Phantom pulled himself together. He loved the feeling of facing other superhumans. But he won't let the excitement guide him. Despite his lust for battle, there was a calm collective mind hiding inside his heart.
Phantom took a smoke bomb from the belt and threw it at the ground. It exploded and quickly created a large amount of gray smoke,covering him.
Only three left.
He noted down the remaining numbers of smoke bombs and fled to the sideway. The Citizens of Hiewbard were long gone. In the age of supernatural people, mundane people had developed the ability to run away from dangerous situations.
As soon as they heard a crush or explosion, they were gone. Of course, there were brave idiots here and there, trying to record the scene to gain a few days of cloud on their Net account.
Phantom crouched down trying to appear as a big rat.
The white Hero landed softly and dashed toward his direction. He didn't waste any time.
Phantom smiled seeing a rushing figure. The pressure which was acting on his body earlier was gone.
The white Hero threw a quick punch. Phantom caught the punch with great accuracy. He then tried to counterattack by lifting up his knees to the Hero's chest.
" Blow." The white hero exclaimed.
" What?" Phantom asked.
Instead of hearing the answer from the Hero, something happened. The air around the two men disappeared. It did not disappear. More like absorbed by the Hero.
The Hero suit expanded again. Phantom felt his body get weaker, he tried to take a deep breath but found himself unable to do such a simple objective.
The Hero placed his palm on Phantom's head. A wave of intense pressure pushed him out toward the wall.
"Ahh…" Phantom cried out in pain. His head spinning and his thoughts were leaving out of his body. He felt like he just experienced many G forces in a second.
Hero aimed with another hand but Phantom moved quickly. Narrowly avoiding another incoming attack of pressure.
" You are a quiet fellow." Phantom said while avoiding pressure blast. " What is your name?"
The Hero stopped his attacks and replied. " You will know when you heard the news tomorrow from the jail."
" Oh, sorry but you must be mistaken, I don't live in jail." Phantom said. He threw a paddle which he found from the wall at the Hero.
The Hero blocked the paddle with his palm.
" But it will be your home." The Hero said. " You scumbag villain belongs in jail. I will make sure you stay rot inside."
Phantom could feel the rage coming from the Hero. " So you have a genetic backstory. Let me guess , your dad got killed by Villains or your lover?"
The Hero ignored his taunting and tried to catch up to him. Phantom laughed.
" So I was right. Tell me which Villain killed your precious person. Let me know." Phantom demanded. " It can be my role model work."
" Shut up and disappear." The Hero slapped his palms creating a wave of devastating pressure.
Phantom was currently running on the car. He looked back and noticed the attack.
I can't even escape the range of the attack. Such an annoying hero.
Phantom hugged Syith. The snake launched upward trying to get Phantom out of the range. It didn't care about the pressure since normal physics couldn't interact with spirit.
" Carry me away from him. About 100 meters away." Phantom ordered. He climbed up from the back to the head of Syith.
He then stood up, crossing his hands. He also commanded his cloak to float behind him. Essentially he wanted to look cool. He knew cameras were picking up this fight.
After a few minutes of taunting and escaping , Phantom grew tired. He had been in the business of Villain for four years. He encountered many types of Hero and Villain.
Some were driven by goals like this dumb Hero. They were the most common type you see in Heroes. And the most boring one.
Phantom stared down from Syith.
" Aren't you bored yet?" Phantom asked. " Your attack doesn't reach me. And you can't even get close to me. Are you trying to stall or did you seriously think you can win?"
The Hero didn't answer. Phantom continued to stare at him. He sighed. " I will come."
Phantom jumped down from Syith. The Hero used the blast as a booster. He reached near Phantom.
Phantom didn't run away like the previous attempt. Instead he welcomed the Hero by standing on a fighting position. He extended his right hand and guard his face with the left.
The Hero blasted the pressure , aiming his palm at Phantom's face. But Phantom didn't give me the chance.
He quickly closed the distance and slapped the Hero's palm. The wall behind him crumbled due to the pressure.
" You are too wide open. Your fighting style is full of weakness. I mean full of openings. What kind of garbage did they teach in Megalord?" Phantom said.
