34 One Hundred Percen (1/2)

Cray who was experiencing all of the things that Nick was also saw the sudden flash of memory. He looked at the woman's face which resembled Nick.

Grandmother. He noticed that somehow seeing her in this state made his heartache.

In fact, it was Nick who was feeling this ache, but as they were all feeling the same thing he could also feel the muddy and stinging feeling in Nick's heart.

After seeing this scene, Nick had regained control over his rampaging powers. He then pointed his arm towards the demon in attempts to direct the flow of power towards it instead.

At the moment that he was about to shoot out his power, the demon had used Gilbert's body to shield himself.

”AHAHAHAHA You're too naive! Go ahead and do it if you can!” The demon coldly shouted as he made took Gilbert as his hostage.

Seeing the sudden move by the demon, Nick could no longer stop the flow of his power. Even if the enemy was to take cover he had already pointed towards it.

Nick, instead of panicking immediately thought of what he could do. In a split second, he thought of many solutions but none of them could help the current situation.

Wait. What if I'm thinking about this all wrong? What if-

That's it! All I have to do is protect Gilbert!

After reaching that conclusion, the power that he had condensed and emitted from his arm began to expand like a balloon.

The sphere began to reach out Gilbert who was being used as a shield of the demon.

”UWOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH”

A beast like a scream was made by Gilbert as he was engulfed by the sphere. While he was screaming, the black patch that covered his whole body began to slowly disappear.

Afterward, the demon who had been hit by Nick's attack felt the connection between him and Gilbert disappear.

It was astonishing. Within this time frame, Nick had been able to manage to wield his power this skillfully.

Eventually, the sphere enveloped the demon. The demon's skin began to disintegrate and turn into dust.

The female assailant which saw what happened to the higher rank demon turned ash faced. She then started to get away from the place but she was instead blocked by a sword that threatened her life.

Without a choice, all she could do was fight her way out but the sphere that Nick had made didn't stop expanding as it eventually reached her.

The moment her skin touched the sphere she instantly withered and had similarly turned into ash.

At this moment Nick who was standing tall began to close his eyes as he fell down. He had collapsed from all that he had just done.

Cray who was still inside Nick's body heard something that he didn't understand at first.

”Trial of Fire, one percent complete. Restarting the simulation.”

Cray immediately thought of all the pain and suffering that he had felt just a moment ago.