In the main room basement, the room was filled with smoke of explosion. All members of the decoy squad had been taken down except the assistant leader. He was helping the other members who were injured, gathering them behind two large pieces of metal scrap to cover them from Crow's explosion. On the other hand, Kyle, with his circular shield large enough to cover his upper body, was fighting Crow. Even though Kyle had the advantage against Crow, he still couldn't beat him. Crow armour still looked clean after received gunshots many times and Kyle spike shield.
"This is weird, I know he can use mystic force, but he has fighting more than 10 minutes. He should run out of mystic force by now. How can he still keep using it?" Kyle thought as he felt something was wrong. If he could figure it out, maybe he could finish Crow immediately.
"Hey, come on, boy. Let's continue our fight. Are you tired already?" Crow said as he shot a rocket at Kyle.
Kyle stood still, holding up his shield to cover himself from the rocket. As the rocket blew up, the shiny circular spiked shield could be seen from the impact. Kyle charged at Crow, pushing him into the wall and throwing a left hook at his face. Kyle continued with a shield strike using his right hand and did a 270° tornado kick with his left foot, slamming Crow to the floor. Kyle then jumped high and smacked Crow with the spiked shield, then stepped back a little. He looked at Crow with a sharp gaze. From the floor, Crow got up while laughing.
"I can feel it, the sensation that I enjoy the most" he said as he remembered his old days. He then threw a swarm of dynamite at Kyle.
Kyle saw carefully looking for a slit, he then slip in between the dynamite to reached Crow. Unfortunately, Crow was ready with his grenade launcher aimed at the exit, waiting for Kyle to come.
"Hey, boy, I have tons of experience in this profession. You shouldn't think you can outsmart me in a fight" he said before shoot as he saw a figure coming through. A large cloud of smoke approached him after the dynamite exploded.
The smoke made Crow sight limited. At the moment his sight became a little bit clear, he saw a hand approached his head and pushed him to the floor strongly. Kyle emerged from the smoke and continuously punched him in the face.
At the placed explosion occurred Kyle's shield was on the ground; he had thrown the shield first before coming out from between the dynamite. Each of Kyle's hits created a huge crack in the floor, and he finished with a powerful punch straight to Crow's nose. He could felt Crow's nose break in his fist.
"Huh, such a big talker. After talked about sensation and experience. This is all you got" Kyle said when he looked Crow was unconscious.
Suddenly, without Kyle realizing it, Croc was already standing beside him, staring down at them. Croc kicked him from beside before Kyle could react. Kyle crashed the wall, looking at Croc with a surprise face.
"How can that monster still alive? I'm sure that I have killed that monster before went here" he wondered. He moved to get his shield.
Croc extended his left hand, emitted a powerful force that pushed Kyle to the wall. Kyle couldn't move a single bit of his body.
"What force is this? It's too powerful for a common monster's power level" he thought.
"Hey, I'm not a common monster, but it's not important. Can you sit still for a while. I have business with this man" Croc said as Croc read Kyle mind.
"Did he just read my mind?" Kyle startled.
Kyle then was pushed through the indestructible metal wall leaving a big circle hole.
"Now let's start the process" Croc said.
A black shapeless things emerged from Croc's mouth made the body without soul fell to the ground. The shapeless then went inside Crow's mouth. After a seconds, Crow injured had been healed even his nose has returned normal. He stood up, his eyes was black.
"I should just take this man body from the beginning. Why master told me to wait for this moment?" he sigh as he could felt his back was stiff with all the weapon and dynamite Crow brought. He removed all the weapons.
After finished, he looked to the wall where Staci and her squad stuck.
"Hey, girl how long do you plan to stay there and see this" he speak straight to Ellie's head who was supervising that room and helped Kyle fight Crow using mystic force.
Ellie startled, she can't detect that monster existence, but the monster could detect her. She then said to Staci that they need to retreat. As Staci ordered them to retreat, the metal wall that blocked them was removed. The monster jumped in there.
"Hey, it's Crow. Let shoot ..." assistant leader of Staci group being targeted by Crow first. She was afraid and couldn't move when she saw Crow's fist approached her.
Ellie came and pushed assistant leader to the floor, saved her from the punch. Ellie then threw her to Staci while rolled up in front of Staci.
"Run, I will hold this man" Ellie said. She then jumped and grabbed Crow, pushed him to the way he came in.
Staci grab his assistant leader hand and retreat with her squad.
"How confident of you said you could hold me alone" Crow said. After that, he launched a punch to her.
Before the punched could reach her. Kyle came and deflected it.
"I'm just say what Kyle want to say to you" Ellie said with a smile on her face before went to assistant leader of decoy squad hiding to help him escort the injured men to the outside basement.
She created a simple cart with wheels using mystic force. She and the assistant leader then got the men onto the cart. On the other hand, Kyle was having a hard time against Crow as Crow had become faster and stronger after the shapeless entity entered his body. Kyle could barely keep up; he punched him and followed with many combos afterward. However, the attacks didn't seem to work on Crow, which frustrated Kyle, as Crow's punches affected him, despite Kyle increasing his endurance through mystic force. Crow yawned.
"It's boring, you're not fun at all to fight" he said as he launched hammer fist to Kyle's right shoulder while Kyle was attacked him.
Kyle crashed into the ground. Crow then heading to Ellie from beside without she realized as she was busy helped assistant leader.
Ellie had done lift all the injured to the cart and ready to pull it with assistant leader. When they start pulled Crow did a double hammer fist to them. The room shake vigorously because of the impact while the placed they stood was cracked and made a little crater not far from them.
"Go, Ellie" Kyle said as he hold his shield blocking Crow attacked.
