The middle-aged man flashed forward with insane speed, the force of air created by his physical exertion blew Laura, Jackson and the unconscious Isabella backwards.
Fenrich grappled with the middle-aged man as they bashed heads like two headstrong bulls.
"You've gotten strong, my son. I'm proud of you. However, there is a haze of incredulity and past trauma dampening your Sword. If we fight for real at this moment, you will let down the people who are relying on you."
Fenrich's father broke away, one-inch punching Fenrich's abdomen that sent him skidding backwards. Where Fenrich's shirt covered before was now torn and the flesh was reddened looking like third degree burns.
"Tch"
"An easy to be blocked move by you if your heart wasn't distraught, son. I do not wish to kill you while you're defenseless." Fenrich's father crossed his arms over his chest casting a disappointed gaze towards his son.
"Why are you both here now?! Last time you were both overseas until the teleportation channels created by sects before they became the means of transportation." Fenrich yelled through gritted teeth.
"For whatever reason I was sent back, and my entire goal is to right the wrongs that happened to you, and sister! So I ask again. Why the fuck are you standing here before me now!?"
Fenrich manipulated his Dao of Sharpness around his thumb, index and middle finger as he caught the cicada wing thin Longsword his father brandished within his three fingers.
"WHY!?" Fenrich bellowed as he bashed skulls with his father.
"Because you are too goddamn weak!" His father bellowed back as Fenrich was launched backwards by a boot he took to the abdomen, flying through the triply reinforced concrete walls within the Mini Game Dungeon. Fenrich stopped as his father manipulated the Dao of Metal, reinforcing the last wall outside of the throne room to a ridiculous extent.
Fenrich's body was completely embedded within, multiple bones in his body instantly shattering into fragments, and his spine almost obliterated under the pressure.
Clayton Mordeaux (Elite)
Level: 85
Class: Swordsman (Uncommon)
"The quality of your gifts make you stronger than most, my son. But the weakness and the unwillingness will only make us have to kill the allies you have if it means bringing out all your potential!"
Clayton spoke with venom as an unnaturally thick killing intent seeped out of his body, directly condensing into a blood red scythe that aimed for Laura and company.
"LEAVE THEM OUT OF THIS!" Fenrich bellowed as he pulled himself out from his cushy grave, launching off the wall as he cleaved downwards one-handed with his Firmament Defiance Greatsword. His stats ballooning as the high percentages, and passive effect activated.
"CLANG!"
Fenrich and Clayton's weapons clashed, Fenrich twisted his wrist as he absorbed the momentum and applied the concepts of Black White Fist to his Greatsword. Black White Fist took the concepts of rock-paper-scissors to the extreme, using Yin to absorb Yin, and Yang to overcome Yang.
"Splendid! Show me more of what you got sleeping within, my son!"
Fenrich swung his left hand out using his Mana to blast Laura and the others backwards, as well as forming a gentle Yin Mana barrier to absorb the impact and keep his people from receiving injury.
At the same time as this, Fenrich activated the Combat Technique - Formless Slash that incorporated Black White Fist and Yin Yang Blasts concepts within. Clearly, his father also had a high mastery as they both went toe to toe.
Due to his father's Class Evolution and higher level meaning he had more overall attribute points, Fenrich and Clayton were completely at even standard despite a 76 level difference but it was not just his father he had to fight either.
"That's more like it, baby brother. Show some more of that unbridled potential and madness deep within you!"
Lara Mordeaux (King)
Level: 110
Class: Blacksmith Blade Apostle (Legendary)
Fenrich slashed his greatsword upwards, deflecting Clayton's killing intent condensed scythe, rotated his core and pivoted off his left foot as he transferred momentum and pierced upwards meeting blade tips with his sister.
Fenrich was completely overpowered as he was launched off the ground, Lara manipulated her Mana as she made solid platforms for Clayton to use as his launch pads.
Fenrich noticed from the peripheral of his eyes that Lara was now beginning to hound Lara and the others. He kicked the pommel of his greatsword while activating Metamorphosis, greatly increasing his stats once more.
The Firmament Defiance Greatsword shot out like a homing missile, Lara got into a defensive posture as she wielded her katana sideways to absorb and reflect the momentum behind Fenrich's weapon. This time, however, she had to actively skip backwards to null the momentum, clearing distance between herself and his group.
