559 Playing with His New Toy, The Combined Use of Wind and Lightning Crystals (1/2)

Day 130 - 2:58 PM - Browning Square, Bellmawr, Camden County, New Jersey, United States of America

Everyone stared agape at the scene above them. Especially for the members of the Outlaws, they froze like statues.

”B-Boss... Bosses, I don't think that this is what we signed up for?”

A Mutator that stood closer to the four leaders voiced out in a fearful voice. As the new leader of the group was still undecided, the man hesitated which person was to address.

And absolutely, this was not what they thought of when Mark proposed that bet.

They should have thought about it more. Why would the intruder propose only ten attacks? It was a very small number compared to their remaining members.

Now, no wonder.

The enemy's ten attacks were to this degree. They should have considered it further.

However, to think of it...

The attacks of the enemy were like this. Even without the bet, there was no guarantee that they would survive. If they did not agree to this, the enemy would be able to attack as much as he wanted. There was no escape if that was what happened.

”Ten! Just Ten attacks! Hold out and survive!”

The woman disregarded the Mutator's question and shouted encouragement for everyone to hear.

On the other hand, while the Outlaws were panicking, the prisoners watching at the side stared at Mark in awe.

”Is he a god? Are we saved by a god?”

One of them murmured.

That murmur, however, caused the prisoners to shake in delight and praise.

The outlaws and the prisoners had different ideas from seeing Mark's current display.

More or less, the outlaws did not believe in gods and the like. That was how they were able to commit deeds that even the heavens would feel disgusted from seeing them.

In the eyes of the outlaws, Mark was nothing but a powerful freak that could kill everyone.

The prisoners, however, could only pray to the gods while they suffered under the torture of the outlaws. That hope they held unto finally came into fruition. It was no wonder they unconsciously start to delude themselves into thinking that they were saved by an existence they prayed to.

Well, rather than blaming the beliefs of the poor prisoners, it was better to blame Mark for it.

Just who wanted to be flashy this time?

At the airspace above Browning Square, however, Mark felt troubled as he detected the reverence of the prisoners he freed.

Mark did not want to show off or anything. He just wanted to test something like the balls of electricity floating around him.

If he did this while on the ground, it would be harder to aim at the enemies, and there would be not enough space to conjure this many.

Looking down on their enemies would spell demise to anyone once they encountered someone with a strange ability.

”Alright, get ready!”

Mark called out playfully, causing the outlaws to stiffen.

Without waiting for any answer, Mark waved his hand downwards, making the glowing crystals follow its movements.

SHHOOOOM!!! CRACKLE! CRACKLE!

The outlaws panicked even more as hundreds of balls of electricity rained upon them.

”Evade! QUICK!”

The rainbow-scaled woman shouted, assuming command over everyone. It was alright with the Speedo Guy, but the Swift Brothers glared at her. However, there was no time to retort. The first attack was already coming.

CRACK!

Everyone tried their best to dodge every ball of electricity that fell.

Fortunately for them, every ball of electricity only flew in a straight direction. Each one that touched anything would disappear. The speed of the balls was fast but not too speedy that it was hard to follow even with a regular person's eye.

Of course, this did not mean that it would be easy.

Not everyone was perceptive enough to dodge a barrage of attacks like this.

”AHHH!!!”

Painful screams echoed here and there. The number of balls of lightning falling unto everyone was too much for many of the outlaws. Even if they were all Mutators and Evolvers, not every one of them had enhanced speed and reflexes.

One by one, the outlaws hit by the balls of electricity fell to the ground with their convulsing bodies.

Mark watched the mess he created below with a smile. He was quite satisfied with what he did.

No, he was not satisfied with the worms squirming around in the parking area.

What he was satisfied with was the balls of electricity he created for the first time. After all, this was something quite impossible to do before.

It was an exaggeration to say that the [Lightning Mental Crystal] was capable of controlling lightning. What it could at most was to conjure electricity up to high voltages and firing it off towards a certain direction. Even saying that the lightning he fired flew in a straight direction was also farfetched. After all, that was not how electricity worked.

That was why, until now, Mark could only launch direct lightning attacks at his targets. The only exception was when he was using the [Storm Caller Mental Crystal] together with the [Lightning Mental Crystal]. At those times, Mark could use the electric charge caused by the friction of substances in the clouds and call forth a strike of lightning from above.