49 The Hun (2/2)
He had silently been counting the amount of time that he had left and at that moment he discovered that his escape time was up. He jumped into a deep hole that had a small exit in the back of the cave and lay there waiting.
After a minute he felt extremely tense surrounded by only the darkness in the claustrophobic hole but even then, he didn't move, silently waiting for Kai to pass.
Patience was a crucial element that an heir to a large business had to have. If he didn't he wouldn't be able to get very far and most likely would fail. For example, if he was in the middle of a meeting with all the shareholders and feeling impatient he could lose focus or simply leave and that would cause him to be misinformed and have a bad relationship with them.
But the tension was killing him, and he wanted to escape Kai and this nightmarish forest as fast as he could. Over the few minutes that he had hidden in the forest, he had the feeling that he was being watched, causing him to be extremely shaken.
In the end, he decided to come out of the hole and climbed out cautiously looking left and right. Just as he was about to escape from the forest he heard the nightmarish voice that he didn't want to hear the most coming from behind him. ”So, you have finally come out of that hole. It was getting annoying staying there behind you.”
Devon turned around and saw the two crimson eyes peering at him with a crazy expression. ”You…You…You were with me underneath the ground.” He asked Kai while panting and a terrified expression painted on his face. He understood that everything that he had done was under the watch of Kai.
”Yes of course otherwise how would I be able to see that terrified expression on your face. It simply fills me with delight.” Kai said with a twisted expression on his face.
Devon wasn't ready to give up on life and took out a small piece of tattered paper filled with many unreadable scribbles. He then pointed it at Kai and smudged some blood that was on his thumb from earlier onto it. The page lit up with a gloomy black light that seemed to symbolise death and fired a light at Kai. Kai tried to dodge it but much to his surprise he couldn't, it seemingly moved slowly but somehow followed him wherever he went.
In the end, Kai let it hit him and braced himself while activating [Fortify] and [Vitalise] at the same time. (For those that forgot Fortify increases his defence and vitalise increases his regeneration).
He, however, felt the impact from the mysterious light and felt a sharp pain in his gut. He looked down and saw that his stomach had been pierced by the spell. Luckily, he had been wearing one of his red windbreaker jackets that were made of the skin of a powerful beast. The windbreaker managed to absorb around half of the strength of the attack.
The spell had a gaping hole in his skin and around the wound, there were signs of corrosive poison. Kai felt that the poison had a slight aura of death, something he had come in contact with every day in the arena. He knew that he wouldn't be able to heal the wound before the poisoned flesh was either healed or removed.
Kai opted for the second option and without much care ripped out his flesh. After that momentary distraction, his flesh healed back to his optimal state and he decided that he could continue with his hunt.
After Devon had released his last ace the mysterious page with the corrosive spell he instantly left without looking back and seeing the results.He ran towards the exit and could see the moonlight coming from the exit to the academy grounds. But just as he was about to escape a hand pierced through his chest and ripped his heart out.
After that Devon's body exploded and chunks of his body were thrown onto the surrounding plants. Kai was standing behind Devon with his Runic Eyes activated and were glowing eerily. On his handsome face was a twisted grin that caused his face to appear demonic.