At this time Clayton arrived before Fenrich, and executed a Gold Combat Technique - Omni Sword Waves.
Fenrich snaked his body around the turbulent waves relying on combusting the Mana within his body to adjust his position mid air. Fenrich's right hand clasped onto Clayton's ankle as support, and somersaulted upwards as he smashed his heel down overtop his father's head, barreling the man downwards as he created a massive crater from the impact.
Fenrich then blasted himself downwards, using his knees as springs and shot forward, activating Abyssal Sword Forge and Abyssal Swords level 1 on top of condensing Mana Swords that he sent towards Lara, cutting her off from Laura and the others.
"Look at how hard you're trying, baby brother! These weaklings do not deserve your protection, why risk yourself for these useless pieces of shit!" Lara yelled back as Fenrich launched himself off from a Mana Sword, called forth his Firmament Defiance Greatsword and activated the Epic skill embedded within.
"Tenebrous Abyssal Genesis!"
A blindingly fast streak of black-red lightning cut into Lara's body and severed her right arm.
"Leave my people out of this or the next time it will not just be a missing limb. I have shown my mercy once, there will be no more afterwards!"
Fenrich appeared before Lara with his left hand stretched out to the ground for support, and his right foot extended as he kicked her in the jaw blasting her upwards. Fenrich launched himself up behind Lara parallel to her body, grabbed her two feet and became a spinning wheel in the air.
After reaching the maximum momentum, Fenrich threw Lara face first towards the ground at more than fifteen kilometers a second.
Lara became entrenched within the reinforced ground, causing a massive fissure in which her body tore open.
"ALL OF YOU GET OUT OF HERE NOW!"
Fenrich took a single second to snap towards his group's direction and ordered, but all he saw was the group's incredulous looks.
"DUCK!" Laura and the others yelled with manic fear within their voices, a katana pierced through Fenrich's left shoulder uninterrupted and cleaved through to the right side of his waist, splitting his body into two halves that fell to the ground.
His face revealed disbelief and incredulousness as Lara's right foot stomped down onto his head, embedding it into the ground, causing his skull to emit a sharp pop that rang within his ears and head like a gong being hit.
"I've… been cut down by my own… family?"
Fenrich thought to himself, a certain "frost" began slowly creeping along the not so distant horizons once more. He would slowly bleed out, first it would be his sense of touch, followed by smell, taste, feeling, sight and lastly his hearing. Once all sound came to a stop, the final death toll would claim his life, again.
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It happened all within a single second, Laura and Jackson watched on with shock and stupefaction as they watched the family cut one another down. But that was yet to be the biggest shock of all.
Alarune, the Vampiress they had all met not long ago appeared before them.
"I don't have time to fully explain what is going on, we're going to fake your deaths with Illusions, Blood Magic and Soul Dao. Make your final words sincere to Fenrich. We need to break him before he can fully begin his climb to achieve the peak powers. Time is running out, put on your A game and act like your lives depend on it. Because in the future this moment will be the difference between Humanity once more being vanquished or flourishing."
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Lara picked up the half that had Fenrich's head, and pointed it in the direction of where there father was methodically cutting down his groups lives.
What was even worse timing, Lukas, Ryan, Garen, Alex and the others reconvened at the worst possible time. They stood in shock as they watched an unknown woman hold one piece of Fenrich, while another man was slowly butchering their now family members.
"YOU BASTARDS!"
The Berserk Flame Dao burst out from Lukas' body, madness seeping into his eyes as all Order and control was gone and Chaos began piloting the body
Tears began rolling down from Fenrich's eyes, his voice desperately reaching out, "Don-"
Lara slammed Fenrich's head into the concrete multiple times, breaking his nose and shattering multiple teeth. After deciding her kid brother had enough, and at the most opportune time, she raised Fenrich's head to see Lukas be cut down in a spray of blood.
"LUKAS!!!!!!!"
Ryan entered his Abyssal Raven Form despite how exhausted he was spiritually, causing moderate amounts of damage to force his Soul into overdrive to use Azh'Kirantu's bestowed power once more.
"STOOOOOOOOOOP IT!" Fenrich bellowed as the frost began encasing his body, his sense of touch fleeting like fallen petals on the stormy winds.
