Chapter 180: Reasons
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? H- HOW DARE YOU… Everyone is d- dead, no no no. Why is this happening?
T- They were all just laughing, why did you d- do this? Who sent you?"
The leader spoke in a grieved tone, his eyes filled with tears as he held back the urge to tear the person in front of him into pieces.
"…" Lucian didn't say anything. Now there was only one enemy left, but the leader's strength was definitely higher than the other members.
"So silence is your answer? I won't be able to live in peace if I don't kill you with my hands. I have to take revenge for them… all. Take the old man away, I'm going to go all out," the leader said, his eyes bloodshot.
The frozen principal, who smelled really bad right now, finally came back to his senses.
He scurried over to the old man and held him with his trembling hand, then he pulled the old man away and began to run from there.
Lucian didn't attack immediately and just observed. The large wing was raised beside him threateningly.
The ability of the 2nd phase guy that he had just killed wasn't very useful in combat.
He could only use flashes in his eyes to take the opponent by surprise, but the leader was different.
He had an ability that could be used properly in combat, which was also a reason he was allowed to become a leader.
After the old man and the principal went away, the leader threw away his coat and loosened the buttons of his jacket.
Lucian decided to test the leader's strength. Without moving from his place, he flapped the wing again, which made all the nearby corpses get blown away.
Dozens and dozens of feathers, sharp as knives, flew towards the leader, who moved immediately.
His reflexes were fast, and his speed matched, allowing him to dodge all the incoming attacks.
"That is not enough to kill me. So you are only at the 1st phase, yet you really dared to challenge me?
Hahaha, I will make you experience all the pain that my family went through," the leader shouted. He wasn't using any weapons currently, nor did he plan to.
The leader opened his mouth wide and inhaled a lot of air as his belly began to bulge forward, until it became a big sphere to the point that he wouldn't be able to wrap his own arms around his belly.
BOOM
After inhaling as much air as he could, he then pointed his body towards Lucian, and in the next instant, a ray of air, which was like a laser beam, shot out of his belly button, heading towards Lucian.
Its speed was extremely fast.
Lucian placed the wing in front of him, but the beam of air actually penetrated the wing and rushed towards him.
Its speed was slowed down because of the wing, and then it was further slowed down because of the black flames, allowing Lucian to dodge the attack.
The beam of air hit the wall behind him, creating a hole in it.
This ability, no doubt, was strong, but it needed some time to prepare, and without anyone there to cover for him, it would be difficult to use it again and again.
Now that Lucian was fully aware of the leader's ability, he wasn't worried.
He flapped the wing again as feathers shot out, and then the wing hit the floor, pushing Lucian forward.
Using the momentum, Lucian rushed towards the leader as he pulled his right hand forward, turning the edge of the wing into a long sharp blade. In his left hand, a whip appeared.
The leader hastily dodged all the feathers. If he had a weapon, he could have blocked them, but because of his confidence in his ability, he never really tried to get one.
That decision he was regretting greatly now.
Just as he dodged the feathers, albeit barely, he saw the incoming wing, which had such a big blade. If he really let that attack collide with his body, he would be sliced in two, no doubt.
There wasn't much improvement in the body even at the 2nd Phase of evolution that he wouldn't be affected by the knives, so he twisted his body and was planning to jump away to create some distance.
Lucian waved his right hand as the whip shot out towards the leg of the leader. He had the benefit of having such a strong weapon on top of his ability, which allowed him to overpower the leader.
But from the 3rd Phase, the changes occurring in the body would be more significant, just like how those Xarus' had developed to such high levels, their bodies became much tougher.
The whip hit the leg of the leader, circling around it with a tight grip. Lucian pulled it with all his strength, stopping the leader from dodging the blade.
The leader was shocked, but only for a moment, when he was not able to move because of the whip.
But he calmed down instantly and inhaled as much air as he could.
Before he could inhale the maximum amount of air, he released the beam of air from his belly, since the blade had come dangerously close to his body.
BANG
The air beam collided with the wing. Unlike before, it wasn't focused on just a single point, but aimed at a bigger area.
On top of that, the amount of air he inhaled this time was lower than before, so the attack wasn't as strong.
Still, it tore through the steel-like wing, tearing half of it as he barely managed to keep his life.
Then he got rid of the whip and jumped away from there.
Even though he got out of that life-threatening situation, he had to pay a price for it. Blood dripped down, creating a small puddle around him.
His left hand had been cut away from just above his elbow.
His face had turned pale. He held his left hand tightly, looking at Lucian with a hateful glare.
It was obvious that the leader was no match for him, but the fury inside his chest was stopping him from running away from there.
"You bastard, what h- have we done haah haa to you? Ughhh, just why did you kill us all? All those people had families, they had many who cared for them.
Do you not feel even a little pity for them?" The leader spoke while trying to stop the bleeding.
"…" At first, Lucian stayed silent, then he finally spoke. His voice sounded much different from his original voice; it was heavy.
"I did it all to protect others, to close this criminal organization. Did you think about the victims that you created along the way?
They had families too, they wanted to live too, but did you stop to let them live? Didn't you do it just for your personal gains?"
As Lucian spoke, the leader's gaze became heavy.
He gritted his teeth but had nothing to say in return. But Lucian's next words brought him back to reality.
"Did you expect such an answer? Why would I need a reason to kill anyone? I wanted to do it, I needed something you had, so I did it. Nothing else matters.
Good or evil, nothing matters. What really matters is what I am to gain from this. Your families, your love—what do all of those have to do with me? I think you have got your answer, so it's time that you go to sleep."
While speaking, Lucian began to walk towards the leader. The wing disappeared, and in the darkness, his devilish smile made the leader shudder in fear.
Without a second thought, he turned around and began to run as fast as he could. A battle is not only won by physical strength.
Use your aura, use verbal speech. Making the enemy lose all morale to fight was the best outcome, and also it meant victory was already in his grasp.
Lucian raised his right hand and made a gun gesture with his finger, then pointed it towards the leader. He spoke:
"
BANG
."
A black-colored bullet-shaped thing flew out at lightning speed and hit the back of the leader's head as he continued to run towards the main gate.
The bullet passed through his head, destroying his brain and killing him instantly.
STEP STEP
The leader took a couple of steps forward before his body finally fell to the floor, as blood flowed out from his head and hand.
The bullet hit the wall and plunged into it before it disappeared completely without a trace.
Then a tentacle came out of Lucian's hand and headed towards the leader's body on its own, absorbing the flesh and the remaining Fog from his body.
Lucian felt the large amount of Fog rushing into his body.
He had killed a couple dozen awakened people, and five of them were at the 2nd Phase; he was barely managing to stop it from getting absorbed into his body.
After taking a look around, Lucian used Velm to arrange the pile of corpses to make a big smile on the floor.
The
Chasm
that he wanted to enter was located at a different place.
He didn't attack the principal or that old man, since they only saw that it was Smile who did it, but they weren't aware of any of his abilities.
Lucian had removed the CCTV footage so that these people wouldn't be able to know about his ability just yet.
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