'How did I survive that 'Tim's heart was pounding intensively, although he survived the attack of Aks 3, he could not get the image of blades passing through him.
If not for Xavier's interference Tim would have been a very dead man. He could not even see or feel the attack coming.
'I am so damn weak, and I hate it" he cursed out in his mind. He felt so powerless in the current battle that was going on, that he hated himself briefly for it.
'What is the use of a god damn powerful bloodline if you are not alive to make use of it' he berated himself harshly.
[ Stop it Tim, how can you compare yourself with people that have had enough time in their life to grow. People that have had enough time in their life to train and develop themselves. Just stop it.
So you almost died, work harder. Stop lamenting because of your weakness, work harder.] the system said in a bid to console Tim.
'I hate this feeling. this should be my motivation going forward. Not wanting to feel totally useless should be mantra.' Tim resolved in his mind. He knew the journey was going to be a long one.
Aks 3 observed Xavier for a while, not fully understanding how Xavier interfered with his kill. Aks 3 was not dumb, he knew that if he did not figure out a way to overcome the trick that Xavier used to render his attack useless, killing Tim would be an impossible task.
'It seems that they have no intention of attacking me, seeing as they are just watching me. What is that eye? I clearly had Tim, but in the last moment it was as if Tim was not there.' Aks 3 wondered.
"Why don't you retreat with your honour intact. The fact that you are still alive now is an attribute to my mercy. Don't test my patience" Xavier said as his left eye assumed the change his right eye had.
Suddenly an invisible pressure descended on Aks 3, his knees bent from the pressure. it was as if he was being pressed down by a mountain.
The pressure that was on him did not affect the immediate environment, it only affected Aks 3.
Coupled with the invisible pressure on him, Aks 3 suddenly found it difficult to breathe.
As a well trained assassin, holding his breath was something that was natural to him, but the presence of the mountain crushing pressure made all his training to be futile.
'What is this pressure?' Aks 3 screamed in his mind, as he struggled really hard to catch his breathe. Now he no longer wanted to kill Tim, as with the presence of the pressure it was surely now impossible for him to do it.
To the outside world it just looked as if Aks 3 was trying not to get on his knees, but only Bubba and Xavier truly knew what was going on. He was under Xavier's signature suppression move, M Genso.
It was part of the ocular skill Xavier could use because of his unique bloodline. The skill when casted could put the person it was cast on in an infinite loop of mental illusion.
An illusion so powerful that it could deceive the five senses of the person on the receiving end of the skill, and the more the person thinks the mental illusion is real, the deeper they fall into it.
This was the same skill Xavier used to suppress the leader of the expedition team some days ago.
Aks 3 struggled to escape the imaginary pressure, but it was futile. He struggled and struggled till he passed out from the accumulation of the mental pressure that was on him.
"Never try that skill on me!" Bubba warned. He had been in so many battles, and the skill was definitely in his top ten of his most dreaded skills.
Tim was super shocked from what happened. Aks 3 was definitely part of the top most powerful individuals in Dunim city. How could a powerhouse that sent despair to his foes fall without an intense battle? He could not believe it.
[ That man has an interesting Ocular skill. He managed to suppress Aks 3 without even straining a muscle of his body.]
'So, it was his eyes that did the feat of taking him out. His eyes were truly strange' Tim was amazed when he learned of the method that was used on Aks 3.
The lower region rarely possessed individual with unique bloodlines, out of a 1000 people only 1 would have a bloodline, and out of 100 individuals with bloodlines only 1 would have a unique bloodline.
Due to the very low chances, Tim was not exposed to the different ways a bloodline could manifest.
With Aks 3 on the ground passed out. Tim thought it was the perfect opportunity to exact his revenge. 'I would not get an easier opportunity than this to settle the score between us.' He thought, as he held tightly to his blade and dashed towards the defenceless body of Aks 3.
When he reached Aks 3's body, he swung his blade with all the resentment that he had against Aks 3. SWOOSH! DOOM!
His eyes widened. His blade literally passed through Aks 3's body and slammed the ground, but Aks 3 was unharmed, even from the rocks that was displaced from the destruction of the area did not hit Aks 3.
Tim frowned, was Mr. Xavier obstructing him from having his sweet revenge?
"Why don't you calm down kiddo" Xavier said with a smile.
"Tch, stop calling me a kid, I have done things that kids would not even dare to do" he reminded.
"Haha, done things a kid would not do, that was only because of how you grew up. You grew up in the den of dangerous killers my friend, so nothing you ever do will Suprise me, not even that rude behaviour of yours" Xavier said.
"Tch"
"There is no need to kill him, we have neutralized him already." Bubba stated.
Tim looked at Aks 3's body still visible but intangible. 'How is there a skill like this? Is it not overly broken? How do you even fight against someone that is intangible?'
[It is a good skill, but it will have a weakness. A skill like that will likely draw mana at an insane rate, hence it might not be useful for a prolonged battle.]
'So mana is the weakness huh, but I have infinite access to mana according to you. Does that mean I will be overly overpowered if I were to have a skill like that?'
[ Having an unlimited supply of mana does not make you necessarily overpowered. Mana Energy skills are not just something you can cast repeatedly. Each skill requires a deep level of mental forging for the skill to be cast.
You don't just call out the names of skills and expect the skill to manifest. The name calling is just a shortcut to quickly remember the mental forge of the specific skill.
Even with unlimited mana, it will be a mental drain to constantly be forging a specific skill mentally, and last I checked you don't recover from mental strain or even mental damage.
If you ask me, that is a fatal flaw.
]
Tim was shocked and defeated. The system totally crushed all expectations with having an infinite supply of mana energy. "I thought you were on my side" Tim muttered to himself.
"Kid are you alright, you seemed lost in your thoughts. Anyway, now that we have rescued you three times within the past few days. When I say we own you, you do know that we truly own you now" Xavier said with his usual smile.
Bubba facepalmed himself hearing Xavier speak like a third rate villain.
"What do you even plan to do with that man on the ground? He is a cold blooded killer, I think you will be doing justice to the city if you let me kill him." Tim said, trying to convince them to give him the chance to exact his revenge without stress.
"He is going to wake up in 5 hours or so. We shall do no harm to him." Bubba said.
"I don't think you know the gravity of the mistake you are about to commit. He will not forget this humiliation.
He is going to take out his anger on the city people. Innocent people are going to be hurt, young children killed all because we let this monster live." Tim contested against Bubba's decision with strong reasoning, but Bubba was numb to it.
"Listen, we came to the lower region to recruit the best of the very best in the region. We did not come to interfere with the structure of the lower region.
Killing him, will shake the structure of the lower region, besides where there is order there is chaos. " Bubba explained to Tim who was fully focused on Aks 3.
With the last mini speech Bubba made, Tim accepted his fate that he can't get what he wants, but he picked one thing from the mini speech, and it reverberated in his mind 'Where there is Order there is Chaos'.
"Ok, I am willing to be abducted by you two. What is this Higher Region you speak off"