243 Dangerous. (1/2)

Taking advantage of the fact that the ancestor had been on edge because of the presence of a supposedly Rank-10 Mage, Ozul dealt his lethal attack.

”Phew~ That took me by surprise as well,” the old man again commented.

Ozul gave him a side glance. He was sure that the old man had seen it coming from a mile ago, but he still let him proceed with it.

From his nature, the old man looked as if he just didn't want anyone to die from this conflict, but his previous words confirmed that he just protected him. For whatever reasons, he didn't know.

For now, the only thing inside his mind remained his severed arm in the glass box.

After decades of struggle, one of his arms was right in front of him!

With no one to stop him, he just had to go there and pick it up!

Although he could freely move the Ball of Purity, his body was a different matter altogether. Moving even a muscle felt like needles stinging him all over.

Ozul bore the pain and stood up with the help of the Ball of Purity supporting him. He had a habit of keeping his emotions to himself, so even when it pained him extensively, not a hiss escaped his lips.

With slow and staggering steps, he neared the box of glass on the ground. Just as he was about to bend down to pick up the box,

Foosh!

”Hm? Is this yours, boy?” the old man who had been standing meters apart before suddenly appeared before him and picked up the box containing his arm before him.

Immediately, alarms started to ring inside Ozul's brain as he watched the old man examining the arm. If the old man found anything unusual about it, and also took interest in it, he knew that he wouldn't be able to get it back from this old man in the state he was right now.

”It is... Give it back...” Ozul muttered as his eyes began to darken.

Following his words, the atmosphere started to get heavier with Ozul giving the old man a death stare that seemed to be warning the latter not to have second thoughts.

His icy glare might have caused anyone who looked at him to shake to the core, but the old man only looked more amused.

His smile stretched, showing all of his teeth. After a while, he spoke up, ”Hoho~ The cat scratches huh~? There, what would I even do with a severed arm?”

The old man then threw the glass box back to Ozul which instantly dispelled the heaviness in the atmosphere.

But Ozul still kept an eye on the old man. Although he looked very friendly and didn't give off any negative emotions, Ozul was careful around him since he was a complete mystery.

Still, he caught the glass box using the Ball of Purity and proceeded to open it.

Meanwhile, the old man was looking at him strangely.

. . .

Earlier, he had noticed the strange whiff of energy lingering around the arm, and couldn't help but be curious about it.

He also knew how this kid didn't use Mana either. It was his first time seeing anyone like that.

When he had first encountered Ozul, he only had a hunch that this kid with the strange black cat was somehow different. However, now seeing it with his own eyes, there was nothing about this kid that he could find normal!

As far as he knew, there wasn't a method that could reattach one's limbs back together, so he was interested to see what this kid was going to do with his severed arm.

After that, he also wanted to have a talk with him...

. . .

Ozul looked at his hand in the glass box and with a single thought of his, the Ball of Purity crushed the box, scattering the glass everywhere.

Now that his arm was right before him with no one to take it away from him, Ozul couldn't help but think how it had grown even after it was severed from his body.

He was just a few days old when his limbs were brutally cut off, but his arm in front of him was as big as it should have been if it had never been separated.

For now, he pushed these thoughts in the back of his mind since it was the same with his leg previously.

Before he began to take off his prosthetics, he noticed that one end of his arm didn't have any skin, it was all black with just a few strands of black smoke occasionally coming out instead.

Ozul ignored it for now since he didn't know many things, he just needed to add one more to the list, while it was important to reattach his arm first.