He pulled the Hero's arms and lifted up using a grappling technique. Then with the weight of his body, he slammed the Hero at the ground.
He then twisted the arms creating the sound of bone popping. The Hero screamed.
" Shii… Man up. There was more to come." Phantom lifted his foot and stomped at the head.
The Hero suit expanded. Phantom grinned under his mask.
Too easy.
The surroundings felt lifeless and gravity became meaningless for a second. Then the pressure emerged. The source being the White Hero.
Phantom braced himself. There was no attack like last time. Only the pressure acted on his body weighing down his bones and muscles.
It was like he was doing exercise in the gravity chamber. Phantom took a stepback pretending to struggle. The Hero stood up , his right hand twisted in an unnatural way. White bone sticking out of his white suit. Blood was gusting outside by the pressure he emitted.
The Hero struggled to breathe.
" How do you like that? Are you afraid?Good. Good. I want you people to feel the pain. The agony." The Hero exclaimed. " You are the scum. The pathetic creature who doesn't deserve the recognition. Your name should not be made into the news to be honest."
" You should be forgotten. You…"
The pressure stopped. The Hero was panting. He felt a slight pleasure in cursing up Phantom. The latter had been annoying since the battle started. Always moving , flying in an awkward position. Everything he did was annoying to him.
He had been training in the Island for four years with rest. He passed the exam faster than his peers earning him the position within Megalord Hero groups.
His first mission was to stop Thorny's heist at the Flnor Hotel. But that heist was paused by the Phantom attack. His senior sent him and other heroes to stop Phantom.
The leader split the group in two. Group 1 job was to locate Thorny and investigate the heist plan.
Group 2 which he was in, mission was to protect Flnor Hotel. His partner and him came out to deal with Phantom but strangely the partner disappeared.
There must be Phantom's partner. After all being Rank A Villain must have some trump card like sidekick.
The Hero thought and looked around ignoring the Villain which was laying on the ground seemingly looking unconscious.
Where is the sidekick?
As he looked around, Phantom's lying body left his field of vision. A burning pain erupted from the left side of his chest.
The Hero looked down and saw a black sharp object impaling his white suit. It was about 5 inches wide. Looking like a big needle.
It twisted, making a bloody mess on his white suit.
The Hero looked around and saw Phantom waving at him. He carried a black needle. Phantom stepped back and cleaned the blood of the needle by swinging it fast.
The blood spot fell on the ground.
" Surprise? It was easy." Phantom walked leisurely. He swung the needle like a child.
" At first , your power seemed complex. The ability to blast condensed wind pressure anywhere from your body. It was a good ability. Hard to defend and Hard to escape.You are meant to be a ranged fighter."
Phantom kicked at the Hero's legs. His speed and technique was hard to defend. If the Hero was on guard , the kick would damage him a little.
But this kick was not defended. The force of the kick broke the Hero's legs.
Now, you can't escape. Phantom thought.
" But there is a catch in your power. You absorb wind or air into your body and release it as a pressure blast. Am I right?" Phantom asked.
The hero was too busy feeling pain and screaming in terror.
Phantom sighed and continued explanation. He had to show his genius on camera after all.
" Simply put, your power absorbs air from the surrounding and releases it as a condensed pressure. That's why your suit expands rather than your body expands. What I don't understand is your other ability."
" The ability to create vacuum. That is how you kill the flame I created. And that is how you dominated the first clash against me. Granted I let it happen."
" Because of your second ability, you should choose to increase your knowledge in close combat. Taking the air for the opponent is an interesting power to torture someone. Instead you release the pressure like gravity. Absorbing and releasing. I can withstand your pressure without taking any lasting damage. And fool you into thinking you got me."
"You should just fight with me using your hands. But you focus on blasting your problem rather than facing head on."
Hearing the last sentence, the Hero angered. Phantom looked at the Hero and stabbed the needle into the head, killing him.
" I don't even get your name. Guess I will hear it from the news tomorrow. In my home of course." Phantom laughed.
That is not a good joke. I need to read more joke books from The Clown.
Phantom sighed inwardly. At least I got a snack for that thing.