Chapter 372: A grave mistake (1/2)

Upon his command, the spectating crowd of thugs yelled out, breaking up the circle, and began swarming towards Aiden and his group with great numbers.

Short swords and daggers were the most dominant types of arms these back alley bullies were mostly used to, however, there were a few that laid back and equipped slingshots, even a light crossbow made its appearance.

Aiden retained his calm, cool smile as he eyed at all of this. He sighed as he shook his head at all of this. He hoped to avoid unnecessary trouble, but it seems fate did not want to give him any ease, it still came after him with full force just like always.

”Troublesome…” He lightly muttered, as his eyes suddenly lit up, and once more released the shackles holding his ancient powers back.

A whirlwind suddenly blew up the dust off the ground, a small swirling twister appeared rapidly engulfing the boy, leaving only a hazy, blurred silhouette for the suddenly stumped crowd.

In the next moment, before the thugs could regain their senses, the swirling twister expanded, exploding with huge force, blowing everyone away, forcing them on their backs.

Strangely, only Lily's group and Master Balun were spared, like Aiden, they were safely protected inside this dusty wind barrier.

The rapidly swirling air was whistling with a deafening tone, the disturbance from the outside could not penetrate the makeshift arena.

Lily, knowing that this was his brother's doing, wasn't bothered by the least, unlike the bronze-skinned, brawny leader. His cruel, nasty-looking crooked smirk twitched, growing wide at the sight of this unbelievable sight.

”What the heck?! What is going on?!” He exclaimed with a growing hysteria. ”What is this… this magic?! He turned to look behind the girl and the dogs, meeting the golden glowing gaze of the youth he was antagonizing.

Shock and disbelief were plastered on his face as he pointed his finger at him. A growing suspicion has begun to grow inside him as he remembered the cold air and the inexplicable heaviness that he felt before.

”Y-you… you are a monster!” He stuttered, a previously unfamiliar feeling, fear began to seep into his heart and slowly erode his soul, shocking him.

A dubious thought began to take its seed in his mind.

'Did I… Did I… Did I make a mistake?' The seed of regret appeared, slowly sprouting, engorging itself in the abundant amount of confidence and arrogance he garnered over the years of his life as the leader of the local group who lived his life as a tyrant, unafraid of even the city forces.

Now, however, things were different. His dominance, his proudness, his power was meaningless. A single thought of this boy made his entire group turn useless, thrown away like a sack of vegetables, disarming them, or in some cases even straight up, incapacitating them.

Aiden didn't respond, his smirk was, however, stretched wide. He was clearly enjoying the show, the mixture of emotions that displayed over the arrogant leader's face. It was a sight to see that his victorious, hungry look instantly vanished, and a lifetime of previously alien emotions, and feelings finally took hold of his body and soul, slowly turning him from the fearless leader to the same weak and faltering human that everybody else was.

”Brother! You said I can have this fight! Don't steal it away from me then!” His moment however was interrupted by Lily's displeased voice.

Seeing her pout, and hurtful, displeased stare, Aiden could only helplessly smile, and take a step back.

”Sorry sis, I only wanted to make sure you are not disturbed by these bugs. I will not bother you guys any more.”

As he spoke, the glow in his eyes faded from one blink to another, and the strong pressure that formed the dusty force-barrier swiftly calmed down, revealing the sorry state of Master Balun's men once more.

Painful groans, bloodied and battered figures were sprawled all over the dark alleyway. Swords shattered, blades plunged into the sides of their own wielders, broken, twisted arms and legs… Master Balun was shocked and stunned to see the state of his own men.

Did this boy do this? How? He didn't even see him move, he merely straightened his back, and let loose some sort of unknown power or aura…

'Wait…'

A dangerous thought emerged in his mind as he peered through the alley.

'Was all this damage done with only his aura? What the…' He was shocked, he couldn't understand… no, he couldn't believe that someone as strong as this boy could be in this backwater city.