"It's a shame, baby brother. You failed to pass the test. If you'd let your weakest group member die, we would have spared the rest and you from powerlessly watching as you miserably failed their trust. We have our own Fate that we must comply with, and sadly, you failed to pick the 'good ending." Lara said as Clayton stabbed his sword through Ryan's stomach and tore it out vertically in a shower of chunky gore.
Alex stood in place not knowing what to do, he made a promise to Lara and now they were now killing them all, and making Fenrich watch as it all happened? The very world and fate he promised Lara not to happen, was now happening. Alex dropped to his knees, tears bursting out as he gouged out his own eyes, banging his head towards Fenrich's direction.
"Fenrich, I'm so sorry to have failed you. I'm sorry for my own powerlessness! I promised your older sister this scenario would never happen. Please find forgiveness for me in the future."
"Bump!"
Fenrich's two hearts beat loudly and at a rapid pace.
"D'aaaaaaw isn't this the cutest bromance that I have ever witnessed, what do you say, baby brother? Is Alex next?" Kahahahahahaha Lara laughed maniacally as she appeared before Alex.
"WATCH AT HOW POWERLESS AND USELESS YOU ARE BABY BROTHER!
Lara ripped off Alex's left arm, then stomped on his right knee shattering it into hundreds of fragments. She then proceeded to scrape up Alex's blood in one hand, and run her thumb down Fenrich's left cheek, staining it with Alex's blood.
"Listen to his heart beat become slower, and slower. Before you know it, Alex will be dead by the time father slays the rest of those you wished to protect so badly." Lara mocked as she began manically laughing once more.
"Thump!"
Jackson, Garen, Julia and Sasha were effortlessly and swiftly put down by Clayton, all the while Lara held Fenrich's eyelids peeled back forcing him to watch every death, all while going on about how worthless, weak and pathetic her baby brother was for betraying the weight of their lives.
Laura put up a feeble fight against Clayton, due to Fenrich still having his stats boosted by Metamorphosis and the Firmament Defiance Greatsword, Laura was just barely able to cope. No matter how skilled or talented Laura was, she failed to cope against somebody who survived forty years in the apocalypse, and who had absolute control of his body down to the cellular level.
Laura was cut down, tears streaming from her face as she weakly and powerlessly crawled her way over to Fenrich.
Lara dropped Fenrich as she seemed to be merciful as if to give Laura and Fenrich the chance to say their final goodbyes.
Laura reached both her hands out as she weakly clasped Fenrich's single hand within her own. Fenrich weakly lifted his head to stare into the sorrow clad eyes as he watched the light within Laura's eyes dim.
"Please.. forgive me for failing to be your Blade. Forgive me for allowing this to happen, Fenrich. I-"
Fenrich's eyes twitched as splatters of blood painted his face, he could feel the weakening of Laura's grasp that held onto his hand. When he looked again, he saw a small peaceful smile on Laura's face, and that single sparkle of life within her eyes completely vanished.
"BABUMP!"
"THUMP!"
"BUMP!"
"BABUMP!"
Fenrich's dual hearts bumped vigorously, powerfully, and with the force of air wrecking ball slamming into the side of an apartment complex.
"Hate... I….. HATE YOU!" Fenrich's head snapped up as a second pair of eyes began appearing attached to his original pair of eyes. A holy yet devilish white-purple like aura began billowing out from Fenrich's body.
"Oh, you can't say that yet can you, baby brother? The last persons you love and care for have yet to be slain before your own eyes." Lara said as she looked towards Clayton.
"Hey, dad, why don't we bring out the sister-in-law we have never got the chance to meet before until just recently?"
Fenrich's remaining hand, attached by a single strand of flesh, slammed down onto Lara's foot closest to him, breaking it.
"It's a shame that I do not feel pain, and have an insane regeneration factor like Wolverine does. Look, you can already see my foot forming back together again. Nice try, twerp."
Clayton guided an armless version of Alarune, and in the middle of her stomach was a gaping hole in which Fenrich's eyes could see through to the doors of the throne room and beyond.
"Hub…by… I'm so sorry… I couldn't… protect our child…"
"THABUMP!
"THABUMP!"
"THABUMP!"
"THABUMP!"
The single word "child" resounded like thunder booming in Fenrich's ears.
"I…. I….. I WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY OF THIS!"
The white-purple holy demonic aura burst out of Fenrich's body forming a thirty feet thick beam, the aura was slowly merging together with the crimson-black Emperor like aura that Fenrich had been unknowingly emitting.
