28 Nes (1/2)
Micheal leapt up into the air, using his Cloud Stepping Shoes to clear the area stained by the fat Morenkai's blood. The sharp scent spread a pungent odor, causing him to wrinkle his nose slightly.
His movements were strong and sure. Everything he did or said gave off an air of absolute confidence as he rushed forward, leading the way.
In just a split second, he arrived at the front side of the cruise ship, ahead of everyone else.
A half dozen Abnormal Morenkai were lying on the ground, dead, crushed by powerful impacts or cut by sharp blades. Several others were shambling forward, attacking the remaining warriors of the Saru Group. The Abnormals had all seemed to be power focused, with thicker arms and legs than regular ones.
The defenders were, not surprisingly, on the defensive. The warriors had formed a tight perimeter and were slowly retreating, obviously waiting for reinforcements rather than risk injury. Even if a swarm of Abnormals were attacking, if a group of C Rankers, led by a B Ranker, focused purely on defense, they would be able to last for at least some amount of time.
Out of the corner of his eye, Micheal saw several of the other members of the Stardust Coalition take to the rooftop, attacking the Abnormals up there and saving the snipers.
The rest of the Coalition members were charging forward just a few meters behind him. Many of the C and B Rankers, as well as Sophia, moved in one big group. They reached the scene of the battle just a scant moment after him. Micheal's eyes flicked at them for a brief moment, noting that fact.
”Hup!” He immediately charged at the Abnormals, his hand drifting to his waist, where his Ashari Blade lay sheathed.
”Emissi-” Before the strongest defender, Flaming Axe Maurice, could finish her grateful greeting, Micheal had already arrived and entered the fray.
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WHOOSH
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—-Points Obtained—-
Points: 138
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—-Points Obtained—-
Points: 123
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—-Points Obtained—-
Points: 101
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In a single motion, Micheal withdrew his Ashari Blade, coating it in a layer of Intermediate Sword Energy, and lashed out. He pulled the blade out extremely quickly, in a well-practiced maneuver. The energy swarmed from his soul as he activated his Sword Mastery by instinct, almost instantaneously.
Like a knife cutting through butter, Micheal instantly killed 3 of the attacking Abnormals, splitting them in half horizontally. Their bodies fell to the floor, literally falling apart as he jumped, leaping over the acidic pool of blood that sprayed out.
As he leapt, Micheal's left foot slammed into the head of one of the now 3 remaining Abnormals, a green-skinned one with freakishly long arms. The blow sent the Abnormal tumbling backward, knocking it off balance.
In the instant that it was falling, the green-skinned Abnormal whipped one of its sinewy arms at Micheal, the attack causing its arm to blur as it slammed through the air towards his chest.
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The muscles in Micheal's right leg flexed as he slammed down with it and then jumped off the air itself, flipping forward. His right arm flicked down, his Ashari Blade stabbing directly below him…
Right into the skull of the still-falling green skinned Anomaly.
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—-Points Obtained—-
Points: 109
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Micheal landed on the ground, coming to an abrupt halt as he turned, facing the last few Abnormals. He jerked his blade up, pulling it from the corpse of the now dead Abnormal as he smiled. He shook his blade ever so slightly, flicking off the Abnormal's blood.
His attack had occupied a span of a couple of seconds. In that time, all of the Coalition members had just barely managed to reach the front side of the deck, just in time to witness his decimation of the Abnormals.
”My god… Emissary Heron is incredible…”
”Did he just solo 4 Abnormals in a single second?!”
”Is he… he's got to be A Rank, right?! He's so powerful!”
”Did you guys not see his palm strike against the fat Abnormal?!”
A variety of murmurs broke out as everyone looked on, stunned. Micheal's display of power had been incredibly impressive. This was the first time anyone here had actually seen him display his full strength to such a high degree. Even Officer Martin of the Godfather Organization, someone who had seen Micheal in combat and knew that he was Heron, was stunned.
He had seen Micheal's ingenuity and planning, as well as watched him take out several powerful humans, but instantly killing a large number of Abnormal Morenkai in a single strike… even some A Rankers weren't capable of that.
Behind his mask, Micheal hid a slight smile.
In terms of raw stats… Micheal's body was barely at the level to be considered B Rank. If anything, he was much closer to C Rank in terms of physique. There were even some C Rankers here that were stronger than him.
'But skill and Abilities often matter far more, down here on the First.' His eyes flashed as he began to move forward, tossing the thought to the side as he sprinted towards the last two Morenkai.
The two Morenkai turned to face him, abandoning their attack on the Saru Group defenders. One had brown skin while the other had dark grey skin. Each one had tree-stump like legs and lanky arms, somewhat similar to the green-skinned Morenkai he had just killed. They seemed to sense the threat he posed, deciding to take Micheal down first.
THUD
THUD
The sounds of their feet shambling forward, echoing as they clomped on the metallic deck and sprinted right back at him. They led their charge with a pair of long, lanky fists slamming towards Micheal's head.
'That makes it easy.' He mentally shrugged.
In a single, almost unnaturally smooth motion, Micheal ducked down so low he was almost face-planting the ground. He then stepped forward, his body tensing up at the extremely slim angle he was pushing.
The muscles in his leg bulged once more as he then leapt forward in an incredibly low strike.
The angle he had picked completely circumvented the attacking Morenkai's blows as he slipped under them. His right arm blurred as he spun around twice, his blade seeming to vanish and then reappear in an instant.
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