Chapter 23.

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[One Mind] A sword technique which unleashes a storm of attacks from a sheathed stance; so fast that the blade is nigh invisible.

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Third-person Pov

As Micheal slashed in Fred and James direction with his gifted black blade [Black Mortal Dew] it created a black arc in the air for a second before it vanished.

Fred raised his sword in anticipation to be hit but was surprised the attack did not reach him at all and loosened his guard as he was holding James' body trying to escape through the window.

However, little did he know, in the split seconds he loosened his guard, a storm of numerous slashes out of nowhere struck him and James.

The speed, range, and power of the sudden attack were unimaginable.

*AAAAh

James screamed in agony as the slashes served both of his hands and legs with many small wounds, but Fred didn't share the same cruel fate as his colleague as he was able to escape with many minor cuts.

He didn't scream like James, perhaps due to less painful injuries. "Let me free you guys. And tell Zoya mission failed"

Micheal united them and left them as his plan's second phrase was now ready as Fred escaped, and they had James half dead.

They wanted to argue with Micheal about how he treated Nina, but they lacked the courage, to begin with as they saw Micheal firsthand of what he was capable of.

Even Anna was terrified for the second time in her life of someone as she kept quiet and looked after her injured sister and bleeding companion.

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Health 80/100

Energy 200/300

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He walked where he left James and kneed, unfazed by the screen he saw for a second.

"I am profoundly…. Unimpressed, maybe Levels aren't everything." He muttered in a discontented tone as he thought the fight would be challenging, but it was quite underwhelming.

"Or Perhaps I am to overpower…." He talked to himself, recalling another possibility and finally gaze at the half dead with dull eyes.

"Who the f*** you are?" James inquired while struggling to speak. He was afraid but trying to maintain a calm facade.

All his bleeding was stopped, slowly, but left a puddle of blood underneath him.

"You leaked quite an amount here," Micheal said neutrally, ignoring his question as his shoes were spoiled by James blood. " You have a high level of regeneration, right, James."

"…" He didn't speak, so Micheal took this a yes and expressed a wicked grin that sent shivers to the limbless man.

"You won't get anything out of me." James declared confidently while mentally preparing himself for physical torture.

Micheal stood up, examining James' body, paying close attention. 'What's that?' He stared for a few seconds more as he saw a few red dots blinking and just still red dots on James' various body parts and frowned confused.

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Energy 180/300

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'Oh, must be one of my 14 powers.' He assumes.

"What's the trap here?" He finally said, taking out his sword from the sheath slowly.

James tries to keep calm and his mouth shut, but Micheal wanted few answers, either he tortures him or he tortures him beyond the extreme.

Micheal without any hesitation stabs James family jewels multiple times ruthlessly. "HAAAAAAA." James shouted at top of his lung, widening his bloodshot eyes in agony, spraying more blood out.

"I know your boss has some kind of ability which helps him to see some uncertain future," Micheal asks to confirm nonchalantly again pierces James but this time on the bright blinking red dot.

"Yes!!!" James responded, unable to bear more pain, he roared trying to roll left and right, but Micheal didn't let him do so as his sword was still inside his abdomen.

Getting what he wanted to know, he looked at the girls who were standing on the edge for some unknown reason. "Girls stay there. Do. Not. Move." He solemnly instructed and they followed.

"Don't you think it's strange that you are unable to regenerate your other limbs for some reason." Micheal told him and James frowned while his pain subsided quickly due to his ability.

Acknowledging what he said was true, by now he should have regrown his limbs, but currently, he was unable.

"Let me tell you, it might be my sword's ability that cancels your power, and now I will finish you before the bomb you guys planted goes boom." Micheal explains the dead man, clearing some of his doubt before he dies.

Hearing that Michael somehow knew about their last resort, said nothing and closed his eyes, which Micheal found weird but didn't say anything.

"Any last wish." Micheal asked as he felt like it.

"F*** yo-" He proceeds to decapitate him; however, James surprised Micheal by expressing a peculiar smile and like that, Micheal finished him.

*BOOM *BOOOM *BOOOOOM

"What the hell!" Juri asked in panic as the building began to shake profoundly. Multiple explosions start taking place one by one, the sound bursts out, loud and louder.

Except for Anna, everyone was alarmed and distressed about the situation.

"Hold me tight as if your life depends upon it. Leave Nina and Lighting on the ground. I can only carry 3." Micheal informed others, looking straight out of the window.

Hearing his words, everyone stares at him in contempt for some cause. "I won't be coming with you. Micheal." Anna said in disdain immediately.