Chapter 263 - The Immortal Dwayne (1/2)

'No way... That's...” Laz was about to deny it to himself. After all, there are how many people named Tom, Tommy, Thomas in this country?

'I didn't even bother to learn that asshole's last name... Still though...' Laz had a rather sinking feeling that it was the same guy he got into a fight with in gym class all those years ago. Remembering that time, he already knew that Tommy was a chosen even though he didn't know what they were called at that time. He could remember the hate he felt done to his very bones although he had no idea why.

'If it really is him... I wonder... could he know something about the people that took my grandpa, grandpa Chu and Bill?' Although a long time had passed, he had never forgotten the three old men. He knew he wasn't strong enough to rescue them, but he wasn't going to forget them either.

Even though these thoughts came up, Laz brushed them aside quickly. What he needed to do was to focus on what was happening right now. The 'doctor' was a normal human while the two thugs who grabbed him were both chosen of the church.

Laz had no idea who the weak yet healing guy was, but he was sure he was an infected like him so although Laz bore him no ill will, he wasn't going to trust him either. But leaving the doctor for him was no big deal.

While Laz was thinking about what to do with the guy strapped to the table, Laz noticed something shocking. The man he had already killed seemed to be emitting a light from his body, or at least that was how Laz saw it.

He got closer and noticed that the light, a pale yellow color, was actually energy that was gushing out of him like a spring.

”This...?”

”You've never killed one of these bastards before, eh?” The healing man on the couch asked, groaning as he sat up.

”I have... but not in a while. And the last time it happened, I was a little incapacitated.”

”Oh? Must had been a strong one if they knocked you down.”

”Well, the lightning bolts hurt a bit and the gunfire was no picnic,” Laz said remembering the encounter with Brian.

”Lightning bolts and gunfire? The f.u.c.k kind of fight you get yourself into? Nope. Know what, forget it. Those bastards are like pure little energy wells. Feel free to absorb it, but be careful. The leave their bad feelings in it when they die so it's best to sip it slowly. You ain't going to get all of it, but that's that. Don't go asking me bout nothing else though cause I ain't got a clue.” The young man said, laughing a bit at his own helplessness as he tried moving his legs.

”Alright.” Laz went over to the energy 'spring' and sat down while circulating his infinity technique. Before he could limit the amount of energy he was taking in, it all gushed at him like a firehose that found a target.

”HOLD THE F.U.C.K ON... THAT'S WAY TO MUCH...” The man looked on, dumbfounded as Laz absorbed in everything while his body became engulfed in a black flame. Although he felt the resentment of the man who died mixed into the energy, the black flame burned it away as though it was boiling water. Had Laz taken it all in, he would have probably been ok anyway, but he would have been in a bad mood for days upon days thanks to it. Not only that, but he would have had to had spent those days trying to expel the negative intent just to go back to normal and that would have wasted his meditation time.

Thankfully, his black flame seemed to be able to burn it away as soon as it entered his body, providing Laz with a pleasant surprise.

'The real question is, what exactly is this black flame?' It was a question without an answer for now.

See that Laz looked to be ok, despite absorbing everything, the young man couldn't help but let out a sigh as he sat back. His body was still in the process of mending itself and he couldn't speed it up anymore. Even if he wanted a share of the energy spring, it wasn't going to happen this time. Eyeing the man who was still strapped to the table, the young man couldn't help but smile.

'Looks like he sees what it happening... Oh... he pissed himself. Still, this kid is something else. I wonder who he is exactly that they been looking for him...'

Laz finished up and felt refreshed from the energy he had just gained. His foundational base was incredibly stable and Laz felt like he would be breaking through as soon as he found the last key phrase. Until then though, Laz was going to keep reinforcing the foundation to make it as strong as possible.

'Wait a sec. Is the reason it's locked... because it wants to make this happen?' Laz had a strange thought when he considered it. He had unlocked two phrases and made his way into the mid stage of the foundation realm. The first phrase broke into the realm while the second phrase brought him to the mid realm. While it was locked though, every bit of energy he body brought in, intentionally or unintentionally, went towards strengthening that foundation. The grey, fog like energy was different in that it's use was geared towards strengthening Laz's body and because of that, it didn't have much of an affect on his foundational core as far as he had noticed at the time. But now, thinking about it, he felt like he might have been mistaken.

He just wasn't sure how.

Still though, he would approach that problem later.

”Have a good meal?” The young man said while looking at Laz open his eyes.

”Quite. I didn't know this was a thing. If you killed one of us, you'd get a bit of energy out of us, but it looks like these guys have quite a bit too...”

”How you feeling?”

”Fine. Normal.”

”Interesting. So thanks for you're help here, though I don't think you came here for me.”

”Nope. Got dragged here after coming out of Heaven or Hell...”

”You visit that place? Damn. Last time I tried to go, my sister told on me to my granddad who whooped my a.s.s. Something about not wasting money on those blood s.u.c.k.i.n.g whores.”

”UH...”

”Anyway. You didn't mean to save me but ya did so for that, thanks.”

”No problem.”

”Name's Dwayne. The Immortal Dwayne. I'm sure ya heard of me?”

”...”