Free Web NovelChapter 35: Villain Group
In a dark room, only the monitor illuminated the surroundings as two figures watched the livestream unfold.
A man sat in front of the monitor, while the other stood silently behind him.
They had been watching the stream since the BBC began their broadcast, their eyes glued to the screen.
The man who sat in front slowly tapped his fingers in rhythmic beats on the table, watching Nicholas teleport from side to side while feeding Zayx punch after punch.
"This is new. The plague has never repeated the same pattern of ability for two people. Even when abilities are similar, there are always minor differences."
"I was able to reach this conclusion thanks to information gathered from the association. It only solidified my reasoning.. But here, we have someone using the same ability as Vixen. Or perhaps... it’s a copy ability?" the man muttered to himself deep in his thoughts, "Interesting," he added, adjusting his spectacles.
"Master, what do we do? The Hero Association will capture Zayx, and they’ll be able to get information from him." the croaked voice came from behind distracting the man’s thoughts.
The man merely glanced from the side of his eyes, "The association has already gathered some information on us, if they get Zayx that would indeed be troublesome...." The man said, pondering, he stopped his tapping, turning to look at the figure behind him, ’I expected this to go smoothly, who would’ve thought things would escalate to this point.’
A frown crossed over the man’s face as he let out a sigh, "Take Shadow with you, and bring Zaryx back, I can’t afford to lose him yet. You all need to become stronger and learn to control your abilities better"
Hexi, nodded silently before leaving the room.
The man turned his gaze back to the screen looking at Nicholas, "Phantom hero.." his hands curled into a tight fist as the words left his mouth, "Another association pet. Heroes who fight for fame and popularity are no real heroes, I’ll make sure the entire association and the dirty heroes who work with them are exterminated from the face of this earth!" The man’s voice echoed through the room, unbridled anger deep in his voice, "Soon, I’ll find the elixir to this madness" he said letting out a slow breath as he uncurled his fist allowing the blood from the deep gash he’d made with his fingers on his palm to leak out.
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{Your audience is impressed!}
{+100 CP}
{Ding}
’It seems the camera girl is doing a great job’ Nicholas thought, satisfied with the numbers.
As the fight dragged on, thanks to the massive audience he was gaining more and more charm points.
Revealing his abilities instantly made the chat spike with activity, and even he was amazed by how effective the ability was.
Vixen was a top hero solely for one reason, and her rise to the top was perhaps the fastest recorded in the entire Hero association, of course that was with the sole exception of one, himself.
But she was respected and feared and that was because of her abilities. The ability that allowed the user to bend, manipulate and will space to do whatever they wished.
Teleportation alone would’ve made Vixen terrifying. freewēbnoveℓ.com
Yet that wasn’t all.
She could rupture space.
Turn herself invisible.
Strike through spatial distortions.
It was an incredibly versatile ability, encompassing several dangerous skills.
Even now, while using it, Nicholas could tell, ’I definitely don’t want to face her for now’
If he had to face her instead of Eric, it would’ve been a nightmare, lasting a second seemed nearly impossible.
Using the ability made him realise, It had only one weakness—the user.
Creating spatial rifts and controlling them required enormous mental capacity.
Just then, he felt something slipping down his nose. He wiped it off, and just as expected, the red colour quickly told him.
’..If I continue for much longer, it feels like my head might burst open’ Nicholas could feel the pressure building up from using the ability for so long, and doing so much with it.
But he didn’t have to worry too much, cause his opponent wasn’t in any good condition either.
His entire swarm had been destroyed their numbers reduced to nothing but thousands, so insignificant that they seemed like they could cause no harm.
Zayx looked around helplessly, beaten to a pulp from the constant punches that Nicholas had thrown at him.
’What do I do?’ Zayx thought to himself, but just as he did, a voice echoed in his head.
’Hexi!’ his eyes lit up, instantly feeling a bit of relief. The voice silently whispered in his mind, ’Understood’ he replied back, but just then he heard Nicholas voice—
"Sadly, killing you won’t be my decision to make"
Before he could react, he felt another punch slamming him straight at his face.
His head jerked back, carrying the rest of his body with it as he flew into the distance, he barely managed to regain his standing thanks to his little comrades that quickly supported.
"Next time, I’ll finish this off" Zayx spat as he shifted his gaze to a kid in the distance, without any warning he sent the remaining swarm of flies after the kid.
Nicholas turned to look in that direction seeing the kid that was getting attacked, the boy stood with a hand behind his back and staring at the flies heading his way.
Nicholas wanted to help the boy, but paused,
The boy wasn’t running.
He wasn’t crying.
He was just standing there.
’Something feels strange’
"Nicholas! What are you doing.. help the boy!" Selena’s voice tore through his thoughts.
Nicholas locked gazes with Selena’s desperate gaze mixed with fear, he could tell she didn’t want anything to happen to the kid.
’I’m too far, using the ability from this distance will drain me.. I’ll have to get closer’ With that thought, space shifted, allowing him to appear right in front of the boy, as he raised his hands to stop the incoming attack.
He suddenly noticed the flies stop and start heading back to Zayx who was now standing atop a roof with two others.
One looked to be a small girl wearing a dark gown and the other was a guy, with a torn shirt and dirty jeans, but something about them felt wrong, most especially Hexi who kept looking at Nicholas with a crazed smile.
The boy muttered from the distance, but Nicholas could read his lips, "Your brain is mine next"
"What?" Nicholas stared in confusion, but before he could do anything, the little girl waved at him and turned to the two by her side.
"Let’s go. I’m tired" with that the three were slowly sank into her shadows.
"Not so fast" he said as he was about to move, but the little boy beside him finally revealed the hand hidden behind his back.
Without warning the dagger was stabbed right into his thigh.
"Damn it! I knew something was up" he groaned turning to the little boy, noticing the purple hue in his eyes. freewebnovel.cσ๓
He looked back at the rooftop, catching the creepy smile on Hexi’s face.
Then the little boy by his side said to him, "I’ll come back for you, Phantom" before the hue in the boys eyes faded.
