177 Inhuman (1/2)
Kira's face turns pale in shock as he sees a decapitated leg twirling in the air before him. He senses a minor tingling in his right hip and before he could realise, he screams from the top of his lungs.
His right leg is amputated from his thigh. He quickly steps back, increasing the distance between him and Faust to avoid more fatal blows.
Every person in the crowd stands on their feet to witness what really happened. They see Kira hopping on one leg, trying to get away from Faust in fear with blood dripping from his hips. They look at Faust and he did not even draw the sword out of his scabbard.
”I don't know how he is doing this and I don't care but, if this helps him win, I will support him from the core of my heart.” Witnessing the power of the new Faust, Elton yells out with happy tears flowing from his eyes.
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Faust is sitting in a squat position in a dark room without a single person or building in sight. He is hugging his knees and staring at the darkness without life in his eyes. He does not seem to be concerned with his surroundings or his well being.
”Faust! Knock him out and we will be safe and together as a family again!” In the darkness, Faust's ears perk up as he listens to the words.
”I-Is it Elton? I cannot tell but, if only I can knock him out and win for real. He is stronger than me.” Faust mutters in the gloom, looking for the medium he heard the voice from.
Later, he scratches it off thinking that the voice he heard is only his inner voice.
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”Beat Kira to a pulp and win right? Will that make you feel good?” A sudden creepy smile surfaces on the face of Faust that is standing in the arena, he turns towards Kira who is busy using his Healing element to stop the blood loss from his thighs. ”Leave it to me!” The medium inside Faust' body says in a groan filled
Holding his sword with his right in front of him. With a gentle push on the handguard with his thumb, Faust unshackles the lock of the handguard that is holding the sword inside. And as the silver gleam of the lustrous blade is exposed he moves his hand down the scabbard from the handguard.
With a deep breath, Faust leaps forward slamming the sword upside down on the ground. As the scabbard hit the ground, the already drawn-out sword flung back into his hand in a flashy way and he starts charging towards Kira in lightning speed.
*Clank*
In a blink, Faust is in front of Kira landing a powerful strike onto his neck. Faust tries to decapitate Kira' head with a horizontal slash which is blocked by Kira in a boxing style, Kira tilts to the left and puts both of his hands up in front of his face, blocking the strike with the metal on his gloves.
To his surprise, the thick metal on his gloves did not break but revealed dents as the metal is almost squashed with brittles starting to form on the edges.
”You should not attack me, head-on kid! Did you forget who I am?” Kira's eyes turn purple and the purple stone on his hand is opened at four places as its combination lock is opened.
”So this is what you need to become a General?” Leviathan asks Daniel looking at him from the corner of his eye.
”Yes! You need to know how to bring out the true potential of the elemental stones and you also need to be able to handle that immense amount of power.” Daniel explains to his son who aspires to become a general in two years.
*”I will be there before you!”* Leviathan glares at Faust. Leviathan is the youngest captain in the house until Faust show up. He was hailed as a genius and true prodigy. He has the talent and resources to climb up the ladder easily. But Faust came out of nowhere and took his spotlight as the youngest captain.
At first, everyone scratched it off as a boy who got lucky because of the sacrifice made by his house leader. He was seen lower than a soldier class.
”That new captain did not have any spiritual power it seems! And he is from the lower city! A mere commoner he is”
”That youngest captain lost to Thorik's house! The match ended in the first two minutes haha. And they made him a captain! Hah.”
But with time, everything changed about Faust.
”His physical abilities are on a whole different level!”
”I heard that he ran all twenty laps around that huge training ground!”
”No way! That is only possible for the elites. Are you telling me he is not a soldier class anymore?”
”Did you all see that weird power? I don't know what he is using but his powers are so unique.”
”So it seems that he can teleport and it is due to his black stone. How is that even possible?”
”He is chosen by the black stone! Do you know what they say about them? They say that the black stone users are the emperors of hell.”
Leviathan felt as though all the attention he receives is snatched away by Faust. And he wants to snatch it back towards him by reaching the general class faster than Faust.
”HAVE A TASTE OF GENERAL'S POWER!” Kira gestures his hand like he is pulling down a bolt of lightning from within the clouds onto Faust and jumps back with a rage-filled heart. He lifts his head to watch Faust burn to a crisp.
A gigantic thunderbolt coils around the black clouds like a dragon taking its momentum before raining down on its prey. After gathering thunder from all the clouds the thunderbolt came down onto Faust in a blink like a burning phoenix that wants to electrocute everything in its path.
”This is going to be my complete victory” Kira mumbles in a low voice.
*snap*
The care-free smiling face of Kira turns ghastly with him just staring at Faust with his mouth open. He does not hear any sound coming from his surroundings.
Being scared, he looks for his family leader, the old minister. But he too seems scared and cowers back in his seat. Not being able to figure out something, Kira scans throughout the arena and comes across the royal family, he notices that Leviathan is on his feet with a shocked expression on his face along with Elizabeth. Daniel did not stand up but he is one the edge of his seat with a serious face. Kira does not get anything. He keeps watching the expressions of the people around him.
He looks at Faust who is staring back towards him without an expression on his face, All the people start whispering to each other without knowing what happened. Everyone is as puzzled as Kira.
*”Is this what the prophets describe as astonished beyond astonishment? Form of a mortal fearing a divine being? And it did not happen with one person! It happened with every person in the Arena. Everyone felt as if they have skipped a frame in their lives.”* Daniel who watched everything that happened, describes the situation as a scrummage.
Everyone remembers seeing the gigantic thunderbolt just above Faust, feet away from hitting him and all of a sudden it disappears into nothing with a snap from Faust.