Familarity?!
Familarity?!
Their heads would move towards the extreme left and then extreme right. The cycle has repeated over a hundred times.
The credit for uniting so many people in a common activity belonged to only one person.
Maddox.
The telekinetic force gripping his body flung him from one wall to another. He would ruthlessly slam into a wall, and even before he could scream to release his internal pain, the telekinetic force would pull him and smash him into another wall.
Maddox's expression was extremely unsightly. He cursed Kiba but he cursed himself far more. He regretted telling Kiba that he was being pathetic with his use of telekinesis.
But then again, how was he supposed to know Kiba would try to change his opinion by using him as a rugged doll?
He has never known a telekinetic mutant using ability in such a way. Alas, he would now forever know about such use, and even others would remember him for this.
THUD
Maddox crashed hard onto a wall in the shape of 'X'. His cheeks hollowed and blood sprayed from his mouth like a geyser.
The onlookers felt pity for him. Just the sound of him slamming into walls made them realise the pain he must be feeling.
"Poor Maddox."
"Never thought I would see someone like him slapped by two walls."
"Same."
Many in the crowd were secretly happy as well. It wasn't every day that they got to see a mercenary from Iron Blood Mercenary Corps treated in such a way.
Some hundred meters away, Kiba has an index finger raised in air. He was curving it from one side to another.
He has just moved his finger a slight bit and Maddox similarly moved through air, but just then, the sound of wind rustling came behind Kiba.
A violent force billowed out, slamming the air itself.
"Hmm?" Kiba quickly turned around and his eyes greeted a fist punching towards him. The fist was like that of a monster with claws and spikes protruding out.
Kiba raised his eyes a bit and saw a seven feet monster. He didn't identify him but many in the crowd did.
Rees[1].
A mercenary from Iron Blood Mercenary Corps.
Rees' fist busted forth as it approached Kiba's head. Turbulent winds surged outward and Kiba's hair floated in air.
Rees' pupils dilated as his fist suddenly stopped just a centimeter from his enemy's skin. He felt as if an invisible wall has come in between.
"I take it you are his friend," Kiba said.
Rees didn't speak but he grinned. He knew Kiba was a telekinetic mutant so he was expecting to be stopped.
"For you to act as a diversion, you must be really confident in that lady friend of yours," Kiba remarked in a nonchalant tone.
"You know?!" Rees was startled.
At the same time, in sky, Liesel appeared. On her back, winds of water flapped. She joined her hands together and aimed them at Kiba.
A spinning water column shot out of her palms. The column was thick as a pillar and blue currents sizzled in water droplets. As the water column spun downwards, a terrifying pressure roiled out.
Kiba's expression didn't change the slightest bit. He raised a hand into the sky and made a grasping motion.
Liesel's face turned pale from shock and alarm.
She found herself rapidly sucked into the water column that was about to crash into Kiba.
The pressure in the water column pushed from all sides like a hammer and her body shuddered. The blue currents sliced through her skin like scorching heatwaves and her organs scorched.
"No!" Liesel let out a miserable scream.
Liesel snapped her teeth and the water column disappeared. She collapsed on the ground with a thud sound.
She quickly threw up the water she has sucked before raising her head. She looked at Kiba with pure horror.
It has been just twenty seconds before she made an appearance and used her ability. Never in her wildest dream, she expected herself to be the target of her own attack. Much less forced to nullify her own attack just as it was about to crash into the enemy.
She was both terrified and in awe as she observed Kiba. He has defeated her by using her strength against her and so quickly that she didn't even got time to think.
"No way!" Rees gripped his fists tightly and the sharp claws shot out like bullets.
Telekinetic ripples swept out to intervene but much to Kiba's surprise, the claws imploded into a blast of corrosive slime.
The slime was black and spread in air like a web, passing through telekinetic ripples.
"Even for a monster, your stench is too much," Kiba waved a hand and a gust of wind rolled out, carrying away the slime.
Rees was taken aback and just as he thought of a retort, he was hoisted into air.
Kiba opened a hand and then closed it into a fist.
Simultaneously, Rees found himself under the onslaught of crushing pressure. His face contorted while the claws and spikes on his body shattered like pieces of frail glass.
The sound of bone cracking ringed out along with heart-wrenching screams.
People nearby felt a chill crawling down their spines. Just witnessing Rees' state made them tremble in fright.
They felt the real monster was Kiba and not Rees. Otherwise, how else could the present developments be justified?
"Die!"
Suddenly, a loud shout came from a distance. Coinciding with the shout, the concrete pavement all around Kiba imploded with a loud bang sound.
The ground parted to shoot sharp spears. Each spear was made of rock and stone, its pointed edge incredibly sharp and reinforced with an earthy glint.
Every single one of them flew at Kiba. It was like dozens of missiles were rushing at one particular target
In a distance, Maddox was huffing but there was a smile on his face. He doubted Kiba has much stamina left after facing three of them. That was humanly impossible.
