First Blood

Inside the black van, there were four people 3 men on black clothing and a young girl who appears to be unconscious. They were heading outside from the city rushing in a remote direction.

All of the men were ecstatic and one of them said " We seem to have hit a jackpot brothers. We can fetch a lot of money for this chick. The indicator was notifying different this time. Haha! "

" Yeah. Also she is a good looking lass. There will be a raise of the price for sure. " The other man said.

The last man who was silent was looking at a weird device. He was precisely looking at the screen which flickering with green lights. He said " This light was different from the other victims we gathered. She was the first one to produce green light at the indicator. I think she was the one that man was looking for. Every time we present a victim to him, I can see that he is a little disappointed. "

The driver called Guts said " I also noticed that. But his rewards was all that matters to us. So we shouldn't pry about it. "

" Yes! Although this young lass is quite a beauty, I still prefer the money. " The man who watch the unconscious Sophia said. His name was Ben and he likes money a lot.

The silent man nodded " After so many transaction of that man, I can feel he was not a simple foe. I can feel that he is more dangerous than us combined. Also he has a smell of blood that made me suffocate." The silent man was named Tom. He was a previous mercenary. His instinct was telling him not to offend that man based on his experience in battles.

The other two agreed.

" We do this job. We get the money. And that's it. After we get enough money, we can have a good vacation and live our life to the fullest. " Tom added.

After a few minutes, they arrived at a abandoned building. The place was near from the city.

They carry Sophia and directly went inside.

Not far from them, Ban was observing from the shadow nearby. He didn't want to stop them as he want to know where they were heading. He watch the news that some teens were missing these days. He want to investigate the situation.

Ban was slowly approaching and use his spirit detection. Sometime later, his calm face replaced with rage. He was enrage after sensing what was inside the building.

At the basement of the building, there were bones littered around. Ban guessed those bones were bone of humans and counting to 5 heads. Near the bones was a hooded man silently eating a raw meat. Ban was disgusted by the gesture of the man and cannot wait to kill him. He imagined those victims being devoured by this monster and now his cousin will be his next meal.

Ban's face was livid thinking what was about to happen to his cousin. His veins were popping as he was truly enrage at this moment.

*Bang!*

" Huh? " Something inside him were broken like there was a dam of energy overflowed his body.

" Some kind of level up? " Ban was questioning inside. However, he shook his head and dial a number. " Uncle Oscar, I have a news for you... " Ban was slowly narrating the situation but he skip the part that there is only 3 man at the scene as he made a resolve that he shall deal with that monster inside.

After Oscar heard the news, he was startled and ask Ban " Are you sure young man? Tell me the address, I will inform the authority about this. " Oscar pondered for a moment and recall his wife. He knew the gravity of the situation and put an end of this mess.

...

After Ban made an arrangement, he directly went to the underground to face the man. This time he was feeling light and much stronger than before. His body feels like 10 times stronger than his past after his leveling up. His senses also improved quite a bit.

If he was in front of truck kun right now, he was confident of stopping it without a scratch.

Arriving at the scene. Ban felt nausea seeing the scene. He tightened his gut and directly dashed at the back of the man who was busy munching and unaware of his arrival.

The man was startled feeling a danger at his back but it was late.

*Bang!*

The man was thrown into the pile of bones in front and directly smash to the wall.

Ban did not hold this time as he was catching the man unprepared. He punch the back of the man with all of his might.

" Argh! " The man let out a screech and turn his head to ban. His eyes were red and look menacing.

Ban was startled at the appearance of the man but return his calm immediately and charge again. Not waiting for the man to recover.

*Bang!*

The man was thrown again and vomit a mouthful of blood and some 'food' he ate.

Ban was suprised as he didn't think this man was so resilient. ' If I did not level up or something, I might not be able to defeat this guy. '

" Time to end this. " Ban muttered silently. As he want to try the new skill he received recently. He want to kill this man at the same time to practice his skill. He knew that this man was all brute and no skills.

If this man was on par of him before he leveled up, now the man was nowhere near at Ban's strength.

" Who are yo- "

*Bang!* *Crack!*

" Argh! " The man didn't even finish his words when a barrage of attacks were hitting every angle of his body.

" Bastard! My brothers will aven- "

' Mirage Smash! '

*Booom!*

The man was smash to bits by the impact of the skill and died.

" What a broken skill. " Ban was amazed. He look at the man in the crater in amazement.

' The men up there might notice something down here. I put them to sleep before the police arrive. '

...

Ban was standing at the three unconscious man and look at the sleeping Sophia. ' It has been a while huh? ' He thought.

He picked her up in a princess carry and dashed outside. Carrying a person was easy for him like a feather. Ban didn't wait for the authority and returned to his house. He didn't want to go to the hospital seeing his cousin like this.

Before he leave, he made sure to smash the balls of the men in revenge. ' Well, these guy's will surely rot in jail. Also, I'm blowing off my steam on you guys for targeting my cousin. ' He didn't plan to kill them as one is enough. For now. Though that man was a monster and deserve to be killed. I am not in the mood killing another one. '

He carried Sophia and a strange device and headed home.

...

Arriving at Ban's house silently, he directly place Sophia on the sofa.

" My! Who is this girl? Is she your girlfriend? " Ban look at Sally walk outside the kitchen and exclaim. She look at Ban teasingly and said " I didn't know you were planning to bring her here. Don't worry, you can do your thing but make sure to stay silent. My daughter might hear your voice inside the room " Sally giggled.

Ban rolled his eyes and said " What are you talking about. She's my cousin, Sophia. She fainted on the street and I brought her here. Prepare some tea after she awake, I'll call my aunt now. "

Ban called his aunt that he might unable to go to the hospital tonight and ask the condition of his uncle.

...

" Ban! Look at the news! Oh my goodness! " Sally exclaim and call Ban.

Ban slowly walk to the sofa and saw the news. ' Oh? Why was she in there? ' He saw Sienna at the news. She was in a professional business suit and standing beside the Vice Mayor making her public speech. However, her expression was grave at the moment.

The report was about the whereabouts of the missing teens these past few days.

' This is going to be a mess. ' Ban silently shook his head as he also didn't know how to solve the problem. The Vice Mayor was ensuring the people and talk about adding security and more surveillance on streets to avoid the same matter again.

The Vice Mayor also provided a compensation to the victim's family as she was also helpless on how to console them.

Suddenly..

" Who are you guys? What am I doing here? "

Sophia's lovely voice resounded at their back.