Strange Beast

"With this, I can enhance my power in a wide margin." The huge man toyed with a purple-colored scale. He couldn't help but shake in excitement.

Almost 90 percent of Heroes and Villains could never increase their power. Some miracle might happen but the event of it happening was the same as winning the lottery. Heck, there's even a huge chance you'll get electrocuted by a bolt of lightning!

Crimson was already a powerful human. Now with this scale, his power will reach its peak. This was more than winning the lottery.

Instead, this was winning the lottery exactly two times in a row! You could imagine how great the power-up will be.

Liam who was hiding in the corner finally overcome the instinctual fear. He slowly took a peek again at the room. And what he saw blew his mind.

A nine-foot man with golden slicked back hair was the one emitting the menacing atmosphere earlier. His golden beard and golden eyes were too eye-catching not to notice. Fangs were visible on his smiling face. He was fearsome and handsome at the same time. A combination you'll rarely see.

"Holy f*ck!" Liam exaggeratedly opened his mouth.

"Is this my main villain?!" He felt his adrenaline kicking in!

Realizing his overexcitement, he struggled calming down. After that, his big brain started kicking in.

"It's almost impossible for me not to remember this guy. He's too amazing. So the fact that I don't know him nor found a record about him means that..." He touched his chin.

"He's either a newly emerged superhuman like me or his shadow was never discovered."

"But the latter is more probable. He looks like an experienced mafia leader. Not just that, but..."

"This guy is insanely powerful!" He unintentionally took a step back and thought of retreating for a while.

But the golden-haired man suddenly began laughing again. But this time, it was eerie and dominating.

"What do we have here? A guest? Or maybe food?" The huge man licked his lips. His nose twitched and a delightful smell entered his nose.

"This smell!? You're the most fragrant food I've ever smelled!" He flickered and instantly appeared on Liam's side.

"Such speed!"

With shocking agility, he grabbed Liam's head who was still invisible. Just from the power of his grip, the invisibility spell wore off.

He raised him in the air and suddenly frowned.

"A boy?" He spat on the ground and slowly put Liam down.

"How old are you?" The man asked.

Liam who's face painted with fear quivered in fright. But he suddenly turned serious and replied.

"I'm seventeen assh*le. And thanks for the opportunity!" Liam unleashed his natural battle air and flawlessly unsheathed Sharpy, his trustworthy dagger.

However, instead of stabbing it directly on the beast's body, he threw it in the air.

"Oh?" The man was surprised. He stared at the weapon suspended in midair. This shows how he greatly belittled Liam.

"Trust me, you'll regret this." Liam flexed his muscles and with a huff, he punched the beast's stomach with all his power.

Liam's strength was already above human capabilities. He was baptized by some weird spell of Azrael and gained a significant boost.

With no doubt, it was a direct hit!

The beast didn't anticipate this boy to possess such strength.

Although he didn't suffer any damage, the force still made him took a step back.

Liam grabbed this opportunity.

And outside the man's expectations, Liam dashed forward.

"What!?" The beast was stunned.

He thought Liam will grab the falling dagger to stab him.

Another punch landed on the exact spot where he punched earlier. Now he was slowly but surely dealing damage.

The beast finally stop playing and took the full brunt of the punch. He was about to guard for the stab he was waiting for. However, Liam kept exceeding his expectations.

A foot landed on the beast's balls.

A kick was two times stronger than a punch. And being kicked in the balls was the same pain when giving birth.

"You brat!" The beast roared. He ignored the intense pain and dashed towards him. His hands morphed and became red sharp claws.

Just as he was about to slashed Liam's handsome face, he suddenly felt something amiss.

The brat was smiling!

"Look behind you kind sir." He teased.

The man ignored him. When his claws were about to hit Liam, he felt something amiss.

'Where's the dagger earlier?' He asked himself

Liam's combo was only done within two seconds. And the dagger was thrown at a high altitude. Common sense was telling him that the dagger was about to hit the ground. But his senses directed only at Liam's two-meter radius doesn't sense the falling blade.

'Crap!' With wide eyes he felt something stabbing his neck.

Liam grinned and threw an uppercut on the stunned beast. His fist accurately hit the man's chin.

"All done!" He thought.

He remembered the soldiers this guy brought and turned his head in their direction. Instead of feeling animosity from their stare, he only felt disregard.

As if they don't care that their boss was about to be trashed by Liam.

"Well done. You're stronger than I thought." The same deep beastly voice resounded again. Except that his usual playful tone was replaced with a mocking one.

"I guess I'm dead." Liam wryly smiled. He faced this great foe and gulped.

"Don't worry child. I don't kill anyone recklessly. It's in my creed not to murder children." He pulled out the dagger attached to his neck and threw it in the ground.

Then the man's eye sadistically turned golden red. Like a golden-red sun about to devour a planet.

Without hesitation, he thrust his claws at Liam's throat.

"Exosia: Weak Telekinesis!"

The dagger on the ground resonated with him. It floated and headed to Liam's hand.

"Bullsh*t! I thought you'll not kill a child!"

Liam guarded with his dagger and successfully defended against the attack.

"That's right. Although I can't kill you, I'll at least punish you that you'll forever remember!" The man laughed wildly.

His claws started getting longer. It was about to punctured Liam's eye.

Liam changed the direction of the attack by slightly redirecting the claws using his dagger.

"A unique battle sense. But you're obviously an amateur. How did you hone such sense?" Although his mouth was moving, his attack didn't falter and kept raining down on Liam.

'I'm f*cked up!' Liam thought while defending from the blows with all his might.