Rees and Liesel sighed in relief as they saw Maddox. Everything they did so far was to save him and buy him enough time to recover.
In the meantime, Kiba waved a hand and streams of energy surged out in the form of a golden arc. Like a sea wave, the golden arc swept forward in air.
It ferociously smashed with the incoming spears.
Maddox looked in utter shock as the spears crumbled into fine dust. The golden arc didn't stop, and it continued to rush forward. In no time, it was coming towards him.
Maddox leaned down and pressed a hand on ground.
Swoosh.
Earth walls protruded out and clashed with the golden arc. Cracks boomed out and along with a loud bang sound, the wall shattered.
"If only I wasn't injured," Maddox felt the situation was unfair. Gritting his teeth, he thought, "No choice but to use..."
He took out a green gemstone from his storage ring and shattered it.
As the golden arc swept at him like a sharp sword, green mist engulfed him. Just as the arc was about to crush on him, the green mist vanished into thin air.
"That's surprising," Kiba was a bit startled.
He didn't feel any fluctuations of teleportation or space energy and yet, Maddox has completely vanished.
"Not like it matters."
Kiba looked at Rees and Liesel for a moment before turning around. He ran off under the eyes of the dumbfounded crowd.
"He is fleeing even without killing those two?!"
"Why?"
"Isn't it obvious?! He must have spent a lot of power!"
"He is exhausted!!"
"Right!"
"And it was him that created the treasure fall in the sky... Then wouldn't this mean he must have a lot of treasures?"
"Indeed! Only then could he afford to divert attention with those treasure!"
"If he needed such a diversion then doesn't this explain about the limits of his strength?!"
"Let's chase after him!"
"All of us could get rich!"
They dashed after Kiba with greed evident in their eyes.
Rees and Liesel continued to lie down on a ruined street. They were exhausted and helpless with no strength left in their bodies.
"My my, fancy meeting you here."
A sweet, joyous feminine voice entered their ears. The tone was soft and soothing to ears but as soon as they heard the voice, they started cowering. Their fine hairs stood up in fright and a chill ran through every fiber of their body.
Rees prayed the voice wasn't familiar but all his hopes were destroyed as he raised his head. Just a few steps away, two females were standing.
Madison and Lillian.
"Monster Uncle, you remember us, right?" Lillian leaned down and sat with her legs crossed.
"We were so frightened when you two took advantage of us at gunpoint," Madison said in a frightened tone. "Two helpless, naked women under attack of a mature couple."
Rees' scalp turned numb. When he remembered what trespassed yesterday night, he felt his bowels turning loose.
Rees has instantly regretted his greedy actions. He felt $500 million bounty and the special privileges offered by World Government didn't matter the slightest bit.
Thankfully, back then, he and Liesel had gemstones similar to the one used by Maddox. This was why they were barely able to survive.
Liesel was same and her face instantly paled when Madison sat on her belly.
"You even tried to harm daddy now," Madison said with a downcast expression. "Why are you so against our family?"
Liesel's eyes dramatically bulged out.
"H-he is your daddy?" Liesel clearly recalled just how excited the twins sounded when they spoke about daddy.
"Of course! He is our sweet daddy!" Lillian chimed in. She closed her face with her twin sister, and said, "But isn't this rather obvious?"
Liesel felt her throat turning dry. The words of the twins implied they shared features with their 'daddy', and yet, Liesel could find no familiarity at all.
Lillian has silver blonde hair with beached strands. Madison has long hot pink color hair with sky blue highlights. They both had punk hairstyles and except for the difference in hair, their bodies were completely identical.
Same slender frame, flawless rosy-pink skin, vibrant eyes, and a figure worth dying for. They were absolutely gorgeous.
"And crazy," Liesel reminded herself as she tried to find any familiarity with Kiba.
"Aunty is muddleheaded," Madison said with a charming smile.
"Seems so," Lillian agreed with her assessment.
"But why didn't daddy kill them?" Madison asked her twin with a thoughtful expression.
"I don't know," Lillian answered, her expression filled with curiosity. "Daddy is just like us with an insatiable appetite for blood and lust, and yet..."
She trailed off and gave a wink to her twin. Madison happily smiled in response.
Vast quantities of crimson-colored energy strands surged out of her. They shot upwards and hurtled into the sky.
Quickly, they fused together to transform into five rotating rings of light. The rings enveloped an area of hundred meters, separating it from the world.
Liesel shuddered in despair.
The ground, in the meantime, trembled with intense vibrations. Out of nowhere, blood droplets started appearing on the ground; turning it into a land of blood.
Swoosh~!
Like a sticky liquid mass, threads of blood crept up between the rings of light.
The entire area turned into a crimson prison.
"Oh well, we will do the job in his stead!"
[1] Introduced in Chapter 309