"Oh, you still conscious. Impressive" Crow praised Kyle while Ellie and assistant leader ran away, pulled the cart together through the dark main alleyway the decoy squad came. Ellie ran with a doubtful face as she looked behind hoping for reinforcement to came now.
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Outside basement in Humberto's house front gate, Staci and her squad had arrived. They all have a face of terrified after felt the death aura emitted by Crow. One of the squad members asked Staci what should they do now as the situation had became out of control even the adventurers were having a hard time against him. Suddenly, a strong shock occurred even the house was shaken.
"It's really bad; there's nothing we can do to help them now. Let's pray for their success" Staci said to them. In the moment of despair, a man voice could be heard.
"Wow, situation at here even worse than school. I hope this guy named Crow was ready to get beaten" his sound was so confident. He casually walked passed them with a cold face and went to the entrance while holding Qylaa in his arms. Qylaa's face was flushed, the redness visible even from the side. She avoided looking in their direction, her embarrassment palpable as she tried her best to keep her gaze into Fri's chest.
"Hey, young man. Where do you think you are going with our leader daughter?" assistant leader blocked him from went into basement, Staci was holding her laugh from burst out loud as she knew her daughter was really embarrassed now.
"To help my friends, so please move now or I will..." he replied but was interrupted by Qylaa's hands that held his mouth from said a bad thing. Assistant leader confused why Qylaa acted like that, she then looked at Staci.
Staci give thumbs up while holding her mouth. Assistant leader then let them went through with a dissatisfied face. Qylaa who saw her mother was holding laugh felt angry, but she returned hide her face as they were so many of them looked at her.
"Why are you letting him go? Do you not worried about your daughter" assistant leader asked Staci.
"It's okay, he is our reinforcement that Ellie told us. About my daughter, don't worry she will be okay as long as she sticked to that man" Staci replied. Assistant leader shocked, as she thought Staci was a strict parents because she had saw Qylaa from little to a cute and beautiful girl she was now always with her mother.
Once the man and Qylaa entered. She asked to get down.
"I will not let you down until Ellie or your parent said so" he insisted. She acceptance, she then held onto his body tightly and moved her head closer to Fri and went to sleep immediately as she closed her eyes.
On the main room basement, Crow was stood in the center held Kyle's head by his right palm. Kyle's body was full with bruised, his head was bleeding and his clothes were torn apart on sleeve and pant. At the floor, a break circle shield could be saw. Whereas, Crow body almost clean.
"You really give me a good fight, but that was your limit" Crow said to him and threw him behind.
Crow then get ready to leave basement. He stopped when his leg had reach the main alleyway as he could heard a man voice.
"Hey Kyle, are you ok. You still alive, right?" The man jumped in from the hole upstair and squat beside Kyle with Qylaa on his arms. Kyle could only show thumbs up to him.
Crow quickly came and kicked him, but the man could react quickly, he responded with left kicked to stopped Crow kicked.
"Old man, are you the one who hurt Kyle" his voice still calm, not show any signs of doubt or angry.
"Yes, actually all I want is you, Fri, but this bug keep holding me here, so I teach him a little" Crow said and moved a bit further from Fri. He then delivered a barrack of punch.
Fri gently kicked Kyle to moved him further from there then dodged the punch like it was nothing. Fri moved from there, but Crow keep followed him. He then went to the dark main alleyway. Crow followed right behind him.
"Let's fight, Fri. Why are you keep running and holding that girl?" Crow said and delivered a punch, but as soon as they entered the dark side Fri disappeared making his punched strike air.
Even though, Crow could see in the dark, Fri was totally disappeared in that alleyway as he looked around.
"Where he has run? It's impossible he could disappeared as I know that he isn't that fast" Crow turned around. In his back, Fri completely mimicked his movements.
After a while, Crow give up and unleashed a powerful forces around him. Fri was pushed to the main room, he made sure to land with his body and rolled backwards to stood.
"There you are" he smiled and went to him.
"Hey, you told all you search for is me, right? He asked while dodged Crow punched and kicked. After that, he moved back.
"Yes" Crow charge at Fri with his both fist aim him.
"But why? I don't even know who you are" he jumped and run at the wall.
"It's not important" he launched a punch right beside Fri.
A loud sound of metal being penetrated could be heard. Crow's right hand stuck, Fri who was in the air did 720° tornado kick right into his chest making the armour Crow broke into a pieces. Crow fell to ground hardly made the floor cracked even bigger than Kyle did. Fri continued with a flying kick right after Crow fell, he not waste any time, he continue stomped Crow's body strongly until a crater was made below them. Each stomp made Crow spit blood from his mouth, Fri stomped him until he could felt all his bone was crushed.
Fri looked down and saw that Crow couldn't move; even his healing couldn't keep up with the damage Fri had done. His face was a little bit disappointed as he thought he could gathered some info from Crow about his origin, but Crow doesn't want to talked about it. He sat on Crow's body and called Ellie through phone.
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In the room where Ariys was locked out, Humberto was crying remembered all memory with his wife while his son was almost felt nothing from the story he just told to him. On the other side of the room, Ariys had calmed down a little from her panic. She looked carefully at the room looking for a door to escape, but couldn't seem a one. Suddenly, her sight became different on each eyes. The right eyes was saw at the room before while the left eye was saw a different room in the dark. She felt dizzy to saw a different sigh, so she closed her right eyes, as she thought she could do something different with the other side. She looked forward and saw a way to walked through.
"I can escape from here" Ariys became happy. She then walked.
While Ariys was escaping, Humberto and Soto actually didn't saw she was moving. It was like they were in different worlds, but at the same time they body existed in two worlds. She ran from there without looking back and still closed her right eye. She not realized that her body in different world was not moving. Her body in different world was stayed at the bed while the body she use now is walked through the alleyway went to somewhere leaving Humberto body and Soto body lying on the ground.