Haruki stared at the severed heads thrown aside the tattooed man. He narrowed his eyes as he glared at him. "Those were mine you know..." He said as he crossed his arms. However the tattoed man just shrugged his shoulders, "I couldn't possibly know that..." He said as he flashed Haruki a harmless smile.
He then approached Haruki as he dusted off his hands, "Now you see... I'm in the middle of vacation, The one week a year I could just relax. So feeling the mana fluctuations from the other side of the galaxy irks me. Warp tour only happens once a fucking year... So tell me, young man... How do you want to die today?"
Haruki raised hs eyebrows, "Just walk away? You literally just killed the masterminds." He said as he scoffed. However the the tattoed man shook his head. "I don't give a flying fuck about what the goddamn U.C.P. are cooking up under the books. That's not why I'm here. I'm here for you." He said as he pointed towards Haruki.
"What'd I do? I'm literally just escaping prison..." He said as he shrugged his shoulders. The man nodded towards Haruki, "And more power to you. However... That kind of immense mana fluctuation happened only once before, and it was during the War 4000 years ago. So tell me young man, you hiding something from me?"
Haruki furrowed his brows towards the tattooed man's question. "What are you talking about? Mana Fluctuations?" The tattooed man narrowed his eyes, "Hmmm, it seems you're telling the truth. However, the moment I got here, and even after killing all those infected with demonic energy. Not once, not even a single drop of demonic energy was absorbed nor sealed within my arms." He said as he pointed towards Haruki, "The moment that mana quake happened, all the mana in the air and demonic energy in the vicinity, are being absorbed by you. If you ain't a mage... Then you're an anomaly. Hence, you must die today." He said as he gave Haruki a reassuring smile.
"Don't worry young man. I'm not about to fight you unfairly. I'm going to give you a chance." He said as he tossed haruki a glass flask filled with some sort of red liquid. "Drink up. It'll restore you into tip top shape." He said as he started stretching on the side.
Haruki then stared at the drink in his hands and asked, "Magus is this safe?"
Haruki frowned towards the man stretching in front of him. He popped open the cork and downed it in one go. The tattooed man whistled, "Eager, are we?" Haruki cracked his knuckles, "Name?" Haruki said simply.
"Hmm? Why? We can just simply forgo formalities." The tattooed man said as he beckoned Haruki. A metallic wolf mask appeared once more on Haruki's face, "So I could rehearse what to tell your mother later." He said as he grinned under his mask.
The tattooed man grinned as he narrowed his eyes, "Then you'll have to earn it pretty boy!" He said as he emitted melevolent mana from his body.
Magus said monotonously, making Haruki frown. "What the hell is a mage?" He said as he watched the man finish stretching.
"I mean't in a language I can understand..." Haruki chimed as he summoned his blade back on his hands.
"Was that so hard?" Haruki said as he sighed. He then turned into a bolt of lightning as he slashed downwards aiming at the tattooed man's head. The man easily dodged the blade as the spun around and countered Haruki with a round house kick. Haruki crossed his arms as he blocked the strike.
He flipped in the air as he nulled the froce behind the kick. As he landed on the ground he fickered with electricity as he disappeared from the spot he was before. He appeared behind the tattooed man and tried to stab him. The man instantly turned arond as he spun and slammed the back of his fist towards Haruki's face.
The sheer force of impact sent Haruki rolling on the floor. "Hey! Hey! You're disappointing me here Wolf! I've heard stories of your legendary feats! Don't tell me those are just tall tales meant to scare little kiddies?"
Haruki clicked his tongue as he stood up once more. This time the electricity surrounding him exploded in intensity as red and black mana swirled around him. He moved faster than the speed of sound as he barraged the tattooed man with slashes and strikes.
However the tattooed man just dodged everything wthout breaking a sweat. He sighed as he watched haruki flicker across the room. Once he appeared behind him to slash downwards, the tattoed grabbed haruki by the face and slammed him on the ground.
He snapped his fingers and a flaming red portal appeared above the ceiling and a large demonic hand passed through it slamming haruki down back on the ground as he tried to stand up once more.
Haruki spurted out a modest amount of blood. "What the fuck?" He said as he wobbly stood up and steadied his stance. "Hmm, You're tougher than you look. Impressive." The tattooed man grinned. Haruki's crimson eyes shone with feral intensity. He growled as his blade was covered with red lightning as it swirled with black mana. The tattooed man tilted his head, "He's learning mid battle? Such a shame that a young talent has to die today."
Haruki waved his blade and blade waves of black mana covered in red lightning cutting through air itself as it shaved away at everything it touched as it travelled with fervor aiming at the tattoed man.
He snapped his fingers as two red portals appeared slightly above his shoulders and two demonic hands crossed together to block Haruki's attacks. A loud explosion of malevolent energy boomed across the entire room creating a cloud of dust.
Haruki took this chance to reappear behind the tattoed man as he slashed upwards. Haruki felt his blade cut through flesh as he used the full force of his swing in that attack. Although he couldn't see the strike through the smoke, he knows what cutting through flesh feels like. Yet he didn't let his guard down as he covered his free hand with jet black mana as he pierced through the flesh of the tattoed man. He then stepped back a few meters away from him.
Beyond the smoke he could hear chuckling. Then he heard a snap. The smoke was instantly cleared and what he saw was a surprising sight even for him. The tattoed man's upper torso was cleaved diagonally from the upper parts of his stomach and through his shoulder. He also had a hand shaped hole on the upper part of his left chest. Yet he was still alive and breathing as the wounds Haruki inflicted on him healed in almost a blink of an eye.
The tattoed man then stretched his body as the cracking of bones could be heard as they were returned into place. "You're stronger than I expected." He said as he took of his black vest and revealed a body covered in flaming runic magic circles.
"what the fuck are yo- -" Before he could continue, he could suddenly feel a warm feeling spreading on his stomach. The was then surprised at the man was already standing infront of him with his hand stabbed through his stomach. Haruki puked a large amount of blood. His mask oerflowed with blood as it leaked on the gapes on the sides of his face making him cough profusely.
He was then sent flying across the room as he was kicked right on the hole on his stomach. He clutched his bleeding guts as he struggled to stand. "They call me Faust." The tattoed man said simply as he walked slowly towards where Haruki is.
He clapped his hands once and spread them apart as a guitar covered in skulls appeared on his hands. Each string was smoldering in flames. The eyeholes on the skulls were covered in blue flames as it burned with intensity. He then strummed the strings as a haunting melody echoed as skeletal hands suddenly sprouted beneath the floor holding Haruki in place.
Faust then continued strumming as a large greatsword made of hellish flames manifested in the air above haruki.
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Faust said simply as the flaming sword stabbed through Haruki.