Vengeance of the Returner

Chapter 170: Extraordinary

He rolled to the whims of the stings that stung towards his body complying with the visions. Over the past several minutes he'd have destroyed around forty scalates. Though the ranks have risen his body still had drawbacks. The Doom prediction went beyond the limitation of calculating time and gave him visions far before they could happen, unlike the older version it gave a godly foresight that he had become untouchable.

If he increases his physical prowess he'd be a one-man army. 'One man army' can be seen as an exaggeration since he still had limitations. If he were to face demigods or knights or any other entity far stronger then it will be a problem. 

At one point the vision faded in response to his mana. But, his instincts were still intact. Instincts can be seen as a mental prowess that flickers the nerves of the upcoming danger before what the eyes could perceive. His mana had the highest stat points but, his abilities and his body need more to make him more reflexive.

Soon, the remains of mana in his body dried out.

"Shit!"

He cursed with his gauntlet pointing towards the scalate that jumped towards him.

He felt like time had stopped at that very moment. In essence, his brain stopped for a microsecond yet, his eyes perceived it as a time stop.

Swiftly his body released a repulsive wave that thrusted everything around him from his location and fastly absorbed the mana towards him.

Unlike last time he didn't reach serenity balance but, he was consciously able to feel the mana around him which was a sensation explicitly gifted to the person who possesses mana manipulation.

He still had a long way to truly grasp it and he was indeed fatigued and had several broken ribs and shattered bones. The only thing he was able to rely on was his instincts and doom Prediction vision. He forcibly injected mana into his muscles and the place where the bones were shattered to balance the lacking.

Soon he began to dash between the monsters without receiving a single blow and slew them at ease. The time it took was more than an hour.

"Fucking shit!"

He smashed the head of the finally scalate by stomping and slowly walked out of the cave.

Both the couple stood there with barriers raised around them.

"Mr.Nix..."

Words couldn't come out of both their mouths since the silhouette before them seemed nothing like the barbaric man they witnessed an hour ago.

His bones were pretty visible and there were several gaps in his body and he seemed deep indigo in color as his body ingested the poison to an extreme level. He seemed inhumane, to be precise he closely resembled an undead.

They both couldn't understand nor comprehend why this man went to a certain extent to torture himself. They couldn't help but see him in a new light than their first encounter. They did not know how they perceived him. They understood he had a great purpose. One that's greater than both theirs.

Tears surged out of their eyes as he fell before them. The unimaginable suffering he had gone through... 

That's when they truly understood their suffering and complaints were just excuses they made, compared to the man before them. 

Ferdinand began to heal his body as much as he could while crying. He couldn't understand why tears flowed out of his eyes. He felt stranger than ever. Moreover, he was crying for a stranger they just merely stumbled upon. It was the moment he idolized him. The same happened to Jerina.

"Why??"

She uttered, wiping her own tears and began to release the wave of light from her stave to cover his body.

They both noticed his heart starting to beat again while his flesh began to regenerate. It seems he'll take an hour to regain his consciousness.

Heaving out a sigh of relief they dragged his body under a tree and sat next to him and waited for him to wake up.

"Arghh!"

With a faint groan, he opened his eyes exactly after a certain time. 

The two priests seemed to have not abandoned him and nursed him. Ferdinand covered Nix's torso with the part of the oversized fur Nix gave.

"Thanks"

He uttered and opened up the information of Doom prediction to see why it was otherworldly when he used it.

[Doom Prediction vision (Rank A)]

(Description: Shows visions of a future where the situation may lead to destruction. Choices can be made out of it to change the future. Can be used as foresight during battles.)

(New Upgrades: Shows those who intersect with fate and the Destiny of the user. Goes beyond time to send the future probabilities through the user's mind. Can see through five more extra seconds.)

Nix smiled and once again began to start his journey looking at the crevice that was in high altitude which seemed to be the opening to enter the next floor. He certainly became invincible at that point. Even though he was still lacking, his ability had already become godly. Yet, he still wanted to upgrade it to the point of at least an S rank before leaving the labyrinth.

Noticing his smile, the couple smiled back at him. Wondering how he was able to smile even though he went through such immense pain. 

"Mr.Nix... Isn't it better to rest and go out of the labyrinth?"

"I believe we can still go on and on for two more days. If you people still fear to move on I advise you to stay inside the cave since I've destroyed those scalates there won't be a problem."

Nix replied instantly.

"I want to come along."

Ferdinand said, taking a step forward.

"Huh?"

Jerian furrowed her brows in a daze. It was the first time she had ever witnessed him behaving bravely. Certainly, she also felt like she should accompany the man before her.

He was neither arrogant nor rude. He worked towards improving himself with a purpose. Though he was an Outlaw he didn't behave like one and rather was acting conservatively. Also, they did not have a choice other than to follow him.

"I'll follow as Ferdinand said..."

Jerina said hesitantly.

As they approached the crevice he dealt with monsters more frequently without much difficulty. He even sensed monsters that were far away from them and protected them from trouble.

"Hah Hah"

Ferdinand panted and fell towards a nearby tree unable to keep up with Nix's marching speed.

"Come on, stand up!"

Jerina said, rushing to aid him.

Nix turned back at them and opened his mouth.

"It's alright to take some rest."

He said and sat next to Ferdinand.

"What are you going to do after leaving? Since you both failed, is there any penalty you'll get from Heredia? Like level reduction or something?"

He asked with interest.

"Mr.Nix, you call her holiness by her name?"

Jerina asked in a daze.

"Isn't that why they got names in the first place?"

He said indifferently.

"Her holiness certainly doesn't penalize. She would be disappointed at the most. But, I am going to leave the church from now on."

As Ferdinand said coldly.

Hearing those words Jerina looked at him in shock. She was rather dazed upon hearing. He certainly hasn't made decisions alone until that moment.. 

"I see."

Nix just nodded his head.

"Mr.Nix if you don't mind can I join you?... I~I~I b-b-believe you work alone?"

He asked stutteringly, feeling anxious to look into his eyes and talk.

"I am not actually working alone. I just got here to train. I am actually the clan lord of Transgressors. Do you still wish to join me?"

Nix asked with a smile and stretched his hand.

"Forgive me If I acted rudely... I didn't know that you were the lord of Transgressors. Can I join too?"

Jerina asked politely.

"Well, let us first finish venturing the Labyrinth. Don't act out of impulse and take time to think and I still have my doubts about Heredia too. So we will discuss this in detail after going back to Theemai."

Nix said calmly.

"Okay, Mr.Nix I will do my best from here on."

Ferdinand assured with confidence.

Jerina was slightly threatened and Ferdinand's steady growth after meeting up with Nix certainly awakened something within him. She did not have much choice but to work with Ferdinand with whom she had been living for over four years. Ferdinand got transmigrated when he was a fourteen years old naive kid.

"Alright, shall we start moving again?"

He asked me to get up from the place.

The trio started to journey towards the wall where at a certain point, a crevice was located at.

He raised his head and began to twirl his chain and quickly launched it towards the sloppy wall and shapeshifted its edge into a hook and latched it into the wall.

The hole was located at an altitude of over 500 meters so he had to carefully climb onto the wall. He shoved his dagger with one hand into the wall and slowly loosened the chain in his other hand to let Ferdinand climb onto it.

"Slowly begin climbing."

He said looking down towards the ground where they both stood with their legs trembling to climb in fear. Yet, Ferdinand grasped his hand and started climbing with fear.