Chapter 77: Notice Boards (1/2)
Gravis stood up and performed some practice punches. His punches were a little faster, but not much. ”Seems like I can actually temper my body here, though most of the lightning went into the seed. Maybe I should stay in here for a couple more hours to temper my muscles,” he explained to himself. Because of his need for social interaction, he had created a habit of talking to himself.
”Anyway, off to earn some money.” Gravis went out of the door and walked to the reception desk. He put the key down and left the Lightning Tower.
”He's out!” Gravis heard a shout coming from his front and saw eight people dressed in the same armor as the two previous 'guards'. It looked like the two guards from before were not alone. Some disciples had, apparently, created an entire organization, judging by their armors.
They quickly surrounded him and readied their weapons. ”You'll regret the day when you crossed- Aaah!”
Gravis had activated his Will-Aura, and the surrounding disciples stepped back in fear. Their eyes opened wide in terror, and their breathing grew heavier and faster. Cold sweat ran down their entire bodies, and their weapons started rattling because of the trembling of their bodies.
”Let this be your last warning,” Gravis explained with an emotionless tone. ”Block my path again and see what happens.”
The surrounding disciples gulped in terror and couldn't react to what he had said since they were scared stiff in fear. Gravis just walked away, and when he arrived at a distance of about ten meters, he deactivated his Will-Aura.
The disciples could finally breathe normally again, and their eyes followed Gravis' back as he walked towards the notice boards. The disciples then looked at each other, not sure if they should defend their honor or not.
”What should we do? If we don't teach him a lesson, we will lose all respect from the other disciples, and extorting money will get harder,” asked one disciple.
”He's only one guy,” shouted another one. ”I don't know what happened, but this time, we will be prepared! We just need to attack togeth-”
BANG!
Gravis had destroyed a tile on the floor and threw one of the pieces at the shouting disciple, which pierced through the disciple's body and destroyed a kidney in the process. The piece was pretty hard since the tiles of the road were not made with ordinary stone.
Contrary to how it looked, Gravis had actually been quite careful with the throw. Those disciples probably had tempered bones, and a throw with a tile piece wouldn't break them. The kidney was not protected by any bones. Furthermore, a person could still survive with only one kidney, so it didn't matter if the disciple had tempered his organs or not.
The disciple fell over and held his bleeding side in horror. He couldn't process what had just happened. The others looked at him in shock and gasped. This was a serious injury and went beyond a simple ”spar”. That madman was actually ready to lose all pretenses with them!
They decided not to mess with Gravis any further. Gravis had injured one monkey to scare all the others… Well, nearly all the others.
”Are you insane? We are part of the same Guild-”
BANG!
This time, Gravis threw the piece at the forehead of the shouting disciple. The piece was pulverized in the process, but the disciple's skin and flesh also exploded. The others could see parts of the skull through the hole. The bone looked uninjured, but…