"You've…. taken…. away the people I promised to protect. You've taken my future wife away…. You've gouged out your niece from my wife's stomach. UNFORGIVABLE!"
Fenrich's blood formed meter long thick tentacles as it pulled the second half of his body back to him. Slowly being put back together as the damage to his body was rapidly repaired by the Abyssal Symbiote and the Holy River Demonic Art.
The small flame burning within his Dantian was rapidly growing, stopping at 7 inches, and within the depths of his Dantian, the ancient Holy River Demonic Art Scripture was lit up in white-purple flames.
"THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!"
Fenrich's voice sounded like that of a human possessed by an Eldritch horror, the fury, the sorrow, the despair burning into the core of his being and Soul.
"YOU wanted to see the emotionless killing machine, didn't you? ALLOW ME TO SHOW YOU!"
Fenrich disappeared from where he was before, white-purple black wing sword appendages grew out from Fenrich's spine. Fenrich's claws dug into Lara's face as he clenched her head tight within imagining his hand were like hundreds of elastic bands on a watermelon.
"BOOM!"
"RUMBLE!"
The throne room shook from the impact as Fenrich buried Lara's head through triply reinforced concrete walls, pulled her out and began to slam her ragdoll-like body into the ground.
A single black-red horn grew out from Fenrich's left side of his forehead, and at the tip a mixture of black-red, white-purple aura began forming into a orb of condensed chaotic energies.
"FATHER NOW!"
Lara screamed as she felt the imminent threat of extinction about to wipe her out completely.
Clayton flashed forward as he slashed off the horn, to which he took control of the orb of chaotic energies and blasted it through the open throne room doors.
The beam expanded rapidly becoming a forty meter wide beam that actually managed to tear through the Void layer to which they would have appeared on this level from.
"Oh fuck fuck fuck fuck and fucking fuck!" Clayton muttered in his head in panic and dread. That beam would soon let those Eldritch fucks breakthrough the Void space and enter their dimension through the Mini Game Dungeon.
This whole setup here was of course by Fate and their Karmic connections, but they had leeway to play the bad guys and force Fenrich to change his mentality by breaking his son of his foolish ideals. That was the kind of mental weakness that got one killed, and his son should have known better by now as this was his second time going through this hell.
Or he should have known his son better… Instead of letting his son fix the demons of his past, they now added more because Fenrich had the Holy River Demonic Art, and the path of an Emperor forged into his bones. This was the step to break his son down, and let his allies rebuild him while awakening the path of the Emperor sleeping within his bones.
But now, it was highly likely that they just royaly fucked up, not bring privy to said information and thus being incapable of planning for the fact that Fenrich mutated beyond a Human.
Clayton flashed to pick up his daughter and then appeared before Fenrich, he emitted a small orb of Essence Blood into Fenrich's parched and exhausted body and began to pull an orb out from his inventory space.
Clayton stopped as he felt two hands with an iron vice grip clutch onto his ankles.
"There will be a day where I come to claim your lives. As of today, you are no longer family to me!" Fenrich's eyes stared daggers into Clayton's Soul as if imprinting his father's features into his own Soul for eternity.
"Come get your vengeance in the Blood Winds Multiverse, son." Clayton said with fake steely intention and hatred in his voice. "Be strong at that point, don't show up before me in this form of disappointment I see now."
Clayton crushed the orb, blinding light wrapped him and Lara up and they both disappeared.
[Mini Game Dungeon Alert: The Human King group is the sole remaining survivor out of 99 other groups. Congratulations! As the sole remaining group you have successfully cleared the Mini Game Dungeon, and have been awarded with the A.I Smart Base. The A.I Smart Base will now return the Mini Game Dungeon back into the proper form of the Rideau Carleton Casino.]
Fenrich passed out after hearing the notification, while the illusion that showed the "bloody scenes" of his group's members being slain by Fenrich's family disappeared.
Laura stood up as she carried Fenrich and grouped up with the others.
"A lot has happened, much of which I cannot truly make heads or tails of. Fenrich's family wanted us to be part of their act but had no true evil intentions towards him? It's beyond our pay grade, we've been given proper bandages and the like. We might as well play this out to the end, for all we know if Fenrich saw us all healthy and fine it may do the opposite to which they wished to have achieved here."