Chapter 83: Brawn + Brain VS Skill + Brain - 1 (1/2)

'Could he be the otherworldly hero?... The one before him?. The person for whom The Flame Emperor was searching for?... The one who broke the dungeon?'

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”WHERE ARE YOU RAKA??!!! WHAT DO YOU WANT?!!”

Marcus yelled at the sky, at the sun, because there was nothing else around him to yell to except the ground which was shrouded with grass that grew till his knees.

*PeW*

*Bang*

A bullet zoomed past his eyes as Marcus dodged it easily.

”I am here Marcus...Hahahaahaa”

Raka's voice ricocheted throughout the dimension as he laughed.

'Where?'

His mind kept on repeating the word while his eyes darted left and right and his body to and fro.

”HAHA”

Marcus jumped 5 feet away as Raka's voice boomed beside his ears.

'Bloody bastard. He's putting his deception magic to complete use.'

His thought reacted to what he wanted to say as he saw an Invisible entity flash past him yet again.

*PUNCH*

A fist found Marcus on his right cheekbone and flashed past him again. Even though the punch packed insane power, it was nothing before him as Marcus stood his ground, UNSCATHED.

”Impressive!! Marcus no wonder your friend looks up to you”

Raka's voice once again echoed through the pocket dimension, this time it felt closer.

Raka was getting the high ground in his pocket dimension. The bright and plain pocket dimension Raka had was a perfect match for his skill at deception magic. The type where one was made for each other.

”Tell me Raka. Who are you?”

Marcus asked as he took a defensive stance, his face tensed and eyes narrowed.

Narrowing his eyes might give him less vision but it increased his concentration a hundred folds to what it was before. Talking about vision, it wasn't going to help him anyway in a fight against an invisible entity.

”I am Raka Riles, the descendant of The Flame Emperor, need something else?”

Raka laughed at his own words, for an instance Marcus felt Raka was right behind him.

”BOO”

Another one of Raka's jumpscare boo brushed past his ears.

”Aaaarrr”

Marcus had rotated 180 degrees with a speed that could have snapped tree trunks. He let his punches go wild at the air in front of him.

Nothing, He felt nothing as he fluttered his fists which were loaded with 20% of his total power. He knew it was enough to destroy the man who was against him.

But Marcus didn't want to kill Raka... at least not now. What he lacked was info, info about the man who was fighting against him out of the blue.

'He's playing with me'

His breath was deep when Marcus inhaled. His eyes were shut and his shoulders were pacified. A cool breeze swayed past him, playing with his fallen streaks of burgundy red hair before dying off into the infinity of the pocket dimension.

'Use your brain Marcus... Use your brain'

Marcus stood upright, halting his guard posture before collecting himself. He cleared his thoughts one by one inside his mind, finally making it go blank.

[Passive Skill learned: Master Of Tranquility]

[Passive Skill Perfected: Master Of Tranquility]

[Skill Abbreviated: Master Of Tranquility to MOT]

3 pings echoed inside him as Marcus noticed notification pop-ups in front of his mind space.

His ears opened up to the air around him and he felt his blood rush throughout his arteries and veins like a freight train.