A figure stood at the edge of a tree branch. Draped in a black suit and exuding the aura of an experienced and professional butler, his voice silently rung out in the environs towards a particular direction where a group of youngsters were silently relaxing under the shade of a ginormous tree " Target identified not far from here, young master Duke ..."
The recipient of the news' face lit up with malevolent glee, as he rested on the lap of a dainty young lady. "Very well, it's time to put that orphan in his place ... Today, he will know that messing with a Michaelson is the worst mistake he ever made "...
The handsome butler hid his sigh , slightly hesitating from wanting to voice out his opinion as he remembered how quick tempered young master Duke was.
However he mustered the courage to finally voice out his opinion "If I may, young master, I think we should proceed with caution... My instincts indicate that this Lucas Grimstone is not simple... There is more than meets the eye"
"Nonsense Rudroff, are you indicating that he is stronger than you, an A rank hunter?.. I would have contemplated on sparing him had he remained humble and groveled beneath me... However, he humiliated me before the rest of the class, then disrespected my woman in addition.. He obviously has to die... " Duke's voice was filed with detached coldness , leaving no room for further deliberation on the matter...
Rudroff, deciding to not dwell on the matter anymore succumbed to the young master's order "Very well, young master, as you wish"...
"We will be here waiting for you, do not dispose his corpse... Bring it to me, I plan on adding him to my wardrobe collection "...
Nodding at the young master's words , Rudroff's figure on the tree branch grew increasingly incognito , then finally, he melded into the environment like he was never there in the first place ....
"I still can't get use to how terrifying his affinity ... He's the perfect assassin to end that orphan's life... " Stephanie sighed, as she brushed her hands gently through Duke's hair...
"You ... You... And you ... Go kill some daibolic beasts " Stephanie's icy gaze landed on the other youngsters who had agreed to be their new group members and commanded ...
Quickly, the poor lackeys nervously bolted towards different directions to fulfill the will of their masters..
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Lucas' POV
"Hand over your dimensional bracelet containing beast corpses or die "... A skinny tall gentleman threw a demeaning comment towards my direction...
"Bull's eye" I gave myself a tap on the back for how effective the second part of my plan had turned out. Since I got carried away and ended up completely obliterating my previous preys, I was left with no dead bodies whose affinities and skills I could permanently mirror. Therefore, I came up with a plan to venture into areas where majority of the arrogant young masters and jade beauties were traversing...
I needed new targets to harvest skills and affinities from... This is what led to the current situation...
As you can see, my plan had worked...
"So cliche" I sighed disdainfully towards the brainless individual who had landed in my scheme...
"Looks like you overestimate yourself.. Inasmuch as you are a C ranker, we are both D rankers , and there is strength in numbers... You are clearly outnumbered mate.. Just hand over your dimensional bracelet or die " His associate, a female with strange dark markings on her face ,probably having something to do with her affinity remarked diabolically ....
"That's one affinity I will definitely not permanently mirror .. Don't want my face to look like that " I mused inwardly as I glanced at her ...
"You guys are right...Take my dimensional bracelet okay .... I give up.... my pride runs deep in my bones though.. So do me the favor of killing me before you take away my dimensional bracelet.. I ... I...cannot face my master after this defeat "... I swayed my hands around in feigned despair, fake tears streaming down my face...
As simple minded as they were, they bought my lies.. They did not realise I was just toying with them... What kind of parenting led to such ...urrgh... Never mind .
"Alright, time to die then " ... The gentleman's arm quickly expanded into a large arm about the size of a human, then quickly , he threw a punch towards my face, thinking it was exposed and unprotected by my armor of decimation...
Little did he know that the effect of the armor of decimation that granted me complete resistance to elemental and physical attacks against individuals S rank and below was still functional for my whole body as long as I had equipped it for my whole body or a just a part of my body ..
Also , I had other ways of dealing with him even if I did not have the armor of decimation equipped...
As expected, I stood there motionless as the attack never seemed to land on my face...
A few inches away from my face , the attack halted it's motion as though some invisible barrier held it from lading.
The frustrated prey landed some demeaning remarks straight out of some novel cliche and repeated the previous attack on consecutive occasions, however his attempts at grazing me were futile...
I glanced at him , causing him to return my gaze with a horrified expression so beautiful that I could not hold back my laughter anymore...
My laughter echoed throughout the environs,then finally came to a halt, my menacing gaze landing on him again..
"You ... tired ..?" My statement caused him to flinch, causing him to widen his eyes in stupor, as he took a few steps back in realization of what I had been doing to them..
However, his female comrade was more narrow minded and idiotic than I had assumed.. As her next words caused me to shake my head with a sigh...
"Let's join hands and destroy him... It's obvious he's a C ranker that's why you can't take him on alone " The female with some strange dark markings on her face remarked to her now spiritless comrade..
"This guy is not ....normal... That's not the look of someone out of options ... That is not the look of someone who has admitted defeat and has lost confidence in his strength... That is not the look of someone about to die.... This psycho has been toying with us since the start of this confrontation... We've literally fallen into his trap and he's been toying with us from... from... the beginning like chess pieces .." The gentleman remarked,horror plastered on his face...
"What are you.." Before the female could argue with her male comrade, my next words confirmed her male counterpart's inference...
"Tsk, how disappointing of you to spoil my fun... I suppose it's time for you die.... You wanted to kill me right?... Isn't it right for me to return the favor?"