
Boom!!!
In a split second, the attacker had been pined prone to the ground, causing the surrounding earth to expulse debris, and visible cracks..
Lucas' grip on the attacker's body weakened he was about to straighten his squatting knees..
However his attention was drawn to a badge that had dropped out of the attacker's pocket..
He was well familiar with this badge...
It was the badge of the Slyrax Guild..
It did not take even a minute for Lucas to peice together the dots and deduce who was behind this hit ordered against him.. He berated himself for not noticing something perculiar about one of the trio's statement earlier.. The person mentioned something about Lucas being the target their guild master wanted them to eliminate..
"So the Slyrax guild master, the master of Carl Swann ordered a hit against me because he suspects that I am the most likely suspect concerning the death of Carl huh... He overlooked and probably covered up all the evil his beloved disciple had committed,but someone ends his disciple's life and he wants revenge?... What a selfish hypocrite!!! " Lucas seethed inwardly in anger
"He's also a sly one.. He decided to execute this hit in the diabolic beasts zone where all deaths are attributed to beasts, so that my murder cannot be traced back to him.. What a sly fox.. However, he will pay...he will pay for trying to take my life.. I need to become more stronger... I need to be at least an S ranker where the nonsensical biases of this world cannot pose any threat to me before I can attack him...else I will die aimlessly if I attack him before I assume the S rank. Everyone knows that his master is the new S ranker, Flame Phoenix Xi Fei. If I get rid of the Slyrax Guild master before I assume S rank, the Flame Phoenix and the Sword Blade might have a falling out which will not end well .. . However if I assume a level of strength of an S ranker, nothing of that sort will occur.The Flame Phoenix will rather launch an attack against me, causing me to completely overwhelm him singlehandedly without breaking a sweat since I have multiple affinities which at that time will make me no ordinary S ranker. This will also prove to the S rankers that I am no pushover." Lucas decided,as he straigthend his squatting knees.
Swoosh
Without even looking at the at the attacker to even confirm whether or not he was dead, Lucas activated his flame maestro skill...
Instantaneously, large balls of blue flames manifested from Lucas' body and shot towards the incapacitated fiend sprawled in a small crater on the ground..
The flames enveloped his now defenseless and puny figure, incinerating him into ashes in a few breath's notice.
Lucas approached the now static individuals who remained encumbered as a result of his Medusa's avalanche skill.
[Lightning maestro activated]
It was time to put an end to this charade...