My heart thrummed with intensity. The blood in my body roaring excitedly and the dense aura of a battle thirsty warrior mixed in with killing intent wafted from my being.
The two Evolvers looked at me solemnly as they felt the change in the atmosphere.
Level 5 and 6 respectively tightened their grip on their weapons.
"Who are you?" Llyod, the level 6 evolver asked with narrowed eyes. He could tell that I was stronger than him but he also didn't believe that he and Brad working together wouldn't be enough to take me on.
"I don't have time to waste on you two" I said brandishing Black Salamander. Even though I didn't have any training with the sword thanks to my passive skill
"Fucker you think we won't attack you just because you're a kid!" Brad, the level 5 dashed forward towards me, not wasting any time to swing his sword in a diagonal downward slash aimed to cut through me from my left shoulder to my liver.
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The shadow beneath my feet shifted, covering both of my feet to my shin. A familiar sensation of my feet becoming much lighter than they should be travelled throughout my body. In an instant I was three meters away from my previous position.
To the outside observer it looked as though I had teleported to my current position.
Brad's sword hit nothing but air.
Brad's face turned green with shame having realized that he hit nothing but air. Soon however he broke out into a cold sweat.
With movement speed like that he could have been struck down ten times over, he thought.
Brad wasn't the only one to come to this conclusion as well.
Whether it was Candice or Lloyd who was currently standing behind Brad, they all thought the same.
I could have cut down Brad in that instant so why hadn't I? Well…
Black Salamander vibrated in my hands once more. Its will conveying its intention directly to my soul.
An exasperated sigh escaped my lips.
"Fine no
Brad was grinding his teeth at this point. The vein threatening to pop from the top of his forehead not betraying the fact that he was really pissed off. Since when had he ever been this humiliated in his life? Practically never.
Ever since he joined the Tiger Gang six years ago he had gotten nothing but respect even commanding his very own squad together with Lloyd. The two were basically unbeatable when they fought together. And with the fall of the apocalypse, that was even more so.
Having had the bravery to fight ravids and beasts in melee combat they had been able to level up as well as gain skills of their own. They had the strength to do whatever it is that they wanted and no one dared to look down on them.
And yet a brat who looked no older than sixteen was doing this to him.
Brad found that to be unacceptable.
…
"Brad calm down!" Lloyd reminded his friend as he came to stand side by side with him. He could tell that his partner was angry and to say the truth so was he. But he, however, could accept the fact that the young teenager in front of him was stronger than him individually.
"Let's take him down together" Lloyd said in a serious tone before activating his skill. "
An otherworldly purple glow radiated from his body as it grew slightly larger. His muscles bulged, visible veins running up the surface of his arms and a little even showing at the sides of his neck. Soon he was more muscular than before, not as bulky as a body builder but as lean and muscular as an Olympic athlete.
Brad didn't say anything simply nodding his head as small sparks of yellow electricity accumulated in his left hand before shooting it forward.
"
…
My eyes widened as I saw the lightning bolt shoot towards me.
It was fast. Too fast, that I couldn't even think about activating
Instinct kicked in leaving me with no choice but to tilt my head side.
BANG!
The bolt missed my head however it didn't miss entirely. It made slight contact opening a rather small wound that looked no different from a paper cut on my cheek. However that small cut felt as though hundreds of voltages were flooding into my system almost causing my body to spasm. It felt as though thousands of needles were dancing along the surface of my skin.
I could only grit my teeth to avoid wincing. I tried to take a step forward and my pupils couldn't help but constrict.
My body…
It couldn't move
It seemed that the electric shook had somehow short circuited my nervous system to the point that I couldn't be able to move for a second.
However in battles like these…
A second was enough to get to killed
The bolt continued ahead before impeding itself into a wall with a bang, leaving it scotched and cracked.
Lloyd didn't waste a second, with a heavy stomp into the floor that caused cracks to appear he propelled himself forward. Shooting like a cannon ball.
'Dammit move!' I roared furiously in my head.
I tried to flex and pulled on the muscles through my body in an attempt to regain control but it was only that an attempt
I wouldn't be able to take control with the lightning ravaging my nervous system and even if I could it wouldn't be able to move before Lloyd was upon me. Lloyd had already crossed the space between us and was now only half a meter away and even that was closing in fast.
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What felt like a heavy weight was dropped upon his shoulders stalling his movements for a moment. He felt slightly weaker that he normally would be. And the green letters that flashed in his retina seemed to reflect just that.
[You are being affected by murderous intent higher than yours. All stats -20]
Candice looked at the system notification that had appeared before her as well. She too was being affected and couldn't help but be shocked. What was this skill?
Ironically, Brad also got a similar notification. To say that he was shocked would be an understatement. At this point it would be safe to say that he was currently terrified. Sweat matted his back and even dripped down his face as it paled somewhat. Wasn't this too much? How could his stats all drop by 40? It was safe to say at this point that Brad's mental strength and will power wasn't that impressive to say the least.
…
Lloyd who was in the middle of a charge had been just a few feet away from me froze. Goosebumps crawling up his arms and a slight feeling of fear creeping into his heart.
It was at that moment that all the muscles in my body constricted, the shock damage that had ravaged my nervous system lost its effect vanishing as though smoke blown in the wind and then my body was back in full control. A second later I pivoted off my right foot and with a twist of the hip my left leg lashed out like a whip hitting Lloyd right in the ribs.
BAM!
Lloyd was sent flying off, tumbling and rolling off the ground like a rag doll. Lloyd recovered after covering a distance of six meters. The back of his heels digging into the ground as he used his sword to come to a stop. The only injury he came out with was a displaced rib and given his past experiences as well as his current strength it wouldn't deter him that much.
However that was never the goal.
While Lloyd had been trying to stabilize himself, I burst forth with my fastest speed. In a blink I covered a distance of two meters, closing in on Brad in an instant.
I swung almost casually and Black Salamander seemed to be too sharp. It didn't meet any resistance as it cut through his neck and eventually his bone before coming off his other shoulder. Brad's head flying off his shoulders at the same time before falling to the floor with a heavy thud.
[You have acquired the soul essence of First Star Order Level 5 'Brad']