From start to finish, Lucas absolutely thrashed the Rot Howlers. Delivering devastating kicks and punches at such fast speeds that it was almost impossible to tell quick how he was moving. Only Warren and Andre were able to follow most of his movements and see how he fought.
'When did this guy get so strong?' Andre silently asked himself in amazement.
Although it had been very infuriating, Andre had long since come to terms with his defeat from the previous training session. Sure he was pissed that Lucas had beaten him, but those were just the facts of the matter. All it meant was that the current him was weaker than Lucas and that thought only provoked him to work harder in order to catch up.
However, watching Lucas absolutely decimate a pack of creatures that they'd never seen before so easily was something that left him a little spell struck and intimidated. Somehow, the Lucas he was seeing now was a completely different one from the one he had fought previously.
Warren seemed to have similar thoughts as well and he kept his eyes glued to Lucas the whole time, trying to figure out if maybe there was some technique to his sudden strength increase.
Aside from the two of them, there was one other person who was also baffled by Lucas' newfound strength.
'Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit!' Lucian wanted to scream out when he saw Lucas fighting the hounds all by himself 'How did this happen? Why is this bastard even stronger than yesterday?!'
However, reeling in his rage, Lucian maintained a somewhat calm appearance on the outside. Kensington had never failed to deliver on his word and he had faith that he wouldn't start now.
'Just you wait, vermin…you'll get what's coming to you soon'
THUD!
As the last howler fell to the ground, Lucas dusted his hands and heaved out a sigh. Just like yesterday, he hadn't managed to work up much of a sweat. If anything, his increased stats only made it too easy for him.
"Lucas Wlison"
Lucas turned his head, only to see the Avatar descending slowly towards him from where it was floating. Droplets of cold sweat peppered his forehead as he wondered whether the system was now suspicious of his sudden growth.
However the Avatar's next words surprised him as it said, "You are officially exempt from any further training"
"Wait, what?"
"How's that fair?!"
"Yeah, why does he get special treatment?!"
Not only Lucas, everybody else seemed just as surprised with what the Avatar had just declared.
"The only ones getting special treatment here would be the rest of you", replied the Avatar quite calmly, "As things currently stand, Lucas Wilson is arguably the strongest amongst you. After assessing his strength, I have concluded that if the awakening were to begin at this very moment, Lucas' chances of survival would be far higher than any of yours'"
"Therefore I am implementing a few changes and this is just one of them", concluded the Avatar before it waved one it's arms and a door opened leading to the outside of the dome, "You are free to exit now, Lucas Wilson. Of course, the beast crystals from the Rot Howlers are rightfully yours to take as you did all the work"
"Err…sure", said Lucas, feeling a little awkward with the current situation but he couldn't really complain. He grabbed his duffel bag and the crystals as headed out, only looking back to wave at Caitlin.
'Meet up at the coffee shop later' Caitlin mouthed those words to him before the door of the dome shut behind Lucas.
"Alright…now what do I do for the rest of the day?" Lucas wondered to himself as he took his phone out of his bag, "Maybe lunch…?"
He scrolled through his messages, hoping to text Tyler and find out if he was up to grab something to eat together. However, Lucas frowned in displeasure when he saw that he had three missed calls from a number he was all too familiar with-
"Rose", grumbled Lucas, "What could she want?"
Looking back at the way things had been in the past, it had been very rare for Rose to text Lucas first, much less call him. The fact that she had even called Lucas three times only served to tell him that she wanted something.
Luca's opened up their chat and sure enough, he found what he was expecting;
Rose: Lulu~
Rose: We should totally have dinner together tomorrow, what do you say? Good idea, yes?
Rose: I know you've just been dying to see my beautiful face again.
Rose: Hello? Why aren't you answering your phone?
Rose: Hey! Will you answer me already, you jerk!
Rose: You know what, I have no time for this. Stellar Palate, 5 pm sharp. Be there or else.
"Really?" asked Lucas with a look of confusion and distaste on his face as he read the string of messages from his 'girlfriend'. He inwardly couldn't help but wonder what exactly he had seen in her before.
'You know what' Lucas thought to himself as he glanced at the time and noticed that he still had about a little over an hour until the time that Rose had given him 'This is a good opportunity for me as well...'
°°°
At the same time that Lucas was leaving the dome, a private plane had just touched down at one of the airstrips on the outskirts of the city, carrying only one passenger. The door of the plane slid open, revealing a cheerful looking man with blond hair. For a grown man, his sense of fashion was quite unique as he wore nothing but a pair of dark sunglasses and a bright blue onesie with sneakers.
"I have arrived, good sir", said the man in the onesie, speaking into his phone as he walked down the steps of the airplane, "And you can rest assured that I will have the targets taken care of by the end of tomorrow, quick as a fiddle!"
"Mm, I shall leave it up to you then", came Kensington's gruff voice on the other end of the line, "These two have become quite the eyesore for the young master. I'd appreciate it if they could disappear as soon as possible"
"Of course, of course", Mr. Onesie nodded vigorously as he made his way through the terminals with a large black duffel bag in hand. He earned a lot of odd stares from a couple of people along the way but he paid them no mind as he continued strutting casually, "When have I ever failed you, good sir? This will be child's play compared to my last job. Get it, 'child's play', cause they're kids"
However unlike the laugh that the man expected, Kensington's voice became serious as he warned, "Don't underestimate them just because they are young. The brats are still from the five chosen families so you don't really know what to expect"
"Everything will be fine, my good fellow, don't you worry your pretty little head about it", said Mr. Onesie with a chuckle, "Oh, and don't forget to send me their photos, alright? Toodles now!"
With that, he ended the call and hailed a taxi to take him into the city. A few minutes later, Kensington had texted him the images of his two targets.
BZZZ!
BZZZ!
"Ooh wow, this is not what I was expecting!" exclaimed Mr. Onesie in surprise as he studied the pictures on his phone, "Why, they look like little angels-"
All of a sudden, his demeanor took a complete 360 and he whispered in a serious tone, "It's a shame I have to kill them...a shame, a shame"
"Oh! There's my ride!" almost just as fast, Mr. Onesie returned to his bubbly nature as his taxi finally arrived.
"Where to?" asked the taxi driver lazily as Mr. Onesie got into the car.
Mr. Onesie flashed him with a brilliant smile and answered, "Just a few streets away from that big dome thingy in the distance, darlin'. And step on it please"
A hitman had arrived in the city…with Lucas and Caitlin as his targets!
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A/N: Hey guys!
Hope you enjoyed the chapter, and please feel free to comment what you think about the hitman (I think he's quite nice lol)
Quick shout out to Juwade for being the first discord member to join the Chaos Community, hats off to you bro and I hope to see everyone else there soon as well.
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Have a good one ;)